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SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 01/10/2008 8:11 pm quote: Pull the plug, dad. He even has Superdave repeating himself. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 01/10/2008 8:24 pm As far as I can see, these are two different slabbers named CCGS - one is short for "Certified Coin Grading Company" - the one with the maroon ribbon logo, in Amazon's link - and the second is (presumably) "Courtney's Cottage Grading Company", the one philney is spruiking. Which raises another question. According to my calculations, there are 388,800 possible different four-letter acronyms. Why would they pick one that was (a) already in use by a minor rival, and (b) only one letter different from the acronym of one of their major rivals? It seems to me that if they really were trying to start out an authentic new TPG, they'd pick a much more unique acronym. Or be really original, and not use a four-letter acronym at all. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
philney Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 01/11/2008 05:05 am Hey guys, wait, I never expected this kind of reaction. I guess there might be two different companies here. It is definitely not in Michigan, they are located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. I have a slab here and they are tamper-proof and have an interlocking feature on the exterior that allows you to keep all of your slabs together, but as far as I can tell you can't open them without damaging them. I will check back in the morning and if anyone can tell me how to get a picture on here, let me know. Just for the record, I really just saw an opportunity to contribute to a discussion and thought it would be helpful. Every post I look at either already has a well informed reply or asks something I am unsure of and cannot answer, so when I saw this I thought "alright! I can help here" I'm sorry that I have offended other members. Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 01/11/2008 07:21 am Let me assure you philney that there is no offense taken. I seems most of us, including myself, assumed you were talking of Certified Coin Grading Company out of Michigan, and that is a sore subject. Posting pictures would definitely clear the air. Use this, Uploading images, to post some pics. The system is very picky with file size, so make sure you crop out all background and resize to under 100k. My system only allow about 75k and when they post they are close to 100. While I do think you are advertising for what may be a friend down the street to gain some traction against the big 4 services, I think a picture of the slab, and closeups of the coins that have been graded will speak volumes here. Please understand with a forum this size we get a lot of fly by night folks just popping in to defend their basement slabbing services to no avail. The proof is in the pictures. We have a testing forum at the bottom of the page so you can practice posting images if you don't get it right away. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/11/2008 12:55 pm There have been at least four possibly five companies that have used the CCGS initials. I heard rumors of a new service starting up in Crawfordsville but I didn't have any information on them. A picture of the slab front and back would be nice. Report this Post to the Staff
justjimrob Valued Member United States 330 Posts	Posted 01/11/2008 1:39 pm It is kind of funny to hear anyone talk about Crawfordsville. I have family there as well as in Markleville and Indianapolis. I am from South Bend. There is not much going on in Indiana... I am curious to see the pictures and am giving this company the benefit of the doubt until I see otherwise. You have to start somewhere, but I must admit history is not on their side as far as longevity and market acceptance are concerned Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 01/14/2008 9:45 pm Philney if you want, you can e-mail me the photos and I'll post them up here for you. Report this Post to the Staff
Myst Valued Member United States 155 Posts	Posted 01/21/2008 2:48 pm Still no pics huh? Report this Post to the Staff
atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 01/26/2008 2:30 pm Gone... but not forgotten Report this Post to the Staff
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