Is a silver SNK sticker a good sign?

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As I'm still figuring things out I feel like I should ask. I recently bought a few games online and 1 of the 3 was a boot (Intel chips).

Now they're selling another game I really want and noticed there's a silver SNK tamper sticker on the side which is uncut. Is that a good thing or have there been repro's of the security labels and it's not something to go by?
 
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Silver sticker pretty much means its legit. If there is any question ask for a close up pic to see if it's been cut with a razor blade. Pretty sure there was never a repro silver sticker.
 
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It doesn't really tell you for sure, because someone could have removed the sticker from another game and reapplied it. That said, it's a good sign.
 
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kuze said:
It doesn't really tell you for sure, because someone could have removed the sticker from another game and reapplied it. That said, it's a good sign.
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If it's the big silver sticker, then it can't be cleanly removed like the small silver ones on JP carts.
 
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Xian Xi said:
If it's the big silver sticker, then it can't be cleanly removed like the small silver ones on JP carts.
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I was thinking of the small silver JP stickers. I wasn't aware there was another kind.
 
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Good enough for me, thanks guys.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were sellers shady enough to try and reproduce them. Had to be sure it wasn't a potential scam.
 
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the sad part is unless you know who you are buying from, almost everything can be reproduced and passed off as legit
 
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The few carts I've seen with the silver SNK sticker on the side were all legit. I had to slice it myself with a razor to open them to confirm.
 
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awbacon said:
the sad part is unless you know who you are buying from, almost everything can be reproduced and passed off as legit
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Absolutely, all scams must start somewhere. It's reassuring to see they're unaware of repro labels. Anyway it was a Ghost Pilots MVS for $45. The good news is I won it. The bad is I wasn't the only one interested and it made it to $71. Sorry if I was bidding against someone else here.
 
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