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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: dreama1 on October 18, 2019, 01:28:02 pm
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What do you think makes someone sell their 'whole' collection?
I don't mean downsizing but selling the entire thing.
Also other than a serious financial crisis, this is excluded for obvious reasons.
Do you believe they actually cared originally or it was something else? A passing interest? Another poster mentioned hoarding or addiction rather than passion for the games?
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over time interests change. I can easily see someone that had a passion for games from their childhood who collected through to their adult life and just grew out of gaming. for me just getting a wife and a house took my gaming time from ~5 hours a night to ~2. if I were to have a kid I can see how that would be down to 1 or even less. after years of that I would be tempted to sell my whole collection as well.
Also a side note is its easier to sell a whole collection than piecing it out. if you have 100 sports games in it then after you sell everything piece meal youll still have those 100 games. where ass everything together gets rid of it all fast (even if it is for a discount over piecemeal, less headache as well)
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As mentioned. A financial crisis will most likely be top reason.
A divorce will be a close second.
Some may have gotten into collecting just to flip the games acquired.
You may have outgrown gaming and left the stash at your parents after going off to school. I’ve def seen this one a lot.
The last would be no time to play anymore or lack of space. I see these reasons on Craigslist quite often.
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getting kids replacing the collection room for a baby room
wich as an end results leaves the collection exposed angering the wife who thinks it's getting messy. in wich case you just need to get rid of it fast eventhough you dont need the money.
sometimes you've got to take one for the family.
also what about the idea of selling the whole collection and replacing it for a few everdrives. tons of space saved could be reason for some to sell the collection.
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I've spoken to and known many people that have done this and here are some of the reasons.
Lost all interest in collecting and gaming
Needed money to put down on a house
Needed money to go back to school
Divorce
Lost job and needed the money to pay bills
So far I haven't heard anyone do it for a baby, but know this is a reason why some have done it. I feel like the leading cause it mostly a shift in priorities and realizing that they need the money from their collection to pay for something far more important to them.
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I've spoken to and known many people that have done this and here are some of the reasons.
Lost all interest in collecting and gaming
Needed money to put down on a house
Needed money to go back to school
Divorce
Lost job and needed the money to pay bills
So far I haven't heard anyone do it for a baby, but know this is a reason why some have done it. I feel like the leading cause it mostly a shift in priorities and realizing that they need the money from their collection to pay for something far more important to them.
If the wife was a gamer would they have to split their collection? Don't think I could think of anything more humiliating.
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I've spoken to and known many people that have done this and here are some of the reasons.
Lost all interest in collecting and gaming
Needed money to put down on a house
Needed money to go back to school
Divorce
Lost job and needed the money to pay bills
So far I haven't heard anyone do it for a baby, but know this is a reason why some have done it. I feel like the leading cause it mostly a shift in priorities and realizing that they need the money from their collection to pay for something far more important to them.
If the wife was a gamer would they have to split their collection? Don't think I could think of anything more humiliating.
there is a new rule in my country that only happened some years ago as far as marriages goes.
everything that you own before the marriage won't be split 50/50 in a divorce. so you have collection before marriage and there is a divorce the collection won't be split only stuff that was aquired after marriage this counts for both sides if you had some valuable personal stuff before getting married.
as far as the baby room goes I've had some cases. usually with smaller homes appartments so it's kinda unavoidable for some people. it's probavbly a less common issue when you have a big house. heck I've even had some cases withouth a baby room. the guy got engaged and the wife hates games it looks messy. it's getting rid of the collection or the wife.
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I've spoken to and known many people that have done this and here are some of the reasons.
Lost all interest in collecting and gaming
Needed money to put down on a house
Needed money to go back to school
Divorce
Lost job and needed the money to pay bills
So far I haven't heard anyone do it for a baby, but know this is a reason why some have done it. I feel like the leading cause it mostly a shift in priorities and realizing that they need the money from their collection to pay for something far more important to them.
