Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
It wasn't a little off it was a very noticeable gap with partial top label showing on the front of the cart. I compared it to all the games I owned and no other label had a big gap like that. I even looked at other images of the game that people were selling and it just looked off to me. It's not a super rare game, but it's still more expensive than your average NES game, so I wasn't comfortable spending that kind of money when it looked questionable. I find myself questioning games more now that I see all these reproduction labels for sale, and they don't all say "reproduction" on them. I've even been seeing copies of games like Bubble Bobble 2 and Little Samson being imported from China more frequently now. They're super cheap, but they don't say "reproduction" anywhere on them. There are people both knowingly and unknowingly passing these off as authentic. The label on this cart definitely looked as though it was put on by hand. I guess it's time I invest in a cartridge tool, so I can start opening these up. Other than how the label looks lined up on the cart is there anyway to tell if it's reproduction?
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
It wasn't a little off it was a very noticeable gap with partial top label showing on the front of the cart. I compared it to all the games I owned and no other label had a big gap like that. I even looked at other images of the game that people were selling and it just looked off to me. It's not a super rare game, but it's still more expensive than your average NES game, so I wasn't comfortable spending that kind of money when it looked questionable. I find myself questioning games more now that I see all these reproduction labels for sale, and they don't all say "reproduction" on them. I've even been seeing copies of games like Bubble Bobble 2 and Little Samson being imported from China more frequently now. They're super cheap, but they don't say "reproduction" anywhere on them. There are people both knowingly and unknowingly passing these off as authentic. The label on this cart definitely looked as though it was put on by hand. I guess it's time I invest in a cartridge tool, so I can start opening these up. Other than how the label looks lined up on the cart is there anyway to tell if it's reproduction?
If yourgoing on just pictures of a game then being super cautious and looking at every detail, like yo already seem to be doing, is the best you can do really.
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
It wasn't a little off it was a very noticeable gap with partial top label showing on the front of the cart. I compared it to all the games I owned and no other label had a big gap like that. I even looked at other images of the game that people were selling and it just looked off to me. It's not a super rare game, but it's still more expensive than your average NES game, so I wasn't comfortable spending that kind of money when it looked questionable. I find myself questioning games more now that I see all these reproduction labels for sale, and they don't all say "reproduction" on them. I've even been seeing copies of games like Bubble Bobble 2 and Little Samson being imported from China more frequently now. They're super cheap, but they don't say "reproduction" anywhere on them. There are people both knowingly and unknowingly passing these off as authentic. The label on this cart definitely looked as though it was put on by hand. I guess it's time I invest in a cartridge tool, so I can start opening these up. Other than how the label looks lined up on the cart is there anyway to tell if it's reproduction?
If yourgoing on just pictures of a game then being super cautious and looking at every detail, like yo already seem to be doing, is the best you can do really.
Thanks I added the link to my favorites. What it seemed to be missing though was how to identify reproduction labels. The reason I was saying that they should be close to perfect if they're real is because they were put on by a machine. If a machine is set up to position a label a certain way then you could send a thousand cartridges through the assembly line and they should all come out pretty much the same as far as how they look. That's why I mentioned the label looking odd. I'm not saying SMB and SMB 3 couldn't have labels that are aligned a little different, but they should be pretty close. There shouldn't be a noticeable gap at the edge of the label where it looks like it wasn't put on properly. Thanks again for your help.
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Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
It wasn't a little off it was a very noticeable gap with partial top label showing on the front of the cart. I compared it to all the games I owned and no other label had a big gap like that. I even looked at other images of the game that people were selling and it just looked off to me. It's not a super rare game, but it's still more expensive than your average NES game, so I wasn't comfortable spending that kind of money when it looked questionable. I find myself questioning games more now that I see all these reproduction labels for sale, and they don't all say "reproduction" on them. I've even been seeing copies of games like Bubble Bobble 2 and Little Samson being imported from China more frequently now. They're super cheap, but they don't say "reproduction" anywhere on them. There are people both knowingly and unknowingly passing these off as authentic. The label on this cart definitely looked as though it was put on by hand. I guess it's time I invest in a cartridge tool, so I can start opening these up. Other than how the label looks lined up on the cart is there anyway to tell if it's reproduction?
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
It wasn't a little off it was a very noticeable gap with partial top label showing on the front of the cart. I compared it to all the games I owned and no other label had a big gap like that. I even looked at other images of the game that people were selling and it just looked off to me. It's not a super rare game, but it's still more expensive than your average NES game, so I wasn't comfortable spending that kind of money when it looked questionable. I find myself questioning games more now that I see all these reproduction labels for sale, and they don't all say "reproduction" on them. I've even been seeing copies of games like Bubble Bobble 2 and Little Samson being imported from China more frequently now. They're super cheap, but they don't say "reproduction" anywhere on them. There are people both knowingly and unknowingly passing these off as authentic. The label on this cart definitely looked as though it was put on by hand. I guess it's time I invest in a cartridge tool, so I can start opening these up. Other than how the label looks lined up on the cart is there anyway to tell if it's reproduction?
This is your best bet http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=122991
If yourgoing on just pictures of a game then being super cautious and looking at every detail, like yo already seem to be doing, is the best you can do really.
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
In general labels are not always perfectly aligned even if they are legit. So dont let that be your only judge if something is legit or not
It wasn't a little off it was a very noticeable gap with partial top label showing on the front of the cart. I compared it to all the games I owned and no other label had a big gap like that. I even looked at other images of the game that people were selling and it just looked off to me. It's not a super rare game, but it's still more expensive than your average NES game, so I wasn't comfortable spending that kind of money when it looked questionable. I find myself questioning games more now that I see all these reproduction labels for sale, and they don't all say "reproduction" on them. I've even been seeing copies of games like Bubble Bobble 2 and Little Samson being imported from China more frequently now. They're super cheap, but they don't say "reproduction" anywhere on them. There are people both knowingly and unknowingly passing these off as authentic. The label on this cart definitely looked as though it was put on by hand. I guess it's time I invest in a cartridge tool, so I can start opening these up. Other than how the label looks lined up on the cart is there anyway to tell if it's reproduction?
This is your best bet http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
If yourgoing on just pictures of a game then being super cautious and looking at every detail, like yo already seem to be doing, is the best you can do really.
Thanks I added the link to my favorites. What it seemed to be missing though was how to identify reproduction labels. The reason I was saying that they should be close to perfect if they're real is because they were put on by a machine. If a machine is set up to position a label a certain way then you could send a thousand cartridges through the assembly line and they should all come out pretty much the same as far as how they look. That's why I mentioned the label looking odd. I'm not saying SMB and SMB 3 couldn't have labels that are aligned a little different, but they should be pretty close. There shouldn't be a noticeable gap at the edge of the label where it looks like it wasn't put on properly. Thanks again for your help.