Would you buy a trimmed card?

[nat]

I happily buy trimmed cards, although I prefer when they were trimmed by some kid in 1934 who just hated borders than by some guy looking for a grade bump. The "grade bump trim" might remind me that someone was angling to make a few extra bucks whenever I look at the card, which feels icky to me.

[Kaneen]

I don't think there's anything "wrong" with you buying this card if you are happy with having it in your set...it is fully disclosed that the card has been altered, so you have eyes wide open going in, and it is likely priced accordingly. It's your collection and your set, so collect whatever makes you happy.

Now, what would be "wrong" is if upon obtaining the card you were to crack it out of the holder, and then sometime down the road sell the set, or that single card, without disclosing the fact that it was previously determined by SGC to be trimmed.

[gonefishin]

The only card I would buy trimmed is one that has been hand cut.

[swarmee]

Sure, I'd buy and keep a trimmed card that was appropriately labeled as such, and still presents nice.

The scamming going on in the hobby is mostly from people passing them off as unaltered; that's what I have an issue with.

[CardPadre]

I share a similar sentiment to some posts above, depends on the age of the trimmer.

[Zach Wheat]

Depends on the age of the card and how it presents; however, the short answer is yes I would be a trimmed card. I bought a Homerun Baker card with a horrid back - but the front of the card looked pristine.

I have less tolerance for trimmed cards from later dates.

[raulus]

If a lot of the claims are to be believed, just about any time we buy a high grade vintage card, the odds are good that it's trimmed.

If that is your paradigm, then I suspect that most of my cards are trimmed.

But I sure hope not. And I'm definitely not happy about that possibility.