[JustinD]

I think the descriptors got off on a tangent with some of the replies.

There is no issue with removing a pile of glue or the double sided tape mentioned earlier. No one is fooled and both would be visible damage or torn paper resulting in the appropriate grade of altered. The issue is people hiding alteration. Which is the advertised purpose of this business.

Somehow a jump was made from a defense of alteration by repairing corners using a roller tool to disguise damage for a higher grade. Described and shown by humidifying card stock and pushing out the corners to square them up and rolling out creases.

Then a transference was somehow made to defense of simply not repairing a card or trying to hide something but just flipping a tab back for a visual pleasantry that any 14 year old could spot.

It was a bit like someone arguing to the local sheriff that their request for a tank is kosher because the neighbor has a shotgun. It was an interesting transition…

For clarification I don’t think the flipping over of a corner in your penny sleeves needs any more defense from the crowd.

…now add some glue and pressing with all the other adjunct shamming to intentionally deceive either a grader or a purchaser for profit and now we got a discussion. i enjoy and value what many do, like the Boda threads, to call this out.