I don't know if this is the place to ask or /toy/ but I'm hoping one of y'all can answer some questions about this.
My roommate is addicted to buying comic books, omnibuses, and statues. This is a picture of one of the rooms in my house. Every single thing pictured is his. Amazon/UPS delivers at least 3 packages every day to my house for him from InStockTrades, Sideshow, eBay, etc. I also never see him reading anything, and at this point I don't think anyone could read all of it in one lifetime.
It's gotten to the point where he is financially insolvent and can't make rent obligations, because he is spending all his money on this. Real talk, is there something seriously wrong with this? I don't know much about comic books, I do think they're cool, but I feel like this isn't normal collecting
I've got like three times that many comics but I've never missed a rent payment. The guy is addicted to collecting stuff. If it wasn't comics it would be something else. He needs help.
Luke Ramirez
I brought in two boxes today from instocktrades for him. I also brought in three boxes from Sideshow yesterday, it was 3 statues of new xmen girls. I got on sideshow's site and the 3 statues are $1760 total.
I was pissed when I got home and saw more stuff for him. Asked him how he can have shit show up everyday but he doesn't have my money and he instantly and almost violently flew off the handles.
>"what I spend my money on is none of your business"
Also I can scour around for more pics of this, hes told me before he has over $60k tied up in it
Jace Lopez
Also, he's like 38 years old. I'm 27 and have over a years worth of rent saved(for the entire apartment, not just my share). He can't even come up with $300
Gabriel Jackson
At one point I tried documenting how much was showing up
Eh. Sounds like he just needs to organize better and whiddle down his collecting. >It's gotten to the point where he is financially insolvent and can't make rent obligations, because he is spending all his money on this. Real talk, is there something seriously wrong with this? And that's the part when... YES. There is something wrong. He's compulsively collecting and not keeping track of his funds. I got in a depressive hole like that, but I was still making rent and bills with roomates, even if it was with NEET bux draining some of my accounts. Due to health issues with both myself and family, I ended up moving in with them and that solved some problems.
Plus I never got to shopping online so much and getting three damn packages a day. That's crazy for such a small apartment, even if he was making the bills.
If this is your roommate, then it sounds like he does have some serious mental problems and he is coping by buying comics like an alcoholic consumes beer. Being unable to read them could be a problem too. Not just ADD, which is often more of a symptom that gets diagnosed alone instead of finding larger issues like bipolar depression.
Jose Evans
I had to go to his parent's place one day to help him move some of this
At his parent's, he has TWO full CONEX boxes stuffed front to back floor to ceiling with Sideshow boxes. I want to write an email to them concerning this dude and seeing if they can talk their most loyal customer into giving it a break for a minute
Caleb Martin
Seems like a horder, call for help on that matter, hell, there's a show about it. If he's still an asshole about it, then use brute force, kick him out and sell all the stuff that amounts to the share that he owes you plus a hefty cut for dealing with it (bringing stuff for him? really dude?)
Gabriel Evans
Also forgot, he has a storage unit across the street from our apartment where he keeps more of this stuff
Daniel James
Oof. I feel bad because I was in a similar hole, even if I had much more cushion. I got out of it before it got to that point. Plus I was aware of my depression and how consuming comics and action figures was starting to become like an alcoholic or over-eater. It sounds like your roommate, who was older than me at that point I was in it, is not aware of his problem. And, geez. I wish my rent at my old place was only $300 a month. In hindsight, I wasted way too much savings staying there where I was unhappy, especially between jobs. I'm not too happy here helping with family, but I don't have to worry about rent.
Then again, my old comic shop closed and he was living with his mom and sister while trying to make ends me. It got worse when his mom passed and they had all those bills.
I ended up buying a bunch of stuff since we have a storage unit we are using for my own stuff from my apartment and remodeling my family's house. I know. I needed more comics like a hole in the head. Then again, not every day your local comic shop clears out his basement. Anyway, this comic guy said he wanted to bring stuff home, but he didn't have the room. He's in his fifties, almost sixties, and has trouble organizing his shit.
So the sooner you can get your roommate to cool his bad habits and get himself more organized, the better it is for him.
