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Sending GBA cart by post?
- Thread starter Artnerd
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My friend just got that fun internal battery dried message, and wants to mail it over to her friend in Florida to swap the battery. But would her save-game be safe in regular mail, in a bubblewrap envelope?
Yes the game memory would be fine in a bubble wrap envelope.
Honestly your biggest problem would be hoping that the Game doesn't get lost in the post.
Strawberry Mint
Dancer in the Dark
If you're worried about the game getting lost, you could get insurance and a tracking number on it. It wouldn't bring back your save file if it did get lost, but then you wouldn't be out the cost of the game.
GetOutOfBox
Original Series Fan
There is virtually no chance that the GBA cart would be damaged in the mail, since in order to break it (due to it being so light, yet fairly durable) you'd have to really hammer it. The fact that it's in bubblewrap makes the chances of damage even lower.
The risk of a package going missing in the mail is pretty tiny, and can be further reduced if you write the package description in a non-glittery way (i.e "electronic components" vs "Vintage Video-Game"), to prevent theft. As long as you don't actually lie about the contents of the package, it's not illegal. Mark the value as $5 or something, since the game is used and hence doesn't have to have a retail price attached to it.
Honestly your biggest problem would be hoping that the Game doesn't get lost in the post.
The risk of a package going missing in the mail is pretty tiny, and can be further reduced if you write the package description in a non-glittery way (i.e "electronic components" vs "Vintage Video-Game"), to prevent theft. As long as you don't actually lie about the contents of the package, it's not illegal. Mark the value as $5 or something, since the game is used and hence doesn't have to have a retail price attached to it.
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