This thread is mind blowing. Buying games for 40% for value? That sounds impossible unless ye own a store.
And having trouble selling games in the bay area? Also ludicrous. Seemingly dumb idea but maybe ye should take them to a flea market? From my experience the resellers I compete with buy large lots of shovelware for 10 to 20k without breaking a sweat all the time and they'll pay 90% to 120% ebay value.
Can ye send me the rest of the pictures? I'm interested.
Originally posted by: Foochie776
I like nes commons
I hope ye like multiple copies of common basketball and golf games because that's what I saw in the picture of the NES games =P
My suggestion on the CL add, is to show pics of the more sought after or rarer titles. In a large lot you can't generalise 40% or 60% of online trade values, because they will all depend on what type of games and how many rare titles there are amongst the collection.
For example, $4000 worth of crappy sports-only titles will likely ever get any interest. As opposed to $4000 worth of Mario/Zelda only titles, which you can likely sell for a higher percentage from market value.
This thread is mind blowing. Buying games for 40% for value? That sounds impossible unless ye own a store.
And having trouble selling games in the bay area? Also ludicrous. Seemingly dumb idea but maybe ye should take them to a flea market? From my experience the resellers I compete with buy large lots of shovelware for 10 to 20k without breaking a sweat all the time and they'll pay 90% to 120% ebay value.
Can ye send me the rest of the pictures? I'm interested.
Originally posted by: Foochie776
I like nes commons
I hope ye like multiple copies of common basketball and golf games because that's what I saw in the picture of the NES games =P
Yeah those are in the “donor” box, valued at 1$ or so each. (Before discount). There are better NES games.
And You wont catch me dead at a flea market selling, I value my time higher thn that. Please PM me your email and I will send you some additional pics. Are you in bay area?
The idea is not to go to the flea market to piece them out. What some sellers do is they go to the flea market around 5am to 7am when all the resellers are cleaning everyone out and sell everything to one of them. They'll take your stuff to their truck and you'll be done less than an hour later. It is very common to see a percentage of sellers with good stuff leave right as the flea market opens to the public.
You would of course have to load them up, drive to the flea market, pay to get in the flea market, and there is no guarantee they would sell, though, I've never seen a large lot of games at a good price ever get turned down at a flea market. Even large lots of overpriced bad games sell quickly.
The idea is not to go to the flea market to piece them out. What some sellers do is they go to the flea market around 5am to 7am when all the resellers are cleaning everyone out and sell everything to one of them. They'll take your stuff to their truck and you'll be done less than an hour later. It is very common to see a percentage of sellers with good stuff leave right as the flea market opens to the public.
You would of course have to load them up, drive to the flea market, pay to get in the flea market, and there is no guarantee they would sell, though, I've never seen a large lot of games at a good price ever get turned down at a flea market. Even large lots of overpriced bad games sell quickly.
This is actually a solid idea. Especially if you know for sure a lot of resellers go to your local swap meet. Would at least be worth 2-3 hours on one Saturday morning to see what happens.
As a booster I'd even make a CL post advertising you are planning to be there to let people know ahead of time.
The idea is not to go to the flea market to piece them out. What some sellers do is they go to the flea market around 5am to 7am when all the resellers are cleaning everyone out and sell everything to one of them. They'll take your stuff to their truck and you'll be done less than an hour later. It is very common to see a percentage of sellers with good stuff leave right as the flea market opens to the public.
You would of course have to load them up, drive to the flea market, pay to get in the flea market, and there is no guarantee they would sell, though, I've never seen a large lot of games at a good price ever get turned down at a flea market. Even large lots of overpriced bad games sell quickly.
I didnt think of that. What flea market do you recomend? Alemany in sf? Berryesa in SJ? Oakland?
I'm gonna say "take it all to a flea market" is a pretty bad idea for a variety of reasons. It's so hard to evaluate the price of a lot like this - while I think you do have a shot at selling it in one go for the price you want, the prospective buyer would really have to sit down and look through it all and do the math before committing. And that's not going to happen before dawn at a flea market.
While it's certainly true that game dealers do go to these flea markets and circle around early to buy people out, in general they're looking to buy out people who have no idea what their stuff is worth. To get what is obviously $5000 worth of stuff for $500. That's not what you're selling, though.
Now, anything's possible. Especially these days when competition is cutthroat and prices are spiraling, it is absolutely possible that you might be able to haul everything down to a flea market and sell it all at once. Never say never. However, you know what'll happen if you bring all the stuff down? You don't want to deal with time-wasters on Craigslist, but if you haul all this down to a flea you will be immediately set upon by every Tom, Dick, and Harry at that flea market, who will start grabbing up small piles of stuff and trying to hardcore haggle you into selling just the good stuff to them. And you'll have to spend a lot of time taking the stuff back and dealing with telling them that you're only selling it as a lot.
