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   XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   math_guy wrote:   
   > I agree.  The seller from whom I bought the game may be as much a   
   > victim as I am.   
      
   Yeah, it's very possible. It all goes back to what I saying: Who knows   
   what's in one of those boxes until you open it. We've sold a few new   
   games ourselves, but had no real idea what was in the box. If you open   
   it, it's no longer "new, sealed" status...but there's just no other way   
   to see what's in it. Out of all them we've sold we've just had an issue   
   with one where it was, apparently, re-sealed the customer had told us.   
   Depending on the machine they use it, it can look damn-near perfect.   
      
   I know that both Babbages and EB Games pulled that stunt back in the   
   day, allowing people to return stuff and then just putting it back on   
   the shelf as "new". Then, of course, some of them started taking the   
   games out of the cases, storing them behind the counter and giving you   
   an unsealed package and still calling it "new". With GameStop, I   
   remember them even asking if they wanted you to have them re-wrap it. If   
   you did, they just ran to the back, did it and came back with the game   
   in shrinkwrap.   
      
   I am currently about to try my luck with a sealed game as well: Mortal   
   Kombat 3 on Genesis. A local Half-Priced Books has a sealed copy of it   
   for $19.99. That game has always held a special place in my heart, both   
   due to the actual gameplay and also what was going on my life, and   
   whatnot, at that point. The only way I'd be able to figure out if MK3   
   is, indeed, in there would be to open it...defeating the purpose.   
      
   It'll be the only game I ever really do this with...I've just never   
   understood the point in buying games ones has no intention playing. Then   
   again, I'm one of those guys who doesn't really care about a game being   
   complete either...I just want the cart, I want to play it.   
      
   Bel   
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