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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 293005, member: 112&quot;]Mike that&#039;s like saying that people going to casinos is evidence that they will win. But the facts are that 97%-98% of the people lose.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if coins were upgraded all the time when re-submitted I would go along with you. But they aren&#039;t. Fact is, about 90% - 95% of all coins re-submitted are not upgraded, depending on which TPG is being used. Yes, that means that 5% of the coins are upgraded. But of that 5% how many were actually undergraded to begin with ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is this - they make mistakes, not that many but they make mistakes. They sometimes over-grade and they sometimes under-grade. But most of those mistakes are made with coins that are liners - which means they could go up or they could go down depending upon the decision made by the grader at the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Given that, that is why the crackout game even exist. People love to gamble - just look at how successful casinos are. So they gamble with coins in the grading game. Yeah, they lose 95% or more of the time - just like in a casino. But just the possibility of winning - makes &#039;em try it one more time <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So no, the crackout game isn&#039;t evidence of gradeflation - it&#039;s evidence that people love to gamble.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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