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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 102048, member: 2761&quot;]Just calling SGS (Star Grading Service) a third party grading service is just plain i<u>ncorrect</u>!!&nbsp; All they are is a front!&nbsp; A front to the ebay seller Aboncom who takes coins from rolls and proof sets and then sells them as &quot;perfect&quot; coins or one&#039;s that are the highest of all grades available!&nbsp; Unless all of the 70 coins happen to be ending up in Ashland, Ohio, is there any other explanation??</p><p><br /></p><p>Their &quot;slab&quot; and &quot;certificate&quot; are part of their <u>packaging</u> and <u>marketing</u>...<b>nothng more</b>!!&nbsp; PLEASE, let&#039;s call it for what it is.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As an example, go ahead and put a gold foil on a beer bottle and try to charge more for the beer.&nbsp; Print up a form that a master brewer actually brewed the beer you are drinking and you will likely dupe a bunch of beer drinkers into buying your beer, until they taste it.&nbsp; At that point, the beer drinker is thinking, &quot;This is crap!&quot; and most likely will not purchase the product anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>What Aboncom/SGS is doing is no differant. They are preying on those that really think the coin they are getting is graded and certified like other TPG&#039;s, when obviously it is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>If SGS were a legit grading service, you would likely see them listed here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.greysheet.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greysheet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.greysheet.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But guess what?&nbsp; They are NOT a legit service.&nbsp; They are a SELLING service, nothing more as part of Aboncom to pump as many coins into the numismatic community until collectors wise up!</p><p><br /></p><p>So wise up!&nbsp; Pass the word to as many other collectors, especially the young ones, so they know the real deal about this outfit![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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