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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 1894730, member: 41863&quot;]I am trying to learn Lehigh, like I said, my standard may be too strict. I am simply presenting my opinion and learning the opinions of the many respected members of this site. Thats not madness good sir, this is simply my education.</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly I dont know all the finesse of what constitutes a 58 between a 55 or borderline details or not. </p><p><br /></p><p>My problem isnt really just the gouge itself, I just assumed staple scratched were automatically declared &#039;Details&#039;. I just let an SLQ go that was problem free from the small white ANACS that also had a scratch. Albeit a single one, but it made an MS-63 grade. Many wouldve called that bad grading, but PCGS gets an apparent pass for TWO gouges in the same location. I am just trying to understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just cant understand why we as collectors throw our money at these guys and regard their words as gospel with mistakes abound and still in need of using our own two eyeballs to double check what the experts say. </p><p><br /></p><p>To your point Tom about the information being redundant, I agree, for me its almost useless, except buying coins from a distance I would still be able to read the graders opinion of what the best and worst features of a coin are. It would have prevented my little problem to say the least. So there is definitely a market for it if advertised correctly. I dont want to buy coins on a &#039;mail order basis&#039;, im sure sellers would appreciate the same thing, I can imagine many less returns, or even more protection through ebay by saying &quot;Hey they had the opportunity to read the additional data before purchasing&quot;.&nbsp; I want to buy coins and feel a little more comfortable doing so without having to always see the coin in hand first. Again, this was the way it is and has been done for years. Take a Stacks catalog for example. All that information about the coin is a picture (sometimes) and a brief description. This method has been used for ages, all I am saying is incorporating that into the new era of slabs would be a very positive thing, IMHO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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