Collecting Dissapointments Thread

Couple things:

having to send my PS2 in to get fixed after that lame disc read error

the gran turismo 3 wheel sucked, and i traded lots of good games to be able to afford it

the end of the dreamcast :(

The day I lost my Commodore 128 :(Dzjaansis

Almost the same as one of my disappointments: the day my Commodore Plus4 broke :(

Also, the day I saw Suikoden II for £40 but I didn't have the money on me. I went back that afternoon and t'was gone :(

Keeping it just in the realm of collecting, not gaming, I've had few disapointments other than those that resulted from me not properly reading the descriptions of Ebay items I committed to buying.

The day my 360 broke. This was months ago I rang MS Customer Support, talked to a dude for half an hour to get it fixed and they never emailed me with the code or whatever. I haven't bothered to ring again. I wanna sell it but id have to get it fixed :(

Also I lent this kid about a dozen of my fav PS1 games and I never got them back because his mother is a biatch and won't speak to her family who are friends with my mother. I still see the kid but now that they sent him to live with his dad I doubt I will ever see the games again...they probably chucked em out. :evil:

Probably when this guy I know "gave" me a bunch of NES games. He said, and I quote, "I don't use these anymore...test them out and see if they work. If they do, you can have them." A few days later I went back to him and said that they worked and thanks. He then said "What are you going to give me for them?" I walked away without a word, went and got the box, and gave them back to him. There were a couple of good ones in there too...couple Mega Man titles and a few others that were borderline rare. Dang it...jollyroger78

[QUOTE="jollyroger78"]Probably when this guy I know "gave" me a bunch of NES games. He said, and I quote, "I don't use these anymore...test them out and see if they work. If they do, you can have them." A few days later I went back to him and said that they worked and thanks. He then said "What are you going to give me for them?" I walked away without a word, went and got the box, and gave them back to him. There were a couple of good ones in there too...couple Mega Man titles and a few others that were borderline rare. Dang it...GAMECAMILLER

Yep. Had he said "sell" in the first place, I wouldn't have been so burnt about it. But he said "give". Ah well.

My most disappointing moment was when I bought a big box of vintage gaming accessories from a guy on craigslist. There were things like an NES Powerglove and powerpad, an NES advantage controller, misc. controllers and other fine vintage items. when I got the box home and really checked and tested everything out, it was basically a $70 box of junk. I think only a couple of controllers actually worked. Oh well, lessoned learned.

I would say also is getting a rare game new in the box, and then wanting to play said game. I just got an Alladin Deck Enhancer for the NES new in the plastic, but now I really wanna open it and play it!

The worst thing for me is basically forcing myself to trade in stuff to get newer stuff.BigC43

I did the same thing in the late 80's/early 90's which is why I don't have many games now. Now if I was to somehow come up with a number of games I owned at one point......

[QUOTE="BigC43"]The worst thing for me is basically forcing myself to trade in stuff to get newer stuff.Dracula68

I did the same thing in the late 80's/early 90's which is why I don't have many games now. Now if I was to somehow come up with a number of games I owned at one point......

Haiku Corner - Collectors' Lament Series

waiting for price drop
short supply, sleeper hit. gone
used disc: ninety bucks

ebay game sniping
description says "mint in box"
arrived disc only

next gen, here I come
new system, full stock of games
a red ring of death

great sale price! buy it!
one month later, you guessed it
same game, ten bucks less

childhood memories
coleco and atari
parents had yard sale

you are my best friend.
sure you can borrow some games.
you lost them all how?

Haiku Corner - Collectors' Lament Series

waiting for price drop
short supply, sleeper hit. gone
used disc: ninety bucks

ebay game sniping
description says "mint in box"
arrived disc only

next gen, here I come
new system, full stock of games
a red ring of death

great sale price! buy it!
one month later, you guessed it
same game, ten bucks less

childhood memories
coleco and atari
parents had yard sale

you are my best friend.
sure you can borrow some games.
you lost them all how?

inkwolf

Absolutely cla ssic! :lol:

[QUOTE="inkwolf"]

Haiku Corner - Collectors' Lament Series

waiting for price drop
short supply, sleeper hit. gone
used disc: ninety bucks

ebay game sniping
description says "mint in box"
arrived disc only

next gen, here I come
new system, full stock of games
a red ring of death

great sale price! buy it!
one month later, you guessed it
same game, ten bucks less

childhood memories
coleco and atari
parents had yard sale

you are my best friend.
sure you can borrow some games.
you lost them all how?

jollyroger78

Absolutely cla ssic! :lol:

My biggest collecting dissapointment is selling games when I was a kid. But everything happens for a reason so i don't really mind what i did in the past.