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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 331784, member: 2100&quot;]All services should be performed at a highly accurate level, which, would just about make consistency an accompanying&nbsp; and necessary trait. Along with this, standards should not change, and ideally, identical standards would be shared by all. This should result in any resubmission producing the same result time after time. Preferential treatment would not exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The employees should be able to read, spell and follow procedures in order to know how to utilize identification systems, numbering systems, be aware of updates and corrections, copy names correctly, etc., and then transfer all of that information correctly to the label.</p><p><br /></p><p>Competent label makers need to be employed, and a proof reader/checker would be a good idea too. This type of thing could be held to virtually a zero error rate if they wanted to. My work environment deals heavily with information exchange and high rate product production. Many of our clients demand an overall error/defect rate of no more than 1 in 100,000 and that goal is routinely met.</p><p><br /></p><p>If bonus grading points are awarded for toning, other eye appeal, pedigree, or whatever, that should be noted on the slab, as adders to the base technical grade, so that those of us who don&#039;t care about such &quot;extras&quot; may consider the coin appropriately.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Cloudsweeper posted, every submitted coin should be slabbed. I don&#039;t care if they use the same type slab, or use a black (or any other color) label, an oversized or differently shaped chunk of plastic to differentiate the problem free coins from the ones with problems, but I think a slab of some sort is in order.</p><p><br /></p><p>Disputes should be open to an independent third party/panel. Currently, the top tpgs do not allow any input from the outside during a review.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be nice to see a display of integrity in avoiding dubious practices (such as the first strike designations) even though there are profits to be had. Making deals with the likes of the TV hucksters would be another to avoid.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the tpg has a policy, either strictly adhere to it or eliminate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Turnaround should not take more than a few weeks. If more time is routinely taken, perhaps some hiring is in order.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rates charged should not be attached in any way to the coin&#039;s value or its grade. That just seems like an incentive for the tpgs to (err to) make more money. Rates should be charged by the type of coin, perhaps with some pricing breaks for certain quantity levels, or extra charges for quicker turnaround, etc, but not based on how an individual coin grades. There are likely other valid price variance factors that I have not mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, even if all of the tpgs were operating at a &quot;perfect&quot; level tomorrow, I doubt it would take very long for money to begin to corrupt things, and the perfection would soon be a thing of the past.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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