I think the biggest problem that has come out of this is that card grading services need to be better. The grade a card receives has a huge impact on its value and grading needs to be consistent. I don't know the answers for them specifically but they need to grade correctly and look out very closely for card alterations. They have made themselves the driving force of quality control in this industry and have made a lot of money doing so.
It's not right that cards can be graded differently based on the grader or his feelings that day. If they want to continue to have a reputation of being the standard for card quality grading then they need to make the necessary adjustments to keep the integrity of their grades.
Trimming and card bumping wouldn't exist if the card graders could fix these issues. They want to make all the money from being card grading companies so they really should fix this for their own benefit. I am relatively new to this hobby so I am not as well versed as most of you here but that is my biggest takeaway here.
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