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<p>[QUOTE="John Skelton, post: 4504797, member: 92092"]No, I wasn't blaming grade inflation, although it bears a little of the blame. I was stating a hypothetical to say that I think TPGs stand to benefit from coins being resubmitted in hopes of getting a better grade. I think they could be playing on our desire to improve what we have, and the need to have someone else validate our coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As has been said, buy the coin, not the slab. Although I haven't done so myself yet, I prefer learning how to grade myself, rather than depend on someone else's opinion. I might get it wrong, but apparently the TPGs sometimes do, too, as we have seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Skelton, post: 4504797, member: 92092"]No, I wasn't blaming grade inflation, although it bears a little of the blame. I was stating a hypothetical to say that I think TPGs stand to benefit from coins being resubmitted in hopes of getting a better grade. I think they could be playing on our desire to improve what we have, and the need to have someone else validate our coins. As has been said, buy the coin, not the slab. Although I haven't done so myself yet, I prefer learning how to grade myself, rather than depend on someone else's opinion. I might get it wrong, but apparently the TPGs sometimes do, too, as we have seen.[/QUOTE]
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