Peo wrote: If you can't see what's inside, look at the > stuff that came with it, then what's the point? Other than being an > investment, I see no reason at all to keep it in shrinkwrap. > > - Peo
Totally disagree here; having an item still in original shrinkwrap is a testament of time, and much rarer than an open box, of course. Really though, it's just amazing to have an item after X years still in the condition and orginal packaging that it would have been in at the little ma & pa shop that originally sold it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Per-Olof Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:51 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase > I support this view too. Shrinkwrapped items to me are interesting mainly > because I know "it's all in the box", and if mint also that it's all in > perfect condition. Other than that, I'm not too interested. I can be found > removing the shrink when I'm curious enough and don't have an open copy > around. As long as my game is in excellent condition and complete, I'm > happy! I do keep many of them still in wrap due to the financial aspect of > things, but I wouldn't be too surprised if this attitude would go away much > like it did with comic books. If you can't see what's inside, look at the > stuff that came with it, then what's the point? Other than being an > investment, I see no reason at all to keep it in shrinkwrap. > > - Peo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Feldhamer, Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: den 15 januari 2004 21:45 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase > > > This thing with shrinkwrap reminds me of when the comic book companies > started to "polybag" some of their comics...essentially to shrinkwrap them. > There was a whole debate as to whether polybagged comics that had been > opened were worth less than sealed copies. The consensus eventually was > something like "screw the comic companies, this is BS, I'm not going to > start buying 2 copies of every comic to preserve the value of my collection > while still being able to read it", so an opened polybagged comic came to > have the same value as a sealed one. The comic companies pretty much stopped > doing it too. > > Stuart > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]/
