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VGA Grading...
irvgotti452:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on June 10, 2012, 02:10:47 AM ---I'm also a opener. Even though I have hundreds of PS3 games for example and bought at least 70% of them new I always open them up. I don't play all of them BUT I still open them!!!!!!
About VGA. I think they just had a nice idea of ripping people off their hard earned money that's all.
I mean come on how can they even try to tell me that THEY ARE THE VIDEO GAME AUTHORITY?
Dickheads not more. I don't need someone to tell me in fishy way how good looking my games are. I grade them myself. Tsss. >:(
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Amen. If your game is gonna sell for the price you set, then it will sell! You don't need a jerk to tell you that because there's a .5mm dent on the corner that you gem is less valuable.
wiggy:
Personally, I find the VGA sort of repulsive.
But, if I were in your position, I'd have that sucker graded and sell it. Even though very few of us on this forum put any value in their grading, there are obviously a great number of people who do.
Grade it, sell it, buy a loose or CIB copy if you want, then enjoy the extra cash. Even though it's lame that the game will likely stay in its pretty plastic coffin for the rest of human existence, it's still kind of nice to know that there are going to be pristine copies of these games that we know and love floating around for a long time. Quite possibly long after all of us are laid to rest.
As far as anyone questioning their "authority", well, someone has to be the "authority" on such grading, and they were the first to it, so kudos to them. There are authorities that grade pretty much every collectible out there. There's no reason that VG collecting shouldn't have one as well. I wish they did opened games as well, to be honest. Buying used items over the web is precarious at best. For instance, Shenske, you may call something "mint", but to another collector that item may be a VG-. I think we've all run into that issue at some point or another. Coin collectors will tell you the same, as would comic, stamp, and sports card collectors. Grading can be a good thing for the hobby.
I feel that VGA-graded games will come down in price significantly over the next few years. It's still so new, and people are really buying into the hype. I think that it could be a useful tool for many of us in the future, whether buying or selling. I think it'll just take time...
tiktektak:
--- Quote from: wiggy on June 10, 2012, 02:18:27 PM ---For instance, Shenske, you may call something "mint", but to another collector that item may be a VG-.
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Think about that sentence. Or aren't the graders at VGA not just ordinary people who had a good idea how to make much money off some idiots (=us).
wiggy:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on June 10, 2012, 04:39:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: wiggy on June 10, 2012, 02:18:27 PM ---For instance, Shenske, you may call something "mint", but to another collector that item may be a VG-.
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Think about that sentence. Or aren't the graders at VGA not just ordinary people who had a good idea how to make much money off some idiots (=us).
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I think you missed my point.
Every agency such as the VGA has to start somewhere. It's not to say that you or I can't judge the condition of a game, but rather that how we grade isn't consistent. The VGA offers consistency, the same as The PCGS or any other grading service. They all had to start somewhere.
So, is the grading ability of the VGA in question? It doesn't seem like anyone here doubts that they do an effective, consistent job of grading that everyone else can use as a measuring stick. This, versus what I feel an 85+ is, or what you feel is a 95, or what someone else thinks a 70 is. It's a service that offers potential buyers an unbiased and reliable grade so that there's no second guessing, and in the age of buying online, that sort of thing is more important than ever.
And to reiterate my previous statement, I am not a huge fan of the service as it stands. I really think offering the service for NIB games is stupid and it has really skewed the perceived market value of a great many classic titles whether they be new or used.
CommunistGamer:
Someone please do something about the spam?