Hiding My Game Collection From the Repair Guy
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- I have an extensive collection (ranked 11,123 in the world) of video games cartridges and discs, but I need to have a ceiling fan installed right next to it all. Warning, may contain cats.
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Ceiling fans really aren't hard to replace. They also make support kits just in case the ceiling location needs a little more support in areas. Also you can use some pieces of 2x4s as supports too.
Can't wait to see you blow up. Love the collection.
I tuck my games in at night too
@@robertlawrence9000 Sometimes it's just better just to call someone if you aren't 100% sure. I mean, you are dealing with electrical work and don't feel comfortable until you see someone (Most likely with insurance) do it first.
Funny video, ridiculous, a bit, but hey, we all have our quirks and I personally enjoy it very much that he wears it so well. Lord knows I've done stuff like this!
I'll miss the uploads to this channel!
@@ericvanhandel1122 The instructions come with them.
As a person that also goes into different peoples homes to do repairs, I think it’s safe to say that we all have tunnel vision, where we don’t care what kind of collectibles you have in your house, we just want to get in, do our job and get out and move on to the next one
100percent
sadly not everyone is like that
@@afizsouji my thought....even though a stranger repairguy might not be inclined to steal on the spot, you never know if that person will share that info with someone who would want to do just that....
@@marceltiel7919 at this point if you scare about pp come to your hous and steal something maybe it time to pay for some safty
@@marcgiroux5356 yeah I suppose when one has such an extended collection it comes to mind about people stealing...or what in case of fire or water damage, do people insure against that when they have a certain collection??
I do care and invest in my house/ family safety but personally, I dont have any extensive enough toy, comic or game collection to be minding about that...
Definitely made him think there was something way sketchier than what was actually covered.
Jars filled with embalmed human brains 😬
wife said he probably thought it was a po rn collection
@@GamingTheSystems1 Which channel will you be showing that collection?
@@GamingTheSystems1 🤣
"Yeah the sheets are just to protect my bookshelves"
"Oh cool, you have a lot of books?"
😬
Smart. I had a guy come in and install some ceiling fans in my game room. I left him alone and when I came back in almost my games were gone. When I went outside to confront him, my car was gone too. Turned around to go inside and call the cops and he had taken my house.
Lol!
That's fucking hilarious 😂
😂😆
Lol
This actually happened? From where I live, I never have to worry about any strangers taking anything when I get a plumber fix a water tape or anyone like that. Strange to think in some places of the world, you have to be cautious of a paid plumber, exterminator, fan replacer etc
This is funny to see. I am an electrician and I have replaced many fans for people in this exact situation, but obviously not with them having a large game collection in the room. The event of someone like me knowing their stuff and taking something off your shelf would be extremely unlikely. We make enough to afford the games we want hahaha. I will say that if anything it might strike up a conversation about sharing the same hobby and how awesome the collection is. But no pro would take anything from someone's house, ever. Especially if you call a licenced business that is publicly known in your area.
I was robbed by an electrician who was fixing the socket boxes for plugs in one of my bedrooms.
Not all thieves are poor, homie.
I remember having someone who needed help replacing two ceiling fans in their home. I get there and the guy has this awesome streaming setup. Unfortunately the person who streamed wasn't home at the time, but ended up meeting another friend who was into the same things I was in the process. I think covering the games was a bit excessive, though I get it. But I would've just been around and kept an eye out. The sheets seem more sketchy and I'd internally be "wtfing." But if I saw a game collection, I'd probably strike up a conversation and have a glance at some of the items. I love seeing other people's collections. Big or small. It's always neat to see what people value enough to spend ridiculous amounts of money on, or hearing stories about great deals.
I'd probably come to the conclusion that it's to prevent drywall dust, as that gets everywhere, or any other dust. But Honestly, I'd say most people wouldn't steal them, but that might just be my positive hopes talking.
Yep, positive hopes talking. There are many who would be tempted by that treasure trove. I have had people who I thought were friends steal from me and people who were family too. I've learned my lesson.
