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Posted By: Brian H.

I've never had a problem with BcD (or Leon or Brooks, for that matter).

As for the trimming allegations -- I personally find it rather difficult to sell some cards for the following reasons:
1. I can only know for certain it was trimmed unless I saw it happen..
2. I can know that it is possible/likely if the card looks questionable, measures wrong or if someone (or something like a grading company) told me that there was evidence of trimming.
3. Just because someone(something) told me that there was evidence of trimming doesn't mean it was so ESPECIALLY with the cards most of us collect which weren't exactly cut in mass quantities in high tech factories with laser beams. Actually, in certain situations I think that I may know more about certain issues than the professional graders etc and that I certainly am not limited to a few minutes to make my conclusion about whether a given card has been trimmed or whatever.
4. For this reason (and to my certain economic detriment) I note in descriptions when I think that a card may not "grade" even when I am all but certain that it was not trimmed.
5. Probably my solution is ethically unassailble. Nonetheless, I am not comfortable saying that it is necessarily unethical NOT to say that a card "may not grade" where one does not believe it was trimmed or something like that.

(The above has NOTHING to do with any particular card anyone is selling or has sold me or anyone else on ebay or otherwise, its just my personal conclusion on the matter).