OT: Whoops!

[alefzero]

Lost its marvelous reverse toning. Mistakes like this should not be possible.

https://canadiancoinnews.com/pcgs-accid ... -old-coin/

[hairfield1]

That SUCKS

[keilg1]

Don't know if I'd be happy with the "fair offer":

allowing him to keep the cleaned coin and receive a payment of about 70 per cent of the coin’s insured value plus a full refund for postage and other fees

Seriously?

[DHalladay]

Another chink in the Emperor's armour.

[messydesk]

Don't know if I'd be happy with the "fair offer":

allowing him to keep the cleaned coin and receive a payment of about 70 per cent of the coin’s insured value plus a full refund for postage and other fees

Seriously?

Well, we don't know what the coin looked like before it was dipped or what the declared value was. Based on the hazy patch at the lower left reverse, it would seem the toning was black there. Nevertheless, a serious egg-on-face moment for PCGS.

[UNCLE BINGO]

Another chink in the Emperor's armour.

More like Zardoz " the gun is good "

So i have to say, I had to go back and find one of the very first rounds of posts that I had written here . It was one I had to edit and take back what I had written because it was not well received . I accused them of the very same thing . Interesting that the date was in September . I had to take the words back because it went over like a turd in a punch bowl .It makes me feel a little better because I am not as crazy I thought I was . So the big question is, did anyone else send something in for gold shield level grading , that may have had the back come back without the toning they send it in with?

[UNCLE BINGO]

K so I can under stand human error . I don't believe anything nefarious happened in this case. I will guess a rack of boxes got picked up and sent to conservation that were not suppose to . It happens no one is perfect , they were very overworked maybe ... Am I the only one that the conservation vs cleaned situation bothers? If the guy would have dipped it before there is a chance the label after grading may have said cleaned , but if they decided cleaning will not effect a coin , they work their magic and it comes back straight graded???? Who is the bigger fool? The fool or the fools who follows him?

[UNCLE BINGO]

Sorry boys the prices are going up ......And she seems nice , I don't blame this gal at all ......


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[MarkyB]

In the past month I sent a coin back to them due to a mechanical error, better known as: they labeled it wrong. This past year, a coin they DETAILS graded went to another TPG and straight graded. Another TPG rep I caught handling my coins by the surface vs the edges. To say the least, I'm a bit down on the whole industry at the moment.

[ljs123]

PCGS customer service reminds me of Lily Tomlin on Saturday Night Live.
She did a fake commercial where she worked for the Phone Company.
Her catch line was "We Don't Care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company".
That's pretty much the line I've gotten from PCGS.
The clip is pretty funny.
Take a look.

https://vimeo.com/355556831

[UNCLE BINGO]

I don't care who you are , that's funny !!!

[MarkyB]

Good one. When comedy was actually funny.