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<p>[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 286224, member: 3813"]I won't color you dumb, but I would like to clarify something I've seen posted here many times. The new rules DO NOT "stop the abuse of selling over graded junk." In fact, these items can still be listed and bought. How they may be listed and how they may be described has changed. If these items were prohibited, then I would agree with you and others who have posted simililar comments. The changes only affect how a shopper searches for items, and how items are listed.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they honestly believed that the items were fraudulent, then the responsible thing to do would be to NOT permit them to be listed. This isn't the case.</p><p>Yes, but this isn't the same type of misrepresentation, and the analogy doesn't work. No matter what slab a coin is in, it is an opinion, based on their set of guidelines. No one's opinion is more right than another, and no one's guidelines are the holy grail.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it might seem that I am saying that SGS should be permitted to slap junk in MS-70 slabs and sell them, that's not exactly the case. While I do believe that something is off there, I do NOT think that only 5 companies are able to accurately grade coins, and that these 5 companies should enjoy any special treatment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 286224, member: 3813"]I won't color you dumb, but I would like to clarify something I've seen posted here many times. The new rules DO NOT "stop the abuse of selling over graded junk." In fact, these items can still be listed and bought. How they may be listed and how they may be described has changed. If these items were prohibited, then I would agree with you and others who have posted simililar comments. The changes only affect how a shopper searches for items, and how items are listed. If they honestly believed that the items were fraudulent, then the responsible thing to do would be to NOT permit them to be listed. This isn't the case. Yes, but this isn't the same type of misrepresentation, and the analogy doesn't work. No matter what slab a coin is in, it is an opinion, based on their set of guidelines. No one's opinion is more right than another, and no one's guidelines are the holy grail. While it might seem that I am saying that SGS should be permitted to slap junk in MS-70 slabs and sell them, that's not exactly the case. While I do believe that something is off there, I do NOT think that only 5 companies are able to accurately grade coins, and that these 5 companies should enjoy any special treatment.[/QUOTE]
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