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[Musashi Wins!]

Here's the thing. Any newer GBA game can be had for ridiculous prices on eBay. No box, no book...english game. Good feedback histories and no mention of "hey, this is a pirated cart". Do a lot of dealers over there just have impeccable sources, or is the piracy to a level that your average eBay customer has no idea? I mean, I want deals, but I don't want black market. Does anyone maintain a list of "questionable" sellers apart from eBay?

 

[Kobun Heat]

the piracy to a level that your average eBay customer has no idea

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[ferricide]

the piracy to a level that your average eBay customer has no idea?

more or less. if it's from HK don't buy it. end of bloody story.

 

[belgurdo]

Not reliable at all. 99% of the stuff they sell is pirated, and if you complain about it (provided you receive any item at all, in some cases) they'll never respond to emails.

Most people don't report pirate carts because they either 1)don't care, or 2)aren't aware of what they're getting

 

[Guns N' Poops]

Hong Kong is definately full of

 

[M3wThr33]

I bought Mr. Driller 2 from one of them. It was a pirated cart. A crappy one at that.

 

[videogamer]

Bought an item once from Hong Kong via eBay. Even if it were a fake, the quality was good enough.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

I got a pirate MGS for GBC from ebay by mistake once. It cost so little I didn't really raise a fuss over it. Game was rather shit anyways.

 

[teruterubozu]

I got jacked from a guy in HK via Ebay.
Filed a Paypal complaint but he just scrammed, never to return.
Never deal with HK - way too shady.

 

[Link316]

even US ebayers sell pirate GBA carts, there's nothing you can do about it if you get stuck with one cause its your word against theirs, ebay doesn't give a shit about it cause they profit off it