If the wife was a gamer would they have to split their collection? Don't think I could think of anything more humiliating.
there is a new rule in my country that only happened some years ago as far as marriages goes.
everything that you own before the marriage won't be split 50/50 in a divorce. so you have collection before marriage and there is a divorce the collection won't be split only stuff that was aquired after marriage this counts for both sides if you had some valuable personal stuff before getting married.
as far as the baby room goes I've had some cases. usually with smaller homes appartments so it's kinda unavoidable for some people. it's probavbly a less common issue when you have a big house. heck I;ve even had some cases withouth a baby room. the guy got engaged and the wife hates games. it's getting rid of the collection or the wife.
Get rid of the wife.
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I've spoken to and known many people that have done this and here are some of the reasons.
Lost all interest in collecting and gaming
Needed money to put down on a house
Needed money to go back to school
Divorce
Lost job and needed the money to pay bills
So far I haven't heard anyone do it for a baby, but know this is a reason why some have done it. I feel like the leading cause it mostly a shift in priorities and realizing that they need the money from their collection to pay for something far more important to them.
If the wife was a gamer would they have to split their collection? Don't think I could think of anything more humiliating.
there is a new rule in my country that only happened some years ago as far as marriages goes.
everything that you own before the marriage won't be split 50/50 in a divorce. so you have collection before marriage and there is a divorce the collection won't be split only stuff that was aquired after marriage this counts for both sides if you had some valuable personal stuff before getting married.
as far as the baby room goes I've had some cases. usually with smaller homes appartments so it's kinda unavoidable for some people. it's probavbly a less common issue when you have a big house. heck I;ve even had some cases withouth a baby room. the guy got engaged and the wife hates games. it's getting rid of the collection or the wife.
Get rid of the wife.
you would not believe how many guys just suck it up and get rid of the games even if they don't enjoy it. the wife is for sure Wearing The Pants in that relation ship
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you would not believe how many guys just suck it up and get rid of the games even if they don't enjoy it. the wife is for sure Wearing The Pants in that relation ship
But women have been allowed to wear pants for several decades now. Maybe the saying needs to be updated to "The husband wears the dresses/skirts in that relationship"?
I dunno if that works either. I mean, the husband might have the full support of the wife to cross dress and who are we to kink shame anyone? :P
On topic, most of the bases have been covered in regards to reasons for someone to sell their collections. For me, I imagine it would be due to financial difficulties or loss of interest. I've been made essentially homeless before and having a sizable collection can be a PITA to move about. I know a lot of it isn't worth much at all so I'd have to either donate it, give it away, or sell it at a huge loss (not that I expect to get what I paid in).
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I've spoken to and known many people that have done this and here are some of the reasons.
Lost all interest in collecting and gaming
Needed money to put down on a house
Needed money to go back to school
Divorce
Lost job and needed the money to pay bills
So far I haven't heard anyone do it for a baby, but know this is a reason why some have done it. I feel like the leading cause it mostly a shift in priorities and realizing that they need the money from their collection to pay for something far more important to them.
If the wife was a gamer would they have to split their collection? Don't think I could think of anything more humiliating.
Guy #1: Guy has almost complete NES collection and probably 1000 games on other consoles. Sells everything right before him and his wife split so she can't take any of it.
Guy #2: him and his wife built the collection together so when they split they decided to sell everything and split the value 50/50. Tried selling it all to people on a facebook group I belong too, but surprise no one had $45,000 to buy it. It eventually dropped to $35,000 until they made a deal with a local retro game store who bought it all for $25,000. The lady in that relationship was a total bitch and am no surprised they got divorced.
Guy #3: Sold to pay alimony to ex.
