ebay seller vididiots - reseals, IMO

[Darren870]

In his metal gear there is a ?

Q: hello, I was wondering if you had any more NES factory sealed games around (not currently on ebay) and if so will they be on ebay anytime soon? thanks Jan-14-06
A: These are all my sealed games, but I'm keeping Mario Is Missing, and Mega Man for myself. I also have a bunch of N64 (including gold collector's Zelda) sealed games that I'll be listing soon.

So he might not sell that Mario is Missing. If you look back a lil more he also won a Mega Man.

[jajaja]

Ah ok. But you never know hehe ;)

[Darren870]

Oh I know, I would so love to bust this guys ass. There is more then enough proff. Just would have to buy a game to actually totally bust him.

[Buyatari]

Its actually a pretty simple case.

#1 buy game

#2 dust for pinterprints on box , cart, posters and/or instructions

His fingerprints have to be all over this thing both inside and out.

[NintendoMan]

A: These are all my sealed games, but I'm keeping Mario Is Missing, and Mega Man for myself. I also have a bunch of N64 (including gold collector's Zelda) sealed games that I'll be listing soon.

So he might not sell that Mario is Missing. If you look back a lil more he also won a Mega Man.

Yeah, I also read this earlier! He's just setting everything up. I GUARANTEE he will sell his Mario is Missing AND the mega man sometime in the future. That mega man will definately make him some bucks if there are people to bid on it.
This shit just pisses me off so much!!!!!!!!!!!

[jajaja]

Cant belive that he wants to scam people and make himself into a criminal for this low amount of money.

[NintendoMan]

Cant belive that he wants to scam people and make himself into a criminal for this low amount of money.

Yep, exactly. But if noone found out about his re-sealing, some of those games would have gone for LOTS of money, ie., Castlevania, ZELDA GOLD, SMB3, Metal Gear, Kung Fu. All games that he is selling or was, that would ALL get lots of $$.

[Buyatari]

This guy needs to be taught a lesson. I urge as many of you as possible to file an online complaint form with the FBI. An agent knocking on his door asking questions may very well scare the crap out of him. If nothing else is done it will at least be on record for when he does screw someone over.

[jajaja]

Cant belive that he wants to scam people and make himself into a criminal for this low amount of money.

Yep, exactly. But if noone found out about his re-sealing, some of those games would have gone for LOTS of money, ie., Castlevania, ZELDA GOLD, SMB3, Metal Gear, Kung Fu. All games that he is selling or was, that would ALL get lots of $$.

Ye, but not much in criminal terms imo. I know like $500 is alot of money, but there is no way I do something like this to make only $500. Not cool to get your life "ruined" because you scammed some people for a few hundred/thousands dollars. You dont get rich from this amount. If I should do something I would have to gain alot of money on it, like 1 million dollars ++ or else I just leave it.

[Darren870]

Well dont forget he got $500 awhile back for the repro cart he sold

[Bronty-2]

This guy needs to be taught a lesson. I urge as many of you as possible to file an online complaint form with the FBI. An agent knocking on his door asking questions may very well scare the crap out of him. If nothing else is done it will at least be on record for when he does screw someone over.

I second that suggestion.

[Darren870]

http://www.ic3.gov/

There is a link for anyone that wants to file a complaint.

[MachineGex]

Well he locked his feedback again so I guess it is back to business as normal......how long is he gonna be allowed to operate.

[kainemaxwell]

Once again someone is giving collectors and ebay a bad name... x_x

[NintendoMan]

Well he locked his feedback again so I guess it is back to business as normal......how long is he gonna be allowed to operate.

That's a good question!?

[NintendoMan]

Well I did some more looking on this guy and look at what auction he won a couple weeks ago:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45101&item=7577058051


Know look what HE is selling, that ends tomorrow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8252578973&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

He's even including the players guides in the auction. Hmm, I guess it magically sealed itself in transit.
Just putting this up in case someone, for some reason, was wanting to bid. Because it is a pretty good seal job I will say, it's alot easier to do N64 seals than NES seals. Then he just puts some sticker on the game to make people think "Well, it has a store sticker on it, it MUST be really sealed".

[dj_spryte]

This guy just keeps getting away with murder. Is there anything that ebay can do to stop his scams?

[jajaja]

This guy just keeps getting away with murder. Is there anything that ebay can do to stop his scams?

Only way must be if you can proof 100% that it is a reseal. By doing this you must buy a game from him and open it :\
That might not be enough afterall.

He have Paypal, so you can fill out a complaint and say that the game wasnt described as it was. If you can proof it you still have to send it back with tracking as proof of sending and you have to cover the returnshipping, so it might not be worth it.