@@robertlawrence9000 I'm fortunate enough to be apparently an above average judge of character. But yeah, gotta keep one eye open
It isn't just about the potential of the workers stealing - it's also a massive distraction, could be looking at the games instead of focusing on working. When strangers are working on my house, I just want them to do the work and then leave.
@@Ulquiorra105 The paint could be a massive distraction then. If you are that worried about them being distracted, you probably got the wrong guy working on it.
He 100% thought you where hiding phonography, until he sneeked a peak "which he definitely did".
I had a repair guy come into my basement to give a quote on some work. My collection is not close to the size of yours but I have a lot of nice collectibles and 2 kiosk units (Dreamcast and Xbox). The guy left and immediately called me offering me money for some of my items. I told them they are not for sale and he insisted and raised his price to 1500.00 for the Dreamcast kiosk. It was so uncomfortable and off putting that I never called him back to do the work.
Sounds like he was just excited about seeing some gems that he had to take the risk and at least ask.
That's a creepy story!
99.8% most of them really don’t care what you have in your home. Just doing there job get in and get out type of way. Plus pretty sure most of them don’t wanna loose there jobs. But yea I understand the fear of having a random stranger in ur home and take something.
Your dry humor and unique approach to storytelling in your videos is very much noticed and appreciated!
Glad to see I’m not alone in my video game collection associated paranoia. Great job!
Seems like a perfectly reasonable risk aversion and mitigation. When you care about things, you often take the time to try and protect them.
It looks like you are hiding shelves of adult toys rather than games lol
Exactly what I was about to say 😄
Definitely some filmmaker skill my man, love the camera angles and different types of shots
I find it hard to believe that someone who can run power to 60+ consoles would have trouble replacing a ceiling fan. They're incredibly easy to install.
I second this
Ikr
Yea, literally a couple screws. Wires go exactly in the same place on the new ones. Much harder to do the covering.
The ceiling fans and the system setup have about as much in common as a fish does with a bicycle. People who think fan swaps are easy probably live in newer homes. This particular house has a history of fans that were not installed correctly. You can't just swap them. It's not something you want to take a chance on.
Unless the house is so old it runs on direct current it will not be wired any different to a modern house, the technicians hardest job is possibly going to be mounting the new fan
putting up all those curtains only draws more attention lmao
Alternate video title: My Bed Sheet Collection part 1 (EPIC)
Lol I know the feeling ..I had a guy do a quote and measure on double glazing windows and was sketched out when he went into game room.
He was kinda taken aback you could tell, but was professional and got on with the job. I was hoping like hell he didn't realise the value on the shelves and arrange a hit later on haha.
Another 'big fan' here btw.
I have a suggestion for the future. Install curtain rods in front of your shelving units with long curtains. It'll be way more convenient for situations like this in the future.
Great way to preserve them from dust and uv too.
My games are in a room that I lock in any situation where someone I don't know or trust us in my house. I'm afraid of someone breaking in and stealing my stuff if they ever see it.
"honey, I just got back from a dude's house. I think he had the largest collection of porn in town"
I'm one of those that does the DIY route when I should have called a pro!!!! 😣
Without knowing the details of the situation up in your ceiling its difficult to say if you should have gone the DIY route. Also, a visit to the home improvement store for a ceiling fan box can be frustrating! So many options! Old work? New work? Plastic? Metal? Attach to a joist or between joists? Then there are the different brands that look different but do the same thing!
Bottom line its your decision, your money! If you felt uncomfortable doing it you made the right choice.
There's also the neck strain from looking up at the fans at the store. It took me two trips to decide.
Now that was some good fan-service
This is the very embodiment of the streisand effect. If I were the repair guy I'd be a bit spooked.
