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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1789058, member: 112"]You're preaching to the choir on that one. I've been saying that for as long as they (special labels) have existed. But the public obviously disagrees with us.   Yup, there always is room for improvement. And what you refer to as the best interest of collectors. Even 10-12 years ago I was writing articles proposing the adoption of a universal set of grading standards that everybody, all of the TPGs, dealers, and collectors alike, agreed to follow and use. And that those grading standards would be static, unchanging, over the years. That is the kind of thing that I believe would be in the best interest of collectors and the hobby in general. Unfortunately such a thing would not be a good business decision for the TPGs, so they are never going to do that. Nor does the public want such a thing for their own reasons. You see, they, collectors, like taking advantage of the gullible and uneducated just as much as the TPGs and some dealers do. As far as 70's go, I disagree with you on that one. I believe that there are great many coins out there that are worthy of the 70 grade. And if they are then they should be graded as such. The only problem with the 70 grade is that people refuse to believe what is right in front of their face, that coins graded 70 are as common as dirt and thus not deserving of the prices they pay for them. That problem is their own, not one forced upon them by anybody. The same thing goes for pricing in general. The dealers and TPGs don't set prices, the coin buying public does. They are the ones with the money ! What I am telling you is that people are their own worst enemies. 'Course they always have been, so it's not likely to change.[/QUOTE]

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