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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 401767, member: 3011&quot;]I think it&#039;s a pretty conservative prediction.&nbsp; No industry stands still.&nbsp; If the TPGs try, competitors will pass them.&nbsp; PCGS seems particularly vulnerable since they are owned by a public company where quarterly profits and climbing up the executive ladder may become more important than maintaining standards. Maybe someone will invent a computerize grading technique that will make them obsolete [I know it&#039;s been tried but technology advances].&nbsp; Maybe new and better services will appear.&nbsp; Maybe the services will go bankrupt from mismanagement.&nbsp; Maybe they will be taxed or regulated into extinction.&nbsp; Maybe counterfeits will&nbsp; become so good that the TPGs will not succeed in defending their franchise.&nbsp; Who knows?&nbsp; My bet is that things will change in unpredictable and surprising ways.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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