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<p>[QUOTE="Reid Goldsborough, post: 866, member: 34"]Coin publications typically have columnists, but many are very reluctant to publish pro-consumer articles or columns for fear of angering advertisers and for fear of getting sued by Accugrade and companies like it. For some years now Accugrade has been the biggest ethical problem in all of numismatics, and it doesn't even get mentioned in coin publications. It doesn't get mentioned in books either, not even in books that are openly pro-consumer, such as The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, written by "consumer advocate" Scott Travers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only place to get complete information about consumer issues regarding numismatics is the Internet. There are too many messages and too many people posting these messages. The bad guys can't shut them all up. though Accugrade has shut down at least two Web sites with legal threats.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Reid Goldsborough, post: 866, member: 34"]Coin publications typically have columnists, but many are very reluctant to publish pro-consumer articles or columns for fear of angering advertisers and for fear of getting sued by Accugrade and companies like it. For some years now Accugrade has been the biggest ethical problem in all of numismatics, and it doesn't even get mentioned in coin publications. It doesn't get mentioned in books either, not even in books that are openly pro-consumer, such as The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, written by "consumer advocate" Scott Travers. The only place to get complete information about consumer issues regarding numismatics is the Internet. There are too many messages and too many people posting these messages. The bad guys can't shut them all up. though Accugrade has shut down at least two Web sites with legal threats.[/QUOTE]
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