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Posted By: warshawlaw

It is a question of slabbed or not slabbed by SGC. Since no one saw the card when issued and no one saw it trimmed, whether it is trimmed is all opinion. The auctioneer's opinion is not trimmed; SGC's opinion on the day submitted is trimmed. We would attack an ebay seller of no repute for selling trimmed stuff if we believed it to be true; Lew's reputation for card knowledge is such that we (or at least most of us) would accept Lew's opinion over that of any grading service. BTW, why not mention his name; is this like Harry Potter where you can't say "Lord Voldemort"?

Before indicting the seller and given the seller's expertise I'd like to see some other opinions. What do PSA and GAI and even BVG say about it? What do others from this board with expertise in this issue think? You also have to remember that slabbers do not slab good stuff all the time.

Do cards from this set appear short or narrow?

I also have a problem with the delay here. If the seller says there is a return time as a condition of the contract, and the buyer accepts that term as part of the bid, then the buyer has to examine the card and return it within the return period or forfeit the right to return. If this matter came before me as an arbitrator (I used to arbitrate cases for the Los Angeles Superior Court under a program we have here in California) I would not even reach the question of authenticity opinion; the threshhold question of compliance with the preconditions of the contract would prevail.