Keeping track of what you have

[GM80]

Mods: I tried for about 10 minutes to figure out where to put this, feel free to move it if I chose incorrectly.

I was in Best Buy yesterday looking at clearance DS games and, for the first time, honestly couldn't remember if I had a particular game or not. I'm at that 70% collection point where I have most games, but there are more than just 4 or 5 that I can remember to look for (it was Pac-Man World 3 and yes, I did have it).

That got me thinking on ways to keep track of what I have at all times. I keep an Excel spreadsheet at home for myself, and I export that to my website for others, but that doesn't help me standing in the middle of a store or flea market.

The printed list is too large to keep in my pocket, and the odds of having wi-fi and a wireless device handy are slim. I could check my website on my phone, I guess, but that gets expensive quickly.

I considered exporting the Excel file to a Palm or PocketPC, but I don't use either of those. Maybe I should.

So here I am. What do you do? I would like to know.

[Windy Miller]

I also have an Excel spreadsheet at home & tend to carry around a copy of it with me when I go out shopping. My collection is pretty tiny, so it's only a dozen or so pages to leaf through.

[Kejoriv]

I keep my collection list of video games and Mad stuff on my phone.

[mailman187666]

I've actually got my entire collection memorized. Not to the point where I could tell somebody every single game I own off the top of my head, but I can look at a game in the store/flea market and know if I already have it or not. Thats going to change soon though because my collection is constantly growing every single week. I'm talking $100+ per week on games. I'm sure some of us here spend way more than that a week though.

[THATinkjar]

Much like mailman187666, I can look at a game on a store shelf and know instantly if I already own it. It is both a blessing and a curse. Sometimes, you just want to buy a damn good game again :)

Some useful threads:

"how do you keep track of your games? (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20911&highlight=collection+software)"

"How do you keep track of all your games? (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21730&highlight=collection+software)" Same name, different thread.

"New PDA user here and i could use a little help (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34974&highlight=collection+software)" Might be useful.

"Collection inventory software (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71609&highlight=collection+software)"

[WhiteHenDecapitator]

It sure is nice having a Palm Treo 650!

I keep my entire game inventory on it, works well and I always have it on me. I once bought a game from a shop thinking that I really needed it for the collection, got it home and realized that I had allready bought it at some point in time!

That has yet to happen again since using the Treo 650!

[Griking]

Keep your copy of the DP Guide (or whatever form list you use) out in your car when you're shopping. The worst that can happen is thatyou have to make a trip out to the car to see if you have a game or not.