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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 3594535, member: 5629&quot;]Personally, I have no problem with the premise of the service.&nbsp; Even the price is reasonable.&nbsp; Sure, you can get the same service here or on other forums, at clubs, shows, wherever...for free.&nbsp; That does not make the &quot;free&quot; services any less valid, just as being a business makes NGC&#039;s opinion no more &quot;professional&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC is in the market of extending opinions on conditions and authenticity of numismatic items.&nbsp; That is what makes their service &quot;professional&quot;.&nbsp; Regardless if they are offering services from an &quot;expert&quot; (as there are such opinions given freely frequently in a non-professional environment here), they are offering this as a &quot;professional&quot; service...and that is where I have qualms about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reading the link you gave, they offer no &quot;guarantee&quot; in regards to authenticity.&nbsp; Now, obviously grade is subjective (and thus <b>only</b> an opinion to begin with) and is subject to the view of the observer.&nbsp; Authenticity, however, is quite a different subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the fact that they are offering professional advice to enter into a binding purchase contract based upon a consideration of the authenticity of the item, yet denying any responsibility for that advice is, in my opinion, unethical.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is not to say that NGC should take full liability, especially considering that their only evidence of authenticity is based on seller generated photos.&nbsp; But, in the very least, they should have something in their service that would help to guide their &quot;client&quot; in the event that the item indeed is found to not be authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they are going to charge a fee to hold someone&#039;s hand into a possible bad deal, they should ethically take responsibility and hold their hand through the process of getting out of it.&nbsp; Not legal advice, obviously...but at least the role of guidance, advocacy, and support.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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