I quit cold turkey due to numerous problems and having to move suddenly. I still haven't gotten weekly comics in years. I do sometimes get trades and big figures, especially around the holidays. Oh and I even ended up helping a cousin clean and sort his mom's big old house estate when she moved to assisted living. It never ends....
Evan Powell
Its monsoon season here in Arizona. He would throw a temper tantrum if I just left them out in the rain.
But I'm moving out next week, hes had appropriate notice that its his ass on the lease now. He thinks I'm fucking him by moving out. He also does not believe he has to pay a security deposit(he never paid for it here) and thinks he's entitled to all of mine when I move out
Btw, his parents are loaded but cut him off from the money. I believe this is what a 40 year old trust fund kid looks like
Hunter Johnson
Maybe you should get him a certain comic book he really needs to read.
Okay. She's a bit over the top with some stuff, but it could be a good start.
Wow. And I thought I was a spoiled brat out of touch with reality. Now I'm upset so many decent books and statues have gone to such an asshole. I guess moving out next is kinda a dick move... but it seems like you may be getting out before shit goes south. It's hard to believe someone can be so careless. I was a bit in denial when some friends were moving out of an apartment and I had to pack up after quickly finding a place with another one, but yeesh. Run. Don't walk.
Jayden Bennett
Geez. I wish my storage unit was that near by. Though I'm not gonna really take much out until we have the attic and basement redone. Then again at least I'm not in Arizona. -___-
Lincoln Perez
Move to a different apartment. Get a new roommate. Don't pick up his slack.
Luke Reed
Sounds like it's the landlord's problem now. I've wondered what the laws on eviction and property are in cases like this.
David Roberts
It went south tonight. I told him July 12, the day I put a hold on my new apt, that I would be out on Aug 7th, but would be on the lease till Sept 1st. He says that's last minute despite being more notice than what I gave the landlord.
He's had plenty of time to prepare, I've been saying I'm moving out/looking at apts since January. What happens to him after the 7th is his problem after the violence I saw tonight when I reminded him about his obligation. Power and water get shut off there the 8th since it's in my name
DO. NOT. EVER. MOVE. IN. WITH. COWORKERS.
Brayden Lee
Yeah probably, seems like he's one of those spontaneous spenders with no direction of what they want they just want the here and now of it and get that 10 minute buzz of "cool i got it!" then put it in a corner and forget it, girls do it too with dumb things like clothes and bags they only wear once to match another piece of clothing. For fucks sake they're just laying around everywhere , they're cool at first sight but just dust collectors the next day, don't get me wrong I'd love to have a hundred different 300dollar figures but i got other shit to worry about.
Personally that's why i cant bring myself to buy comics very often too. I know i'll only read them once but good for anyone that cant do it often and have their moneys worth, i just retain the info and move on. My harsh personally belief of men and women that act this way and cant control themselves is that they are simply just boring people trying to fill a hole that is their lack of character and they will never stop until they hit a dead end.
The guy is probably depressed but even so he needs a new and cheaper outlet to whatever has him thinking he needs this stuff especially when he doesn't even know where to put it. spending frivolously when shelter, food and over all saving money should be top priority because a roommate scenario should be temporary until you better yourself and move on. Oh well , good luck.
TWO conex boxes? Also known as a shipping container. What the hell? There are places in the world where there are people living in those things. You could use one as a one-car garage. I think Collecting Roomate needs mental help, and I've "got a few boxes" myself. But I don't have to get what amounts to a separate house to put them in.
He has shit crammed in his parents garage. Every possible space in the apartment(that isnt my room/bathroom). Two CONEX boxes at his parents house. And a storage unit across the road from the apartment. He told me a few months back that the last time he counted he has $60k in this. He doesnt even have his own car, he drives his parents beat Chevy S10. All things considered, it's a fucking lot. I dont know what he does exactly, some facilities management thing, pays like 14ish an hour
He never laid hands on me but he pushed his gf around when she tried to calm him down. She stormed out shortly after that and told him, "You just lost another fucking roommate."
