Pack everything into boxes and store it in a closet. Pretend they're gone. What games do you miss? Keep those and sell the rest.
My Collection was never huge like some people's (around 1000 games at its peak probably) but it got to a point where I wasn't happy with all that anymore. I'd rather have just my favorites, and I'm still working at whittling it down. No ragrets.
This is good advice. I did this with my nes stuff. And i was trying to find stuff i wont miss to sell but so far have been able to get rid of non gaming things like movies or toys or other items i collected at one time or another. I have sold some game stuff in years past and always regret it. I really dont want to sell unless its a last resort.
Couldn't be happier. Imagine having all of the knowledge you have now at the *start* of your game collecting hobby.
There is not ONE. SINGLE. BAD. GAME. in my collection. I've got a list of every great game I want to own, and a list of games that I'll allow into my collection to resell for a profit. I know what's rare, what's uncommon, what's popular, and what's crap. I sold off my collection many times, originally had my childhood collection, then started collection everything and anything, then started collecting only rare and sealed stuff, then started collecting CIB/Sealed NES only stuff.
Now, I'm back to collecting anything and everything. But only good titles. Who knows, maybe in the future I'll sell again and go the emulation route, or go for rare stuff again...or maybe stop completely. I only collect to keep myself happy. The moment I become unhappy, or even just bored with a hobby I switch it up completely, or shake things up and start from scratch.
When i sold my collection i had a goal and because i was able to achieve that goal by selling off the collection i have not regretted it one bit. Like Paul, i miss certain aspects of collecting but for me its always been the process that i look back on with good memories. Because of that i don't have regrets.
If you have a large collection hit me with a PM and i can give you some advice on how to be efficient. I sold about 5000 games in 7 months and i went balls to the wall.
I've bought and sold my collection at least two times over. I didn't feel regret once. It felt more like I was dialing back a bit. My collection now is a bit meager, but it's stuff I really, really want, and not things I feel I have to keep around to impress people.
I haven't sold off completely, but I paired mine down quite a bit. I got rid of a bunch of stuff, duplicates, sealed games, poorly rated games, games I was never going to play, toys, loose discs, accessories...
I don't regret it one bit. I'm compiling another load to send on it's way.
Don't get me wrong, I love my game collection, but it got to be too much. I love having something more manageable filled with games that I want to play.
I still drive the car I bought using funds ($8k) from the sale and I don't even remember half the shit I used to own. Honestly considering offloading the other half because student loans are a bitch.
I've bought and sold my collection at least two times over. I didn't feel regret once. It felt more like I was dialing back a bit. My collection now is a bit meager, but it's stuff I really, really want, and not things I feel I have to keep around to impress people.
This is also huge. I feel like a lot of collectors, myself included, get caught up with what they feel they must have to prove their collection or have those 'essential' games just because. I've since started to get away from that mindset since I realize that no one cares or even knows what I have in my collection.
Having said all that, I'm still hesitant to sell some of the games I know I'll never see again if I do, but those are few and far between. So far, everything I've sold I've had absolutely zero regrets. As a few others have said, a lot of times I don't even remember owning what I sold after it's gone.
I don't mean this as disparaging or anything, I just personally don't understand. What value do you get out of owning an item that then goes into storage? You don't even get to see what you've built unless you go to your unit or whatever you use. A big part of it for me is going into my game room and actually seeing what I've put work and effort into. For me, personally, if I got to that point I think I would just rather sell. I'm just curious.
With the exception of 10-20 games that I know I'll play constantly, my entire collection is in large tubs. Why? Because I simply don't have the space to display it. If your big draw is having something for you and others to look at, that's great for you, but for others it's just the fact that we have the stuff, that we've "completed the journey" in trying to (and succeeding in) acquiring them. I don't get to look at everything displayed nicely, but it's in a format that's compatible with my house and, best of all, it's there when I need it to be.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
No regrets. I sold off a ton of my games and bought Everdrives for NES, SNES, TG-16, and Genesis; took what was left to put towards a used car and then beefed up my savings (to eventually buy a house) faster than I could with my usual paycheck contributions. I went from ~2,100 games to ~800, over 25% of the remaining games I own are loose GB/GBC/GBA games that don't take up much space. All of the games that I kept are either ones I have played and really like, or they are highly regarded and/or games I think will enjoy. I would only want to re-buy and keep 3 of the games that I sold but only if I find them for cheap in the wild.
