Doh! I know better!

[dashv]

At Wal-Mart tonight. Saw a game at a good price. I checked VGCollect, I don't have it.

I buy it, bring it home. I'm placing it on the shelf...

Dang it.

I already own Shovel Knight for WiiU.

I have no excuse. I've been slacking off on keeping my collection up to date.

Don't let this happen to you.

[ignition365]

Word.  This happens frequently.

[kashell]

Oops! But, I hear Shovel Knight is fun so not a total loss.

Luckily, this never happens to me.

[tripredacus]

I recently had noticed that my IRL collection does not match my collection here. I try to keep everything updated, but somehow I got out of sync. So I ran into this situation a couple weeks ago as well, but now I will have to go through the long process of double checking everything.

[ignition365]

I recently had noticed that my IRL collection does not match my collection here. I try to keep everything updated, but somehow I got out of sync. So I ran into this situation a couple weeks ago as well, but now I will have to go through the long process of double checking everything.

I've been slowly doing this.  It's such a pain.

[azure]

I never have this problem, I know what games I have/don't and whether or not the price is good.  I'm sure if I was one of the individuals going after complete sets and all that jazz it wouldn't be so easy, but I digress.

[bikingjahuty]

Happened with Unlimited Saga on the PS2 recently. Found it for $5, was 80% I didn't have it...I did.

[redblaze57]

that was no mistake. You just got one to keep it sealed, and one to actually play. 

[rayne315]

times like this im glad I have a great memory for these kinds of things. if I see the cover art I will know with 100% accuracy if I own it or not. my issue though is if all I can see is the title I can only be 50/50 if I have it or not. so a lot of times I get doubles of Atari, colleco, intelivision, Gb advanced, and ds games.

I also have the problem of not entering my games into here and usually have a backlog of a month of games before I enter any of them.

[turf]

And this, children, is why it is important to log your games immediately.

[davifus]

1. Buy another Wii U
2. Play both at the same time.
3.
4. PROFIT!!!

[shepard11]

And this, children, is why it is important to log your games immediately.

First thing I always do ask soon as I'm done shopping drives the wife nuts but with over 1000 games and guides I lose track sometimes (mentally).

[Warmsignal]

Really? I can usually remember if I own a game or not. Most of the time I can tell you what I paid, and where I got it. I don't need to rely on VG Collect for this. The only console that I get a little mixed up on is NES because there's tons of games and I've helped others collect for it, but 99% of the time I'm right without even checking here. As far as the Wii U which doesn't have many games in total, it's one the smallest collections that anyone has by default. Really easy to remember, IMO.

Don't think I've ever double-bought a single game, unintentionally.

[wartoy]

This happens to me also especially with old school games.Its specially frustrating when im sure i don't have somthing so i don't check my phone then when i get home there it is arrrgh!!!

[aliensstudios]

I don't think I want my collection to get to the point where I don't even know what I have or not. That means I'm not playing what I buy which sort of negates the purpose of the hobby for me. Hopefully you got your money back though.