Grading discussion- Revolutionizing :) the hobby...

[obcmac]

I thought about a seperate thread for this topic, but Barry mentioned one thing in particular that I've also been thinking...trimmed cards in holders. As a collector of mostly unslabbed low grade cards...it seems to me that many of the slabbed cards are trimmed. I don't think there is a slabbed collection of t206's around that has a greater average border width than my collection. So the question is...why shouldn't border width be considered? Cards are easy to trim and corners can be sharpened...but they are impossible to lengthen. Grading corners but not length does nothing but demand people trim their cards. And while we're at it, I think all auctions should be dutch auctions (where the price starts high and is lowered)...then shilling would be impossible (gasp).

Mac