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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 2414204, member: 13307"]All I will add to this discussion are the following thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Just because you call one TPG and get a quote doesn't mean you have to submit the coins to that TPG. It can now be used as a bargaining tool with the TPG you really want your coins in. I'm not knocking any particular TPG, or recommending any particular TPG...just offering advice to a new member to help save YOUR money. Which, I'm guessing, doesn't grow on a tree in your back yard, or you wouldn't have asked the question in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) I have submitted coins at bulk rates without being a dealer and without having the required number of coins according to "the rules." You just have to be polite and take the time to find the right person to approve the best deal. If saving $500-$700 on grading fees isn't worth three or four phone calls...I don't know what is. And once you get it done, and you know you can get it done...it's hard to go back to full price. </p><p><br /></p><p>3) If you do get a bulk submission rate, make sure to specify a minimum acceptable grade on the form so they don't grade you a bunch of MS62's or lower that will be hard as heck to move and still recover your money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish you the best of luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 2414204, member: 13307"]All I will add to this discussion are the following thoughts: 1) Just because you call one TPG and get a quote doesn't mean you have to submit the coins to that TPG. It can now be used as a bargaining tool with the TPG you really want your coins in. I'm not knocking any particular TPG, or recommending any particular TPG...just offering advice to a new member to help save YOUR money. Which, I'm guessing, doesn't grow on a tree in your back yard, or you wouldn't have asked the question in the first place. 2) I have submitted coins at bulk rates without being a dealer and without having the required number of coins according to "the rules." You just have to be polite and take the time to find the right person to approve the best deal. If saving $500-$700 on grading fees isn't worth three or four phone calls...I don't know what is. And once you get it done, and you know you can get it done...it's hard to go back to full price. 3) If you do get a bulk submission rate, make sure to specify a minimum acceptable grade on the form so they don't grade you a bunch of MS62's or lower that will be hard as heck to move and still recover your money. I wish you the best of luck![/QUOTE]
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