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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 715936, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Because we have not only paid them to but we have willinglly</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Because we have not only paid them to but we have willingly sought them out, sent them our coins and asked for their opinion - why else???&nbsp; Plus I have never let them control any of my hobby standards - they are just another side of this coin.</p><p>To be more exact - we all have!&nbsp; We all have been willing to let the big three climb to the top, get the better money, submit to those most often, and so on.&nbsp; Most people think a PCGS slab is the &quot;Top dog&quot; and when it come to slabs and resale value it is.&nbsp; That does not affect my enjoyment of the hobby at all though - I hate slabs and don&#039;t buy them but I will study them especially on a rare coins.&nbsp; All this modern stuff don&#039;t matter to me anyway it&#039;s a made up market and will fall, and I mean fall hard one day.</p><p>Look, if these things were not worth money it would not matter - so the real answer to your question is money, plain and simple, money.&nbsp; Given that you do not have to agree or support them one little bit - there are no rules in this hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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