[orly57]

“Technically they are altered because they're hand cut “

I agree with you that this has been the standard, but think about how lazy that is on the part of the TPG. We KNOW they are hand cut! How about you give it a grade anyway??? I paid you to grade it. It is absurd to consider a card “altered” when EVERY CARD IN THE SET IS HANDCUT. How is that even an “alteration?” Yet, as someone noted, you can cut the coupon off a Zeenut or a Fleishmann’s and they will still get a numeric grade. There is no reason why a TPG can’t grade the card and issue a (HC Hand Cut) qualifier. This is another great example of why I started this thread. The blanket use of the letter A for cards that were not purposely altered in order to deceive is LAZY on the part of TPGs.