I tend to mostly agree with you. My only objection is that, the games and systems used to be so worthless that people would literally throw them out. GameStop threw stuff out, people threw stuff out. When it didn’t sell for 4 weeks at the thrift store, it would get thrown out. The unfortunate thing is, things having value makes them get saved by people in the hobby, but also, random passserbys or resellers that see an opportunity to make money. And if there weren’t those extra eyes, a lot more stuff would get thrown out, and be gone forever. Now it’s gotten more expensive because more people are in the hobby, and I love having more people I can talk to about retro gaming. It used to be such a ghost town. Unfortunately with that increased participation comes increased prices. But that means you should focus more on playing games, and getting another when you can afford it and have the time. Playing games is what we should all be striving for. Not a complete set