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Is it just me or does this sound like a con???

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    #32
    osprey
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭osprey


    o1s1n wrote: »
    So this person will basically be betting 1500 that it's no a scam.

    If it is a scam, they'll get their money back through paypal eventually.

    If it's not a scam, they'll have a 40,000 dollar game for 1500 euro.

    /puts in a bid
    That's exactly right, if you've got the money it's worth the gamble. Buyers are protected by Paypal, all he/she stands to lose is 'time'.


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    #33
    TanG411
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭TanG411


    Doing a quick Tineye search, it seems the same image can be seen on multiple eBay auctions for the same game, as well as several other sites that simply talk about the game:

    42 Results for the Image

    (The link will expire in 72 hours, so click it now! :D)


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    #34
    Warren3
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭Warren3


    £6000 in the end. Unbelievable!!


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    #35
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,587 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Wow, would you look at that, I just found a sealed copy in my attic. Here's a picture -

    stadiumevents.jpg

    I'll let it go for six grand if anyone wants it?


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    #36
    Warren3
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭Warren3


    That is a coincident as I actually found 2 sealed version of that game at my local car boot sale................


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    #37
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    i was always wondering how easy is it to "reseal" a game? liek put new shrinkwrap on it, I use a vacum packer and if its anything like that I'd say its not too hard to get a mint copy of a game and turn it inot a sealed game


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    #38
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Yeah it wouldn't be too hard to put a seal on a game but putting it the right way might be. I bought Jet Set Radio for the DC last year and it was sealed, cost feck all but when I got it I knew it had been resealed and not a great job done at that. It's around the corners is where you can tell if it's genuine or not. If it's got alot of extra plastic and sticking out, kind of flappy then it's just resealed.


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    #39
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,587 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    The only thing though is that people who collect sealed games know exactly what they should look like. They can spot a reseal a mile off.

    I actually remember seeing one video on youtube where a guy received a resealed game. They opened it up and it even had a completely different (worthless) game inside.


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    #40
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    The only thing though is that people who collect sealed games know exactly what they should look like. They can spot a reseal a mile off.

    I actually remember seeing one video on youtube where a guy received a resealed game. They opened it up and it even had a completely different (worthless) game inside.
    Nice Idea if your good at resealing, although I'd say the boxes are as rare as the carts themselves:rolleyes:


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    #41
    batari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭batari


    Plus don't most sealed games have the plastic tag for hanging them on a shelf? Wouldn't be too easy to make one of them and get it on to the shrinkwrap.


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    #42
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,587 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I think a few different manufacturers have seals on games you can't replicate. Fairly sure boxed Nintendo stuff did.

    Now if you could just replicate old boxes..we know where Air Raid looks like now. Just some tea bags for ageing and you're sorted :D


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    #43
    osprey
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭osprey


    I am the proud owner of 3 re-seals, via eBay. Felt like such an idiot:(, at the time it never occured to me that people would re-seal an old game. As stated above, after time you can spot them a mile off.
    One of them was The Secret Of Monkey Island for the A500 .... Beleive me, there's a scammer for every category on eBay.:mad:


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