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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dreamer94, post: 322844, member: 6449&quot;]This could be done without government involvement.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First, the TPG&#039;s must have no financial interest in overgrading.&nbsp; That would eliminate any TPG (or self-slabber) that sells the same coins they certify.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Second, TPG&#039;s should agree voluntarily to an industry-standard guarantee that they could work out amongst themselves that simply states that if they make a mistake, they will bear the financial consequences for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Third, various back-room deals (like endorsements, exclusivity arrangements or co-marketing schemes) with TPG&#039;s should be prohibited.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These rules could be self-determined by the coin-collecting community. A certification process could be established to ensure that the TPG&#039;s meet all the requirements.&nbsp; This is similar to the process involved in certification of health care facilities so you can be sure that when you check into a hospital, the physician doesn&#039;t have a fake license and the hospital doesn&#039;t reuse their instruments without sterilizing them.&nbsp; That&#039;s a voluntary effort by a non-governmental body (JCAHO).&nbsp; But it works because the marketplace demands JCAHO certification.&nbsp; That would be a much better use of the CAC than simply creating more grading tiers to extract more money from collectors. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin buying community and sellers (like auction houses) accepted certification only from TPG&#039;s that followed these guidelines, there would be more confidence in their grading and it would also eliminate the need for auction houses (like ebay) to arbitrarily exclude some TPG&#039;s while accepting others.&nbsp; The buyers could make those decisions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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