What do you find the most frustrating about collecting

[Vlad]

- When multiple versions are released with different things. (AC3 being a perfect example of what I mean.)

- Folk that buy editions with the sole intent of selling them on eBay. Yeah, sure, good for you making money but it sucks for actual fans that missed out because you want to make money with normally a hugely inflated price.

- Preorder bonuses, especially when a variety of shops get different ones. I admit, it is a tad obsessive on my part but it makes me feel like I'm missing out on part of my game just because I didn't want to try and get four different codes. The exception to this is when it's released later as DLC, at least I could easily get it then.

- Buying a fancy edition at launch only for it to drop to a ridiculously low price not long after. (I'm looking at you Killzone 3 Helghast edition...)

- Running out of room to put all my stuff.

[Cosmic_Link]

Originally Posted by Vlad

- Preorder bonuses, especially when a variety of shops get different ones. I admit, it is a tad obsessive on my part but it makes me feel like I'm missing out on part of my game just because I didn't want to try and get four different codes. The exception to this is when it's released later as DLC, at least I could easily get it then.

Yeah, that is REALLY annoying. What's even more annoying is when you don't get a code because they didn't have enough to give out and you see them going for silly money on ebay... >.< AC:R Altair costume being a recent example of this. Being sold for upwards of £30 on ebay just for a poxy character skin! >.<

Another thing that annoys me about collecting is the last 3 months of the year when EVERY publisher releases their games right on top of each other and you either have to choose which ones you can live without or be broke for the whole of the Christmas period! >.<

[rapister]

for me, the most annoying is LOST PACKAGES!

ESPECIALLY from a certain website which has a mostly-green layout
(shall not mention name)

[rapister]

OH YES
for steelbook collectors

don't forget:

[TheVoidDragon]

Originally Posted by Cosmic_Link

AC:R Altair costume being a recent example of this. Being sold for upwards of £30 on ebay just for a poxy character skin! >.<

Is that the one that was given as a pre-order bonus by Play.com? About 6 months after the game came out and having asked them at least 10 times to send me my code but only receiving the automated "we are looking into it" sort of replies they finally sent me mine. I had no idea it was worth that much, if that's the right one.