What would you trade for from your collection if offered?
Has anyone ever get tempted to trade something for your collection for a perticular item, especially non gaming? Everytime I see Little Samson go up in price, I wouldn't mind in trading it for a Gibson ES 335 even though its my most prized item.
Edit: If anyone has a Gibson 335 or Heritage 535 for trade for Little Samson and other NES games, let me know.
Edit: If anyone has a Gibson 335 or Heritage 535 for trade for Little Samson and other NES games, let me know.
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Now if someone wanted my whole collection, sure I'd trade it for something, maybe a house, lol.
or a Spanish NIB Rodland even....
That being said, if my collection is worth a dollar, or a million then I'd accept 85% cash value over eBay any day of the week. Otherwise, there's nothing in my personal collection that I'd be willing to let go of since it's all curated perfection to me now. I'd just wind up buying it all back up.
When I first joined here, I loved to "trade up" for harder-to-find items. Don't see much of that anymore. I'm not sure if people just prefer to spend big cash on stuff they want (and risk getting a fake) or just don't value a more complicated (but cheaper) path to games they want.
I can remember buying a few games at below their retail values and trading them for a nice piece multiple time. Sure, I have to acquire the games from my personal collection again, but I got a nice deal on a hard-to-find item!
So, to answer the original question... Pretty much EVERYTHING is available for trade and many things are available for sale (at the right price). The only things that are not, are games that I've had since childhood or games that have been given to me as a gift.
I'd then stash it in my bank account. Get that interest!
When I first joined here, I loved to "trade up" for harder-to-find items. Don't see much of that anymore. I'm not sure if people just prefer to spend big cash on stuff they want (and risk getting a fake) or just don't value a more complicated (but cheaper) path to games they want.
I'm loving trade-ups, in fact I'm in the middle of a trade up from a paperclip and it's been one of my favorite things to do on NA so far.
As for the original question, I still have a fraction of the collection most of you guys have so if its either a good deal and/or a game I've been wanting I'd go for it.
I find that not too many folks on this forum value trading as a means to collection growth anymore. I've had titles like Worms Armageddon (N64) available as a mint cart for trade for months with a want list that includes quite common games and haven't had a bite.
When I first joined here, I loved to "trade up" for harder-to-find items. Don't see much of that anymore. I'm not sure if people just prefer to spend big cash on stuff they want (and risk getting a fake) or just don't value a more complicated (but cheaper) path to games they want.
I can remember buying a few games at below their retail values and trading them for a nice piece multiple time. Sure, I have to acquire the games from my personal collection again, but I got a nice deal on a hard-to-find item!
So, to answer the original question... Pretty much EVERYTHING is available for trade and many things are available for sale (at the right price). The only things that are not, are games that I've had since childhood or games that have been given to me as a gift.
I agree with this as far as trades go. I have been helping a local retro collector with mod work and in return I have been getting nes games for my work. Not too long ago he called me and told me he met a guy who was giving away an MVS big red cab that was not working with 8 games. Since he knows I fix stuff and had been nice/fair to him with trades/work he gave me the cab for free. It's not working and needs minor work but I will take free anyday.
As far as what I would give away there are certain childhood stuff that is untoucable but most stuff in my collection I would be willing to trade because I know I can replace it. I can't think of any non gaming related thing that I would want.
I'll never get that kind of offer, though.
When I first joined here, I loved to "trade up" for harder-to-find items. Don't see much of that anymore. I'm not sure if people just prefer to spend big cash on stuff they want (and risk getting a fake) or just don't value a more complicated (but cheaper) path to games they want.
I'm loving trade-ups, in fact I'm in the middle of a trade up from a paperclip and it's been one of my favorite things to do on NA so far.
As for the original question, I still have a fraction of the collection most of you guys have so if its either a good deal and/or a game I've been wanting I'd go for it.
Care to elaborate on your paper clip trade up progress? I've always thought it would be fun to try doing that.
When I first joined here, I loved to "trade up" for harder-to-find items. Don't see much of that anymore. I'm not sure if people just prefer to spend big cash on stuff they want (and risk getting a fake) or just don't value a more complicated (but cheaper) path to games they want.
I'm loving trade-ups, in fact I'm in the middle of a trade up from a paperclip and it's been one of my favorite things to do on NA so far.
As for the original question, I still have a fraction of the collection most of you guys have so if its either a good deal and/or a game I've been wanting I'd go for it.
Care to elaborate on your paper clip trade up progress? I've always thought it would be fun to try doing that.
I've gone from a paperclip to Pac Man for Atari, then to Vegas Stakes and NBA Jam TE both for SNES, and right now I'm trading just NBA Jam for a bundle of games with a few different things (keeping Vegas Stakes). It's in my signature if you want to check it out, and if you think it'd be fun then go for it
When I first joined here, I loved to "trade up" for harder-to-find items. Don't see much of that anymore. I'm not sure if people just prefer to spend big cash on stuff they want (and risk getting a fake) or just don't value a more complicated (but cheaper) path to games they want.
I'm loving trade-ups, in fact I'm in the middle of a trade up from a paperclip and it's been one of my favorite things to do on NA so far.
As for the original question, I still have a fraction of the collection most of you guys have so if its either a good deal and/or a game I've been wanting I'd go for it.
Care to elaborate on your paper clip trade up progress? I've always thought it would be fun to try doing that.
I've gone from a paperclip to Pac Man for Atari, then to Vegas Stakes and NBA Jam TE both for SNES, and right now I'm trading just NBA Jam for a bundle of games with a few different things (keeping Vegas Stakes). It's in my signature if you want to check it out, and if you think it'd be fun then go for it
Oops, I had overlooked your sig... Nice!
To avoid derailing the thread: I think I would trade my CIB Donkey Kong Jr Math I've had since I was a kid for nice, working arcade cabinet (like a Galaga or something similar), but I don't know the prices on something like that. The DK Jr Math CIB has sentimental value plus its actual value, so I'd need to make out pretty well on the trade to actually pull the trigger.