Next, I'm thinking about selling my boxes/manuals and my CDX w/ games since the audio quit working, but I'm in no rush until we move again later in the year.
I don't mean this as disparaging or anything, I just personally don't understand. What value do you get out of owning an item that then goes into storage? You don't even get to see what you've built unless you go to your unit or whatever you use. A big part of it for me is going into my game room and actually seeing what I've put work and effort into. For me, personally, if I got to that point I think I would just rather sell. I'm just curious.
With the exception of 10-20 games that I know I'll play constantly, my entire collection is in large tubs. Why? Because I simply don't have the space to display it. If your big draw is having something for you and others to look at, that's great for you, but for others it's just the fact that we have the stuff, that we've "completed the journey" in trying to (and succeeding in) acquiring them. I don't get to look at everything displayed nicely, but it's in a format that's compatible with my house and, best of all, it's there when I need it to be.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Oh... you collect Coca Cola signs or antiques and flip them years later for profit? Because if you're talking about video games... blasphemy!!
Haha... jokes.
Storage, out on a shelf. Whatever your situation is, do your thing. I like having my games on a shelf but then I'm like "Man, I never play some of these, what's the point? So it makes more sense to store them.
To the OP... Love to play but don't care about the carts? I'd pare down like others have said and hang onto the others that you enjoy for the move.
Enjoy the carts and the effort you put into finding them, they're hard to find nowadays... You must have had some good scores based on your hard work/effort.
Also, I'm sure if we had a poll, the vast majority of people here would be AMAZED to see more than 50 NES games sitting in one place. If they're fifty killer games, then all the better.
Personally, I think they're (NES carts) cool as hell, too. You'll probably be able to have a cool spot in your new joint for them.
Jone's adivce about packing up BEFORE selling the house sounds perfect. Pack up, pare down as you go, then the move will be easier and you'll have a more condensed collection when you unpack.
Sell the stuff you don't care much for and I'm sure you won't regret it later.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
A lot of people on the forum seem to fall prey to this one:
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
A lot of people on the forum seem to fall prey to this one:
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
You contribute to the death of the hobby.
When you see more and more bootlegs attracted by rising prices, you are helping create those conditions.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
You contribute to the death of the hobby.
When you see more and more bootlegs attracted by rising prices, you are helping create those conditions.
But you don't care, as long as you get your cut.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That has to be one of the stupidist things I've ever read on this site and I've seen some dumb shit. yep repros are all my fault, because I bought games 10 years ago that I know would be valuable, and now sell them at a profit to people willing to pay.
I'm not holding a gun to anyones head telling them to pay market prices.
I've bought and sold my collection at least two times over. I didn't feel regret once. It felt more like I was dialing back a bit. My collection now is a bit meager, but it's stuff I really, really want, and not things I feel I have to keep around to impress people.
This is also huge. I feel like a lot of collectors, myself included, get caught up with what they feel they must have to prove their collection or have those 'essential' games just because. I've since started to get away from that mindset since I realize that no one cares or even knows what I have in my collection.
Having said all that, I'm still hesitant to sell some of the games I know I'll never see again if I do, but those are few and far between. So far, everything I've sold I've had absolutely zero regrets. As a few others have said, a lot of times I don't even remember owning what I sold after it's gone.
I found out a long time ago that pretty much any game I could possibly want to collect was out there and perfectly attainable. Once I realized this I sold my initial collection for quite a sum of money. This was a little after grad school, when I was trying to embark on my own and I moved in with a young lady. What ever I couldn't sell I left in a tidy box for the next person who rented the apartment.
After settling in at my next place I started collecting again. Somehow I managed to amass even more games than before. I eventually sold all of that, too when my father fell ill and I moved back to my hometown to take over his small business, which he asked me to do, and I still run now, even though it's much smaller than it was before.
Since then I've picked up collecting again, but now it's just stuff that I really want. Before purchasing now I ask myself if I'll ever pick it up and play it. If the answer is yes I'll get it. I've gotten most of my Dreamcast and Saturn library back. Nintendo was where I had the biggest problems, because since they were so easy to get I was picking up junk at one time. Now it's a small gathering of a handful of games. I'm also working on getting back at least five titles for N64. After that I'll be good for a while.
