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1 hour ago, iLikePssys said:

For the september order, payed the deepbadge on November 3th, and for the November order payed the deep badge upgrade on December 10th. What are your bets for shipping? Speedrun service, they are all game boy-game boy color games!

Also, I was wondering, does the order of the certifications shown mean anything?

Like i dont understand the orther they are shown in the list, or maybe there is no reason? Cant wait for them to be shipped to kow the grades they got !!!

 

At the current times, you are looking at 6+ months for getting Speedrun orders back. My June order hasn't shipped yet - just over 6 calendar months.

Order doesn't games mean anything regarding grades, if that what you are thinking.

54 minutes ago, OptOut said:

But, it must be admitted that a LOT of the ideas they are bringing into the video game collecting hobby are FLAWED in the sense that they don't reflect the reality of how game collecting has worked and how it continues to work for the vast majority of collectors.

People collect and buy for different reasons, there is no right way to collect. 
 

32 minutes ago, Gloves said:

I'm still pissed at myself for not buying that misprint Metal Gear Solid. I should have just tossed all my money at it honestly, I seriously regret not buying that. It always seems that I come into the right amount of money to buy something I want mere months after that something becomes entirely unavailable.

I think this is how a lot of people feel these days…

11 Mega Mans. Surprised it’s that high, always wanted one.

Does it differentiate CIB and sealed? Not seeing anything it on phone.

edit: nvm, see the tabs up top now

Anyone have experience with Wata and GBA grades?
 

Got my first batch back and their grading of the gba games seemed much more picky than what I’ve seen them do for systems.

Just had an order from May shipped. 
 

WATA seems to go tough on GBA games. 

16 minutes ago, Gulag Joe said:

I have a Turbo order from January that just went to post grading. 6 more weeks and I'll probably have my 45 day order in hopefully 330ish days. I don't count "business days" because it's all bullshit anyways.

That may be a bit optimistic since current speed run orders are in post grading for 4-5 months. 

3 hours ago, scooby said:

Can somebody explain to me how Heritage is selling WATA graded DS games?

They opened a window to submit DS games for a short time (once, maybe more idk) I got a few in last fall, one of the ones on HA was mine. I was told they were testing grading those systems.

4 minutes ago, Dumars2001 said:

Wow, the N64 Mario 9.8 A++ Sold for $1,560,000 3 months short months ago and today A N64 Mario 9.6 A++ Sold for $102,000.

0.2 made a $1,458,000 dollar difference. If you are the buyer of that 9.8, you probably are not feeling too good right now.

Talk about taking a bath!!

Surprised it went that low. Was thinking more like 200-300 given the last Goldin result. The 9.6 A+ on Otis is funded at more than that.

With BP, $705k. Thought it’d go higher.

Which system? Some can be fixed. 

Am I the only one that would want to get this recased/regraded to get the "The Dreamer Collection" removed? These collection monikers would be such a deterrent for me if I was going to put that kind of cash up for these valuable pieces.

1 hour ago, tidaldreams said:

Well there was plenty available in the 2000's for pretty cheap. If you kept them sealed then cha-ching 

Yep. Ebay getting popular and lots of clearance sales back then, like $5/game clearance. Not sure if we’ll see that again.

31 minutes ago, SAM-I-AM said:

Does anybody know what the current turnaround times are for SpeedRun? I am a little bit confused is there only a delay on DVD case games? Or is everything delayed right now. From what I've been seeing people on Instagram have been getting back their box games pretty quick.

Would estimate 5-6 months for speed run if you are sending in now. Mine are in post grading and sitting at 4+ months currently (non DVD games). My DVD game order actually shipped earlier than non DVD games.

My current turn times are heading towards 5 months at the earliest.

14 minutes ago, tidaldreams said:

did you get deep cleaning on this and they couldn't remove the sticker or you just decided to leave it on?

Unfortunately, there is a piece of packing tape across the sticker, and most of the game. They came back and said they couldn’t get it off without ruining the wrap. Vent holes are the tricky part.

I’ve actually changed my mind on stickers, used to prefer them, but now like the clean look without them.

Got all excited to see the FedEx tracking notice come through… ended up being only one game lol

4 hours ago, tidaldreams said:

You never played Bioshock?!?!?!111one

Blasphemy.

Have to admit I haven’t either… been on my list for years. Also, not a fan of FPS.

As more of a 3rd person gamer is it still enjoyable to play through?

Given the long lead times, I really wish WATA would reinstate posting grades prior to shipping. Would help ease the frustration I believe. 

15 minutes ago, inasuma said:

customer service complaints: "Why is the grade so low?!!"

Yeah, was rumored to be a customer service issue. I think the grades are preliminary at post grading as well and might change. So they were getting inquiries as to why the grades changed.

2 minutes ago, spastic332 said:

Doesn't look like this works anymore, no grade under my "grade" tab.

Correct. WATA got wind of the data being accessible, unfortunately. 
 

2 hours ago, Tanooki said:

Because if this is real they’d be buying it cheap ruining the public record they want to create where it costs a lot more.   If they want X at 500 and someone sets a paid value hundreds less it hurts their price fixing. 

Get your point. But assuming it is listed as a BIN, it’s can’t be used as a good gauge of the actual market value. 
 

Cant count how many times I’ve seen really low BINs over the years that were immediately bought. Shouldn’t affect market value unless there is enough of them to satisfy demand. An outlier shouldn’t impact it.

10 minutes ago, Dain said:

According to my spreadsheet, ...

Biggest revelation from this whole discussion... I'm not the only one that has a detailed spreadsheet.  Who else has a spreadsheet (aka workbook @Californication)...?!?!? Come on CPA, you have to have one!

Damn. Thought I was special (or as my wife would say, dorky).

1 minute ago, ICrappedMyPants said:

I still need to take my sexual harassment CPE for my Illinois license. Can you help with that?

I've been asked not to...