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Posted By: Glenn

That's a good question. I have about 20 raw T cards currently in my collection, almost all purchased as singles on ebay, none of them listed as trimmed. I'm almost certain four of them are trimmed, and possibly one or two others. For what it's worth, I don't think any of my SGC, GAI, or PSA cards are trimmed.

The trimmed cards I bought early on were all in the $20 range, so I don't feel like I was completely ripped off; I just consider those mistakes a valuable learning experience. These days I don't completely avoid auctions on cards that appear trimmed, but I do bid much lower than I previously would have. I also know of a couple of sellers on ebay who deal primarily in trimmed cards (without disclosing this fact in their listings), so I usually steer clear of anything they have to sell. Incidentally, over the year or so that I've been collecting T207s, it seems to me that roughly 30% of all the raw specimens on ebay are trimmed.

Anyone else have any estimates of trimming prevalence for particular sets?