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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 5179184, member: 5233&quot;]Maybe con was the wrong choice of words.&nbsp; I was using the word that [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] used which I guess isn&#039;t exactly what I meant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the dictionary definition of the word Gimmick: &quot;a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I submit that this is exactly what the point system is.&nbsp; If it was done by some other group that the organization that did the grading I might feel otherwise.&nbsp; But, it seems to me that a system that awards points based on rarity...and that rarity is determined by the same organization that awards the points is a brilliant way of creating their own demand.&nbsp; I also think that it gives them an incentive to keep the number of top pop graded coins low to encourage that coins be resubmitted over and over again.</p><p><br /></p><p>The registry point system is a trick to attract attention, publicity, and business.&nbsp; Is that inherently immoral...no.&nbsp; But that&#039;s all it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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