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Post by soop on Jul 1, 2019 10:37:15 GMT
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm seriously considering parting with my collection that's taken more than 20 years of my life to build. It's not a decision I'm taken lightly, but considering I just hit 40 and I still don't own my own house, it's a legit way that I could put a decent stack together to get a really good mortgage, and while I've always been really proud of the games I've curated, I do have a huge amount of games, and I can't play all of them at once.
I know people here have sold their collections before, and I know a lot of people have really regretted it, but I'm not sure what's gonna be the better option for me. Like I have no idea if selling will actually make me sad, or if the security of not having to worry about landlords and shit like that will make it worthwhile.
Any thoughts? God, this is the part about being an adult that I hate...
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MisterCrash
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Post by MisterCrash on Jul 1, 2019 17:51:45 GMT
This is tough. I have thought about what my family will have to do with my stuff after I die, which has led me to sell some things. I didn't need the money, but thought that it would make things easier for them if I started to unload my collections. In some cases, I have regretted selling them, but in others, I haven't given it a second thought. There is a balance between how much enjoyment you expect to get from it in the future and what value you could get for it today.
Like you, I have too many games, and need to thin the herd. I have almost stopped playing RPGs, and prefer action and shooting games these days. I've got some high dollar games that I doubt I'll ever play again, and have no remorse about trying to sell them.
You might try emulation or an Everdrive first, and see if you're happy playing that way. If so, you can unload your physical collection. If not, then maybe there are some games that aren't your style anymore, and you can start there.
I'll also say that there is a certain amount of mental clutter that comes from having and organizing any collection. You may be surprised, but if you sell a collection, you may find that your mind is a little freer, because you're not spending time thinking about collecting anymore.
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Post by ginoscope on Jul 1, 2019 20:25:12 GMT
I was kind of late to collecting though I did collect some in the early 2000s. I started getting stuff again around 2015. During that time I did work on my career, house, kids, etc. Now at 42 and most of the big life events behind me I been collecting. I notice I go through phases of collecting, playing, and fixing hardware. I would definitely consider an everdrive or other ways to play on original hardware. Just keep the games you like and sell the rest. I sold quite a bit of my ps1 library and don't really miss them. That being said I can't ever see myself selling my turbo collection even though I own a SSDS3.
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Post by spenoza on Jul 2, 2019 1:07:53 GMT
If selling your collection is the only good way, or even the best way, to build up a down payment for a house, will you be able to sustainably make payments and be able to pay for necessary repairs and emergency costs? I respect the impulse, but make sure you part with the stuff under conditions whereby any resulting change is sustainable.
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Post by tron on Jul 2, 2019 6:32:22 GMT
Sell what you don't play anymore and keep what think you would revisit.At least with most,cartridge base retro consoles there's flashcarts at least that can just play about every thing.Unless space is a issue there's all ways the MiSter and raspberry pi.Still the return value for selling video games can be fickle one day it's worth allot of money the next it's not.
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Post by soop on Jul 2, 2019 12:50:38 GMT
If selling your collection is the only good way, or even the best way, to build up a down payment for a house, will you be able to sustainably make payments and be able to pay for necessary repairs and emergency costs? I respect the impulse, but make sure you part with the stuff under conditions whereby any resulting change is sustainable. Well, right now I'm paying a tonne in rent, so it's just having a decent deposit to get a good mortgage. I haven't spent a long time looking at it, but I make a decent living, I just spend most of it on stuff. It's remarkable how much stuff you can find that you can just spend money on...
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Post by wildfruit on Jul 2, 2019 13:40:18 GMT
I’ve sold lots of stuff over the years. Usually to pay unexpected bills. Mostly with regret. Especially my GameCube stuff. And I really miss my beef case.
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Post by majors on Jul 2, 2019 16:18:12 GMT
Not always as simple and easy as just saying "selling my collection" to actually do it. If you sell as a lot to a re-seller, you're gonna take a hit on your perceived value of what you have. Selling it by yourself(ebay, forums, CL) can be time consuming along with aggravating if you encounter some bad sales. Personally, I've been thinning the herd every few years so as not to end up with a mountain of crap over time. I also use my gear for events I support, so having extra consoles and games is actually part of my job(okay, that could a justification)
spenoza has a good point too, not knowing the op's collection, I find it hard to see selling would give you enough for a down payment for a house but I could be wrong.
