Q&A Forum: Two questions on three pages?

BowAxe

Am I missing something? This new Q&A Forum says there are three pages, but there appears to be nothing on page 2, and only two questions on page 3. I thought folks on these boards were clamoring to hit PCGS with some hard questions, but now that there's an opportunity, suddenly everybody has turned bashful? Or are there reams of questions somehow hidden from my view???

kranky

The way that the forum administrator set things up, posts to the Q&A forum don't show up until the admin blesses it. It is a little confusing to see "50 posts" on the forum home page but only three display when you go there. When the admin goes through the posts and approves them, then they show up.

Flash

I can't even locate that forum. Where is it?

FC57Coins

I think it went Kaput this evening.

DHeath

This was Carol's last post.

You all did a great job of posting questions.
I've closed the forum to give Rick a chance to answer.
He's going to try and answer them all tomorrow.

Carol

keets

it does seem to be MIA right now. it was on the navigation bar earlier today cause i went over to see if a question i asked had gotten approved and was posted. i'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now and assume it'll take awhile to work the bugs out. seems that it should be easy enough to get working, though.

al h.

crito

looks like da man has responded, Q&A is chock full of answers

tradedollarnut

Great job, Rick! An extremely helpful forum that goes a long way in answering an awful lot of questions! A big thumbs up!

Morganluver

I don't see them either. Can someone point me in the right direction please?

DanC

What a dynamite example of customer service!

Rick, you are to be commended for your straightforward, and professional dialogue.
For a noob, this was a very valuable look into what really happens, and why.

I'd suggest that it'd be fair if the graders had an opportunity to shoot some questions
back at the general populous... I don't know if they'd have any - but it'd seem fair nonetheless.

Thanks Carol and Rick for a great effort, and from my perspective, very successful dialogue.

Russ

There is quite a bit of good information, but there is also plenty of non-answers and issue-skirting. No real addressing of the wildly inaccurate price guide; no real response to the vanished 70DCAM grade.

It's a good first effort, but I'd prefer more specifics in some of the responses, and a little less CYA.

Russ, NCNE

crito

Wish there was a way to post a follow up question, as mine got an incomplete answer. Guess I'll post it on the World forum and pray for an answer.

nwcs

I just read through most of the replies by Rick and I'm impressed. I just want to extend a "Thank you!" to those of you at PCGS who took the time to answer specific questions for us. I learned a lot.

A suggestion would be to keep these questions around a long time and add to them in a similar format. That way there can be a wealth of "official" information we can reference and review in the future. And maybe direct newbies to as needed.

Neil

DanC

I'll admit the price guide is a flight of fantasy, but no one seems to want to discuss it - or what credibility it'd bring to the company if it were in fact indicative of "real" prices... so I dismissed it as a 'taboo' subject, much like the one of author icons. Point taken.

As to the 70 grade, perhaps Rick could provide some recent examples of coins holdered in PR70. That should lay the issue to rest, unless of course... well... I won't go there. I'm still a noob.

I'd submit though that if we only criticize, this will be a thing of the past in rapid order.
I still think the the effort is laudable.

Perhaps we could suggest a follow-up format that would be suitable to all?

crito

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth... ton of valuable info we'd probably never have been privy to. Especially liked the threads on crossover and regrade procedures. And I can sleep better knowing they won't use a hammer on my slabs

Russ

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the effort and also picked up a ton of new knowledge. I just found some of the responses somewhat less than fulfilling and short on specifics.

Dan,

I'm sure that PCGS could point to a handful of modern commemoratives that have received the 70 grade recently. But, to focus on our series, that doesn't explain why we've seen one for the last three years, yet in the three years prior to that 118 were granted the grade.

Russ, NCNE

DanC

Precisely the specifics I was referring to.

Perhaps that very pointed question will receive illumination.
I find it difficult to believe that every PR70 has been graded already. (as I'm sure you do)

so? Rick? How 'bout it?
Any comment as to the 118 - 1 ratio in the Kennedy series?