12th August 2018, 1:03 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:Zenimax is claiming that their only issue here is that people shouldn't be allowed to resell something while calling it "New" if they aren't a store authorized to sell new products. They think it should be called used. But if something really is unopened and is in new condition, I think calling it "new" makes plenty of sense! It's new, nobody has used it before. You're taking things down a slippery post in your post here, but it is possible things could go that way in the future I guess, so yeah, I hope Zenimax gives up on this...
But on the other hand, it is true that scummy people resealing games then selling them as new is a problem which preys on sealed-game collectors. I doubt calling them used instead of new would have any impact on that, though.
There issue there is that's a job for the BBB, it's not up to Zenimax to decide such matters. There's a whole category of item quality called "new" on eBay. Plus, let's face it, this is their foot in the door. This isn't some isolated incidence where we can assume the best of intentions. This the latest in a long pattern of abuse from Zenimax, so assuming the worst of their intentions makes sense.
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