I do a fair bit of hardware collecting, and I’m a good buyer - I only ask that items be represented accurately.

But literally like half the time I’ll buy a “brand new, I fucking swear, never touched” retro console, only to get it and the fucking thing has clearly been opened and has grime around the buttons and scratches galore.

God help you for those premium priced items that are supposedly “like new”. You’ll be lucky to get something even in fair condition at all. It’s gonna stink like BO and be heavily used.

Why are sellers like this? Just be honest in your descriptions damnit.

And this doesn’t even get into the fucking literal scammers that resell used games as “brand new, just no wrap”.