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The moral of this thread seems to be "Don't buy games from eBay".
I found one today that was described as " PLAYS AS EXACTLY AS ORIGANAL ".
That sounds a bit fishy to me!!
"kreation" <kreation@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> EVERY single game I bought from Ebay.com.au has been a fake. You can tell
> when you compare it with an original...the screws are different and the
> artwork on the fake cart is usually ultra glossy. But most probaby the
> best way to tell and this usually happens after you've had it for a while
> though is that the battery in the carts starts to fail and your saved
> games are wiped.
>
> My example being with Advance Wars...after about7- 9 months all my saved
> games were wiped and I had totally lost my progress in the game. Very
> frustrating I tell ya!!
>
> "TagoMago" <spam@spam-like-domicile.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:givho05rrc16lhclh7vm2cvv7ppupj5n3a@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:02:08 +0100, "JF" <[nospam]@[nospam].[nospam]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Can you advise how you opened the cartridge without breaking the game? I
>>>think I've been duped but have no real way of proving it.
>>>
>>>"Inferno" <magicmonster@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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>>>> A few months ago, I bought the game Super Monkey Ball jr. and wasn't at
>>>all
>>>> aware of the fact that it actually was a counterfeit product. It worked
>>>like
>>>> a charm, and it still does actually, no problems with the save-battery
>>>> running out of power or any other malfunctions. The package did have a
>>>> stripped-down manual which was quite peculiar; I eventually decided on
>>>> opening the cartridge and it became clear I had bought counterfeit
>>>> cartridge.
>>>> I'm not planning on reporting this or something like that, as the game
>>>> works and the seller (who was actually from Europe) has already been
>>>banned
>>>> from Ebay...
>>>> Anyway... if you want to buy games cheap; I'd go for Ebay... whether
>>>> the
>>>> game is counterfeit or not, the game, in the end, is all that matters
>>>> (I'm
>>>> preparing to get blammed as I s'pose a lot of people disagree).
>>>>
>>>> "Steven Folberg" <rebbi@notonyourlifespambreath.texas.net> schreef in
>>>> bericht news:BDA1C3AB.1EC93%rebbi@notonyourlifespambreath.texas.net...
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > I've read on this NG that eBay is a haven for people selling
>>>> > counterfeit
>>>> > (i.e., illegal and unreliable) game cartridges. Are there "tell-tale"
>>>ways
>>>> > to spot the bogus auction merchandise?
>>>> >
>>>> > Steve
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> Look out for misspelling on the cartridge too, I got Tactics Ogre as a
>> fake (unintentionally, I now have an original...off Ebay!) and apart
>> from the shoddy printing, minimal manual etc they'd spelt Nintendo
>> as "Ninfendo" on the cart.
>> Finally got hold of the original because the fake one's battery died
>> after two weeks.
>>
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