I'd be downright offended that somebody would think i was gonna steal their stuff. I am sure a highly skilled mechanic makes enough to buy any game he wants
Funny and entertaining video for a Ceiling fan install, love the energy and humour you put into your videos
First time the engineer turns on the newly installrd fan to test it and all the sheets get blown aside like curtains in the wind. Revealing all the secrets:) I was also thinking that a game collection worth a few hundred dollars looks the same as one worth tens of thousands unless the person has a huge eye for detail and knows the market. These engineers probably work in houses worth Millions regularly. It's for sure better to be safe than sorry though :). Did you offer him a drink whilst working on the job? Here in the UK it's custom to treat your trades people well and they look out for you. So in summary a cup of tea or a cold drink and a cake would probably have bought your game room more safety than two hours putting up sheets:).
here in the states we just are not big tea drinkers
most people I know find it rather gross, but we have something similar with lemonade. :3
Replacing the ceiling fan is super easy you just gotta make sure you turn off all the power to that room or the whole house if you wanna be extra safe. And then it's just removing screws and splicing cables.
This house isn't typical. See second comment from the top.
As a service plumber, I can tell you that 99 percent of us service/repair technicians would never risk our career to steal a few collectibles.
It's that 1% I'm worried about :)
I understand his concerns or “paranoia“. There’s always a chance someone talks and the wrong person hears and the next thing you’ve been robbed. I’ve heard many professionals, technicians etc talk about their day that you’d think would be kept private. Not saying anything would ever happen but you never know. Better safe than sorry for all parties?
A trick I use is to leave an ammo box and and pistol case on my coffee table. It usually catches the attention of any repair men and they know that breaking in would be a bad idea.
Installing ceiling fans isn't particularly difficult... I'm no electrician either, but by doing a bit of research online and carefully inspecting how the fans were wired prior to uninstalling them to make sure everything made sense to me, I was able to install new ones without any trouble (always remember to shut the power off, of course!). It's definitely easier than some of the mods/repairs we retro collectors sometimes do to our consoles!
See the 2nd comment from the top.
“It’s not a cathedral ceiling”
Me: 😩🤣
That's the problem if you got a huge games because if you live in council house (UK) every 4 years or so they will rewire your house or put new Windows in so can't hide them as they need to go in every room and you need to get out of the house so they can work for a couple days. Happened to me in 2007 and ended up taking my games to my relatives couple of weeks before they came to rewire the house.
Unfortunately, this is exactly what i have to do to my game shelf and my consoles whenever my Landlord has to enter my apartment and fix something. He's one of those jealous types where if he sees something very valuable in one of his tenant's apartments, he will raise the rent, One time he saw my new LG OLED CX when he came into my room to replace the smoke detector, and not even 2 months later he raised my rent $100 more.
That's good to know, I'd hope you started looking for a better landlord after that. But, then again if the landlord was able to get away with it, the rent was probably somewhat below market to begin with.
You earned a sub! You seem like a chill guy. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos 🤝🏻
You spent more time and energy making sure the repair guy cant see your games than it would have taken you to replace the ceiling fans yourself. You know that right?
Older houses have to be brought up to code during the process.
@@GamingTheSystems1 If you do the work yourself, no one has to know, about the games or if everything is up to code.
The last ceiling fan takedown involved widening the hole and putting a "box" in. I'm not comfortable doing that.
@@GamingTheSystems1 Honestly, a YT guide would have been a tidbit simpler overall.
@@GamingTheSystems1 yeah I have zero electrical experience so I would definitely hire a professional to replace it but that's also because the people who built my house had zero idea what they were doing when it came to wiring and all that
I really don't think anyone's going to be interested in your copy of The Cheetah Girls for Game Boy Advance, bro
I had some electricians at my place a few months ago and one of em saw my copy of Metal Gear Solid 4, we ended up having an in depth conversation, his mate had to call him from downstairs to come back down and get back to work xD
I love how you have all of the systems set up and ready to go whenever you want, but the overall atmosphere of the room seems uncomfortable to me, personally for me the discomfort comes from the metal shelving, if i were you it would make me feel like im in some kind of pawn shop, I think it would look a lot nicer if you got some different shelves and maybe painted the room a different colour I think that would make a cool video. I know you said you have a lot of stuff going on, but i personally think this room needs a makeover
I plan on a makeover of sorts. It's hard to explain but the metal can be covered.
6hrs deep into a 50hr game, comfy chair, headphones, drink and a snack.. suddenly the very industrial barebones shelves wouldn't matter.