They're a web-only business in general but they have occasional "warehouse sales" in their Santa Clara facility where they sell in person. I actually traded in a bunch of stuff to them at a game swap meet (at AFK Lounge in San Jose) and they have a database with trade-in prices, and they just added it all up and gave it to me in cash. Could have had more in store credit but they had nothing I wanted. What I liked about their trade practice is that they added everything up individually, rather than what some stores do which is to make one lowball offer on everything. That might be an option for you as well.
I'm gonna say "take it all to a flea market" is a pretty bad idea for a variety of reasons. It's so hard to evaluate the price of a lot like this - while I think you do have a shot at selling it in one go for the price you want, the prospective buyer would really have to sit down and look through it all and do the math before committing. And that's not going to happen before dawn at a flea market.
While it's certainly true that game dealers do go to these flea markets and circle around early to buy people out, in general they're looking to buy out people who have no idea what their stuff is worth. To get what is obviously $5000 worth of stuff for $500. That's not what you're selling, though.
Now, anything's possible. Especially these days when competition is cutthroat and prices are spiraling, it is absolutely possible that you might be able to haul everything down to a flea market and sell it all at once. Never say never. However, you know what'll happen if you bring all the stuff down? You don't want to deal with time-wasters on Craigslist, but if you haul all this down to a flea you will be immediately set upon by every Tom, Dick, and Harry at that flea market, who will start grabbing up small piles of stuff and trying to hardcore haggle you into selling just the good stuff to them. And you'll have to spend a lot of time taking the stuff back and dealing with telling them that you're only selling it as a lot.
They're a web-only business in general but they have occasional "warehouse sales" in their Santa Clara facility where they sell in person. I actually traded in a bunch of stuff to them at a game swap meet (at AFK Lounge in San Jose) and they have a database with trade-in prices, and they just added it all up and gave it to me in cash. Could have had more in store credit but they had nothing I wanted. What I liked about their trade practice is that they added everything up individually, rather than what some stores do which is to make one lowball offer on everything. That might be an option for you as well.
Great advice, thanks.
That place is 20 minutes from me, I actually already have an email into the guy but he hasn't responded.This is actually what I prefer, is to sell it to an online reseller that has a physical location. I wouldn't mind store credit either, it would give me a chance to blow it on some high end games.
The flea market isn't a bad idea since it allows you to field multiple offers from both re-sellers and collectors; in that situation the time-wasters don't even matter since you can go to the next person in line. As for cherry-pickers, I would go with tiered pricing to manage that-- no less than 80% for good sellers, keys, uncommons; 30% off or Buy 2, Get 1 Free for Genesis and PS2. On the bulk, let someone make the offer if they want to wipe you out; if not break it up and you'll get closer to your target figure before liquidating.
Anyhow, you can try taking it all to one seller; but that can be hit-or-miss too unless they're some sort of regional dominator.
The flea market isn't a bad idea since it allows you to field multiple offers from both re-sellers and collectors; in that situation the time-wasters don't even matter since you can go to the next person in line. As for cherry-pickers, I would go with tiered pricing to manage that-- no less than 80% for good sellers, keys, uncommons; 30% off or Buy 2, Get 1 Free for Genesis and PS2. On the bulk, let someone make the offer if they want to wipe you out; if not break it up and you'll get closer to your target figure before liquidating.
Anyhow, you can try taking it all to one seller; but that can be hit-or-miss too unless they're some sort of regional dominator.
Great advice.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
Keep an eye out for my sales/auction threads whoever is interested.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
I know it is time consuming, but for me, i actually enjoy cleaning up the games, listing them, and then watching my paypal balance go up.
Try to look at it in a fun way instead of a chore by maybe setting a goal of how much you want to make and what you want to use it for. Like a prize of sorts for all your hard work selling it all. I know you are getting into drones now, so maybe set a goal to get yourself a killer drone when you sell most of it. Or a vacation with your wife. Or heck anything else you may want.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
I know it is time consuming, but for me, i actually enjoy cleaning up the games, listing them, and then watching my paypal balance go up.
Try to look at it in a fun way instead of a chore by maybe setting a goal of how much you want to make and what you want to use it for. Like a prize of sorts for all your hard work selling it all. I know you are getting into drones now, so maybe set a goal to get yourself a killer drone when you sell most of it. Or a vacation with your wife. Or heck anything else you may want.
