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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 2456207, member: 77639"]It's about fairness to folks who aren't part of the company. Their coins should get the same consideration in grading as company-owned coins. Really doesn't matter how much they are charging, whether the trading supports the grading, whether they make a profit, etc. Even if it were free, a collector would hope that all coins would be treated equally. Given the volume of company-owned coins that CAC grades it would not take much of a bias to significantly increase their bottom line. The bias doesn't have to be intentional, but if grading and trading aren't well separated, it might exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>If CAC graded only their own stock, I wouldn't have an issue. But if they are grading other folks' stock, then all stock should be graded in a system that doesn't allow bias to creep in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 2456207, member: 77639"]It's about fairness to folks who aren't part of the company. Their coins should get the same consideration in grading as company-owned coins. Really doesn't matter how much they are charging, whether the trading supports the grading, whether they make a profit, etc. Even if it were free, a collector would hope that all coins would be treated equally. Given the volume of company-owned coins that CAC grades it would not take much of a bias to significantly increase their bottom line. The bias doesn't have to be intentional, but if grading and trading aren't well separated, it might exist. If CAC graded only their own stock, I wouldn't have an issue. But if they are grading other folks' stock, then all stock should be graded in a system that doesn't allow bias to creep in. Cal[/QUOTE]
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