It definitely could look nicer.. but for cost effectiveness, airflow, functionality, practical use and space - it works. Next step up is IKEA cube bookcases and custom installed shelving after that. Dust and airflow are going to be bigger problems. Could have modular walls like a GameStop, but that would be more of a nightmare.
To all 500 people saying I could have simply installed the ceiling fan. It's an 1962 house and certain things are not up to code. A previous occupant was a "do it your selfer" and lived in the house for decades. A few years ago I had the ceiling fan in the game room replaced with a dome light. I had a professional do it. When taking the fan down, he said I've never seen a fan hung in this way. He said it was dangerous and needed a new box. I think the fan was held on with a nail. Anyway, he had to make the hole in the drywall bigger and install the new box. Once I saw that I suspected other ceiling fans in the house may have been the same way. Sometimes it's best to have a professional do it, especially when it's a twirling device hovering above your head.
I mean, if you don't feel comfortable doing it, I'd say better off hiring a professional, but if the box was already replaced that's the work right there. Depends also on where that room is in the house. If the attic is right above the ceiling, you can easily put in your own new box (assuming you know what you are doing.) It's simple once you know, but I don't blame someone for getting a professional if they don't know, but I always encourage people to learn, as it saves money. Like I'm astounded at what people charge for a ceiling fan, when you and a friend could've done it for the cost of grabbing a bite to eat after.
That would be the safest in terms of theft, but if you're not competent with electrical work, the result could be either death or losing the entire collection due to fire.
I think the best course of action is to, one only hire a reputable company that properly compensates and screens their employees, two remove any particularly high valuable or hard to replace games and three take photos/video of the entire wall and all the games before and after the worker is there. You'd likely want that whether there is theft or an unforeseen mistake leads to games being damaged for an insurance claim anyways.
A properly compensated professional is likely to be making enough money that there isn't much temptation from most of these games. If the high value stuff isn't there, they'd have to take so many games that you would immediately notice the theft.
Oh God, an old house owned by a "do-if-yourselfer"... good fucking luck. You definitely have spaghetti wiring in your homw and I would STRONGLY suggest you call in a licensed electrician. You don't want to come home to see your house burnt to the ground. The most common reason for house fires? Electrical fires.
@@AJR-zg2py Who him? He comes across as anything but a do it yourselfer. I can't tell whether or not that's one of those popcorn ceilings or actual stucko. More likely the former. Mind you, I don't get my experience from HGTV. I've done this work, and I work in firefighting. While yeah, my first recommendation is "if you aren't confident, call someone who knows," it is a ceiling fan. Electrically, you have to switch over the wires. The main issues I find are the box isn't properly secured (which can be a pain in the ass to fix, and depending on where, might be where you pay someone for the sheer convienence) or the last bonehead who did it decided to do it wrong. Usually, if you switch the wires to the new one, and so long as the box is sound, you're good. I guess it depends on the person too. I don't believe in cutting corners, even if you think you can do it safely. If the box is a rat's nest, time to redo it. But I understand the sentiment. Everyone who watches home and garden thinks they can reno a house.
Just put a security camera in there for the day.
At least you can play games with the kitty. As long as you have someone you can trust. You can mess with them and say you sold them too.
Nice video, ya “sick bastard” lol.
This is actually a real concern for some people and you’re the first I’ve seen do a video on it.
Metal Jesus did have repair guys fixing his water issue in the basement at his old home. They look but didn't steal anything.
@@tr1bes That's typical. If you hire professionals at a proper company, they're making enough money on the job to not want to get busted stealing things or be seriously tempted. If you've got particularly expensive games, removing those might be a good call, especially if they're hard to replace leaked copies of games that were never officially released.
