What's the last "junk purchase" you made? It's ok, you can tell me.

you can’t stop me

Collecting is a form of shopping addiction. Each new purchase ‘scratches the itch’

I have tons of graded games 1. I Need to sell 2. that mean nothing to me 3. that I will lose money on 😂

Yea been collecting 10+ years and you hit the nail on the head … in the beginning I was going to flea markets every Sunday and just buying filler and anything I could find .. eventually I stopped and just went online cuz I got tired of wasting my time and money on junk … I eventually sold off all the flea market stuff besides the best stuff I found and made a great profit .. ended up spending the profit on games I really want … they are all 2x 3x in value vs what I paid at the time … I wouldn’t collect games today at the prices I see .. when I got rule of rose it was a $175-$200 max game cib

Yup. I purchase a lot of things... but for years, i've been selling quite a bit too. My collection was full of "Why do i have this?" games. Downsizing collections you already have and focusing on what really interest you right now is always good.

I completely agree, I realize this in time to stop buying a lot of junk, and it made me feel better about the things I like

Agree completely. I was definitely guilty of this in my early days. Just buying cause I found something underpriced. The last few years though, I realized how silly that is, I was filling my space with stuff I didn’t really care about. I've become a lot more mindful about purchases and left a lot of "good deals" behind.

I think Greg is trying to say: *Bigger Collection, Better Person*

I feel like every collector goes through this every once in a while where they just pray & spray and buy *everything*. But then they run out of monies (e.g., the debt collectors lol) or just realize it's trash they don't really care about. Then they focus, and the cycle begins again. From the collector's pov, it can be quasi-justified hoarding.

In the past month or so. I have been passing on almost everything, that I would have previously picked up at the thrift store. It feels good.

A lot of people do this so their game collections look bigger and it looks better stunting on photos to flex 😂

I have been slowly coming to this realization the past few weeks. It's so tempting to buy the 10-20 mid tier games that are easy to find, instead of spending the time hunting for that one game that you really want, or worse, waiting for it to pop up on a known marketplace. Now, after two and a half years of collecting, I have way more games than I ever thought I would. I've done this once before and started recognizing the signs. At one point I was into buying books. I bought so many that I never read, or would ever use. And when I needed to move, it was such a huge burden that I gave most of them away. They kept accumulating and were nice to look at but ultimately were just a burden. At the end of the day, stuff you don't use or truly care about is just junk taking up space and mental energy. I see now that I have way overcollected on bad games just because they were far easier to source and cheaper... I wish I could go back and stop myself, and just stick to the few games I really wanted. At least I remember a specific point/phase where i allowed my buy list to expand beyond what i really actually wanted into a much wider net of games that were poorly reviewed. So i can hopefully avoid this in the future. The real issue is that I wanted to collect even though what I wanted to collect wasn't available at the time. But live and learn.

I started collecting 3 years ago and man did I waste my money on useless junk purchases lol but hey we learn, now my collection is narrowed down to the stuff I actually want and can justify the purchase

You made the comment in the beginning of the video, but I don't think it was a main point -- does the purchase further your collecting goals? People need to determine what they're after -- do they want to build a large collection or a meaningful collection?

That Squall card was cool.

I don't refer to it as "junk purchases", I call it impulse buying. In which many do.

I think when It comes to collecting many people hear about stuff or look at things relating to it online to see how it is then go for it due to it being a " must have " or a classic popular game or whatever. I have brought a few games and other thing that It wasn't so good but they weren't priced high thankfully. I try to test or research really good before any purchase I make. I think having a small collection full of many wonderful things is perfect. That's how I love my collecting. Cool video. ^_^

Ugh I’ve made a bunch of “cheap inexpensive” purchases that were not a good value or investment

I don't leave the house for game purchases, and am very strict with my ebay and ha buys. So that cuts down a lot. I went through the buy anything that's cheap and looks in good condition phase, but it was short. So I don't have much junk to offload. What you're talking about, w the not buying cheaper stuff n just buying less of the expensive shit, is what I've been doing for some time now. Honestly though, I do have a lot of sealed, but I'm perfectly happy with 9.4 level cibs. They're fun to put together, and getting more challenging as time goes on, I'm pretty damn good at pressing manuals and case art, removing mild stains etc, and they are way cheaper than sealed obviously. That type of money I'll just throw into an s&p 500 etf and be done with it. I'm into this shit, but not that into it.

My attic is cluttered with junk purchases. 😅 However, I stopped buying junk about 2-3 years ago and am selling off everything in the attic bit by bit.

100% right on this topic even applies to thrifting games. Since most places are 5 bucks a game, you really have to decide if your buying just because its in front of you or if you actually want it. Its actually crazy how much junk thrift stores sell for 5 bucks a game, in most cases more than it would be at a game store. People just think they have to have it bc its a game and buy everything effectively filling there collection with garbage. Id buy everything when they were 2 bucks a game but at 5 Im very selective

Sold 90% of the PS3 games in my Collection for a fraction of the worth. Bought myself a game or two for the 500$ the two boxes gave me

I buy games all the time with no prior knowledge about them just to try them out, but I always make sure I only pick them up if they are priced for less than I can sell them for. By doing that, I can either sell it on and get my money back if it turns out to be a load of rubbish, or keep it if it's actually good (at which point I've discovered a new game and got it for a fraction of what it's worth). I've picked up a lot of junk games over the years by doing this but I can easily recoup my money if it ends up being bad.

