Forums > Suggestions > Why 2 separate lists (havelist and wantlist)?
saturnsailor (4) on 3/21/2017 4:56 PM · Permalink · Report
Can someone clarify why there are 2 separate lists (havelist and wantlist)? What about 'usedtohave' list then? And 'hadthensoldbutgotagain' list? And so on. Why not have only 1 list with indicators (1 column in the database):
- I own it and played it
- I own it but didn't play it yet
- I own it and want to sell/trade it
- I used to own it, played it and sold it
- I used to own it, didn't paly it and sold it
- I don't own it and want it
Even if someone has a very large collection they should be able to filter it with the above criteria plus Platform and see everything instead of searching through the lists. Or am I missing something?
Rwolf (23328) on 3/21/2017 5:22 PM · Permalink · Report
The have & want is the basic ones; you can use these to coordinate if sombody wants a game, they can crosscheck if someone else has it (and wants to trade it).
Any other lists are up to the user to create & sort. I made a list of games included in my compilations, just to see if there was something to add to the database from those (which is a selection in the 'most wanted' page).
saturnsailor (4) on 3/22/2017 1:03 AM · Permalink · Report
Thank you for the explanation. I'll need to dig into this more but I know the "Played it but no longer own it" indicator is missing. I would like to see that to avoid buying again a game I used to have but decided to sell. As time goes by those details can become clouded.