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Like others have already stated, and to answer the original post. Some people just lose interest, Like my dad used to play video games all the time, I even gave him one of my PlayStation 3's and two of my games, a couple of years ago. He's almost 55 years old today. he has more interest today in watching movies and shows than playing any games anymore. Even though his wife is not demanding, he rather spend time with his wife, he enjoys that more than anything. After coming home from work
Of course my dad was never really a collector, he just bought a few games and played them whenever he needed to escape from reality.
A lot of people get tried of video games when their older, and start watching the television more than actually playing anything on it. some don't some people do.
And for the record a lot of women like video games as well in fact I think we have at least three ladies who regularly attend on the forums here as well.
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And for the record a lot of women like video games as well in fact I think we have at least three ladies who regularly attend on the forums here as well.
*waves*
My sister is the only person I know in real life who's done full purges. Basically, she'll get a nostalgic itch for our childhood favorites, play her fill, then sell the lot to avoid clutter. Online, there's a few guys on Atariage who enjoy the hunt more than most, and sell off full console runs if they lose interest temporarily just so they can hunt it down again later if they change their mind. It's not something I can personally relate to, but I've never been a big dumper of stuff. Not a hoarder by a long shot, I just keep things unless I'm sure I dont want it snymore.
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And for the record a lot of women like video games as well in fact I think we have at least three ladies who regularly attend on the forums here as well.
*waves*
My sister is the only person I know in real life who's done full purges. Basically, she'll get a nostalgic itch for our childhood favorites, play her fill, then sell the lot to avoid clutter. Online, there's a few guys on Atariage who enjoy the hunt more than most, and sell off full console runs if they lose interest temporarily just so they can hunt it down again later if they change their mind. It's not something I can personally relate to, but I've never been a big dumper of stuff. Not a hoarder by a long shot, I just keep things unless I'm sure I dont want it snymore.
I’ve heard of and seen what you are talking about.
I’m more like you.
I’ve also had small collections (a console and a few games) given to me a couple of times by newly married guys that married a “the games go or I go” spouse. One time my wife (a fellow gamer) couldn’t help but say “you choose... poorly” (like the knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). As the person surrendered the games.
I tried to buy them. He wouldn’t take my money. Just wanted the games to go to a good home.
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And for the record a lot of women like video games as well in fact I think we have at least three ladies who regularly attend on the forums here as well.
I'm not saying i disagree with you but your argument there kinda says the opposite with the 3 vs the rest.
There are some girls that like games but i'd say it still is a ton less than guys nothing to strange about that. could be different in some regions obviously
Gotto say though the few times that i was selling duplicates at a con in the past mainly populated by guys. my best customers buying the actual pricy stuff where pretty much all girls to a few of them i just had to ask if they bought it for someone else but it was for themselves i was kinda shocked at the time i know it's bad on my part but gimme a break here :o
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And for the record a lot of women like video games as well in fact I think we have at least three ladies who regularly attend on the forums here as well.
*waves*
My sister is the only person I know in real life who's done full purges. Basically, she'll get a nostalgic itch for our childhood favorites, play her fill, then sell the lot to avoid clutter. Online, there's a few guys on Atariage who enjoy the hunt more than most, and sell off full console runs if they lose interest temporarily just so they can hunt it down again later if they change their mind. It's not something I can personally relate to, but I've never been a big dumper of stuff. Not a hoarder by a long shot, I just keep things unless I'm sure I dont want it snymore.
I know a few people who've done this and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've known various people that had complete Gamecube, Saturn, Dreamcast, and N64 set that enjoyed them for about a month before selling them off and moving to some other console collection to complete.
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And for the record a lot of women like video games as well in fact I think we have at least three ladies who regularly attend on the forums here as well.
*waves*
My sister is the only person I know in real life who's done full purges. Basically, she'll get a nostalgic itch for our childhood favorites, play her fill, then sell the lot to avoid clutter. Online, there's a few guys on Atariage who enjoy the hunt more than most, and sell off full console runs if they lose interest temporarily just so they can hunt it down again later if they change their mind. It's not something I can personally relate to, but I've never been a big dumper of stuff. Not a hoarder by a long shot, I just keep things unless I'm sure I dont want it snymore.
