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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;National dealer, post: 14789, member: 487&quot;]Hold on a second. Grades benefit the dealer? Everyone, and I mean everyone believes that their coins are better when it is time to sell, and worse when time to buy. This is not only dealers. </p><p>Slabs don&#039;t make this approach any better. I hear constantly how the coin is weak for the grade, or just makes it. It is human nature to want a deal. Just because an individual makes a living buying and selling coins, doesn&#039;t make them any better or worse. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as resubmitting, that is also human nature. We naturally want the best grade possible. Who doesn&#039;t? When you buy a coin, do you consider the grade, or just accept whatever is written on it? If you believe the coin to be better, do you offer the next level of price on it? </p><p><br /></p><p>It is so easy in the hobby to blame things on the dealers. When in fact, the grading system used was created by a collector, and was intentionally used to protect the collector. </p><p><br /></p><p>No I don&#039;t enjoy shelling out the extra $28 per coin to get them slabbed. Now when you multiply that by the thousands of coins submitted each year, it would be in best interest if collectors would learn how to grade. Would buy me a nice new car each year. Because 99% of collectors choose the &quot;EASY&quot; way to coin collecting, we dealers must play the game along with them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now onto it only takes money to be a coin dealer. </p><p><br /></p><p>If that is your view of the hobby, I am sorry. Some auction services allow anyone with a coin to be a coin dealer. There is much more to it, and some even do what they can to dispell this myth. All the money in the world won&#039;t make you a coin dealer. Just because someone sells coins, doesn&#039;t make them a dealer. I can install a toilet, but I am in no way a plumber.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am sorry if this offends anyone, but the grading game is one we all deal with. The only way to come out on top in this game is knowing the rules. </p><p><br /></p><p>Blaming the dealer when you can&#039;t grade coins may be the easiest thing to do, but certainly doesn&#039;t make it right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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