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They are going to have a Signature Series at some point, where they use a service to verify and then give these different labels. I’d wait on that.
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On 3/29/2020 at 7:54 AM, OptOut said:
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, I'm guessing not...
I certainly wouldn't want to be handling hundreds of filthy parcels a day sent by hoards of unwashed game collectors!
Shudders!
There’s not much evidence suggesting it can pass via mail, especially mail that takes a few or more days handling.
My personal experience and social media suggests lots of people are getting shipments back. Collectibles, including high end games, appear to be skyrocketing during these times as there’s plenty of money out there, people are bored, and the stock market stinks atm. They’d be wise to keep pumping stuff out, demand appears to be at an all-time high.
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1 minute ago, Bubbapauls said:
The odds are in your favor on eBay. Looks like it was damaged in shipping to me.
It's possible a crack could appear without damage to the VGA case, if it wasn't packaged well, but no way that rip occurred because of shipping.
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10 minutes ago, Gloves said:
If people can swap out games and it be not obvious, that'd be a huge flaw in the grading service.
Sure would be. It's this guy. I bought an 85+ Simpsons that had a massive crease all along the bottom and crossed over to a WATA 7.5. Last year, he had a Mario 2 round seal VGA with no h-seam on the back! Check this one out.
Would VGA really grade this an 85? Again, 100% feedback, and I'm not comfortable saying it's definitely happening, but I have my suspicions. Either that, or VGA really effed up a few times. A Mario 2 without an H seam?? This user has also changed his name numerous times now...Actually, looks like a brand new account.
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Is it the dude from Maryland, by chance? I strongly suspect there's some guy in Maryland I've bought from who is swapping out games. He lists a ton of VGA stuff on Ebay.
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What happens when you rub his nipples?
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False alarm! Phew, thought GVN was done for sure, at least.
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Just now, Nesmaster said:
PC working as of this post, GVN is 404.
Yup, phew. PC looks to be good. GVN, I’d guess less good news.
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18 minutes ago, Gloves said:
It's just not something I'd imagine GC wanting to be known. Generally when you try to buy something, get turned down, then go buy that thing's competitor, you want people to think that you consider your purchase a "win", not a sloppy second choice.
I would guess the idea was always to buy both, but that’s a pure guess.
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3 minutes ago, Gloves said:
To my knowledge PC hasn't been purchased, and I have no reason to believe that GC went and bought that too since their only real goal was the data from GVN so they could make their own service. Unless they literally went and bought PC and just took both down to eliminate all the competition. I'm not sure they'd do that, but I can't guarantee they wouldn't either.
There was an attempt to buy PC and PC said no. Whether GVN attempted harder recently, I dunno...
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Just now, RH said:
I actually just checked both. The GVN certificate has either expired or they pulled it, and PC is simply shut down.
I swear if this is GoCollect's doing...
Well GVN clearly is. So either it’s a coincidence and PC happens to be down, or they bought PC, too.
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7 minutes ago, RH said:
I'm sorry, what?
They’re both down, GVN won’t even load and says the server doesn’t exist. The same guy who bought NA bought GVN, so looks like we might have a pattern here? Was PC purchased, as well?
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Aha, ok, thanks all!
Well, there will be no new games soon anyway
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On 1/14/2020 at 10:17 AM, guitarzombie said:
I wonder whats going to happen with PriceCharting then. I preferred GVN but its being starved to death by not being updated or corrected. All thats left is PC. So if JJ goes, anyone gonna step up to the plate?
Hmmm, recent sales still show up for me on GVN. What’s not being updated?
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On 1/13/2020 at 12:42 PM, jonebone said:
So I collect 90s cards, mostly Ripkens. PWCC and Probstein are the eBay cosignors and their auctions hit absurdity sometimes. The high end sport cards are extremely volatile, usually in a bubble after news (HOF, last game, death, etc.)
That Brady card doesn't even look that rare, there's tons of them on the market. That means everyone wants to be a seller of it. Last public sale of PSA 10 was $135k and the consignor (PWCC, who is a whole nother story) states 1 of 3 PSA 10s they've sold.
The PSA population on it (filter this to Brady) says pop of 157, 14 10s, 19 9s, etc.
https://www.psacard.com/pop/football-cards/2000/playoff-contenders/43711
Based on your mobile twitter link above, it states a $400k sale in Feb 19 in BGS 9 Auto 10. Well you can buy a BGS 9.5 Auto 10 for $250k (OBO) right now. Pretty nice loss of $150k there.
So, this card is clearly trending down and has a ways to go before the bubble is popped on it. Unless Brady dies today or something crazy then hype would go who knows where. But its clear that everyone wants to be a seller of it as there is no shortage coming to market, plenty on eBay. Likely because it probably experience an insane speculative bubble run recently.
