Items with minor stains and scratches can be often found in products purchased from authorized retail stores. These may be due the nature of the materials used, or have occurred during the manufacturing and distribution process.
For this reason, this condition will meet SNKRDUNK’s guideline standards for a brand-new, authentic item.
Please see below for details on individual standards.
・Please confirm the listing requirements in the Trading card Guidelines
・The descriptions in the Item Condition table are examples. The condition level standards may differ between items.
・Product images on SNKRDUNK may appear different from the actual color tone due to the photoshooting environment etc.
・SNKRDUNK is not responsible for manufacturer warranty. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the functionality of the product, please contact the manufacturer directly.
Minor looseness, stains, or glue marks caused by rubbing of the shrink wrap are confirmed as possible occurrences during the manufacturing and transportation process and will meet the guideline standards.
Please note that there may be loosening in the shrink-wrap since the time of manufacture or sale depending on the product and materials. For products for which we have identified many similar occurrences, we will deem that the relevant condition meets our guideline standards.
Shrink-wrap surface and seams can experience minor tears or rips when handled by an authorized retailer, so tears or rips of less than 2 cm in maximum diameter are considered to meet our guideline standards.
Large tears or extensive rips with a maximum diameter of 2 cm or more will be considered as not meeting our guideline standards.
Small fibers and substances may be mixed inside the shrink wrap during the manufacturing process and can be found even when the item is purchased from an authorized retailer and therefore will meet the guideline standards.
Items that have foreign substances inside the shrink wrap that are not mixed (used) in the manufacturing process will not meet the guideline standards.
*Items with shrink wrap are inspected and authenticated based on the condition of the shrink wrap and the box, so any contaminants inside the box are not subject to inspection.
Boxes with opened perforated lines may have small openings due to distortion or other external factors even if the shrink-wrap was not opened.
Since perforation may occur in the handling of the items by authorized dealers, if the condition of the shrink-wrap meets the guideline standards, the opening of the perforation lines will also meet the guideline standards.
The following items do not meet the guideline standards.
・Items that have had their shrink wrap removed.
・Items with shrink wrap that is not in the same condition as when it was in primary distribution.
・Item with extensive stains on the shrink warp.
Distortion of boxes that may occur during handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) or storage at authorized retailers, or minor dents/crushing of boxes that may occur during normal domestic transportation, will meet the guideline standards.
*This includes slight box warping or minor dents and crushing.
If a box is found to be creased, severely damaged, or defaced, it will not meet the guideline standards.
Minor peeling or tearing that may occur during manufacture and item handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) at authorized retailers will meet the guideline standards.
Extensive surface peeling or large tears that reveal the interior of the box will not meet the guideline standards.
For items that have been manufactured for a certain period of time, changes in the item's condition due to aging are expected, even if the item is new and unopened.
Yellowing, stains, and color migration due to aging will meet the guideline standards.
For items such as Pokémon cards that are typically shrink-wrapped at the time of initial distribution, items listed via a product page that has 【シュリンクなし】 in the title will still meet our guidelines as long as the box itself is unopened.
However, If any of the following conditions are found, the product will be deemed opened and will not meet our guidelines:
• The perforated seal has already been opened
• Any of the booster packs inside show signs of being opened
• The adhesive flaps on the box have been unsealed
• Other signs that the box has been opened
*Please note that, for authentication purposes, we will open both sides of the box to confirm the number of packs and the contents inside. We ask for your understanding in advance.
*If you purchased the item from a product page that includes 【シュリンクなし】in the title, you must list it as packs only, as the box has already been opened during authentication.
*We do not guarantee pull rates (rarity inclusion ratios) for products listed as 【シュリンクなし】
Due to transportation and storage conditions, slight openings in the perforated seal may occur.
If the opening is less than 1cm, it will meet our guidelines.
However, if the opening is 1cm or larger, or if it appears that the product was opened from the perforation, the item will not meet our guidelines.
