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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1269675, member: 112&quot;]Guilty, I did misunderstand your tone. Apologies.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I guess I did so because such an attitude has been expressed towards me so many times before. And usually because readers are misunderstanding me or reading some meaning into my comments that is not there at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for what subjects I like to talk about, pretty much anything really. But this topic - if you were to go through all of the various topics that have ever been discussed on this forum, this particular one would rank in the top 5 and probably in the top 2 as to what topics have been discussed most often. But in every single one of them you will see the exact same thoughts expressed. Nothing ever changes except the people expressing those thoughts. </p><p><br /></p><p>And the reason nothing ever changes is because threads on this topic are so prevalent. And when people read the same thing over and over for years, they generally tend to believe it. So the myth, and that&#039;s what it is, a myth, that PCGS is the best grading company, or the more conservative grading company, is perpetuated, reinforced even. So new collectors, and even some collectors who have been in the hobby for years, believe what they read.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that&#039;s what gets me. That&#039;s what makes me smile, frown, and shake my head in wonder and disbelief because it is just so - not true. And the facts, not opinions, bear out that it isn&#039;t true. But people also tend not to like facts - when they don&#039;t match their opinions. So facts are ignored or discounted. Just like the guy the other day (in another thread) who refused to believe that NGC could slab a counterfeit coin. The facts prove beyond any doubt that the coin is a counterfeit. But the facts were ignored because he refused to believe or didn&#039;t want to believe that NGC could make a mistake about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same thing with this subject. The facts are all there for anybody to see, if they want to take the time to look at them and recognize them when they see them. But that requires an open mind, an unbiased mind. And on this subject most people have already made up their minds simply because of what they have always read, or heard. So when facts are presented, or seen in passing, they are ignored and/or discounted. And the myth persists. I suspect it always will. And I shall continue to smile, and frown, and shake my head.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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