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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 4606950, member: 76863"]That's certainly a valid point such as someone buying a Coach purse that falls apart right away or a Rolex that breaks etc. In terms of getting away with that, thats a bigger threat overall for more luxury brand items, gems like diamonds and things of that nature. Anything of value people will always try and fake or manipulate. </p><p><br /></p><p>The TPGs are especially vulnerable to the issue you described of someone looking at a coin real or fake and someone saying they're incompetent. No matter what they do people will do that. Whether it be someone glancing at a fake and thinking it's them or collectors being like this is wrong it's going to happen. The pictures for everything will likely come at some point for at least PCGS and maybe the rest too (though someone would have to bother to look it up for it even to matter) but even then people will still have the same complaints. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do think that point you had is certainly valid, I just don't think anything will ever change that as far as TPGs go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 4606950, member: 76863"]That's certainly a valid point such as someone buying a Coach purse that falls apart right away or a Rolex that breaks etc. In terms of getting away with that, thats a bigger threat overall for more luxury brand items, gems like diamonds and things of that nature. Anything of value people will always try and fake or manipulate. The TPGs are especially vulnerable to the issue you described of someone looking at a coin real or fake and someone saying they're incompetent. No matter what they do people will do that. Whether it be someone glancing at a fake and thinking it's them or collectors being like this is wrong it's going to happen. The pictures for everything will likely come at some point for at least PCGS and maybe the rest too (though someone would have to bother to look it up for it even to matter) but even then people will still have the same complaints. I do think that point you had is certainly valid, I just don't think anything will ever change that as far as TPGs go.[/QUOTE]
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