pet pevees you've developed as a collector

• Loose CDs
• Loose manuals
• People who write their names on their games with permanent marker
• People who tear off part of the labels
• Broken CD cases (though easy to fix, still annoying)

• Loose CDs
• Loose manuals
• People who write their names on their games with permanent marker
• People who tear off part of the labels
• Broken CD cases (though easy to fix, still annoying)

CodingGenius

• Game carts with permanent marker on them
• Manuals with page ripped out
  

I have several, as you might imagine.

I really don't like the CD long boxes for Sega CD, Saturn and early Playstation. I honestly think sometimes that using those boxes was some kind of grand insult to the video game buying public. There is so much plastic waiting to be cracked and smashed, that 9 out of 10 look terrible these days. It was a bad choice. 3DO games (which preceded both the Saturn and PS1) were shipped in what became DVD boxes. Some were cardboard with the plastic buckle, and some were all plastic, so the technology was there, just unused.

Also, I despise the kind of jackass who not only can't play games without a big, sticky Coke in their lap, but also lacks the motor control to keep said beverage out of their controller face. After refurbishing more than a few controllers that are rendered unusable by an internal sugary mess, I tend to wish their previous owners ill will.

Along with "drink-spilling jackass", I also dislike "smokes around games jackass", "loses/mangles manuals and maps jackass" and "personalizes with indelible ink jackass", who have been hinted at in earlier posts.

I understand why this is done, but I really don't like the rental security stickers placed on CD- and DVD-based games that cover the entire surface of the disk. When I had less experience at removing them, I ruined a copy of Albert Odyssey trying to clean off the adhesive. I was displeased, to say the least.

I still can't wrap my head around rental places that allow a game to come back without the manual without docking the person who kept the book about half the price of the game. Employees at both Hastings and Blockbuster just kind of shrug and say that unfortunately some customers lose the books. Not on my watch. Those games are barcoded, so there's a paper trail on who last had the game. After checking to make sure the disk is in the package and that it isn't top-scratched, I'd be checking for the book. If it's not there, you get billed $20 or more. Simple.

Here's another something I don't care for. If you ever try to get a replacement manual from the company that made the game, some have them and some don't. I've had good luck with both Capcom and Working Designs, so it's possible, but some companies don't keep a lot of copies on hand. If I ran a game company, I'd make sure to keep a small stock of replacement manuals available at all times for every game that we'd put out to date. I don't care about the expense of printing a couple hundred extra. Alternatively, even if the cost of an on-demand small print run was shouldered by the customers who wanted the books, I'd have it as an option.

I don't appreciate eBay auctions for vintage games with titles like, "Complete, Mint Blankety Blank, No Reserve," that mention in the text of the sale bill that this copy in fact does not have the map or the collectible keychain, but is complete aside from that. Complete means one thing, and it is not up for interpretation. When some real winner wastes my time with that kind of crap, I want to throttle them. Similarly, when auctions mention "mint condition" or "unopened" and then backpeddle in the description like, "well, it's just a small tear," or "I only opened and played it that one time," I want to do bodily harm to those sellers as well. Nothing is wrong with admitting that the disk isn't mint or the game is missing the limited-edition toe ring, because maybe I already have the LE toe ring and am looking to build a complete copy. Trying to drum up interest is one thing, but overhyping or lying to get me to look at the auction is unacceptable to me.

In some ways, I would prefer that there were less games that had soundtrack CDs, or trinkets or art books associated with them, just so there'd be less to keep in one piece.

Well, that's enough venting for now.

Worse then all though.... "Disc Only" I cant stand disc only games!! :evil:.
GoreObsessed

Here's another something I don't care for. If you ever try to get a replacement manual from the company that made the game, some have them and some don't. I've had good luck with both Capcom and Working Designs, so it's possible, but some companies don't keep a lot of copies on hand. If I ran a game company, I'd make sure to keep a small stock of replacement manuals available at all times for every game that we'd put out to date. I don't care about the expense of printing a couple hundred extra. Alternatively, even if the cost of an on-demand small print run was shouldered by the customers who wanted the books, I'd have it as an option.gmsnpr

It's just a weird thing for me, I don't want to replace PS2 or Xbox cases with regular DVD cases.propyro

Me too. I have to have all the current gen games in their original cases. I also make it a personal policy not to buy used current gen games because of the stupid sticker that everyone puts on the cases. Writing your name on the back of a cartridge also pisses me off because it ruins an otherwise good find.

But what gets me the most isn't the condition of the games. It's the weird looks you get from salespeople when you tell them you won't buy a game because of the condition. It's almost as if they seem insulted that you won't buy a used game from them because you prefer the original or a better copy. When they learn to treat games better, then I'll buy them. It's one thing for older games like 2600, NES, Genesis to be incomplete. But there's no excuse for not taking care of the current generation of games.

Thanks for listening to my rant :)

It's the weird looks you get from salespeople when you tell them you won't buy a game because of the condition. It's almost as if they seem insulted that you won't buy a used game from them because you prefer the original or a better copy. When they learn to treat games better, then I'll buy them. It's one thing for older games like 2600, NES, Genesis to be incomplete. But there's no excuse for not taking care of the current generation of games.

Thanks for listening to my rant :)

DrFish62

It's the weird looks you get from salespeople when you tell them you won't buy a game because of the condition. It's almost as if they seem insulted that you won't buy a used game from them because you prefer the original or a better copy. When they learn to treat games better, then I'll buy them. It's one thing for older games like 2600, NES, Genesis to be incomplete. But there's no excuse for not taking care of the current generation of games.

Thanks for listening to my rant :)

DrFish62