I can't believe what just happened

Twisted · #1 03-20-2015, 08:17 AM

if the pics looked all minty..and the price is $130...then if you are not the resell type..just have it resealed locally...why pay $250 plus for cellophane?

PulpSuicide · #2 03-20-2015, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisted

if the pics looked all minty..and the price is $130...then if you are not the resell type..just have it resealed locally...why pay $250 plus for cellophane?

I'm not sure about reselling my collection but you'll never know. I'm not sure if resealing would make the value stay the same. I guess you have a point, why should I pay more for cellophane or in this case, a round tape? Fyi, all GTA V CE aren't sealed with cellophane, they're only sealed with the round tape/sticker.

These are the pictures he sent to me. As you can see, everything is still brand new and the contents are all sealed including the steelbook. Except for the "round tape/sticker".

BornFreeCE · #3 03-26-2015, 02:10 AM

Serious question.

Why would anyone pay for sealed anymore?

I've been collecting statues for years. That's my thing.
Sealed is meaningless. In fact it's usually an opportunity to be ripped off. If it's sealed and I'm paying an after market price I have no idea if all the contents are in tact (e.g. physical collectibles like figures, statues, prop replicas).

The seller also has no idea, or if clever enough can just con you.
But since the seller listed it as sealed they no longer have any obligations for the state of the contents.

If I'm buying after market I also ask for pictures of everything, including contents.

I think sealed makes sense of see through boxes like Star Wars figures....but opaque boxes? Not so sure about that.

But I come from the world of statue collecting so maybe I'm totally off base here.

Regardless, if the seller is bullsh1tting about it being sealed or not don't deal with them. If they are already sounding shifty, walk away. That seler already lost my trust.
I had a similar situation with TLOU Post Pandemic Edition. I really, REALLY want it. But, when I asked for pictures, the seller sent me pictures of his own version, then said he couldn't take pictures because it was sealed....but it was listed as unsealed and used (the game anyway).
I just felt uncomfortable and moved on.

PulpSuicide · #4 03-26-2015, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BornFreeCE

Serious question.

Why would anyone pay for sealed anymore?

I've been collecting statues for years. That's my thing.
Sealed is meaningless. In fact it's usually an opportunity to be ripped off. If it's sealed and I'm paying an after market price I have no idea if all the contents are in tact (e.g. physical collectibles like figures, statues, prop replicas.

But then, why should I know if all the contents are in tact or not? Because even if there were some broken contents, it's not like I could know as my collection is meant to be sealed.

Also, there are so many collector's editions available yesterday, today and tomorrow that you wish you could collect. But money is always the problem. So when I have sealed collections, I could sell each one of them at a huge price (more than their initial prices) and use that money to buy even more collector's editions. So I pretty much doubled/tripled my money to buy even more stuff without having to hurt my wallet.