[kevin_psx]

Well I did some more looking on this guy and look at what auction he won a couple weeks ago:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45101&item=7577058051

Know look what HE is selling, that ends tomorrow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8252578973&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Can't you report this to Ebay? 1 auction might be nothing-- But compile 20 of these & you have a case for a lying Seller.

[jajaja]

Well I did some more looking on this guy and look at what auction he won a couple weeks ago:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45101&item=7577058051

Know look what HE is selling, that ends tomorrow:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8252578973&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Can't you report this to Ebay? 1 auction might be nothing-- But compile 20 of these & you have a case for a lying Seller.

It wouldnt be enough proof. You cant (or shouldnt) convict anyone without being 100% sure that its true. Im not saying that he dont reseal, but we dont have solid proof that he acctualy reseal the games.

[MachineGex]

Jajaja-
He admitted to selling resealed games on a messsage board. It is all in this thread. He bought a sealing machine on ebay and every single game he is selling as sealed, he bought a month or two ago on ebay and guess what, they were complete, but not sealed. The Zelda for N64 is a reseal, he bought that over a month ago. As for the price tags he bought a label/price tag kit on ebay as well. He also bought the little plastic things that the games hang on. They guy is 100% the biggest con/thief I have seen. Who gets caught and admits it and still continues to do the same scam. Here is his latest purchase, how long til these end up on ebay as sealed(resealed)?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4315&item=8251240935

[jajaja]

Jajaja-
He admitted to selling resealed games on a messsage board.

Ah.. yes. I forgot about that. Never read it myself tho, but are you sure it really was him? I think its crazy that he admits that he reseals, but you never know.

[kainemaxwell]

Guy's still a liar and giving real collectors a bad name..

[MachineGex]

Jajaja-
I am sure. He unlocked his feedback on ebay for a day because we asked him to prove he was/wasnt resealing games. How would he unlock his feedback on ebay if it wasnt really him?
BTW....He quick locked it up after everyone started finding more and more dishonest things like I mentioned a few posts above. Just go back and read a dozen or so posts about whats going on you will understand.
I am all about giving someone the benefit of the doubt, but it is now a fact that he is a crook. Sorry to say but it will probably be going until someone gets really burned and takes things to the next level.

[Buyatari]

Ah.. yes. I forgot about that. Never read it myself tho, but are you sure it really was him? I think its crazy that he admits that he reseals, but you never know.

Well, you report the information to the authorites and let them confirm wether it was his ISP or not.

Adam

[jajaja]

Ok, if he unlocked the feedback after he said it its most likely him yes.

Easy to find out what he win anyway, link (http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=vididiots&completed=1&all=0&rows=25&sort=3)

Will we see more N64 games sealed soon?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8252783604

[kevin_psx]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45101&item=7577058051
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8252578973&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
Can't you report this to Ebay? 1 auction might be nothing-- But compile 20 of these & you have a case for a lying Seller. It wouldnt be enough proof. You cant (or shouldnt) convict anyone without being 100% sure that its true.


We're not convicting him. On Ebay there's no innocent until proven guilty. As the UA for Ebay says "we reserve the right to suspend you for whateve rreason". Overwheling suspicion of wrong-doing is enough to get suspended.

[jajaja]

True, I hope he get suspended, as mentioned earlier, he even admit to reseal games :(

[NESaholic]

Yeah,it makes me wonder though how many people do this now on eBay,ok we discovered the this seller does but who does this also.It scares me to think how many sealed collectors could have been fooled till now,i can't see any differences but i'm not a sealed collector,can you guys really see the differences?

[NintendoMan]

Yeah,it makes me wonder though how many people do this now on eBay,ok we discovered the this seller does but who does this also.It scares me to think how many sealed collectors could have been fooled till now,i can't see any differences but i'm not a sealed collector,can you guys really see the differences?

Yes, you can easily tell if it's re-sealed. Well, I can about 99% of the time probably, when it comes to NES, SNES, and N64 games. That's what I mostly collect.
I remember about 3 or four years ago there was a guy that was re-sealing that sold LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of games before he was finally caught.
Besides the seal part, you can see if the box has been opened before too. That's a good way to see if it was a re-sealed, complete game before.

[NESaholic]

Ok i see,well i know about the virtical line on the back and so but some look mega well made.You can see by looking at coners of boxes and the top to spot wear i guess,you have to look very well or ask seller for more pics when doubting to buy then.

[Buyatari]

Unless he gets arrested I hope he doesn't get suspended. At least now we know what name he is selling under. If he is suspended without legal action he will rear his ugly head under another name maybe in listing another city with the same product.

[Bronty-2]

Ok i see,well i know about the virtical line on the back and so but some look mega well made.You can see by looking at coners of boxes and the top to spot wear i guess,you have to look very well or ask seller for more pics when doubting to buy then.

