Gulag Joe
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4 hours ago, GPX said:
If there’s 2 stages of bidding - auction/“early stage” and live bids..
what would be the incentive of bidding high at the auction stage?
Thinking from an eBay perspective, would anyone bother to bid high at the 1st auction stage, if knowing there will be another round of bidding to go? Seems like whatever’s going on at HA, it’s like a parallel universe where auction rules and behaviors are rather perplexing!
HA is a traditional auction. The auction continues until the highest bid is reached and nobody else wants to bid higher.
Ebay is a timed auction that ends at an exact time and doesn't truly allow for the highest bid to be reached.
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Definitely going to the moon- Sealed Minecraft xbox 360 edition 00001
Potential- sealed xbox star wars knights of the Old Republic 2- the Sith Lords, Guitar Hero 1
Games i think will increase in value eventually but are a bargain right now- Mint CIB metal gear solid, Twisted Metal 2, Grand Theft Auto 1
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Even with the flood of new graded games, few sealed popular titles like Mega Man have been available for sale, and the insider population numbers are said to be very low. I don't think there are huge lots of sealed Mega man's laying around in somebody's lost warehouse, especially with the prices were seeing. Coupled with the growing demand, this seems like it's only starting, but it only seems specific to popular titles that many people opened and played on NES, Genesis, SNES, Gameboy, and N64. However, even high grade CIBs are blowing up. Actually, not even high grade. I saw a cib retail sonic the hedgehog graded 5.5 sell for over $300 on ebay last week.
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1 hour ago, epiczail said:
I sent two select orders on 6/15/2020 and have absolutely no clue when they will be graded. Looking back I should've just paid a few bucks more for the next tier but who would've known they would be so backed up. Hindsight.. Before Megan left she said they were due to be graded this month but I was a bit skeptical that would actually happen, lol.
Currently waiting for a select order that I sent back in early May of 2020. It's been on "scanned" for nearly a year!
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1 hour ago, DefaultGen said:
Can't believe Chum let this walk out the door for only $90,000
These segments are weird. The guy clearly knows he isn't going to sell it. The shop clearly isn't going to buy it but has to feign interest. The guy asking $100k can't even confirm that Glass Joe (or "Glassy Joe") the first boxer of MTPO, something anyone who has played MTPO... once... would know. The prices are whatever at this point, but the lack of actual passion for games in this market man, it is like a vacuum that sucks out enthusiasm for games themselves.
That guy should've taken the 60k chum offered him for that 3rd print.
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I cant believe somebody paid 6k for that moldy game. It's only going to get worse. I give it 10 more years before you can't make out what the game actually is. The only thing I can imagine the buyer will do is break it open and try to clean it.
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13 hours ago, Code Monkey said:
There also isn't any mould on it.
I posted the wrong link
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I like HA only because I've heard horror stories from people selling graded games on Ebay and had their games "returned" because the buyer breaks open the case and tries to play the game, and then eBay protects the buyer. HA has more protection for sellers.
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Speaking of ebay, here's a Mario Kart 64 Red Label covered in mold that somehow graded a VGA 85
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1 hour ago, GPX said:
I guess I’m curious whether buyers of that magnitude are scattered all around the globe? Or whether they’re highly concentrated at certain regions/neighbourhood where perhaps some hanky panky is going on?
A secret sex cult that's primary focus is hanky panky in a big open room with nothing but wata graded left bros. covering the walls?
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These auctions are not even close to being over and the prices are mind blowing for many games already. I think we're going to see a whole bunch of record sales.
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3 hours ago, tidaldreams said:
Is there a reason why this is so valuable? It is a very common game, and I have sold quite a few of them (only have 2 or 3 left). Disc only copies were going for $50+ in December, but looks like prices have cooled down a bit.
I think there's a bit of speculation going on with the game. There are indeed ample sealed copies out there, and yes demand for the game is very high. However, after tracking the game on both eBay and HA since last September, I've only seen copies of the g2w-00001 variant show up four times. So I do believe there is some scarcity when it comes to that particular variant. But you're right, the other variants are popping off right now. My theory is the Minecraft crowd are the same people who are part of the Pokémon crowd.
