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| telly:
All you're grading with a video game is the quality of the box. You have no idea if the components inside the box are of good quality or not. At least with coins or trading/baseball cards you can see the entire thing that is being graded. |
| gummo:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on September 08, 2021, 02:14:18 am ---It's been a thing for a while in the world of comics and trading cards. I've never been one to do it, personally, but there's no denying the selling power graded items have in those markets. So I don't see why video games would be any different. --- End quote --- Some video games have batteries inside , can't wait to see what happens to those when the batteries start venting inside the case . |
| okami88:
I understand both sides of the argument. But there's no denying that that plastic case and grade make those games worth so much more... i do love my collection but i can't keep it when I'm dead ya know... would be nice to be able to retire comfortably and not work till I'm 70. I can't seem to find graded copies of the games i mentioned online so I'm not even sure what the price difference is. Thanks for the replies folks, happy to be part of the community now. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: okami88 on September 07, 2021, 04:40:55 pm ---Hi everyone, first time poster here but love collecting games. I recently got a new shelf and have gone through my collection and noticed i have some real good stuff still factory sealed. Xenosaga I and Xenosaga III, Baiten kaitos origins, and resident evil 4 premium edition for playstaion 2 albeit with damage to the plastic wrapper. Do you guys think those would be worth getting graded? Does any one have experience with getting games graded? --- End quote --- if your keeping it it's not worth. it looks less nice on the shelves and it costs allot of money prices of grading start at a minum of around 60$ plus it's going to be there for months to close to a year. if the item is quite valuable you paying a couple hundred plus a % of the worth of said item. If your planning to sell than it's worth, with the exception of the more niche stuff. It's especially the pretty popular stuff that does well with grading. Wata with their practices atm is shady, but even prior to that grading did increase the value. VGA still exists. Those million dollar prices are however probably not happening considering the recent happenings in Wata in wich those sales are fake. --- Quote from: gummo on September 08, 2021, 10:32:16 am --- --- Quote from: burningdoom on September 08, 2021, 02:14:18 am ---It's been a thing for a while in the world of comics and trading cards. I've never been one to do it, personally, but there's no denying the selling power graded items have in those markets. So I don't see why video games would be any different. --- End quote --- Some video games have batteries inside , can't wait to see what happens to those when the batteries start venting inside the case . --- End quote --- In most cases the batteries in games anyway dry up so in most instances nothing would happen aside from save batteries etc being dead. if you have terrible luck than you can have simular scenario's as say xbox consoles in wich you get leaks. |
| gummo:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on September 08, 2021, 02:14:18 am ---In most cases the batteries in games anyway dry up so in most instances nothing would happen aside from save batteries etc being dead. if you have terrible luck than you can have simular scenario's as say xbox consoles in wich you get leaks. --- End quote --- I had a lithium button battery from a watch explode once . It was sitting on my wooden work bench waiting to be replaced , not shorting or anything . After that I don't totally trust them . |
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