I agree. Not sure why there is even any debate. I know its a hobby but as i said before you will see many people in the hobby eventually sell their cards for 'medication, new improvement on house, college' etc. So if you were going to sell your cards, would you rather sell a same graded card thats PSA to get more medication or sell the SGC same graded card and with that money get less medication. I dont care how pretty the holder is.

However, as stated, if you have the chance to get a grade higher on your submission with SGC that would increase interest at least in the short term

At the same National an advanced collector I met through the CU board happened to be at the PSA booth trying to get a card from the Black Swamp find bumped from an 8.5 to a 9. No luck so he went back to SGC whom he had discussed it with prior and they did the honors. You are correct that they do get business in this fashion as the person knew that it would garner a higher selling price in the SGC slab as Mint.

Does SGC still slab alter/trimmed cards?

I like the fact PSA doesn't, but maybe they also did at one time.

As an aside, I am surprised how much this card fetched. :confused:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-2...vip=true&rt=nc

Yes and no. They will slab them A for Authentic if you want them slabbed. If you do not request them slabbed as authentic then no they will not slab them.

I did send in 1 counterfeit card with my last submission to SGC. They refused to slab it and I got this neat flip with NO on it and the paper checked counterfeit. PSA has been sent 5 of those same exact cards and slabbed all 5 of them.

Interesting (your bold)

Thanks for the info, Ben. I appreciate it.