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YOUR Biggest Blunder while Collecting?
sheep2001:
So many
Passing up a sale at HMV of sealed nes games after the snes was released. (Talking sub £5 on all titles) circa 1992
Letting my sister have a huge box of 2600 games that she left in her loft when she moved. Circa 1990
Selling a load of my collection for peanuts after being burgled. 2003
Swapping my megadrive with a LOT of rare Japanese shooters for a snes super wildcard.1994
Selling that super wild card for £50. 2003
And lastly, trusting so many so called friends with games that either came back damaged or not at all. Forever.
Desolis:
Some of these are bigger deals than others I suppose, but here's a few I can think of off the top of my head.
-Traded away my Game Boy Player when my original Gamecube broke. The Gamecube broke because I made the mistake of loaning it to someone to play who didn't take care of it.
-Got rid of my copy of Axelay for Snes
-I had a couple of old Atari 800xl computer systems, with peripherals and a few games. Ruined by my mothers cats and their lovely need to piss on everything. I have a pretty sizable dislike for cats now because of it.
kingjohn3:
Selling Eartbound big box for $20 on ebay. Also throwing all my old NES boxes away to have more room.
KalessinDB:
I think we're all guilty of throwing away boxes as kids. They were boxes. We were kids. No one expected them to be worth anything.
@Megatron -- you in upstate NY? I mean, I know Game Craze isn't exactly a very unique name for a game store, buuuuuut....
Megatron:
--- Quote from: KalessinDB on July 21, 2014, 07:44:55 PM ---I think we're all guilty of throwing away boxes as kids. They were boxes. We were kids. No one expected them to be worth anything.
@Megatron -- you in upstate NY? I mean, I know Game Craze isn't exactly a very unique name for a game store, buuuuuut....
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I was, yes. Syracuse is my home town, but I haven't lived there in about 5 years. And sure enough, right after I leave, a bunch of decent game stores open. Ah well.
And this wasn't MY blunder, but it did happen to me, so I guess it counts...
One of the reasons I never traded anything in, was after I got my Sega Genesis, my mom decided to give a bunch of my old NES games to a family she knew that was in need. I didn't object at the time, but considering the games she gave away...Duck Tales, Battletoads, Contra and Metal Storm...I wish I had spoken up. Oh but she left my TMNT, Top Gun, and Super Mario /Duck Hunt. Like I said, it wasn't TOO drastic, I didn't even like those gaes that much at the time...but man.