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JohnCharlie;
I’m not sure I understand your reasoning on this. So if a card was trimmed before the hobby became profitable it scores a 1, if after its trimmed?
Or are you saying that if the trim job is sloppy and looks like it was done on a roller coaster by a kid using safety scissors, that there was no way he was trying to fool anyone so he gets a 1?
But for all those neat "anal" kids who took the time to cut in straight lines it could be a toss up, unless they can appear in “grading court”.
This is great news if it’s true!
My Dad trimmed a lot of his 50’s cards. He’s also alive and can testify in court that he did this with no malicious intent. He also use to write the team names on the cards when players were traded, which could now take off the MK, I’m sure he would testify that he did this with “Informative Intent”. As for the Mickey Mantle cards with the mustache drawn on…well ok there may have been some malicious intent there, lets just hope the defense doesn’t bring those up. Of course we could always spin that he was making a social commentary on how much better the “Mick” would have looked with a nice handle bar mustache, and at the end of the day who would have enjoyed the novelty t-shirt “Mustache Rides Only a Nickel!” more than Mickey & Whitey?
Zach has the right to an opinion as much as any other guy here whom looks/collects these things, regardless of income. As for Zach not being a grown up, well am I the only one here who finds humor in the fact that an adult who spends tons of money & time on pieces of paper that were aimed at children (like myself) is calling anyone immature?
I’m also at a loss regarding the term “Bonehead” I thought the preferred term on the board was “Dunderhead”????