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You may want to reread his post, he said in 'professional grading systems'.
The arcade hobby does not have this.
Everyone has a different idea of what a certain level of condition means.
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Mickster
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"prOk" <bsonej@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> That's exactly how I see it Chuk.. You must grade in absolutes, not
> subjectives. However rare something may be in the condition it's in has
> no bearing on a physical condition rating. In this case, water damage
> severe enough to warrant replacement of the bottom, angle irons on the
> sides and a 2x4 on the kickplate DOES detract from any physical condition
> rating, no matter how nice the sideart is. Clean sideart doesn't make the
> water damage go away.
>
> /b
>
>
> "Chuk" <chuk@ourcade.com> wrote in message
> news:1127906762.7198923b8cc294e7464e933f81d98b62@teranews...
>> Any kind of real grading is a very strict process. If you look at the
>> professional systems in place for comic books and baseball cards, they
>> are graded on "absolute" condition. Even if there is a comic that is
>> fairly rare, if they are all beat up, the nicest one known will still get
>> a 5. Of course, people can say whatever they like when they are rating
>> their machines, but there are no professional grading systems in any
>> hobby that grade on relative condition.
>>
>>
>> "Mickey Johnson" <mickster@derbyworks.net> wrote in message
>> news:11jk25u3vjsjl85@news.supernews.com...
>>> using your logic, you are saying that 99 out of 100 people would say
>>> that is a bogus description, There is no way thats true. Heck the only
>>> people that would have a problem with that is the picky people in this
>>> newsgroup. I am sure that there are many people that looked at that
>>> auction and thought the description was fine (after all, me and the
>>> seller that would make 2 people, so at that point to stay at your ratio,
>>> you would have to find 200 hundred people that would think it was a bad
>>> description).
>>>
>>> while the total number of points is fixed (10). The amount removed for
>>> any damage is relative.
>>>
>>> Whenever a game is described as something out of 10, there is no way
>>> that all will agree with the rating, thats a given. If you can't
>>> comprehend that when you read a description, you probably are not smart
>>> enough to maintain the machine in the first place and should stick to
>>> new items only!
>>>
>>> After all, unless there is a fixed test that all games are compared to
>>> equally and then judged by an impartial party, what makes your opinion
>>> (or mine for that matter) any different than the sellers. I guess what
>>> I am saying here, is looking at the auction, isn't obvious that the
>>> seller has shown enough information that anyone with half a brain should
>>> be able to figure out if the game is for them??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mickster
>>>
>>> Visit my website and see my arcade!!
>>>
>>>
http://mickster.freeservers.com
>>>
>>> "Morgan Beckman" <morganbeckman@pobox.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1127876035.443022.106900@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> How in the world can you say 9.5 out of 10 is relative terms? If he
>>>> said "very nice shape" or "amazing condition", then fine. I disagree,
>>>> but fine. When someone says "9.5 out of 10", they are essentially
>>>> saying the game is 95% PERFECT.
>>>> Yes, any seller can describe any game however they like, but don't try
>>>> and defend what 9.9 out of 10 people see as a false description.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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