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Bruce MorelandIf you are going to make such implications about me, you should have enough respect for me to do the research first. I am surprised and disappointed to see this kind of thing from a regular poster.
My email address is included along with my posts; it is a simple matter to extract it and look me up. Furthermore, if you do look me up, you will discover that my ungraded card auctions contain a link to a page that explains how I think cards should be graded, and in fact there is a section in there on trimmed cards.
I will save you the time and post links.
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=brucemo@seanet.com&completed=0&sort=3&since=30&include=0&page=1&rows=-1
http://www.seanet.com/~brucemo/card_articles/grading.htm#trimming
I edited the web page today, only to add the bookmark. The underlying text is all the same.
Regarding the situation with Dr. Koos, I am not pro-Koos, I am anti-mob. I oppose lynching even if the person being lynched is guilty.
There is always the risk that you'll be strung up by the mob, too, when you oppose it.
Regarding why I asked those questions, I think it matters.
First, I don't know the answer, so I asked the questions because I want to know. I don't know if the people selling these crap PRO cards are breaking the law or not.
Second, if it is legal for Koos to do what he has done, and it is in accord with eBay rules, then I don't see that anyone has much complaint if what he is doing is running a test auction.
If it is not legal to even offer the stuff, then what Dr. Koos is not legal, and it is hard for me to say that it is alright to do it under any circumstances.
I know that it is not legal to offer a fake autograph, even if you don't complete a transaction. I honestly don't know if it is legal to offer a trimmed card that you know to be trimmed.
If anyone can refrain from impugning my integrity in the course of their answer, I would love an answer to these questions.
bruce