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Message:: [QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1445675, member: 29581"]We can agree to disagree on this. Your opinion and mine conflict. As far as the "wild west" analogy, back in the day before TPGs, things were much simpler than they are today. Seller and buyer would debate the coin in question, but eventually would find common ground both would be satisfied with. The only thing TPGs have done, is muddied the waters. They have, and still do today, market themselves as an essential aspect of numismatics, and too many people, dealers and collectors both, rely on the paid opinion from the TPGs, who do not even follow a uniform set of standards. Now, there's CAC on the scene. Charging money to a limited number of members for what? Verifying the grade on the TPGs label? It seems to me that if the owner of a slabbed coin has doubts of what the TPG has placed on the label, that would make the TPG's services unreliable if their grading now needs a verification from a 4th party. If CAC doesn't place a "green bean" on the slab does that mean the owner of the slabbed coin can get a free re-grade? I highly doubt it. It's nothing more than marketing, over-pricing justification, and; quite frankly, un-needed fluff. People are entitled to throw their money away as they choose, and others are entitled to be more thrifty in their spending. To each his own.[/QUOTE]