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[Leon]

Originally Posted by mighty bombjack

I'm sure they can too and I'm not calling on anyone to do anything. But if someone comes on here and asks for opinions, gets a thumbs up from a respected member, what should they do when/if they want to sell, especially when a TPA has proven to raise the selling price? One thing that TPAs provide is a transferable opinion, even if that opinion is sometimes wrong. (See also numerical card grading for the same thing).

I am all for peace of mind for collectors, and there are many great ways to get this outside of lazily paying a TPA. But many posts, like the one I quoted, don't take all perspectives into view.

I was only answering the question as to why the TPA's get the money they do, it's because of marketing, imo.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by Leon

I was only answering the question as to why the TPA's get the money they do, it's because of marketing, imo.

I was refering to my quoting of shelly, not of you. You and I are in total agreement about this as marketing of a service. I think that many around here are very emotional about this hobby (which is generally a good thing and why we are here), which occasionally leads them to attach a greater importance to things than is rationally due.

The fact is that the alphabets render a service that people want, which is a transferable and marketable third party opinion.