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JKI generally agree with Paul that more higher grade cards are altered than lower grade. Common sense tells you so. As for this dealer of Jim's being an expert - well, unless you are saying he alters cards, he is not an expert and is merely giving his biased opinion (as he was about to sell you high grade cards). That being said, I believe its a problem shared by all cards - just as microtrimming might increase a 6 to a 9, spooning out creases might very easily bump cards up from a 3 to a 4 or 5 (I know Ive got a number of sgc 40s that have sharp corners and could be 60s if not for a some nearly undetectable wrinkles - actually, in some cases, they are undetectable).