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Message:: [QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2035804, member: 17665"]Like you, I too have a TPG of choice, ANAC's. But I started out earlier on with ICG. After watching dealers price lists for a long time I noticed less dealers selling ICG slab and more PCGS. I don't like having to send my coins through a 3rd party (coin dealer) so I deal direct with ANAC's. They have treated me well, run specials on fees and shipping and most come back at what I expected for a final grade. The same goes for my comic books. There was a lot of controversy in the early years of PGX vs. CGC. With CGC you have to use a dealer, not so with PGX. Earlier on when PGX first started CGC started a campaign to dis-credit their only competition. PGX fought back with much stricter standards and today they both still compete but the little guy finally made their statement by providing quality work and still do. With only 4 major coin grading services making the grade, competition will rub out the little guy only if the big guy messes up. The volumes of coin submissions and the time frames the TPG's live by can also be a factor in rushing things. Think of the volumes of slabs being marketed by the big box coin companies, like first strikes and such. This worries me more than anything as a small time collector tries to get their feet wet in this hobby and think these coins will ever have a real market 10-20 years down the road with so many millions of them being sold.[/QUOTE]