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Pack everything into boxes and store it in a closet. Pretend they're gone. What games do you miss? Keep those and sell the rest.
My Collection was never huge like some people's (around 1000 games at its peak probably) but it got to a point where I wasn't happy with all that anymore. I'd rather have just my favorites, and I'm still working at whittling it down. No ragrets.
This is good advice. I did this with my nes stuff. And i was trying to find stuff i wont miss to sell but so far have been able to get rid of non gaming things like movies or toys or other items i collected at one time or another. I have sold some game stuff in years past and always regret it. I really dont want to sell unless its a last resort.
There is not ONE. SINGLE. BAD. GAME. in my collection. I've got a list of every great game I want to own, and a list of games that I'll allow into my collection to resell for a profit. I know what's rare, what's uncommon, what's popular, and what's crap. I sold off my collection many times, originally had my childhood collection, then started collection everything and anything, then started collecting only rare and sealed stuff, then started collecting CIB/Sealed NES only stuff.
Now, I'm back to collecting anything and everything. But only good titles. Who knows, maybe in the future I'll sell again and go the emulation route, or go for rare stuff again...or maybe stop completely. I only collect to keep myself happy. The moment I become unhappy, or even just bored with a hobby I switch it up completely, or shake things up and start from scratch.
If you have a large collection hit me with a PM and i can give you some advice on how to be efficient. I sold about 5000 games in 7 months and i went balls to the wall.
I don't regret it one bit. I'm compiling another load to send on it's way.
Don't get me wrong, I love my game collection, but it got to be too much. I love having something more manageable filled with games that I want to play.
Originally posted by: Kirk
I've bought and sold my collection at least two times over. I didn't feel regret once. It felt more like I was dialing back a bit. My collection now is a bit meager, but it's stuff I really, really want, and not things I feel I have to keep around to impress people.
This is also huge. I feel like a lot of collectors, myself included, get caught up with what they feel they must have to prove their collection or have those 'essential' games just because. I've since started to get away from that mindset since I realize that no one cares or even knows what I have in my collection.
Having said all that, I'm still hesitant to sell some of the games I know I'll never see again if I do, but those are few and far between. So far, everything I've sold I've had absolutely zero regrets. As a few others have said, a lot of times I don't even remember owning what I sold after it's gone.
I don't mean this as disparaging or anything, I just personally don't understand. What value do you get out of owning an item that then goes into storage? You don't even get to see what you've built unless you go to your unit or whatever you use. A big part of it for me is going into my game room and actually seeing what I've put work and effort into. For me, personally, if I got to that point I think I would just rather sell. I'm just curious.
With the exception of 10-20 games that I know I'll play constantly, my entire collection is in large tubs. Why? Because I simply don't have the space to display it. If your big draw is having something for you and others to look at, that's great for you, but for others it's just the fact that we have the stuff, that we've "completed the journey" in trying to (and succeeding in) acquiring them. I don't get to look at everything displayed nicely, but it's in a format that's compatible with my house and, best of all, it's there when I need it to be.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Next, I'm thinking about selling my boxes/manuals and my CDX w/ games since the audio quit working, but I'm in no rush until we move again later in the year.
I don't mean this as disparaging or anything, I just personally don't understand. What value do you get out of owning an item that then goes into storage? You don't even get to see what you've built unless you go to your unit or whatever you use. A big part of it for me is going into my game room and actually seeing what I've put work and effort into. For me, personally, if I got to that point I think I would just rather sell. I'm just curious.
With the exception of 10-20 games that I know I'll play constantly, my entire collection is in large tubs. Why? Because I simply don't have the space to display it. If your big draw is having something for you and others to look at, that's great for you, but for others it's just the fact that we have the stuff, that we've "completed the journey" in trying to (and succeeding in) acquiring them. I don't get to look at everything displayed nicely, but it's in a format that's compatible with my house and, best of all, it's there when I need it to be.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Oh... you collect Coca Cola signs or antiques and flip them years later for profit? Because if you're talking about video games... blasphemy!!
Haha... jokes.
