My bad Jim, I'm actually a little rusty! :) That descrepency with Near Mint's definition that we had a conversation about last year was never ironed out though huh? (the descrep. being that Near Mint: No noticable defects, but not sealed, which makes a Sealed but not in perfect Mint condition an impossible rating, becuase NM implies no wrap.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase > BL wrote: > > Is there an auction link you can provide? > > > > I don't know too much about Wasteland, but I do know that if it's not in > > the original shrinkwrap, it technically is not NEW. If he had it > > already, why would he open it? Some inexperienced sellers/collectors > > will call something NEW if it looks new, even if it's open. > > Technically, NEW isn't even an accepted term among collectors, and MINT > > SEALED is the equivilent to perfect condition, still in original > > shrinkwrap. Under accepted terms, this one would be MINT or VERY GOOD. > > Once a game is opened, it is not MINT any more. > > Maybe now is a good time to re-introduce the reason this list was > originally started: The MobyScale. CEF and myself were talking over > email one day that we were frustrated with "MINT!!!!" showing up all > over the place when the game was clearly not mint. What is mint? What > is "very good"? So I started this list with CEF, Hugh, Tom H., and > others and we all came up with a standard of grading software called the > MobyScale (since there was no better name and MobyGames was adopting it > for their user have/want list feature). > > You can read it all here: http://www.mobygames.com/info/MobyScale > > So, now you know. Since we all use the same scale, we have an exact > understanding of what Fine is, or what "Ancient Land of Ys (PC): Box G, > Media F, Manual G, Registration Card IM" means :-) (It means the item > is in poor shape ;-) > > To answer Stefan: You have a complete release but it is nowhere in > "new" quality or condition. No tape should be there; no price stickers > should be directly on the box/folder itself. The sleeves should not be > taped or damaged. One other thing: The PC release was never in a > folder, only the later box style, so if you have PC disks with that > package then somebody made it out of parts :) > -- > Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > World's largest electronic gaming project: http://www.MobyGames.com/ > A delicious slice of the demoscene: http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ > Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
