Has anyone else gone holy shite when realised how much they have spent?

[gurpswoo1]

Yeah I encourage anyone new to collecting or getting into it, to start keeping record of your editions and their costs now. Otherwise you will regret it.

[Likey]

Yeah good plan. Be nearly impossible to remember unless you can dig through all your old paypal transactions etc.

[Robalvarez2010]

That's a very good answer Questate, but lets be honest you guys. We dont really collect games for value wise more because its a hobby we like, because too be honest more then half are collection wont be worth shit later on. If you are in this for the resale value then guess what you are in the wrong business. This is not like the NES days that they will come out with 2 or 3 games with a collectors edition and thats it. Now every company makes a collectors, limited, special edition and mass produced them. You could still fine Bioshock 2 special edition for $11 here in my area. I found 2 months ago in a gamestop 5 prince of persia limited edition for $6 each. So of course I took them all. The only games that will hold up value are the ones that are numbered. But when I mean numbered I mean like no more then 20,000 copies, not like the NBA 2K10 10th anniversary edition that was numbered but they had like 600,000 copies. Just en`joy collecting and forget about the value of it. But you are right, I prefer spending money on this then drugs or alcohol since I dont drink.

[Cosmic_Link]

Yeah I just went holy shit when I got an email off First4Figures saying they want to take £280 off me next week for my Zelda statue... >.<

May not seem like a lot to some, but when you're not working it is massive amount of cash! XD Glad I had most of it saved! lol Will take pics when it gets here. They plan to have the shipping completed by the 12th May! ^o^ Can't wait!

[HIPPEEDUDE]

Originally Posted by Robalvarez2010

That's a very good answer Questate, but lets be honest you guys. We dont really collect games for value wise more because its a hobby we like, because too be honest more then half are collection wont be worth shit later on. If you are in this for the resale value then guess what you are in the wrong business. This is not like the NES days that they will come out with 2 or 3 games with a collectors edition and thats it. Now every company makes a collectors, limited, special edition and mass produced them. You could still fine Bioshock 2 special edition for $11 here in my area. I found 2 months ago in a gamestop 5 prince of persia limited edition for $6 each. So of course I took them all. The only games that will hold up value are the ones that are numbered. But when I mean numbered I mean like no more then 20,000 copies, not like the NBA 2K10 10th anniversary edition that was numbered but they had like 600,000 copies. Just en`joy collecting and forget about the value of it. But you are right, I prefer spending money on this then drugs or alcohol since I dont drink.

I thinks it still a little hard to say what will be worth anything value wise in a few years time. I dont collect for the possible re-sale value when i am old & decrepit but i do know that i would probably get most of what i spent back,if not more. You only have to look at things like the old nintendo systems,atari 2600,sega systems & all the associated games etc. A few years ago these things were in some ways not worth a pot to pee in but all of sudden popularity has gone up & so has the price. I dont really think any of us could really sit here & say what would be worth the most re-sale wise in years to come. Things that are hard to find now & cost lots of money may be worth next to nothing,things we couldnt give away so threw away may be the ones worth more. At the end of the day we collect because it gives up some form of happiness,its just unfortunate this happiness can cost you more than you realise sometimes.

[Robalvarez2010]

You do make a good point hippeedude. You never no one day people won't be interested in collecting video games anymore, video game collecting market could just crash one day. But the reason why I say that mass produced collectors edition won't be worth as much because just on this website how many collectors do we have, so just imagine how many there are in the entire world. The only way I really see mass produced collectors go up in value is because not everyone actually keeps them sealed.

[HIPPEEDUDE]

Originally Posted by Robalvarez2010

You do make a good point hippeedude. You never no one day people won't be interested in collecting video games anymore, video game collecting market could just crash one day. But the reason why I say that mass produced collectors edition won't be worth as much because just on this website how many collectors do we have, so just imagine how many there are in the entire world. The only way I really see mass produced collectors go up in value is because not everyone actually keeps them sealed.

Its not so much wether anyone keeps them sealed or not its more wether there is a need or want for them. The greater the want or desire for something even mass produced,the higher the price seems to go up. If theres no desire for something then the price drops down. As an example,at them moment i can buy a brand new sealed GTA IV special edition for $30 simply because nobody wanted them. Whereas say Assassins Creed first CE with the 10" figure of Altiar will still go for a few hundred dollars used.

[mawa]

On this moment i spend not allot beacouse ineed to safe some money fo my trip to tokyo
But i have spend also allot like i had about 300 ps3 games including almost all the dutch collectors edition.
I have spend about 50 euro each some where cheaper some some more expansief. Thats already 15.000 euro lol also i have a very compleet nintendo virtual boy collection all games and allot promo and 2 store displays cost me also about 8000 to 10.000 euro.
And then still i have about 2000 games here lol so i i think i have pay also about 75.000 euro for games in the last years. Maybe some more.
But like you all know i am selling also some off now from my collection because i have to much lol

But like i have say in my athor post here money needs to be spend

[BigMike382]

Does not help that ebay reminds you everytime you check your summary. But yes i ask my self what am i thinking, but take a look around my room and then smile and its all ok.

[Gazereths]

I was thinking of maybe doing a valuation for insurance purposes (I know it will be a shock)

Have any of you had your collections insured/appraised?

I was just thinking it might look very suspicious to my home insurance company if my house burned down and I claimed for so many 1000's of pounds worth of games/merch/LE's/CE's.