Not trying to pick on anyone here. However all these problems can be avoided by only buying in person. I will never buy a game without seeing it in person and looking at everything I want to check in close detail. There is no game out there I can't wait for to come up locally.

The only exception would be buying NIB which I have only done once and probably won't do again looking at how prices are headed.

If I *had* to have some game from a remote seller involving shipping, then I must get another trusted pinhead to go see in person first. I wouldn't personally do this, I will stick with buying locally.