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Posted By: Hankron

To clarify a point. Many genuine cards are obviously trimmed. However, a competent and honest seller will be able to identify this trimming and will describe a card as trimmed. An auction where the card is obviously trimmed (repeat: obviously, meaning it looks as if it was cut with meat knife) yet this fact is not included in the description, means that the seller is either incomptant, dishonest or both. Even if a bidder has never seen a T206 Ty Cobb before and doesn't own a Standard Catalog or doesn't know that Private Auctions are bad, I beleive that if a beginner used some common sense, he would identify this type of auction as one he should not bid in. Even if a bidder can't differenciate an original from a reprint, he should have enough sense to say, "This card has obviously been hacked off at the bottom. Why doesn't the seller mention this?"

A little bit of common sense can go a long way.