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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2066686, member: 15309&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">IIRC, the reason was because they intended third party grading to create a sight unseen marketplace.&nbsp; They learned very quickly that not including eye appeal in grading would make that goal unachievable.&nbsp; If you wanna claim that the sight unseen marketplace was intended to lure in investors, that I can believe.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">If that is not the reason, why would you prefer a system of grading that allows those with knowledge to have a decided advantage over those without that knowledge?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Change isn&#039;t easy.&nbsp; I would expect that market grading received much resistance when it was created.&nbsp; But market grading and the TPGs have not only survived since the inception of market grading, to the point where market grading is widely accepted within the numismatic community.&nbsp; It has been over 25 years, disgruntled technical graders need to get over at this point.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I am not entirely opposed to fleecing.&nbsp; While you want the investors out, I want their money, especially those who don&#039;t do their homework.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I know that you are able to grade using both methods.&nbsp; We shall disagree about which method is best for the hobby.&nbsp; For the record, I don&#039;t think the survival of the rare coin market is in any trouble.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">To the contrary, putting requirements on those who want to participate in the hobby is exclusionary.&nbsp; I welcome everyone, the experts, the idiots, and everyone in between.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">This is the second time that you have mentioned &quot;the survival&quot; of the hobby.&nbsp; What makes you think that coin collecting is in trouble?&nbsp; You support reverting back to technical grading and even a major economic correction in order to stop what you consider to be something that threatens the viability of the hobby.&nbsp; In order to gain support from others, you first need to convince us that coin collecting is in serious danger.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t see it Mike.&nbsp; Everything looks just fine to me.&nbsp; And I know all about industry being in danger, as I worked in the casino business in Atlantic City.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Thanks for a stimulating debate, it was fun, good night!</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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