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Post by Galahad on Jul 3, 2019 15:35:44 GMT
Well, right now I'm paying a tonne in rent, so it's just having a decent deposit to get a good mortgage. I haven't spent a long time looking at it, but I make a decent living, I just spend most of it on stuff. It's remarkable how much stuff you can find that you can just spend money on... More importantly then selling your collection (and if you feel it's necessary then do that) but you need to make some life changes,start saving for that deposit.
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Post by Black_Tiger on Jul 3, 2019 19:50:51 GMT
I parted with a relatively small amount of pricier games and hardware when a series of events led us to need to pay off all of our debt asap, while getting pre-approved for a mortgage 8 months before we were supposed to begin looking into it. It worked out in the end abd it was literally the month before the market took off out of control here and we wouldn't have been able to afford anything if we'd waited another year. But this is a very unique and artificially inflated market and I am not suggesting that anyone should rush into anything. It just happened to be worth it it for ys and parting with some gaming items was a small price to pay at the time.
But we later wound up spending as much as a down payment of a mortgage in order to have a child and that has led to my parting with about half my gaming items. Again, it feels well worth it because it worked out, but could have gone the other way after costing even more money.
What has made it much easier to do is the availability of flashcart type solutions. Being able to play way motmre games on fewer console configurations means that my actual play potential has only increased and that is most important to me from a gane enthusiast perspective.
Even the multi-game emulation based Jamma device I put in my lone remaining arcade cabinet is a surprisingly authentic feeling experience.
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Post by videofestival on Jul 4, 2019 16:21:58 GMT
You might just sell off everything non-pce related. Just moved to a house last year and all non-pce stuff is still in the moving crates. Prices atm aren't really that high when it comes to pce. From an economical point of view, selling your pce collection isn't the very best option right now.
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Post by nopepper on Jul 5, 2019 18:38:05 GMT
To me, this is a no brainer. Take your time selling the collection so you get the most out of it, save up for at least 20% down payment and chances are, when you are old and wanting to retire, you will look back and realize it was the right thing to do.
Real estate is one of the safest long term investments you can make, not to mention the fact that you won't be at the mercy of landlords.
Admittedly, there are disadvantages to home ownership, but if the only thing holding you back is whether you'll regret selling your gaming collection in order to facilitate taking the plunge, then I wouldn't think twice. You will still be able to play games, and can probably still build up your shelves over time. But the sooner you start to build up that equity, the better, especially if you are in a buyers market (unlike here in Denver).
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Post by spenoza on Jul 5, 2019 23:52:09 GMT
A house is a fantastic personal investment (in your life, independence, etc...), but not actually a great economic one. Houses drain financial resources something fierce. Not that that should stop you from making the plunge.
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Post by a on Nov 14, 2020 8:40:35 GMT
EVERDRIVE everything
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Post by SignOfZeta on Nov 16, 2020 1:39:27 GMT
If you have a sense of pride from your collection of other people’s creations then it’s time to sell it, long past.
If you think owning a home is less hassle than renting you are WAY off base. Owning versus renting for most of our readership means that in the end you pay double for half while perpetually on the hunt for contractors who don’t suck. I have a really nice house. I can run a table saw in the basement, make a mess in the garage and play the stereo as loud as I want, it’s great. It also sucks nearly all my free time in maintenance and makes it so that I can’t take a year off for the rest of my life. What I pay in property taxes would buy a shed load of video games, a race car, every record I want the day it comes out, and twice my normal weed intake. Did you know it’s like $2000 for a well pump? Did you know that when a $0.25 fitting on it fails three years later you have to pay them to dig the whole thing up and basically do the same thing again? Can you DIY that? Do you have a mobile drilling rig? Nevermind, you’re too busy rebuilding the $4000 lawn tractor because a tree fell on the shed and obliterated it and everything inside but the insurance will pay for enough parts to rebuild the tractor.
I love my house but I hugely advocate for renting, especially in 2020. Home ownership is, by and large, a way for banks to screw us. In the end the $$$ of your game collection will be a drop in the bucket. Unless you’re Roy Vegas (burn) it probably won’t even buy a roof one time.
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