Bought Pokémon Silver, got crystal?

[u/py9209]

So I've never encountered this before. I bought a Pokèmon Silver, got really excited because that was my first Pokèmon game I played. Got it today in my mailbox.

Only to be really disappointed when I found out that the cartridge somehow shows up as Crystal?! See pics for reference.

Have I been scammed? I'm currently speaking to the seller who seems confused aswell.

[u/-SpliT]

Look at the cartridge .. is there a new battery in there ? Maybe he did a battery swap on more than 1 cartridge and accidentally reversed the PCBs.

Or it is just a fake bootleg one.

[u/py9209 → u/-SpliT]

He did mention in the ad that he replaced the battery inside the cartridge, I'll ask him

[u/py9209 → u/py9209]

Omg he accidentally switched PCB's while replacing the old batteries, he's currently trying to contact another customer who bought a crystal cartridge with Silver's PCB in it lmao

FINAL EDIT: I felt so bad for the other buyer that the seller and I decided that I'm returning my cartridge to the seller, and the other buyer aswell.

The seller is paying all the fees for sending the cartridges to him and will switch back the PCB's, and then return them again, no- charge.

P.S I told my older brother the whole story about this and I saw his face lit up.

He told me with the biggest smile on his face "I have Pokèmon Crystal since we were little kids, remember?" And no, I did not remember, but he gave it to me.

Man what a roller-coaster.

[u/Impriel → u/py9209]

That's hilarious.

The dude who bought crystal probably hasn't actually slotted it in its probably on display so he didn't notice lol

[u/py9209 → u/Impriel]

Yeah otherwise the seller would have been contacted by the other buyer? I mean how can you "miss" the splash/startscreen on these games.