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Dear I just wanted to write in to say how much I’ve been enjoying the ‘So You Want To Collect…’ series. I was chatting about it with a few friends and it made for some interesting discussions that I thought I’d pass on. My mate, Michael, is an avid collector and he feels it drives up prices, making it harder for him to buy the games he wants. My friend Stewart and myself feel the complete opposite, as we’re not serious collectors and it’s now given us both great insight into how we should consider building our collections going forward and what games to target

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