I know a few people who've done this and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've known various people that had complete Gamecube, Saturn, Dreamcast, and N64 set that enjoyed them for about a month before selling them off and moving to some other console collection to complete.
It’s human nature to want what you don’t have and the high of acquiring something almost immediately wears off. It’s why buying things doesn’t make people happy.
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Needing money
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1.It was a passing fad/In it for all the wrong reasons
I think most of the time I have seen someone sell their entire collection was because they were in it for the wrong reasons. Mainly for attention, showboating or to make money flipping. Once one of those 3 avenues dry up which they certainly will. Some people give up. I used to know this guy called Jay Bandz. He used to spend thousands on only the rarest games. Weather they sucked or not. His entire collection consisted of only the highest end games. And you could tell he was never in it for the love of it because days later he'd be trying to flip the game for more than he paid. Once the insta likes wore off and all the "OMG, I'm drooling" replies stopped coming. The game became worthless to him. He was hardly a gamer at all. Hardly played. Hardly cared. In it for all the wrong reasons.
Others just lose interest because they have ADD and just switch fads constantly like me lol. But I would never sell my whole collection.
Financial needs or a baby
I know you said excluding this one, but figured i'd include it. Usually people sell their games because they have a baby. Which I kinda don't get in a way. Sure you need money but your baby should have already had the means of being raised based on your income not your hobbies. I think giant changes are made when a baby is born. I think bonding with the games is a better idea :D
To buy a house
I forget the user on here, but I remember someone selling a bulk of their collection to buy a house. I see this very often. It's something I have pondered but my collection is not nearly large enough. I think sometimes you value what is more important in your life. And having a house to pass down to your kids, and having something you can call home wins. I definitely get this decision. I think video games can be repurchased slowly. But a house is forever.
Depression
Probably the saddest one, sometimes people lose interest due to depression. It can make you hate things you once loved. And eventually you never get that spark back. It's crippling. Anxiety especially can convince you stuff is happening that's not. It can be hard to shake that cycle.
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The male chauvinism is strong in this topic.
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If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities.
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If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities.
In two of my friends cases my wife got it right. They knowingly married women that did not like video games at all. They thought they were an addiction similar to alcoholism and wanted to abolish them completely from the household. The guys naively though their dream women would change after one game of Smash Bros or Mario Kart. But that didn’t happen. The problem is not women so much as it’s asking a leopard to change its spots. Don’t marry or date someone for what you want or wish them to be. Be ready and willing to accept them as who and what they are or move on.
Contrast to my house where the entire downstairs is a tribute to arcade/pinball/console gaming.
Half is mine. Half is my wife’s. Women can game as much as men. I follow and am friends with several gamers on twitch and twitter of the male and female variety.
I just have yet to have a personal experience where a guy asked a girl to give up her games.
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If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities.
In two of my friends cases my wife got it right. They knowingly married women that did not like video games at all. They thought they were an addiction similar to alcoholism and wanted to abolish them completely from the household. The guys naively though their dream women would change after one game of Smash Bros or Mario Kart. But that didn’t happen. The problem is not women so much as it’s asking a leopard to change its spots. Don’t marry or date someone for what you want or wish them to be. Be ready and willing to accept them as who and what they are or move on.
Contrast to my house where the entire downstairs is a tribute to arcade/pinball/console gaming.
Half is mine. Half is my wife’s. Women can game as much as men. I follow and am friends with several gamers on twitch and twitter of the male and female variety.