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7 hours ago, Nathan601 said:
I’m just getting into buying graded video games, and I wanted to buy a sealed copy of Minecraft. Was one just sealed before the other?
Yes Minecraft g2w-00001 came first. I believe Wata now delineates this version as "w/ free xbox live trial". G2w-00002 and later prints (I've seen a 3rd print variant as well) are now labeled "no xbox live trial". There are quite a few wata graded copies that do not have this labeled as the variants went unnoticed early on, but one can determine the the print run either by looking at the spine for the g2w number, the Barcode on the back of the game, or the notation of "free Xbox live trial" printed on the back of the game. To date, I have not seen any wata or vga graded g2w-00001's listed for sale/auction and I've been tracking them since the OP of this thread.
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Maybe Wata accidentally ripped off the seal when they were unpacking it to grade.
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Has anyone used Wata's deep cleaning service or know what it entails? Are they using Goo Gone or Bestine to remove stickers/residue too? Has this service worked for you and to what extent?
I guess my real question is for foggy PS2/Xbox seals. Would Wata's service be able to remedy that or is there a way to do that that's buried in this forum somewhere? I ran a search on this topic but couldn't find any info on how to combat the fog issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to add the service only to find out they just wave a bottle of windex over my game and call it a day. I worry the fog issue might be just the way she goes and there's nothing that can remedy it.
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Well, we definitely need a grading company that will grade the foam block in NES games. It's outrageous that Wata/VGA do not offer that service. The foam block is the most desirable part of the cib!
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2 hours ago, 1upped said:
Finally able to track down a copy of a life long TG16 want. Magical Chase
Looks good from the front- what made it an 8.0?
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I guess the secret is out on the Minecraft xbox 360 variants as the sealed g2w-00001 variant is now regularly selling on ebay for around $500 ungraded.
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7 hours ago, OptOut said:
Player's choice?
Money doesn't buy taste, I suppose...
I thought the exact same thing
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1 hour ago, cromag27 said:
some good stuff coming up this month. anyone tracking anything specific?
Red label Mario kart 64
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If I were to design that game, it would be similar to a NES version of NFL Blitz but with 6 teams max.
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1 hour ago, Dr. Morbis said:
Wrong
I've bought two CIB Wata games now as a CIB collector and opened them up to add to my CIB collection. My reason for this is that the case 100% protects the item during shipping, and if the manual and cart are rated really high then I sort of take a leap of faith that they are pretty near mint. I've opened about a dozen VGA games too over the years, and I've gotta say, VGA cases are way harder to open and pretty much impossible to open without destroying. Wata cases, on the other hand, I can open in about 5-10 seconds with a flathead screw driver in such a way that the case's appearance is not damaged, and if I were to crazy glue the top back onto the bottom at the black seam, it would be hard to tell what I had done. Also, both times with the Wata cases the inner plastic lining that holds the CIB game has had a hazy spot that really detracts from the aesthetic view of the item.
TLDR: For opening the cases, Wata games are awesome to deal with, but if you're a slabbed game collector, there are a few more knocks against Wata...
I like how you casually discussed something that is incredibly alarming!
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Wata's direct relationship with an auction house is where the controversy lies. They may not be "partnered" anymore- business to business- but they do have a monetary relationship as the people behind the businesses have money and stakes invested in both. They really need to be making moves to be as transparent as possible because this is really a big problem that will no doubt become more pronounced in the future if they do nothing about it. Just take a look at the whole "IMP" controversy they had to adjust their practices around!
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4 minutes ago, cromag27 said:
exactly. so did they guarantee the new “value” they gave it? nope n
Lol I can't answer that because I don't plan to sell them any time soon!
Is the VGA Population Report page a joke? I can't get it to work.
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That link has been there for as long as I can remember, since at least 2016, and it has never worked. Ever.