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Lucky One

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    Augustus 70

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    I tried suggestions here in the forums for months and got nowhere but ridiculed and schooled. I need the loyalty to flow in both directions and I have been collecting NGC coins since 1987 so my loyalty can't be in question. NGC tried and failed, so I go to PCGS. Sad that so many of us complained only to be ignored at the board room table...

     

    Daniel McMunn

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    I'm also confused because the reason I came out here the other day was to post a journal, but I don't see it- can anyone else find my latest journal posting? When things don't work, I don't bother, I just find functionality that suits me elsewhere... sigh

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    JRs Coins

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    what is so screwed up about the whole situation is that there is really no difference between the first strikes off the first sets (yes, plural, as in many) of dies. I don't know how many tokens (yes, these are not coins in any honest sense and will never circulate officially) they can get out of a die before stresses appear or details disappear but my guess is they go through several hundred dies. If this is true, then there are 'early strikes' from EVERY die, making the whole concept faulty.

    If I got a late strike from a die used during the 'early strikes' period it would be far inferior to the first ingots off any die after that striking period, so IF I was presented with two coins- one lacking full detail and with less than outstanding luster and surfaces from a 'first strike' and the other a fully struck piece with perfect luster and surfaces from a brand new set of dies used after the 'first strike' period, my obvious choice would be the nicer coin. Why are people fooled into buying a label instead of the coin that they are supposedly collecting?

    P.T. Barnum said it right- there's a sucker born every moment. What Barnum never saw coming was supercorp players who could fool large numbers of people into believing a common turd was a gem to be cherished. Shame on all the fools who bought into and helped them perpetuate the scam...

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    Daniel McMunn

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    I begged them to fix what they screwed up and it seems the powers that be don't care what mere collectors want- they act like the federal government- they obviously know better than us what we like, want or need. I spent a lot of $$$ with NGC over the past 35 years and I'm FED UP. I gave them several months to fix it and they thumbed their nose at us. Sorry NGC, but it looks like I'm gonna go spend my money with David Hall, a collector's kind of guy, and while I may not get what I want there either, I may get a little more respect for spending my $$$ there. Thanks for the awards and memories NGC but I think your gig is up, at least for this disappointed collector.

    By the way NGC- I thought you said only one log-in would be necessary for all functions on your site? I had to log into both the registry AND the journals. Can't even merge something that simple. I would fire the code writers and hire someone who was willing to query the users (US, dummy!) to find out what kind of functionality *they* wanted! I wonder how strong the beverages are at NGC board meetings anyway...