I just have yet to have a personal experience where a guy asked a girl to give up her games.
accepting eachother has to come from both sides not just 1 side if a relationship does not come from 2 sides it's going to fail or the poor fool will just suck it up and live miserably while accepting the shitty stuff that is forced upon him/her if there is no divorce.
i have rarely seen succesfull couples with matching hobbies. if both like the same hobbies it's just a bonus but that's not the rule for a succesfull relationship really.
it's not like the wife is usually interested in vintage cars. motors, photography etc etc and vice versa this isn't a problem with game collecting only. in a good relationship it's more balanced and not forcing one of both parties to just eject their hobby for good. it's all about sharing and see what works out the best for the both of you it's all about finding a good balance.
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The male chauvinism is strong in this topic.
No kidding.
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The biggest reason I can think of is “Life”
As you roll through life things change. It might be a financial situation, relationship status, change of address, or just plan ole loss of interest.
Life changes.
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If you're not dedicating enough time to your family, kids, and your partner (because it's not just wives here) then they have a very good reason to take issue with that. It's about balance and priorities.
In two of my friends cases my wife got it right. They knowingly married women that did not like video games at all. They thought they were an addiction similar to alcoholism and wanted to abolish them completely from the household. The guys naively though their dream women would change after one game of Smash Bros or Mario Kart. But that didn’t happen. The problem is not women so much as it’s asking a leopard to change its spots. Don’t marry or date someone for what you want or wish them to be. Be ready and willing to accept them as who and what they are or move on.
Contrast to my house where the entire downstairs is a tribute to arcade/pinball/console gaming.
Half is mine. Half is my wife’s. Women can game as much as men. I follow and am friends with several gamers on twitch and twitter of the male and female variety.
I just have yet to have a personal experience where a guy asked a girl to give up her games.
accepting eachother has to come from both sides not just 1 side if a relationship does not come from 2 sides it's going to fail or the poor fool will just suck it up and live miserably while accepting the shitty stuff that is forced upon him/her if there is no divorce.
i have rarely seen succesfull couples with matching hobbies. if both like the same hobbies it's just a bonus but that's not the rule for a succesfull relationship really.
it's not like the wife is usually interested in vintage cars. motors, photography etc etc and vice versa this isn't a problem with game collecting only. in a good relationship it's more balanced and not forcing one of both parties to just eject their hobby for good. it's all about sharing and see what works out the best for the both of you it's all about finding a good balance.
That was the only point I was trying to make. Both have to accept the other as they are. Not as a project for them to work on or perfect. I agree sharing hobbies is a bonus, not required.
But the other party can’t be out to take your hobby from you either.
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Both have to accept the other as they are. Not as a project for them to work on or perfect. I agree sharing hobbies is a bonus, not required.
But the other party can’t be out to take your hobby from you either.
Well said, DashV
My wife can give less than two drops of tanooki piss about games. But she’s completely into me being into games. She helped me make a building to store and enjoy all this stuff. She never complains when I spend money on games. She backs me up on my hobby and gets pumped for me when I get excited.
She’s a great wife. She just doesn’t dig games.
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Both have to accept the other as they are. Not as a project for them to work on or perfect. I agree sharing hobbies is a bonus, not required.
But the other party can’t be out to take your hobby from you either.
Well said, DashV
My wife can give less than two drops of tanooki piss about games. But she’s completely into me being into games. She helped me make a building to store and enjoy all this stuff. She never complains when I spend money on games. She backs me up on my hobby and gets pumped for me when I get excited.
She’s a great wife. She just doesn’t dig games.
That's awesome! That's how my brother's wife is. She doesn't care at all about games but she supports him 100 percent. I got lucky because my wife plays more games than I do as it's her full time job. So I can binge with her and our compulsive gaming kinda compliments eachother. :)
Some people like cars and devote a lot of time and money into that, and some girls are big into makeup and shoes. Some dudes are sneakerheads. I think the key to a good relationship is to be supportive or compatible with eachother including hobbies and interests.
