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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 352320, member: 112"]While I would strongly agree that the TPG's are out to make money, I would certainly say that that is not the only reason they exist. The TPG's exist for one very simple reason - because collectors demanded that they exist. That's right, they could never even have come into being had we the collectors not insisted that they do so. And we made those demands for many years before the TPG's did come into being. And why did we do this ? Because we were sick and tired of constantly being sold problem coins, vastly overgraded coins, altered coins and counterfeit coins by unscrupulous dealers.  I agree completely. But I would also say that you need to do a bit more than that. You need to read all of the books writen on grading, both those that were written before the change to market grading and those written after. And not only read them, but study them and compare them. Then you will understand.  I wouldn't agree with that entirely. Sure the ANA sells their endorsement. Why shouldn't they - it's good business for them to do so. And without doing so they might no longer even exist since only a small percentage of the collectors in the world will help support them finacially. And it's not like they endorse just anybody. The only 2 TPG's they have ever endorsed are NGC and PCGS.  On this we agree 100%.  There is nothing confusing about it at all. It's quite simple. It's just that pepole are given bad information and misinformation instead of the truth. Give people the truth and it becomes quite easy to understand.  Again, 100% correct. But who and what constitutes the market ? Well I'll give ya 3 guesses and the first 2 don't count - it's US ! We, the collectors are the market. Who else would you rather have it be ?[/QUOTE]

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