Collecting Dangers

[Darth Sensei]

Ever get into danger while collecting gaming stuff?

I went down to a Goodwill in a bad part of town because a fellow DP'er mentioned that they had quite a few loose Atari Carts in.

Well, I parked and walked to the front of the building. There were quite a few homeless people standing/sitting outside. I tried to walk past an old woman and she screamed at me, "You bastard, I saw what you did!"

She then grabbed me by the collar and proceeded to try to hit me wtih the other hand. Now, I've trained in martial arts for close to 15 years, but I was so shocked I didn't move properly. I caught her hand and held it so she couldn't hit me. She was so close to me and screaming so hard that I literally got hit with her spit.

Anyway, an old guy who seemed to know her grabbed her from behind and got her to quiet down. I'm was still shaken and walked quickly into the store. The cashier says to me, "Don't worry, she's always like that."

Anybody ever get injured or in danger while collecting?

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[metal_head]

I think the tottering teetering pile of Megadrive games on my shelf by the door might be classified as dangerous.

One careless gesture or stray puff of wind and the lot could come down on me, an avalanche of games carts raining down on me until my body is crushed by a pile of classic plastic.

Boy, this game collecting is a dangerous lark.

[chadtower]

Only when trying to sneak the stuff past the wife and into the basement...

LOL

Actually, my wife is extremely cool about it, but it makes for a good joke.

[Sega Hitman]

Technically, no. There's always the danger of having to deal with toxic BO at flea markets though. In the summer time, these people just don't like wearing much clothing as well. Quite harmful to the eyes.

-Hitman-

[hydr0x]

btw that woman seems to be mentally handicapped

reply: hell, no, the chance to get into real trouble on open street is so fuckin ridiculously low in germany as long as you are not walking through an russian suburb at 3am :evil:

[chadtower]

btw that woman seems to be mentally handicapped


Gee, you think? I wonder if that has anything to do with her being homeless.

[TRM]

I burnt by hand when one of my PCBs overheated---luckily it wasn't that bad of a burn. Another time my Game Station Arcade started smoking---once again, I'm glad I caught it before anything bad happened (such as burning the house down)

[VACRMH]

I've made people very mad at me by trading... but I don't think I was in too much danger.

I traded Zelda and Paperboy 2 on SNES for someones Lufia and Megaman 7. They were not very happy when they checked ebay

:evil:

[Rev. Link]

I'm constantly in danger of going broke because of games, but I don't think that counts. :)

[Sotenga]

I'm constantly in danger of going broke because of games, but I don't think that counts. :)

It does. I'm ALWAYS broke when trying to collect more games. This is one reason why I'm more of a gamer than a collector. ;)

Hmm... nope, can't think of any instances. With the exception of me going flat broke because I'm a spending whore, I've had no major danger with collecting... yet.

[davidbrit2]

Man, I've been in the Salvation Army on Euclid in Cleveland, while recovering from surgery. I ain't 'fraid of NOTHIN', bitches! ;-)

[WiseSalesman]

Man, I've been in the Salvation Army on Euclid in Cleveland, while recovering from surgery. I ain't 'fraid of NOTHIN', bitches! ;-)

Word up, G.

I've been in there, but there are some promising pawns in cleveland that I still stay away from.

[hydr0x]

btw that woman seems to be mentally handicapped


Gee, you think? I wonder if that has anything to do with her being homeless.

pfff as if every homeless gets mentally handicapped

[Darth Sensei]

Man, I've been in the Salvation Army on Euclid in Cleveland, while recovering from surgery. I ain't 'fraid of NOTHIN', bitches! ;-)

This was at the Goodwill on Division near Wealthy. You know where it is. Not a good place. O_O

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[davidbrit2]

Oh, yeah, I know the area. Stick to the Salvation Army on Division, and the Goodwill that's nearer to 54th St. Heh.

[Kid Ice]

Three words:

Pennsauken Flea Market

[sniperCCJVQ]

Technically, no. There's always the danger of having to deal with toxic BO at flea markets though. In the summer time, these people just don't like wearing much clothing as well. Quite harmful to the eyes.

-Hitman-

Yikes !

Especially when you try to haggle a videogame lot from a 250 lbs. guy with a beer belly and red like a lobster from extreme sun burn. Quite harmful to the eyes...and the nose too !

[jonjandran]

I was polishing a playstation cd with a high speed car buffer , and shot it across the room at like 70 mph.
It could have killed the cat I guess. :(

[maxlords]

My pirate Famicom caught fire when I was trying to get it to work last summer. That's about it :)

[CRaCKeRJaCK1980]

Had a party at my house this summer. I have a much of controllers that I keep in a box that dont work. I use them for parts etc. Any who, my buddy decides that we should have a nintendo controller fight. Well one thing led to another....I ended up taking a NES pad to the back of my head, good thing I was drunk or it might have hurt.... :)

[Slipdeath]

my xbox fell on my head, i was unconsious for a while

[digitalpress]

In the old days some dealers would sell from behind a moat full of ravenous crocodiles or piranhas! The especially treacherous ones would have crocodiles AND piranhas!! Anyway, once I fell into one of those moats, which is why I'm now typing with a prosthetic hand.

Also at a GameStop I once had a 16-ton weight dropped on top of me. I was only asking about their return policy on used games! Anyway, that's why I've got a super-deformed head nowadays. It's a surgical thing.

