joshdose | 56 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I came across this Final Fantasy X on eBay. I am 90% certain that it is re-sealed, but wanted to see what other opinions are out there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Final-Fantasy-X-Factory-Sealed-New-PS2-Playstation-2-SNES-NES-Y-FOLD-/274672662159?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 I have purchased and re-sold a LOT of these back in the day, and I don’t ever recall one not having the official Sony sticker on top. It looks like someone successfully resealed this using security sticker from another game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 469 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Not only is it a reseal but the case is fake as well. My condolences to however wins that thinking it's real... Here's a real one. Edited February 7, 2021 by austin532 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulag Joe | 590 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 If this game were sent to Wata, would they refuse to grade it for being phony or would they slap a "*3rd party seal" note on the back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amermoe | 150 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) On 2/6/2021 at 3:03 PM, joshdose said: I came across this Final Fantasy X on eBay. I am 90% certain that it is re-sealed, but wanted to see what other opinions are out there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Final-Fantasy-X-Factory-Sealed-New-PS2-Playstation-2-SNES-NES-Y-FOLD-/274672662159?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 I have purchased and re-sold a LOT of these back in the day, and I don’t ever recall one not having the official Sony sticker on top. It looks like someone successfully resealed this using security sticker from another game. It's a re-seal for sure but not what you think. I bought a lot of these PS2 re-seals years ago, on different titles. Basically what it is, some distributors intentionally opened the cases and inserted the security label, then resealed and sold them in bulk. There are whole-sale stock of these available on other titles. I still have a Contra - Shattered Soldier with the same re-seal and sticker. Doesn't take away from the fact that it's an opened copy, or that it's extremely less desirable than the original. I had to buy a second copy of Contra, because the store I bought it from didn't disclose the actual condition. And you are 100% correct about FFX. It never was printed without the official Sony security seal. FFX was before the cutoff date where Sony discontinued printing the security seal on their games. Update: OMG I didn't notice that there were bids on this... I can't believe people are paying $500+ for this nonsense. Good lord...game collecting is dead... Edited February 7, 2021 by Amermoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshdose | 56 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) Yes... the bidding is over $500 on this. I hope the buyer’s intention isn’t to send it in for grading. They will be highly disappointed when it gets rejected for new sealed grading. Edited February 8, 2021 by joshdose Bad grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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