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<p>[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 617785, member: 2972"]I think we've finally found some common ground. I agree. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"Pricing", "ranking", or "Steve" (inside joke), you can call it whatever you want. As I'm sure you've realized through my posts, I try not to get too caught up in terminology (which I suspect angers people like you to no end <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ). That said, I call "Steve" an effective predictor of prices, and argue that's what is really important.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for a recent change in TPG behavior, I disagree strongly. I don't see any major change in grading on behalf of the TPGs in the past two years, and I spend A LOT of time looking at slabbed coins. However, I do see a slow slide that began in the early 90's and continues today. Call it a plan to make quarterly numbers by the TPGs, call it gradeflation, call it a changing market -- again I try not to get too caught up in terminology and rather look at what really matters with a coin -- the actions of the market (i.e. price) are what really matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 617785, member: 2972"]I think we've finally found some common ground. I agree. :) "Pricing", "ranking", or "Steve" (inside joke), you can call it whatever you want. As I'm sure you've realized through my posts, I try not to get too caught up in terminology (which I suspect angers people like you to no end :D ). That said, I call "Steve" an effective predictor of prices, and argue that's what is really important. As for a recent change in TPG behavior, I disagree strongly. I don't see any major change in grading on behalf of the TPGs in the past two years, and I spend A LOT of time looking at slabbed coins. However, I do see a slow slide that began in the early 90's and continues today. Call it a plan to make quarterly numbers by the TPGs, call it gradeflation, call it a changing market -- again I try not to get too caught up in terminology and rather look at what really matters with a coin -- the actions of the market (i.e. price) are what really matter.[/QUOTE]
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