A Modest Proposal

ajaan

No, the children are safe.

I would like to see TPGs stand behind their 'mistakes'. I'm not talking about mechanical errors, which the host TPG does correct at no cost, they even give a free grading voucher to cover your shipping cost, I'm talking about BBs.

Let's say you submit a coin to a TPG and it comes back BBed. You are convinced it shouldn't have been BBed so you crack the coin out, resubmit it, this time it comes back graded problem free. Should the TPG either refund your grading fee or give a grading voucher? I know there is the question of proof, are they the same coin? But an image may be all you need. For example, you send a coin to ANACS, it comes back MS60 cleaned. You think, no way! You image the coin in the 'problem' slab. Crack the coin out, resubmit it ANACS, it now comes back MS63RB, no problem. You show the image of the problem slab to ANACS, shouldn't they admit they made a mistake? C'mon, the coin is either cleaned or not. They obviously made a mistake one of the two times they looked at the coin.

I realize this could open up a can of worms. If you resubmit a problem free coin and it comes beack a different grade, do they refund the grading fee also? I say no because grading is an opinion. But is a scratch, cleaning, rim nick, etc also an opinion? What say ye?

WWW

TPG body bags are like speeding tickets.

SYRACUSIAN

Bill,


You think, no way! You image the coin in the 'problem' slab. Crack the coin out, resubmit it ANACS, it now comes back MS63RB, no problem. You show the image of the problem slab to ANACS, shouldn't they admit they made a mistake?


If the coin has been TrueViewed, comes back as a a Genuine, then resubmitted and reTrueViewed, then PCGS should have no problem refunding, since they'd collect from the double TrueView. An "image" by the owner, is too vague and too easy to be edited to serve as the judge.

ajaan

Good point D. Didn't think of that.

coinkat

I don't think that sounds unreasonable

IloiloKano

I am tending to agree, probably because I had a coin BB'd for being Cleaned, but in my mind, there is no way that silver coin, exhibiting full cartwheel luster (both sides), has been cleaned. At the very least, tell what they objected to! I mean, where exactly on the coin did they determine evidence of cleaning???

I don't think there's a high probability of seeing any change in the current situation, especially since there are numerous reasons a coin may be BB'd, along with numerous individual case scenarios that could be considered marginal, but at least I got a chance to vent.

I haven't resubmitted it yet, but I do plan on doing so one day.

wybrit

Love the idea, but I would think the cost of having the verification controls in place would then be passed on to customers in the form of higher grading fees.