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barrysloateI think Mike U. has set the net54 record for the longest post, and likewise one of the most provocative. And I am embarrassed to say I have no idea who you are. Is your identity confidential? But I will say this- based on Mike's post and Jim Crandall's response, the only thing I feel confident about is that the entire grading system needs to be reevaluated and perhaps rebuilt from the ground floor up. There is too much erosion of trust and I don't like what I see. Mike's point that the grading services won't hold for 30 or 40 years (I'll be dead by then) is just another way of saying the current way business is being conducted will not survive, and a new business model is needed. Regardless of which of the big three one supports, I just don't think that there is enough collector confidence and I have this nagging feeling that one day the whole industry will implode and have to start over again from scratch. If there is this much controversy in a system that in theory should be entirely objective and detached from any personal relationships, then it is clear that the current model is not working.