Hiring and paying for proper professionals, removing the especially hard to get games and taking photo/video documentation of the games there is probably more than enough. It protects not just against theft, but damage due to mishaps and ensures that you can get proper compensation from the insurance company if something does happen.
as a collector of fine games and consoles myself,first paranoia isn't fun, people are getting worse by the day now when it comes to stealing and doing dumb shit,second thing is if your hiring people to do work around your house, definitely don't let them see your collection as they might come back later ,just saying,old video new comment
The kitties were looking forward to the empty boxes. Midnight was like get these things out of the boxes already 😂
You could just sit in the room when the guy does it , and act busy on your computer or something.
Fun and entertaining video as always, but what I would have done personally, is just sit in the game room and play video games the entire time he is installing the fan, you have such a remarkable setup, that your installer could be a potential fan (pun not intended) and subscriber one day, if you have his eye on him and are talking to him, then there's a very slim chance he'd be able to take anything, plus he's risking his job over it and you know where he works.
When people work, I stay out of their hair so they can do their jobs.
While I don't a massive game collection, I do have various collectibles that I am sure to hide before service calls. I know the fear you describe 😀
I wouldn't think mounting the fans would be all that difficult though.
as a repair guy myself who also has a collection of games. i think i could safely say
Nobody would dare lose their job stealing from you. it just isn't worth it.
though I have had people do this kind of stuff before I came over to fix there TV's.
where a guy was trying to hide his lego Star Wars collectables or whatever they were
he had a blanket over top of a table in the room I was working in but the dude had the boxes siting in the corner of the room so I could tell what they were anyways.
That or the guy had a Millennium Falcon shaped mound of drugs and the boxes where just there to throw me off who's to say.
if you can hang bedsheets and wire up your consoles you can install ceiling fans...
Ceiling fan install difficulty differs depending on the dwelling. See 2nd comment from the top.
thats a great cat collection too. definitely top 100,000 in the world
I just posted on your other video so I'm going to repeat myself. I really like your channel and your set up! I just stumbled upon your channel and I just want to say you are awesome! You're very insightful, and I really appreciate that you go in very depth about the setups you have. I wish your channel blows up soon. Wish you the best and I just subscribed! Good Luck!!
Collector: "I am hiding my collection before the repair guy comes because I invested a lot into these"
All the repair people in America, being bat signaled to this video: *AKCTUALLY*
I had clogged pipes that needed to be snaked and some of the piping they needed access to ran through the ceiling in my downstairs game room. Not more than 3 days after they did the work my house was broken into and much of my collection was gone. The only thing that saved the day was the small hidden security cameras... Some battery operated and others were the wall socket cameras that look like phone chargers. Yep, it was one of the fucking dudes that worked on our pipes... Sadly I was unable to get all my stuff back as he had sold much of it off by the time the cops finally did something about it. Then there was the fight with the insurance company, and they would only accept the most rock bottom values they could find for what was lost.. Yeah, I got ripped off from those bastards too! 10 years of collecting gone in one fucking day. After that, if I was to have any work done that would involve the game room, everything would have to be packed into boxes and hidden from sight. EVERYTHING!....
Btw, just covering your collection up with blankets doesn't work... They know you are covering up valuable shit.., and will possibly peak when you aren't looking out of either pure curiosity or out of interest of what they can come back for or take in the momment. In most cases the workers won't look and respect your space, but assume that they won't.
fuck that sucks
Why wouldn’t you just move the games out of that room while he did work and then move them back when he’s done?
Replacing a ceiling fan is not that hard.
It's kind of insulting to the repair person that you simply don't trust them. These businesses want the work, and they very much appreciate when you tell people you know about their service. It would be a bad business move for them to steal stuff from their clients.
Everyone does it and I'm the one paying for the work. I'll do whatever I want.
I collect antique firearms along with games and have them both displayed in my basement. Honestly its only ever a conversation starter with contractors I have doing work. Most are pretty cool and just want to chat.
I'm an electrician and this is a super easy job but I get it if you don't feel comfortable.
The obvious thing to do in this scenario is move all the highest valued items into a room where you are located when the contractor is on site. Also make sure you are located close by so if you hear something suspicious going on you can investigate or install a CCTV camera whilst the work is being done. You need to give some trust, everyone has valuables in their houses and faces this problem at some time or another.
