Re-sealed nes game. Local seller is mad at me.

[icemanxp300]

This seller contacted me via a craigslist ad to sell me a sealed nes game and turns out this is his ebay auction. I told him it has no seam it is a reseal. He does not believe me and says his "client" says I'm full of shit. I finallly told him I'd post his auction so other people could tell him the truth he doesn't weant to hear.

 

 

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 200841377462

[+Gemintronic]

I used to reseal some software at a previous job. It is damn hard to make things look factory fresh when resealing an item. That being said, I don't know how people tell a reseal from a screenshot.

[icemanxp300]

Well this game came with an h-seam across the back and his doesn't have it, so you can end there lol. It gets further involved in telling if the seam is fake by whether the hinge has been opened, how the seam follows the box, how the y-fold looks, the type of shrink wrap that has been used, whether the box has damage and the shrink doesn't, and other stuff. Sometimes reseals are so good you can't tell w/out having game in hand.

[Andromeda Stardust]

"H" Seams.

 

Edit: Okay he beat me to it.

Edited November 5, 2012 by stardust4ever

[shadow460]

That looks like it was sealed at a used game store. I'm no NES expert, but those loose corners scream re seal. Never mind the seams it should have.

[SoulBlazer]

Correct, NES games are some of the easiest to tell if they are factory sealed, cause of the H seam. I don't think, however, Tengen and other non-licenced companies used that, though, so this advice is out the window for that.

 

Playstation 1/2/3 and XBox/360 games are also very easy to tell if they are factory sealed, mostly cuse of the additional stickers that they use on the case on the sides and ends, like with movie DVD cases. (It also helps to know if a game is used vs new due to that.)

 

I don't think any other console has any 'easy to tell' marks of being a reseal.

 

That said, personaly, to me the whole sealing business is crap. Games are ment to be played, not hoarded and never opened. It's not like a rare coin, or a stamp, or a comic book, where there's a good market and a sound investment in buying them. There's no promise of that with games, even less then in other fields.

 

EDIT: Says that EBay auction is no longer available. Maybe he finally realized it?

Edited November 6, 2012 by SoulBlazer

[icemanxp300]

Correct, NES games are some of the easiest to tell if they are factory sealed, cause of the H seam. I don't think, however, Tengen and other non-licenced companies used that, though, so this advice is out the window for that.

 

Playstation 1/2/3 and XBox/360 games are also very easy to tell if they are factory sealed, mostly cuse of the additional stickers that they use on the case on the sides and ends, like with movie DVD cases. (It also helps to know if a game is used vs new due to that.)

 

I don't think any other console has any 'easy to tell' marks of being a reseal.

 

That said, personaly, to me the whole sealing business is crap. Games are ment to be played, not hoarded and never opened. It's not like a rare coin, or a stamp, or a comic book, where there's a good market and a sound investment in buying them. There's no promise of that with games, even less then in other fields.

 

EDIT: Says that EBay auction is no longer available. Maybe he finally realized it?

 

Come on! Coins are meant to be spent, stamps are meant to be mailed, and comic books are meant to be read! Collecting comes in many forms why should a sealed game be singled out over everything else? As far as no market, there is a very good market actually.

[SoulBlazer]

Come on! Coins are meant to be spent, stamps are meant to be mailed, and comic books are meant to be read! Collecting comes in many forms why should a sealed game be singled out over everything else? As far as no market, there is a very good market actually.

 

Exactly, and games are ment to be played, not laying around collecting dust in sealed state. I think you made my point for me.

[icemanxp300]

Whether I made your point or not it's not how you were comparing them. You basically said coin collecting, stamp collecting, and comic book collecting was ok, but sealed game collecting is not.

[SoulBlazer]

Whether I made your point or not it's not how you were comparing them. You basically said coin collecting, stamp collecting, and comic book collecting was ok, but sealed game collecting is not.

 

I just ment I didn't see the point in sealed games, but then again, I'm a gamer, not a collector (at least of that type )

 

Anyway, hope the guy got corrected since the auction was ended.

[goldenegg]

Whether I made your point or not it's not how you were comparing them. You basically said coin collecting, stamp collecting, and comic book collecting was ok, but sealed game collecting is not.

 

In many cases, the coins and stamps someone would collect are no longer able to be used. Also, using them would mean giving them away, which doesn't happen with a game.

 

Collecting sealed comics is just as silly to me (and I'm guessing SoluBlazer as well) as sealed games. Comics are meant to be and should be read.

[TheGameCollector]

Actually in the United States, you could spend a silver coin if you wanted to. You would just be very stupid to spend it instead of sell it.

In many cases, the coins and stamps someone would collect are no longer able to be used. Also, using them would mean giving them away, which doesn't happen with a game.

 

Collecting sealed comics is just as silly to me (and I'm guessing SoluBlazer as well) as sealed games. Comics are meant to be and should be read.

 

Stamps many, but coins not so many. Almost all coins are still legal tender, it would just be very stuipid to spend something made of precious metal or roll it up with your other quarters etc. rather than sell it.

[shadow460]

Game collecting has two parts. The one is the act of hunting down games, the other is being able to play them if they still work. I imagine all of us probably have one or two games that don't work but we keep because they are still valuable in some way.

I play my collection. I don't have what I'd call a collection of "gamer's items" that are rough--most of mine are collector quality (discs never scratched or resurfaced, pristine cart labels, etc.) but they aren't sealed.

 

There will come a day when none of our games work, then we'll be collecting just to collect. Those who collect sealed games are already to that point.

[high voltage]

This VGA rating is getting on my nerves.

And some ebay sellers even sell VGA graded games in UK and Germany. It doesn't apply in other countries.