I hope it all sells quickly for you! Good luck.
I am actually going to re-invest in my collection, but I wanted to pad my bankroll for some really valuable items - I like the way you look at it with a Goal in mind.
I have had a few conversations with some cool members and they helped me look at it from a different perspective. This whole "trying to sell a huge amount of games locally in one lot" has not gone as smoothly as I was expecting. I thought the resellers around here woiuld be more rabid to at least setup a meeting to look at them (which was my whole gameplan)
I had 400+ games that I was looking to just drop off, as easy as possible. I had a bunch of "other stuff" (including but not limited to: LRG PS4 (early), Desireable NES homebrews, sealed Spidermans arcades revenge SNES, NES consoles etc.) that I was going to "surprise" the local buyer with to sweeten the deal ( "hey I can throw this in too") and things like that don't translate well to "online deals". People were looking at what was specifically in the pictures I sent them, and not equating it to the rough value I assigned to the whole lot. I was lazy and did NOT supply pics with every single title in it (which in hindsight is a bad idea)
I also realized that reacting in that way is probably the norm and I was viewing it from more of a trader mentality. The whole reason around the get rid of it local was to avoid that whole situation, because in person the sheer amount of games and seeing all the high end titles jump out at you would ilicit a different reaction then viewing a list and a picture online would.
I have decided to cherry pick the easy to sell higher end stuff for eBay, work some local deals on smaller lots, throw some stuff on here and IG and then whatever doesn't sell will be thrown on eBay in flat rate boxes with .99c starting auctions. In the end although I will be spending more time and effort, I will get more than I would have locally.
If you have an account with popular places like Racketboy, AtariAge and the shrinking Digital Press it wouldn't hurt to make a post there directly or linking back to here and turn on (there) email notes for anyone PM'ing you a question or request as that will far more help you sell the stuff.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
I know it is time consuming, but for me, i actually enjoy cleaning up the games, listing them, and then watching my paypal balance go up.
Try to look at it in a fun way instead of a chore by maybe setting a goal of how much you want to make and what you want to use it for. Like a prize of sorts for all your hard work selling it all. I know you are getting into drones now, so maybe set a goal to get yourself a killer drone when you sell most of it. Or a vacation with your wife. Or heck anything else you may want.
I hope it all sells quickly for you! Good luck.
I am actually going to re-invest in my collection, but I wanted to pad my bankroll for some really valuable items - I like the way you look at it with a Goal in mind.
I have had a few conversations with some cool members and they helped me look at it from a different perspective. This whole "trying to sell a huge amount of games locally in one lot" has not gone as smoothly as I was expecting. I thought the resellers around here woiuld be more rabid to at least setup a meeting to look at them (which was my whole gameplan)
I had 400+ games that I was looking to just drop off, as easy as possible. I had a bunch of "other stuff" (including but not limited to: LRG PS4 (early), Desireable NES homebrews, sealed Spidermans arcades revenge SNES, NES consoles etc.) that I was going to "surprise" the local buyer with to sweeten the deal ( "hey I can throw this in too") and things like that don't translate well to "online deals". People were looking at what was specifically in the pictures I sent them, and not equating it to the rough value I assigned to the whole lot. I was lazy and did NOT supply pics with every single title in it (which in hindsight is a bad idea)
I also realized that reacting in that way is probably the norm and I was viewing it from more of a trader mentality. The whole reason around the get rid of it local was to avoid that whole situation, because in person the sheer amount of games and seeing all the high end titles jump out at you would ilicit a different reaction then viewing a list and a picture online would.
I have decided to cherry pick the easy to sell higher end stuff for eBay, work some local deals on smaller lots, throw some stuff on here and IG and then whatever doesn't sell will be thrown on eBay in flat rate boxes with .99c starting auctions. In the end although I will be spending more time and effort, I will get more than I would have locally.
If I had seen this earlier, we may have been able to work something out. If you're still considering it, maybe we can discuss. I didn't read everything in this thread, but I think I got the imporant bits. I'm looking for lots of quality (i.e. not destroyed) games on the cheap to keep building my epic collection.
If I had seen this earlier, we may have been able to work something out. If you're still considering it, maybe we can discuss. I didn't read everything in this thread, but I think I got the imporant bits. I'm looking for lots of quality (i.e. not destroyed) games on the cheap to keep building my epic collection.
Ill send you a PM.
To everyone who is curious, I put a ton of the less desireable stuff on eBay and I have a spreadsheet made up with the GVN value of the lots. I am going to compare the selling price (starting off at .99 free shipping or 9.99 free shipping for the larger lots) against the GVN value to see what percentage of "Market value" I get.
