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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 48744, member: 708&quot;]I&#039;ll keep my trap shut about TPG&#039;s as i think everyone on here knows all too well that i am the anti-slabbing fraternity here. Raw is the way! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Learn to grade yourself and&nbsp; learn to trust your own judgement)</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone mentionned the PCGS forums, well the liteside (US coins) comes and goes, some like it, some do nothing but complain about the hostility of the place, i rarely venture into the place so i have no opinion on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although i&#039;ve been on some forums where there&#039;s an atmosphere of knowitalls (who often don&#039;t) inflating their ego and taking chunks out of newer members, it can certainly be very exclusionist. From my own personal experience it tends to be more of a US/Liteside phenomenon (i&#039;m not saying that it doesn&#039;t happen in World/darkside forums, cos i can think of one very notorious individual from one forum who has seemingly upset all and sundry in his time, although he does know his stuff it must be said). But i think alot of the problems with this comes from the registry phenomenon... &#039;my sets better than yours&#039; mentality... look MS67 not a rubbish 66. Seems like grade is everything to some people and it&#039;s all about out doing someone else. Buying coins for the slab and not the coin being rife in some circles.</p><p><br /></p><p>This forum is alot better than many in this respect, it&#039;s much friendlier and we&#039;ll help anyone who asks for it, and we&#039;ll be patient as the newbies learn, everyone has to learn at some point. What i&#039;m saying is don&#039;t let a minority of individuals that have ascribed themselves a self-importance status try and ruin it for you, there are jerks in every hobby, ignore them, collect what you want, how you want, listen to those that give good honest advice without judgement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those that admit they know little and learn it will always come out more experienced than those that decide they know everything there is to know and refuse to admit they are wrong (even when it&#039;s clearly pointed out to them), these important knowitalls never alter their opinions and they get left behind eventually.</p><p><br /></p><p>No-one is an expert on anything no matter what they say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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