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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1505218, member: 26302&quot;]Paul, any post I make in the last year concerning TPG is in response to those who believe ONLY TPG graded coins are worthy of being collected. You say so yourself in your terminology, calling unslabbed coins &quot;raw&quot;, (meaning unfinished or incomplete, nomenclature invented by the TPG), calling those of us who collected unslabbed coins &quot;dinosaurs&quot;, etc. It is those of us who collect unslabbed coins that are attacked on this board. It is the condescension of slabbed collectors that I react to, and if slabbed collectors, (especially in &quot;Coin Chat&quot; section that theoretically should cover ALL coins, not just US issues), would not be so condescending to non-slabbed collectors then I would never post about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My &quot;lazy&quot; comment, (and you already know this but like to use it out of context), was that buying pregraded coins has lessened the average collector&#039;s ability to grade himself. I was referring to on average, and in the next paragraph said there ARE still a great many good graders, and most people on CT are above average collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, I don&#039;t think I have ever said I was an expert in the market. I believe I have shown grading ability, and coin knowledge here, but as far as being an expert in &quot;the market&quot; of course not. I believe only dealers are really experts in &quot;the market&quot;. I am a consumer, and as such can tell you where to get some good deals on coin books, and certain series of ancient coins. I couldn&#039;t even tell you the better places for deals on US coins nowadays since I have been out of the market for too long for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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