I am always preaching about starting auctions at .99c to see what actual market value is, so this will be a fun little experiment.
Cheap, worthless, or common shit, haul it to the game shop. Then sell the desirable stuff online like forums / ebay to maximise your profit.
There are no decent game shops in the SF bay area that I know of. Rent is probably far to much for it to be profitable.
I am actually kind of excited to see the auctions, most of this stuff I paid pennies on the dollar for so I don't mind starting it at .99c and letting it ride.
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And having trouble selling games in the bay area? Also ludicrous. Seemingly dumb idea but maybe ye should take them to a flea market? From my experience the resellers I compete with buy large lots of shovelware for 10 to 20k without breaking a sweat all the time and they'll pay 90% to 120% ebay value.
Can ye send me the rest of the pictures? I'm interested.
Originally posted by: Foochie776
I like nes commons
I hope ye like multiple copies of common basketball and golf games because that's what I saw in the picture of the NES games =P
For example, $4000 worth of crappy sports-only titles will likely ever get any interest. As opposed to $4000 worth of Mario/Zelda only titles, which you can likely sell for a higher percentage from market value.
This thread is mind blowing. Buying games for 40% for value? That sounds impossible unless ye own a store.
And having trouble selling games in the bay area? Also ludicrous. Seemingly dumb idea but maybe ye should take them to a flea market? From my experience the resellers I compete with buy large lots of shovelware for 10 to 20k without breaking a sweat all the time and they'll pay 90% to 120% ebay value.
Can ye send me the rest of the pictures? I'm interested.
I like nes commons
I hope ye like multiple copies of common basketball and golf games because that's what I saw in the picture of the NES games =P
Yeah those are in the “donor” box, valued at 1$ or so each. (Before discount). There are better NES games.
And You wont catch me dead at a flea market selling, I value my time higher thn that. Please PM me your email and I will send you some additional pics. Are you in bay area?
The idea is not to go to the flea market to piece them out. What some sellers do is they go to the flea market around 5am to 7am when all the resellers are cleaning everyone out and sell everything to one of them. They'll take your stuff to their truck and you'll be done less than an hour later. It is very common to see a percentage of sellers with good stuff leave right as the flea market opens to the public.
You would of course have to load them up, drive to the flea market, pay to get in the flea market, and there is no guarantee they would sell, though, I've never seen a large lot of games at a good price ever get turned down at a flea market. Even large lots of overpriced bad games sell quickly.
PM sent.
The idea is not to go to the flea market to piece them out. What some sellers do is they go to the flea market around 5am to 7am when all the resellers are cleaning everyone out and sell everything to one of them. They'll take your stuff to their truck and you'll be done less than an hour later. It is very common to see a percentage of sellers with good stuff leave right as the flea market opens to the public.
You would of course have to load them up, drive to the flea market, pay to get in the flea market, and there is no guarantee they would sell, though, I've never seen a large lot of games at a good price ever get turned down at a flea market. Even large lots of overpriced bad games sell quickly.
This is actually a solid idea. Especially if you know for sure a lot of resellers go to your local swap meet. Would at least be worth 2-3 hours on one Saturday morning to see what happens.
As a booster I'd even make a CL post advertising you are planning to be there to let people know ahead of time.
PM sent.
The idea is not to go to the flea market to piece them out. What some sellers do is they go to the flea market around 5am to 7am when all the resellers are cleaning everyone out and sell everything to one of them. They'll take your stuff to their truck and you'll be done less than an hour later. It is very common to see a percentage of sellers with good stuff leave right as the flea market opens to the public.
You would of course have to load them up, drive to the flea market, pay to get in the flea market, and there is no guarantee they would sell, though, I've never seen a large lot of games at a good price ever get turned down at a flea market. Even large lots of overpriced bad games sell quickly.
I didnt think of that. What flea market do you recomend? Alemany in sf? Berryesa in SJ? Oakland?
While it's certainly true that game dealers do go to these flea markets and circle around early to buy people out, in general they're looking to buy out people who have no idea what their stuff is worth. To get what is obviously $5000 worth of stuff for $500. That's not what you're selling, though.
Now, anything's possible. Especially these days when competition is cutthroat and prices are spiraling, it is absolutely possible that you might be able to haul everything down to a flea market and sell it all at once. Never say never. However, you know what'll happen if you bring all the stuff down? You don't want to deal with time-wasters on Craigslist, but if you haul all this down to a flea you will be immediately set upon by every Tom, Dick, and Harry at that flea market, who will start grabbing up small piles of stuff and trying to hardcore haggle you into selling just the good stuff to them. And you'll have to spend a lot of time taking the stuff back and dealing with telling them that you're only selling it as a lot.
