SK1NN3R's Blog
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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!
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I feel your pain man. During my first two years of committing to collecting, there wasn't a big market for games in my city. I was really crushing it at a local flea market and in all of the pawn shops. However, after that second year, I started to notice that other collectors/resellers were hitting my local haunts, prices were going up in pawn shops where all games where all games use to be a few bucks a piece, and these shops started taking in only modern gen games. On top of that, a used video game store opened up and started gobbling up all of the games that use to go to these shops. It was a curse and a blessing though. I became friends with the shop owner and even though I don't get these great, cheap scores anymore, he and his staff look out for me and have helped me in my collecting goals. With eBay the landscape has changed and I think there are not only more collectors out there, but also more resellers. Just remember that some of these resellers are doing so to purchase more games for their collections, so sometimes the goal is not always greed.
Thanks for writing and good luck in your search. And yes we all know about Game Quest and it's "horrible" owner. 
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@singlebanana: Game quest is awesome , I've spent so much there since I've been in town , owner is a great guy. I don't mind paying a little more for some games especially if it keeps a place like that open.
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Thanks for the shoutout for my store!! Sounds like you are up in FSJ. I did my Jr high and High Schooling up there. Anytime you are in the store feel free to chat me up. Since you're a big Nintendo fan I think we'll find lots to talk about
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Game Quest? Never heard of it.
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