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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Payton, post: 760878, member: 22129&quot;]Hello all,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My post is in regards to the TPG who&#039;s integrity has been repeatedly challenged.&nbsp; And for many good reasons.&nbsp; Let&#039;s call them &quot;XXX&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ll try to chose my words carefully although this is a difficult task.&nbsp; First I have doubts as to the XXX graders shall we say, &quot;skill sets&quot;.&nbsp; Would love to hear who they are along with some brief credentials.&nbsp; The new owner has limited experience.&nbsp; </p><p>Here&#039;s the rumor.&nbsp; If you are a common collector and submit a note, you are most likely to receive an honest and fair grade, given their &quot;current abilities&quot;.&nbsp; You will be charged a flat rate determined by the value of the note and the level of submission.&nbsp; Just like the other guys.</p><p>Now, if you are one of their many infamous &quot;dealers&quot;, rumor has it the grading rules change just a bit.&nbsp; It appears that flat rate grading charges no longer come into play on many notes.&nbsp; A member of this forum has a wonderful site which provides infinate details as to the goings on.&nbsp; The bashing is way over the top but, you get the picture.&nbsp; &quot;Rumor&quot; has it that notes are doctored, overgraded and returned to the dealer for resale.&nbsp; It seems the flat rate grading charges are &quot;waived&quot; in favor of an under the table sales commision for the XXX overgraded notes upon resale.</p><p>This is just a rumor I have heard (clear throat).&nbsp; Now if you are just a common collector, go for it as you will most likely get a fair grade but be aware if you ever plan on reselling your notes graded by XXX, these notes are not looked at the same as the other 2 major TPG&#039;s in terms of actual value.&nbsp; So, use your better judgement. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To recap, what dealer in his/her right mind would continue to have their inventory graded by a TPG under such well known suspicion unless there was &quot;another motive&quot; described above.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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