You do have to exercise caution.. but if you do that appropriately you're fine. You might make a few mistakes as a rookie.

[NintendoMan]

Ok i see,well i know about the virtical line on the back and so but some look mega well made.You can see by looking at coners of boxes and the top to spot wear i guess,you have to look very well or ask seller for more pics when doubting to buy then.

You do have to exercise caution.. but if you do that appropriately you're fine. You might make a few mistakes as a rookie.
Yeah, I admit making one the first six months I was on ebay, back in '01 or something, I purchased on two different ocasions two re-sealed nes games that I thought were sealed.
TOday though, I would easily be able to tell by only seeing pictures, and would know 100% if I was actually holding the game in my hands.

[goldenaxe90]

Wow, if you put his user name into advanced search for complete items he won, there are ton of complete NES games, and ones that would be worth a mint sealed, Duck Hunt, Mega Man, etc

This crap will just keep going on

[NintendoMan]

Unless he gets arrested I hope he doesn't get suspended. At least now we know what name he is selling under. If he is suspended without legal action he will rear his ugly head under another name maybe in listing another city with the same product.

Oh yeah, that will definately happen if he gets suspended. (Go under another name) Hopefully though, someone spots it asap when it happens.

[NintendoMan]

Hey did anyone see this:
Shortened Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/Sealed-NES-Nintendo-games-sold-by-vididiots-RESEALS_W0QQitemZ8251215883QQcategoryZ4315QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

I don't know why it was "ended" or "taken off" only one minute after it started?

[NintendoMan]

Also if anyone wants to see, here is the page for ALL the items SOLD in the past month:
Shortened Link (http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&since=30&userid=vididiots&include=0&rows=200&sort=3&completed=1)

And ALL the items he WON in the past month:
Shortened Link (http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=vididiots&completed=1&all=1&rows=200&sort=3)


As you can see, he will have some pretty pricey RE-SEALS when he does it.[/b]

[evil_genius]

Man this guy is such a jerk. I can't believe he's getting away with that. But if you ask me, he gotta good deal on a complete Mario is Missing. It sometimes goes for twice or even thrice times as much.

[jajaja]

Zelda went for $217.50
Pity the buyer if he pays :( Vididiots have also opened his feedback again, maybe because the "revealing" of that you can still find out what he wins and sell by doing a 30 day complete listing search?

[kevin_psx]

Anyone report him to Ebay? How'd Ebay respond?

[MachineGex]

That is funny auction you found NintendoMan. I love the fact that more and more people know and are making his life difficult.

[NintendoMan]

Vididiots have also opened his feedback again, maybe because the "revealing" of that you can still find out what he wins and sell by doing a 30 day complete listing search?

Yeah, I was just going to write on here that his feedback is open.

ALSO, anyone that hasn't seen this thread in the past 12 hours or so, look up a few posts above this one and look at the things I found!!!

[DreamTR]

Those kids are tools!

[NintendoMan]

Those kids are tools!
Haha, uh well, there alot more than that!!!!!!!!!

[kainemaxwell]

No reply from ebay when I tried reporting. *shrug

[NintendoMan]

No reply from ebay when I tried reporting. *shrug

When did you report and do you happen to have a link on what to report it under. (I can't find it, I think Im blind)

[Griking]

If you file a report about someone to eBay they won't tell you anything at all about their investigation citing privacy issues. So the fact that eBay hasn't responded doesn't mean anything.

[Buyatari]

Those kids use tools!

[kainemaxwell]

No reply from ebay when I tried reporting. *shrug

When did you report and do you happen to have a link on what to report it under. (I can't find it, I think Im blind)
I bookmarked it from one the last times someone posted it, should be the right one:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/replica-counterfeit.html

[NintendoMan]

No reply from ebay when I tried reporting. *shrug

When did you report and do you happen to have a link on what to report it under. (I can't find it, I think Im blind)
I bookmarked it from one the last times someone posted it, should be the right one:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/replica-counterfeit.html

ALRIGHT! I will definately use this! EVERYONE else that reads this should posts complaints too!
(Thanks for the link, and yes I couldn't find it for some reason)

[Darth Vader]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50955&item=5660316232

and then he tried SELLING his shrinkwrap machine............ LOL

Danny

[jajaja]

lol, he ended it fast. Probly just an attempt to "prove" that he didnt have the shrinkwrap machine anymore. He ruined his reputation forever so there is nothing he can do to fix it, unfortunatly.

[NintendoMan]

lol, he ended it fast. Probly just an attempt to "prove" that he didnt have the shrinkwrap machine anymore. He ruined his reputation forever so there is nothing he can do to fix it, unfortunatly.

