That's just low. Personally whenever I see a game listed without a box I instantly turn my nose up at the thought and ignore the listing. Perhaps I'm a box snob, but so be it :P
On Saturday, 31 March 2012 12:57:03 UTC+8, Trump wrote: > > I was just talking to a friend this week who told me he received a > game he had gotten from a math trade without the original BOX. The > trader had just never thought to mention that little tidbit. The game > was otherwise complete, but I can't believe anyone would do that and > think that was okay. My friend got an expansion for that game and put > everything together, but I'd have damned well been telling the world > about that bum if it had happened to me. > > On Mar 30, 10:26 pm, frumpish <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't care if the person in question has a million games, and has > > never played a single one. > > If you are going to sell or trade a game, you go through the > > components, you compare it to the list of what should be in the game, > > whether with the game or found on another database and you advertise > > accurately. > > Or you list the item "as is" and let the other people know they are > > dealing with questionable quality. > > > > I hope you get your money back op. > > > > On Mar 30, 5:59 pm, nexttothemoon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That sucks. As a possible defense though... maybe he's never even > > > played it and got it in another trade/auction. Some people have > > > literally hundreds of unplayed games on their shelves that they have > > > picked up in great deals and simply because they can't resist buying > > > them... it's easy to get carried away collecting games even when you > > > don't play most of them. > > > > > Personally, years ago I sold a copy of War of the Ring that I had > > > acquired in a Math Trade. I even had it all out and looked through it > > > a bit (not thoroughly enough I guess)... then decided it wouldn't get > > > played often enough at the time.. so sold it later. When the new buyer > > > contacted me it turns out there was a single piece missing. I said I'm > > > really sorry but I'd never played it so I didn't realize the piece > > > wasn't there. The game was pristine and obviously never played by > > > whomever I got it from as well... so my thoughts are that the piece > > > was missing since new. He simply contacted the publisher and they sent > > > him the missing piece.. all ended well. > > > > > I know that's probably different in your case as several pieces are > > > missing, but if you can't get a satisfactory resolution... try the > > > geek and see if others may have spare parts for trade/sale and also > > > contact the publisher (if the game is still being made) to see if they > > > may be able to help out for a small fee. Many have outstanding > > > customer service and will be happy to help out. > > > > > On Mar 31, 11:47 am, ShadowHeart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I am looking for someone to explain something to me. We pay good > > > > money for games, so every time we are done we inventory our pieces > > > > when we put them away. I just purchased a game in someones auction > > > > that I open up and inventory and its missing 10+ pieces, he said > > > > nothing, listed nothing missing. The better part of it all is these > > > > are important, can't play the game without them pieces. One of the > > > > subsets you use is supposed to have 12, and it instead has 5, 7 > > > > missing. Thinking I am going to message him on the geek if it comes > > > > back up, and then go to paypal for a refund if he doesn't offer it > on > > > > his own. > > > > > > Anyone else been in this situation and have any advice? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bgg_down/-/EWCelbcdK4gJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