Damages such as dents or crushing that may occur during handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) or storage at authorized retailers, or conditions that may occur during normal domestic transportation, will meet the guideline standards.
*This includes slight box warping or minor dents and crushing.
If the box shows folds, significant damage or heavy staining, it will not meet our guidelines.
Minor peeling or tearing that may occur during manufacture and item handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) at authorized retailers will meet the guideline standards.
However, extensive peeling on the surface or large tears that expose the inside of the box will not meet our guidelines.
Tears or rips around the box’s opening areas that would not typically occur during handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) at authorized retailers will not meet our guidelines.
Stains or dirt that appear to be caused by external factors and would not typically occur during standard handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) at authorized retailers will not meet our guidelines.
For items that have been manufactured for a certain period of time, changes in the item's condition due to aging are expected, even if the item is new and unopened.
Yellowing, stains, and color migration due to aging will meet the guideline standards.
For items such as One Piece Card boxes that are originally not shrink-wrapped at the time of initial distribution, will still meet our guidelines as long as the box itself is unopened.
However, following conditions will be considered signs of opening and will be deemed as not meeting our guidelines:
• There are traces of the original tape having been removed
• The original tape has been cut off
• The tape is different from the original tape
• The original tape is missing
• Other signs that the box has been opened
*Please note that for authentication purposes, the adhesive tape will be cut and the box will be opened to confirm the number of packs and contents inside. We ask for your understanding in advance.
*If you are listing an item purchased from SNKRDUNK, since the box has already been opened during authentication, you must list it as individual packs only.
*We do not guarantee pull rates (rarity inclusion ratios) for non-shrink-wrapped products.
Wrinkles and air bubbles may occur when applying the tape.
This is a common occurrence even in items purchased from authorized retailers and is due to the manufacturing and sales process and environmental factors (moisture, etc.), and therefore these conditions will meet the guideline standards.
If the tape adhesive has fingerprint marks or stains that appear to be the result of reattachment, it will not meet the guideline standards.
Tape that has been folded over on itself, making it look like the item has been opened, will not meet our guideline standards.
However, instances of creases or folding over of tape that can be found at the time of primary distribution will meet our guideline standards.
If the attached tape is in a different material from that of the manufacturer or authorized retailer (cellophane tape, gummed tape, etc.), it will not meet the guideline standards.
Small holes (including air holes) and minor scuffs that occur during the manufacturing process will meet the guideline standards, as these can be confirmed even when the item is purchased from an authorized retailer.
* Due to the peculiar nature of these items and of our listing rules, we are not able to guarantee the rarity of the cards found inside the packs, regardless of the number of packs included in the purchased set.
There are some packs with minor peeling in the compression area.
This is a common occurrence even in items purchased from authorized retailers and is due to the manufacturing and sales process and environmental factors (moisture, etc.), and therefore these conditions will meet the guideline standards.
Packs with large peeling on the compression area, which could not have occurred during item handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) at an authorized retailer, will not meet the guideline standards.
Since authorized dealers have been adopting a practice of trimming a portion of the packs, trimming marks that do not affect the contents of the packs will meet our guideline standards.
Minor scratches or manufacturing marks that may occur during manufacturing or handling (display, sale, packaging, etc.) at authorized retailers will meet the guideline standards.
Any major scratches or stains that could not have occurred during the above-mentioned processes will not meet the guideline standards.
Items with large holes that are different from air holes (holes from manufacturing) or large tears in the pack will not meet the guideline standards.
Items that show signs of having been opened or that have even partial tears in the package will not meet the guideline standards, as the contents (cards) can be switched out.
The following examples are cases in which similar conditions can be found in a large number of individuals, which may be judged as individual differences due to the characteristics of the product and materials at the time of manufacture, transportation, and sale, and may be considered to meet the guideline standards.
・Loose shrink wrap (including resale items).
・Material differs from the first edition.
・Barcode (tag) is directly attached to the product.
・Marking on the shrink warp made by magic marker.
・The product has the retailer's warranty stamp on it.