USAuPzlBxBob

Ever since NGC did its "maintenance" a day or so ago, I have been unable to view any of My Competitive Sets from the left-of-screen menu of the NGC Registry page.

If I approach my sets from other methods — Browse Competitive Sets >> United States >> Type Sets >> Gold Type Set 1834-1933 >> two pages deep; Rank 70 >> Puzzle Box Gold — I can view the set.

Any chance NGC knows about this problem, or can make the My Competitive Sets function work again with just a simple/single click, as it used to work?

Anyone else experiencing this problem?

(the title of this thread is what appears when I click on My Competitive Sets)

On 9/6/2023 at 1:10 PM, RaritiesValue.com said:

@Coinbuf I appreciate that! We are working hard to hopefully build something great for collectors like yourself to eventually use!

I understand the pain and time cost of switch over as well as the inconvenience of learning a new system. Can you think of anything that would make you or collectors like you be motivated to switch?

No.

NGC is lightyears ahead of your effort.  Just the color schemes alone that your BETA is employing is a semi-turnoff.

Then too, with your site, users would be putting sensitive information under the purview and auspices of… "who knows what?"

Basically, you're an unknown quantity trying to compete against a website that is fully developed, prides itself in further-perfection-enhancements, and all the while is making a profit from its sustainable business practice.

Sorry, but "them's the facts."

It came ashore about 175 miles north of Sarasota at 7:45 am this morning.  (Wednesday)

Sarasota is well outside of the eye wall.

Things that weren't secured, or in disrepair in general, can come loose and cause more significant damage.  That's about it.

My assessment is that Sarasota will be just fine.

The one thing nice thing about a hurricane is that once it passes by, the air is much cleaner, and maybe cooler than usual.  You get some buffeting of wind still, and random showers, but there is a general uplift in spirits if you were far enough away to not have had to worry significantly.

I suppose Sarasota's nearby shoreline will see a slight storm surge, but it will be more of a curiosity than a worrisome threat.  And there will be palm tree fronds littered all over the place… nonetheless, the page has turned and it is a new chapter.

On 8/24/2023 at 4:36 PM, EagleRJO said:

You can ask the seller for the cert number to check, but I have encountered this before where a seller had multiples of the same coin from the same TPG.  In that case just make sure it's a reputable seller with a good return policy, and carefully look at the coin and holder when received.

Not sure why someone would photoshop a holder pic when you can just download one off the NGC or PCG$ website, but it looks pretty close to me comparing it with the NGC cert photo.  It may just be different lighting that is making it look different.

These photos don't add up.

I've recently taken a renewed interest in my NGC Journal.  I posted a new entry… my second entry in ten years of participation.

As with any creative effort, "creators" like to admire their work, or like to edit their work to improve on it further.  However, even when logged in, I notice that the Views Counter of my Journal updates by one View for each time I view any aspect of my Journal.  This includes just clicking on the "General" overview page.  (that everyone has, i.e. in my case:  A journal by USAuPzlBxBob)

Views are an indication of popularity on a Website, and by enabling spurious aggrandizement of everyone's Journals by their own viewings of their work… well, it just doesn't seem right.

Is there any possibility that NGC might be willing — or able — to change this default Views counter so as not to update when the owners of Journals click/work on their own Journals when logged in?

Actually, on both photos I see the "funniness" going on.

When I post photos of my own coins in my Registry Sets, full slab photos, there is no "funniness."

By funniness, I'm referring to the semi-blurred  "does not compute" edging around the label.

Maybe it is to be expected when a post is made of an Internet image, to have the blurring edge patterns.  This, as opposed to your own photos dragged into a post.

You don't see the "funniness" going on?

The one advantage of submitting with a paid membership is there is wiggle room.

There were a few coins that I submitted many years ago that it could be argued should have had the grading fee % FMV applied, rather than have them fall below an individual value limit, where there is a set fee "tier" in place.  Saved me some "serious coin," pardon the pun.

Agree with VKurtB… … … Step up.

The Cert in your photo doesn't look right, btw.

It looks photo shopped.

I'd give everything a careful look.

Download the the NGC app.

On 8/22/2023 at 2:37 PM, VKurtB said:

There still ARE standards the hobby uses and promulgates for grading coins. It just so happens that the current administration in Washington has made those standards "illegal" in the United States. Third world countries are allowed all the 100W incandescents they want. That's, in a nutshell, why I will NEVER BELIEVE the climate change nuts. John Kerry and Greta Thunberg can kiss my grits.

