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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1293262, member: 15929"]I have "learned" over the years that questioning the graders can be quite expensive and that the TPG's will protect their opinions regardless of whether or not you agree. I recently purchased a couple of 1972-S MS68 IKE's that I could guarantee that if I'd have cracked them out and resubmitted them that they'd come back as MS66.I decided to exercise my "grade guarantee" rights and submitted the coins under the grade guarantee.I learned that exercising a grade guarantee isn't a "freebie" as I was charged $27 per coin before they would even look. If I was right, I got my $27 back. If I was wrong, they kept the $27. I learned that after paying my $27 and waiting nearly 60 days for what I felt were quite simple results, that the graders felt the coins were in fact MS68's and as such, correctly graded. That lesson, cost me $54 plus return shipping. Often times, what one thinks they know about MS/PR70 coins and specific "Grade Guarantee's", can be an expensive lesson since the TPG's are fully aware of their particular standards and the expense required to correct such "mistakes in opinion". While I do not question your abilities, I do question the statement: "I'm going to call NGC or PCGS and claim that written guarantee because they failed." as it's often times not quite as simple as that.[/QUOTE]