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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3238609, member: 78244&quot;]Most of them I meet in shows in passing and say something like: “PCGS has gotten really tight on toned coins” or “NGC has gotten really loose on early coppers” and etcetera. Some of the dealers post here, and yet you have not once called them out for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes the trends are minor and only people who regularly send in coins notice them, and others might be so major that many collectors notice. But to say it does not happen at all is pure folly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because 1) they have corrupted the market such that US coins cannot hold their values on their own, and 2) their criteria for details/straight grade coins is woefully inconsistent in some areas.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How many times can you name where the grade guarantee was successfully used?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because I was trying to paint the TPGs in the best possible light. Isn’t that what you want? Or does the fact that the TPGs are less consistent in circulated classic coins (an area which YOU admitted you have little experience with) scare you?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If thousands of dollars are on the line for a single point increase, I expect them to be consistent. Is that too much to ask? Especially since their role in the hobby is (supposedly!!!) to protect the consumers from overgrading?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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