Why would someone get CIB if they have no plans on selling?

[AppleQueso]

Sealed collectors collect sealed games for the same reason any other sealed collector collects sealed anything.

[harper]

Sealed collectors collect sealed games for the same reason any other sealed collector collects sealed anything.

Which is?

[Luke]

And up until this thread I thought CIB stood for "Cartridge/CD, Instructions, Box".

[AppleQueso]

Sealed collectors collect sealed games for the same reason any other sealed collector collects sealed anything.

Which is?

To simply collect it? Pure novelty? To preserve it? Does it really matter?

[k.vlaros]

Sealed collectors collect sealed games for the same reason any other sealed collector collects sealed anything.

Which is?

You don't understand collecting, and you may be trolling. It's OK- I don't understand the appeal of most country music. But it exists and I accept that.

And up until this thread I thought CIB stood for "Cartridge/CD, Instructions, Box".

It still does, IMHO.

[harper]

Sealed collectors collect sealed games for the same reason any other sealed collector collects sealed anything.

Which is?

You don't understand collecting, and you may be trolling. It's OK- I don't understand the appeal of most country music. But it exists and I accept that.

I'm not trolling, and I'm not saying I don't accept it. I'd genuinely like to understand the appeal of owning something you can't use.

Ah, forget it. If I'm being accused of trolling then I guess I just need to shut up. But am I not allowed to speak my mind and ask for the opinions of others that I don't agree with so I can better understand their point of view?

[k.vlaros]

I'm not trolling, and I'm not saying I don't accept it. I'd genuinely like to understand the appeal of owning something you can't use.

I believe you. I think the appeal is at least two fold for me. One is scratching the compulsion to maintain a microcosm of order (picture a less creepy version of the guy with a disaster-zone house but a perfectly cleaned, ordered, cataloged and presented baseball card collection), and that may just be a personality quirk/defect some have and some don't. A second aspect is the satisfaction/smugness of owning something relatively rare. The appeal of exclusivity should be more generally understood than the OCD bit.

[jmbarnes101]

And up until this thread I thought CIB stood for "Cartridge/CD, Instructions, Box".

It does or at least it should. If they need something for a sealed game why not use NIB (new in box/case).

[Luke]

And up until this thread I thought CIB stood for "Cartridge/CD, Instructions, Box".

It does or at least it should. If they need something for a sealed game why not use NIB (new in box/case).

Well I don't want to sound like an idiot, but when I show off my collection I'll mention "That one is CIB" and when asked what CIB means I'll reply with "Cartridge/Instructions/Box" but I have "CIB" games that aren't really "complete".

My TMNT II Arcade Game (NES) doesn't include the pizza coupon (used it the day I/my Father bought it). If the C = Complete, I would never want to label the game as CIB although I have the cart/instructions/box.

Obviously I'm new to the video game seller's market.

[Cronozilla]

If it were something ludicrously valuable, I probably wouldn't though.

But would that not give you all the more reason to open it? Especially if it were only a few dollars to begin with. I'd do it in a heart beat. Screw selling it. That doesn't compare to being the first to open a fresh new game after however many years.

Maybe I'm just weird.

Uh, because I could sell it for 10x the amount I paid and get a bunch more games?

I'm not going to personally buy a sealed copy of a game that's very expensive, but if I came across one for very little and it turned out to be worth quite a bit, I'd consider selling it. Unless it's on of my favorite games ever, I'm not going to really be concerned with showing off any sort of sealed copy.

It wouldn't be an entirely bad idea to make my game collecting self sufficient financially.