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Proof Of Care

How we grade it.

Up to 85% CashUp to 100% Store Credit

Games & consoles tier by comp value. Loose discs under $30 (disc only, no case) pay 40% cash / 60% credit. Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS4 games sell slowly for us: under $10 they pay 30% cash / 45% credit, $10–$15 pay 40% / 60%. Bargain-bin games (complete-in-box under $7, loose under $3) pay a flat $0.25–$1.00 instead. Yearly sports games under $15 pay a flat $1.50 complete / $0.50 loose. TCG singles comped $10+ pay 75% cash — lower under that, and bulk-lot commons under $1 price separately.

Verification and testing for every video game cartridge and TCG card that comes through our door.

Four stages, and every listing tells you which ones its copy has been through.

  1. 01

    Verification

    Every cart gets pulled apart before it gets a price. We check the label print, the PCB stamp, the chip dates, and the shell mold marks against known-good references. Repro labels, bootleg boards, and reshelled carts get flagged and priced as what they actually are. Never passed off as originals.

    • Label print and font check
    • Board/PCB stamp and revision check
    • Shell mold marks and screw-type check
  2. 02

    Cleaning

    Contacts get cleaned with isopropyl and a proper contact-cleaning tool, not a pencil eraser dragged around until it looks shiny. Shells get hand-washed and dried. Boxes and manuals get gently wiped down, no chemicals near the cardboard.

    • Contact pins cleaned and inspected under light
    • Shell washed, dried, checked for cracks
    • Box and manual spot-cleaned by hand
  3. 03

    Refurbishment

    Battery-backed carts get old batteries pulled and corrosion neutralized before it spreads to the board traces. Bent or corroded pins get straightened or replaced. If a repair would compromise originality (like a board swap), we disclose it instead of quietly folding it into the listing.

    • Dead/leaking battery removal and corrosion treatment
    • Pin straightening and connector repair
    • Any non-original repair disclosed, not hidden
  4. 04

    Testing

    Nothing gets listed off a visual once-over. Every cart goes into real hardware, powers on, and gets played far enough in to confirm saves hold and there's no corruption. If it doesn't boot clean, it doesn't go up for sale. It goes back to refurbishment or gets pulled entirely.

    • Powered on in original hardware
    • Played past the title screen to confirm saves/progress
    • Pulled from listing if it doesn't test clean
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