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Originally Posted by yanks87
If the card is staying in your collection, you can do whatever you want to it, the gray area comes in when the intent is to resell the card.
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Many would argue that the latter (the card finding it's way back on to the open market) is inevitable. None of us really "own" anything. The cards belong to the hobby, and each of us is just a shepherd of our respective collections, therefore none of us have the right to alter anything for next "owner", regardless of how far in the future that is.
There is also the argument that undoing something that was done (removing glue, paper, writing, etc) is not as looked down on as, say, trimming.
It gets pretty mind-f*cky. I think that political leanings also have something to do with it.
That was a joke, people. Lighten up.
I personally think it's dangerous to subscribe to an all or nothing approach for anything. I'm generally a "don't touch it" guy, but concede there are instances where action might be prudent.