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warshawlawraw cards are a true crapshoot. Every bum deal I've had has been on raw cards or lousy grading service [PRO] cards. I still buy raw cards but rarely from anyone I don't know. Mostly I buy them in person at shows. There are a surprisingly large number of trimmed raw cards out there and even reputable dealers can carry them, some of whom don't care even if the cards are IDed as trimmed. I once had one spotted at a show by Global's authenticators [felt pretty dumb not spotting it myself, BTW], returned it to the dealer, who I knew and who refunded my $$, AND THEN HE PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN THE CASE FOR THE NEXT SUCKER! Needless to say I don't buy from him anymore.