A whole new world of VGA idiocy

[XYXZYZ]

I propose that whenever someone puts a VGA game on ebay, we all band together and flood his inbox with lowballs.

[jb143]

Do people really believe grades are given out at random?.

Not random, just extremely subjective and unregulated. I'm surprised 20 other grading "companies" haven't sprung up already.

[wiggyx]

I propose that whenever someone puts a VGA game on ebay, we all band together and flood his inbox with lowballs.

I did this to a guy with Ocarina for the 3DS. He was asking like $500, so I kept offering him 39.99. Needless to say, it never sold (at least not at auction). He kept trying to tell me how much it cost to have it slabbed and that "knowing" it's condition instead of having to guess was what made it worth so much.

Yeah, except that I can just go to fucking Target and buy a brand new copy of my own for 39.99. Derpity derp derpa derp.

[treismac]

I propose that whenever someone puts a VGA game on ebay, we all band together and flood his inbox with lowballs.

[JSoup]

Not random, just extremely subjective and unregulated. I'm surprised 20 other grading "companies" haven't sprung up already.

Maybe take Digital Press into a whole new direction! Cheap and easy no bullshit ratings.

[recorderdude]

> New sealed copy of rudolph the red nosed reindeer for wii sent in

DigitalPressGrading: 0 - why the fuck did you even buy this

now THAT's a rating!

[Tanooki]

Well said wiggy. It's a brand new game, not something old and easily had at the store. I don't need to know for a 35 dollar fee or so my game is new and in new shape, and I really don't need that self assurance for 500 from a clown like that.



Rudolph only gets a 0 grade? Generous.

[Griking]

I have never heard of of the VGA before. Let me get his right...

I send some random company a game, who give it a vague rating, seal it in a tomb of carbonite and then send it back to me? I can then never remove the game from the carbonite box of doom because it will lower the rating?

Someone needs to photoshop Han Solo in here somewhere.

Pretty much except you missed the part where people pay obscene prices for them at this point for some reason.

Again, I don't blame the service, I blame the buyers.

[8-bitNesMan]

Here's the aforementioned 3DS Ocarina of Time that at the time of this posting is at $545.00 with 29 bids and a little under 24 hours to go:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Legend-of-Zel...ht_1649wt_1397

Madness folks. Sheer madness....

[8-bitNesMan]

Why does the auction page even have actual product reviews?! Does the idiot selling it think the idiot that buys it will ever actually play the game??

[8-bitNesMan]

What the product review should say on this auction: "Ocarina for the 3DS forever sealed in a plastic tomb! The box art is INCREDIBLE!"

[wiggyx]

Here's the aforementioned 3DS Ocarina of Time that at the time of this posting is at $545.00 with 29 bids and a little under 24 hours to go:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Legend-of-Zel...ht_1649wt_1397

Madness folks. Sheer madness....

That's not the one I was referring to.

I'm guessing it's getting those bids because of the grade?

God, this is such horse shit.

[recorderdude]

You know what's worse?

THERE'S A RESERVE ON IT.

And it still hasn't been met.

If I saw my game actually selling for that kind of money, I'd knock it off immediately and let the auction end at whatever.

but in all seriousness, am I the only one to think it's a collaborative trolling effort to waste the seller's time?

[importaku]

Never understood this side of vidogaming at all. VGA is the biggest scam going, i'd love to see their qualifications to be classed as an authority, the grading is also incorrect as they are only grading the outer packaging & consideing that a game actually includes the media inside & the manual how can they know that the game is a certain grade just from the outside. Just because it's new & sealed doesn't make the contents inside perfect.

I have bought games brand new & sealed that when i opened them the manual had tiny creases or maybe a bit of leftover paper still on the page where the cutting machine wasnt lined up properly. Plus the manuals rub about inside the boxes, with enough movement the print will start to wear on the cover.

I do hope for a economic collapse, greed is everywhere. Let that bubble pop hehe

[Daltone]

Again, I don't blame the service, I blame the buyers.

Never understood this side of vidogaming at all. VGA is the biggest scam going.

I agree with both of the above points. You know what though? I totally admire the folks that set this up in a strange way. It must be like printing money. How long to look at each game? 5 mins top? How long to seal it in the box of doom? And who is going to come back and say "you're wrong" - because you have set yourself up as the primary authority.

Then you set up a few ebay accounts on the side and begin to sell your own "90" games for huge sums of money. You have complete control over the market, so you can rate outside submissions down a bit to increase the sale value of your own games.

The whole thing is totally batshit insane, but it wouldn't be possible if people weren't so bloody strange.

[Bojay1997]

Never understood this side of vidogaming at all. VGA is the biggest scam going, i'd love to see their qualifications to be classed as an authority, the grading is also incorrect as they are only grading the outer packaging & consideing that a game actually includes the media inside & the manual how can they know that the game is a certain grade just from the outside. Just because it's new & sealed doesn't make the contents inside perfect.

I have bought games brand new & sealed that when i opened them the manual had tiny creases or maybe a bit of leftover paper still on the page where the cutting machine wasnt lined up properly. Plus the manuals rub about inside the boxes, with enough movement the print will start to wear on the cover.

I do hope for a economic collapse, greed is everywhere. Let that bubble pop hehe

That is a point I raised when VGA was coming onto the scene a few years back. Unlike action figures or coins or stamps or comics, the grade VGA is giving really only covers the box and wrap. What in my mind are the more critical elements (the game, the sticker if it's cart based, the manual, inner packaging and other inserts) aren't evaluated at all. Like yourself, I have opened many sealed game over the years and almost without exception, something inside is imperfect regardless of how nice the outside package looks. Moreover, just because VGA sticks a game into that acrylic case doesn't mean the quality of the game will stay that way forever. Light, temperature, air quality and many other factors can damage shrinkwrap, cardboard and plastic over time. Similarly, mailing a game in that case can lead to rubbing and other damage to interior contents. As such, I just don't think VGA has much value from the general collectors perspective and is better reserved for that tiny sliver of collectors who are more concerned about bragging rights in their tiny little community.

[8-bitNesMan]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Legend-of-Zel...d=449732397245

So it ended at $1,725.00. I so hope that this was not legit...

[recorderdude]

Don't worry, the reserve wasn't met

Stupid fucker didn't sell it.

[wiggyx]

Waits for someone to start forging VGA labels and cases...

[bigbacon]

time to start a competing company to grade games...