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ScottBruce,
I agree with you that its not unintentional on Pro's part. And I in no way defend anything having to do with that company.
The point I was trying to express is that its extremely tough to prove that they are knowingly misrepresenting card grades.
I can remember when PSA started grading cards - who you were had an amazing impact on the grade of your card! (and no its not sour grapes as I've never submitted a card to a grading service) Don't know if that has changed.
Along the same lines as the Pro trimmed cards - I strongly believe there are an awful lot of "trimmed to proper size" E cards and T cards. Back when I was truly into cards - collecting and doing shows every weekend - there were multiple times in the mid - late 80's when I encountered "gentlemen" buying pre wwII "oversized" cards. I have no doubt that many of the cards these guys found are now PSA 6's and 7's - but they sure were vg at one point in time!! At that time there wasn't the same emphasis on the corners of the cards. I guess you could say those individuals were ahead of their time 