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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2941480, member: 24314"]GDJMSP, posted: "So, we can say that this TPG is better than that TPG all day long ! But we <u>can't ever say</u> that this particular grader or that particular grader doesn't know what he is doing simply because of where he happens to work at the time."</p><p><br /></p><p>Amen. Kurt, I cannot for the life of me understand how you don't understand this simple fact. </p><p><br /></p><p>Over the decades, top professional graders/authenticators have switched the TPGS's they work for. Some even return to the one they left! Their skill level and ranking among other peers does not change due to where they work. I have interacted with some of these guys. In class, one related how "good" he felt each morning he saw the name of his "latest" TPGS employer as he entered the building.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you should adjust your thinking. Hate the TPGS, yet respect the skill level of those who have earned the right to work at the "top." Their training continues each day looking at many hundreds of different coins. Think of that. Each day they absorb more experience than most collectors due in a year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2941480, member: 24314"]GDJMSP, posted: "So, we can say that this TPG is better than that TPG all day long ! But we [U]can't ever say[/U] that this particular grader or that particular grader doesn't know what he is doing simply because of where he happens to work at the time." Amen. Kurt, I cannot for the life of me understand how you don't understand this simple fact. Over the decades, top professional graders/authenticators have switched the TPGS's they work for. Some even return to the one they left! Their skill level and ranking among other peers does not change due to where they work. I have interacted with some of these guys. In class, one related how "good" he felt each morning he saw the name of his "latest" TPGS employer as he entered the building. Perhaps you should adjust your thinking. Hate the TPGS, yet respect the skill level of those who have earned the right to work at the "top." Their training continues each day looking at many hundreds of different coins. Think of that. Each day they absorb more experience than most collectors due in a year.[/QUOTE]
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