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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 2012710, member: 56370&quot;]At least for me, PCGS and eBay are the best thing that has happened to the hobby.&nbsp; Ebay provides more variety than any LCS, and PCGS (along with NGC) gives me the assurance that the coins I am buying online have been looked at by somebody who knows what they are doing.&nbsp; Sure, they make mistakes too, but not as big of ones as eBay sellers of raw coins often make.&nbsp; So even if the seller is a complete sleazeball it doesn&#039;t really matter, because both eBay and the TPG&#039;s are providing a level of assurance to the transaction.&nbsp; When the overall transaction risk in any market (not just coins) is lowered, everyone benefits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I probably would not be buying as many coins if my choices were limited to uncertified coins at local coin shops, and I am guessing that this would be true of many others as well.&nbsp; Therefore as one of the &quot;little guys&quot; I am doing my small part to raise demand for coins and provide greater liquidity to the market.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying that the TPG&#039;s or eBay are perfect, but the situation now is sure a lot better than it was 20 or 30 years ago.&nbsp; I can still remember my first mail order coin purchase back in 1985 when I bought a 1949s dime graded &quot;Choice BU 63&quot; and received an obviously circulated coin in the mail.&nbsp; The TPG&#039;s have made it a lot harder for people to get away with selling grossly overgraded crap, so I&#039;m sure there are dealers who used to make a lot of money doing this who aren&#039;t happy to have PCGS calling the shots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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