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Couple of protips for ya, friend...
Hey, I actually get what you are saying and I have no problem with how you put it.
I like to play games. I get together with friends and we either play something from my collection (even if it’s rare or expensive) or play pinball (which honestly has taken over in terms of what I enjoy playing at my house) Me and my best friend for the last 6 years have been going through every NES game I have alphabetically and playing them (Some Games for much longer than others.)
I have some everdrives but I prefer to play physical copies. I mean we’ve all had roms on our computers back in the day but just preferred to have physical copies.
When I got into collecting heavily everything was cheap so I was never in it for the money and my collecting slowed as prices climbed. I have just accepted that as time has gone on so have the prices and there are a couple things I just want to finish up. So, the question is Do I wait and hope prices go down or because I have the means right now do I finish my set? I’ve chosen to finish my set. Who knows when/if prices will go down.
So, when you are looking for something that doesn’t pop up every day you kind of hit up every avenue you can. I can understand how this rubs people the wrong way.
Also, in regards to the for sale post from 3 or 4 years ago... As I said then I was doing it for a friend. This was a guy whose Father in Law was a hoarder (Mostly all video games) and had died. The mom was in a house that was in rough shape due to the hoarding. They needed money for the mother in law to fix up the house because obviously the Father in Law has spent most of their money on his hoarding (also, boarded tons of glassware) This guy was trying to sell all of these games for about 2k on Craigslist. I’m sure this will keep your torches lit but I offered to tell him the value of everything and help him sell it and not take advantage of him (so selfish) He had no idea what he had. I did not take a cut of any money he made. He did let me have some games (That I told him the value of at the time) for helping him out. I listed his stuff up on the forums and he collected payment and shipped. Everything from those original forum posts was sold. We made his Mother in Law the money she needed to fix up her house and get back on her feet and I felt pretty good about it. It honestly was just fun going through all the boxes as they kept cleaning out the house. I helped out someone and I made a friend.
It’s funny because he had a Magical Chase Manual that I told him to sell on EBay and a Dynastic Hero that I also told him to sell on EBay (The last 2 things I needed). I should’ve offered to buy them but I was at a different point in my life.
So, I guess light those torches up. I won’t continue to try to defend myself because it’s honestly not worth it and you can believe my story or not... Just thought it would make for a good read. I’m sure some people are mad that I told the guy the value of his games but would it have been better to just buy everything up from him and lie? I probably could of made 50k off the guy but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I did that to someone. I also could’ve walked out of his garage with that manual and he would’ve never known the difference. I won’t speak for everyone but what would you guys do in that situation?
I will go and try to find the manual somewhere else and I’m cool with that. It’s honestly not something I just have to have.