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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2054435, member: 26302&quot;]Let me be clear. I loved ANACS. I love the idea of authentication services. I tell everyone who will listen that they should never buy a &quot;key&quot; that is not slabbed. I am completely onboard with all of this part.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am not bashing the big guys for the sake of it. My issue with PCGS and NGC is the fact they are not grading to the standards. They do not grade according to ANA standards, they make up their own. Its been going on so long that most do not see this as an issue, in fact many now claim PCGS/NGC grading IS the market standard now. The problem with this approach is that this allows them, as a for profit company, to manipulate the coin market however they see fit. Have they slabbed most coins? Easy enough then, loosen standards to force everyone to resubmit in hopes of new, higher &quot;grades&quot;. Get too loose over time? Ok, come up with a new &quot;stricter&quot; label and force everyone to resubmit again to get the &quot;tougher&quot; label.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All of this BS would not be allowed if they graded according to a set of standards in the hobby that they didn&#039;t control, like ANA standards. ANA standards are truly standards, since no one owns them and they cannot be manipulated. PCGS/NGC standards can and have been manipulated whenever it economically suits the TPG. Why should we accept that for our hobby? The have been paid BILLIONS from coin collectors. Why isn&#039;t that enough? Why do they need to manipulate the grades as well? I do not begrudge them their intelligence. As a business proposition I would love to be in their shoes, and have a clientele stupid enough to let me set my own standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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