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Some just aren’t as sentimental about things. I’ve know of people who are interested in such things but ultimately can’t hold onto anything they ever owned. They’re obsessive about fresh starts and new chapters and whatnot. They don’t have any appreciation for clutter. Nowadays there’s less and less reason to go the route of amassing tons of old wares. When you can go out and pick up a snes mini and a genesis mini and have a lot of your essentials taken care of right there, or maybe just mod an Xbox or pick up some multi cart and get your fix easily.
Why dedicate an entire room to it if you aren’t sentimental about the stuff aspect of it? A lot of people realize how silly it is, and it is silly. If you’re in it purely for the gaming, then don’t bother building a game collection. It’s a huge drain of time, money, and space.
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An illness.
Full loss of interest; outgrowing the hobby.
Trying to get money to fund something else.
Drugs.
An overbearing wife.
There's plenty of reasons. Shit happens.
If you’re in it purely for the gaming, then don’t bother building a game collection. It’s a huge drain of time, money, and space.
Maybe it’s the impression that I get, but that comment kind of contradicts itself. I'm in it for the gaming, but also like having and continuing to build my collection to have a varied selection of games – nothing better than variety. I’m certain I’m not the only one that feels this way.
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I once sold nearly my whole collection convinced I was never going to play these games again. Then several years later, the nostalgia bug hit me and I winded up buying the same games I sold and then some for a significant mark-up.
I would be cautious about selling your whole collection. You might end up wanting to buy them again later down the road.
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Back when I was knee-deep into comicbooks, I sold my SNES with all the games I had to fund my monthly pull list. One of the things I did was assert myself that I outgrew the console since I had a PS1. A few months later I started regretting it, especially after learning that the person I sold the SNES to sold it to get a PS1. It wasn't until years later when I joined eBay that I got it back with about 80% of the games I used to own.
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I feel like getting out of it sometimes, to be honest.
They take up so much space. They are jam packed in my shelving units to the point where adding new titles is a dreaded, time consuming affair. And updating all my damn charts.... most of the time I don't even end up playing the game.
Scalpers/pricecharting/call-aheads have killed the thrill of the hunt for yardsales and fleamarkets and games seem to not show up at all at auctions these days (or, once again, someone leaving a left bid for slightly under the pricecharting price.) I've taken the past year or so off from buying, for the most part (had one big purchase of SNES RPGs and thats it,) and honestly feel pretty good about it.
But selling it all comes with its own sense of dread. I have so many big box computer games from the 80s, for systems I don't even own. I've had some up in my attic for the past few years and I'm paranoid that they'll melt or whatever. No way to test them, I don't have a Commodore, Tandy or any of the other things they were compatible with, nor the tape drive to play them. So I'd hate to be offloading junk goods on someone, let alone even trying to find a buyer for that stuff. A lot of my PS2 and Xbox stuff is scratched, it would all have to be tested too and I dread doing that.
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I feel you. The best comes to the persistent, so I feel this hobby, in its current state, is most cherished when you allow yourself to be patient. That big purchase of SNES RPGs you got is a good example of that. I just recently scored a nice trio of games coupled with their strategy guides for basically the price of one, essentially below what PriceCharting states – two of those games I've been looking for quite some time now, and the other I'll most likely end up reselling, meaning I'll get the games for far cheaper.
But selling it all comes with its own sense of dread. I have so many big box computer games from the 80s, for systems I don't even own. I've had some up in my attic for the past few years and I'm paranoid that they'll melt or whatever. No way to test them, I don't have a Commodore, Tandy or any of the other things they were compatible with, nor the tape drive to play them. So I'd hate to be offloading junk goods on someone, let alone even trying to find a buyer for that stuff. A lot of my PS2 and Xbox stuff is scratched, it would all have to be tested too and I dread doing that.
If you need the space and those are items that you don't particularly want or intend to use, you could sell them at a discounted price, stating the fact you don't have the means of testing them. The PS2 and Xbox games I think you should test; all you have to do is see if they go past startup, you don't have to play-test them.
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I feel like getting out of it sometimes, to be honest.
