Have you ever overpaid or made a bad decision and lost money with buying games?

[marvelvscapcom2]

Hello everyone .  I just got hit today pretty hard on overspending .  It hurts a little less because It was gifted money but I know my local walmart never ever has classic edition SNESs. 

So I figured i'd buy a fair priced one on ebay.  I ended up spending 112.99 for one shipped free, mint never opened.  I figured after fees and shipping the seller would be about breaking even and it was the chepaest I could find.

Mosey on into Walmart and they have a big pile of them for the 1st time ive seen and I frequent the walmart too.  So I lost about 32 dollars.   

But i'm still super happy.


Has anyone else every over spent or had a price drop after they bought something for more?  What is the most you've lost in one item.  . 

[Flashback2012]

On the regular it seems. Over the Black Friday weekend I ended up returning about $120 worth of stuff because I was able to find it cheaper over the course of the weekend. Luckily I had plenty of room on my CC to weather such a thing but it's still mildly annoying having to wait 20+ minutes at a time because customer services lines for returns are SLOW.

Some CEs I bought day one I've seen where I could have waited and gotten them for WAY less had I done so. I imagine I'm going to feel the burn on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 CE and Fire Emblem Warriors. However, some stuff I did wait to buy on I have found for great prices including the Last Guardian CE for $53 and the Borderlands Handsome Collection w/RC Claptrap for $59.

It's a crap shoot half the time it seems. 

[ignition365]

Tons of times.  Almost any CE these days winds up going clearance.

I'm trying to think of one time where I was really upset about it.  I know I've done it with other stuff like books and movies.  I bought some pokemon books years ago for like $20 total, found out that not only were they worthless, but they were just different versions of the same book over and over.

I try to stick with what I know, but sometimes I forget and re-learn the same lesson over and over.

[98dgreen]

Not really.  I never really but anything that I am unsure about.

[sworddude]

Tons of times.  Almost any CE these days winds up going clearance.

I'm trying to think of one time where I was really upset about it.  I know I've done it with other stuff like books and movies.  I bought some pokemon books years ago for like $20 total, found out that not only were they worthless, but they were just different versions of the same book over and over.

I try to stick with what I know, but sometimes I forget and re-learn the same lesson over and over.

same here but not really CE but just brand new games on release in general, the very few that I do buy though,

Than again if I buy a 3d mario game or smash bros on release I do so to join the hype train early worth more to me than the savings if I wait for some time, not to mention it supports the company unlike waiting for a game to end up in bargain bins for low dollar.

It's not always about value else you can't enjoy current gen stuff that much on release.

I will say though retail prices are pretty normal for new games everyone does so even those expensive collectors editions so considering those as bad deals if you bought them for the normal retail prices is a bit much even though those might be the worst deals in the 2nd hand market for most of us since they might be allot lower than their original msrp.

[droaa]

I can only say based on this year that if I decide to buy stuff on Black Friday, I should atleast hold on to the receipt until around Xmas or something since a couple of games I had bought are much cheaper now through some stores like FFXII and South Park provided you have GCU from Best Buy.

[thewelshman]

I have the overwhelming bad luck of always buying a game right before it gets a price drop or is part of a huge sale.

[bikingjahuty]

Back in the early days when I first began collecting I probably overpaid slightly at a few game stores that I used to hit up a lot to start my collection. Other than that my biggest regrets with collecting involve passing on games that later shot up in price a ton or passing on something and not knowing it was special.


On the topic of bad decisions, there have been a handful of times since I began collecting where I had quite a bit of sticker shock when my credit card bill arrived. It has never been anything I didn't bounce back from, but there were times where I had to budget or forgoe doing something else in order to pay for my video game splurging the month prior.

[turf]

I have.  I think anyone that collects will eventually.  We all make mistakes.  Hell, I overpaid for my Flintstones 2.  I got what was a good deal at the time, but then the game took a big dive.  I paid short of full market value, but if I had waited a month I would have saved over $100.

[tripredacus]

I bought a Neo Geo Pocket Color. I hated the system.
I bought Starcraft II, I ended up not liking RTS after not playing them for many years.

[bikingjahuty]

I have.  I think anyone that collects will eventually.  We all make mistakes.  Hell, I overpaid for my Flintstones 2.  I got what was a good deal at the time, but then the game took a big dive.  I paid short of full market value, but if I had waited a month I would have saved over $100.

I didn't realize it had gone down to the $500 range again. Of course Little Samson is still over a $1000

[turf]

I have.  I think anyone that collects will eventually.  We all make mistakes.  Hell, I overpaid for my Flintstones 2.  I got what was a good deal at the time, but then the game took a big dive.  I paid short of full market value, but if I had waited a month I would have saved over $100.

I didn't realize it had gone down to the $500 range again. Of course Little Samson is still over a $1000

It was up around $900 when I bought it.  I paid quite a bit less than that, but it still dropped right round a month later

[Warmsignal]

Don't think I've ever overpaid more than maybe $10 on an item. A few times I've given store owners the top eBay asking price that they looked up, just figured what the heck, let them have that extra, I just want to take the item and be done with it.

Although I do remember buying Brutal Legend at launch, a $60 game. The game was $20 in a month. That always happens with new releases, so I just don't buy $60 new releases anymore.

[sworddude]

I have.  I think anyone that collects will eventually.  We all make mistakes.  Hell, I overpaid for my Flintstones 2.  I got what was a good deal at the time, but then the game took a big dive.  I paid short of full market value, but if I had waited a month I would have saved over $100.

I didn't realize it had gone down to the $500 range again. Of course Little Samson is still over a $1000

It was up around $900 when I bought it.  I paid quite a bit less than that, but it still dropped right round a month later

It's not to uncommon for very expensive games to have their lows and peaks as far as prices go no matter how many people leave or join the hobby. Prices go up and down peaks and low differences can be huge.

Europe is no exception but than were talking about the top tier value games like megaman x3 mr gimmick

It's just what some individuals have in their pocket right now to spend to spend it on an expensive game.

[alzorath]

Overpaid? Absolutely. Regretted a purchase? Never.

Though maybe the fact that I'm having to start over from nearly scratch may make that opinion change :/

Though I "buy for function" - rather than buying for value or to flip - so I won't pay more than what I feel a game is worth to enjoy, that way I never feel that buyer's remorse if I see it cheaper later (may not have gotten "the best deal", but having gotten "my money's worth").

Honestly what I end up regretting more often are sales - not purchases (Trades are a weird spot, since I've had good and bad ones, but can't say I really "regret the trade", so much as regret having to hunt yet again for what I traded).