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Wait, CGC did not adapt WATA. CGC was grading comics as such way before this, no?

This is why I've seriously started downgrading my expectations of CIB quality for games I play. I don't wanna have to worry about keeping them pristine. I just want to get the full old school gaming experience, stress-free.

Thanks! It's a "Family Video" shelf, so I want to get it close to the feel of a rental store. I still need to get some labels to show "rental pricing"

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Yeah, it sounds like they are fine with the delay. I've given the buyer all the info I get when I get it, and they seem to have no issue with it. I guess it's no surprise to them. They've been dealing with it just like all the other Canadians. We'll see how it goes.

I was close to doing that twice and now I feel committed with the back and forth conversation me and the buyer are having

Update: USPS said not sure when exports from US to Canada will be going again even though strike is over. Ebay sent a message after transaction that no labels can be made for Canada shipping. It still took the funds, though, and told me I have to ship by Friday. Haha... It wants me to use ebay shipping I think? Anyone ever used that? I've only ever USPSed

I think that was the odd thing to me, was the resulting low number of available serial numbers. Wiki says they thought is would sell 25 mil in first three years, so unless those first two digits denote something else, it seems odd to only leave 6 available digits. But I guess there is the possibility it started at a 1000001 instead of all zeros. Maybe that's a manufacturing sensibility that I am unaware of.

Added Switch games

I truly have no idea, but there are GBs with all variety of those first 2 digits. So I guess my question is, if they're not part of the serial number (as in the specific unit's numeric manufacturing), then what do they represent?

Is G01 a standard serial opening for GB? Wouldn't it be part of the actual serial number, making it unit 1,008,206? Otherwise it seems they would've been planning to make fewer than a million units. Unless the first digits are production runs on something?

Dang! Good to know about the strike. Doesn't make me reassured at all

Haven't shipped to northern neighbors in a while. Any issues with shipping graded or sealed games up there? What are customs like vs shipping elsewhere internationally? It's an ebay sale, so I'm unsure how to approach it. I don't have international shipping turned on.

I keep expensive/nice condition CIB encased and separate, with an extra cart of any condition on the side for play. Less expensive titles, I just buy crummy CIB and use those, and it still gets that same great feel of opening up the box and pulling the cart and manual out.