video game addict Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I think in order for a game to be considered "sealed" it needs to have it's shrinkwrap firmly attached around all seams. this one was almost fully open across the bottom. It's worse than the Malagai that DP auctioned off a few years ago. And that seemed to create a lot of questions over loose/open shrinkwraps being called sealed. If there were 30 or 40 of these in boxes, and you had the only sealed one, yeah maybe I'd think twice about opening it. But with so few out there, it's really the box itself that commands all the money, not the wrap. Me personally, would prefer the mintiest, most perfect condition, game/box/manual. Loose, torn, dirty, or worse shrinkwrap, takes away from the box. I'm a game collector not a shrinkwrap collector. And open shrinkwrap, like the box pic Zackery showed above, I'd pull that off in a minute if it looked like it was crushing the box or started to get tatty. Smoke it if you got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Even though the shrinkwrap has come apart at the seam on the bottom, it appears to me that you would have to tear it considerable more in order to open the box. To me that still makes this a sealed game. Also, the shrinkwrap looks very good everywhere else and isn't "loose" at all. This game would look very nice displayed on a shelf as is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Whatever you are smoking - I think it might be shrinwrap - can I have a toke? i guess the value of that shrinkwrap is higher than a pound of weed ... probably the most expensive stuff that u could smoke ... so take it slow Take it slow, and twice if it's any good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 uuuuh ... one more puff of that stuff and i start seeing bira bira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I got my Sealed Spiritual Genesis game from them today CRUSHED in a bubble mailer! HA great seller. Lets hope Music Machine get a little better treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I got my Sealed Spiritual Genesis game from them today CRUSHED in a bubble mailer! HA great seller. Lets hope Music Machine get a little better treatment. Ouch. I have started having to school ebay sellers on shipping before they ship it. They probably think I am a pompous pest, but it is the only way to ensure your stuff gets to you intact. I have had way too many boxed games shipped in bubble mailers. Hell, I even had someone from here ship me a $50 game in a damn bubble mailer. Luckily, that ended up being the one time a bubble mailer game arrived undamaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I got my Sealed Spiritual Genesis game from them today CRUSHED in a bubble mailer! HA great seller. Lets hope Music Machine get a little better treatment. Wow, thats BS especially seeing as they know how much video games mean to collectors after fetching so much for MM and all the emails they have recieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I fear for that Music Machine. Unless the buyer had the foresight to request proper shipping and packing materials, she sent that puppy out in a bubble mailer too. It pains me to think about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Did Iwan actually buy the MM, or was that a joke? If so, shipping to Germany in a bubble mailer is going to be pure disaster. You'd think they'd consider $5,000 value may be worth a box and good packing. But even after trying to educate sellers on ebay on how to ship (or just asking them), and getting a positive answer, I've still had them ship boxes in envelopes! eBay is the great wasteland of human ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Did Iwan actually buy the MM, or was that a joke? I recently bought a sealed copy of Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes......and not MM! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) Oh!!!! Sometimes I don't know when you're serious and when you're not! Sorry! (or when someone else is serious about you... I can't remember if you implied purchase or someone else did). Edited November 16, 2009 by Mirage1972 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Oh!!!! Sometimes I don't know when you're serious and when you're not! Sorry! Have I ever mentioned somewhere here on this thread that I am the buyer????? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Oh!!!! Sometimes I don't know when you're serious and when you're not! Sorry! Have I ever mentioned somewhere here on this thread that I am the buyer????? See my edit above, sorry... I think it was someone else joking/implying that you had bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Oh!!!! Sometimes I don't know when you're serious and when you're not! Sorry! Have I ever mentioned somewhere here on this thread that I am the buyer????? See my edit above, sorry... I think it was someone else joking/implying that you had bought it. I wish I would have one but not for that amount of $$$$......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 wow that would be epic fail, paying $5g large+ for a sw 2600 game and in the shipping, it gets so badly mangled that it's 'barely hangin-on' shrinkwrap comes off (etc.) I would not want to be the seller after the buyer received it. As far as bubble mailers go, also, just hope there is no rain between the game and it's destination, I've had stuff come to me re-sealed in a post-office bag, with the rain-obliterated remains of my boxed game inside (and the remains of the bubble mailer stuck to it, and damaging it ever further in the removal.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskobar Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 wow that would be epic fail, paying $5g large+ for a sw 2600 game and in the shipping, it gets so badly mangled that it's 'barely hangin-on' shrinkwrap comes off (etc.) I would not want to be the seller after the buyer received it. As far as bubble mailers go, also, just hope there is no rain between the game and it's destination, I've had stuff come to me re-sealed in a post-office bag, with the rain-obliterated remains of my boxed game inside (and the remains of the bubble mailer stuck to it, and damaging it ever further in the removal.) Even if the seller was the stupidest person in the galaxy, the $5,000 + cost should ring a bell inside his/her head I wanted to place a bid but i out of that league ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Well, they buyer is definitely a known member here. Hopefully he can let us know if she pulled a bubble mail job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninermaniac Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? If it was there has been no feedback left yet; should have arrived by now if in the USA. International buyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? If it was there has been no feedback left yet; should have arrived by now if in the USA. International buyer I am almost positive he isn't international. I think he lives in Ohio. Anyhow, it looks like he didn't pay until around the 19th and she lives in Alaska, so it might not be there yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I used to trade letters and packages with a friend in Alaska all the time a few years back for a while (I live in Rhode Island). It took anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks for things to go back and forth, and this was all by USPS 1st Class. So who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? If it was there has been no feedback left yet; should have arrived by now if in the USA. International buyer If the buyer wants to remain anonymous he wont leave feedbaack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? If it was there has been no feedback left yet; should have arrived by now if in the USA. International buyer If the buyer wants to remain anonymous he wont leave feedbaack. That doesn't ensure anonymity. It is pretty easy to figure out who the buyer is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? If it was there has been no feedback left yet; should have arrived by now if in the USA. International buyer If the buyer wants to remain anonymous he wont leave feedbaack. That doesn't ensure anonymity. It is pretty easy to figure out who the buyer is. Tell us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) So has the game been recieved yet? In excellent condition? If it was there has been no feedback left yet; should have arrived by now if in the USA. International buyer If the buyer wants to remain anonymous he wont leave feedbaack. OR YOU COULD JUST CHECK 'FEEDBACK LEFT FOR OTHERS'..... DUH! Edited November 27, 2009 by nofrills100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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