As a result of me purchasing insurance for my Transformers Collection (see my previous post) I thought it would be prudent to organize and catalog everything I have in case there is a loss. Enter Shmax. I have been a member of this website for a long time, since only a few months after it was created. I thought it was a great way to keep track of everything I have. However in the past seven months or so I have sold and bought a lot of stuff and there has been a ton of turnover. And unfortunately I hadn't been keeping up on Shmax like I should have been. So I decided to start from scratch again. I wanted to get a fresh start because on Shmax there is an option that lists what condition each of your items is currently in and the default is Sealed. When I first became a member of the site and put all of my information in that wasn't an option, but since I didn't really update all of the items I had already entered, 79% of my collection was now listed as sealed, when in fact it is mostly loose and opened. So I figured I would have to go back through at least 79% of the items anyway, why not start again from the beginning and do it right.
So now I have a completely updated collection on Shmax. In fact I will be putting my own "dynamic signature" on this blog sometime soon. I must caution you though, there is one small drawback (at least for me) to Shmax: it makes you want to amass more and more transformers. The website assigns you a 'rank' based on how many figures you have relative to all the other users on the site. While I was updating everything I found myself thinking I should have kept more of my Armada figures so I could add them to my total and increase my rank. And then I came to my senses, the reason I have sold off so much stuff over the past year is because I am streamlining. I don't want more stuff! My philosophy now is firmly quality over quantity. So beware; you may find yourself trying to find ways to up your figure count to bump up your rank and not even realize you are doing it.
Although I do wonder how many more it will take for me to get inside the top 20...
So, what rank are you?!?! I'm currently #30. You're right, it does make you want more. I hate that I've now started tracking how much I paid for each toy. It's a great feature...if you don't add up all the money you've spent!
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm number 212. Looking at the cost estimate must be the least fun thing in the stats windows =)
ReplyDelete@The Purple Knight: I actually like the cost estimate because it helps me figure out a value for insurance purposes. And knowing how much I've spent actually makes me feel a little better; whereas if I didn't know how much I've spent I would probably overestimate and then worry that I might have spent too much.
ReplyDelete@Colbey: Wouldn't you like to know ;-)
It's not like I've added much to the collection recently, but when I updated it today I noticed I've been bumped up to #25?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blurb! Glad you're enjoying shmax.com. We're busy redesigning the ranking system so that there will be a variety of different ways to compare collections. Don't be shy about making suggestions in the forums, we read 'em every day...
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