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Posted By: scott brockelman

I SENT IN A GROUP OF CARDS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND RECEIVED THEM BACK A FEW DAYS AGO, LONG AFTER THE PREDICTED DATE AND TO MY AMAZEMENT(OR DISBELIEF) FOUND THEY DID NOT GRADE SEVERAL OF THE M116'S, CLAIMING THEY WERE TRIMMED!, THESE WERE FULL SIZE, EVEN OVER SIZE CARDS, ALL FROM AN ORIGINAL GROUP I PURCHASED A FEW YEARS AGO, NOW BEFORE YOU JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS, 2 WERE GRADED! AN 84 AND AND 80. THE REST WERE REJECTED, MY POINT IS THIS, ALL CARDS ARE TRIMMED, EITHER MECHANICALLY BY CUTTING BLADES OR SCISSORS AT THE TIME OF PRODUCTION. OR, TRIMMED POST PRODUCTION TO IMPROVE THEIR VALUE. IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN THE STATUS OF EITHER "IF" YOU COLLECT THAT PARTICULAR SET OR KNOW CARDS. THESE WERE NOT TRIMMED! I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE! THE PEOPLE AT SGC AND PSA AND THE REST OF THE LOT, DO NOT COLLECT SQUAT, OTHER THAN A BIWEEKLY PAY CHECK. <P>
IF YOU COLLECT AND EXAMINE A SET WITH ANY REVERENCE AT ALL YOU LEARN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SET AND EACH AND EVERY CARD. I CAN, & SEVERAL OTHERS ON THIS BOARD CAN, ENLIGHTEN A PERSON ON EACH & EVERY CARD IN THE SET THAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN OR COLLECT. WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT THEIR FAITH IN A PERSON THAT DOES NOT HAVE HANDS ON KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SUBJECT AT HAND?

JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. MY POSITION ON GRADING HAS NOT CHANGED, IF YOU ARE SELLING GREAT, IF BUYING, CAVEAT EMPTOR.

SCOTT