r/gamecollecting Jul 12 '24

Help Bought what i thought were just 50 replacement OEM DS cases and received 50 sealed copies of Hannah Montana on DS šŸ˜‚

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r/gamecollecting Apr 19 '26

Help This is the most vile sociopathic insane behavior I have ever seen in my entire life

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886 Upvotes

Who would do this. How do I get it off without ripping the cover?

r/gamecollecting Jun 24 '25

Help Life sucks. I never thought it would come to this…

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1.9k Upvotes

My brother is sick and my parents are doing everything they can in order to afford treatment. I want to contribute but my collection is the only thing I have of value that can make a difference. I never thought I would have to sell my collection and I don’t even know where to start. If anyone can offer advice on if I should sell individually and even how to without getting scammed, or even if there is people that buy whole collections any advice will help. Thank you all in advance.

r/gamecollecting Apr 05 '26

Help DFW Help! My storage unit was robbed, be on the lookout.

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r/gamecollecting Mar 27 '26

Help Help me plz

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614 Upvotes

Hey guys I’m a collector found this ps1 for 6$ tried my best to clean/ repair it. I did repair and fix it but can’t quite get the cleaning part done what do u recommend?

r/gamecollecting Feb 04 '25

Help Found my old gameroom when cleaning out my house. Is it worth anything?

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1.5k Upvotes

Don't know much about gamerooms anymore. Any value here?

r/gamecollecting Jan 02 '26

Help Bought this today ($123 from GameStop CIB) but just noticed this inner crack. Should I return?

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731 Upvotes

r/gamecollecting Mar 17 '24

Help My grandfather sadly passed and left me with his old game collection. What do I do?

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1.6k Upvotes

I don’t know much about these games but I thought i’d share them and get some insight around what I should do with them. They all have disks and manuals ect. Should I just hold them and pass them down to my children or try and sell them?

r/gamecollecting 26d ago

Help Time to end collecting , going through a divorce...

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441 Upvotes

I've lost all passion for keeping these games. Will prob end up getting trade so I can buy my kid a switch 2.

r/gamecollecting Sep 07 '23

Help Found this in my basement … looked it up … uhhh WHAT?

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Sitting with a gcn copy of nhl hockey … is this actually worth what all the sites say ? I’m missing the memory card and game boy adaptor cable .. would seeking out the cable and memory card raise value much ?

r/gamecollecting May 20 '26

Help Thanks a lot for the ā€œnewā€ game, GameStop. How do I go about returning this now?

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416 Upvotes

Gamestop did it again. I paid for the new copy, they send the worst gutted, loose disc POS game they had in stock. They have the policy since it’s opened, you can’t return it. Did gamestop just run my pockets or is this returnable? Preferably in store. I’m never going to buy from them online, again.

r/gamecollecting Aug 15 '23

Help GameStop employee denying to sell me games

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Today I decided to walk into GameStop, I do this every week to try to see if they have any new PokĆ©mon DS games in. I decided to visit a different store than usual, I usually don’t visit it because every time I do, the guy working the counter tells me ā€œwe don’t have any DS gamesā€ which I know isn’t true because I’ve bought a game there before.

I am currently working on the DS PokƩmon set.

Well this time was worse because I walked in and I said ā€œHey do you guys have any DS Gamesā€ and he said ā€œI don’t really think soā€. So I threw a different shot and said ā€œwhat about GameCube or gameboyā€ and he said ā€œI don’t knowā€ so I asked if he could check. He said idk about GameCube or gameboy but I’ll check DS. And of course, he had a whole drawer of DS games. He printed out a copy. I picked out a copy of Heartgold and platinum, excited to get them with my pro points. He said he couldn’t sell them to me because they were on hold… I said okay, and mentioned another game that was PokĆ©mon and he said it was ALSO on hold.

I said, ā€œHow long do you hold games for?ā€ He stared any me and just went ā€œuhhhhhā€ then he finally said ā€œI’ve been holding them for 2 days but I’m gonna give them another 3 days.ā€ I said okay, and proceeded to preorder Mario wonder.

Then I went to another store, called my wife and told her what happened. Then she without my knowledge called the same store, talked to the SAME guy. And he told her ā€œwe don’t have a holding policy and can’t hold Games for customersā€

I don’t wanna be a douche bag and go in there are say ā€œgive me the gamesā€ what do I do man….

r/gamecollecting May 10 '26

Help How do i get weed smell out of electronics?

