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Message:: [QUOTE="Midas, post: 150354, member: 2761"]All things being equal, I would say "yes", but the real question a submitter should ask is NOT what are the fees for submitting coins, but how will their "slabbed" coin be perceived ($$$) in the marketplace?? If you are going to slab, you may want the opinion of the graders at the given TPG, the slab itself for protection and preservation over a 2x2, but most will slab so they can get on a phone with somebody across the country and state I have ___ coin graded by ____ service. I am asking/bidding ____ for it. Other than that, you are buying/selling a raw coin and you have to rely on your own grading experiences (that is, if you can SEE and HOLD the coin) and of course, the "trust me" factor. Sure I may pay $18 or $30 per submission, but if my coin is now worth $50 more over a service that charges only $5 per submission...well, YOU do the math!! Market perception, actual prices realized, etc., all play a role when you pick a third party grading service. Lets put it this way...You have a MS65 1880-S Morgan graded by PCGS against one graded MS65 by PCI...just take a guess which coin is going to DRAMATICALLY obtain more dollars when it is sold?? Just take a guess... When I am buying, I am equal opportunity...especially if I can SEE and HOLD the coin.  When I am submitting a coin to be slabbed, I use the service that commands and realizes the highest dollars for my submitted coin(s).[/QUOTE]