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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;srkjkd, post: 323936, member: 7248&quot;]GDJSMP.....&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; still not familiar enough w/ this to use quotes.....but in reply...</p><p><br /></p><p>the ana does offer distance education. i have taken all courses available. they are outdated and&nbsp; more courses&nbsp; need to be offered. it is better than when i took them in 1983, but for an organization dedicated to educating numismatists, they have fallen short of the mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;as many have said, education will stop the money from flowing to bad tpg&#039;s...if no one is interested in a coin slabbed by the grading company, no one will send coins to them for grading. no money coming in would certainly end their business as&nbsp; they are in it for profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;we&nbsp; will never solve every grading&nbsp; issue, but it does seem most people have accepted pcgs and ngc graders&#039; opinions w/ anacs at one point being 3rd (now, time will tell what happens). it simply goes back to educating a collector and consumer awareness. i want to see the hobby grow and thrive. i don&#039;t have an answer for everything, i am merely giving my opinion. i want to see integrity rewarded and would love to see the bad dealers and tpg&#039;s disappear. we don&#039;t need gov&#039;t intervention, just stronger&nbsp; consumer advice and awareness. i believe the ana should be a much stronger force in&nbsp; our hobby.....steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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