Slate
03-19-2010, 06:53 PM
Hi, After nearly seven years I finally figured it is time to let my video game collection go. before I sell it I thought perhaps some of you would like to hear my story, So here it goes.
I first started collecting in 2003. I saw the August issue of Tips & Tricks magazine which had Joe Santulli's Video Game Collectors article and Videogamerdaryll's collection was featured in that month's article. This inspired me to collect video games and boy, Did I get into it. Collecting video games or playing them was practically all I thought about, I had no other interests. I even dreamed about buying video games, Some that didn't exist. Then I'd realize I was dreaming and I'd get pissed.
Every weekend I would be going with my dad to yard sales, goodwills and such to look for video games. When I was buying these games I had no real goal except to buy lots of Sega games. Most of the time I just bought anything but I ended up buying a lot of games even before I ended up joining this forum. I even got store displays from Electronics Boutique which turned into Gamestop.
It was a lot of fun while I was still into it but eventually the finds started drying up. In 2006 I got an Xbox 360 and then I got into online gaming, I wasn't as serious about collecting by this time. In 2007 I wasn't really into collecting any more, My Uncle Eddie died and I started figuring collecting was just a hobby. I was still into collecting, I just wasn't as serious as I had been. In April 2007 I got Guitar Hero II, I started getting into music, My best friend started saying I should play a real guitar and I bought a guitar. I didn't practice guitar much until November and December but I got more and more into it after that.
In 2008 I kept getting into music and finding out about more and more bands. I also started getting rid of things from my childhood that I didn't need and I kept getting deeper and deeper into guitar, Even though I wasn't any good at it.
In 2009 I was pretty much done with collecting. I was tired of going around, Buying things when I had more fun playing games on Xbox Live with friends. Then I got interested in repairing guitars. I moved my collection from one room to another, I now have a workshop in the room I moved my collection from. I now work on guitars, I don't collect video games anymore. I've passed up video game lots on several occasions now and have not regretted it, I have finally figured it is time to get rid of my collection since it takes up so much room. I'll probably only sell on Craigslist unless someone wants to buy over $100 of my collection at once or there's something that I can't get rid of locally. So there it is... My collecting story. Check out my For Sale thread in the Buying And Selling forum some time, It is going to get bigger and bigger until I'm done selling a large portion of my collection. Thanks for reading.
- Austin
I first started collecting in 2003. I saw the August issue of Tips & Tricks magazine which had Joe Santulli's Video Game Collectors article and Videogamerdaryll's collection was featured in that month's article. This inspired me to collect video games and boy, Did I get into it. Collecting video games or playing them was practically all I thought about, I had no other interests. I even dreamed about buying video games, Some that didn't exist. Then I'd realize I was dreaming and I'd get pissed.
Every weekend I would be going with my dad to yard sales, goodwills and such to look for video games. When I was buying these games I had no real goal except to buy lots of Sega games. Most of the time I just bought anything but I ended up buying a lot of games even before I ended up joining this forum. I even got store displays from Electronics Boutique which turned into Gamestop.
It was a lot of fun while I was still into it but eventually the finds started drying up. In 2006 I got an Xbox 360 and then I got into online gaming, I wasn't as serious about collecting by this time. In 2007 I wasn't really into collecting any more, My Uncle Eddie died and I started figuring collecting was just a hobby. I was still into collecting, I just wasn't as serious as I had been. In April 2007 I got Guitar Hero II, I started getting into music, My best friend started saying I should play a real guitar and I bought a guitar. I didn't practice guitar much until November and December but I got more and more into it after that.
In 2008 I kept getting into music and finding out about more and more bands. I also started getting rid of things from my childhood that I didn't need and I kept getting deeper and deeper into guitar, Even though I wasn't any good at it.
In 2009 I was pretty much done with collecting. I was tired of going around, Buying things when I had more fun playing games on Xbox Live with friends. Then I got interested in repairing guitars. I moved my collection from one room to another, I now have a workshop in the room I moved my collection from. I now work on guitars, I don't collect video games anymore. I've passed up video game lots on several occasions now and have not regretted it, I have finally figured it is time to get rid of my collection since it takes up so much room. I'll probably only sell on Craigslist unless someone wants to buy over $100 of my collection at once or there's something that I can't get rid of locally. So there it is... My collecting story. Check out my For Sale thread in the Buying And Selling forum some time, It is going to get bigger and bigger until I'm done selling a large portion of my collection. Thanks for reading.
- Austin