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The Carolina Collection

May 25 at 10:43:22 AM
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Just posted a lot of answers here:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

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May 25 at 10:53:52 AM
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Originally posted by: jhm

Just posted a lot of answers here:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadi...

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May 25 at 10:54:01 AM
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For those asking, most of the collection will be sold off over the next year or so, but I'll retain my favs. Some of this stuff is just begging to be redistributed.

There's still a lot of archiving and scanning to do before it's all out there.

The very first taste of the Carolina Collection is going up for auction on CertifiedLink.com, but it will be sold through other channels as well. I believe they sent out their mail yesterday, but here's a link to the web version: http://campaign.r20.constantconta...

...and here's a link to the video games section of the upcoming auction (which will have more than just the Carolina Collection in it):
http://www.certifiedlink.com/Auct...

May 25 at 11:13:09 AM
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I'll keep an eye out. I'd love to own some of his pieces.

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May 25 at 10:56:26 PM
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Woah... well, congrats on the payday, Dain. This is kinda crazy to say the least.

May 26 at 3:32:50 AM
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Welcome, congrats on your first transaction on the site!

Having 1 transaction in 11 days is a good start!

...Should this be in Finders Keepers?

 

I kid. Congrats to Dain on the payday, no doubt.

Also, having items already up for auction 2 weeks after you "make the announcement" is REALLY fast. Haha... I mean, really... do what you want with the inventory you've acquired... but it's hard to believe you really care about the games if you're flipping them that fast. 

I get it. Business move. 

Can you give us a scope of this operation? 

Are there like 100 staff in have a warehouse of comics books, and now video games they watch over, catalogue, and consequently sell? Or when you said "The GoCollect team is meticulously archiving the collection" does that mean you and your friend in your garage? 

Thanks in advance!

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Edited: 05/26/2019 at 03:46 AM by AirVillain

May 26 at 8:25:04 AM
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Originally posted by: AirVillain

Welcome, congrats on your first transaction on the site!

Having 1 transaction in 11 days is a good start!

...Should this be in Finders Keepers?

 

I kid. Congrats to Dain on the payday, no doubt.

Also, having items already up for auction 2 weeks after you "make the announcement" is REALLY fast. Haha... I mean, really... do what you want with the inventory you've acquired... but it's hard to believe you really care about the games if you're flipping them that fast. 

I get it. Business move. 

Can you give us a scope of this operation? 

Are there like 100 staff in have a warehouse of comics books, and now video games they watch over, catalogue, and consequently sell? Or when you said "The GoCollect team is meticulously archiving the collection" does that mean you and your friend in your garage? 

Thanks in advance!

Take a look at my newest round of answers in this thread: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&...

There's so much here... some of it has to be sold.
 

May 26 at 9:10:07 AM
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Legit question: since yr for profit and this is an asset, would you pay your moderators? Would make sense to have someone accountable if NA is an investment.

Non legit question: dance?

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May 26 at 9:31:12 AM
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Originally posted by: captmorgandrinker
 
Originally posted by: attakid101

Guessing Dain is gonna have one hell of a Memorial Day weekend

Where TF have you been?!??!
 
On a journey of spiritual awakening and existential discovery. In my basement mostly.

 

May 26 at 9:35:26 AM
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Mazal Tov to you both and I look forward to seeing all the additional tools that will help better inform our decisions within the hobby....And all of the future debates that will arise from everyone's interpretation of what the data is indicating

May 26 at 11:00:14 AM
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Was the Wall Street Kid tip sheet + envelope + letter saying the company moved twice included in the paper? Definitely a really cool piece of history.

May 26 at 1:14:42 PM
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Originally posted by: jhm

Take a look at my newest round of answers in this thread: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&...

There's so much here... some of it has to be sold.

Right. Thanks.

But it's kind of hard to believe it's "not worth your time from a profit perspective" to auction these games. They were showing up for an auction happening weeks away days after you announced the sale. Maybe the sale happened months ago and all this time has been spent taking two pictures of each game. Thing is, what I see has already all been certified (WATA) so it's not like you need to spend much time deciphering what it is because someone has literally done all that work for you. And the auctions starts at $1 so it's not like your staff spent ANY time pricing each item. 

You're just throwing it out in the open market. 

Anyways. I look forward to your response to Gloves' thread RE: Site security. 

Thanks for clarifying the personal mesages and transactions. I certainly hope this forever remains the case. 

Just strange because seems like a huge opportunity was missed here. Your biggest supporters would have been the mods/users.

Get the mods on board and we all would have followed. I'm sure there's some crumbs in the deal you could have distributed (if not at very least the NA memorbilia as you mentioned) to the mods. 

I have no idea how many there are, but I think the few I've seen doesn't number into the hundreds or anything. Introduce yourself (Jeff) to them through the mod  forums and secret mod threads and build a rapport and let them know what happened.

Then you could have made an announcement (from Dain) on the main page with a forum post explaining the transcaction.... seems simple to me. 

Had you spun this from a different perspective it would all be so different and there wouldn't be all these questions of trust. 

Now it seems like the forums and stuff are just going to be used by someone else to glean information for their own artciles/marketing so why bother putting our time into thoughtful "reviews" or "game lists"? Then the discussion ends and you're left with nothing.  

