Starting Out...
Just this week I've become very serious about starting my own game collection. I was wondering your personal opinions on whether its a better goal to collect as many loose games as possible? or to go for as many complete in box games as i can? just wondering YOUR personal opinions or what you go for?
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Anyways, if you're just starting out. Go loose and get complete copies of the ones you like. That's if you're going to collect everything. For me, I only the games I like or had/played growing up, so I collect those complete. But who cares if captain skyhawk is complete or loose. If you want it to check it off your list, then just find it loose at a thrift store or something.
...II just don't know how fulfilling it would be to have a bunch of loose carts sitting on a shelf comparted to having complete boxed games...
Loose carts can looks good on a shelf IMO, here's a little picture of my collection to prove my point.
I have a huge respect for the tall guy for not using ebay. How do you do it man. Do you go on CTCW at all?
I have an account at the Chuckwagon but I've never used it (though I'm considering throwing some doubles and games for other systems I have up there... might have to get paypal first though).
I just hunt wherever I have an opportunity to, and do the best I can to parlay any good finds into either trades for games I don't have/want or cash to pick up something else. The local flea market isn't terrible, but it's pretty competitive (resellers galore... and not the type that throw it on ebay, the type that scour the place to put stuff in their own booth at a huge markup). Yard sales are mostly a miss for the same reason, the flea market people hit them up EARLY. But they can't always hit every sale.
I've also never paid more than $15 for a game in the "wild" (and that was only once for Dragon Warrior IV).
It's a matter of patience and being completely used to dissapointment week in and week out. Just makes it that much more fun when I do find stuff.
I've had to complete my NES collection like 3 times over going for carts, then boxes, than manuals.
Just do it CIB from the get-go. It's not a race, take your time.
If you're interested in jump starting your collection, I have about 40+ CIB games that I'm looking to sell or trade. Let me know! Welcome to NA!
Very interested! Let me know what you have!
Also, to the originator of this thread, check out www.shopgoodwill.com you can find some good lots on that site.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=20029
Anyway, like they said above, it is kind of a personal preference thing. I have both a cart only collection and a CIB collection, one to play and one to drool over. They are both pretty bad ass, in my opinion.
I tried Kjiji before and thought it sucked. Has it taken off more recently? Do they actually have stuff now?
Also, to the originator of this thread, check out www.shopgoodwill.com you can find some good lots on that site.
No dave, every time I check for Chicago it's the EXACT same crap. Never worked, and even when I do find something it's crap, but I know lots have people have found stuff in other places.
Invest in cart protection (or CIB protection)
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&th...
Anyway, like they said above, it is kind of a personal preference thing. I have both a cart only collection and a CIB collection, one to play and one to drool over. They are both pretty bad ass, in my opinion.
See thats what i was kind of thinking that If see a good CIB game deal than I can take it, but I can't still get great lot deals on loose games...theres no shame in that is there? haha
I am about 19 away from finishing my licensed set (loose). I have found the closer I get to my goal, the more people come out of the woodwork to sell me the games needed. I haven't done anything different, I guess people get excited when somebody is close and they want to help out. Thats just a guess though. I am excited that Mr.Mark is 1 away from finishing his set the last time I checked.