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DDEither the card measures short or it does not. Unless the experiment included shaving off miniscule amounts of a border to push the envelope, I see no reason why it should be deemed trimmed one time (more than 1 in this case), and grade other times.
It seems as if a lot of people think you should have stopped when you got the 5. For Barry and Leon who run auctions, does this mean you just look at the labels? If this "5" was consigned to you, but it did look like the "3" or "4" it may well be, would you mention this in your catalog?
Rob Lifson is complimented (as he should be) when he indicates the grading of an item may be off. Will you not do the same? Telling someone to be satisfied with the "5" misses the point when clearly some reform is needed in the grading process. Acknowledging one does not preclude the other.