They take up so much space. They are jam packed in my shelving units to the point where adding new titles is a dreaded, time consuming affair. And updating all my damn charts.... most of the time I don't even end up playing the game.
Scalpers/pricecharting/call-aheads have killed the thrill of the hunt for yardsales and fleamarkets and games seem to not show up at all at auctions these days (or, once again, someone leaving a left bid for slightly under the pricecharting price.) I've taken the past year or so off from buying, for the most part (had one big purchase of SNES RPGs and thats it,) and honestly feel pretty good about it.
But selling it all comes with its own sense of dread. I have so many big box computer games from the 80s, for systems I don't even own. I've had some up in my attic for the past few years and I'm paranoid that they'll melt or whatever. No way to test them, I don't have a Commodore, Tandy or any of the other things they were compatible with, nor the tape drive to play them. So I'd hate to be offloading junk goods on someone, let alone even trying to find a buyer for that stuff. A lot of my PS2 and Xbox stuff is scratched, it would all have to be tested too and I dread doing that.
If you are anyone with a scratched CD or DVD game, you can always get the game repaired or sell it to someone who can. Some Family Video stores repair games and movies and music disc, for a small fee, and that can make them like new again.
but it can be risky if a disc has been resurfaced more then once in it's lifetime
OR it's expensive buy your own resurfacing machine, most can resurface and repair any disc based media except for Bluray
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I’ve been thinking about a good answer to the question.
It could be anything. Life change, priorities change, interest change; all those things could cause a person to sell out.
The one that I keep coming back to though, is just good sense.
Most of us that have collected massive amounts of games are at least a touch mentally ill. Whether we say it out loud or not is a different story. There just has to be some level of madness to do what we do.
Old fashion good sense would make a person sell out.
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I’ve been thinking about a good answer to the question.
It could be anything. Life change, priorities change, interest change; all those things could cause a person to sell out.
The one that I keep coming back to though, is just good sense.
Most of us that have collected massive amounts of games are at least a touch mentally ill. Whether we say it out loud or not is a different story. There just has to be some level of madness to do what we do.
Old fashion good sense would make a person sell out.
There is no normal person, it's only a matter of opinion, everyone on Earth is crazy to someone else, they don't have to to have a diagnosis of Schizophrenia or bi-polar, or even a serial killer, their is no perfect person
some people think that killing real people is good sense, I think those who think that are and pure evil
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I’ve been thinking about a good answer to the question.
It could be anything. Life change, priorities change, interest change; all those things could cause a person to sell out.
The one that I keep coming back to though, is just good sense.
Most of us that have collected massive amounts of games are at least a touch mentally ill. Whether we say it out loud or not is a different story. There just has to be some level of madness to do what we do.
Old fashion good sense would make a person sell out.
There is no normal person, it's only a matter of opinion, everyone on Earth is crazy to someone else, they don't have to to have a diagnosis of Schizophrenia or bi-polar, or even a serial killer, their is no perfect person
some people think that killing real people is good sense, I think those who think that are and pure evil
I mean what people consider normal is if the majority acts that way.
If the majority of the population thinks that killing people is normal than that's just how it is. that's the new normal and if you have any different thought your considered mentally ill.
If you can convince the majority of people to act a certain way that's the new normal.
Slavery especially with black people was considered normal in the past.
That woman where inferior in terms of jobs was considered normal while now riots come and companies need a certain % of womand for the top spots.
Smoking in the past was considered cool and good. that was normal not anymore.
Yet all those 3 things listed above are changed now. if your thinking that way your mentally ill today while it was perfectly normal back in the day
A normal person today can be tomorrows crazy person.
If important influential people can force the majority of people to think in certain ways that will be considered the new normal.
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i've sold before because i felt overwhelmed by too many games (choices). that's when i had 100 games total, but i almost sold my ps4 collection (~60 games at the time) for a similar reason.
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Unexpected financial situations in life.