I bought a Cookie Monster wii game because it came with a wii mote sleeve.. I have a problem too

I’m working on a complete set of pokemon games. I’m about 1500 off my goal. I’ve got plenty of stuff to sell on eBay but have not made an account. I easily have about 800 in items to flip just need to put the effort in. Good video

The therapy I needed today

Good video, my last junk purchase was a GB mega man 2 prototype cartridge

Sometimes less is more, just getting rid of the clutter and only keeping what you actually want to use. Sometimes I even do this logic on my PC or Phone and just start deleting old apps or screenshots that I never use and are just wasting storage space. Its kinda satisfying in a way once some of the clutter is gone.

Started realizing this a few months ago. Had all this random stuff I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. Sold off a ton of filler stuff

I know how you feel. I like one piece and have been collecting all the chase cards especially from the 1st set. Now I'm downsizing to just my favorites and the highest value. I regret not pulling the trigger on a heartgold 9.8 A++. it only sold for $1075

I tend to buy package deals with multiple games if They include the 1 or 2 games i want, is that a junk purchase?

This hits home real hard. Watching this and looking around me and yeah I am guilty of this. I hoard so many video games and pokemon cards that i really dont need or have any attachment to.

Great video Greg. I try by best to not buy junk but every now and then some make it through. I’ve found myself buying more of the newer games on clearance more this past year bc of physical being phased out, but they’re games I least somewhat want so it’s fine? Haha my rule of thumb is if I actually beat the game then the Purchase was worth it. Since I started collecting again 3 years ago I am honing in on beating 100 games 👀 yet this represents 1/5 of my collection.. my train of thought on beating games becomes murky when you consider games like Mario party or smash bros which you can kinda beat the game but not really 😅

I've been collecting for 15+ years and i have like over $10,000 worth of junk games worth anywhere from 2$ to 15$ and i bought them because i wanted to get complete collections but i never play them

When I collected for Atari 2600 and NES the issue was: how many different games in my collection? It was cool to reach the 300 threshold for each system….350….400 and on. I didn’t look at the new additions as junk, but as expansions to the collection. And yes, I’d prefer 50 $5 additions to one $250 addition. Looking back, some of those $5 games turned out to be fun. Some turned out to skyrocket in value. But games were cheaper back in the day and collecting is probably different now. When I look at the Wii, I figure almost all of the shovelware games will always be shovelware. They won’t later turn out to be hidden gems (because all the hidden gems have been identified on KZfaq) and I really doubt they’ll go up in value very much. Still, if I see a pile of Wii at $2 each, I’ll grab titles I don’t have. $2 is practically free, and the cases alone will eventually be worth that.

Always look forward to your content and streams! Interesting video topic, let's make this channel grow!

I totally agree, I wish I haven't bought some cheap random cards at the beginning of my collecting journey, and just bought one expensive grail.

I just realized we both have the same OOT banner 😂😂

As puff daddy once said to collecting video games “can’t stop won’t stop eh eh ehh” 😎

This struck me about 6 years ago, I was just buying games for the sake of it. Ended up getting rid of all my PS2, PS3 and Sega stuff as had no real interest in them. I used to still buy 4 or 5 games a month but have stopped doing that now. I might buy one a month now or save up, go to a game convention and splurge. Was in Japan this time last year and the money I had saved up instead of buying just any old crap went towards stuff I've always wanted, like Famicom, Super Famicom and Virtal Boy games. Went through my Xbox 360 games just before Xmas, had loads of games that I hadn't looked at for years and the trade in value / prices on eBay were rubbish. I ended up giving them to a person I work with.

At this point in my collection if I am buying a sealed game that I plan on playing then I will grab at least 2 copies of it. But otherwise I am working a full sealed vita run and about 100 game that I would like to get cib.

Yeah I buy stupid crap all the time and unfortunately sometimes I get something and I'll be like "why do I have this" it's like putting cash on your shelf. I have gotten better and shed a lot of bloat, but I still impulse buy from time to time.

I have a perfect example of this. I bought 4 sealed copies of james camerons avatar the game on 360 😆

I tell people not to impulse buy items that can't be flipped for a worthwhile profit. That attitude of not wanting to pay up for desirable items is very prevalent, and honestly understandable, but that usually leads people to buying junk because they never find anything else and hope to make scores that probably will never happen.

It drives me crazy when I see hundreds of games on shelves and half or more are not played with no intention to be played. If you collect for quantity you are doing it wrong.

when I started to collect, I bought just random games I would never ever play, I even buy bought original xbox games, and I don't even have xbox. and is hard to sell as u said. I have plenty of sport games and knock games for gamecube I can't even sell, ppl only want the hitters like Zelda, Metroid etc

"Finding something for $6.99 and buying it because on Pricecharting it's $14.99 and that's a 'good deal'" really hit home haha. But I've been done with this kind of thinking for a long time except recently... just stay away from places you can buy games!

