ebay return shipping & t206 length opinions please

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

IClear from looking at the image that it's trimmed.

Others have stated that it doesn't look trimmed. I tend to agree. What are you seeing that's not "clear" to us? Top border? Bottom border? On what do you base your assessment?

[chaddurbin]

i don't like bottom edge from the scan. you can be nice and return stuff on your dime, but if you file a claim they usually send you a pre-printed return label.

[pokerplyr80]

I tend to agree with what's already been said. T206s can vary in size without being trimmed. Just because a card is labeled poor or fair does not mean it's acceptable if it ends up being altered. Absent definitive proof that it has been trimmed just pay to ship it back if you're not happy with your purchase.

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Others have stated that it doesn't look trimmed. I tend to agree. What are you seeing that's not "clear" to us? Top border? Bottom border? On what do you base your assessment?

The sum of the top and bottom border distance looks too short. Usually if one is short as the bottom border clearly is the top is significantly longer, not so much here. Also, it appears to me as if the top edge is not entirely straight across, looks like it dips a bit toward the left corner but that could just be the scan. In either case I feel it is at best questionable and that would cause me to stay away. Just my opinion however.

[steve B]

I think it looks fine, the size varies a lot with T206s so as others have said it's really about the edge and how it looks. I could tell better from a high resolution scan, 800-1200 dpi.

Besides the look of the edge itself, the edges on the front should have a slight downward curve, and the back should have a slight ridge. I was surprised to find with my own cards that those features remained even when the card was very worn. Only a few I have with FAR more wear have lost that shape to the edge. It's caused by the blade pushing its way through the cardstock. A very sharp blade usually leaves less of it, but a perfectly crisp edge is almost always trimmed.

Steve B

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by steve B

I think it looks fine, the size varies a lot with T206s so as others have said it's really about the edge and how it looks. I could tell better from a high resolution scan, 800-1200 dpi.

Besides the look of the edge itself, the edges on the front should have a slight downward curve, and the back should have a slight ridge. I was surprised to find with my own cards that those features remained even when the card was very worn. Only a few I have with FAR more wear have lost that shape to the edge. It's caused by the blade pushing its way through the cardstock. A very sharp blade usually leaves less of it, but a perfectly crisp edge is almost always trimmed.

Steve B

Steve thats interesting to me. How many sheets would they typically cut through at one time and once they were reduced to strips how did they hold the stack of strips securely to cut them to single cards? Did they use a jig with two side walls that the strips were fed through so the strips could not move from side to side and splay out when the singles were being cut?