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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 654637, member: 2972&quot;]To address a few of your questions/concerns...</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t work for a TPG or the CAC.&nbsp; I don&#039;t work in numismatics at all, and I&#039;ve sold four coins in my entire life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t spend a penny more for my coins w/stickers -- I sent my own coins in to CAC.&nbsp; In so doing, I got a education and it saved me THOUSANDS of dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t call anyone ignorant -- I called some (incorrect) things said by one poster ignorant.&nbsp; There&#039;s a difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>I buy raw, slabbed, and stickered coins with equal abandon -- I trust my ability to grade and I will put my skills at grading against any on this forum -- including you.&nbsp; However, I also recognize that there are others out there with more experience than I have, and I don&#039;t trust my ability to spot all problem coins and I see the value in initiating sight-unseen coin transactions with an additional level of confidence -- and this is where I see value in TPGs and CAC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I speak authoritatively because I know what I&#039;m talking about -- having taken the time to learn about the CAC first-hand.&nbsp; If I&#039;m wrong, kindly point out my mistakes, and I&#039;ll be the first to admit it and thank you for correcting me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not telling anyone that they have to involve the TPGs or CAC in their collecting.&nbsp; However, when someone posts something flat out wrong in trying to defend their position, I will call a spade a spade and point out the error -- as I would hope any of you would do with my posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line:&nbsp; I said what I said in the post you quoted because I see a lot of people reacting <i>emotionally</i> to the CAC situation.&nbsp; Virtually none of them who react that way have actually used the service themselves, and the only way I can rationalize those type of reactions are because they are based on fear and/or ignorance -- and this thread has, if anything, only gone to reinforce this belief...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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