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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 606123, member: 6036"]We could ask the same questions about cleaning. Or re-coloring. Or whizzing. Or any other manipulative act. And in all cases, the result is the same :<ul> <li>No one is perfect, but the TPGs are darn good. Much better than the vast majority of hobbyists.</li> <li>They are right more often than wrong. Much more often.</li> <li>The answer to the "how many" question is "not that many" compared to the number they get right.</li> <li>In general, they are pretty reliable and have done the hobby / industry a service.</li> <li>Overall, they have weeded out fraudulent crap (which is just) and most legit coins wind up in slabs (also just).</li> </ul>EXCEPTIONS DON'T PROVE THE RULE. That's why they call them exceptions. And that's the fatal flaw in the "how many" question - it tends to treat exceptions as the rule. By preponderance, justice is served.[/QUOTE]