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I always thought this show was stupid, even as a child. Went back and watched a random episode tonight, which confirmed my opinion. Never watched it much, rather just brief bits here and there, but it was one of those shows that I always felt "meh" about.

Regarding the creator and the sa stuff, I think it's one of those situations where those who enjoy the show shouldn't have to add some sort of disclaimer trying to remove his or her association from the author. I know in this day and time it's a somewhat unpopular viewpoint to take, but I definitely separate folks from their works; then again, never really saw celebs as some sort of heroes growing up, lol. I prefer to look at the entirety of what a person has done in life rather than focus and fixate on one or two spots.  

1 hour ago, Gloves said:

Him after reading your suggestion:

Whilst it's okay to dunk on new collectors, shouldn't be dunking on dem old ones.

31 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

I would take my business elsewhere.

We have good stores and bad stores. Locally, there's not much as far as good stores are concerned. In this particular incident the employee had no idea on prices. After a a few items they brought out the owner. The owner was watching something on their tablet in the backroom and was upset and came out to "help". If you come out and are that upset to try to make a 4 figure sale, I'll just walk.

Yeah, everyone has their own way of conducting business, as well as expectations. I'm not going to refuse business just because I have some personal dispute against someone, as long as the money is legit. I always felt this sort of attitude was ignorant and short-sighted, as generally these kinds of disputes are just petty beefs, often due to unrelated things. You might feel differently with how you react, and that is within your right.

22 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

"Hey, can we just be nice to the new people?  Seems like a simple request "

"I had to be a prick, they made me!"

So if everyone already knows the new person, yet they just hadn't signed up here yet, does that make them new or not new? So many questions.

7 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

Quoted from another thread, but...

I would strongly advise against this. New collectors shouldn't get so wound up about getting burned no matter how bad it may have been. You never know what that seller/resell/store might have down the road and burning them to the ground over one transaction is simply not worth it. People/places that have bad service are eventually going to close down.

I had a very bad experience at two stores in the past, one more recently than the other. One store had damaged the NES pins and refused to refund me. I took store credit and got some items I still have to this day.

Another store had a crappy attitude when I asked about their higher end items I was genuinely interested in purchasing. Although their items were marked up beyond the going rate I was not going to negotiate with the level of service displayed by the owner. Maybe it was a bad day, maybe they were annoyed they had to talk to a customer since their employee couldn't provide pricing information. All I know is one day they might have something I'd want to overpay for and if I had "left their reputation in shambles" I know I'd never get the chance to buy something again.

Generally the people that act in the above manner do not plan on sticking around, or are not actively involved in the community. If it is a teenager or younger person, it is a different story; however, if an adult starts trying to pull said shady shit, they should be outed, period.

Edit: Also, @Mega Tank no idea what folks down your way are smoking, but if we had issues previously but you would into my shop with cash and my guys are on the register, I'm more than happy to sell you whatever. Money is money, business is business. 

Anyone happen to be looking for a sealed excel / IE?

60000$ usd is the goal, yet these games are already developed. So is this just like using Kickstarter as presales, or is there a sketch breaking down how the money is being spent?

I own half the games already, so it would be nice to know more about this project. Thanks.

So what sort of behavior would people like to see from new collectors? 

I don't allow this crap to happen. If a seller or agent or whoever does this to me, I call them out, then escalate to the point that they back down and send the item, or fear that their reputation will be in shambles.

There's honestly no need for this kind of bullshit, full stop. @Linkfollowed through with a deal, despite realizing too late that he sold it too cheap, I'd do the same without thinking twice, and have sold stuff too cheap occasionally in similar situations.

On 3/18/2024 at 12:44 PM, Richardhead said:

Don’t know what that is. But it looks like it could be good.

It's a braised pork rice bowl with an egg, cabbage, and other things thrown in.

To answer the original question, my collection and collecting habits are starting to change, something that was caused recently as I decided to dismantle my dedicated game room so that I could turn it into an office. This decision was brought about by some other major changes in my life that happened this year, it will be a great year.

By getting rid of my game room, the amount of space I have for my collection has also decreased. As a result, this has made me take some steps that I knew would come about at some point, i.e. paring the collection.

A few things I realized is that aside for the Switch, I really have little to no interest in gaming from the 7th generation of consoles onwards, and even my interest in the sixth generation is limited. So I'm going to ditch almost all of the Xbox / 360 stuff, and casually get GC games that are fun or iconic. Sega Dreamcast I have the most interest in from that generation, ironically enough, so that stuff will stay.

Similarly, I have little interest in the SNES. I will just keep iconic or gamer stuff, ditch the rest. 

On 3/27/2024 at 10:11 PM, LeatherRebel5150 said:

Oh my mail lady would give me some real side eye back in the day. Especially around 2012-2013 I would have days with 6 or 10 padded envelops with games getting delivered and packed into my mailbox.

