The ANACS thread...we could sure use some facts.
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The ANACS thread concerning a rumored change of location and ownership has now reached 130 posts. We still haven't heard any official word.
Does anyone have information that can confirm what is rumored to have happened?
Does anyone have information that can confirm what is rumored to have happened?
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<< <i>Here's a fact: Baseless speculation and accusations are more titillating than hard facts.
That certainly sounds familiar!
Lane
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<< <i>Here's a fact: Baseless speculation and accusations are more titillating than hard facts.
Oh so true, the media has been doing it to us for years!!!
meaning their email server is up and taking in messages.
if i get a reply i will post it to this thread.
It is true that some changes have occurred with the acquisition of ANACS. The office is currently closed for the
holidays and submissions will again be shipped on January 2, 2008.
At present I would recommend holding any submissions you wish to send until after the move. We are hoping to have
updated information posted on our website as to our new shipping address.
There should be no worries as this is only a change in ownership and will not impact submissions or grading by ANACS.
Thank you,
Ray Bruels
Tech Support
www.ANACS.com
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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<< <i>no time to read through the other thread, so has anyone started the rumor that ANACS and ICG are merging with location in Colorado where ICG is currently situated? If not, I just started it. >>
This rumor is so true!!!! I live in Colorado, and even though I do not know anyone who has anything to do with ANACS or ICG. I can state with 100% accuracy that it is true. I saw it on the news!!!!
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<< <i>Here's a fact: Baseless speculation and accusations are more titillating than hard facts.
That certainly sounds familiar!
Lane >>
Yes. Yes, it does. And it allows for the word titillating to be used in place of the word successful.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
By David C. Harper
December 28, 2007
I spent much of yesterday waiting for return phone calls that never came. ANACS, the third-party grading service in Austin, Texas, was sold by Anderson Press, Inc., the owners of Whitman Publishing, and rumors were swirling online about it since Wednesday afternoon.
A terse press release confirming the sale was sent to me by Mary Counts from Whitman Books at 4:28 p.m. Thursday (my time). I appreciated getting it.
The buyer is Driving Force, LLC, owned by James Taylor, a former head of the grading service put in place when Anderson first purchased it from Amos Press in 2005. It was Taylor who led the firm's move from Ohio to Austin, Texas, and is now leading the firm's move to Colorado. Taylor's career also included stints at Independent Coin Grading and the American Numismatic Association.
Driving Force is a newly formed limited liability company that was registered Dec. 3 with the Colorado Secretary of State's office.
I left voicemails Thursday morning on the cellphones of Mary Counts of Whitman and James Taylor. They have not been returned as of this posting.
The press release says the sale occurred Dec. 21. Employees were told of it Dec. 26.
At the old weekly newspaper pace of news gathering, there was nothing unusual about waiting for phone calls. That's the way it worked. But at Internet speed, waiting for phone calls like this seems agonizingly slow, especially with the online comments accumulating at warp speed.
The message boards at PCGS were full of speculation. What's the status of the coins currently in the company's hands? How were employees being treated?
Someone had talked to someone who had worked at ANACS. He said....
The fact is, I had a telephone conversation with a former employee as well. But no matter the speed at which it is now technologically possible to post information, I have to be certain it's accurate, hence the need to get through to the principals in the transaction. Thank you, Mary Counts, for that.
But I have more questions, as I'm certain you do, so I will continue to wait by the telephone like the Maytag repairman. I will share additional information as I get it.
<< <i>Just tried to call them...Customer Service still busy and has been since yesterday...
No one is gonna know anything for sure until Jan. 4th when they "re-open"
TC71
Subject Exciting news from ANACS!
ANACS has recently been sold by Anderson Press Incorporated to Driving Force, LLC, of Colorado, owned by James Taylor. The purchase was effective December 21, 2007 and the company is being relocated to suburban Denver, Colorado.
The office is currently closed for the holidays to allow time for the move.
Customers that had submissions at the Austin location please rest assured that they are being handled in the safest and most professional of manners as they are transported by armored service to the new office.
Business will resume and submissions will begin to ship out January 2, 2008. If there are any questions please don't hesitate to contact Mr. Taylor at: James.Taylor@ANACS.com
The new ANACS office will be located at:
6555 S. Kenton St, Suite 303
Englewood, CO 80112
1-800-888-1861
www.ANACS.com