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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1411902, member: 2972&quot;]According to you....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The purpose of the TPGs written standards is to help people understand the underlying method of judgement.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure if they didn&#039;t publish standards, you&#039;d also take issue with that.&nbsp; Damned if they do, damned if they don&#039;t, I suppose.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, neither coin grading nor life is nearly so black and white.&nbsp; Coin grading, as practiced by the TPGs, is a subjective opinion, and by definition, those are imprecise and difficult to verbalize.&nbsp; Add to that the challenge of a moving market, and I&#039;m sure you can recognize the difficulty introduced.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Surely you are not suggesting I am unable to grade coins or blindly follow anyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>And who suggested you are not able to doubt their opinion?&nbsp; You are free to disagree as you see fit, just like you are free to buy a coin or not, and submit a coin for grading or not.&nbsp; Nobody is holding a gun to your head, just like nobody is forcing you to agree with a grade.&nbsp; The choice is your own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, I don&#039;t see anything &quot;wrong&quot; with the TPGs or the way they grade coins.&nbsp; Are they perfect?&nbsp; Far from it.&nbsp; Could they improve?&nbsp; Almost certainly.&nbsp;&nbsp; Should people &quot;blindly&quot; believe what&#039;s on a slab? Absolutely not!&nbsp; Do they provide a valuable service that millions of collectors and dealers use?&nbsp; Without question!&nbsp; Do I want to go back to the good old days of rigid standards and dealers who largely ignored them?&nbsp; Not for a minute!</p><p><br /></p><p>Please don&#039;t feel sorry for me because I don&#039;t see things the same way you do.&nbsp; Variety is the spice of life, and I&#039;d like to think there&#039;s room for all of us and our varying opinions/perspectives.&nbsp; Respectfully...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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