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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 5183065, member: 24314&quot;]<b>WARNING.&nbsp; THIS POST CONTAINS SOME OBVIOUS ADVERTIZING</b>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>NPCoin, asked: &quot;Then why does IGC <b>offer/need</b> <u>Initial Release Designation</u>?&nbsp; IMHO, that one is one of the worst.&nbsp; I really hope you had nothing to do with that one...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Initial Release, First Strike, etc. is just another <b>great idea</b> (Gimmick) to separate folks from their money.&nbsp; We were late to the party.&nbsp; We copied the top two services on that one.&nbsp; It was good business.&nbsp;&nbsp; We were threatened with a lawsuit by one TPGS if we did not change the designation we used at first.</p><p>In the same way, the top services copied ICG and started to slab &quot;problem&quot; coins!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So you see, ICG got all of you something for your money besides a body bag - thank us very much. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] Posted: &quot;That word can be looked at in either light.&nbsp; There are a number of <i>great</i> gimmicks that have come and gone, some of which had been quite amusing and accomplished what a gimmick is meant to accomplish:&nbsp; <b>attract attention or increase appeal</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer this....&quot;<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Seriously?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />You have never seen one even in an <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">SGS</span></b> slab?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And I thought you had been around the block at least a few times!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Why, I bet AuldFarte is right and you all got into the kool-aid one night and crossed over a bunch of SGS VFs in their stock <i><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 179, 0)">MS-70</span> </b></i>Abon slabs from eBay back in the day...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Nope, not even for SEGS.&nbsp; <b>Let&#039;s see some extremely over graded coins in a SEGS, ANACS, or ICG slab.</b>&nbsp; There may still be a few in the gold label PCI slabs but not that extreme.&nbsp; Come on folk. Typing behind an icon without proof is lame.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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