I've been following the 05 Absolutes since they were released and this is the first I have seen of the Samples hitting the open market. Like I said earlier, I will check and see if the "Sample" text is under the card gloss. Even if they are from the Donruss scrap vault and weren't submitted to MLB for approval, the cards are legit.
Not sure what you mean by "legit", and not sure why you think there's a difference if the gloss is over or under the word sample. No professional printer would use a pixelated font like that. The only way to get that pixelated font is to start with a tiny font & enlarge it so that the individual pixels become obvious. The seller's story about the retiree & the "Library" set are comical. And if multiple defects on your own card don't convince you, how can I? Whatever you want to believe, it's all good. I'm not Cardcop lol...