FalconFly wrote on 07.01.10 at 14:51:54:


I bet you are referring to the 16MB Daytona 

In my opinion, the time when you bought the big collections where the best and most interisting times with regard to collecting 3dfx. A lot of v5 6000's on ebay (and I dare say cheap too). 

You spend the most when you start collecting. You don't have anything and you have a lot of desire to get items, all items looks atractive (since you don't have them) and you are willing to pay high prices. Then, after you get the most common items - two things can happen :

1. You stop collecting (and only buy very cheap items, for trades, resell, change your actual items - maybe you have a bulk card - you paid for it 15 euro, you might find the same card boxed with only 10 euro, so you buy it, then you try to sell the bulk card).

or

2. You keep pumping even more money in rare items and protos and boxed/sealed cards.

But, in the end - you hit a limit, your house is flooded with cards - those can take a lot of space, especially when they are boxed. At that point - you either completly stop collecting or you just sell your collection (especially if you have now a family, kids, a lot of bills to pay, etc)