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Posted By: davidcycle

The potential for harm for the seller at least lays in that the practice is against the law in all states, and also illegal Federally if the sales are being done across state lines and through the mail. For the seller, there's always the possibility for legal problems in his future, a possibility I assume he is aware, if dismissive, of. It takes just one wronged, persistent customer to bring a lawsuit or start a police report. Anyone who's been in the baseball card hobby for a while will testify how many collectors are practicing lawyers. There's even a collecting judge who posts regularly on Net54! Perhaps the motto for potential trimmers should be: Proceed at your own risk, as odds are at least one of your future customers will be a lawyer.