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Posted By: Rick McQuillan

My vote is "no". Does it matter whether the card was hand cut or factory cut? I'm sure that the printer did not intend for factory cut cards to leave the factory with miscuts, centering problems, oversized and undersized cards, ghosts, etc. so why is it taboo to trim an oversized T206 but it is OK to trim a W card? If the original factory cut was incorrect, then it should be left alone and if the original hand cut was incorrect, then it should also be left alone.

You can do what you want with your own cards, but when you sell a card that has been re-cut then you should disclose the additional trim.

With that being said, when I see some of the Post Cereal and Jello cards with huge borders, I start thinking about trimming them back to the intended size.

That is my opinion, but keep in mind that I am old and senile.

Rick