View Full Version : How picky is too picky?
chocobokick
04-23-2006, 11:55 PM
We have some good consoles up on ebay like a minty new NES (http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-NES-System-Nintendo-Collector-Condition-RARE_W0QQitemZ8278489536QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem) and have had some strange questions. One person wanted us to take detailed pictures of the twist ties. Part of me is thinking "it's a collector thing, I can understand that" but then another part is like "WTF they're freaking plain black twist ties". I've seen a lot of game stuff so I am pretty sure my judge of minty/good/etc. is pretty spot on, but stuff like that makes me start to second guess myself.
Anyway, what do you think? How picky is too picky?
Vectorman0
04-24-2006, 12:04 AM
I'm guessing he wants to make sure that the twist ties are in brand new condition as they came from the factory, not mangled up from being undone and retwisted.
It's not a bad way to tell if a console is unused.
tylerwillis
04-24-2006, 02:26 AM
We have some good consoles up on ebay like a minty new NES (http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-NES-System-Nintendo-Collector-Condition-RARE_W0QQitemZ8278489536QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem) and have had some strange questions. One person wanted us to take detailed pictures of the twist ties. Part of me is thinking "it's a collector thing, I can understand that" but then another part is like "WTF they're freaking plain black twist ties". I've seen a lot of game stuff so I am pretty sure my judge of minty/good/etc. is pretty spot on, but stuff like that makes me start to second guess myself.
Anyway, what do you think? How picky is too picky?
That's funny. I know I've sent some likely odd questions to people before while looking for various variants, but I've never asked for a closeup of a twisty tie. :)
Dangerboy
04-24-2006, 07:35 AM
I had a customer tell me he didn't care for Fight Night 360 because the storyline was too thin.
Mr.Faxanadu
04-24-2006, 11:09 AM
I'm guessing he wants to make sure that the twist ties are in brand new condition as they came from the factory, not mangled up from being undone and retwisted.
It's not a bad way to tell if a console is unused.
Exactly, he wants to make sure the system is unused! In fact, if you checked to see that the chords for the plug, RF and controllers were not rewrapped and everything was sealed you could market the unit as "factory brand new - never used NES" etc... These tend to go for big $$$