Water Damage from Apartment fire.

BellaBella
in Collector's Corner
A friend of Steve and I has collected RPG's for YEARS. They have always taken great care of their games and kept the boxes ect.

This weekend there was an apartment fire in the one above theirs. A lot of their CIBs got wet. I don't know how extensive the damage was and she is bringing 90% of her collection to the shop this week.

Is there any way to repair or fix water damaged boxes and Manuals? What about carts? The games start at SNES and run all the way through DS and PS2.

She is downsizing her collection to help move and rebuild.

Comments

  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Ouch. If the labels survived, as long as the carts are allowed to dry out completely, they should be fine.



    The boxes and manuals are effectively ruined, though, as collection value goes.



    She MIGHT have some luck blow drying and ironing the manuals.



    Also, I guess there is some segment of the market that would pay for lower grade boxes/manuals, so she could probably sell all of that stuff once it dries out, no matter how bad of condition it's in (heck, people buy those trashed rental boxes...)
  • GameboyRickyGameboyRicky
    I hate to hear about things like this happening. Hopefully the damage is not too extensive, I don
  • jonebonejonebone
    Damn that does suck but yeah I don't think there's a lot of hope for those boxes. Still worth something, but probably lost a lot of their value.



    I know Bum's box protectors aren't airtight, but surely they'd help at least somewhat. It is definitely worth the 75 cents or so to protect the best conditioned CIBs you own.
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Originally posted by: jonebone


    I know Bum's box protectors aren't airtight, but surely they'd help at least somewhat. It is definitely worth the 75 cents or so to protect the best conditioned CIBs you own.


    Stuff like this definitely makes a good argument for having the VGA-style cases on your REALLY valuable stuff...
  • jonebonejonebone
    Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

    Originally posted by: jonebone


    I know Bum's box protectors aren't airtight, but surely they'd help at least somewhat. It is definitely worth the 75 cents or so to protect the best conditioned CIBs you own.


    Stuff like this definitely makes a good argument for having the VGA-style cases on your REALLY valuable stuff...

    Well if your REALLY valuable stuff is sealed, water won't get to them anyway image
  • GameboyRickyGameboyRicky
    Originally posted by: jonebone

    Well if your REALLY valuable stuff is sealed, water won't get to them anyway image

    Assuming there are no holes in the seal

  • VGS_captmorgandrinkerVGS_captmorgandrinker
    If the manuals dried out at all with the pages together after they got wet, they're fucked. Unfortunately, I know that one from experience with my basement flood a few months back.
  • BenihanaBenihana
    That is sooo weird...last night I got a call from Yoshigirl at 0200 telling me there is a leak in our roof and it is draining into the bedroom. First thing I thought of was the collection. Luckely it was draining into a different room and the dogs are the only thing that got wet.

    Either way, it sucks they got ruined, but the fire could of melted them all...or worse, they could of lost EVERYTHING...it is only a collection.
  • the tall guythe tall guy
    Ironing/flattening is about the only thing I even know to try. image
  • KHAN GamesKHAN Games
    What's double weird is I had my hot water heater burst last night and water was leaking everywhere in my house too.



    Cue the X-Files music.
  • TheNEScollectorTheNEScollector
    ouch that sucks, Like every one else has said, try ironing the manuals
  • wookieehookywookieehooky
    That is a bumber to hear about. Some of my displayed cibs fell onto the floor while I was at work with the recent earthquake. I walked in my room and I saw a couple boxes fell onto the ground and just though to myself, "shit, I hope the boxes didnt get dinged", then I picked them up and looked through them and saw that everything was fine. Bum's cases are great!
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