Passing up a good find.
Has anyone here passed up a good find ?What and why ?
I have-before I got into collecting I was at a local flea market that sets up every weekend in the summer and this guy had a bunch of
NES Games. Mostly regular
NES Games but he had a few weird ones with no labels and holes cut in the cart. At the time I was like who would buy those? Now I sit here a few years later and I could kick myself for not knowing what they could have possobly been.
I passed up Isolated Warrior.
It was in a bin of
NES Games. I just picked it up, saw the cover, and tossed it back in the bin.
Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid.
I picked DR.Mario over Star topics!
When I was younger I owned several R.O.Bs, sadly, they're all long gone
I didnt get Indiana Jones and the Infernal Time Machine at this one EB games for $20. If only I knew it was rare and worth it then.
Thats good you didn't buy it. I got mine complete off ebay for 5 dollars shipped. Also, the one EB games by me has that game for 10 dollars, so I think you made the right choice .
I saw once Bandit Kings of Ancient China for $2
i passed up
Contra for $3.50 (i had 2 copies at the time, but i could of sold it on ebay for $10 or something)
yesterday at EB i passed up CVIII: Dracula's Curse for $5.99, i would of gotten it but i already own it (another game i could of traded or sold on ebay for $10 or so)
bubblebath babes complete
$50
along time ago, back when i was stupid, i missed out on brand new Super
Castlevania IV 10 bucks. and they had like 6 of them.
I once passed up a Codemaster's Fire Hawk for Soccer . Why? I thought it had a FC-->NES converter. The store was about to close as well, so I only had a few seconds to decide.
8 Years ago, when the toy stores were getting rid of all the old
NES Games, I saw
Megaman 1 sealed, clearance for 9.99......
About 2 days ago I passed up Zombie Nation for $5. I'm going back to the store today and crossing my fingers that they still have it.
Also when I was much younger I chose
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles3 - The Manhattan Project over
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters. At that time I was just looking for a fun game to play, not considering rarity.
I'm sure there have been some in the past, none spring to mind. I did once pass on a few
NES Games a while ago, before the retro gaming "fad" started, so I think I could have gotten them for cheap.
My turn:
I really had hard times to find the Famicom game
(rare in America - but not so in Japan) Kamen no Ninja
Hanamaru. It is the real YONOID! version, where the
hero is a masked ninja with a falcon, instead of a
long ears jerk carrying a yo-yo.
Got the game, and it is still here in my collection.
Few time later, I came across a new copy, and instantly
I bought it too, wondering that it could be a great
sale here in Brazil's Mercado Livre (equivalent of eBay).
But soon I got the cart, some thoughts came to my mind.
Why should sell this game, if it is rare, it's great, and
there are a lot of friends of mine who would love
to have it in theirs collection? People who will really
play it?
So, I put in a box and send as surprise to a friend
of mine. HE LOVED the gift.
Several times it is better to GIVE the game to
a good person instead of sell it to a fool that
will throw the cart in a cold shelf not paying
attention to it...
People who just BUY-FOR BUYING, not for playing...
This is my opinion!
Cospefogo.
Today i went to a flea market and there was a guy with a NES. I asked him if he hasn't got any games. He said that some guy bought all his games at 1 Euro/game (1.18USD/game). He sad he had 35 games
I missed out on a copy of Skies Of Arcadia Legends today, by about 3 minutes. I've wanted it for ages.