HyruleZ

Some useful feedback guys, thank you. I expected that WATA grading would be needed for HA, the issue with that is obviously the more it gets valued at the WATA Insurance fee/ International carriage risk starts to get uncomfortable. If a PAL version was worth say $1000, that's almost a relief as the WATA fees and risk are acceptable to deal with privately. It's the higher value stuff that really causes a headache! I kind of expected that HA would do the grading if it was a high value item, useful to know about the consignors fee, thanks Gulag Joe. What is also interesting is the issue of PAL vs NTSC and perceived impact on value. The message I get from your feedback is that the PAL desirability in the US market is much lower (perhaps auction in the UK native market is better?). What is slightly surprising is that if there are fewer PAL vs NTSC versions around the supply is even more constrained, which would normally push values up in the correct market (could be a good bet for the future). I think the US market in this is more mature and ahead of the UK, after all you have HA and WATA both doing very well at the moment. Perhaps getting a WATA grading and waiting a bit for the dynamics of the UK market to catch up is a better bet at this point while we are currently at the $1000ish point?

Having read this thread from start to finish, I wonder if anyone here can offer some advice to a novice? I am wondering about approaching HA to sell a game? The game I have is a sealed SNES Zelda A Link To The Past (PAL Version, not currently WATA or VGA graded). All Security seals and wrapping are completely intact, I have owned it from new and it's never been opened having sat at the bottom of a box for years. The only imperfection I can see is a very light crease on the top edge of the box which was probably there from new due to stacking games on top in the shop. All the seals are completely intact and there are no rips or holes in the wrapping and it's all tightly sealed. It even has the additional Security stickerstill in place that we got in the UK warning the owner the game can't be returned if the shrink wrap is removed! I understand precise values are very condition dependent, but is a game like this likely to be of sufficient value to justify auction through HA?