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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3222627, member: 59737&quot;]FYI, if you buy a coin in a slab and crack it out because you like it better that way, I say go for it (but you should send the cert # to the TPG to keep stats proper).&nbsp; It&#039;s those who crack them to resell as other than what the TPGs designated it, particularly when details graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s do a little apples to oranges and say you&#039;re going to buy a car.&nbsp; The dealer disagrees with the carfax report and shreds it and tells you to decide for yourself if the car is in good shape.&nbsp; It&#039;s now up to you as the buyer to figure out if the car is as good as it looks.&nbsp; Did the seller just give it a car wash or is that fresh paint?&nbsp; Sure, the odometer can be read, but how&#039;s the transmission working?&nbsp; Are the tires balanced?&nbsp; There are a lot of things the average person does not know about cars that they rely on others to feed them that information.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it&#039;s a bit of a stretch to draw the comparisons, but slabs help buyers who know less learn about others&#039; opinions of the coin, beyond that of a dealer who wants to make money.&nbsp; Dealers always (in my opinion) overgrade coins they are selling and undergrade coins they are buying.&nbsp; Purposefully cracking a coin out is, in my mind, akin to shredding a carfax report in hopes of getting more money for a car/coin than someone should.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I think my point is clear.&nbsp; I won&#039;t force it any more, I just am weary of people who say &quot;it&#039;s the buyer&#039;s responsibility&quot; to know everything about coins.&nbsp; We cannot expect everyone to be an expert and (I believe) we should hold sellers to some moral standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your thoughts. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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