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Originally Posted by gomiamigo
The situation isn't 'challenging.' He owns altered & trimmed cards.
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I agree with what you're saying, but let me clarify. I genuinely do think anyone would be "challenged" by the discovery that they were sitting on 450k in trimmed cards (assuming he didn't know beforehand), but I still think people should be expected to do the right thing.
Unfortunately, I think Eric has chosen his words very carefully in order to avoid actually committing to doing the right thing, while simultaneously trying to imply he'll do the right thing in order to preserve his reputation. And again, when I spoke to him on the phone he seemed reluctant to even acknowledge that the cards were trimmed. At first it sounded like he wanted to leave open the possibility that they weren't trimmed, until I made it clear that I wasn't going to entertain that possibility.
But even then, he was very cagey about his future plans for the cards. The answers basically boiled down to "I don't know yet" or "I'll probably leave it to the auction house or BGS to decide what to do" etc. I reminded him that ethics exist independently of BGS and auction houses, and he should do the right thing regardless of what they tell him to do. He agreed, but still refused to commit to anything concrete about disclosing the trimming.
The refusal to commit to what is clearly the right course of action is damning to me as well, especially combined with the fact that he shows no interest in finding out who trimmed the cards. That's why I said I didn't come away from the conversation with any of my concerns alleviated. But the reason I ended the post the way I did was because I want to make it clear that there's a chance Eric may have had no involvement in the trimming and might eventually come around to doing the right thing. But otherwise I'm in firm agreement with you.