I just received this letter from PMG: http://engage.collectiblesgroup.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqzNZKXonjHpfsX57O0vWqag38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YIARMZ0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEOTLbYV6Z6t60PWQ== Or here: http://www.pmgnotes.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=4714&paper-money-certification
Rather like how American voters really only choose between one of two parties, Republican or Democrat. No one else makes it through to the polls with any chance of succeeding. A further homogenizing of a market into a high contrast, black or white, division. And one that lacks continuous tone, where nothing can be trusted in between. What a way to ensure only some companies maintain a monopoly over a hobby effectively delivering as subjective a perspective on grading as does any less dominant player who also wants to run a similar service. Of course those selected would 'applaud' the decision. Of course PMG and PCGS do a fine job but they are not perfect either and what about a lot of collectors holding notes in CG&A. Must be some bummed collectors feeling even more alienated by eBay after years of being able to buy them through the venue.
If eBay is dealing with currency the same way it does with coins then the TPG MUST have a publicly accessible database of all of their graded items. That's why for quite a while PCGS and NGC were the only approved coin TPG's. ANACS and ICG got their act together and eventually got their databases in order. Now they too are eBay "blessed".
