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petecldAsk ANY collector or seller of vintage cards and they will confirm that there are size variations that happened naturally at the printing level.
I have E92s, E94s, E96s, E98s and E102s that are slightly taller then the standard size of 2 3/4 or 2 5/8". Therefore a card above or below that card on the same sheet has to be slightly smaller - very legitimately.
To me "slightly short" means just that. A card that has NOT been altered but just came from the factory cut slightly shorter then the intended size.
Trimmed means the card was purposely cut by someone other then the issuer or printer and was done so for what ever reason (in this case to fit into sheets of all things).
Leon, ask any person who has been scammed and most will say the same thing, "He/she seemed like such a nice person."