Does your immediate family know what your game collection is worth?

[Flare65]

Just was thinking about this the other day.  I've got a few gems in my collection and have spent some serious money the past 15+ years.   The wife is basically clueless as the the value of it all and isn't a gamer by any means.  Same for my parents/sister & brother in-law.

If something happens to me, I just don't want my collection dumped on ebay for pennies on the dollar.  The wife has suggested taking pictures of it all and putting it in a word document on what the expensive games are so she could recover some of the investment.

I guess i must be getting older since I'm starting to think about this kinds of stuff.  At least I'm not 40 yet....

Anyone else have the same concerns?

[Mzo]

I'd rather my library be disseminated amongst my closest friends.  Hopefully with little violence.

I always joke around and say "Bury me with my games," like the guy in Sunset Riders.

As a side question, if you happen to have a giant library of games before marriage, has anyone considered a pre-nup agreement, just in case?

[bob]

We have it fully insured and games are itemized in my will.

[Flare65]

We have it fully insured and games are itemized in my will.

Seriously?

[xelement5x]

My wife has an idea has a rough to the value of everything, but probably would need some help specifically identifying what is what are top dollar items.  I've told her to talk to a close friend of mine about it all if something happens to me, he would be able to help her out with it all.

[toymachine78]

My spouse doesn't know the value of items, but she does know how much has been spent on it... and isn't happy about it lol

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[Tatsujin]

nope..If I say, I will die.

[xelement5x]

nope..If I say, I will die.

Lol!  Because of the amount you've spent on it, or because they want to cash out your collection?

[HailingTheThings]

I'd rather my library be disseminated amongst my closest friends.  Hopefully with little violence.

I always joke around and say "Bury me with my games," like the guy in Sunset Riders.

As a side question, if you happen to have a giant library of games before marriage, has anyone considered a pre-nup agreement, just in case?

Hahahahahahaha.

[geise]

nope..If I say, I will die.

Lol!  Because of the amount you've spent on it, or because they want to cash out your collection?

Haha!  Probably a little of both.  Tats with all that you could probably put both your kids through college here in the States.

[esteban]

nope..If I say, I will die.

Lol!  Because of the amount you've spent on it, or because they want to cash out your collection?

Haha!  Probably a little of both.  Tats with all that you could probably put both your kids through college here in the States.

Hahahahaha.

Tats has to move it all to the US for it to be worth anything.  .

[FiftyQuid]

Are you kidding?  My wife comes home from the store all the time with stuff and when I ask her how much it cost I just get "Oh, I don't know."  It doesn't matter if it's a bag of carrots or a new car.

No one in my family knows what my games are worth.  The closest I've come is telling my wife is that I'm in the $2K range.  I'm not lying to her, but there are things she doesn't need to know.  I don't tell her how much I spend on a game and she doesn't tell me what her last pair of shoes cost.

[HailingTheThings]

Are you kidding?  My wife comes home from the store all the time with stuff and when I ask her how much it cost I just get "Oh, I don't know."  It doesn't matter if it's a bag of carrots or a new car.

No one in my family knows what my games are worth.  The closest I've come is telling my wife is that I'm in the $2K range.  I'm not lying to her, but there are things she doesn't need to know.  I don't tell her how much I spend on a game and she doesn't tell me what her last pair of shoes cost.

Fair enough.

[Miracle_Warrior]

I have recently liquidated everything I didn't see myself playing anymore or wanting to pass down to my kids for one reason or anohther.  At this point I have everything recorded in a database.  Because a lot of my stuff is Japanese, my wife won't have a clue as to where to even start if something were to happen to me.  I don't think she would sell my collection anyway, since my son has taken a real interest in it and I've taught him a lot about what we have and some of the significance of it. 

I have rough prices tied to everything in my database so that in the event my wife does sell my stuff, she has an idea of the relative value of each item. 

[Necromancer]

Nobody knows the exact value (not even me, really), but they know it's worth more than a couple hundred.  If they choose to dump it all on eBay in one big lot instead of trying to maximize profits, I won't give a shit because I'll be dead.