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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1420102, member: 112&quot;]I see this as nothing more than the continuing effort by eBay to help protect people from themselves and unscrupulous sellers. Disagree if you want, but I see it as good thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As LostDutchman said - <i>It has been common knowledge in the community that these companies &quot;ain&#039;t what they used to be&quot;.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>That has been true ever since the 2 companies got new owners and swapped staffs. For those of you who forgot, or never knew, everybody who used to work for ICG, now works for ANACS. And everybody who used to work for ANACS, now works for ICG.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it just kills me, when I see comments like - I have always liked ANACS, but don&#039;t like ICG - or vice versa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither ICG nor ANACS is the same company they used to be. Neither one of the companies uses the same grading standards that they built their reputations and company names on. Both companies greatly loosened their grading standards when the new owners took over. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, there was a time when ANACS and ICG both commanded a certain level of respect. Yes, there was a time when you could buy a coin in an ANACS slab or an ICG slab and have a certain level of confidence. But all of that went away when the new owners took over the companies and established their new, loose, grading standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think of it like this - if PCGS was bought by the person who owns SGS - would you still trust coins in a new PCGS slab ?</p><p><br /></p><p>In effect that&#039;s kind of what happened with ANACS and ICG. And there are a lot, a whole lot, of people who don&#039;t understand or realize that <u>that</u> is what happened to a large degree. There are still a lot of people who have the same faith and trust in ANACS that they had in the company 10 years ago - because the company still has the same name. But it IS NOT the same company anymore ! Neither one of them are.</p><p><br /></p><p>What eBay just did - should have been done long ago. And IMO, if you don&#039;t realize that, or if you don&#039;t believe that - then you need to wake up and smell the coffee.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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