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

[mb7241]

Sure, I've astounded myself at the amount I've spent...I'm sure I've spent probably $30,000+ on video games since I've been collecting (nearly 10 years, and that doesn't count resales I've made throughout that time frame...it's probably more like $5000 counting the resales). And yeah, you might say I've a very expensive collection, if for no other reason than the number of exotic/rare/unusual games I own, or the handful of betas/prototypes that I have (heck...do I have $50,000 worth of games and related items nowadays? Maybe $60,000-$70,000+? The way the video game market has been going in the past year or so, I've been getting rich on paper just sitting behind the computer o_O). But the money is irrelevant, in terms of what I've spent for my collection or what my collection is worth. I've said it all along...I collect for fun. I don't anticipate being able to sell a brand-new PS3 game for $500 5 years from now...I buy what I like for my collection, and I hang onto it...and I buy any deals on stuff I don't like, and promptly resell it, trying to pass the deal onward .