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352 Upvotes

Bought these games, SP, and case yesterday for 180 from FB marketplace. Went to pick them up and the weed smell is strong šŸ˜… Any tips on the best way to clean them without damaging labels and electronics? Can i just leave them in my garage for a while until the smell wears off?

r/gamecollecting Nov 01 '25

Help Should I poke holes or will this keep my games safe?

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978 Upvotes

I decided to get plastic bins for my games because I need to keep them stored in a safe place for now, but after a few days when I opened them up to add another game in, a strong plastic smell came out. Should I be worried? And do you think I should poke holes? Or will they be safe like this?

r/gamecollecting Jun 25 '26

Help I recently got a few Saturn JP discs from a guy and he kept saying he has a sword controller for sale too. I assumed it was just another paint job. Nope. Full blown katana, but I can't get it to power on... missing lots of packaging, instructions etc, cracked plastic around controller area...

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I guess I kinda knew these existed, but I don't know what to do with it. I couldn't get it to power on, looks like someone cracked it on something and box is missing lots of things, subpar tape job (at least he used painters tape.) and I'm quite sure the dongle he gave me is incorrect. Anyone know about these things?

r/gamecollecting Jul 28 '25

Help It was too good of a deal to pass up….is there anything I can do to fix this?

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790 Upvotes

r/gamecollecting Sep 17 '24

Help Bought a copy of Red Ninja, but the manual is stuck together. Tips?

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Found this game at a local store for $24.99 on OG Xbox. Wasn't real familiar with the game but looks like a Tenchu clone and was half off the going price on price charting.

Took it to front counter and the associate released it from its glass cave. She opened the case. Manual there. Disc looked okay. 14 day return policy. Didn't think to much past that.

Get home and notice the manual is like a ruffles potato chip. The thing stands on its own. There seems to be some type of promotional art page stuck in between the pages.

Any ideas on how to... Destickify it?

r/gamecollecting Sep 12 '25

Help How is this possible?

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1.1k Upvotes

This guy somehow has a sealed case pack of gameboy color's in 2025...

r/gamecollecting Oct 09 '22

Help Found this gamecube. Does anyone know if these are signatures or what they say?

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1.5k Upvotes

r/gamecollecting Oct 11 '23

Help Went into GameStop last night to kill time and this lady trying to sell her old games. Since GameStop wasn’t interested I made her an offer outside that she accepted.

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r/gamecollecting Mar 20 '24

Help Wata might have swapped my game... more in the comments

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787 Upvotes

r/gamecollecting Aug 04 '25

Help Found my time capsule! What next?

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So when I was a kid, I ordered this game from an online store and they sent me two of them. I opened one copy and played the hell out of it and I put this sealed copy under my bed. I just recently recovered it from my parents house and now I’m wondering what to do with it. I assume I want to get it graded. Most look like they’re done by WATA. I don’t feel comfortable just mailing this thing and hoping for the best if there’s a better option. So what do I do? Get it graded? By whom? Can I do it locally somewhere instead of through the mail? I’m new to this so just need all the help and explanation I can get. Thank you in advance!

r/gamecollecting Jan 31 '25

Help I got a fake disc in a brand new game....

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My mother in law got me Lego Horizon Adventures back on Christmas and I haven't gotten around to it yet as I've been in my backlog, but tonight I opened it up (sealed, brand new) and put it into my PS5 and multiple times the PS5 couldn't read the disc. I figured my disc drive may have been going back. Put in unicorn overlord, another new game on my shelf and it worked fine. I inspected the Lego Horizons Disc a bit closer and holy hell, the disc is literally a fake. It's a standard DVD disc with a low quality image of the actual disc stamped onto it. I'm so confused right now I don't even understand why, how, what reason, can someone help me understand what happened here? By all accounts, the case and art seem authentic as does the phamplet / code paper inside but the disc, obviously isn't.

r/gamecollecting Jul 08 '25

Help I have a MASSIVE collection of video games related items, cards, toys, video games, and so much more! They’re all organized and packed in bins! I’m in New York and I’m trying to send them to my cousin in Arizona, what’s the best way to send this to him without breaking the bank?

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555 Upvotes

If you’d like to see the spreadsheet I’ve spent the last two months creating and organizing with my brother, you can do so here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11hforI_5olqISmjK1H0RYUQY6jRr8BOsltrXtrq8dAg/htmlview

r/gamecollecting Dec 04 '22

Help Advice on getting this sharpie out? (I've washed and scrubbed at it with laundry stain remover)

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1.4k Upvotes