I agree. The very concept of TPGs are that the graders are "third parties"--i.e. they do not have a hand in profiting from the sale of the items that they grade. This blurs the line.
It is rather ubiquitous throughout this industry, just rarely made public. This could be dangerous as this may be illegal if a specific person within the company is intentionally benefiting from the conflict (I think we all know someone is). I have a pit feeling in my stomach some entity will be stepping up to say something in the future.
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Dave
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