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Scott Forrestas do I - certainly if a seller has the policy in question, they are going to be more likely to have respect for the opinion of someone they know and who has been around the hobby a while.
Personally, I would never have bid on an item described like the Ewing. "Measures short" implies it won't grade. And I'll back off on something I said previously - "Definitely not trimmed" would make me real, real hesitant to have the balls to ask for a refund in one of Lew's auctions, unless I was sure it WAS trimmed. The point being that whether or not I thought I knew better than him, I'm dead certain he thinks different. Hey, he should - he's been around a lot longer than me, and a helluva lot longer than the graders at SGC, PSA or GAI. And I would never in a gazillion years approach him after the request expiration period with "SGC said..."
I hate to think there might be a day when, as Todd hinted, we see a grading company and Lew Lipset testifying in court over card trimming. I can just hear the judge asking each side to give their credentials "...and you son, please put down the twinkie and pay attention."