Storage, out on a shelf. Whatever your situation is, do your thing. I like having my games on a shelf but then I'm like "Man, I never play some of these, what's the point? So it makes more sense to store them.
To the OP... Love to play but don't care about the carts? I'd pare down like others have said and hang onto the others that you enjoy for the move.
Enjoy the carts and the effort you put into finding them, they're hard to find nowadays... You must have had some good scores based on your hard work/effort.
Also, I'm sure if we had a poll, the vast majority of people here would be AMAZED to see more than 50 NES games sitting in one place. If they're fifty killer games, then all the better.
Personally, I think they're (NES carts) cool as hell, too. You'll probably be able to have a cool spot in your new joint for them.
Jone's adivce about packing up BEFORE selling the house sounds perfect. Pack up, pare down as you go, then the move will be easier and you'll have a more condensed collection when you unpack.
Sell the stuff you don't care much for and I'm sure you won't regret it later.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
A lot of people on the forum seem to fall prey to this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
A lot of people on the forum seem to fall prey to this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_...
Perfect example hahahaha
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
You contribute to the death of the hobby.
When you see more and more bootlegs attracted by rising prices, you are helping create those conditions.
But you don't care, as long as you get your cut.
Some people (like myself) collect to sell some things later at a profit too.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but, to me at least, that's not collecting--that's investing/speculating. You might very well get some enjoyment out of the stuff that you're temporarily holding, but if you're "collecting" it specifically to flip it later on at a profit, that's something else entirely and not collecting. I'm making no judgements or moral implications, just stating that truly collecting (and then maybe having to sell later on) is something completely different than specifically picking stuff up and holding it with later profit in mind.
Take it how ever you want, I keep and play a ton of stuff, but flip a bunch of things too.
I collect how I want, people on the internet be dammed!
You contribute to the death of the hobby.
When you see more and more bootlegs attracted by rising prices, you are helping create those conditions.
But you don't care, as long as you get your cut.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That has to be one of the stupidist things I've ever read on this site and I've seen some dumb shit. yep repros are all my fault, because I bought games 10 years ago that I know would be valuable, and now sell them at a profit to people willing to pay.
I'm not holding a gun to anyones head telling them to pay market prices.
I'm not holding a gun to anyones head telling them to pay market prices.
IDK Corey............i heard you like to pistol whip your victims until they give into your demands and buy your shit
You contribute to the death of the hobby.
When you see more and more bootlegs attracted by rising prices, you are helping create those conditions.
But you don't care, as long as you get your cut.
Seems to me that any buyer in the market is "helping create those conditions", by contributing to overall demand...
Originally posted by: Andy_Bogomil
Originally posted by: Kirk
I've bought and sold my collection at least two times over. I didn't feel regret once. It felt more like I was dialing back a bit. My collection now is a bit meager, but it's stuff I really, really want, and not things I feel I have to keep around to impress people.
This is also huge. I feel like a lot of collectors, myself included, get caught up with what they feel they must have to prove their collection or have those 'essential' games just because. I've since started to get away from that mindset since I realize that no one cares or even knows what I have in my collection.
Having said all that, I'm still hesitant to sell some of the games I know I'll never see again if I do, but those are few and far between. So far, everything I've sold I've had absolutely zero regrets. As a few others have said, a lot of times I don't even remember owning what I sold after it's gone.
I found out a long time ago that pretty much any game I could possibly want to collect was out there and perfectly attainable. Once I realized this I sold my initial collection for quite a sum of money. This was a little after grad school, when I was trying to embark on my own and I moved in with a young lady. What ever I couldn't sell I left in a tidy box for the next person who rented the apartment.
After settling in at my next place I started collecting again. Somehow I managed to amass even more games than before. I eventually sold all of that, too when my father fell ill and I moved back to my hometown to take over his small business, which he asked me to do, and I still run now, even though it's much smaller than it was before.
Since then I've picked up collecting again, but now it's just stuff that I really want. Before purchasing now I ask myself if I'll ever pick it up and play it. If the answer is yes I'll get it. I've gotten most of my Dreamcast and Saturn library back. Nintendo was where I had the biggest problems, because since they were so easy to get I was picking up junk at one time. Now it's a small gathering of a handful of games. I'm also working on getting back at least five titles for N64. After that I'll be good for a while.