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I too, cut larger flashings and trimmed ribbons. I also still cut printer ribbons.
If you're going to refine or outsource them yourself anyways, I would still remove these.

Spence..
I don’t recall if it was agent K or Chris himself who posted it originally. At one point these were accepted as clean gold fingers. Though for nubs that was before “clean” was added to gold fingers!
The post has since been delegated and I can 100% confirm it was accepted as CGF at one point based on my rolling archives of the site. I can also state with no doubt that they do NOT qualify now!

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No doubt, I sold them as CGF also.
True on the fact on how it got mixed and unacceptable

Is it the same thing with the silver ends on the flat wire? Or is it still ok to cut them off and put in with silver/tin ram?

I’d say no.
Also, tin and nickel finger connectors haven’t gone in the ram rate for quite some time so as for now I’d say no.

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