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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Brian: Words are valid if they convey a thought whether or not they have been certified by the Merriam Webster Authentification Service (or one of the lesser word slabbers), or whether they have not yet achieved such recognition.

If the price of trimmed cards is rising, as you state; I vote for the following subcatagories of trimmed cards, because I do not feel that "trimmed" is a generic catagory, and the nature of the trim job is a paramount consideration with relationship to the desireability of the card, and to me, impacts its value:

- cards trimmed with the intent to deceive
- cards trimmed to remove objectionable advertising by the original card owner
- cards trimmed for convenience (such as to fit something) by the original owner
- cards deemed trimmed although they are hand cut and reflect the cutter's view of appropriate cutting choices (such as borderless Orange borders cards)
- cards trimmed for asthetic reasons, including trimming to remove the background and other infrequent owner optional hacking of the card.
- Other possible, currently unidentified, catagories.

Gil