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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vegas Vic, post: 2015082, member: 58810&quot;]Um it was a specific response to the below quote I kinda though that was self explanatory.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m trying to explain why a collector, like me, needs a tpg&#039;s opinion. To protect themselves. Then I explain why.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My response had nothing to do with ethics. I am explaining definitions and trying to put into context the idea of bias. This is not an &quot;anti-dealer&quot; statement. It is referring to the very concept of bias. If you are a human and money is involved you will be biased. This is a definition not an argument. What I&#039;m saying is anyone selling a coin, collector dealer has a bias because of the financial outcome. Anyone selling anything also fits this definition. With grading you have such a large value riding on a subjective art, it became such a huge problem that it created a market need which was filled by tpg&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>A statement about &quot;unethical bias&quot; shows a lack of understanding about the concept of bias. It is not wrong or evil to have bias. It is human to have a bias. Everyone has a bias created from past experiences even when they don&#039;t have a financial stake there usually is a emotional one from those said past experiences. People us the word bias all the time in a negative context when they don&#039;t really just understand the very concept. It is human to have a bias.</p><p><br /></p><p>Further I was also explaining that even the tpg&#039;s have bias, which is frequently referred to by people saying it is the submitter that creates the grade. Something repeated countless times.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s ok though. If you don&#039;t get it just take some shots. I know how this works with some posters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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