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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 2090866, member: 41863&quot;]Then they arent 70s then are they, the 70 point scale is a direct evolution of the TPGs, and if they wont recognize the coin as a 70, who else will? Obviously &#039;our&#039; opinions dont matter, as we arent paid for our opinions consistently, so yes, you are just playing a guessing game. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its like the resubmittal guarantee, its only valid on their terms, because its their warranty, it doesnt matter what we think of the coin, only their opinion matters</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with grades in general, they are only valid in their little &#039;realm&#039;, and you have two participants. The ones who need the TPG crutch to help them in the hobby, and the then you have the ones who recognize them as what they are and simply use their service to widen their audience to the crowd that cant use their own eyes and opinions to make purchases. </p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, they are only offering a perception in their little world, if you step out of that world, they become useless rather quickly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Go to the world market and see what folks think of slabbers (and not US collectors of world coins, but world collectors of coins), they dont care about that slab, go to raw coin collectors, they dont care about that slab, go to colonials and early copper, no desire for a slab. To all of them, numbers like 69 and 70 dont even come into their reality, its all just a play by the TPGs and we are the audience. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now some of us can see the little man behind the curtain making the Wizard talk, others, just like the people of Emerald City, believe all that the Wizard tells them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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