Webster: reason -vi. 2. To argue or talk in a logical way. -vt. 4. To persuade or bring by reasoning.

It seems you are equally difficult to reason with. I don't recall seeing anyone suggest you don't have the "right" to buy and sell slabbed chips. Indeed it is a free country. You have the right to smoke, too. But if your objective is to convince me it's not hazardous to your health, you're going to find me difficult to reason with. And when you're convinced that your freedom to smoke outweighs my freedom to sit at a blackjack table without breathing your poluted air, prepare for a fight. The "law" grants more rights to smokers than non smokers. I think that stinks. I would argue to change the law.

Back to the subject at hand, rewording someone else's statements to change the meaning to suit yourself is a classic debating technique. I did not say grade is not an important factor in the value of a chip. I said grade is less important than several other criteria in truly valuable chips. There are many factors that determine the value of a chip, with authenticity, rarity and desirability topping the list.

If you're going to conduct a reasoned argument, please explain how ICG has any better grasp on the authenticity or rarity of the chip I've pictured here. What will they do to certify it's value if I send it to them to be slabbed? I can already tell you it ain't no MS.