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14 hours ago, ExplodedHamster said:

Someone passed “Go” 25 times last week. NES was crazy strong last Tuesday:

 

Seeing this makes me wish I hadn't second guessed myself at a time where I could have purchased several mint copies a 100 bucks each. Fml. 

From random searches on ebay, I know of 2 EU grading companies, UKG and RGS (IG). There could be more but idk them.

On 4/2/2022 at 2:40 PM, inasuma said:

the background of the case is horrendous.

There innovating or one step closer to a copyright lawsuit from what spacepup and CasualCart mentioned above.. 

On 4/2/2022 at 4:50 PM, Jeevan said:

And CCGA......

 

Okay lol new total # of grading companies in NA (7): VGA, Wata, IGS, P1, CCGA, HSG and VGG. Plus 1 in development, CGC. I took LG out because spacepup pointed out, is from Spain. If I add LG to the EU list. Then new total # of grading companies in EU (3): UKG, RGS and LG.

I haven't seen many copies on market. My guess the seller knows this and believes $2,000 is fair. Based off past sales I gathered. If your goal is to flip it. You can accept the $2,000 or try to haggle down as low as you can go. I don't collect gameboy games and I could be wrong but the h-seam looks legit to me. Good luck.

I spotted this company on a slabbed Kirby Adv game.

This brings the total # of grading companies in NA to 6: VGA, Wata, IGS, P1, VGG, LG and 1 in development, CGC. I would not be surprised if Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony decide to open up a branch in this market space too.

On 12/27/2019 at 11:23 AM, GPX said:

For those not in the know, a “Qualified” game means a game that is brand new (with unused contents) but either:

- has its original factory seal broken, or

- box is opened but contents remain unused.

So VGA's Qualified could mean either of Wata's Seal:NS and CIB. Interesting!

That plus how much from each company or is it the same? Thanks.

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Recently I had a nightmare where I had some of my video games graded by P1 and they were all low scores. I was ripping open shipping boxes after shipping boxes, seeing low scores everywhere. Then I woke up with a panic attack, ran across the house to review each title from the bad dream and breathe a sigh of relief that they were all high scores lol.

I was tempted to bid on Al Unser but started to 2nd guess myself thinking I would find a better condition raw one. Kudos to the winner!

Auction

Wow, I don't believe I ever seen a sealed 1 code before. I checked Wata pop report and they know of 2 hangtabs but that's not to say there are more hidden away or undiscovered. Is there a VGA pop report that might reveal any? I didn't find anything on HA, GA, CC, CL or Goodwill. The closet to this variant I watched in auction was the sealed 2 code variant sold on ebay.

Idk but I saw the Hyperstone Heist 9.8 A+ sell.

list here

Not sure if anyone noticed this but I spotted a "1" under 10 for "Karate Kid." I did not know a 10 was possible for the NES.

Q's:

Does anyone believe there 9.8 A++ should've gotten a 10 but didn't because of a graders difference of opinion or no?

How much of a subtle difference is there between a 9.8 A++ and 10 A++?

Example: 7/8 corners are crisp, sharp, pointy. The other is more curved. Is this the defining factor?

Less than a half hour to go.

On 3/16/2022 at 5:35 PM, 3rdStrongestMole said:

I haven't even looked recently... is CIB more than Warp? They're both over 200 I think

Idr the price for Warp CIB but I know Speedrun CIB is $170. I wish they revert back to $85. 

3 hours ago, ExplodedHamster said:

New stuff submitted is actually beating submission estimtes.

Depending on how many pple send x number of sealed and CIB games in.

3 hours ago, ExplodedHamster said:

and then everything is hitting turnaround times or better.

I hope so. I am refraining from sending anything right now. I read CGC hired several pple and will open sometime in 2022 but not sure when. No idea what there slabs will look like. More akin to Wata, VGA or something else? I hope it isn't anything like VGG. The abomination.

4 hours ago, Ghostofsparta said:

There is no way someone should pay $125 for a warp zone

Man I wish warpzone was $125.

I asked wata cs a simple question, what months of the "scans" are they shipping? I should've known by now nothing with wata is simple.

"Due to the migration from Denver to Santa Ana, we are experiencing additional delays with shipping. So it is difficult to get an ETA. I know causing more delays is not something you want to hear is happening, but this is a necessary step to get things running smoothly and efficiently as part of Collectors Universe so that these delays never happen again. 
If you need anything else, please let us know."

Questions:

1. When did they migrate from Denver to Santa Ana? Example, Started and Finished.

2. Why didn't they come up with a plan before moving, to mitigate the "additional delays with shipping?"

3. After being setup in there new overlords warehouse, I thought they would have the workforce in place to deal with any unforeseen delay?

4. What other delay do you think wata isn't sharing with the public?

If Wata came out with a public poll or for registered customers only. About wanting to pause a specific area of console games (PS2, Xbox 360, etc) to focus their attention on other console games (SNES, GB, etc) and this would improve their TAT by up to 50%. The length of time for the temporary pause would be 4-6 months and no change in price. Would you all agree to it?

Examples of TAT service levels:

Turbo: Up to 1 year drops to 6 months

SpeedRun: 6-8 months drops to 3-4 months

WarpZone: 1 month drops to 2 weeks

Thought I would chime in to say someone on Heritage wants to sell there opened 6-pack of individually sealed Action 52 games. When the photos are uploaded. OP, you might want to check there. 

I discovered gamekingdom69 is the one who left miss_sunshine_quality two of the negative feedback. Ironically, he has 21 negative feedback himself. I remember this guy being suspended a while back but I guess ebay has given this seller another chance and is selling many random video games auction listings again. 

Damn Taco bell  ruined it for me. I wanted MOTU so bad.  I was stuck on the can yelling through the door to my roomie, WHEN THE CLOCK REACHES 10 SECONDS, BID. Hes like okay. A few seconds later..............DID I WIN? Extended time won't let me bid. WTF IS EXTENDED TIME? idk but you lost. FML. Later I learned the winning bid was $11,000. A couple of weeks ago someone was selling a Wata 9.8 A++ on ebay for over 40 grand. Lastnight auction could of been at a steal had I been able to win it.

Here is another popular nes title Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! auction listing. The cellophane looks suspicious to me idk why. 

Man pple need to quit bidding on MOTU lol.. I wanna get it on the cheap.

20 hours ago, Tyree_Cooper said:

you mean there are people who bid 3,000 usd without reading the description? with 7 or 10 days of time to think, read, bid, re-bid and snipe bid?

that's even more funny, and fully deserved since the description had a hint as large as godzilla

so yeah, sorry, but blame the buyers.

of course it's good you brought the topic to our attention, im not making fun of you

I'm not disagreeing with you. There could be a valid reason for all your points OR like you said, buyers remorse. 

You're welcome. If it can happen to this popular game, then it can happen to others. Which is why I was concerned. I know about reseals but didn't know h-seam seals could be tampered with.

Off-topic: I found online someone who has gathered a lot of great tips and information on this subject called, How to Spot Fake Sealed Classic Video Games. Judging by the comment dates, its could use a revision.