scorch56
02-09-2007, 08:51 AM
Well.. yeah.. the time has finally come. To say my life has gone to shit in the last few months would be an understatement. Last september I posted THIS (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91538) thread. Since then I've sold about a hundred or so games on eBay.. piddly-dinking around a few every week on evilBay; and unloaded most of my consoles keeping only one model of each platform to play what I'll keep. My mom is getting sicker; not quite bed-ridden yet.. but I never did get to take her on that little vacation and I'm sick and tired of pussy-footing around. I need money.. plain & simple. I DON"T enjoy collecting games anymore.. AT ALL. I do enjoy playing them (It takes my mind off my troubles) so I'm keeping all of my PS2, GCN & XBX games. The way I see it.. I could continue to keep selling a game here and there and all that would accomplish is to help me pay her bills.. and that's not what I care about. Fuck the bills.. I want to do something special for her in her last few months and the only way I'm gonna' do that is to get one big lump of money or else I'm just gonna' keep pissing everything away until she's gone.. and I'll have nothing, nor any memories.. to show for it.
My many consoles (including my Turbo Duo, X-eye, TL NES and SMS II) are what kept me going the last few months.. all gone now. Yes.. I also sold a few "spendy" games along the way as well. Suikoden I & II are gone as well as FF, FFII, FFIII and Chrono.. which I sold last week. I actually got $75 for Team Buddies on eB.
So.. here's the deal. It's one last lot.. period. I know I'd get more selling it all piecemeal.. but no. I wont part-out, I won't sell single games.. I won't sell smaller lots. The 445 games are one-shot.. period. I also know most members won't even consider this because like me.. we're not rich; but I thought I'd try here first before it goes to evilBay where I'll have to take pictures (shitloads.. probably); design a humongous eye-catching ad (2 days work) and pay tons of fees in listing, FVFs and PayPal. I know you guys are cheap compared to eB buyers ;) and no.. I DON'T expect anywhere's near what IGN says it's worth. This would be more geared towards a reseller or a rich kid.
It's 4:30 AM and I've been up all night emptying mom's drool bucket (so to speak.. anyone remember that skit on SNL back in the Chevy & Bill days?) and I need to go to work soon. My grading system is explained in the September thread and the games are too many to list here but they're all in my sig.. as always. Like I've said before.. it takes a while to load up the IGN page.. but it's not as bad as it was when it was at 750+, and there's no way one can disable the box-art when you're just a public viewer.. nor can I edit it out for public view.. sucks. I've taken out all of the games I'm keeping so yes.. it's everything on that page. These are not a bunch of commons. sports.. or kids games either folks. We're all enthusiasts and collectors here.. and while there's no uber-rare protos or $1,000 bare 2600 carts.. none of this stuff is crap either. It represents some 8 years of buying and searching on eBay. All include case/box, manual & cart/CD. Clicking on "view stats" in the upper right corner of the list will give you a breakdown of the game quantities by platform. Clicking on the word "Platform" at the top of the columns will sort the list by platform (that's how I view it) rather than by ALL titles alphabetically. Clicking on "Show Public Notes" at the top of the title column will bring up the individual conditions for each game. Remember.. if you look at my other post I explain my grading and how to read the statements; in fact.. the games I DID list last September, their condition statements were taken right from this list.
I'm open to offers.. I actually don't have a figure in mind.. like I said though.. it cetainly isn't $16,428.. but please don't insult me or try to be a "funny" guy either. This is serious folks.. for a serious cause. I won't miss this crap.. or the scene.. and I want to get rid of it. PM me if you're interested. I have no idea what shipping would be but it would be a lot because obviously.. this stuff's heavy. I'd seriously consider a long-haul trucking line over UPS or FedEx.
