if this sells, i'm gonna vomit

http://cgi.ebay.com/NINTENDO-GAMEBOY-FACTORY-SEALED-W-TETRIS...

Holy crap!

4 offers already,He bought it from a member here about 3 weeks ago for $700...........

goes to show how much I look at this place

that's ridiculous

this is so fucking rediculous it better not sell

Haha yeah this is only the beginning.

Geez. If it sells hes making some easy money.

LOL well.... $6.87 wont buy it, anyone else care to try?

"We're sorry, but bighedkingpin has declined your Best Offer for US $14.99"

wah wah

I just clicked on "View Seller's Other Items". I noticed an interesting bit there... He has 2 graded Star Wars Ewok Villages, Canadian versions, and claims that each one is the "only Canadian Ewok Village ever graded"...

This is not the best price I've seen for a factory-sealed Game Boy, that's for sure.

Ha, looks like he listed the same item twice (both have the same AFA number: 18071916).  One of the listings is a regular eBay listing, and the other one is in his store.  He better hope nobody buys them both at once! (yeah, that probably won't happen)

You have got to be kidding me.

The worst part is,I have been looking for a factory sealed Gameboy for awhile.But Douche Bag's like this buy them all to get graded and try to make some $$.

ridiculous price :S

Just another reason to hate VGA more than I already do...and that is alot.
~~NGD

yup, the VGA sucks

I would never buy a graded video game. Seriously, what is the point? Why would anyone pay more just because some bullshit organization says "this item is really mint!" and then assigns a meaningless number to it. How many collectors are that stupid?

Exactly! I love me some sealed games but this guy is buying them up and reselling them for profit. I cant afford that shit just because someone looked at it and put it in a case. Therefore, there will be less and less ungraded games for me to afford.

yup, they buy up any rare to semi-rare sealed title that they think is in good enough condition.

I recently noticed they bought a sealed Dracula X for snes for $810. That means they will probably have it graded and then list it with a Buy it Now of $2999, maybe more.

I've seen all of these arguments twice before, with cards and with comics. Never been a toy collector so I'm not sure but I bet it was just as controversial.

The only thing that's different with these games from comics and cards is they're essentially "sealed what's sealed" which really is as redundant as it seems.

With so few sealed collectors (I should say, completionist sealed collectors - I bet everyone here had/has a sealed game that they've coveted for at least a while) these games really are being resold under pure speculation that

1. more sealed collectors will surface, reassured by these grades that their purchase is the "cream of the crop"

2. a bubble will form where people will exchange these like we already exchange minty CIB games between one another.

With so many cropping up, especially in mediocre condition (85 just doesn't make me want to buy a slabbed game) I think we'll see this market decline before it improves. And we may even see people de-slab their games that receive a mediocre grade, just to sell them "loose" and get their money back, and just keep the 90+ gems.

How much does it cost to have them grade a game for ya? It would be fun to take a stupid common game, smash it up with a hammer and see what they give it.

^eh, way too much. $24 for something less than $200 if you're willing to wait a month or more to get it back. Pricing goes up to $70 depending on value and turn-around

My personal opinion is that the NES library is just too saturated with sub-par quality games to even make grading them worthwhile.  I mean, who really cares if my Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde gets and 85 or a 90, the game still sucks.  This game is the equivalent of a "common" in the CCG world, and virtually nobody really cares if it's in perfect condition or not. 

If grading must be done, I would venture that only around roughly 1/3 the total library (really shot in the dark guess) is all that needs to be graded, as they are the games that are, 1) rare, 2) good, or even 3) both rare and good.