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]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-07-17T18:12:23 -05.00 Forte 44 Originally posted by: B.A.

He also has a "BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED!!" Earthbound listing.

Earthbound of course never came sealed, and it has a qualified grade from VGA.

Not as bad as selling reproductions as legitimate, but shows a clear pattern of misleading behavior. your point about it never being sealed is spot on of course, but it can actually get a standard grade.

Items that never came sealed get a standard grade if unopened.

So an earthbound that is unopened (but not sealed) would get a normal grade.

An earthbound that was opened, but had new contents, would get a qualified grade.


]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-07-17T10:25:57 -05.00 Forte 44 Originally posted by: zak

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2...

Was this real?
Looking at those pics, I think it is.  The cardboard (under the flap) looks correct and the art on the box doesn't look grainy like those fakes listed in the first post.

]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-07-17T08:22:50 -05.00 Forte 44
Was this real? ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-05-04T18:47:44 -05.00 Forte 44 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-05-03T18:39:53 -05.00 Forte 44 Originally posted by: B.A.

He also has a "BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED!!" Earthbound listing.

Earthbound of course never came sealed, and it has a qualified grade from VGA.

Not as bad as selling reproductions as legitimate, but shows a clear pattern of misleading behavior. Funny. One of the only threads he posted on NA a few weeks ago was about him looking for a mint CIB of Earthbound.

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=68619

"Hi - I am looking for a very near mint to mint copy of Earthbound (SNES) 
Would like to purchase/trade for it - to build up my collection. As I sold it a long time ago (you know how it goes)"

Sure thing, buddy.




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It just sucks because newbie collectors are at high risk to leave the hobby and then their stuff gets sent into the wild where it confuses other future newbie collectors. . . cannibalistic I think, but impossible to prevent. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-05-03T15:26:25 -05.00 Forte 44 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=69638 2012-05-03T15:20:40 -05.00 Forte 44