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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2533566, member: 112&quot;]Why do you, or anybody else, send coins to a TPG to begin with ? You do it because you want &quot;their&quot; opinion of the coin. And why do you want their opinion ? In most cases it&#039;s because the person submitting the coin can&#039;t authentic or grade the coin themselves, AND because the opinion of the TPGs is trusted and respected by the market as a whole.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this coin, &quot;their&quot; opinion is questionable authenticity. What do you want them to do with a coin like that ? Put it in a slab anyway ? Would you even want to own a coin in slab like that ? Would you leave a coin in a slab like that ? I sure can&#039;t think of many who would.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, your argument is the same as the one people used to use back when the TPGs body bagged coins - the TPG didn&#039;t do anything for you, they didn&#039;t do their job - so they should not be paid. Well they did do their job, their job is to give you <u>their opinion</u> - nothing more. </p><p><br /></p><p>Suppose they had said this coin is a counterfeit, and then refused to slab it. Would you still say they didn&#039;t do their job and not want to pay them ? Of course not, because you COULDN&#039;T say that ! They did exactly what they were supposed to do ! And because they did, you are obligated to pay them.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you go to the doctor because you don&#039;t feel well, And he tells you - you have cancer - and he tries to cure you. But he fails and says - sorry, I tried but I can&#039;t cure you ? Did he not do his job ? Should you not pay him ?</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, with some things, people doing their jobs and deserving to be paid for doing so is not dependent upon &quot;you&quot; getting the result you want. Some things just can&#039;t be done.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the TPGs changed their 20 year long policy of not slabbing problem coins, they didn&#039;t change things because that&#039;s what people wanted. They changed their policy because they drastically need to increase submissions, some how, some way. And by agreeing to slab problem coins, they created an entirely new market segment for themselves. They gave themselves an entirely new way to make money ! They DID NOT do it for their customers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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