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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5171226, member: 24314"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Lehigh96, posted: "Perhaps they learned a lesson from the casinos. Every casino has the same slot machines and table games, the customers choose their casino based on the big beautiful hotel, restaurants, and player card perks. In the spirit of the casino analogy, ICG is a Days Inn, a McDonalds, and free parking!</p><p><br /></p><p>You forgot the heated pool, free Internet and breakfast. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lehigh96, posted: "So you are saying that ICG is content to be a small grading company [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #660066"><b>EXACTLY</b> WHAT I WROTE PREVIOUSLY</span>!] with a questionable reputation? [<span style="color: #660066">Not by our customers. By the uninformed or dealers with a stake in PCGS or NGC. There is a big difference between a <b>reputation</b> and <b>selling price of a slab</b></span>]? I find that hard to believe and I think they want nothing more than to increase their market share of the coin grading market. [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #660066">did you forget what I wrote before? We are expanding the bottom line and number of customers each year. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We just bought a stand-alone building! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>]</p><p><br /></p><p>"Skip told us that he was put in charge of the coin chat rooms, but he got himself banned from CU, and he posts things like post #255 in this thread. If anyone at ICG was watching, he would probably no longer be charged with monitoring the coin forums." </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">I was banned from CU for trying to educate the uninformed about more important subjects <b>unrelated to coins.</b></span> <span style="color: #b30000">I BROKE THEIR RULES</span> <span style="color: #660066">and the "snow-white plastic</span> <span style="color: #660066">badge thought police progressives" couldn't take someone questioning their beliefs. CU is to be complimented for giving me a very long rope before it was </span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">cut.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>MIGuy, posted: "Does PCGS pay by the word or the negative post? Asking for a friend... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">We are lucky to be able to share more opinions about all the TPGS here.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>baseball21, asked: "For what?"</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <b><span style="color: #660066">Why would you assume he was referring to you?</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lehigh96, posted: "But hey, if you use ICG, you can talk to Skip on the phone."</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066"><b>Very true.</b> If I were to tell you what I charge coin dealers' for a one-on-one class on various subjects, you would understand the value of a conversation with ANY TPGS employee. </span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">I urge every collector to send a few coins into ANY TPGS so they can see what they have been buying.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5171226, member: 24314"]:cat:Lehigh96, posted: "Perhaps they learned a lesson from the casinos. Every casino has the same slot machines and table games, the customers choose their casino based on the big beautiful hotel, restaurants, and player card perks. In the spirit of the casino analogy, ICG is a Days Inn, a McDonalds, and free parking! You forgot the heated pool, free Internet and breakfast. :D Lehigh96, posted: "So you are saying that ICG is content to be a small grading company [:rolleyes: [COLOR=#660066][B]EXACTLY[/B] WHAT I WROTE PREVIOUSLY[/COLOR]!] with a questionable reputation? [[COLOR=#660066]Not by our customers. By the uninformed or dealers with a stake in PCGS or NGC. There is a big difference between a [B]reputation[/B] and [B]selling price of a slab[/B][/COLOR]]? I find that hard to believe and I think they want nothing more than to increase their market share of the coin grading market. [:rolleyes: [COLOR=#660066]did you forget what I wrote before? We are expanding the bottom line and number of customers each year. :facepalm: We just bought a stand-alone building! :p[/COLOR]] "Skip told us that he was put in charge of the coin chat rooms, but he got himself banned from CU, and he posts things like post #255 in this thread. If anyone at ICG was watching, he would probably no longer be charged with monitoring the coin forums." [COLOR=#660066]I was banned from CU for trying to educate the uninformed about more important subjects [B]unrelated to coins.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b30000]I BROKE THEIR RULES[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660066]and the "snow-white plastic[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660066]badge thought police progressives" couldn't take someone questioning their beliefs. CU is to be complimented for giving me a very long rope before it was cut.[/COLOR] :dead: MIGuy, posted: "Does PCGS pay by the word or the negative post? Asking for a friend... ;) [COLOR=#660066]We are lucky to be able to share more opinions about all the TPGS here.[/COLOR] baseball21, asked: "For what?" :smuggrin: [B][COLOR=#660066]Why would you assume he was referring to you?[/COLOR][/B] ;) Lehigh96, posted: "But hey, if you use ICG, you can talk to Skip on the phone." [COLOR=#660066][B]Very true.[/B] If I were to tell you what I charge coin dealers' for a one-on-one class on various subjects, you would understand the value of a conversation with ANY TPGS employee. I urge every collector to send a few coins into ANY TPGS so they can see what they have been buying.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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