[game_preservation] Videogame collector vs. Videogame investor

[Captain Commando]

I dunno, but their prices sound kinda bunk. For one thing, they fail to list
the game's condition (game itself or including box, manual, etc and how beat
up is it all?). That sort of information simply doesn't exist and they're
also not saying where they get their sources from. I'll continue to go by
Digital Press.

However, your logic is correct. A collector doesn't care too much what the
value is going to be ten years from now as he is with maintaining the
quality and completion of his collection. The investor will purchase
something thinking he can get a better deal on it later and won't sell at
MSRP. Of course, a collector can dabble in both.

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>
wrote:


> Interesting little read, that in the eyes of the IRS in America, a

> collector of videogames with a organised collection could be called a

>  videogame investor, and get tax benefits of a kind.

>

>

> http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/2008/04/irs-cares-about-your-video-game.html

>

> I wonder how organisations and museums which collect videogames like it is

> suggested in the article are classified, heh. I suppose it's the same as

> most archival stuff, since they're not individuals. This is interesting

> non-the-less, although the point about not playing the games your buying and

> selling seems odd :) (you're a collector if you play games, but a investor

> if you just buy and sell them eh?)

>

> I also never knew of the site before, and I'll make a note on the

> up-and-coming videogame collector guide/info page I've setup.

>

> Andrew

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