I called up a work buddy and we cleared all my valuables out, I'm out of town for work the next few days. I'm also sleeping in the airport parking lot tonight because I don't trust him to not murder me. I do keep that big iron on my hip, but I honestly don't want to have to clean my gun
Parker James
>60k meh, i probably have more than him, but i shove shit into storage boxes instead keeping the packaging. I also have about a few dozen of these just laying around ontop of bookshelves, under my bed, and various closets in my house, which i could consolidate into a few boxes. Packaging takes up a huge amount of space and if you're going to use the figures, it's best just to throw it out.
What did he do before he moved into the apartment? He probably g ot into his safe zone and started splurging without thought.
He should wake up when the reality of his situation hits him. Most collectors do, in order to save their collections. I know a lot of /toy/ has people who routinely cancel preorders to make bills.
I collect toys as a sick /mentally ill NEET and this thread makes me want to throw out everything. I never save any money but all my neet bucks go into important stuff first and sometimes I feel very guilty about it.
David Bennett
>At his parent's, he has TWO full CONEX boxes stuffed front to back floor to ceiling with Sideshow boxes Lol what the fuck? A friend of mine once bought a Gundam collector's toy on an impulse and still feels guilty about it years later. Your roommate sounds like he needs mental help right fucking now.
Charles Roberts
If you've been telling him you're moving out since fucking January he's got no room to complain.
Nathaniel Hall
Absolutely based roommate Fuck normalfags
Sebastian Turner
>$60k That sounds like a ridiculously conservative number. In that single room maybe. CONEX's, storage unit... It has to be much more $ than that.
Jason Fisher
The most shocking thing so far is that he is dating a girl who put up with this shit. Geez. And I thought I frustarated mine too much back when I had one.
Logan Adams
I never thought of people just having those in their back yard. Then again if it is like a ranch in the midwest or Az....
Kinda like those eps of American Pickers where people have multiple barns of old car parts and motorcycles.
Luis Russell
does he has a gf?
Austin Sanders
Yeah, but she's poor too. She stormed out in the middle of the fight and told him he lost another roommate. I give her a little bit of props though cause she did attempt to make me whole but he wasn't letting her agree to give me money
I think the only reason she still hangs around him and lives with him is cause she really has no where else to go
Lincoln Edwards
It varies by state, but the landlord has to go through the courts (which is expensive and time-consuming) to get an order to have the person vacate the property. It can take several months from the point of telling to person to leave to the point where the sheriff will actually physically remove them from the property.
Nolan Edwards
Buddy you'll be surprised to see what people will and wont put up with.
Zachary Clark
move out. get your own apartment
Hunter Foster
You might have to give him an ultimatum, and by that I mean buy him the Marvel Ultimate event and it'll turn him off comics.
If he can't pay rent then what he spends his money on IS your business. There are legal ways to go about kicking him out if you guys co-signed the lease.
Jose Thompson
Jesus Christ. Storage units ain't cheap. He can pay for that on time and not for the place where he fucking sleeps?
David Scott
I'm thinking his mom pays for it. He has her bailing him out of any of his problems. He's a literal manchild. Like I said, 40 year old trust fund kiddie who got cut off.
Btw, glad to see all you super hero guys aren't sociopaths. I was beginning to think this was the standard for the community
Evan Morris
I'm not gonna lie, his collection doesn't look that different from stuff I see on /shelf/ (although I presume they don't also have full storage units). I always wonder how people can afford their collections. I have like 10 omnibuses and already feel guilty about the money I spent on them. Hopefully you all just have better jobs than me.
Jason Barnes
Proper budgeting will do wonders. I own a retardedly over built jeep that I built on 20(ish) an hour. And I've never missed a payment. This dude makes 14ish an hour or something. I have no idea how he affords it, I'm thinking massive credit card debt
Kayden Long
>aren't sociopaths I wouldn't go that far. I don't know what your home board is, it could very well be worse, but I would very, very strongly advise you to not make vising Yea Forums a regular occurence in your life.
God, I wish I could quit. Every single one of these people disgusts me but it's a reflex now. When I'm bored my fingers sometimes type the address all by themselves.