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May 28 at 12:11:31 AM
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Seriously though, this is big news, I am not at the website as often as I was before, since my collecting has changed, now I focus more on gaming, and broadening my console interests. In any case, I hope this new stage of NA is positive, and the forum stays alive for years to come, with its spirit intact. This has been my home for 10 years now!

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May 29 at 7:21:17 PM
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Originally posted by: 8-bit_boice

Was the Wall Street Kid tip sheet + envelope + letter saying the company moved twice included in the paper? Definitely a really cool piece of history.
Yup. And TONS of really neat paper. Truly an archive of NES history. TBH I haven't even gotten through much of the paper yet.
 


Edited: 05/29/2019 at 08:38 PM by jhm

May 29 at 8:18:08 PM
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Originally posted by: jhm
 
Originally posted by: 8-bit_boice

Was the Wall Street Kid tip sheet + envelope + letter saying the company moved twice included in the paper? Definitely a really cool piece of history.
Yup. And TONS of really neat paper. Truly an archive of NES history. TBH I haven't even gotten through much of the paper yet.
 

may want to black out Dain's address on that pic
 

May 29 at 8:24:45 PM
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Originally posted by: attakid101
 
Originally posted by: jhm
 
Originally posted by: 8-bit_boice

Was the Wall Street Kid tip sheet + envelope + letter saying the company moved twice included in the paper? Definitely a really cool piece of history.
Yup. And TONS of really neat paper. Truly an archive of NES history. TBH I haven't even gotten through much of the paper yet.
 

may want to black out Dain's address on that pic
 

Good call, I would say the same should go for any other addresses too.
 

May 29 at 8:35:05 PM
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Originally posted by: attakid101
 
Originally posted by: jhm
 
Originally posted by: 8-bit_boice

Was the Wall Street Kid tip sheet + envelope + letter saying the company moved twice included in the paper? Definitely a really cool piece of history.
Yup. And TONS of really neat paper. Truly an archive of NES history. TBH I haven't even gotten through much of the paper yet.
 

may want to black out Dain's address on that pic
 

Great call. Thank you. Updated  
 


Edited: 05/29/2019 at 08:35 PM by jhm

May 29 at 8:52:20 PM
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Can we call it "Dain's Shit" instead of the "Carolina Collection?"

I makes more sense, and it's way less lame/pretentious sounding.

May 29 at 9:00:33 PM
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Originally posted by: BeaglePuss

Can we call it "Dain's Shit" instead of the "Carolina Collection?"

I makes more sense, and it's way less lame/pretentious sounding.


“Dain’s old shit”

May 29 at 9:12:33 PM
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Tried using the search got nada, can someone hook a newbie up with a link to pictures of this collection??

May 29 at 9:39:44 PM
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Originally posted by: a3quit4s

Tried using the search got nada, can someone hook a newbie up with a link to pictures of this collection??
Lol.... you sure hit the ground running. 

 

May 29 at 9:56:10 PM
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Hi What Originally posted by: Mr. CIB
 
Originally posted by: a3quit4s

Tried using the search got nada, can someone hook a newbie up with a link to pictures of this collection??
Lol.... you sure hit the ground running. 

 

Not sure how to take that (I do take a determined interest in things), but yes anything video game related I’m interested in. Judging by the pictures that Jeff posted showing the NWC entry ticket and program this goes way beyond having games and a literal history of Nintendo. If this was on display in a museum near the Carolinas I would have already called in sick Thursday and Friday and be in my car on the way!
 

May 29 at 10:14:54 PM
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Originally posted by: a3quit4s

Tried using the search got nada, can someone hook a newbie up with a link to pictures of this collection??
i pm'd jeff and asked if he'd be sharing pics and collection details. didn't get a reply.

 

May 29 at 10:22:14 PM
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Originally posted by: a3quit4s

Hi What Originally posted by: Mr. CIB
 
Originally posted by: a3quit4s

Tried using the search got nada, can someone hook a newbie up with a link to pictures of this collection??
Lol.... you sure hit the ground running. 

 

Not sure how to take that (I do take a determined interest in things), but yes anything video game related I'm interested in. Judging by the pictures that Jeff posted showing the NWC entry ticket and program this goes way beyond having games and a literal history of Nintendo. If this was on display in a museum near the Carolinas I would have already called in sick Thursday and Friday and be in my car on the way!
 





He might have some pics in his gallery section on his page here. If I was putting money on it though, I highly doubt he has all of his collection anywhere on the site. Most people here don't post all of their collection for multiple reasons. One being that if you do that, and someone really really wants something you have, or think they could make a lot of money, they could target you and rob your house.

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May 29 at 10:30:59 PM
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@ attakid I'm sure with all that's going on with NA Jeff has a blown up inbox so don't feel bad about that

@ yukfou extremely good point, I call my homeowners insurance agent every so often and update him on what I think the value of my stuff is just to make sure I don't need to add additional coverage to my policy lol he isn't worried about my massive amount of games but I need extra coverage for my wife's engagement ring .... go figure.

edit: thanks for the link too!


Edited: 05/29/2019 at 10:34 PM by a3quit4s