What the hell is VGA sealed?

[ntavio]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-2600-Killer-Sate...%3A1%7C294%3A50 $75 for Killer Satellites?

 

Another example: http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-NES-1989-Acti...%3A1%7C294%3A50 $1250 for CIB NES?

 

Is this a new trend?

[video game addict]

I was sealed but I cut the top with the exacto knife so I could play!

 

I think this trend has been ongoing for a little while now. It's funny most of these sealed rated games are actually pretty commonly found sealed.

[deathtrappomegranate]

I was sealed but I cut the top with the exacto knife so I could play!

 

I despise the whole "grading" phenomenon, not just for computer/video games, but in its entirety.

[ntavio]

I was sealed but I cut the top with the exacto knife so I could play!

 

It took me awhile but .............now I get it

[homerwannabee]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-2600-Killer-Sate...%3A1%7C294%3A50 $75 for Killer Satellites?

 

Another example: http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-NES-1989-Acti...%3A1%7C294%3A50 $1250 for CIB NES?

 

Is this a new trend?

This is more at the moment an NES phenomenon. This really hasn't hit the Atari 2600 world yet.

[+poobah]

nice racket for the grading company

[hhwolfman]

Wow that NES Slab is the biggest slab, I have ever seen. :-o

[+Psionic]

Wow that NES Slab is the biggest slab, I have ever seen. :-o

It's also the silliest thing I've ever seen.

[+thanatos]

nice racket for the grading company

 

Bingo!

Pay to get your stuff graded by self-appointed 'experts', and then try selling it for 3x the actual worth!

[Atarian7]

I haven't seen any of these graded games sell for the atari 2600. Have they sold for the NES?

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

http://www.vggrader.com/

 

[TwiliteZoner]

http://www.vggrader.com/

 

 

There have been examples in other collecting circles where repros have gotten past the so called grading experts and passed off as original. I am not saying it has happened with these guys, but it may only be a matter of time.

[Shawn]

I haven't seen any of these graded games sell for the atari 2600. Have they sold for the NES?

 

 

yep, a simple boxed tetris in VGA 85 condition went for $80 USD the other day. A game otherwise worth about $10.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

I haven't seen any of these graded games sell for the atari 2600. Have they sold for the NES?

 

 

yep, a simple boxed tetris in VGA 85 condition went for $80 USD the other day. A game otherwise worth about $10.

 

$24 for the grading (item value under $200)

$15 for the acryl case

$12 for shippings

[Shawn]

I haven't seen any of these graded games sell for the atari 2600. Have they sold for the NES?

 

 

yep, a simple boxed tetris in VGA 85 condition went for $80 USD the other day. A game otherwise worth about $10.

 

$24 for the grading (item value under $200)

$15 for the acryl case

$12 for shippings

 

 

Still, take all that away and it still got the seller over 200 percent of it's ungraded value. I think it's worth it. I plan on sending off around 10 game to get graded soon.

[GOTHCLAWZ]

I was sealed but I cut the top with the exacto knife so I could play!

 

It took me awhile but .............now I get it

 

That's a lot of money. I got my NES for free (gift, with packaging, manuals & Zapper) & the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. for £5 (only came with Nintendo pouch).

[Shawn]

I got my NES for free (gift, with packaging, manuals & Zapper) & the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. for £5 (only came with Nintendo pouch).

 

 

Nobody cares.

[hhwolfman]

I got my NES for free (gift, with packaging, manuals & Zapper) & the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. for £5 (only came with Nintendo pouch).

 

 

Nobody cares.

 

 

[Shawn]

I got my NES for free (gift, with packaging, manuals & Zapper) & the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. for £5 (only came with Nintendo pouch).

 

 

Nobody cares.