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sagardAs much fun as it is to pile on the buyer. I have my own doubts as to what the "trimming" would be accomplishing on a card rated good.
The unanswered question is what did Chet think or know about this card before he sold it? Dealers/Auction House that duck behind third party assigned grades aren't doing anyone any favors.
A dealer who shops a card at SGC/GAI/PSA and finally gets it to grade should not then be able to immediately duck behind the "they graded it, not me" line. I don't think for a minute that is what Chet did, but I'm sure it does happen.
If I were the seller and I wasn't really familiar with the issue, I wouldn't take the buyers word over PSA's either. If that same buyer tried crossing it in it's holder to another company and it got kicked I'd take the card back.