Author:  infinibrix  Posted:  May 15, 2024 10:54  Subject:  Re: Where is the scale for box condition ?  Viewed:  41 times  Topic:  Selling Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card infinibrix (5033) Location:  United Kingdom, England Member Since Contact Type Status Jul 1, 2013 Seller Store: infinibrix

In Selling, cosmicray writes:    I'm seeing a large variety of sellers, grading box conditions with numerical numbers. Is there a place where the list of what those numbers mean is defined ? When I see 9.3/10, or 7/10, without a defined grade list, they are (essentially) meaningless (or something the seller made up out of thin air). Nita Rae To be honest I’m not even sure we should entertain/encourage pristine box condition expectations from buyers since even if a box looks perfect, almost every box will still always have some kind of minor corner wear/edge wear or be subject to that wear during transit and so for a buyer to expect their boxes to be absolute immaculately pristine is unrealistic and an unfair burden on sellers! Therefore with that in mind Bricklink could help sellers with perhaps a clearer more simple grading system that actually lowers buyers expectations so that they cannot ever really expect an absolute pristine box and you do that by having a grading system where there is no such option for listing an Immaculate Pristine box. The Seller could still add this wording to their notes (At their own risk!) but the official grading would read more like this with buyers only able to count themselves lucky if they get something better than these descriptions.... Perfect/Near Perfect – Box in overall perfect condition but upon closer examination minor imperfections, minor creases and light edge wear are always a possibility Okay – Box good acceptable condition but may show more obvious signs of wear such as small indented scrapes and creases, Minor corner dents, slight warping, General shelf wear or blemishes Poor – Box condition significantly damaged and may have dents, crushing, large scrapes, Torn artwork and overall significant wear! Obviously people will always still interpretate condition slightly differently but I feel overall this would be a lots less subjective than a 1-10 grading system and sellers will have a much better understanding of the most appropriate option to choose for their sets condition

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Where is the scale for box condition ? - cosmicray (3498)

I'm seeing a large variety of sellers, grading box conditions with numerical numbers. Is there a place where the list of what those numbers mean is defined ? When I see [...] (26 days ago, May 15, 2024, to Selling)

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Re: Where is the scale for box condition ? - cosmicray (3498)

[...] I have never specified a box as MISB, not ever. Recently a buyer tried to tell me that "Factory sealed in original box" meant I was claiming it was MISB. 🤦‍♀️ [...] (26 days ago, May 15, 2024, to Selling)

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