Awesome Video! You would think this concept would be common sense but it is not! And it applies across the collectible spectrum no doubt as I sip my $3 coffee on sale when I have the same coffee at home.

I played so much World Series of Poker as a kid mate

I'm going for a loose U.S. N64 set, so I definitely don't buy junk whatsoever 😂

I have some crappy games for my snes collection but those are games are few but sweet.

Personally I only purchase grails for my collection so I’m safe from buying junk but here and there I do buy the odd junk item. Currently in my collection I have 9 grails and other items which I think are games I like . Your right I’ve never agreed with buying fillers when I started collecting I just went straight for the grails

great advice

I have wasted so much money on random sealed Ebay games. Just save up and go for the good stuff.

Well said, i learned that yeaes ago, due to me not being patient.

What do you think about buying niche sealed games with sentimental value for 100, 300, 500, 1000$ that probably have no or little resale value because of being so niche, but that are expensive because they're basically never on the market? Like lets say someone grew up playing King James Bible for the Game Boy and it's their favourite game ever. Two sold listings one for 900$. If it comes up, you kinda just have to grab it, but will you ever be able to sell it? Maybe, maybe not.

What if the one game that really matters to me is every game ever made?

Good point !!!!

I have over 1000 Switch games... absolute pain to price them out and sell out the filler/no care for

Good video but it's not needed. What I mean by that.... I heard so many of these points years ago and sure it made sense but I didn't follow the advice. Its time and time alone you come to these realizations. I have no regrets and not saying anyone should because it's a learning experience.

Agreed. But you tubers don't come home empty handed. Then you have the flippers. I buy from a list of wanted games. Not scared to come home empty handed.

Good video.

Yep, this video talks to me. I stopped buying crap years ago , one point to make though, just because 1 game is $100 doesn't make it must buy over 10 games for 100. Some big hitters are pure dog shit.

I didn't have the money to bid on the 9.6 A+ wario ware on gba that just sold on ebay for 275 😭😭😭 I would have bid 500, I just needed to vent :(

I do want a Sega Saturn complete North American collection and a second Dreamcast but I had to learn especially on super Nintendo the hard way if I didn't buy all that crap that I'll never ever play and don't really want to play I could have bought more of the stuff I wanted😢

I can see card collecting is easy to fill up cause they don’t take up a ton of space like comics or pc/video games.

Oooo this will be controversial. I agree with you so many people have junk on the shelf. I just cleaned the switch collection all killer no filler.

Great video, I absolutly agree on quality over quantity!

I bought a pack of animal crossing cards for $5 and resold it the same day for $80. 😎

U need Squall!

Flea market. Games for $1 I will sell… eventually lol

Spiderman 2 is a good game and a classic

Each to their own.

I have lists of games I'd purchase. It's not that if I see a particular game on my list, I'd just buy it at any price. It's more of a list of potential purchases, if I find it for the right price in the right condition. Trying to stick to that list for the most part when game hunting has kept me from purchasing junk. Last junk game I can even think of that I bought was "Fire Emblem Warriors", I can't stand Warriors games.

Will you ever show us your collection?

What you gonna do with all that junk?

4:11

I spent $12k on a Taco Bell NFT

I buy games I enjoy, if they happen to be called "filler", whatever lol

Ah yes, a headed trading card has no purpose to look cool on a shelf as opposed to graded video games.

yeah Mario,Pikachu and Goku are greater than tomb raider even Link from Zelda and Vegeta from dragon ball is better than what people now of days think is the best when it is not at least that is what i believe.

I'm buying every spiderman game for sony consoles filler or not!

That's why I don't have anything PlayStation because they're junk

No hate, brother! But the irony of a guy with graded games making this video is hilarious.

I disagree. The moment you have a “goal” with your purchases, this fun past time quickly becomes a job. Careers have goals. Video games are for fun.

Sell me those Digimon cards

Hey, I collect original Xbox. If you got bulk I’m in Canada will take.

Be careful labeling cheap games as junk. If theres a game thats considered good and its cheap, its worth getting. This isnt anything new though lol. Filling up shelves with impulse buying is the issue regardless of price

Greg, I’ve got to know, WHY do you think so highly of FF8? Was it the first game you ever played? Did you a relative that died shortly afterwards buy it for you? I can see someone saying FF6, FF7, FF9, and hell, even FF10 being their favorite. But FF8 is so…. I don’t even have the words. If I had to say it in one, it would be “sucks”. The entire combat mechanic of having to draw spells from enemies is so bad, they never tried it again. Seriously, what gives?

Good but you're just talking to the demographic of people who actually want to play games and collect them. Not the resellers. I thought I was going to get some info about what games to pick up and flip

Greg showing off a non trapezoid tomb raider. LAME!

I like ur videos but this one put me to sleep. Too much talking not enough pics. I would have rather seen ur junk... purchases

I kinda disagree cause some stuff has sentimental value to people.

Truth bombs

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