Acceptable Condition Issues

• These condition flaws still qualify for full price:
• • Handheld systems missing chargers, battery slot caps, or styluses
• • Light, repairable scratching on discs (FREE Resurfacing!)
• • Disc games with cases that need replacing due to heavy stickering, plastic chips, etc. (Cover art must be in great shape)

Common Deductions

• Set value deductions:
• • -$0 for Pokemon games with dry save batteries
• • -$1 for games that need cleaning due to visible dirt or residue
• -50% for:
• • Moderate to heavy wear to label, box, or cover art
• • Sun fading
• • Marker
• • Cartridges with rattling plastic
• • Water damage
• -100% (full deduction) for:
• • Unrepairable discs (deep scratching)
• • Cartridges with plastic chips
• • Discs with top scratching
• • Reproduction games (inauthentic copies)

Battery-Powered Handhelds

(GameBoy Color, GBA)

• Acceptable flaws:
• • Scratched screen lens covers are OK
• • Missing battery slot cap is OK
• Condition requirements:
• • Must have clean, corrosion-free battery compartments
• • Must be tested and fully working
• • Must show no dirt
• • Shell must show only very light wear/scratching
• -50% for:
• • Moderate-heavy shell wear
• • Deep scratching on shell
• -100% (full deduction) for:
• • No volume
• • Dead buttons
• • Dead screen pixels
• • Inability to read games

Rechargeable Handhelds

(GameBoy SP, Nintendo DS, 3DS and 2DS Consoles)

• Acceptable flaws:
• • Light wear
• • Missing stylus
• • Missing charger
• General requirements:
• • Must show very minor scratches/wear to plastic or screen
• • -$10 for parental PIN lock.
• -50% or more for:
• • Moderate/heavy wear to shell or screen
• • Other cosmetic issues
• -100% for operational issues including:
• • Yellowed screens
• • Dead pixels in screens
• • Discolored screen spots
• • Inability to read games
• • Dead buttons
• • Dead charge port
• • JoyCon drift
• • Faulty or cracked hinges

Cartridges

(GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GBA, NES, SNES, N64)

• Acceptable flaws:
• • Minor scratches, scuffs, and label wear are OK
• Set value deductions:
• • -$1 for cartridges with visible dirt or residue
• • -$0 for Pokemon games with dry save batteries
• -50% for:
• • Label tears
• • Stickers over label
• • Water damage
• • Heavy wear or marker
• -100% deduction for:
• • Broken plastic, chips, or cracks on cartridges
• • Non-functioning cartridges
• • Battery corrosion on internal board

Regular Games

(Disc games, DS and 3DS)

• Condition Requirements:
• • Any PlayStation 1 or DreamCast games that are missing their manual/cover art must be sold as Loose.
• • Disc (or DS game) must be playable and show only light scratches from use with no top scratching.
• -100% deduction for:
• • Disc does not play after resurfacing (unrepairable)
• Use caution with Blu-Ray discs like PS3, PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U as they are very prone to fail with even light scratching
• Hot List items are not subject to the standard batch limit of 5 of a single item, but please email us for approval before sending quantity of 20 or more of the same Hot List game