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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 520931, member: 4626&quot;]Not even sure if that&#039;s a pro-slab or anti-slab statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>If slabs didn&#039;t exist, then it would force people to educate themselves about how to grade coins themselves, and if they were unable or unwilling to do that, they&#039;d get out of the hobby.&nbsp; Less people in the hobby, less demand, simple economics says that will bring the prices down.&nbsp; It would also get rids of SGS and others like them since they wouldn&#039;t have any suckers to sell to.&nbsp; I can learn to spot what I want and pay a lot less for it.&nbsp; Sounds like a win to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be fair to the TPGs there are coins that are heavily faked and I do think there are cases where it&#039;s worth paying for expert <i>authentication</i> of coins.&nbsp; I just never believe somebody&#039;s <i>grading</i> opinion written on a chunk of plastic is worth paying a single cent for.&nbsp; I can figure out for myself whether I like a coin enough to pay what the seller&#039;s asking.&nbsp; If I don&#039;t like it or think it&#039;s overpriced, I&#039;ll just walk... I don&#039;t need somebody else&#039;s opinion on how good the coin is to decide that for myself, thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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