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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 19604, member: 112"]They ALL botch the grade - and not just some of the time, but all too often. The single biggest problem there is within the grading industry is that no two of the grading companies use the same standards. And this problem is further compounded because not one of the grading companies maintains the consistency of their own standards over a period of time. This is the nature of market grading - and ALL of the grading companies practice market grading. Now if you don't know what that means - it's quite simple. PCGS - or any of the others - is not using the same set of grading standards today that they used, in say, 1995. The standards have changed. The standards are in a state of continuous change. THAT is something that needs fixed ! It is also something that the majority of collectors need to wake up and realize.[/QUOTE]