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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1212142, member: 112"]Well, that's the problem right there - conjecture. There is no evidence that what you are thinking is true. Nor is it true that different graders look at the expensive tier coins. The same graders look at all the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your comments remind me of the stories and claims that you hear, and as you say you can hear them from dealers, that only those who submit large quantities of coins ever get the high grades. Meaning that the TPGs show favoritism to some submitters. But these stories are not true either, all they are is sour grapes. It is people looking for some excuse to blame the TPGs for the low grades when the real problem is that those who are submitting the coins can't grade correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, it's simply not possible for the claims you are making, or the claims of favoritism, to be even be true. That's because the graders have no idea who is submitting the coins that they look at, nor do they have any idea what grading tier the coins have been submitted under. The graders merely sit at their desk and grade the next box of coins that is handed to them. Each coin in the box is in a clear plastic flip with no identifying marks on that flip other than a bar code.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there can be no favoritism based on who the submitter is, nor can there be any favoritism based on the grading tier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1212142, member: 112"]Well, that's the problem right there - conjecture. There is no evidence that what you are thinking is true. Nor is it true that different graders look at the expensive tier coins. The same graders look at all the coins. Your comments remind me of the stories and claims that you hear, and as you say you can hear them from dealers, that only those who submit large quantities of coins ever get the high grades. Meaning that the TPGs show favoritism to some submitters. But these stories are not true either, all they are is sour grapes. It is people looking for some excuse to blame the TPGs for the low grades when the real problem is that those who are submitting the coins can't grade correctly. You see, it's simply not possible for the claims you are making, or the claims of favoritism, to be even be true. That's because the graders have no idea who is submitting the coins that they look at, nor do they have any idea what grading tier the coins have been submitted under. The graders merely sit at their desk and grade the next box of coins that is handed to them. Each coin in the box is in a clear plastic flip with no identifying marks on that flip other than a bar code. So there can be no favoritism based on who the submitter is, nor can there be any favoritism based on the grading tier.[/QUOTE]
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