minty

So I sent WATA a really nice copy of my Zelda Ocarina of Time Gold Collector's Edition CIB to get graded. This was about 3 months ago. It finally got graded but has not shipped so I do not know the score. But they did provide the pre-graded photos that they take and I quickly noticed there is damage to my box that was not there when I sent it. Chances of this happening during shipping is zero because the way I packaged it. I used a very good amount of bubble wrap, did not make it too loose or too tight and I even put the game itself wrapped in bubble in a hard plastic case that would prevent any damage even if you jumped on it. It was a wrapped carefully and a nice, snug fit and the plastic case was then put in the shipping box with even more bubble and cushion. (I've been packing/shipping games for years on ebay so I am well aware of the process to prevent damage). Because they grade every little flaw so strictly, the score of the game probably dropped significantly which of course will now destroy the value. They had my game for 3 months, I can only imagine what my game went through with their storage process. I mean wtf is the point of getting something like this graded if they are going to damage your collectable? So my question is, did anyone else here notice damage to their game that wasn't there before WATA received it? How common is this? Also what would be the remedy for something like this? Any thoughts? Thanks... 1st pic I took a few minutes before I packed it for shipment, notice how nice that corner is. 2nd pic is WATA's pre-grade photo, notice the significant wear that has suddenly appeared on the same corner: btw this isnt the only new damage I noticed but it seems like it is the most significant.

Guess my Grail is my WATA graded factory sealed FFX. But this is the very rare black label variant with the Square-Enix logos instead of Squaresoft. There just seems to be very few of these produced and I rarely see them for sale in used condition, let alone new. Not sure if I will sell it. I won't show the grade now but luckily it graded v ery high.

Hi all. I'm just now starting to get some of my collection graded but had a question on two consoles. I have a brand new Dreamcast and a brand new SNES (New-Style SNS-101). Both are North America versions. Neither one of them have seals on the box but I wanted to know if that was normal for those releases? I don't ever remember opening them but wanted to ask here to make sure. I just don't want to send them in and have VGA disqualify them because there is no seal when there should of been. Here are photos of the models I have. These pics aren't actual photos of my consoles but they're the same model/box as mine. Thanks for any help.