All I see is TRIM!!!!!!!

[Keith H. Thompson]

How long ere we lose the illusion that TPA was created to grade cards impartially and without prejudice for the benefit of the average hobby buyer

[Section103]

"Average hobby buyer?" Those days are long gone. There is some functionality for the average Joe, but the material benefits go to a select subgroup. I think everyone in the hobby at any real level acknowledged that long ago.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Keith H. Thompson

How long ere we lose the illusion that TPA was created to grade cards impartially and without prejudice for the benefit of the average hobby buyer

As I like to say, all submitters are equal. Some are more equal than others.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

As I like to say, all submitters are equal. Some are more equal than others.

George Orwell would be proud.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

George Orwell would be proud.

An interesting thing is that T.S. Eliot, who was working for a publisher at the time, rejected Animal Farm.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

An interesting thing is that T.S. Eliot, who was working for a publisher at the time, rejected Animal Farm.

Eliot is one of my favorite poets and Orwell one of my favorite modern prose writers. I never knew this.

[Bigdaddy]

I can't say for sure, but my lunch money is on 'trimmed' for the OP's question.

Funny how we can spot a trimmed/altered/fake card on a computer screen from a two-dimensional photo/scan but the TPGs have a hard time doing it with the actual card in hand. Something is rotten here.