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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 93855, member: 246&quot;]Answering a bunch of different people&#039;s questions at once:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Is there anything that you folks do to insure that you get the same coin you submit back from NGC or PCGS?</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no need to worry about this. They are not going to steal the coin from you and replace it with a lower value one - at least not the real grading services. These companies make a LOT of money grading coins and the cost of doing this to even one person would be MASSIVE in the amount of revenue lost thanks to the people who wouldn&#039;t submit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, it is possible the dealer you are submitting the coins thru is switching the coins before being graded, but that is another matter. I know for a fact this has happened, but it is very rare and you can submit directly to all the major services with a little paperwork and avoid this potential problem.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>With the thousands of coins these companies grade, they must make several mistakes.</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure they do. I&#039;ve heard of coins being returned to the wrong submitter and coins lost and damaged at the grading service. They will pay for thier mistakes should they make any. It&#039;s all a cost of doing business.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>I wonder if the employees at the TPGs are bonded?</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t know for a fact, I&#039;m 100% positive that the insurance policies these companies have cover dishonesty by employees. I&#039;d also suspect that the grading companies do background checks on all the people who work there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>how to become a pro grader or being hire by them?</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have the skills, call them up and tell them you&#039;d be interested in a job grading. If you have decent qualifications/resume they will either meet you at a show or fly you out there to meet and test you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>is there any training for that or school?</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Training? Other than years of experience, no. School? There are ANA classes that can help you learn how to grade, but won&#039;t make you a pro grader.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>how much do they get or salary?</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Depends on several factors, like skills (what can you grade), demand for your services, and your name in the industry. It can be in the low $30,000 area for the bulk modern graders. It goes up from there. $100K+ for the better graders. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Does anyone know if the 3PGr&#039;s pay any money to PNG, ANA, etc., to have their names listed on the rear of their slab? Can&#039;t be fee of charge. If they pay them for the right, that&#039;s no guarantee to us collectors.</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a little unsure what you are asking. If you are asking does the grading companies pay the ANA &amp; PNG to use their logo on the back of the slab? If so, yes. Currently NGC is the &quot;grading service of choice&quot; for the ANA &amp; PNG. This is a paid endorsement. Same as it was when PCGS had the endorsement. It&#039;s up to the highest bidder of the qualified grading services.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>There is a fee but I think the Co. has to pass the test that PNG give out every year...</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>The test is their check clearing. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>There must be someone in one of these companies who has returned a 69 coin to a customer for the customer&#039;s submitted 70 coin</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Why must there be? The value of doing something like this is small. The potential cost is very large. Sure, it is possible. It&#039;s also possible that animals can talk, but just don&#039;t around humans. Don&#039;t count on it. At least at one grading company, there is video going non-stop and you coin can be tracked at all times it is in the building. I&#039;d suspect other grading services have similar abilities.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>they are collectors just like me and you and they know how people feel about their coins....</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Many people (the non-graders) are not coin people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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