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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2015593, member: 112&quot;]And I don&#039;t recall ever asking you to have any. But some others might.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, it looks like I consistently follow set and long established grading standards. As opposed to not following any published standards at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you would ever actually read what I write, instead of choosing to interpret what I write to suit your own purposes, you would see that I am extremely consistent. And not contradictory at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They have all the room in the world for their opinions, and they state them rather often. It&#039;s just that their opinions are often different than mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The people selling the TPG graded coins are not the ones who graded them. Their bear no responsibility for the assigned grades at all. And if you think I&#039;m picking on Matt, ask him if he thinks so. Then ask him how many times I have referred people to him when they are looking for coins. Or, ask the other members here how many times I have told them to talk to Matt. Oh, and you can ask any of the numerous other dealers how many clients I send to them too, and how often.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for what I am teaching people, what I teach people is how to be a discriminating collector. In other words how to pick out only the best coins, in any given grade, for their collection. As opposed to just settling for average over-graded, over-priced dreck in a plastic slab with a number on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>And while you asking people about things, you might want to ask any of the numerous people that I have helped assemble their collections over the years, as well as those I am still helping, should they choose to identify themselves, if even 1, just 1, of them has ever been unhappy with the coins they end up having in their collections.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So in your previous paragraph I am unfairly beating up on dealers for &quot;<i>selling over-graded coins at outrages and unfair prices.</i>&quot; - and in this paragragh I am <i>&quot;doing the dealers a favor&quot;</i> and taking advantage of the new kids ? </p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m doing all of this, and at the same time, by trying to teach folks how to grade by published and established grading standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Boy ! I didn&#039;t know I could do two completely different and opposite things by doing just 1 thing ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Talk about being contradictory <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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