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Posted By: barrysloate

Fair point Scott- but do you think someone really saved that border? I think it may be lost, and I know you were just kind of joking. But there is another point I would like to bring up- and Andy, if you are reading this and I am sure you are- this is in no way a slight to you. It was your goal to get the card encapsulated, and you achieved it, and I know you a thrilled. But this does raise some important issues. One day you may decide to sell the card, and as time goes by and the card has changed hands several times, will there eventually be an owner who has no concept of the degree to which the card has been altered? We are not talking about removing a crease or erasing some pencil writing, and by trimmed we are not suggesting it's a 1/16 inch short on the bottom border. This is about as big an alteration as a card could possibly go through. Does PSA provide enough information on the label so that someone long down the road will be aware of it? I don't think so. Someone I spoke to suggested a before and after image should be included with the card, though I'm not sure how that could be done. Andy, I know you are honest enough to disclose to some future buyer exactly what was done, but after we are all long gone will some eventual buyer understand the process the card has been through? Again, just pointing out some of the ramifications of what I think slabbing this card has created.