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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2457899, member: 112"]My point is they will not grade the raw coin, so they are not a grading company. They will only evaluate the grade already assigned by NGC or PCGS - and only those 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>And they won't even do that much in a great many cases. If they think the TPG over-graded the coin, no sticker. If they think the coin is at the low end of the grade, no sticker. And in both cases you still pay them for their service.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand your point, but I'm not sure you understand mine. CAC came into existence for one reason and only one reason - because people lost faith in the TPGs. They grew tired of looking at and buying coins that had been over-graded by the TPGs. So when somebody (CAC) stepped up and said - hey, we'll grade the graders for you - people flocked to them ! </p><p><br /></p><p>But CAC quickly realized that because there were so many coins that the TPGs had over-graded, that if they (CAC) rejected all those coins, then CAC would quickly be out of business because people are not going to pay you for something unless you give them what they want. So CAC happily slaps their sticker on those over-graded coins, or a large percentage of them anyway, and smiles all the way to the bank <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2457899, member: 112"]My point is they will not grade the raw coin, so they are not a grading company. They will only evaluate the grade already assigned by NGC or PCGS - and only those 2. And they won't even do that much in a great many cases. If they think the TPG over-graded the coin, no sticker. If they think the coin is at the low end of the grade, no sticker. And in both cases you still pay them for their service. I understand your point, but I'm not sure you understand mine. CAC came into existence for one reason and only one reason - because people lost faith in the TPGs. They grew tired of looking at and buying coins that had been over-graded by the TPGs. So when somebody (CAC) stepped up and said - hey, we'll grade the graders for you - people flocked to them ! But CAC quickly realized that because there were so many coins that the TPGs had over-graded, that if they (CAC) rejected all those coins, then CAC would quickly be out of business because people are not going to pay you for something unless you give them what they want. So CAC happily slaps their sticker on those over-graded coins, or a large percentage of them anyway, and smiles all the way to the bank ;)[/QUOTE]
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