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Will Your Video Game Collection Appreciate Over Time?
An anonymous reader writes "Pundits tell us that the world of console video gaming is in dire straits, but recent collections of console video games have sold on eBay for tens of thousands of dollars. There are still a lot of video game disks and cartridges out there, but is it worth your effort to try to complete your collection and sell it on eBay? If you're a potential buyer for a massive collection of video games, are they likely to appreciate over time, or is this a really bad investment? Market research company Terapeak runs some numbers and suggests that it depends on your goals, the size and quality of your collection, and the console you're focused on." There's a film crew hoping to bypass the uncertain hoarding phase, though, and just mine a landfill in New Mexico for the legendary hoard of dumped Atari inventory.
GP is trying to say that only sports cars are popular, because they're fastest. No one will ever value a VW Bug because it's not fastest.
False. Rust-free VW bugs are regularly sold for fairly significant money. You could literally buy a Miata with great paint and some nice rubber on it for less than a VW vert in mediocre condition.
Not all cars are great or worth anything to a collector, but the interesting ones are.
Bugs are interesting now because modern cars are rolling supercomputers (well, by the standards of 20 years ago) and the VWs of yesteryear are about as complex as a riding mower.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"