Suggestions on starting a 2600 collection?

[orrimarrko]

Ok.

 

I'm in with the rest of you nutty 2600 collectors, but have a question.

 

I can't seem to figure out the best way to start.

 

Honestly, it's pretty overwhelming.

 

One thing I was thinking of was to buy lots of loose games, keep the ones in the condition that I'm looking for, and resell the rest.

 

OR

 

I can do what I do for the Neo (or other systems I collect for), and just buy nice complete games as they come up on ebay. However, eBay sucks, so avoiding that would be nice...

 

OR

 

Choose a company, and go for all of their games.

 

Blah, blah, blah...

 

Honestly, where to begin?

 

And for someone like me, where condition of the labels/etc is important, it's hard to know where else to turn besides ebay. Suggestions?

 

(I don't even know how much consideration I should give to condition - normally, it's VERY important.)

 

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm relying on everyone's experience on this.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Steve