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Eniqua

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sealed collectors?
« on: July 25, 2008, 07:57:35 PM »
Hi
I am new here and I just want to know if we have some sealed collectors in this message board.
I want to know what you think about this type of collecting games?
Is it a waste of money or a good investment?

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Eniqua from http://forum.sealedgameheaven.com , http://www.sealedgameauctions.com
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Lochlan

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 10:13:55 PM »
I want to know what you think about this type of collecting games?
Is it a waste of money or a good investment?

Not only is it a complete waste of money (you're pissing away the intrinsic value, after all) but it's an insult to everyone who actually plays their games: you are actually preventing someone from enjoying something among a limited pool of product (that only grows smaller as time passes).

If you want something to look at instead of play with, collect stamps, coins, or baseball cards.

Sealed game collectors are OCD idiots who need to find a new hobby.
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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2008, 10:23:17 PM »
I'm not sure if there are any *serious* sealed-game collectors here.  I mean, I think games in general are poor, poor choice as an investment.

And even as an investment, how many people are willing to put in *serious* money into sealed-games?

Anyone who'd be willing to be in, say, $10,000+ bucks into a completely sealed set of games for investment purposes (remember, you can only LOOK at the games in this case, not play!), instead of say, a company, property, or some financial product is never going to be the next Warren Buffet.

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 10:29:46 PM »
There was one poster here who was insane for sealed stuff. He made a thread wanting to buy any sealed games he was missing and listed like a crap load that he owned.

Personally, I'm against collecting seals. Collecting games is a fun hobby and all, but they need to be played too. Also seals can be bad for any old games using cardboard boxes.
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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2008, 10:44:26 PM »
I want to know what you think about this type of collecting games?
Is it a waste of money or a good investment?

Not only is it a complete waste of money (you're pissing away the intrinsic value, after all) but it's an insult to everyone who actually plays their games: you are actually preventing someone from enjoying something among a limited pool of product (that only grows smaller as time passes).

If you want something to look at instead of play with, collect stamps, coins, or baseball cards.

Sealed game collectors are OCD idiots who need to find a new hobby.

Lochlan good post, apart from the ocd bit, I can't stand people making ocd into a joke or just using it as a throw away term. Just frequent ocd.co.uk and you will see what it's all about. Its got NOTHING to do with people being anal about collecting or cleaning or whatever. Just thought I'd say.
It absolutely destroys peoples lives and people using the term incorrectly (which seems to be happening all the time) is just making sufferers feel worse. Damn people, no wonder I'm not into making little dirty humans!

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2008, 10:51:00 PM »
Back to the question.
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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2008, 11:12:36 PM »
Keeping games sealed really REALLY irates me, unless it's a game that you happen to have a dupe of (in that case why not trade or sell?), is a game that is so horrible it should never EVER be opened let alone played, or you simply haven't got around to playing it yet but plan to eventually open...
Like it has been mentioned, there are WAAAYY better hobbies out there for collecting stuff for the sole purpose of looking at it, and much better ways to invest your money. By keeping a game sealed you are depriving somebody from playing that game like it was meant to be played, on the original hardware. I don't know about you, but I believe many people who program games, (at least in years past) want their games to be played and enjoyed, not stuck in their original packaging serving only to inflate the ego of some snob. I wouldn't mind this so much if it were something like baseball cards, whose only purpose is to look and marvel at them, but games were meant to be played damnit!!! I swear one of these days I'm gonna go on a sealed game opening rampage, opening every damned sealed collectors' games! It will be vigilante justice!

Oh and on a side note rainbow, you can be diagnosed with OCD, even if you only exhibit the compulsive type behavior, or are even just mildly obsessive. I know because I am diagnosed with OCD, but mainly for compulsions, and a little obsessive behavior. It is in no way interfering of my life, but i do understand that in severe cases it can be...

rainbow_bright

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2008, 11:27:10 PM »
diagnosis requirements-
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Lochlan

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2008, 11:35:43 PM »
Let me clarify:

Sealed-game collectors are obsessive and compulsive -- but do not necessarily have a clinically-diagnosed disorder related to this behavior.

Sorry, I don't want to rant.

lol it's a bit late for that, mate.
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rainbow_bright

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2008, 11:41:50 PM »
I hate that term


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Lochlan

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2008, 11:49:26 PM »
lol
I'm not sorry about this, as I'm not sorry about ANY attack by the goverrats.

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2008, 12:01:51 AM »
edit
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Lochlan

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2008, 12:16:33 AM »
I win.

Actually, we all lose.

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here, but you've managed to single-handedly derail this thread completely.

For whatever it's worth, your semantics game is pointless and misguided.  Sometimes people (myself included) use colorful language to exagerate or speak figuratively.  If I had've said that sealed-game collectors were "retarded" I wouldn't actually be claiming that they were literally retarded.  If I had've called them "anal-retentive" I would not actually be claiming that they had an unusual attachment to their excrement (regardless of Freud).

Is it offensive?  To the right person, in the right context: maybe.  But that type of person is likely to work themselves up over a myriad of relatively minor issues, and I can't be bothered to constantly censor myself to ensure the happiness of such a fragile and neurotic personality.

(What if I called a sealed-games collector anal-retentive and it turned out they were incontinent?  I'm so insensitive.)
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I'm not sorry about this, as I'm not sorry about ANY attack by the goverrats.

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2008, 02:18:33 AM »

Some people get off on porn mags, others on sealed games.  To each their own I say.  8)

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Re: sealed collectors?
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2008, 02:22:42 AM »

over and out,

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