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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2344655, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Yeah, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and I claimed to be a girl too! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It was in the thread about coin dealer&#039;s lying.&nbsp; A Moderator pulled my post and warned me not to do anything like that again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, IMO, you are very naïve.&nbsp; Are you a coin dealer?&nbsp; A new collector?As you have stated, A STANDARD should not change, otherwise it is NOT A STANDARD.&nbsp; However, standards DO change.&nbsp; All sorts of them change, have changed, and will change in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears that many here on CT drink the &quot;swill&quot; that is spouted by the old timers WHO ARE FREE to grade to any standard they choose.&nbsp; Unfortunately, IMO, they are leading the new collectors astray.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=20480]@ToughCOINS[/USER]</p><p>The standards for grading coins HAVE CHANGED.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like it, I don&#039;t agree with it, and I DON&#039;T FOLLOW THEM.&nbsp; My personal coin grading standards are the same as they were in the 1960&#039;s!&nbsp; Nevertheless, I am a realist.&nbsp; The standards I choose to follow are not &quot;market acceptable&quot; anymore.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I could NEVER be a grader.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So I have evolved.&nbsp; I still have my personal standards and I learned and UNDERSTAND the TPGS standards (as practiced now).&nbsp; In the future, when they surely change more, I will learn the &quot;new&quot; standards.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> You <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> need to write a letter to someone who cares.&nbsp; You can find the addresses to the four major grading services on the Internet.&nbsp; If they were interested in &quot;customer service,&quot; I&#039;ll bet you would receive a reply similar to mine.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, you and the other naïve collectors think you are the consumers.&nbsp; In reality, coin dealers are the real consumers and they help/agree with the changes going on.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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