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Message:: [QUOTE="vavet, post: 391398, member: 11630"]Aslanmia, You need to take the responses with a grain of salt. The TPG's are not transparant so the only people who really "know" what is going on behind closed doors are those who get inside, and to get inside they undoubtedly had to sign on to a gag order. All this speculation is based solely on the perception created by those secretative TPG's themselves. One fact remains clear though, that $100 PCGS fee to slab a problem coin is pure greed as evidenced by the fact that several other TPG's do it for far less. We also know that the "first strike" was a scam and that their standards have changed over the years, to name a few, so it's reasonable for you to be suspicious and to wonder why there are so many who line up to defend them.  I really wish everyone would realize that PCGS and NGC do NOT guarantee their grades. They only quarantee their OPINION! They do not accept any outside opinions and they do not agree to binding arbitration so there is no GRADE guarantee. Just more smoke and mirrors.[/QUOTE]