NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-10T22:48:56 -05.00 jonebone 88 NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-10T22:44:49 -05.00 jonebone 88 Originally posted by: DreamTR


As beating a dead horse can be, this is exactly the way you end up getting too much attention. Which was the whole point. Though some food for thought I was informed of:

All of this media coverage and attention caused Thomasson's family great distress and he had to get a security system for his house. This is what Thomasson admitted on Digital Press and it is possible this may happen again. 
If I was him I would be more afraid of some crazy people trying to hold me hostage at gunpoint just to get at that money from the auction that didn't really sell, then from someone trying to steal all of those crappy games he has  

]]> NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-10T21:50:37 -05.00 jonebone 88 NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-10T21:46:49 -05.00 jonebone 88 Originally posted by: empire

I've seen articles about this on both Yahoo and Kotaku, I hope no one acts like an idiot about it and the asking price, it's pretty obvious he's just throwing it out there and seeing if any big fish take a bite.

As beating a dead horse can be, this is exactly the way you end up getting too much attention. Which was the whole point. Though some food for thought I was informed of:

All of this media coverage and attention caused Thomasson's family great distress and he had to get a security system for his house. This is what Thomasson admitted on Digital Press and it is possible this may happen again. 
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Best of luck and hopefully one of those celebs (or a true collector) is one of the ones who gets it! ]]> NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-09T22:35:07 -05.00 jonebone 88 NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-09T21:42:30 -05.00 jonebone 88 NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-09T20:16:01 -05.00 jonebone 88 NintendoTwizer put his collection up for sale? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=135731 2014-10-09T18:38:50 -05.00 jonebone 88 Originally posted by: jonebone

Originally posted by: NintendoTwizer

No worries, it's just a dumb made up word.

Quick update: things are blowing up. My ebay inbox is flooded. Mainly with people who are asking about the collection, but a few that could be interesting and I'll need to follow up on. I've also been contacted from a couple people in the entertainment industry. I'm not sure what that will lead to if anything, but cool all the same. The Washington Post called this morning and its seems like quite a few other sites are picking it up. I really didn't think it would get so many views. I think it's at 234,000 views and 4700 people watching it. Don't get me wrong, I understand how the news cycle goes and everyone will forget about it in a day or two, but I guess we'll see how things turn out for the auction.
Wow, absolutely crazy.  Well I posted it first, all of those news sites have copied off us

Do you actually think this is going to lead to a sale or more of a publicity thing?  Do you worry about anyone knowing your specific address?  That's always been a thing of paranoia for me.  I don't want people to know where I am with a large collection.


If it sells, I'll give you all the credit Jone.   I'm of course hoping for a sale.  I do have it as "Best Offer" and I'm willing to lower the price.  I don't think my address is out there, but of course with a bit of searching if someone really wanted to they could find out.  That said, they will be sad when they find an empty room where my collection once sat.  Since I'm moving all my collection is at a safe location which is probably not easily findable. 

Once its all said and done, either sold or not, I'll post about some of the crazier questions and offers that came into my inbox. 
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