stolen collection

[johnnykonami]

Hey guys, last Wednesday my house was broken into and they stole $13,000 worth of my collection, I'm completely f*cking devastated, it was my life's work, and basically my only passion
I'm writing this because whoever did this is in British Columbia, I live near Vancouver, and if they try and sell it chances are it will pop up there.
50 TurboGrafx games, a Turbo Duo, I have the box with matching serial numbers, also taken was my Dreamcast with about 40 games, my Super Nintendo with about 150 games, my Wii U, and both my NES in box with around 400 titles.
If anyone knows or sees anything words can't describe how much I would appreciate it, I lost a huge part of my life with this.
Should be weird to see 50 TurboGrafx games and a turbo duo pop up in the wild in Vancouver so I thought I'd just let you all know in case there is a nice person out there who may have seen or heard something.
Thanks for your time.

That blows, man.  I hope you can get some or all of it back.

[NightWolve]

Sorry to hear man, I do sometimes myself fear the level of devastation that it would cause if I had my life's collected belongings stolen... Menards had these motion detection alarms for $9.99 and I decided to buy one last week for the back porch area between the 1st and 2nd floor as a start. I got lots of hand tools there too, plus if you break thru the first door, you'll have nobody seeing you go further up to the 2nd floor where I'm at.

Point being, some kind of security system is probably worth investing in these days. This little high screech alarm at motion is inadequate, but it's better than nothing I figure and might as well be there. It comes with 2 keychain buttons like a car's alarm, so you click once to activate it when you leave the area, click again when you're passing through to avoid it going off on you. It's not ADT with instant 911 calling, wired security, but it's some kind of alert.

[turbokon]

Damn, sorry to hear.  My house was broken into several years ago but luckly they didn't take any my retro stuff, only my wii and PS3 with a few games I had for them.

[Necromancer]

Bummer.  Hopefully you'll figure out who stole it (it shouldn't be that hard) or at least find some of the goodies in the wild.

P.S. - get insurance, it's relatively cheap.

[Desh]

I am so sorry to hear this happened.  This is one of my biggest fears when it comes to my collection obsession.  I investigated additional insurance on it but the way my homeowners insurance is written replacement value would be given with complete documentation.  This includes pictures and I have a spread sheet worked up of everything I have and it's value (that I need to update).

I really hope you find out who did it and at least get some of your stuff back.  I am so sorry to hear about this devastating loss.

[esadajr]

I'm also sorry to read about this. I wish you the best.

A time to reflect about the collecting (if not hoarding) of material possessions. I'm not saying to get rid of everything, but to reflect on what things really bring joy. A burglar system is always a good idea for a house, after the initial investment, the monitoring service is not too expensive.

[YANDMAN]

f*ck really sorry to hear your bad news man, That is harsh

[EvilEvoIX]

This is beyond scary, I pray to God you find that f*cker.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I'm sorry to hear about this, I hope you recover everything that was taken.


But I too am curious, has anyone been over recently that was into retro gaming or needing cash?  Did you post pics/videos of your collection online anywhere?

[neutopia6]

When I go pick up games, I usually come back with 50-100, take a photo, post on Facebook, most people don't realize this is expensive stuff.
Not many people that I've opened up with about prices or anything, I don't enjoy people much so I'm extremely picky with who I open up with, so that narrows it down a lot.
I don't have any kind of insurance, just renting from a new place the past several months, never thought anyone would break in and steal games, or at the very least if it did happen, I never thought they'd go for TurboGrafx, its quite the obscure, unheard of system.
Nothing has popped up yet and its been nearly a week.
With my Super Nintendo games there was an ogre battle game with a torn piece off the label, secret of mama, demons crest, earthbound, mega man x3, tons of great stuff, NES had all mega mans, castlevanias, Zelda's, dragon warriors, even an English translated final fantasy 3, Bucky o hare, just too much to list, great collection though, if I saw it in the wild I'd recognize it, thanks for all the well wishing, I hope I catch this f*cking cunt and regain my passion.

[Desh]

Was anything else taken or just the games?

[esteban]

The guilty party is probably someone you know.

Or a Goverrat.

Or both.

[csgx1]

Damn, that's pretty f'd up.  Sorry for your loss.  Sounds like the thief knew exactly what you had.

I had a friend in high school had his house broken into and his Game Boy, Game Gear and Genesis and games were only stolen.  Ended up being a friend of a friend. 

[glazball]

You have my deepest sympathies as well.  So, so, so sorry to hear about this.  My fingers and toes are crossed that the police will turn something up for you.

[vexcollects]

Oh Man. I am so sorry to hear this. I felt sick to my stomach when you said you had no insurance. I'm always looking as well. I will watch out for your stuff on eBay. There is a guy currently unloading a ton of TG stuff on eBay, but he is in Ontario. No Duo system as far as I could see.

I hope the police get this guy and make him play a Wii shovelware game for 5-10 years.