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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 683377, member: 16948&quot;]First, I sincerely apologize for my long-winded postings here - I see that I may be overusing my space on this forum, so feel free to penalize me and limit my word count at any time!&nbsp; Unfortunately, I&#039;ve never been able to learn how to write/say my thoughts to important issues in 10 words or less (I guess I should have been a political speech writer)! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lehigh, I agree - IF I had to choose a bot over an idiot - however, why do we have to choose.&nbsp; Why can&#039;t we as a coin collector society quit placing so much emphasis on a holdered coin and go back to training/teaching young people and new collectors the importance of learning to grade first.&nbsp; I see too many young collectors (young being a relative term) talk so much about what holder to buy - and never mention what the coin looks like.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, I am afraid it might be too late, that learning to grade will always be secondary now as a result of the global emphasis placed on coins in TPG holders.&nbsp; I also very much agree that the registry set programs have brought many new people to coin collecting.&nbsp; Like I said, who ever thought of that idea is a coin marketing genius!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let me ask you this, why would you spend that kind of $$$ on a coin you know so little about?&nbsp; Wow, personally, and I say this respectfully, I can&#039;t imagine doing that.&nbsp; Before I would put out big dollars on a coin or most anything that I was not familiar with, I would study, research, ask a ton of questions, compare, talk to experts, etc.&nbsp; I would not be comfortable relying on a sticker to tell me that a particular coin is graded correctly.&nbsp; (Personally, for some reason if I was so inclined to purchase an unfamiliar expensive coin perhaps for investment purposes, I would prefer to rely on someone I trust and who&#039;s opinion and assessment I generally agree with, perhaps a long time dealer friend or specialist or two in that particular coin series, rather than rely on the holder or sticker.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the dealer sending a highend coin to CAC as a courtesy to the potential buyer in order to help make the deal, I would have to evaluate that on a case-by-case basis.&nbsp; I will concede that it probably makes good business sense to do this for a highend coin and because it seems very important to the customer, and as a dealer, that it is my goal to be of good service to my customers.&nbsp; But I would first strongly encourage my customer to try and decide if he is comfortable with the coin as is, and if he has a question as to its quality, then I might suggest he probably should pass.&nbsp; If he didn&#039;t like the ding or toning, why would a qualification sticker change that original inclination - perhaps the coin would be easier to sell, but wouldn&#039;t you still NOT like the ding or toning even if the holder had a green sticker?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It does sound like in your case, it was a more of a win/win situation because of the way the deal was crafted - it wasn&#039;t a cut and dry &quot;if it doesn&#039;t sticker, I won&#039;t buy it&quot; kind of thing.&nbsp; So, as long as both sides are happy, I can see why a dealer would go the route your dealer did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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