Pretty misleading an article would come out right now stating the $168k card value when last auction was clearly $135k and you can see what direction it is heading. Trades are hogwash when trying to prove a real value. It's all a shell game on those.
The 450 sale on Brady was the auto limited 100 run, the one you cite is the regular auto. Hence the difference. Wonder what a Brady 12/100 auto in 9 or better would sell for. A million?
Also, population 14 PSA 10 for an elite modern card is extremely low. The best comp is probably Jeter, pop 12 PSA 10 on his SP foil, and that’s gone from 50k in 2017 to 180k last year, leading up to his HoF induction coming this year. Brady’s a bigger name for sure. Seven or so from now when he enters the HoF? Who knows.
Regardless, for me, anything that moves grays closer to golds is a good thing, especially on the higher end grays. They are seeped in so much more history. There is definitely more going on behind the scenes with them now, as well, especially after this trade (which was a legitimate one for one swap, yes). I’d say that 7.0 up is probably one of the top 10 or so nicest known copies. It will be interesting to see how that one ends. What will also be interesting is where the dozens of 5.5s will settle. How big will the gap be between high grade (I’d say 7.0 or above) and lower grade copies.
As for the highest, there is a 9.0. Given the harshness of the WATA scale on these, that’s mint as hell.
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On 1/7/2020 at 12:16 AM, Dkaps82 said:
My guess is the majority of submissions before October were turbo and select, and since December they’re likely receiving all speed-runs and warp zones...which would have been pretty hard to predict.
bright side; rob arrived mid December and seems to be a workhorse, and we r seeing progress on turnaround and communication...so as long as it’s three steps forward for every one or two steps back, I’m good:)
It was likely designed to lead to such results, so probably quite predicable.
That notwithstanding, operations have been moving faster. Still not hitting some deadlines, but significantly faster than before. Hopefully the improvement continues.
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On 1/6/2020 at 9:15 AM, GPX said:
From a casual observer, it seems in the past 12 months, WATA has been more interested in price hikes, price pumps, Pawn Stars, than what they are advertising their services ie. to grade the games!
Another thing, due to all the hype and hysteria, I can only imagine them being backlogged with hundreds of CIB Mario Bros 1/2/3, and a mother load of CIB black boxes!
They have probably put like .25% of their time into promotion, unless you count the conventions. It doesn't take a lot of time to answer a call and some questions for an interviewer, and most of the time it's been sellers initiating it anyway. There are plenty of things to criticize legitimately, but the promotion thing is way overblown. Especially since promotion is a good thing anyway.
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Well, now I know who nabbed that! Nice score, that was a deal and a half!
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I'm working on Shining Force, hope to have some damned time to get the rest of the way through it in the coming few weeks or month. Been shifting the save file back and forth between my computer and an Everdrive.
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On 12/5/2019 at 8:16 PM, DorkOverlord said:
I always leave the price tags on my sealed games. I think they're kind of a cool little piece of history and add to the unique character/"story" of the game.
Depends for me. If it’s a cool original KayBee or Mars sticker, I leave it on, but if it’s an orange 9.99 bargain bin sticker, I take if off.
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1 hour ago, captmorgandrinker said:
I trust the person that mentioned it, and he knew it was a legit offer. I don't think it was 300K though; I'm with you on the healthy skepticism there.
Beyond that as to the why- I don't think you would pry a 100k item loose with a 125k offer unless they're actively shopping it. Anybody trying to find that really rare stuff knows they have to "come over the top" with their offer to get the person to sell it.
When this item sold for 100k in February, a mint oval seal SMB would sell for $1000. One just sold for 20k this weekend.
I’m not saying the Mario gloss is worth 2 million, but the market generally is wayyyyyyy beyond where it was when this sold. And 1Upped is obviously legit, so if a lower grade 4th edition is going for a 75k offer, it’s very easy to see 250k or higher offers for this highest graded early copy known to exist.
Another thing to consider...do we know for a fact that the 100k bought 100% equity in the game? For all we know, the seller retained 25% equity and the valuation was 133k or something.
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5 hours ago, Rman said:
Is Jim Halperin an investor in wata?
And Hamster man... How do u know they were offered $250+ for a fact?
Not sure, but if he is, you think investors can’t use the products they invest in? As long as WATA isn’t cooking grades, it’s fine.
And I do know for a fact because I know the person who offered it. I find it funny people STILL question this given current prices. People decried the 75k on Megaman for weeks and said it was worth well below that. How’d that work out? It seems a lot of people here simply have not followed the market this year. Go look at this past week’s auctions. A Bandai Golf just sold for four figures, for God’s sake.
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This Dragon Fighter sealed?
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100% re-seal. Still pretty cool, great game!