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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;baseball21, post: 2853069, member: 76863&quot;]Would they though?&nbsp; To me it seems that if the bean collector is supposedly the unsure of themselves uneducated one they would be more likely to listen to the opinion rather than one who is so sure that they don&#039;t need any other persons opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree they are smart for that, but they also do go against the grain from time to time.&nbsp; What they&#039;re really smart about and what everyone should do is try to understand why something didn&#039;t bean.&nbsp; Is it a C coin, was it net graded, did they just not like the look ect.&nbsp; I don&#039;t agree with every decision CAC makes, but I don&#039;t have to learn from them and if in the end it turns out someone just has different tastes there is nothing wrong with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not aware of anyone that has been harmed by their existence and certainly many people have used them as a tool to improve their own grading and in their process of learning to grade.&nbsp; Certainly some high end coins won&#039;t sell for as much without the bean, but how is that any different than before where better coins always sold for more and sometimes much much more than guide?</p><p><br /></p><p>I really see no difference between people that use them for a second opinion on a decision and people that use someone else or a dealer for a second opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not really, because people also seek second opinions when it comes to quotes for jobs or sales or appraisals and some people reach their final conclusions by seeing different angles to a problem as people all look at things differently.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly though it is more about being self aware of ones own limitations as there isn&#039;t a person in any field that is right 100 percent of the time.&nbsp; Everyone has strengths and weaknesses which with coins would translate to grading ranges, identifying certain problems over others, different series ect.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the case of the bean it is also more about understanding the limitations of photographs with online buying.&nbsp; Extra opinions can instill confidence on bigger purchases online that what you are seeing in the picture is what is there just like using an agent to bid at auctions for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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