Oh yeah. One other time there was this Salvation Army that lined their walls with razor blades. Well, normally this wasn't a problem (I figured it was one of those "pop art" things) until there was a blackout one night while I was inside! My head got busted open pretty good, and my brain fell out that night, which is why I'm replying the way I am right now.

Otherwise, no problems to speak of.

[RoboticParanoia]

In the old days some dealers would sell from behind a moat full of ravenous crocodiles or piranhas! The especially treacherous ones would have crocodiles AND piranhas!! Anyway, once I fell into one of those moats, which is why I'm now typing with a prosthetic hand.

Also at a GameStop I once had a 16-ton weight dropped on top of me. I was only asking about their return policy on used games! Anyway, that's why I've got a super-deformed head nowadays. It's a surgical thing.

Oh yeah. One other time there was this Salvation Army that lined their walls with razor blades. Well, normally this wasn't a problem (I figured it was one of those "pop art" things) until there was a blackout one night while I was inside! My head got busted open pretty good, and my brain fell out that night, which is why I'm replying the way I am right now.

Otherwise, no problems to speak of.

You live an exciting life, Joe.

As for me, a mentally handicapped person came up with me and nearly stole my games (nothing too big...a few NES titles). Instead of stealing them, we fought, and they dropped to the ground floor. I ran like hell till I got them back (I tripped down the escalator...got a nasty bruise).

[xertcev]

There is a biohazard at one the thrift stores I frequent.
I was in there one day and there was a pile of vomit about
as big around as a garbage can lid. It looked like it sitting
there for quite a while. That was years ago and there is still
a big stain in the carpet where it was. Needless to say, I
always avoid that section, and cringe when I see someone standing there.

At another store of the same name, a gay crackhead tried to pick me up.
I was working on a big tangled mess of SNES cords as he approached.
He got really close to me and said "I usually find a lot of receivers in these places"
As it dawned on me, that he was not talking about stereo gear,
I said NOPE, I DON'T SEE ANY and he took off in a hurry.

[Rev. Link]

At another store of the same name, a gay crackhead tried to pick me up.
I was working on a big tangled mess of SNES cords as he approached.
He got really close to me and said "I usually find a lot of receivers in these places"
As it dawned on me, that he was not talking about stereo gear,
I said NOPE, I DON'T SEE ANY and he took off in a hurry.

Whoa! Now that's a hazard. :eek 2:

[Sanriostar]

I've gone hunting in Pawn shops that were fences for the Mob/Hot Property and all that. When shipping in the early 90's, this 'shop' in question used a trick called 'Flotsam', where half the stuff is crap, and in the back of the truck trailer (near the doors) so a quick cursory look in the trailer just sees unimportant stuff... like 2600 games. Soooooooo I'm in this shop, trying to buy the cases of Absolute 2600 games, and they were adamant that I only buy 2 of each title. Naiveity got me in there, and naivety got me out alive.

The second time in that store was just out of a need for a score. got that was bad.

[calthaer]

reply: hell, no, the chance to get into real trouble on open street is so fuckin ridiculously low in germany as long as you are not walking through an russian suburb at 3am :evil:

Actually I was in Freiburg in the middle of the afternoon once and saw one guy rollerblading towards me (I was on my Fahrrad - er, my bike). This other guy was parked at a stoplight near the sidewalk. He got out of his car, said "Hey!" (didn't really shout; wasn't that loud - but for Deutschland it was a shout I suppose) to the guy on rollerblades. The rollerblader, who was sauntering along at that point, looked at the guy and then picked up speed to run away. The guy from the car then proceeded to chase the guy down (he was only like 3-5 meters away and the rollerblader had no chance to pick up speed), tackle the rollerblader, and proceed to punch the rollerblader in the face multiple times.

I never found out what the deal was; some other people got out of their cars or were on the sidewalk and ran over and separated the two guys.

I might mention how the two guys looked like they were Turkish, but...

[hydr0x]

I might mention how the two guys looked like they were Turkish, but...

don't want to be a racist, but that explains a lot ;) and the whole thing looks like a private thing between the two guys, and private fights happen everywhere :)

[bensenvill]

if carprul tunnel syndrom counts, I think we all have.

if you count computer injuries, I probably take the cake. In college I fell out of my loft onto my computer case. Somehow I never woke up to notice and aparently just climbed back up. I remember waking up screaming "why is my bed coated in blood". I had gashed up the entire back of my head. I had such a sevear concussion I couldnt even stand for 2 days. Finally after 2 day (ya I'm sort of one of those people) I broke down and went to the hospital. Mind you that since this was a gash on the back of my head, I never saw how bad it was but the nurse that was suppose to clean the wound was so disturbed by it she was dry heaving and had to have someone else do it. The end result, I now have to deal with vertigo the rest of my life and have a real nasty scar plus I have yet to be able to get that blood stain off my computer case (if it wasnt for that, I would have had no idea what happened).

~Tj

[Darth Sensei]

At another store of the same name, a gay crackhead tried to pick me up.
I was working on a big tangled mess of SNES cords as he approached.
He got really close to me and said "I usually find a lot of receivers in these places"
As it dawned on me, that he was not talking about stereo gear,
I said NOPE, I DON'T SEE ANY and he took off in a hurry.

You got a pretty mouth there boy? LOL

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