Piggybacking cards for a OCTOBER PSA Special POPPED (Finally) Grades posted!

[botn]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I questioned some of mine. Rather than wait another 6 months, I am selling and moving on.

Robert-Those two cards are trimmed and someone did a horrible job to boot.

And to Lonnie- Magnifying a card or laying a card on top of one another are not methods used to determine if a card has been trimmed. Knowing how to detect a consistent factory cut is how you determine if a card is trimmed, and that can be different from year to year and from issue to issue.

Just a suggestion to anyone who cannot tell if a raw card is trimmed or altered--pay a bit more and buy the card already graded and save yourself disappointment, time and frustration. Card may still be trimmed or altered but it is in a holder making it easier to sell down the road and less likely a chance you will lose money.

[BruceinGa]

Originally Posted by botn

Magnifying a card or laying a card on top of one another are not methods used to determine if a card has been trimmed. Knowing how to detect a consistent factory cut is how you determine if a card is trimmed, and that can be different from year to year and from issue to issue.

Just a suggestion to anyone who cannot tell if a raw card is trimmed or altered--pay a bit more and buy the card already graded and save yourself disappointment, time and frustration. Card may still be trimmed or altered but it is in a holder making it easier to sell down the road and less likely a chance you will lose money.

Thanks for the info. About 4 years ago I bought a nice raw '61 Topps, submitted it and it came back evid of trimming. It was the same size as other 61's but apparently the reason was as you stated.
That was my last raw card purchase.

[pclpads]

Originally Posted by botn

Just a suggestion to anyone who cannot tell if a raw card is trimmed or altered--pay a bit more and buy the card already graded and save yourself disappointment, time and frustration. Card may still be trimmed or altered but it is in a holder making it easier to sell down the road and less likely a chance you will lose money.

Exactly! Good words for card newbies and vets.

[t206fix]

Thanks Bobby! I received my cards yesterday - nicely packaged. I appreciate the hard work you put into this! I can't imagine the record keeping, packaging materials, etc. that you had to put in! It's appreciated!!!

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by t206fix

Thanks Bobby! I received my cards yesterday - nicely packaged. I appreciate the hard work you put into this! I can't imagine the record keeping, packaging materials, etc. that you had to put in! It's appreciated!!!

Thanks Tony....the sending back of cards is the hardest part (for me, at least).....when they are raw, it's not so bad. When you are staring at 150+ slabs in the face, and of course PSA has them all mismatched in the box, that's when it gets to be no fun.

[BleedinBlue]

Was out of town for a few days but my cards were waiting for me when I got home. Thanks again Bobby for pulling this together. I’m in on the next one for a small batch. Looking forward to it.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by t206fix

Thanks Bobby! I received my cards yesterday - nicely packaged. I appreciate the hard work you put into this! I can't imagine the record keeping, packaging materials, etc. that you had to put in! It's appreciated!!!

And whats really hard is having to store it for months on end. And hope to god I don't misplace stuff.

[toledo_mudhen]

Actually - the "under magnification" is where I was looking for differences in edge characteristics -

The one that I state "overlays perfectly" - Im pretty positive that there is no way its a trim....

The other one maybe so -