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I decided to drop by their "Information Exchange" board today just to see. I found it surprising that some people I never thought would go there, were there. I'm not judging anyone at all, people can do what they want. I just want to know why...
I have dealt with ChrisR on a trade once and everything seemed fine. He contacted me on a few items I was posting here. Despite all the negativity surrounding them, I decided to take a chance and see for myself. He was very polite, answered all my questions even why they made the corrected insert. I was assured that my carts were not in "error" so they did not change the insert. So I agreed to the trade and everything went smoothly, I was satisfied. The carts had a warranty sticker on them, which was easily removed. I was happy until the day Shawn discovered his shipment from NGF had warranty sticker in the manuals. Having not fully checked my manuals I shuddered with dread, but didnt believe that they really would do such a thing. I was wrong... My manuals were raped by this un-removable VOID warranty sticker. Which to me ruined my manual. I didnt even bother expressing my feelings to ChrisR, it was too late. They can explain away the warranty sticker issue and the insert issue all they want, but the fact is, I BELIEVE its wrong! True collectors dont want shit stuck to their highly expensive items. I dont think my manual will break any time soon, so no thanks..
When I used to collect comic books and baseball cards, etc... I always wanted the errored items. "Hey look, his baseball bat says Fuck Face", that kind of stuff is what collectors dream about.
Maybe I am on crack or something, but I would think that other collectors would not want this type of stuff on their manuals or "corrected" inserts. Please be honest with me..
The people who deal with NGF:
Do you prefer the "corrected" insert as opposed to the SNK original?
Do you approve of the warranty stickers on your manual?
Thats all I want to know. Maybe I'm missing something here, but it just doesnt make since to me. I'm not trying to start anything or trying to offend, I'm just asking some questions and telling my NGF story. I bring this up because I was recently contacted by ChrisR about another trade possibility with a cart on one of my auctions. I dont end my auctions early, because I dont think it is all that fair to the people who already bid on it. I just can't see myself dealing with a company/people where I dont agree with their buisness practices. It helps further their notion that what they are doing is accepted. Fool me once, shame on me...
I have dealt with ChrisR on a trade once and everything seemed fine. He contacted me on a few items I was posting here. Despite all the negativity surrounding them, I decided to take a chance and see for myself. He was very polite, answered all my questions even why they made the corrected insert. I was assured that my carts were not in "error" so they did not change the insert. So I agreed to the trade and everything went smoothly, I was satisfied. The carts had a warranty sticker on them, which was easily removed. I was happy until the day Shawn discovered his shipment from NGF had warranty sticker in the manuals. Having not fully checked my manuals I shuddered with dread, but didnt believe that they really would do such a thing. I was wrong... My manuals were raped by this un-removable VOID warranty sticker. Which to me ruined my manual. I didnt even bother expressing my feelings to ChrisR, it was too late. They can explain away the warranty sticker issue and the insert issue all they want, but the fact is, I BELIEVE its wrong! True collectors dont want shit stuck to their highly expensive items. I dont think my manual will break any time soon, so no thanks..
When I used to collect comic books and baseball cards, etc... I always wanted the errored items. "Hey look, his baseball bat says Fuck Face", that kind of stuff is what collectors dream about.
Maybe I am on crack or something, but I would think that other collectors would not want this type of stuff on their manuals or "corrected" inserts. Please be honest with me..
The people who deal with NGF:
Do you prefer the "corrected" insert as opposed to the SNK original?
Do you approve of the warranty stickers on your manual?
Thats all I want to know. Maybe I'm missing something here, but it just doesnt make since to me. I'm not trying to start anything or trying to offend, I'm just asking some questions and telling my NGF story. I bring this up because I was recently contacted by ChrisR about another trade possibility with a cart on one of my auctions. I dont end my auctions early, because I dont think it is all that fair to the people who already bid on it. I just can't see myself dealing with a company/people where I dont agree with their buisness practices. It helps further their notion that what they are doing is accepted. Fool me once, shame on me...