Would you consider a gba game complete if it was missing the plastic baggy

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Basically I've gotten some gba game over the years but I could never stand the plastic baggy and always thrown it away. Everything else is complete and I'm thinking of getting rid of them soon. Would you consider them complete but unsealed? Also I'm too lazy to look up how to make this a two question poll so please post your level of analness as A) B) C) and whether you would consider it complete as 1. or 2.

A) Buy from gamestop/elsewhere used with no manual generic case/artwork
B) Buy only complete used games
C) Sealed or nothing baby

1. Complete
2. Incomplete
 
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I'd still consider it Complete in Box without the plastic baggy. Most people probably wouldn't care but if you're worried you could list whether or not it contains stuff like the original advertising and the cardboard liner. The cardboard liner probably matters the most out of those components because it keeps the cart from floating around in the box.
 
I don't understand your poll, but if you're selling, your best bet is to include a note that the plastic bag is not included. Most people probably wouldn't care, but there are some extremely anal people who would complain. With that said, I don't think all sealed GBA games include the bag, though. Either way, C.Y.A.
 
I get the feeling other folks were as confused as I was about the poll. He's asking two different questions: 1) what kind of condition do you prefer to buy games in (ABC), and 2) would you consider his GBA game complete or incomplete (1&2)... you don't combine them like A2/B1/C1

You should really fix the mispel in your title already :p
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so should you lol
 
seriously?

do you keep plastic bags of electronics you buy? if a buyer cares about so much, i'd just send him/her one of those sandwich bags.
 
[quote name='dinobot']seriously?

do you keep plastic bags of electronics you buy? if a buyer cares about so much, i'd just send him/her one of those sandwich bags.[/QUOTE]

To be honest, I actually do since I tend to keep the boxes of most of my electronics and just toss them in there when I put the box in my closet. I kept all my plastic bags around my systems since all that crap just goes back into the box anyways. I even keep the twisty ties on the bags and packets, lol. But I don't think it makes anything more or less complete doing so.
 
[quote name='dinobot']seriously?

do you keep plastic bags of electronics you buy? if a buyer cares about so much, i'd just send him/her one of those sandwich bags.[/QUOTE]
I keep everything.
 
FYI, I think some GB/GBA/GBC games didn't come with a plastic baggy. I keep everything that comes with my games and some of them do not have the baggy as they never had it to begin with.

I sell on eBay all the time and I don't think I've ever sold a GBA game that still had the baggy. I always mark them as complete anyways. I haven't had a buyer complain to me yet. I really don't think people really care. What they want out of a complete game is primarily the box and the manual. When the game is displayed in their collection no one will ask (or see) if the baggy is still in the box.
 
[quote name='Doomstink']FYI, I think some GB/GBA/GBC games didn't come with a plastic baggy. I keep everything that comes with my games and some of them do not have the baggy as they never had it to begin with.

I sell on eBay all the time and I don't think I've ever sold a GBA game that still had the baggy. I always mark them as complete anyways. I haven't had a buyer complain to me yet. I really don't think people really care. What they want out of a complete game is primarily the box and the manual. When the game is displayed in their collection no one will ask (or see) if the baggy is still in the box.[/QUOTE]

my point is that they don't need to care about the bags, and don't need to start caring about it.

my previous example of the electronic bags was a bad example. I should have asked if anyone keep the plastic wrapping on a new game after opening it. The outside wrapping came with game too, so why not include it with the used game and make it the "ultimate" complete used game?

hopefully i got the point across. we don't need to start this trend.
 
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If you have a game that people really want and at a decent price, a baggy wont make a difference. if anything just throw it in the notes if it concerns you so much but i doubt anybody sees the baggy as a requirement, more as a bonus
 
[quote name='dinobot']
my previous example of the electronic bags was a bad example. I should has asked if anyone keep the plastic wrapping on a new game after opening it. The outside wrapping came with game too, so why not include it with the used game and make it the "ultimate" complete used game?

hopefully i got the point across. we don't need to start this trend.[/QUOTE]

Not sure why you quoted me as I hadn't even read your initial post ;). Anyways, I've actually bought used games that still had the plastic wrapping on the outside and oddly enough, it did increase the value when I sold it (it gave people the illusion that the game was in a better condition than it actually was, I guess).

To clarify, the games I bought were not sealed, people had cut open the end of the shrinkwrap to get the game out and then left the wrap around the box. I see that all the time with vinyl LPs...
 
[quote name='Doomstink']Not sure why you quoted me as I hadn't even read your initial post ;). Anyways, I've actually bought used games that still had the plastic wrapping on the outside and oddly enough, it did increase the value when I sold it (it gave people the illusion that the game was in a better condition than it actually was, I guess).

To clarify, the games I bought were not sealed, people had cut open the end of the shrinkwrap to get the game out and then left the wrap around the box. I see that all the time with vinyl LPs...[/QUOTE]

oops. sorry... i guess your autobot title caught my attention.

it might have been the condition of it too. :)
 
[quote name='Doomstink']Not sure why you quoted me as I hadn't even read your initial post ;). Anyways, I've actually bought used games that still had the plastic wrapping on the outside and oddly enough, it did increase the value when I sold it (it gave people the illusion that the game was in a better condition than it actually was, I guess).

To clarify, the games I bought were not sealed, people had cut open the end of the shrinkwrap to get the game out and then left the wrap around the box. I see that all the time with vinyl LPs...[/QUOTE]
I used to do that for my Xbox/PS2/GC games. I had a tiny knife that I'd use to separate the folds at the bottom, then I'd slide the case out enough to get the disc out and cover it up again.
 
[quote name='lmz00']I used to do that for my Xbox/PS2/GC games. I had a tiny knife that I'd use to separate the folds at the bottom, then I'd slide the case out enough to get the disc out and cover it up again.[/QUOTE]

and return the game? :whistle2:#:whistle2:#

:p
 
If it's a pricey game you're selling, I would just include a baggy from a different game. They're cheap and interchangeable, so no need to include a "but" when selling something for big bucks because you may give someone pause.
 
B1

I keep all of my DVD boxsets shrinkwrapped other than slicing where needed to slip the inner box out.

I've kept all of the baggies from GBA purchases of the past and I'm almost certain not all of them came with one. I think they got lazy/cheap as time went on.
 
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