Honest answer from ebay seller

Tonelover

I noticed a seller who leaves out "NTC" from their titles but not "NGC" or "PCGS". When I asked them why this is the response I got:

I guess for obvious reasons, to get people to look. We all know that NTC is Sub-standard.

They don't go so far as to say that in their auctions of course.

lordmarcovan

Yeah, if an auction says "certified" in the title, but doesn't contain a grading service acronym (which would be shorter and easier to type than the word "certified"), you have to wonder. Use to be, that meant nine out of ten times it was an ACG coin.

Nowadays, though, you never can tell. It might be ACG, NTC, TruGrade, or something stuck in a Coin World holder with somebody's do-it-yourself label. I even saw a "certified" coin in a Coin World holder with a handwritten label, once- remember that one? That was a laff riot. And the dude did not even have good handwriting!

Edit: maybe the seller you mentioned puts the name of the better services in his title because he is offering them as certified coins, but is selling the NTC stuff as if it were raw. (That's certainly the way I'd bid on it.)

mrearlygold

Badda Bing!


Tom

sliderider

I've actually gotten some nice looking coins out of third world holders. I doubt that they would come back from one of the big 3 in the same grade that they were cracked out at, but they were nice coins to look at, none the less. Don't turn your nose up at a coin just because it's in a bad holder, especially if the price is right.

kieferscoins

Tonelover knows that sliderider. He works for a coin dealer.

Cameron Kiefer

Russ

Bwuahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! I decided to send the same question to a seller about a PCI listing. This is what I just got back:



<< <i>It's called marketing. Please don't bid. >>



Bwuahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

Russ, NCNE

Russ

Oh no! He blocked me!



<< <i>Read My Feedback Dickhead. Don't worry you can't bid on my auctions, You've been blocked. Have a wondeful evening! >>





Russ, NCNE

sliderider

Who blocked you?? I want to get him to block me, too.

Sphinx357

<< <i>

<< <i>Read My Feedback Dickhead. Don't worry you can't bid on my auctions, You've been blocked. Have a wondeful evening! >>


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Myqqy

Read My Feedback Dickhead.Have a wondeful evening!

The only one snippier than that seller is Cameron.....

CarlWohlforth

I had some NTC and PCI Morgans for sale and simply listed the what I thought they should grade in the title. One PCI seemed close so I did list that one. I try to encourage repeat buyers. That is NOT what Russ's seller is trying to do! Marketing? Naw...

jom

I don't know what the big deal is here. Most should know by know if the coin isn't graded by a top TPG then just treat the coin as if it were RAW. Whether it's surrounded by a slab is irrelevant.

jom

airplanenut

<< <i>Oh no! He blocked me!



<< <i>Read My Feedback Dickhead. Don't worry you can't bid on my auctions, You've been blocked. Have a wondeful evening! >>





Russ, NCNE >>

Sounds like you did have a wonderful evening

smiles72

Wow, what a Dickhead!!!