Why don't you make some light wood front panel for each rack , so you can attach and lock them close? Something you can easily unhook and store away in a corner or something.
Next time you need some other work, you can lock them out of sight.
As a grown man, you should have watched a YT video and done it yourself, there a quests in games that take longer to do and you would have expanded your skillset. Not had a stranger in your zone and felt more accomplished and likely confident about taking on other projects irl.
Nope. See 2nd comment from the top.
Awesome Spock and Kirk poster. 👍
And you’re not paranoid, you are protecting your investment. I would be the same.
this was funny and at the same time a real concern for all collectors, thank you for sharing.
I build complicated electrical setups to run dozens of video game systems, but don’t ask me how high the ceilings are. 😂 I appreciated that so much.
See 2nd comment from the top.
As someone who has both a similar collection and happens to be an electrician always in customers houses.
I would never even think of stealing someone's pride and joy plus also the fact it would be instant loss of job (and would like to consider myself better than to steal).
A lot of the houses I go to have stuff sitting on counters worth 10s of thousands of dollars and never once thought of taking anything even though the home owners would never know it went missing.
I'm there to work not steal, but funnily enough I feel the same with other trades entering my house so I cover up all my equipment.
I guess it depends on who the trade is in a way. Don't want to sound too stereotypical, but some of the lower paid jobs the subcontractor guys are just there to get paid/sign their welfare hours etc (maybe criminal record) and will do anything to get ahead whereas a contractor running their own business with a long record of good work wont think twice of ruining his reputation just to steal something that may be worth $1000 (especially if they have no idea on value), or even mention it to someone else for them to steal at a later stage.
Anyway my 2cents
If you can solder and mod systems you can put in a ceiling fan. I've done both and modding systems is much more tedious and difficult.
It's not the same. See my comment near the top regarding code issues
Living in an apartment complex I feel nervous every time they have to check the smoke detector or whatever. These people have keys to my apartment! I always hide crap in cabinets, drawers, and under the bed when they come over, lol. Hiding stuff like this probably makes them think 'Maybe this guy has jewelry or rare Nike on those shelves, I have to come back with T-Bone and do a job!'
That's a yikes from me dawg
You must not have kids! My kids have my retro stuff throughout the house
Your setup is sick
Guess it really depends on the levels of crime in the area. Real estate agents make record of ID's for every inspection because it's an easy way to scope an empty place out.
If you have a massive collection of stamps, coins or games which is the equivalent of a bank vault in value, it does make sense to conceal things.
But if you have a bank vault in your house it makes way more sense to upgrade security and CCTV instead of worrying about 1 fan technician that would forget about it by next week.
I've installed a few ceiling fans, you could totally do it by your self. You did your own shelves...
Not that simple in an old house which has fixtures not installed properly. Ceiling work and box replacements sometimes needs done.
In an older home like that, I'm not touching anything electrical without a licensed electrician auditing it. Because if the previous owner was a "do-it-yourselfer" chances are you're dealing with spaghetti wiring all over the house - and you're one spark away from your home going up in flames. There is no way those old fans are up to code so he's right to change them. And I'm sure the fuse box and electrical fixtures are non-compliant as well.
In buildings built from 1900 to 1940, knob and tube wiring. In buildings built from 1940-1980, cloth wiring. Modern wiring 1980-present.
The music sounds like it should be in the wipeout games..... I have no clue.
Just admit it. You are embarrassed about what a stranger who might not care about video games one bit would think.
Also, how many cats do you have? I think I counted 4 different ones just in this video. May want to consider creating another channel just about them. Some people with channels about their pets get crazy number of subscribers and view.
Dude... I once had an AC vent company come to my house to clean them. I didnt feel right leaving them to themselves in my room with all my stuff too. I left my 360 camera recording and caught them taking pictures and touching stuff! One of the guys even picked up the damn camera! Recorded him saying "its hot!" -_- i ended up calling them and telling them why they were doing that and they couldn't even give me a straight answer.
Your cats are adorable. Especially midnight. Also, there's no shame in calling a professional. Better to be safe then getting electrocuted.
