About two weeks ago I posted a CB about
how I had won a possible bootleg copy of Phantom Hourglass on eBay.. Well, I finally got it in the mail today and it turned out that it was indeed a bootleg. The front looked somewhat authentic enough but then I looked at the back
Despite having an ESRB "E"logo on the front, there was no ESRB content descriptor on the back. Also, the text on the back looked like it came from a preview article on Gamespot.
Well, the cartridge COULD fool me if I had never seen the real one itself. But the worst part is the instruction book. Oh sure, it looks innocent enough, till you look inside.
Really, could I even call it an instruction book? Its nothing but a review (once again, probably from Gamespot). Hell, even the pictures in the revie-er, I mean, "instruction book" are taken from Gamespot (the GS logo is visible in some of the pics)
So, now I'm out $22 on a bootleg DS game that could just up and die on me at any moment.
On a side note, when I went to leave feedback I noticed that he is no longer registered on eBay, coincidently after someone left him negative feedback for selling bootleg games.
On a somewhat lighter note, he was kind enough to include two tacky (and probably bootleg) neon orange rubber wristbands. Whee.
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Since that incident I've been way more wary on eBay. I tend to only bid on stuff from people with 100% feedback or very, very close to it and check their feedback too looking at the comments. Also only tend to bid on auctions that have the actual picture of the item, not just a stock photo. Finally, this is probably obvious to you by now, but any cartridge based game has a higher risk of being bootleg than a CD based game. So be more alert if you're bidding on a cart.
serisouly man they need to stop that crape
Thats what is right anyway.