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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1444318, member: 2972&quot;]Those are &quot;facts&quot; that you have chosen to support your position, and they are not in conflict with my own definition of the terms.&nbsp; We are both picking and choosing those parts that support our position -- we are each defining the terms how we see as best --&nbsp; and you are no different than I in that regard. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why I used the word &quot;essentially&quot;.&nbsp; Please take a look at the (modified) definition I proposed above and repeated here:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Market grading = using a more subjective standard to come to the relative rank of a coin based on a predicted market perception of a coin. By ranking coins, they (i.e. TPGs) are essentially pricing them.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In your world, where you get to define terms or choose who you look to as an authority, that may be true.&nbsp; In my world, things are different.&nbsp; Who&#039;s right?&nbsp; Both of us!</p><p><br /></p><p>The point I was trying to make is that technical grading was the way the market graded coins before market grading was a term.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, EAC grading, a type of market grading I would argue, was used far before 1986.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Did I ever suggest grading standards haven&#039;t changed?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In a way you have.&nbsp; On multiple occasions you&#039;ve presented things as &quot;the truth&quot; and argued anyone who disagrees is incorrect.&nbsp; You&#039;ve chosen parts of the article as evidence that support you&#039;re opinion as &quot;the truth&quot;, when it is really only your opinion.&nbsp; I have done the same (although I try hard to not portray my opinion as truth).&nbsp; In the end, each of our perceptions (e.g. opinions) are reality, and, with all due respect, you do not get to decide whose opinions are &quot;the truth&quot; and whose are not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perception is reality, and each of our perception is different.&nbsp; It&#039;s part of the human condition, and, IMO, you would be wise to consider that before suggesting your view is &quot;the truth&quot; and everyone who disagrees is wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, have I suggested that standards don&#039;t change?&nbsp; I cannot recall those arguments coming out of my mouth or fingers -- and I certainly haven&#039;t espoused that position in this this thread -- but then again, I&#039;ve posted a lot over the years and my memory is hardly perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Respectfully...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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