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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1661631, member: 112&quot;]Honestly, that&#039;s a bad rap. But it is an often repeated one. In truth, there have always been good dealers and bad dealers. What you are saying is true about the bad dealers, but they weren&#039;t all bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>And ya know what ? Today is no different. To a large degree it&#039;s still the same way it was before the TPGs came along. There are still good dealers and bad dealers. And the bad dealers, if you are selling a slabbed coin, will look at the coin and tell you that the TPG over-graded it, and offer you less than it is worth. But once bought, they will praise the coin and say it was under-graded to potential buyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good dealers, well, are good dealers. They will offer a fair price based on the coin itself and not what the slab says, and they do it in both directions, meaning when buying or selling. And yeah they are still out there just like they always were. </p><p><br /></p><p>The difficult part is the same as it always has been. You, as a collector &amp; buyer, have to know your coins. You have to know whether a coin has been graded correctly or incorrectly. Because if you don&#039;t know the dealer, that is the only way you can tell if he is a good dealer or a bad dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you don&#039;t really know your coins then you should not buy any coin from anybody that you don&#039;t know and trust. That rule was valid a hundred years ago and it is valid today. But sadly, far too few people follow that rule.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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