Yep, and I'm getting ready to cut six of mine loose. Since I moved, I don't have room for all of them and it's costing me $2k/yr to store them.
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Yep, and I'm getting ready to cut six of mine loose. Since I moved, I don't have room for all of them and it's costing me $2k/yr to store them.
Quoted from Strummy:Nice Humble brag
It's in his name, so I don't think he can help it.
Quoted from Dayhuff:Sure, who doesn't think of this? I could have a new car or redo the kitchen.....blah, blah. It's very hard at this point to cut any games loose that have been part of the collection, in fact I'm pondering it right now about keeping a game I've owned many times before and weather or not to sell off something else to put this game in the line up....what to do, what to do.....? Point is, if I hadn't spent it on pinball what else would it have been? And what if I cut back on some games......then what? Is selling 1,2,3...10 games really going to make a difference in my case? So then what do I do with the space? Fill it back up with some different games at today's prices? Everything fits so perfectly right now in the entire basement that I find it very difficult to disrupt the layout of the basement, there just is no better way to do it that would even create space for one more game without selling a game.....trust me I've worn out a lot of measuring tapes trying to figure out how to squeeze in one more game. A LOT of games here don't get played by me or anyone else enough to justify them at this point but the thing is there already here and paid for twice over so why not hang onto them? It's my 401K. When the time comes to sell them all I'll know....but for now there not hurting anything.
I guess I'd just rather keep the game count the same and save up to buy that new kitchen,garage, whatever... Problem is finding a contractor that will even return a phone call is like pulling teeth......, but that's another story.
John
Bravo on the manifesto! Holy schinkes !
Quoted from TheLaw:I wouldn't know what else to do with my basement so screw it.
Plus it's only like 7% of my net worth.
You're being modest. It's a FRACTION of 7% of your net worth.
Quoted from sbmania:I have learned in life that possessions rarely provide true lasting satisfaction. There are more important things in life.
Bingo. I would trade everything I own, including the clothes on my back, to have 5 more minutes with my late wife.
Quoted from jawjaw:I find it sad when people make comments about prioritizing collecting pins over relationships with wives/girlfriends. You have little idea of what you have until it's gone.
Sorry, this is going to be a diatribe, as my wife passed away 15 months ago, today.
I agree. I have friends and acquaintances, that never do anything related to their hobbies with their spouses and I find that really sad. My late wife loved pinball and we did everything together. She was my best friend. She wanted a Bally Dolly, so I bought a beat-up example and I fixed it up, adding new pinball pimp stencils, new back glass and purple led displays. It was a totally girlie-girl pin and she loved it. I will never sell it.
I did know exactly what I had with her before she died and she felt the same way about me. She had been my prom date 39 years ago and we didn't see each other again, for 30 years. We married and I had the 8 greatest years of my life with her.
I'll end this with this: If you are a female, or you know any females - tell them if they have lower abdominal pain that doesn't resolve within a week or two, that they go and get checked out by a qualified GYN. Knowing what I know now, I would go further and insist on a CT scan, even if I had to pay for it out of pocket. The CT scan could reveal what my wife had: Ovarian Cancer that had already spread outside of the ovaries. There is no screening test for Ovarian cancer, so the earlier you see it on a scan, the better chance of living longer. She lived 5 years, but not before undergoing numerous surgeries, chemos and drug trials, enduring a helluva lot of pain. I've met women who are 10 years living with it, so if you can fight it sooner, the odds are better.
Sorry to be a downer.
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