SO........ away from home going to college 5 weeks down with 2 left to go. Not sure if I'm the typical collector, always get the funny look when i say i enjoy collecting video games. Always loved video games growing up and I've owned most of the systems from Nintendo /Nes to the Xbox One. Didn't really start collecting up to about a year and a half ago. Saw an ad on a local classified for a Nes with 22 games!! even had the 10 place grey holders. I scooped it up and since that day i've been always looking for that next big deal. I must say at first it was awesome, no one was really collecting. I bought some nice lots and managed to find a few gems like E.V.O. Search for Eden for next to nothing. Then about 6 months into it , other locals starting placing ads and buying everything up. The worse thing was these locals would just buy the lots and try to resell to you for a lot more. Where I'm from in Northern Canada people make some pretty good coin so some of these games and systems where going for stupid prices. It was becoming harder and harder to find a good deals or games in general. I spend a lot of time checking pawn stores and thrift shops etc. Even the thrift stores started jacking up their prices. My city pretty much dried up, we did have a play and trade but the usual no stock and high prices shut them down pretty quickly. But as i was saying above I'm currently in another city going to college. Its been great from a collecting stand point. Im a huge Nintendo Fan , especially Nes , Snes and N64. Ive bought so much stuff and found some decent deals. There is a game store in this city called Game Quest. I'm sure people here have heard about it. Its amazing , super friendly owner and staff and they always seem to have a pretty good selection of games to choose from. Going to log off for the night. Get to go home tomorrow for a visit to see my wife and kid. Ill have to sneak my purchases in so I'm not divorced by the time my 7 weeks are up lol. Logging off and Happy Collecting!