@5:10 doesnt even look or seem remotely suspicious lol
Hello…how do you handle your cats or avoid scracthes (in you videogame came cartridge-disc room)?
Hard for me to believe that there are over 10k collections more impressive than yours.
Better to be safe than sorry ...
I've always wondered about this. I still don't have my own house or my own gameroom but in a few years i expect to have a gameroom/bar where I can get people come over and have small reunions or parties but I've always been a little scared about tons of people with loose games unwatched or unlocked, so I've been thinking about displaying them on glass and locked doors, but i don't know. There would be a lot of cabinets and lots of locks and keys.
Better safe than sorry.
This is a bit strange. Why not just have a camera set up?
Crazy this is your most disliked video! I really find your “day in the life” videos to be the most entertaining. Perhaps be an awkward vlogging gamer? 😅
Good story telling
I've had to go into people's homes for work, and as a professional I wouldn't touch anyone's collection, unless your a fraud you can't get away with it, your company knows everythin about you!
Add locking glass or solid cabinet doors to your game shelves.
I recently had a couple.dudes replacing my furnace and ac. I pulled all the games pricecharting had at $100 or more and put them in a safe place until they left. Surprising how many PS2 games sell for over $100 nowadays
You should’ve called the cops on the guy who installed the ceiling fan. You can’t trust him anymore. He got arrested for robbing you of a few games.
Not all repair man steals. I have been going into random people house for over 20 years and I have never stolen anything. If I seen you games it would have been fun to talk about because I have lots of old games and systems too.
I agree the odds are very low and the preparation was unwarranted. Still, my paranoid mind is a compelling thing.
@@GamingTheSystems1 Millions of people can see you on the internet and see how much $$$ your collection is worth and you worry about the one guy trying to make an honest buck by doing honest work.
Do you lock your doors at night?
Over the years, I've never had them steal anything, but occasionally things do get broken. I've had things mysteriously disappear, but mostly things with no real value that were probably just broken and swept up with the trash. Nothing that could actually be worth stealing has ever disappeared.
I would have just stayed in the room with the guy. I completely understand being nervous with a stranger in your house. I just think you went to more work than needed.
Your going to suffer more loss having all those cats around the games and systems than 100 repairmen visiting your house…
that tongue at the end lmao
You kitchen and bathrooms need some work too, but they’re functional for now. But your plumbing may need updating too.
Omg! Lol I’ve thought the same about anyone but family in our living room. I don’t allow anyone in our bedroom, that’s where all my retro games and consoles are. The repair guy might question your obsession with all the blankets and such. Love to be a fly on the wall.
I worry about times like these, not sure I've ever seen it discussed in a RUclips video, which is unique.
I would search the guy before he got to left my house.
@@struttux5156 ....as if we initial didn't come across weird with our stacks of shelved games 😅
@@adamdam Yeah. But you can't let someone get their hands on your babies. He would have something to tell his co-workers at least 🤣🤣
@@struttux5156 Even without such an expensive collection, you should do that. There are any sorts of bad things that incompetent or criminal tradespeople can do. The fact that the vast majority know what they're doing and are law-abiding, doesn't change the fact, if you get one of those that isn't. Faulty electrical work is a common cause of fires and probably a much larger threat to the collection than theft. At most, the electrician could make off with a handful of titles without it being immediately spotted. Whereas bad wiring could take months or years before it finally catches on fire.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade The paranoia about all possible ways things could go to wrong grows with your collection. Collecting something and being passionate about it is both good and bad for you soul. Most of us never have to actually experience such a terrible day luckily.
0:23 I have almost that exact same ceiling fan in my room. Except a different glass dome, and I swapped out the blades for some Nintendo ones, since there was an officially licensed Mario fan that was based on the same model.
Why didn’t you just hire a body guard or get some cameras with lasers attached to them so you could watch him from your office and if he reached for a gem 💎 you could just fire a warning shot 🤣
Music is from Vanishing Point on the Sega Dreamcast.
Correct! I didn't read all the comments; you may have been the first.
That game also came out on the PS1.
You got to do what you have to do to protect your stuff.