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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 111402, member: 4350&quot;]Hi,</p><p>Just a note, some of the slabbers listed in your post are excellent,&nbsp; I think we all know who they are.&nbsp; At least one of the slabbers on your list overgrades almost consistently.&nbsp; I think we know who that is.&nbsp; You won&#039;t find many people who will say much negative about them(the overgrader) because the company will often mount a law suit that invariably is lost but still costs the &quot;victim&quot; a fortune in legal fees. It doesn&#039;t make them any better at grading!</p><p><br /></p><p>You should memorize some initials and never depart from them when slabbing in concerned.</p><p>Some bogus slabbers like to vary the known initials of good slabbers to confuse the issue.&nbsp; SEGS and SGS for example.&nbsp; SEGS being the one that is copied.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you see someone selling slabs and considering their coins as third party graded and they are not one of the majors, I would steer clear of the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin is in a commercially sold slab and is not from one of the respected third party graders, I would suggest a lot of scrutiny before dealing with that seller.&nbsp; The coin was likely graded in a garage, in the dark, with both eyes closed. </p><p><br /></p><p>The whole idea behind third party grading services is the fact that they have very highly paid professional graders who know how to grade a coin.&nbsp; It is possible for them to make a mistake on occasion but the likelihood of a mistake is lessened by virtue of their vast expertise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You may have to wait a little and you may have to pay a little for a coin to be slabbed , if you are getting some coins graded.&nbsp; If that&#039;s the case, have slabbed coins that are worth being graded.&nbsp; Don&#039;t send PCGS an AU-58 1956 D cent for example.&nbsp; Do send PCGS a 1932 D Washington quarter in AU-58.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Once coins are slabbed, you can feel fairly safe, as a buyer, with the respected third party graders. Buyer beware if someone&nbsp; is grading and slabbing his own coins and selling them. You may find a good coin, but there are not that many MS-69 and MS-70 coins out there.&nbsp; If someone hasn&#039;t graded thousands and thousands of coins, they are only putting a semi-educated guess as to a grade on their slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I accidentally removed from your list some of the slabbers that were on it. Check the quote section of this post.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have time to add them back in, but the ones that are left here would be good ones to use, if you get my drift.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have Fun,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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