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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 356631, member: 5629&quot;]Actually, they are a TPG.&nbsp; They accept coins from non-affiliated third parties for authentication and grading.&nbsp; They would also be an FPG (like any other dealer), that is, a First Party Grader, if they submit any of the DLRC inventory to be slabbed into DCG slabs.&nbsp; If they do this, then they are not only a TPG and an FPG, but also a &quot;self-slabber&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being a &quot;self-slabber&quot; has nothing to do with reputation or accuracy.&nbsp; That would fall more to the label of &quot;bottom-feeder&quot;, I believe.&nbsp; No, &quot;self-slabber&quot; is any dealer that slabs his own coins and reintroduces them into the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest problem IS the conflict of interest.&nbsp; I have stated before that there is nothing wrong with &quot;self-slabbers&quot; so long as the fact is known that the self-slabbing seller is the one who has not only graded the coin, but also provided the coin itself.&nbsp; This is a dealer!&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t matter if the coins is &quot;slabbed&quot; in a flip, cardboard, air-tite, snap-lock 3x2...nor whether it is labeled with ink, pencil, or a professional laser or inkjet printer, the self-slabber is still only a dealer peddling his/her wares.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally see a big problem (my biggest peeve with PCGS, maybe?) with a dealer offering his &quot;services&quot; while at the same time directly competing in the exact same market and claiming no conflict of interest exists.&nbsp; It is this conflict in and of itself that I have a problem with.&nbsp; I cannot believe that there will be true non-discriminatory subjectivity in grading when such a conflict of interest exists, irregardless of any supposed procedural guarantees involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will agree though, that by not pretending that a conflict of interest does not exist does lend a bit more credibility to the DCG/DLRC relationship much more than the DHRC/PCGS one does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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