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Anyone seen the new Membership fees ?

izzy452izzy452 Posts: 929 ✭
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No more free memberships it cost $49.95 . You cant even submit coins unless you pay for a membership.


Walt

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  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    free submissions for platinum members only!!image
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  • JamminJJamminJ Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
    They sure seem to want to get rid of the onesy-twosy submitter.

    -JamminJ
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    I don't see any meaningful difference between Silver and Gold membership.
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  • hyperizerhyperizer Posts: 130
    It seems like $50 for a $25 book?
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    <<SILVER MEMBERSHIP (1 Year)
    Direct Submission Privileges to All PCGS Grading Services for One Year
    One-Year subscription to the On-Line "PCGS Population Report" & "PCGS Price Guide"
    Access to all Collectors Universe eShops, Set Registry, and Message Boards
    eZine of your choice >>

    Can new people join the boards for free anymore?image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i><<SILVER MEMBERSHIP (1 Year) Access to all Collectors Universe Message Boards >>

    Can new people join the boards for free anymore?image >>

    Coin World pulled the plug on their on-line forum at the end of last month. image Let's hope PCGS isn't planning to restrict theirs to members only.image
    Roy


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  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i><<SILVER MEMBERSHIP (1 Year) Access to all Collectors Universe Message Boards >>

    Can new people join the boards for free anymore?image >>

    Coin World pulled the plug on their on-line forum at the end of last month. image Let's hope PCGS isn't planning to restrict theirs to members only.image >>


    If they do I'll be out of luck. I didn't renew this yearimage
    Omnicoin
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Same here, I'm here on the old free silver membership plan. Does that mean their going to kick me off or will I get "downgraded" to the new Copper membership level? image
  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭


    << <i>Let's hope PCGS isn't planning to restrict theirs to members only. >>


    Let's not give them any ideas
    The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it--James Truslow Adams
  • coinrookiecoinrookie Posts: 794
    I was here on an old silver membership also.What a bunch of sh@!#$%&. Kind of a steep price to pay just for the boards and to be in a set registry. You already pay a price for every slabbed coin you purchase. The original submitter paid a fee. Then when you bought the coin, you repaid him, so he could submit more coins. Now you will have to pay for the honor of owning a registered coin. I was going to send a few coins in this year, but on my budget it will make it no longer feasible. I guess they really do not care for the little guy.


    Steve
  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    It's not just the new membership fees -- take a look at the grading price increases. The folks at PCGS know they are the grading service of choice for US coins and they don't really have to cater to either the small submitter or the world coin collector. Raising prices is an easy way to ration the service and clear up the backlog of submissions. It also will steer more business to big dealers. The higher the price of grading, the more risk a small collector has in submitting one or two choice coins hoping for a nice grade. That collector might now be persuaded to just sell the coin raw to a big dealer, who can then submit it and rake in the profit.
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Copper! I am up for a Copper membership. image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>Raising prices is an easy way to ration the service and clear up the backlog of submissions >>


    It's not just the easy way, it's about the only way. But the increase they implimented isn't enough to do that. To really cut into the backlog I would suggest doubling the submission fees.
  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Raising prices is an easy way to ration the service and clear up the backlog of submissions >>


    It's not just the easy way, it's about the only way. But the increase they implimented isn't enough to do that. To really cut into the backlog I would suggest doubling the submission fees. >>



    If they go too high, they could drive some large submitters over to NGC, which would have the added effect of reducing PCGS' perceived market advantage. If big shots in the coin biz are chased over to NGC by higher prices, they would have an incentive to pump up NGC's reputation at PCGS' expense, to protect their investments.
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Very true. So the trick is to raise the prices enough to start effectively reducing the backlog without driving everyone to NGC. Of course if a significant number are driven to NGC then THEIR backlog will start increasing rapidly. The real plan should not be to eliminate the backlog but to equalize the backlogs at the two services. If they are comparible there is no insentive to switch from one service to the other.
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