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Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
<< <i>Oh, I get it. One will get a "rude awakening" when he/she buys all those undergraded slabs. Now I understand. Thank you for clearing that up for me >> wondercoin, wake up, the problem is when you SELLundergraded slabs. THINK for a moment, & it will make sense. YOU believe plastic co's offer "unbiased" grading, & in… -
Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
<< <i>Oh, I get it. One will get a "rude awakening" when he/she buys all those undergraded slabs. Now I understand. Thank you for clearing that up for me, wondercoin, wake up, the problem is when you SELLundergraded slabs. THINK for a moment, & it will make sense. YOU believe plastic co's offer "unbiased" grading, & in… -
Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
<< <i>"INSURANCE POLICY" was in quotes. Stop taking colloquial references and trying to formalize them. And, if you understand what I was trying to say >> you completely missed the point. I understood, because i'm used to silly statements like that. but newbies who get on this forum & hear the 2 false statements you made… -
Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
hey gilbert, this is a situation where my statement was directed at certain parties. that may explain some of the confusion. wondercoin offered as TRUTH, these 2 statements (paraphrased): (1) "independent 3d party grading gives an unbiased opinion on the grade" (2) "the holder creates an "insurance policy" that the coin is… -
Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
Admittedly, this response is a tad afield of the topic of the thread, but I need some clarification: Truthteller said " ... Third party grading was established to determine grade and authenticity, a rather novel approach at the time. However, the trading of coins in holders came later, and thus value was determined by… -
Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
<< <i>if the seller doesn't agree with the grade that's given, he can always have it regraded >> but baccaruda, i think you can see where someone who is no expert & believes completely in the plastic DOES lose money when he sells his undergraded/slabed coins. remember, the point is that allegedly, even a newbie can buy the… -
Re: Collect What you Enjoy- Just be Prepared for a Rude Awakening!
I think I am prepared? If plastic went away tomorrow, and we went back to the old way of grades, AG,G,VG,F,VF,EF,AU,UNC,CHOICE,GEM. Whouldn't the coins still be close to what we have know? Unc=MS60,61,62; Choice=MS63,64; Gem=65 and above. And before we had the grading system we have now weren't some people willing to pay…
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