Oh yeah, that HAS to be why he put it up. So he can be like "I don't have the machine anymore, I sold it). I guess he doesn't realize people can see when he put up the auction, then he ended it less than one hour later.

[kainemaxwell]

lol, he ended it fast. Probly just an attempt to "prove" that he didnt have the shrinkwrap machine anymore. He ruined his reputation forever so there is nothing he can do to fix it, unfortunatly.
He just got pwned big time. Hope he enjoys his new reputation.

[Kaine32]

kaine don't knock on shrinkwrap machine owners one day you'll shrinkwrap yourself while nude it opened my mind to new horizons

[Porksta]

Now he has a bunch of N64 stuff up for auction. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't a new/sealed N64 game(s) have a different type of seal than NES and SNES stuff?? Isn't it vertical and not horizontal on the back?? I haven't looked at my sealed N64 stuff in a while so I could be mistaken.

Danny

N64 games have a vertical seal stripe on the back.

[DreamTR]

Not ALL factory sealed N64 games have that.

If you want to be technical, some SNES and NES games sealed games don't have it either.

[Bronty-2]

He speaks truth.... there are also some games, like the snes games rereleased by majesco, that genuinely exist both with (original version) and without (majesco rerelease) vert/ horizontal seams.

[DreamTR]

NES Rollerbalde Racer by Acclaim does not have that type fo seal. It just has some sort of shrinkwrap, and a different material for the type of box. It's pretty commonplace for GBA games to be like that especially nowadays.

[Bronty-2]

I'm not entirely sure if this is what you mean, but the rollerblade racer I have and the other one I know of in a friend's collection, and a third one I saw on ebay, all have the 'vertical overlap' seam. Several of the late issue ljn games and a few other misc. titles had that same vertical overlap seal. Thrilla's surfari has it for sure and if I recall correctly spiderman and terminator 2 do also. Can't recall the other titles like this offhand.

[NESaholic]

He ruined his reputation forever so there is nothing he can do to fix it, unfortunatly.
You can say that again but he sold quite some of them and made profit but ah well everyone knows now.


Not ALL factory sealed N64 games have that.

If you want to be technical, some SNES and NES games sealed games don't have it either.
NES Shockwave games don't have the line on the back either,i've had several and can get several more,straight out of the box none of them have the line.

[DreamTR]

Bronty 2-It was handed out NEW at CES like that to magazine editors. It does not have a "factory standard" NES seal, it was different, at least the one I got, and I opened it to make sure it was new, since I was going to play it anyway.

[Bronty-2]

Bronty 2-It was handed out NEW at CES like that to magazine editors. It does not have a "factory standard" NES seal, it was different, at least the one I got, and I opened it to make sure it was new, since I was going to play it anyway.

It doesn't have the horizontal line, agreed, but it has a vertical overlap seam (agreed?) which is sort of an 'alternate standard.'

[Bronty-2]

NES Shockwave games don't have the line on the back either,i've had several and can get several more,straight out of the box none of them have the line.

Of course.. none of the unlicensed games have the standard horizontal seam. Those are on licensed games only.

[Bronty-2]

Bronty 2-It was handed out NEW at CES like that to magazine editors. It does not have a "factory standard" NES seal, it was different, at least the one I got, and I opened it to make sure it was new, since I was going to play it anyway.

So you were a magazine editor? :)

[MachineGex]

This guy never stops...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8256991509
...now he is listing his reseals on Ebay as reseals. I guess now someone else can buy his reseals and then they can rip-off people by selling them as factory sealed.

[jajaja]

Well.. now he atleast admit that they are reseal. Damn, those poor people who bought sealed games from him before and think they have something unused :( He bacame a scam criminal for this little amount of money. I dont understand that he dares either. If someone should open the games you will see if its 100% unused or not. He might go to jail for this.

[Griking]

Somehow he still managed to have a 99.5 feedback rating despite the three obviously bullshit negatives that he received from the same person recently. :roll:

[kainemaxwell]

Hope this guy enjoys scamming people then...

[Darth Vader]

Somehow he still managed to have a 99.5 feedback rating despite the three obviously bullshit negatives that he received from the same person recently. :roll:

Sometimes it takes awhile for the shit to roll downstream, so to speak. Just wait and his rating will go down.

Danny

[Mattiekrome]

Wow, I thought this thread had died out... lol, your right Gex, he doesnt stop LOL sad day

[Bronty-2]

Somehow he still managed to have a 99.5 feedback rating despite the three obviously bullshit negatives that he received from the same person recently. :roll:

Sometimes it takes awhile for the shit to roll downstream, so to speak. Just wait and his rating will go down.

Danny

Here's hoping.. 8-)