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Message:: [QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 730004, member: 2972"]I can't really comment on the TPGs tightening or not, I don't have enough direct experience to comment one way or the other. That said, I have on many occasions stated that TPGs price coins.  However, when I do, I generally also say they "rank" them, because I think that's an easier way to think about it, and not subject to the logic you used above. Regardless, when I say that the TPGs price coins, what I mean is that they look at a coin and say that coin is worth the price of a 67 (as an example).  While the price of a 67 can change, the particular coin in question has the qualities that make it worth 67 money in the market -- thus the term "market grading" which I view as a synonym to "pricing" coins. The TPGs still grade a coin worth 67 money as a 67 coin -- no sudden shift has occurred, at least from where I sit. And that's quite different from the argument that you made in trying to shoot holes in the "TPG's price coins" logic that I have often typed in this forum (and honestly believe to be the case).   Said a bit differently, just because prices are dropping doesn't change the standards of the market, just the price point. As always, I am open to alternative explanations.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Respectfully...Mike[/QUOTE]