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| ignition365:
--- Quote from: zenimus on July 21, 2016, 06:16:13 pm ---Lent out RC Pro Am to a friend down the street when we were kids. Friend moves away, and the game is gone. Lent out Final Fantasy VII to a friend in school. That kid lent it to some other friend, and that friend moved away. Game is gone. Lent out Earthbound to a friend in school (before it was considered a treasure). Came back mostly good, but the guide was rumpled. Lent out Tron 2.0 to a co-worker. Game sat in the back of his truck and got horribly squashed. Lent out Uncle Buck on DVD to a co-worker. Never came back. Lent out an Akira Kurosawa samurai DVD set to another co-worker. Came back after 3 years, but in surprisingly good condition. In the end, people don't take care of things. --- End quote --- Got that Zenigata luck, eh? |
| hanky:
As a kid, I would always lend my games to friends and family vice versa. Today, the only one I really lend my games to, is my brother, as he is a collector aswell and I'm confident that he knows how to take care of 'em :) |
| alkaid:
--- Quote from: doctorlaudanum on July 12, 2016, 11:31:04 pm ---Depends on the game, really. I'm not gonna cry about it if someone scuffs up a $3 game, but I'd be very wary of handing over some of the more expensive games in my collection. Also depends on the friend I'm loaning it to. Some have their own neatly organized display system for their games and will treat whatever I lend them like part of their own collection. Others keep loose disks and carts tossed in a pile on the floor like barbarians. And I never thought I'd sound this elitist about something as basic as game collecting. This site has ruined me. --- End quote --- Carts are one thing, but loose disks will be scratched and ruined. I wouldn't say that's elitist, just basic care of your things. I can't imagine a grown human being leaving those things around like that. |
| doctorlaudanum:
Haha, I should have clarified. I absolutely have friends who would just throw a loose disc on a shelf and call it a day, but I also have one rather notorious friend who throws away their cases and manuals and keeps the discs in one of those big CD binders. I'm not just talking about beat up old games. I've seen them do this with brand new games. It makes my whiny little collecting heart hurt. Not too bad, I guess, since it's gotten me a lot of free cases and manuals over the years, but I've got to wonder why they bother buying complete copies when they'd save a lot of time and effort just buying loose discs. |
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