To me, "mint" means simply no blemishes or defects in the packaging or media.
In fact, I'd argue that a shrinked game can't be verified as "mint" because you can't inspect the contents without breaking the shrinkwrap, and hence can't know whether (for example) the slider on one of the disk sliders has lost its spring or the CD case has a broken hinge. And this does occasionally happen even with factory-fresh titles.
For my part, I'd prefer that sellers avoid such labels and instead use detailed, specific descriptions of games and their contents.
That way, there is no possibility for confusion.
Peter
Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BL wrote:
> Oh no, not the M/S conversation again.. hehe, I've learned to just drop this
> one - yes, there's an anomoly in the scale, and no it won't be corrected. :)
Mint means "as it comes from the factory". I don't think this fact is
in dispute. Since coming from the factory also means factory
shrinkwrapped, how can something that is open be considered Mint?
Debate on this issue is welcome, because I want to hear other people's
opinion. It won't change the Scale, though, since we talked about that
for months to get it right (and in fact was the primary purpose of this
mailing list).
You can use whatever scale you like, but make sure you clarify it as
your own and publish it somewhere where we can reference it. Most
people here use the MobyScale system for grading the condition of
software (because we all! created and agreed on it), so if you use your
own you need to clarify that.
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