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<p>[QUOTE="charley, post: 8196252, member: 5372"]My response is....there is nothing wrong, and everything right, about taking profits when the opportunity presents itself, instead of complaining about what is not an opportunity. Veteran or not. Ins and outs knowledge or not. There is everything right about being fascinated, because it emphasizes that there is a choice. Complaining about a TPG opinion is a waste of time. The piece either is what a person wants and likes or it isn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>Blahblah generalizations accomplish nothing, especially when the generalizations are no more or less "knowledgeable" than any other collector observations, and do not impress or impart some magic decoder ring wink wink inside TPG knowledge. Don't like the TPG opinion? Think TPGs are unfair? Think one is favored? No problem. Start your own TPG, so you too can submit to CAC and show what is wrong with all the other TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like one TPG more than another one? Fine. Use that one, and move on. PCGS in your opinion, has a premium for the prices paid for the coins? Then sell any you have, and put the money in NGC pieces at a discount. Or, sell all the TPG Holdings ,and buy only raw pieces that meet your definition of non-inflated technical graded pieces for your collection. Because otherwise, all that is being discussed is investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a veteran here. So? That and $6.75 gets me on the Orange Line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="charley, post: 8196252, member: 5372"]My response is....there is nothing wrong, and everything right, about taking profits when the opportunity presents itself, instead of complaining about what is not an opportunity. Veteran or not. Ins and outs knowledge or not. There is everything right about being fascinated, because it emphasizes that there is a choice. Complaining about a TPG opinion is a waste of time. The piece either is what a person wants and likes or it isn't. Blahblah generalizations accomplish nothing, especially when the generalizations are no more or less "knowledgeable" than any other collector observations, and do not impress or impart some magic decoder ring wink wink inside TPG knowledge. Don't like the TPG opinion? Think TPGs are unfair? Think one is favored? No problem. Start your own TPG, so you too can submit to CAC and show what is wrong with all the other TPGs. Like one TPG more than another one? Fine. Use that one, and move on. PCGS in your opinion, has a premium for the prices paid for the coins? Then sell any you have, and put the money in NGC pieces at a discount. Or, sell all the TPG Holdings ,and buy only raw pieces that meet your definition of non-inflated technical graded pieces for your collection. Because otherwise, all that is being discussed is investment. I am a veteran here. So? That and $6.75 gets me on the Orange Line.[/QUOTE]
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