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Pillar Of The Community
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Now Susanlynn9 and ND I have a question? Which coast do you guys/gals live on? East or West? Nothing personal just wondered where everyone lives? Or should I say, which state?
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Forum Mom
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Forum Mom
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Originally posted by crystalk64
Now Susanlynn9 and ND I have a question? Which coast do you guys/gals live on? East or West? Nothing personal just wondered where everyone lives? Or should I say, which state?
East coast: New Jersey. And don't start with the Jersey jokes - I've heard them all and they're all true. I'm outta here as soon as my kids graduate.  |
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Hate to disappoint you Susan but all we know and hear are Kentuckian or Ohio jokes! Hey we need a good dealer in this area so when you get ready to flee the masses keep Indiana in mind?
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Pillar of the Community
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I live and work in the Tax Free state of Delaware
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I live in the LAND of TAXES!!! We even have tax on tax! Rural area but not to far from the big cities of Cincy and Indy in the event we need to see some bright lights! Nearest coin shop is over 20 miles away but I make the journey almost every Saturday!!! Got to have my hit!!!
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NO...NO....NO..!! You don't want to live in Indiana..! That's where Crystalk64 and Rachel both live.. I can tell they just want to have their own personal Dealer. You would have to take a lot of Morgan dollars with you and eveything.. Now if your gonna move let me invite you to a warmer place with NO SNOW. ... Las Vegas catman  |
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Now Catman how can you possibly give such BAD advice to a fellow forum member. It will take more than Morgans to get a free pass in this state! BRING the whole darn shop and come to stay. Did I tell you we expect a lot of 2 for one sales? Also, the snow is NOT a problem! Shoot we never got more than 25 inches in any 2 day period all winter. Next big one comes and I will ship out a bushel for you!
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Forum Dad
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I know a lot of collectors don't believe it when I tell them I actually had a coin switched by a grading service but I did.
Our first trading assistant client owns a hobby shop. He sent a Michael Jordan Fleer rookie card to PSA and had the card switched. At the time a PSA 10 of this card was bringing 20K. (A fairly recent influx of fakes has killed this card though.) He made a map of all the print dot flaws that were visible under heavy magnification. The card he got back (an 8), had completely different flaws, and softer corners than the one he sent. Note: The flaws that I am referring to do not affect grading since they are only visible under high magnification.
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Forum Dad
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Thank you Bobby131313. It seems there are thousands and thousands of people who think the grading companies are some kind of Gods that don't make mistakes or above scrutiny! Well I know different and it is good to see that others, probably more than we will ever know, have been flat screwed by a grading firm. I have another really good story concerning a coin I submitted for an elderly lady who found the thing after her husband died. This one, been in the family for generations, was beyond rare as only a couple are known and the grading companies are actually afraid of this one! Really burns me up as this kind elderly lady REALLY could use the income and I was so in hopes of doing her a favor. NO LUCK!
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No one will here me sing the praises of any grading service. While I believe that they serve a purpose, and I do believe that a few are really trying to do a good and honest job.
I have never heard of a "switch" happening before though. I think that I would have not taken that all too well. Currently the biggest issue that I have with the major services is their promotions of the registry sets. While many view this as a good thing, as one who deals with a lot of these collectors, I can tell you first hand that it is not. While values rise constantly which is good for dealers, it creates an artificial baseline to work from.
Our grading services should be a one dimensional service.
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Pillar Of The Community
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Well put ND. Grade them and get out, so to speak? I really do think, beyond all doubt, that those who really use the grading services very heavily are getting the higher grades a lot easier than someone submitting a coin now and then. Lets face it in the business world you have to take care of your bread and butter to stay in business and competition is keen right now! And they know the average collector can't distingush a MS65 from a MS69! If they could they probably wouldn't rely so much on the grading services in the first place?
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Forum Mom
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Here is one for all of you: BGS (Beckett Grading Service) which is the big gun in grading sports cards, also sells their own graded cards! How's that for a conflict of interest? They get to create the market AND fill the demand that they've created [:0]
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