I came across this board a little bit ago. And I was very excited to sign up, become a member, and join in on the online community for TG16. It was a lot of fun to get back into this system and play the games again. And then, further, play and collect games that I've never played before
I've had a few good trades and sales, here. Had a couple back and forths with members in some threads.
I was having a lot of fun.
Then apparently I got some flack for selling a few items on ebay from a few members. Apparently some members thought that this was an atrocity.
Well, not that i should have to defend myself.....
A little bit ago a picked up a lot of empty HuCard cases - probably from a rental store or something. The cases didn't even have the fronts on them....I couldn't pass up that deal though since i know these cases are hard to find (and the "going rate" for new ones is $15-$20 a pop if you can find them). So I cannibalized my old CD collection for fronts, since nobody gives a crap about Cds anymore.....haha.
I also picked up a huge lot of games and a core system - it was a great price, and i needed a lot of the games. Half of them didn't have cases either.
So, everything for sale or trade were doubles for me, but I needed the cases for my Loose Hucards and manuals. So i peeled the spine labels off and got those sweet custom spine labels here. And instead of just throwing these away (again, i know these can be hard to find), i figured i'd offer them up to another TG16 fan that might need/want original spine labels; Might not be able to find the custom ones; or just want to make something cool with them. If not body wants them, so be it. But why waste them?
Yeah, so I'd like to get a few bucks back on them if i can. What's wrong with that? It let's me build my TG16 collection even further..... Like a lot of collectors out there, this is a hobby for me, not a business. I'm not rich, and can't afford the going $50-$100 for a lot of the games, so I have to be creative to come up with funds for my collection. (And before anyone says something about me buying these large lots of items - I recently sold some of my Atari collection, Star Wars collection, and Blurays to afford these). I'm a collector at heart, and have been since I've been young.
As for the games, I had also put all of my doubles up for trade here in the forum, but no takers, probably since they are mostly commons. So instead of letting them sit and collect dust, i figure i sell them to get some funds to put back into my collection.
And now all of my loose Hucards have homes and nice new spine labels on the cases.
Well, judge me how you will.....I'm sure almost everyone on here has sold something in their lifetime because they didn't want to see it thrown away.
Hell, I'm sure you guys would still judge me even if I did throw them away.... You just can't win sometimes.
As much as I like this board, some of you are very quick to pass judgement.
I'm really sick of this "holier than thou" attitude from people online.
Again, nice job at making someone feel welcome guys!
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