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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5
The bar can be anywhere we want it to be. For me, the distinction is are the things done to the card intended to enhance the condition or appeal of the card or not. If I drop a card and ding a corner, I have altered the card by definition. That isn't the type of alteration I'm concerned with. It's those alterations that increase the perceived market value of a card but aren't disclosed to potential buyers that I have a problem with.
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I guess for me, you're right that alterations could be just about anything, including simply breathing on the card.
But if we're going to use it in a pejorative fashion, then it seems like calling everything an alteration might cause the word to no longer be meaningful.
Just for the record, I'm not in favor of altering cards, and the only cards that I've altered have been those cards that people are okay with altering - trimming down a box cut card like a Bazooka, for example.