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It’s always been business days.. I submitted multiple orders since the move to CA and their estimates have been very accurate in my experience.

I’d be willing to be it’s one of these, like I said the box is in perfect condition and it hasn’t ever been opened

This is what I’m thinking as well. Thanks for the help!

Yeah I don't think I've seen a seal exactly like this before. I know for a fact the box hasn't been opened but still unsure about the seal. The seller had multiple other sealed SNES games listed and they were all legit so there's that at least..

Hey all, just got this game in recently and wanted to see if the more knowledgeable folk here could help me with this SNES game. Neither flap has been opened (no white crease from the flaps being bent back). I can't find any other comps of Nikelodeon Guts anywhere. https://imgur.com/a/WiuRfch

Keeping up with the Mega Man theme

Nah I'm super open to change. Most of my thoughts on cases are how ugly everyone's labels are (imo). WATA's current label is one of the only ones that is visually pleasing and looks like some thought went into it. If those labels are final, I still feel the same - they're def worse than what they have now. If they're still working on them, that's totally understandable. As far as the case goes, like I said above, the spacing issue isn't a big deal for me but totally understand that that's a big thing for most folks.

I guess what I prefer in a case is the visual appearance, less about the space they take up. Good to know the label is WIP because it's really bad haha. We'll see what they come up with, I reckon.

Anyone else think the WATA cases are significantly uglier than the current ones?!

They sent an email out about it and included an email address for people who wanted to be the first to test them. They’re apparently going to choose a select amount from whoever emails.

Other folk appears

Can you go back and read his post please? He clearly states that he is the one who bought it and the seller opened it to take a picture. Seems like you’re unnecessarily shitting on the guy for sharing a piece of his collection he’s excited about. Granted your comment about being able to know if it has been opened or not is valuable knowledge, you said it in a backhanded way and didn’t even tell him how you can know if it’s been opened.. @davetheshrewif you look at the back of the opening flaps on the box, you’ll be able to tell if it’s been opened if there’s a crease in the cardboard from it being bent back. You’ll most likely be able to compare the opened & unopened sides and see the difference.

The reserve was not met, it didn't sell. They have listed it on SGW now as I posted above.

Lollll it's on SGW as well https://shopgoodwill.com/item/141826479

Yeah the ebay accounts may very well be sorting depots.. Either way, I find it really odd that they had that graded Gotcha Force on one of the accounts. Especially because it had a reserve, I personally have not seen any of the GW accounts list auctions with a reserve. Why would they have a reserve on an item that was donated?? Seems to me like they sent it to WATA or someone posted a personal item on the GW account. Highly doubt a game that was graded less than a month ago was donated.

Go to the item description, I'm almost certain that this is a GW account. "All net proceeds will support Goodwill of Silicon Valley". As well as the description listing the address to the GW store 1080 N. 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112. Individual GW stores (or an account for multiple in a region) absolutely have ebay accounts and sell games on them. They may be regional, but I know of multiple GW ebay accounts. GW Central Indiana GW Columbia Willamette GW Upstate/Mid South Carolina

Not sure if anyone else saw this, but Goodwill of Silicon Valley’s ebay page had a graded Gotcha Force listed that was graded on 3/17/22. I find it very very hard to believe that someone had a game graded then immediately donated to Goodwill, especially a game like Gotcha Force. The auction had a reserve and it wasn't met. So did they get a sealed G.F. donated and sent it to WATA? Seems crazy no matter what the true story may be.

At least your case just had some normal imperfections. My latest order arrived with a little present in the case.

Echoing what others have said. Orders sent to CA are significantly faster. I placed an order on 1/31, shipped to them on 2/3, and they received it the following week and it was transferred to CA. I got it back 3/22. I have another order I submitted on 12/16, shipped 12/17 to CO it's still in post grading.

Yepppp I just had an order go to post grading sometime this week (just checked it) and it is not showing the grade. I emailed them just before I checked this thread .

Hahaha. Literally the same story for me. I submitted 2 orders to them to give them a test. Was planning on submitting quite a few more to them, but their lack of service has put such a sour taste in my mouth I don't want to spend any more money with them. Crazy to think how a few changes to their business would've made me give them a lot more $$$

I finally received all of my games from orders I sent them last June, besides DVD sized games. Every time I try to inquire about any sort of updates they send some copy paste reply. Unfortunately it seems anyone who has sent a DVD game is screwed. My orders are were Select as well. So am I now going to have to wait for all the backlogged tiers above Select to get mine? No clue. It's a shitshow.

Exhibit A from my reply earlier today

For sure, but even then we're still going to have the divisiveness we have now. Some will believe the pool of buyers is continuing to grow & others will say "Celebrity X doesn't know anything about Sealed Vidya Games". I think what's causing a lot of the arguments/back & forth is video games weren't necessarily intended as a form of investment (my personal opinion, please don't argue with me Gulag :). So on one side we have those folks who are collectors, on the other we have folks who are strictly investing, and many who fall somewhere in between. None of us can tell one another how to enjoy video games, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. As someone who falls in the middle of collecting & investing, I just try to observe things and keep myself as informed as possible. I equally enjoy learning from hardcore collectors as I do hardcore investors. Ok I've typed enough to hit my monthly quota, I'll go back to observing from the sidelines & reacting to y'alls bickering

As others have said before, it's not about how many copies are left sealed. It's about how many buyers or sealed collectors are there who would be in the market to buy said game. Both of those we will never know for sure. We can all believe different things. I personally sit somewhere in the middle. I do believe sealed games are "rare", but not 100% sold on the pool of buyers continuing to exponentially grow.