"Regular, I guess."

"Instant grits?"

If I were you, I'd inquire of NGC if the coin would again grade with the same grade as before, automatically.

The damaged holder may void its original grade, and it may have to be graded anew.

On 8/13/2023 at 4:59 PM, VKurtB said:

It is. That's Pat McBride in Ben Franklin costume. There was also an Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The Lincoln impersonator in still trying to get me hooked up with his agent as a "Robert R. Lee". Every time he passes me he calls me General Lee. I assume he's not referring to the car.

 

Is this Pat McBride.  Found in Charmy's 2022 Central States Coin Show Report.

Chris,

I like your choice for the title of this thread:  I am here to learn.

I, too, am here to learn, and without question, NGC is the best coin website on the Internet to do exactly this.  The more I visit here, the more I realize how engaging this place is.

Since you're a Newbie, and also having to take it easy after your recent surgery, this affords you extra time to explore the various locations within this place.  I highly recommend it.  And one more thing, always do it from a computer or tablet.  It's a much more rewarding experience than from a cellphone.

Speaking for myself, I tend to come to the NGC Chat Boards all too often, and sometimes things are slow and unengaging around here.  So, what do I do?  I explore the different banner headings — their dropdown windows — at the top of the page.

Once you get used to navigating around here, that's when NGC's website really begins to shine.  For example, just this morning I clicked on the banner "News" and the window that opened up led me to a fascinating article:  Jeff Garrett: The Most Exciting Moment of My Career.  (A very good read.)

Best of luck and enjoy your new hobby,

Bob

Speaking of thunderstorms, boy did a doozie come through last night at 2:20 am.

High winds making tall trees violently-sway way over, and then reverse direction, and lighting strikes too numerous to count, many right on top of the others, making for quite an event… with me collecting inside roof-dripping data to confront my roofing company from last year, when they come out on Tuesday.

Is that Ben Franklin (blue coat) in the background?

On 8/9/2023 at 11:05 AM, Henri Charriere said:

More money, more problems.  Some states do not allow anonymity. Mine, N.Y. does.  One thing for sure:  I will lose my Federally-subsidized senior housing. How would you feel knowing the multi-millionaire living next door pays only $257. in rent?  A few years back, one winner showed up to claim his prize wearing a paper bag over his head with two holes cut out for his eyes. His only comment was, "No comment," before dashing out the doors. Luckily for him, he had a common name much like John Smith.  🤣

Now that's what I'd call an Unknown Comic!

I suppose the take home after all taxes will be about 600,000,000.

Then there is the question of remain anonymous or not.  (where every hard-luck friend or relative will suddenly come out of the proverbial "woodwork")

Decisions  Decisions

Works for me, and I speak from experience.

These days, my computer is close to me, on the kitchen island I'm sitting at, and the TV is three feet further beyond, in a built-in nook.

Remote is lying just left of the computer, on the island.

Commercial comes on the TV, hit mute on the remote, and I surf the net during the interim.

If you're watching TV, it goes to commercial break… what do you do?

You hit the mute button.

If you switch channels, you're probably just going to see different commercials.

The one coin that's got the most detail going on, when you show it to others, use VKurtB's joke, and do it with a Groucho Marx vocal-imitation, since the double "o" on the coin lends to a hint of Groucho's glasses.

On 8/2/2023 at 10:54 PM, 寂静音无 said:

It is because I like it that I pay a lot of money for it，I didn't get the real coin, only the loss, if the coin is real, I can pay a little more

Then take the certified coin route, pay up, and live a life of coin collecting pleasure.

You got 88% of your money back.

I have overpaid for coins in the past where they are genuine.  An immediate loss, easily on a par with a 12% loss.

Then amortize the fact that one of them is still slightly underwater and I've owned it for 10 years, and if I were to try and sell it, a dealer would have to make money for him to sell it, so I would only get… 70% of what I paid for it.  So, technically, it's got a -30% ROI.

Inflation has halved the value of things in the last 10 years, too, and at the rate things are going, well, it sort of reminds me of Marisa Tomei's biological clock.

I do enjoy my coin collection, however, so there is satisfaction in that.  And most of the coins have kept up a little with inflation.

It's a hobby.  Not really an investment.  That's the way it goes.

Send the coin back.  You're making your case, step by step, and this is the next step.

You've provided a valuable lesson to all of us, you've documented everything the best you can, you've gotten the attention of all the primary parties, and you'll see what happens, good or bad.