Lastly.. I'm also parting with what consoles I have left and wouldn't mind including them in this lot as well. No sense in keeping the consoles if I'm not keeping any of the games. I have:
Dreamcast
Model 1 Saturn
PSOne w/Sony LCD screen
SCPH-1001 (launch model) PSX in box
Nintendo 64
Philips CD-i model 490
Panasonic FZ-10 3DO
Atari Jaguar w/CD add-on
Sega CDX
32X 100% complete in box
SMS Convertor
Blue Game Gear
Nomad
Lynx (model 2)
.. and I just bought a brand new Super Famicon Twin from estarland (after I sold all of my NES's and Super Nintendo models).
(I'm keeping my NGPC so I can play Biomotor Unitron & Faselei! which I kept; but I'm selling the rest of my NGPC games in the lot.)
Not to mention all hookups for them (some rare) a ton of controllers (some novelty) and Sega Saturn JAP model Virtua Stick (not the US grey one.. the bright-colored buttons fighting stick), a Saturn-Twin Stick, a PSX dual analog stick and one of those SNES Top fighter arcade quality sticks.. complete in box. Also a "Nintendo Power" N64 DK "banana" controller.
Oh yeah! A DC light-gun, a Saturn blk JAP Virtua Gun, a PSX GunCon, a CD-i gun (have a boxed Cd-i mouse too! and many different game pads for it) and a Konami Justifier for Gen (Snatcher!), 3DO ALG light-gun, 3DO mouse, brand-new boxed Sony PSX mouse, SNES mouse, Genny mouse and various IR controller sets for the Gen, SNES and NES.
Cases & AC adaptors for all of the handhelds (including the CDX).
Some schwag including plushies, promo items and such.
Thanks to all for your time & attention.
BTW.. I know my feedback forum link doesn't work.. but I haven't been able to re-edit since the forum change on account of the minute I do.. it tells me I've exceeded the sig line-limit.. so I don't. But I AM in the FB forum.
Help me out guys.. seriously.. my loss is your gain. I know I've asked this before also.. but even if you're not interested.. but qualified.. I'd welcome serious estimates as to what this is even worth.. in case it does end up on eBay. This collection (now half gone) was always meant to be my little "nest egg" and was my pride & joy. Unfortunately my local friends are not into retro-game collecting like I was. I never got to show this stuff off to anyone and I live in a mobile home with my mom so all of these years it remained packed away (good thing because I'm a smoker). Never had a room of doom, no pictures.. nothing. Hell.. 80% of these games got packed away after about 15 minutes of test-time when I got them. But it looks like I'm getting the house.. so I guess I won't need my "investment" to get a place of my own, but frankly.. right now.. I pretty much hate the entire world.. so who cares.
My many consoles (including my Turbo Duo, X-eye, TL NES and SMS II) are what kept me going the last few months.. all gone now. Yes.. I also sold a few "spendy" games along the way as well. Suikoden I & II are gone as well as FF, FFII, FFIII and Chrono.. which I sold last week. I actually got $75 for Team Buddies on eB.
So.. here's the deal. It's one last lot.. period. I know I'd get more selling it all piecemeal.. but no. I wont part-out, I won't sell single games.. I won't sell smaller lots. The 445 games are one-shot.. period. I also know most members won't even consider this because like me.. we're not rich; but I thought I'd try here first before it goes to evilBay where I'll have to take pictures (shitloads.. probably); design a humongous eye-catching ad (2 days work) and pay tons of fees in listing, FVFs and PayPal. I know you guys are cheap compared to eB buyers ;) and no.. I DON'T expect anywhere's near what IGN says it's worth. This would be more geared towards a reseller or a rich kid.
