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

[KDub]

CIB = Complete in Box
it is a universal term for anything not just video games. For video games this would mean that it would have the game, instructions and any big extras that it came with on original purchase (such as a poster) in the original box.

I usually say something is just in box if it is missing obvious components. Advertising cards or anything of that nature are generally not counted towards CIB for most purposes. But some collectors do want them.

NIB = New in Box
If it isn't sealed the same way it was when first on store shelves it is not NIB.

[k.vlaros]

If it was complete, it would come with the box. So the "universal" definition seems redundant. I'll stick with my "provincial" definition of Cartridge, Instructions, Box, which I read in Atari circles many moons ago.

[MrPopo]

If it was complete, it would come with the box. So the "universal" definition seems redundant. I'll stick with my "provincial" definition of Cartridge, Instructions, Box, which I read in Atari circles many moons ago.

I think the terminology originally stemmed from toys. You could have something that was complete (had all the parts) without being in the original box.

[Redifer]

Opening a sealed game would be less hassle for me than listing it on eBay, finding a box, going to the post office and shipping it out, etc. If it was a rare game I would probably sell it to some idiot who would buy such a thing and not use it. I still have extra CIB (Cartridge Instructions Box) of Wonder Boy in Monster World and I think Shining Force CD that I found at a thrift store I am just too lazy to sell.

[KDub]

If it was complete, it would come with the box. So the "universal" definition seems redundant. I'll stick with my "provincial" definition of Cartridge, Instructions, Box, which I read in Atari circles many moons ago.

I think the terminology originally stemmed from toys. You could have something that was complete (had all the parts) without being in the original box.

It is, you can have a complete action figure without being in box or on card. So complete isn't a full enough term.

If you want to get technical I'm sure many people who played games back in those retro days would feel the same way. Sure these cardboard boxes fell apart over the years but plenty of them were just thrown away because people treated them just like packaging.

[Arbitern1]

Screw that. I found a sealed copy of secret of mans for the anew at a yard sale for 2$. I didn't own the game so you'd better believe I popped it opened!

That just doesn't make sense. For the money you would have received from selling it, you could have bought an already opened CIB copy and had some cash left over. It's a terrible financial move, if not anything else.

Money? Please. I'm young white and famous with money hanging out the anus. Really though I love opening old sealed games. Especially any one in a cardboard box. Plus I have never sold a game I have bought. Never in my life. I have never had a "wish I wouldn't have sold x item in 199X for X console" moment. My games just laid around for years in closets. Plus I'm lazy and have very little fee time.

[ElkinFencer10]

The only games I demand be CIB for me to buy are CD based games, and it's just so that I can display them on my shelf. I don't even care about having the cases to protect them; I'd buy them loose and buy a big CD book if that were my only concern. I want to be able to display my collection (honestly, looking it makes me as happy as playing the games in it). For cartridges, I'd love to have the boxes and manuals, but I won't pay more for it. The only boxes I have were either Christmas/birthday presents or when a CIB offer on eBay or Amazon just happened to be the cheapest decent quality offer.

[Bikeage]

Haven't run into any sealed classic games in the wild; since I'm not "that guy" at Goodwill I probably won't for a long time.

I'm "that guy" who may have creeped out a few old ladies wondering why a grown man is sifting through a mish-mash of of used toys, children's books and movies on a weekday afternoon, but the finds have been well worth the indignity of finding the rare CIB game.

[BoringSupreez]

Haven't run into any sealed classic games in the wild; since I'm not "that guy" at Goodwill I probably won't for a long time.

I'm "that guy" who may have creeped out a few old ladies wondering why a grown man is sifting through a mish-mash of of used toys, children's books and movies on a weekday afternoon, but the finds have been well worth the indignity of finding the rare CIB game.

I feel embarrassed when looking through the stuffed animals/dolls bin. It seems there are always middle-aged women hanging around there.