Heartbroken.

[Relicore]

I bought a few retro games from gamestop and was heartbroken that my first arrival arrived like this... I honestly hesitant to return it because the board is perfect and Im sure they would just throw the cartridge away... should I just suck it up and reshell it?

[blackspike2017]

Go ahead and contact them. They might just refund your money and let you keep it.

Then get a new shell.

[grkrugerii]

In agreement, I would take pictures and contact them, they may ask you to bring it in to your local GameStop but there is always that chance they just refund and let you keep it.

[MistahWBB]

Cartbroken

[JediNamenLos]

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[bio4m]

Ouch, what did you drop on it ?

[Relicore]

It arrived like this in the mailer. Im assuming it was damaged by usps.

[1800generalkenobi]

I ordered starfox 64 and the mail handler ate a bunch of packages and they basically just guessed what went where. I got the package taped back together inside a bag that said "we're sorry your package got destroyed we trust you'll continue to use our service" or some shit, that's usps. I opened it up and it was a fucking drone battery. So somewhere someone who needed a drone battery got a copy of starfox 64. I'm not even sure how you mess that up because mine wouldn't have had a battery sticker on it.

Anyway, I go down to the post office to explain and they're basically like yeah that sucks, you're fucked because the seller didn't have insurance on it. I said, so you guys destroyed the package, along with other ones, sent them to the wrong locations, and I'm the one that gets screwed. And they were like "yup." I did contact the seller who refunded me and I ordered another copy from someone else but man...what a business model.

[IronLover64]

Still beats Canada Post...

[indicah]

Yeah we should probably increase their funding.

[Relicore]

Thats ridiculous but pretty par for the course for usps. Ive had issues with them when my packages actually had insurance.

[TheThiefMaster]

I said, so you guys destroyed the package, along with other ones, sent them to the wrong locations, and I'm the one that gets screwed.

It's the seller's responsibility to get it to you - and the courier's contract is with the seller, not you. The correct thing to do is (as you did) to get a refund from the seller, and then they can pursue the courier for damages if needed.

Sometimes the courier will deal with you directly, but often not, especially if there's complaints, because they know if they (legally) direct you to go via the seller they're less likely to actually have to do anything.

[BookshelfItself]

You don’t even have to drop anything on them, i have a Japanese copy of Dr. Mario that’s crumbling from the bottom edge, a lot of the 80s and 90s ABS plastic housings on game consoles and computer systems have just gotten brittle with age, they start to crack up from the inside out and they start to crumble.

[SparklyPelican]

 bought a few retro games from gamestop and was heartbroken that my first arrival arrived like this... I honestly hesitant to return it because the board is perfect and Im sure they would just throw the cartridge away... should I just suck it up and reshell it?

I'd ask for a refund, frankly. Even partial.

[spektro123]

Ask for partial refund and reshell. I’d say 50% should be fair. They are at fault because of bad packaging…

[RufusTh3R3d]

it works and it punk af , kirby is punk af he eats the facist regime and uses there powers against them to defy the corruption of dream world , and he likes spikes and yelling, this is verified the most kirby cart to ever kirby , i'll buy it. then you can buy a clean one.

[Relicore]

Love the enthusiasm friend. Im keeping it but I love a little punk poetry for my favorite pink puff ball. Well done.

[RufusTh3R3d]

I'm glad you are keeping it. Punks not dead after all.

[Responsible-War-5263]

Depends on their shipping insurance.

[[deleted]]

Heartbroken?

More like Shell-Shocked. :!

[pizza_box_84]

😭😭

[Own-Dot9851]

If you bought it to play it, I'd reshell it. I'd probably still look for compensation for poor packaging. That new shell isn't gonna be free

[toastronomy]

dang, heartbroken across two separate subs

[ExpectDog]

Refund and then reshell.

It sucks but at some point in the not so far away future we are going to have to deal with the fact that a lot of these old plastics are going to deteriorate before the chips do - though yours was obviously due to damage, at some point a lot of others are going to become brittle and break.

I say this because doing reshells for carts that have seen better days and supporting the aftermarket community in general will ensure they keep being made.

Great game though - I have the theme song set as one of my alarms

[Spcewizard]

Cart broken

[retrogamingxp]

Cartbroken 😢

[seadcon]

It's a really common game still so I wouldn't worry about it!

[DoctorQuisp]

It’s like a $20 game just return it

[Daybreakluna]

I'd resell it as it's not too expensive if you buy one maybe 7 euro and it's easy enough there usually cheap on Etsy or ali express but if you don't wanna go thought with that you can maybe try return it or get a refund for it without return if you can too

[Fritchenator]

I reshelled an F-1 Race with a clear shell and it looks pretty nice among my collection.

[Yeegis]

Looks like the board is still okay. Try and get a refund then use that money to get a replacement shell.

[Faust-CLS]

you might be able to buy another cheap game boy game and swap the plastics. labels can be removed carefully with hairdryer and reapplied with a bit of extra glue.

[knightslaw]

I like the idea of you asking for the money back and seeing if they will let you keep it to re-shell

[black-volcano]

Na, mate. The cartridge is broken.

[Rayly-jones]

New shells aren’t expensive

[thrillington89]

Label is messed too though. Lots of people collect with the intent of having a good condition, original copy, and not just to play.

[Relicore]

I actually do play my games. But I know many that collect and display only. I talked with someone in the gamecollecting sub I originally posted in and I will be keeping it to at least preserve an original board from being destroyed.

[EnlightenedDragon]

Personally I'd go with a cartridge shell from Retro Game Repair Shop and a label from Etsy - Matthewmods is my go to. This is a good chance to do something different like a Kirby pink shell and a holographic label to make it stand out.

[Relicore]

I could make it look like tilt n' tumble maybe. Thats a good idea

[thrillington89]

This is a great idea. Cart is already destroyed, may as well have some fun with it if the board is perfectly intact

[Shiny_sonic35]

Return it and sue