What's a purchase you regret not pulling the trigger on?

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

A few years ago, someone was selling the *entire* Montreal Expos baseball card catalog for a considerable (yet not insane) sum and I hesitated just long enough for it to be gone. I'm not sure I'll ever stop feeling that one.

I also missed out on getting Dragon Age for PS3 on clearance because I was a bit short on cash at the time, despite my friend offering to buy it for me (stupid, stupid pride).

What about you?

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I’m a little unsure, I used to really regret not purchasing the “mini” or classic versions of SNES and Genesis, but given my lukewarm experience with the PSobe Mini (those damn short cords!), I think they would’ve gone unused.

I do however somewhat regret not stocking up on more DualShock 4s though, they say hindsight is 20/20, and now my favorite controller is rather scarce these days, you can only find fake parts. I’d probably still try to repair mine, it may not be too late, right?

 

[NotReallyHere]

In addition to retro games, I also have a thing for animation cels! My collection is small, but I am proud of what's there. Though I had the opportunity to have many, many more...

I once stumbled across a bulk seller on eBay who was listing many single animation cels from the original 80s He-Man and She-Ra cartoons. And they were LEGIT! Some were even large-scale cels from the shows' animated openings. I didn't bid, as I thought I would get boatraced by rival buyers... but the ending prices were much, much lower than I had anticipated

If only...

I also wish I had jumped on some OG Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, and Macross cels that used to pop up on eBay in the 90s, when the Anime Boom was just getting going. I decided not to drop $15 or so back then... for something that would cost me at least 10x that much now. Siiiiiigh...

BONUS: Not buying MUSHA - complete in the case, albeit with store stickers - when my local Mom n' Pop rental store was liquidating their Sega Genesis stock for $10 a piece. Woooooooosh.

 

[VidiyaGaemer]

I really want a Sony PVM for more retro gaming, though I have a mini CRT already. What's holding me up from pulling the trigger on one from say eBay is that I'm trying to save money.

 

[jon2]

These

The Superior Defender Gundam series

Saw them being sold locally back in the early 2000s, can't afford them as a student; assumed that they'll be more common later on and decided to wait more before buying

Boy I was wrong

They were as rare as wild truffles and became more expensive than a locally sold scooter; add to that the expensive shipping fees (they stopped being available locally) and the very sus customs in-country

TOTGA

 

[aquova]

There's a lot of retro games I remember being abundant back in the day that I wish I could've picked up when they were cheap, but then again, I didn't have any money so I wasn't really considering it.

I did see a Sega Saturn on sale for less than $100 a few months ago, which even at the time I knew was a steal. However, I'd already spent too much that day and it looked pretty gross and would need some attention, yet I still think about it.

 

[Allyourbased]

they were selling ps tv boxes that play vita games for 25 bucks for a hot minute