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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;srkjkd, post: 323401, member: 7248&quot;]this is only my own opinion...we need to police ourselves. i am an ana member and would like for it to be a true&nbsp; force in the hobby. it has a pitiful 32,000 members. it should be a much more education oriented. it has a handful of&nbsp; courses which need to be updated. the curriculum should be expanded immensely and available for distance education. it should also be a consumer advocate for coin collectors.being a member and especially a member - dealer needs to mean something. they should be held to standards&nbsp; similar to the PNG. the same goes for the use of a tpg. if they can&#039;t meet up to proper standards...they get&nbsp; booted.</p><p>&nbsp; a collector first starting can learn an immense amount just by coming to this site and reading posts. LEARNING and APPLYING the knowledge available before buying any coin should be a prerequisite for this hobby.&nbsp; this in an of itself, could weed out the bad tpg&#039;s and dealers. once you are educated enough not to buy the junk, there would be no money going to these&nbsp; grading services or dealers. no money means they either tighten the standards and try to compete, or to go elsewhere for a fast buck.</p><p>&nbsp;we&nbsp; don&#039;t need gov&#039;t involvement, we just need to get new collectors here or in a vocal hobby club, before ever buying that coin from the tv, back of magazine special, or the incredible ebay bargain. helping each other and keeping newbies from getting burned should be a coin collector standard....once again, just my thoughts...........steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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