WOW ...................... It's been awhile. AND I AM SORRY!

     Its been  a crazy year to say the least. Lost of tragedy in the family , lots of drama , which as we all know is never far behind tragedy. Almost got out of collecting Retro Games for many reasons. Not least of which being the price gauging by the Mitch McConnell of the video game world.......................the dread re-sellers!

Forced Re-seller Buy

Part 1

     It was actually a forced buy from a reseller which made me decide to start writing on here again.

The Game : Dragon Quest VIII for the PS2, sold around half a million copies not making it super rare but as with all RPG's people tend to hoard driving up prices.

The Situation: I have no car currently, making game chasing very very hard to do and something I get to do much much less often now days. So when I get the chance I have to take it.

The Setting: Perry County Ky, also known as the the home of the Mother Goose..................yes ................. a Goose shaped structure downtown in the county seat of hazard. ALSO a town booming with every chain store you could possibly shake a stick at. Home to two stores which sell used games and collectables Monkey Punch, and Tech East. Not variety.

The Desperation............ I have been wanting to play DQV111 for years but never could find a copy, and since I don't order online this posed a long standing problem. I had even checked Page 3 in Pikeville but to no avail. Finally I find it..................... photocopied cover, wrong case, no FF demo disk and it was 20 DOLLAR! After the anger subsided I paid it.
   
     Why did I pay it you ask? I wanted to play the game. Pure and simple.  YES I collett but whats the fun of collecting unless you can enojoy your collection from time to time. Am I happy I paid it NO! They are a rip off artist at that Store and I would much rather go to T.E. were you can negotiate and the atmosphere is much more welcoming.


     Kepp reading for Part 2, where I go into the game itself. WHY I thought just playing it was worth that much, and any other thoughts I can come up with. Thanks for reading, I WILL update more often in the future.


GAME ON FUCKERS!
 mWALn

Did I sell out? To play a masterpiece?

      Want to watch an EXCELLENT video review on DW VIII?? Head on over right now to check out Roo's 16 Bit Gems Show where he does a spectacular, in depth , knowledgeable but ENTERTAINING overview of the game. Not any major spoilers, just enough of a tease to make a gy like me pay 20 bucks bor basically a disk only copy. (I don't order online so by the time I had searched all over for a good copy it was worth buying a playable copy, and upgrading later) ANYWAY, check out Roo's reviews at either his Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSgVN3ynSQ. Or over at Retrowaretv, a wonderful site with tons of new and archived shows, full of information, reviews, and one of the best ongoing series on Retro Gaming right now. The Video Game Years, featuring all of their talent to talk about and show some of the older, sometimes forgotten systems and games as well as talking about the majoyr historical moments in gaming. Roo's DQ8 Review there is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSgVN3ynSQ . After seeing those I thing the question of why would I spend that much to JUST PLAY a game and not have a collectable grade copy. But theres much more to come.
     Resellers lacking in moral , human, and even amoeba like decency should be exposed the good old fashioned way. Threw freedom of speech, investigation, and honest. Comparison not only of prices, but of atmosphere, of customer service, selection, and QUALITY of selection. No dear readers........................this is an ongoing piece. At worst, I get banned from a couple stores, at best I show them a lil change, a lil extra effort and ability to work with people, can go a long way. Or, as I suspect, nothing will change. Ohh sure we'll be more educated. T.E. will still be great and work with people and show that respect, but they will never expand to their full potentional. Monkey Skat on the other hand will continue to overprice things they know any parent will pay  to just shut their spoiled brat up.
     I can see that, as a former manager at a store, that's where you make your money selling retail to people like that. However collectors, people doing it because they weren't looking to make a buck, they where looking to make a set. Those we gave as good a deal as we could too. Times sure have changed. And in this next few parts I hope to show.............................and dread to show that all at the same time.