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Originally Posted by SetBuilder
I'm sure there are many scientific tests. None of which can possibly be done in the amount of time the TPA's take to make a determination (likely minutes) and the amount of money they charge for the service (peanuts).
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Agree. TPA's are offering quick opinions for a relatively small fee.
And there's nothing wrong with a quick opinion for a relatively small fee, so long as you take it for what it is.
I think some parts of the hobby are a joke, but that it's just as much a fault of the collectors and sellers as the TPAs and graders. If a TPA gives a $10 quick opinion and on the LOA itself it says it's just an opinion, and collectors and sellers turn and treat it as the Sermon on the Mount & final cosmic arbiter of right or wrong/truth or untruth/holy or unholy/riches or rags, that's the collectors' and sellers' faults more than the TPAs-- at least in my opinion. My old saying is: If you go into a Three Stooges movie expecting Orson Welles, that's your fault not the movie's.
Duly note that I like the Three Stooges. I'm not putting the Three Stooges
But they are, of course, what they are.