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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;frankjg, post: 4505325, member: 17567&quot;]Do you have actual data to back that statement up? </p><p>&nbsp;How did people learn about coins up until the TPGs were benevolent enough to bring the ignorant masses out of the darkness and show us the way?&nbsp; Yeah, I’m being sarcastic here but seriously, the hobby has existed since ancient times and flourished. Many thousands of books and papers were published on the topic, collections exchanged hands, kids collected from loose change and filled Whitman books, knowledge was passed down from collector to collector, grandfather to grandson, etc. To think that the hobby NEEDS and can’t live without TPGs is sad. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’m also a voracious capitalist and completely applaud the fact that they’ve exploited a perceived gap in the market, geniously gamefied the hobby to get people addicted to submitting coins and resubmitting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>How many new people show up here saying they are already a PCGS member, or are ready to submit coins before they’ve even bought their first RedBook?&nbsp; You can probably find 10 just today. That’s a major structural flaw in the state of the hobby today, directly attributed to TPGs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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