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Sir Kill Alot
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:45 pm

A thread dedicated to how cellophane cannot compensate for poor storage choices... (Tongue in cheek folks).

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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:46 pm

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Shrink is NOT a condition:A thread dedicated to how cellophane cannot compensate for poor storage choices... (Tongue in cheek folks). :D

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Wow. Lol

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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:03 pm

Who stores their collection in a rock polisher?

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:38 am

Looking at that module it is hard to believe that it is in the original shrink with the signs of damage it has along the spine... Did "toys r us" reshrink items for the sale?

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:52 pm

There's no way that is the original shrinkwrap. The surface wear on the cover, the bends, and the dings just wouldn't be there.

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 6:21 pm

I think it is original. The shrink looks right and the rest of the module is too nice for it being "used." It does however, look abused. Its deliberate damage imho - guess.

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 6:39 pm

I don't believe it is the original shrinkwrap.

Oh, and shrink is certainly not a condition, so thank you SKA.

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:01 pm

Anyone notice how the next to last picture the seller posted is not even the right module. It's the back of a B1 module. :scratch:

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:20 am

This is one to buy and send to CGC.
Then you can list is as a 5 and tell everyone how rare and high quality it is.
A plastic box is a far better of keeping and idiot from looking at what he bought and gives a potential seller a lot more buzz words to use in order to obfiscate and deceive the buyer.
This guy is just an amateur with his 'shrinkwrap never openned'.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:59 pm

Is this suffering from fading or just bad pictures?

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:20 pm

Maybe both? I cant say anything about that one, save for its a little beat up for $300.

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:33 pm

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Shrink is NOT a condition:Is this suffering from fading or just bad pictures?

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Looks like he's taking his pictures in poor lighting.

If you look at his other listings, many have a similar yellow/orange tone to them.

Either that, or he's living on Mars.

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:42 am

Ouch….

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:23 pm

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Shrink is NOT a condition:Ouch….

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Well - I guess the silver lining here is that we can be relatively certain that the seller didn't reshrink the module prior to listing

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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:02 am

D'oh! I just posted it in the interesting thread as i forgot there was this one dedicated to SW!

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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:49 pm

This one bothers me not because it's obviously fake, but because the seller pushes it as 'New'.

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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:06 am

Becase of course TSR shrinkwrapped DMGs.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 10:36 pm

mbassoc2003 wrote in Shrink is NOT a condition:Becase of course TSR shrinkwrapped DMGs.

...after using them as doorstops.

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