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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 696632, member: 4920"]I'll tell you, I don't agree with everything you just said, but with much of it. Let me try this, again, on what I'm saying...</p><p><br /></p><p>Let’s just take the MS grades, as an example. Forget about the circulated grades, for now. I'm just trying to simplify this. What are they, the major TPGs, doing, there? They’re placing the coins submitted to them for grading in general tiers, which, let's acknowledge, are everything but decimal-point accurate. And, with respect to a lot of these grades, there’s still room for error, still room for disagreement. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, when I said I believe I can teach people, from a cold start, how to do that job, as good as the major TPGs do it, inside a week, you, of course, have to be fair to me, and give me their resources. Inside a week, though, like I said, I believe I could have these "walk-ons" grading as good (meaning, “as accurate”) as these major TPGs are grading. Read that statement, again, if you believe you need to. And, while you are at that, I believe I elaborated on it, some, just after Doug’s reply...read that, too. But, I don’t happen to believe it’s like Jim is suggesting, a superior skill set, which distinguishes these grades. Their superior knowledge...by virtue of doing the same thing, over and over, again, day-in and day-out, for years, and years...only enables them to grade quicker, not better. In short, it's their resources that distinguish them, and their grades. That's it. IMHO...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 696632, member: 4920"]I'll tell you, I don't agree with everything you just said, but with much of it. Let me try this, again, on what I'm saying... Let’s just take the MS grades, as an example. Forget about the circulated grades, for now. I'm just trying to simplify this. What are they, the major TPGs, doing, there? They’re placing the coins submitted to them for grading in general tiers, which, let's acknowledge, are everything but decimal-point accurate. And, with respect to a lot of these grades, there’s still room for error, still room for disagreement. Now, when I said I believe I can teach people, from a cold start, how to do that job, as good as the major TPGs do it, inside a week, you, of course, have to be fair to me, and give me their resources. Inside a week, though, like I said, I believe I could have these "walk-ons" grading as good (meaning, “as accurate”) as these major TPGs are grading. Read that statement, again, if you believe you need to. And, while you are at that, I believe I elaborated on it, some, just after Doug’s reply...read that, too. But, I don’t happen to believe it’s like Jim is suggesting, a superior skill set, which distinguishes these grades. Their superior knowledge...by virtue of doing the same thing, over and over, again, day-in and day-out, for years, and years...only enables them to grade quicker, not better. In short, it's their resources that distinguish them, and their grades. That's it. IMHO...[/QUOTE]
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