Jimmy Yakapucci

I can understand the "no stock photo" rule, but not the over 500 feedback one. Who is going to have over 500 feedback? That's right, the bigger dealer who will know the system and know how to get the most money he can out of his auction. I can guarantee you that the mom and pop who decide to throw some of their old stuff up on this "eBay thing" will never get 500 feedback, but may provide the better deal. After all, when going through a flea market, who do you usually look for, the professional guy with the big set up who is there every weekend, or the mom and pop hoping to score a few bucks from the stuff in their garage or basement?

Also on a semi-related note based on the eBay links in the replies here:

VGA is the best known of the grading services out there. They are the same outfit that are involved in the grading of action figures and other stuff as well. The other one, the guy with the eBay name of video_game_quality is laughed at on a number of sites. Part of the problem is that he grades the items and sells them. Is it just me or is that a conflict of interest? That is the same thing that bothers me about Beckett magazine offering a grading service and providing the price guide as well as selling graded items. Also with respect to video_game_quality, he had a game up a while back that gave me a laugh. I forget the grade and whether or not it was sealed, but it was a copy of one of the Shining Force games for the Genesis, except that his custom made sticker on the sealed case said, "Shinig Force" or some other typo like that. Yeah, I'll pay $250 for a game with a misspelled label.

Oh, this guy also offers "Custom Made" empty boxes for a number of games. A bargain at only $25 a pop. I guess these are for the people that aren't aware of the Universal Game cases and the Cover Project.

davepesc, on Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:10 PM, said:

I hope that you are being sarcastic, but in case you are not: Back when VGA was starting to grade sealed video games, someone on one of the gaming web sites, (I can't remember which site), made this up as a spoof and I guess got it sold on eBay.

Newegg is still offering it for $15 on their site. That was where I got my copy.

BillyHW, on Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:34 AM, said:

I remember thinking that RPM looked very much like Racing Destruction Set. The cool thing about them is that you could create you own tracks. Racing Destruction sucked if you were the motorcycle and got stuck between two hills.