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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2799696, member: 24314&quot;]V. Kurt Bellman, asked: &quot;Are you &quot;okay with that&quot;?&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">NO!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">IMO, a TPGS should charge for an opinion.&nbsp; That opinion should be yes, no, or <span style="color: #ff00ff">we <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />don&#039;t have a clue</span> one way or the other!&nbsp; <b>IF</b> it turns out that a lot of mistakes were made in the past (discovered as more knowledge/info/tests became available), due to the guarantee to &quot;make good,&quot; a lot of $$$$ is on the line.&nbsp; That&#039;s too bad as now you either pay up or let slide. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">If there were a clause in the TPGS form stating that <span style="color: #0000b3">in the advent of new info about deceptive methods of alterations or counterfeits becomes available that was not known to the professional numismatic community at the time our opinion was rendered...all guarantees are void,<span style="color: #000000"> then we could clean out any mistakes about toning for example w/o financial loss except to the submitter (who should take the loss for not educating himself).&nbsp; BTW, that was how it was done in the 1970&#039;s.&nbsp; ANACS and INSAB gave their best opinion on the authenticity of a coin.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #b30000">THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT OPINION WAS CORRECT!</span></b> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000b3"><span style="color: #000000">Anyway, many d</span></span>ecades ago, I learned <b>and accepted</b> that my opinion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on any subject - anywhere - means <b>NOTHING</b>!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I suggest that everyone else get a life and realize that what they think is not important either. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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