It's 4:30 AM and I've been up all night emptying mom's drool bucket (so to speak.. anyone remember that skit on SNL back in the Chevy & Bill days?) and I need to go to work soon. My grading system is explained in the September thread and the games are too many to list here but they're all in my sig.. as always. Like I've said before.. it takes a while to load up the IGN page.. but it's not as bad as it was when it was at 750+, and there's no way one can disable the box-art when you're just a public viewer.. nor can I edit it out for public view.. sucks. I've taken out all of the games I'm keeping so yes.. it's everything on that page. These are not a bunch of commons. sports.. or kids games either folks. We're all enthusiasts and collectors here.. and while there's no uber-rare protos or $1,000 bare 2600 carts.. none of this stuff is crap either. It represents some 8 years of buying and searching on eBay. All include case/box, manual & cart/CD. Clicking on "view stats" in the upper right corner of the list will give you a breakdown of the game quantities by platform. Clicking on the word "Platform" at the top of the columns will sort the list by platform (that's how I view it) rather than by ALL titles alphabetically. Clicking on "Show Public Notes" at the top of the title column will bring up the individual conditions for each game. Remember.. if you look at my other post I explain my grading and how to read the statements; in fact.. the games I DID list last September, their condition statements were taken right from this list.
I'm open to offers.. I actually don't have a figure in mind.. like I said though.. it cetainly isn't $16,428.. but please don't insult me or try to be a "funny" guy either. This is serious folks.. for a serious cause. I won't miss this crap.. or the scene.. and I want to get rid of it. PM me if you're interested. I have no idea what shipping would be but it would be a lot because obviously.. this stuff's heavy. I'd seriously consider a long-haul trucking line over UPS or FedEx.
Lastly.. I'm also parting with what consoles I have left and wouldn't mind including them in this lot as well. No sense in keeping the consoles if I'm not keeping any of the games. I have:
Dreamcast
Model 1 Saturn
PSOne w/Sony LCD screen
SCPH-1001 (launch model) PSX in box
Nintendo 64
Philips CD-i model 490
Panasonic FZ-10 3DO
Atari Jaguar w/CD add-on
Sega CDX
32X 100% complete in box
SMS Convertor
Blue Game Gear
Nomad
Lynx (model 2)
.. and I just bought a brand new Super Famicon Twin from estarland (after I sold all of my NES's and Super Nintendo models).
(I'm keeping my NGPC so I can play Biomotor Unitron & Faselei! which I kept; but I'm selling the rest of my NGPC games in the lot.)
Not to mention all hookups for them (some rare) a ton of controllers (some novelty) and Sega Saturn JAP model Virtua Stick (not the US grey one.. the bright-colored buttons fighting stick), a Saturn-Twin Stick, a PSX dual analog stick and one of those SNES Top fighter arcade quality sticks.. complete in box. Also a "Nintendo Power" N64 DK "banana" controller.
Oh yeah! A DC light-gun, a Saturn blk JAP Virtua Gun, a PSX GunCon, a CD-i gun (have a boxed Cd-i mouse too! and many different game pads for it) and a Konami Justifier for Gen (Snatcher!), 3DO ALG light-gun, 3DO mouse, brand-new boxed Sony PSX mouse, SNES mouse, Genny mouse and various IR controller sets for the Gen, SNES and NES.
Cases & AC adaptors for all of the handhelds (including the CDX).
Some schwag including plushies, promo items and such.
Thanks to all for your time & attention.
BTW.. I know my feedback forum link doesn't work.. but I haven't been able to re-edit since the forum change on account of the minute I do.. it tells me I've exceeded the sig line-limit.. so I don't. But I AM in the FB forum.
Help me out guys.. seriously.. my loss is your gain. I know I've asked this before also.. but even if you're not interested.. but qualified.. I'd welcome serious estimates as to what this is even worth.. in case it does end up on eBay. This collection (now half gone) was always meant to be my little "nest egg" and was my pride & joy. Unfortunately my local friends are not into retro-game collecting like I was. I never got to show this stuff off to anyone and I live in a mobile home with my mom so all of these years it remained packed away (good thing because I'm a smoker). Never had a room of doom, no pictures.. nothing. Hell.. 80% of these games got packed away after about 15 minutes of test-time when I got them. But it looks like I'm getting the house.. so I guess I won't need my "investment" to get a place of my own, but frankly.. right now.. I pretty much hate the entire world.. so who cares.