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T206CollectorFirst, this Board is a collector's alliance.
Second, Barry said, "I still think our best line of defense is the grading services. If they can't distinguish a trimmed card from a good one, then all is lost."
This brings me again to my point on all of this -- why would we need anything more than a reliable grading company, with the latest in detecting card doctoring skills and technology, and a money-backed guarantee? SGC provides this service and guarantee for me (and countless collectors) and if any of the cards that I have already had slabbed by SGC turn out to be doctored, countefeits, etc., I have a tremendous amount of confidence that SGC would make it right -- immediately -- in a manner in which I would be satisfied. I never would have dropped the serious amount of coin that I have put into baseball cards without that level of comfort.
If you buy raw cards or cards graded by a company without the money-backed guarantee, then you are assuming the risk that your cards have been tinkered with. And that's just a chance that every collector shouldn't take.