I think I am an addict......

[kingdomheights777]

Ok, i am sitting here at work and I got to thinking about my collection, mainly my Neo Geo collection. And how much its all really worth and how much i have spent in the last 2 1/2 months on it. After some research I have gathered that my Neo Collection is roughly worth $5500. So I searched through old paypal invoices and emails to gather how much I have spent on that collection in the last 2 1/2 months and its roughly in the $4800 range. I told my brother (aka mustardseed) and he said "Dude your an addict" . And so i thought about it and I feel I am now also LOL...

[ToKeN]

yup you are an addict you should get help. j/k . but look at the bright side it's a good addiction.

you got one of the best collections I've seen.

[nateup2]

Plus with the Neo stuff you will probably be able to get at least what you paid back out of it

[kingdomheights777]

Plus with the Neo stuff you will probably be able to get at least what you paid back out of it

Yeah thats what I told my wife lol

[h8b1llg8ts]

I know how you feel.

Well not to the sense of $4800 in 2 1/2 months but I know how you feel. I sit in front of a computer all day long. And just like the scene in Office Space I really only do about 15 minutes of "real solid work". The rest of the time I surf Ebay and for the price of a cup of coffee I can get a video game each day.

I even know when the mailman comes. And since my wife is a homemaker she will email me what I got in the mail that day. And if I don't get a game the rest of my day feels like crap. I even come home and double check the mail just to make sure.

But when I recieve a game in the mail I have a kind of ritual. I check the case and remove all stickers, test it for about 5 minutes, then file it away for another day. I then sit down and look at my collection and recap to myself what game I should expect tomorrow.

So ... I know how you feel.

[kingdomheights777]

I know how you feel.

Well not to the sense of $4800 in 2 1/2 months but I know how you feel. I sit in front of a computer all day long. And just like the scene in Office Space I really only do about 15 minutes of "real solid work". The rest of the time I surf Ebay and for the price of a cup of coffee I can get a video game each day.

I even know when the mailman comes. And since my wife is a homemaker she will email me what I got in the mail that day. And if I don't get a game the rest of my day feels like crap. I even come home and double check the mail just to make sure.

But when I recieve a game in the mail I have a kind of ritual. I check the case and remove all stickers, test it for about 5 minutes, then file it away for another day. I then sit down and look at my collection and recap to myself what game I should expect tomorrow.

So ... I know how you feel.

THAT IS FREAKING FUNNY DUDE! That is my day and life to a T, My wife asks me everyday with a rolling of the eyes, "are you supposed to be getting a package today?"

[otaku]

I think most of us online on retro forums are this way though $ amounts vary we all love to brows, buy and wait for the mailman I know how you feel though kingdom I've dropped damn near a grand this month on non neo geo games and since I started buying neo geo aes/mvs 6 months ago I've blown 2200 or so and no sign of it stopping. Spent a few hundred bucks on my ngpc collection a year or two back as well. Oh and I bought a new recently to. I think I may need to check myself (and my Warcrack addict brother) into that gaming addiction clinic in denmark! (then again we'd probably come back addicted to drugs and hookers!)

[t0yrobo]

If you haven't yet you should look into insurance for it

[MrPopo]

To be fair, addiction is really continuing a behavior in the face of overwhelming negative consequences. If you're buying a ton of games, but you can afford it and it doesn't impact your relations with others, then you're not addicted, you're just enjoying your hobby.

[kingdomheights777]

To be fair, addiction is really continuing a behavior in the face of overwhelming negative consequences. If you're buying a ton of games, but you can afford it and it doesn't impact your relations with others, then you're not addicted, you're just enjoying your hobby.

you got a point, as long as bills get paid , my kids have food, clothes, toys and my wife has her stuff then i shouldn't stress about it. Its when I buy a 200 dollar game instead of paying the light bill is when its not healthy