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Originally Posted by JWBlue
I know trimming has been around forever but I do not believe it was as common in the 1980s and 1990s.
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You must be younger because my memory says the opposite. It was far more common practice to alter in my mind. The mindset is just different now because people believe a plastic slab is (or was) infallible.
As to factory sets being better, I think they are more prone to quality issues also. I have a 1983 topps factory set that has an undersized Gwynn rookie and I bought it new in 83. I know for a fact it came that way.
Quality was just bad all round. Plenty of never trimmed cards come back minsize and plenty of trimmed get grades, that’s just the breaks. Just assume that with the extra scrutiny that cards get now that it is likely your card is worth less looking small.