When you are called to some difficult duty by family or love or ambition, you take the bitter pill and do what needs to be done. When the red Nismo 350Z above called to Jesse Edgar, he knew what he had to do: unload the immense video game, console, and accessory collection covering every surface of his room. Not to buy the car, just to get a "nice" down payment.
You know when the vice squad makes a huge bust and they load a table up with the haul? Imagine if video games and consoles were illegal, and the cops busted a guy in a bunker who had been hoarding contraband for 30 years. When his loot was laid out for photographs, it would look like the pictures on Jesse's eBay page. From a 1976 Fairchild to a Sony PS2 and an insane number of games -- and a lunchbox and Monopoly game -- it's all there. You'll also get quite the education in consoles if you read the entire thing. We don't know what the street value is, but the bidding starts at $2,000. This is what "turn and burn" is all about. Good luck, Jesse.
[Source: Joystiq]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
akintz @ Apr 19th 2007 4:10PM
Maybe instead of using the money for a down payment on the Z the guy should buy a freakin camera! I mean, we get the point that there's a lot of stuff, but holy grainy pictures Batman!
fizzandpop @ Apr 19th 2007 4:19PM
So it finally dawned on this dork that there are these wierd things called women out there in the world. Shame he's buying a 350Z though, because that certainly will not get him laid.
Corey @ Apr 19th 2007 4:21PM
Agree w/#2. Still can't sell off his own dorkiness on eBay.
Drewboy @ Apr 19th 2007 4:29PM
He'll regret it when its all said and done. Any games I've ever sold, I've regretted it later. Although, he probably has emulators for the majority of the games. I wonder if he has the money to afford the payments on this car if he has to go to these lengths in order to make the down-payment!
Don @ Apr 19th 2007 4:29PM
Apparently he really digs Nismo...or he's decided to grow up and join the real world.
Rob @ Apr 19th 2007 4:47PM
Haha, reading comments both here and over on the game blog, is funny as hell. The contrast is huge; Good for this guy, I used to game lightly when I was younger.... Then I played Gran Turismo 1, then I started driving @ 16, then I joined a car forum, then slowly I became a true car guy. I hope he gets the manual! Sweet car though, well worth getting rid of those games. V6 RWD 6speed is a pure joy!
Bryan @ Apr 19th 2007 4:53PM
Well this isnt the reason I collect tons of auto memorbilia. And I surely wouldn't sell any of it. It might not be worth much now, but my collection of mags from 1993 and up as well as brochures for just about all car companies from 94 and up might be worth something one day...man, I just realized, some of the stuff I have is 14 years old. However, if I ever did sell it years down the road..it surely wouldn't be for this. Hey I have an atari with tons of games as well as NES and SNES...wonder how much that is worth lol!
NeoteriX @ Apr 19th 2007 5:34PM
Meh. That 350Z Nismo like most other cars is a horribly depreciating asset. Just driving it off the dealer's lot will be equivalent to taking half of the collection and setting it on fire.
Jesse @ Apr 19th 2007 5:37PM
Hey guys, I'm auctioneer. Thanks for the kind words. I will not be buying the nismo edition. That picture is supposed to be saying, "I'm going to buy a 350Z". Not so much, "THIS 350Z." Even though I hope to make it look that way in the future. I'll be satisfied with a Base 07 Z as long as it has the 6Speed!
Thanks for checkin out the auction fellas.
Ethan84ae @ Apr 19th 2007 6:24PM
picture above is wrong- that's not the NISMO Z....
F451 @ Apr 19th 2007 7:33PM
Hey, at least I didn't read that mom and dad were buying it. Seems like he's made up his mind and going for it! Sounds good to me.
indymcsc @ Apr 19th 2007 8:37PM
He might have more luck (and end up making more) selling it off piece by piece.
Hugo @ Apr 19th 2007 8:46PM
@#2 It's puzzling to see how Americans are always bullying each other, and then hug and cry like little children when bad things happen.
drew @ Apr 19th 2007 9:07PM
I'll give ya $50 for the whole lot.
...and ill sell my friends 90 nissan 240, paint it red and no will know the differece!
MikeW @ Apr 19th 2007 11:30PM
Isn't the 350Z track model coming back, with the VQ37HR?
Talis @ Apr 20th 2007 5:48AM
dude... I like video games as much as the next guy, but DAMN! Have you ever been laid? I thought I was geeky just because I still have my Atari hooked up. And I can think of a lot of other cars to have a "nice" down payment on for off loading an entire life's worth of collecting for; like a Corvette, or a Porsche, maybe a Mustang GT500.
#3 is right, I don't care what kind of car you drive, if you look, talk, and act like "comic-book-guy" then you ARE "comic-book-guy."
Best of luck though, I hope you enjoy it and don't race it too much.
Nubbin @ Apr 20th 2007 6:41AM
It's a good start, but he'll need to sell a lot more later especially when it comes to paying his insurance for a 350Z.
Jesse @ Apr 20th 2007 11:56AM
Do you guys eat testosterone pills for cereal every morning or what? Just because I've collected video games since I was young doesn't mean I'm a loser.
I date hot girls.
I like sex.
I like cars
I can do push ups and I go to monster truck shows...
Wanna see my biceps?
Anyways, Just because you like video games, doesn't make you any less of a man.
TIMMAH! @ Apr 20th 2007 6:46PM
Didn't we see this done already in '40 Year Old Virgin'?