Before I had a postal box, I used to get them all sent to my work. This was around the same time period. There's be mounds of parcels everytime I'd head in to work, the secretary was like, "Man you sure made a lot of friends here in Taiwan quickly".

On 3/26/2024 at 8:34 PM, Brickman said:

The only thing that has really changed for me is I keep saying to myself that I won’t start another library of games and this is it. Then I go and find some good deals and I’m all of a sudden collecting another set 

I’ve found so many great Xbox360 games for cheap in Japan that it looks like I might go for a 360 set now 

It just so happens I have some Asian version Xbox 360 games I'd like to unload, should you want Asian NTSC J versions.

On 2/23/2024 at 12:18 AM, Link said:

This is where my mind went. Felix the Cat too, but that was not released in Japan.

Yeah that was one of the rare exceptions where Japan missed out 

Despite all of my drunken purchases and impulse purchases from junk shops, it is rare that I bought something that made me stop, ponder for a bit, and then realize that I made a mistake; however, there are a few times of near immediate purchase regret.

A few weeks back I was visiting Hard Off and I purchased an unauthorized / bootleg drum thingie for the PS2. Paid $5 for it. When I got it home and looked at it, I felt underwhelmed and thought (A) Where am I going to store this thing? (B) How can I ever sell this thing to someone else (C) Why did I spend the whole afternoon dragging the damned thing around? I forgot about it, then tonight as I was disassembling my game room (I'm turning it into an office), I saw it and once again thought "What should I do with that damned thing and why did I buy it to begin with?"

Anyone else have any stories of immediately regretting a purchase? I'm not really talking about a scenario of spending too much and feeling buyer's remorse, rather just realizing that you chose poorly.

Not tv or a movie, but the song And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.  I mean, damn...

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Wikipedia

At some point I start to think that aside from collectability, this type of stuff would be the way to go if you just want to game and get a nostalgia kick.

1 minute ago, Tabonga said:

There was man in Florida  who was murdered for his collection of MTG cards,

 

 

 

 

 

Link?

Reminds me of the California raisins prototype.

2 hours ago, Hammerfestus said:

That was my thought.  Why would it start out as passion?  The first thing I bought when I discovered I could buy old Nintendo tapes on eBay was a copy of Dragon Warrior 2.  I’d casually looked for it whenever I encountered nes games for the past more than a decade.  It wasn’t a passion.  It was a dipping of toes.  The thing that drew me to NA was trying to find out how much the games I had were worth.  It grew into passion, and experience, and knowledge with time and “nurturing“.  It is a serious mistake for this community to begrudge new people their ignorance.  Though let’s be honest, there are plenty of people here who would be more than happy to lay into someone giving a rookie an undeserved hard time.  That being said, some good natured shit talking is fine and good for bonding or something.  

I never really understood this. I was always a gamer, never stopped, and the collecting was just a natural progression. 

58 minutes ago, Tyree_Cooper said:

a fool and his money are soon parted, something like that

Hey hey, let's not dunk on the noobs.

5 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

@fcgamer Not sure why you would think it helps verify a game being legit. Care to explain?

Where I live, we don't go throwing stickers on a repro to make it look legit. Same with less than mintyness factors. Therefore, if there's a sticker or two and some wear, it's not a repro or a modern fake.

Now in the West it might be a totally different situation, but that's pathetic if it's gotten to the point of people throwing stickers on repros to make them seem legit. Sure it's happened before, but at that point everyone should be looking inward and reflecting.

On 3/22/2024 at 9:47 PM, RH said:

I assumed carts like this existed, but I never searched for them.  It's been a dream of mine (which I doubt I'll ever do cause I have 1,000 dreams like this) to make a special Genesis Homebrew where you have a midi plug-in on the cartridge (or maybe just use a Miracle Piano) and create a Genesis Synth.  I love a lot of chiptunes but there's something about that Yamaha YM2612 that I love.

Do it! I'd buy one.

48 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

What gets me is people removing blockbuster and rental store stickers. To each their own, but there's people that appreciate those too, look around before removing them!

I prefer the stickers too, helps when trying to verify whether it's a legit item or not. Then there's also historical reasons.

Welcome to VGS!!! Great to have you here

11 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

It can come off as lazy, but over time I've realized sometimes it's not so easy for some to look stuff up. Some people may find Rarity Guide, which was a thing some time ago. If someone is looking to sell and price their games according to that site, they are going to price too low. Also, there's a lot of information out there that is just simply wrong or can be misleading, so it doesn't hurt to ask a community that may know the answer.

Oh I totally agree with this; however, at least do a minimal amount of homework beforehand. For some folks, it's like wanting to make a quiche yet not knowing one of the main ingredients is eggs.