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<p>[QUOTE="rick, post: 43335, member: 1235"]Well, I don't think we will see eye to eye on our points of view concerning investment structure, but that's ok. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p> </p><p>Yes, there is certainly room for everyone in this hobby. Again, I did not mean to come across otherwise. I think that you will find a general distrust on this site for some of the more 'bottom tier' TPG services. If you are one to ignore the slab of their product, as you should for all coins, great. But the truth is that a lot of these 'grading services' are used for the sole purpose of window dressing their product - and that can be a dangerous thing (similar to buying stock in Enron) to the hobby as a whole. Their (sometimes grossly) misgraded coins can do real damage to a new collector - and in some cases, that collector will never trust the hobby again - and that's sad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rick, post: 43335, member: 1235"]Well, I don't think we will see eye to eye on our points of view concerning investment structure, but that's ok. :o Yes, there is certainly room for everyone in this hobby. Again, I did not mean to come across otherwise. I think that you will find a general distrust on this site for some of the more 'bottom tier' TPG services. If you are one to ignore the slab of their product, as you should for all coins, great. But the truth is that a lot of these 'grading services' are used for the sole purpose of window dressing their product - and that can be a dangerous thing (similar to buying stock in Enron) to the hobby as a whole. Their (sometimes grossly) misgraded coins can do real damage to a new collector - and in some cases, that collector will never trust the hobby again - and that's sad.[/QUOTE]
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