Comments | lucent_beam: eBay Scam

lucent_beam

eBay Scam

Nov 26, 2007 12:17

When I've sold GBA games on eBay, I never sell the box or manual so I guess I just naively assume that you can trust people. I found a seller selling PAL versions of games and so I bought four of them. But as soon as I opened the package in the mail, I was like, these have to be fake. So I called Nintendo customer support to confirm that these ( Read more... )

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katieupsidedown November 26 2007, 17:25:53 UTC

Hi! I'm a random stranger. I just wanted to ask, because I can't tell from your photos, but when you look closely at the Nintendo logo on the back of the cartridge, does it actually say Nintendo?

I work for GameStop and the best way I've found of spotting fakes eople try to trade in is that logo. So far I've seen one that said Nlntendo and another that was actually Nintondo.

lucent_beam November 26 2007, 17:28:43 UTC

The backs says Nintendo but the logo is bigger than on a real cartridge and it's in the wrong font.
Also there's no space between "MODEL NO.AGB-002" so it says "MODELNO.AGB-002".

katieupsidedown November 26 2007, 17:30:31 UTC

Hmm. Counterfeiters are creative little buggers.

keltickefiwolf November 26 2007, 18:38:35 UTC

Off-topic, but I love yer icon and username. ^^ Secret of Mana= Joy!

tehrobotdevil November 26 2007, 17:50:38 UTC

I have a KO cartridge of A Link to the Past, and I don't really care. It works, I'm satisfied. That's what you get for buying off Ebay.

lucent_beam November 26 2007, 18:36:18 UTC

Supposedly, there are problems with saving on pirated copies (I assume because of the ridiculous battery in there?).
I don't trust playing an RPG on a fake cart that might crap out on me.

tehrobotdevil November 27 2007, 01:10:12 UTC

Actually it's done really well for the month I've had it. Saves just fine. Get back to me in a year, we'll see if it's still working, lol. I think I'm going to buy a legit copy though, so my brother can play Four Swords with me.

lucentai November 26 2007, 17:51:59 UTC

Are those yellow bounded metallic circles ... save batteries?! Wow, talk about living in the 90's. That's some pretty ghetto infrastructure, actually. But I guess counterfeit makers assume folks would get tricked by halfassed Photoshop jobs rather than the insides.

meurn November 26 2007, 20:10:21 UTC

I was amazed by the save batteries too, lmfao. Guess they don't expect people to open it up.

tarenwanderer November 26 2007, 18:18:39 UTC

Wow. I have no idea what to say.

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pasdeschiens November 27 2007, 05:14:05 UTC

Just as a warning, PAL games never have a lettered rating on them like that. E, T, M, and whatever other US ratings there are are not used in PAL games.

...unless you're talking about the Australian version - also PAL - which will have G, PG, M or MA on there. They're also coloured, now, and while they include a number for M and MA, it's very small.