In short, I wouldn't do it.
To be more helpful: Have you heard of these guys? https://www.facebook.com/Bitreplay/
They're a web-only business in general but they have occasional "warehouse sales" in their Santa Clara facility where they sell in person. I actually traded in a bunch of stuff to them at a game swap meet (at AFK Lounge in San Jose) and they have a database with trade-in prices, and they just added it all up and gave it to me in cash. Could have had more in store credit but they had nothing I wanted. What I liked about their trade practice is that they added everything up individually, rather than what some stores do which is to make one lowball offer on everything. That might be an option for you as well.
I'm gonna say "take it all to a flea market" is a pretty bad idea for a variety of reasons. It's so hard to evaluate the price of a lot like this - while I think you do have a shot at selling it in one go for the price you want, the prospective buyer would really have to sit down and look through it all and do the math before committing. And that's not going to happen before dawn at a flea market.
While it's certainly true that game dealers do go to these flea markets and circle around early to buy people out, in general they're looking to buy out people who have no idea what their stuff is worth. To get what is obviously $5000 worth of stuff for $500. That's not what you're selling, though.
Now, anything's possible. Especially these days when competition is cutthroat and prices are spiraling, it is absolutely possible that you might be able to haul everything down to a flea market and sell it all at once. Never say never. However, you know what'll happen if you bring all the stuff down? You don't want to deal with time-wasters on Craigslist, but if you haul all this down to a flea you will be immediately set upon by every Tom, Dick, and Harry at that flea market, who will start grabbing up small piles of stuff and trying to hardcore haggle you into selling just the good stuff to them. And you'll have to spend a lot of time taking the stuff back and dealing with telling them that you're only selling it as a lot.
In short, I wouldn't do it.
To be more helpful: Have you heard of these guys? https://www.facebook.com/Bitrepla...
They're a web-only business in general but they have occasional "warehouse sales" in their Santa Clara facility where they sell in person. I actually traded in a bunch of stuff to them at a game swap meet (at AFK Lounge in San Jose) and they have a database with trade-in prices, and they just added it all up and gave it to me in cash. Could have had more in store credit but they had nothing I wanted. What I liked about their trade practice is that they added everything up individually, rather than what some stores do which is to make one lowball offer on everything. That might be an option for you as well.
Great advice, thanks.
That place is 20 minutes from me, I actually already have an email into the guy but he hasn't responded.This is actually what I prefer, is to sell it to an online reseller that has a physical location. I wouldn't mind store credit either, it would give me a chance to blow it on some high end games.
Anyhow, you can try taking it all to one seller; but that can be hit-or-miss too unless they're some sort of regional dominator.
The flea market isn't a bad idea since it allows you to field multiple offers from both re-sellers and collectors; in that situation the time-wasters don't even matter since you can go to the next person in line. As for cherry-pickers, I would go with tiered pricing to manage that-- no less than 80% for good sellers, keys, uncommons; 30% off or Buy 2, Get 1 Free for Genesis and PS2. On the bulk, let someone make the offer if they want to wipe you out; if not break it up and you'll get closer to your target figure before liquidating.
Anyhow, you can try taking it all to one seller; but that can be hit-or-miss too unless they're some sort of regional dominator.
Great advice.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
Keep an eye out for my sales/auction threads whoever is interested.
Great advice.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
I know it is time consuming, but for me, i actually enjoy cleaning up the games, listing them, and then watching my paypal balance go up.
Try to look at it in a fun way instead of a chore by maybe setting a goal of how much you want to make and what you want to use it for. Like a prize of sorts for all your hard work selling it all. I know you are getting into drones now, so maybe set a goal to get yourself a killer drone when you sell most of it. Or a vacation with your wife. Or heck anything else you may want.
I hope it all sells quickly for you! Good luck.
Great advice.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
I know it is time consuming, but for me, i actually enjoy cleaning up the games, listing them, and then watching my paypal balance go up.
Try to look at it in a fun way instead of a chore by maybe setting a goal of how much you want to make and what you want to use it for. Like a prize of sorts for all your hard work selling it all. I know you are getting into drones now, so maybe set a goal to get yourself a killer drone when you sell most of it. Or a vacation with your wife. Or heck anything else you may want.
I hope it all sells quickly for you! Good luck.
I am actually going to re-invest in my collection, but I wanted to pad my bankroll for some really valuable items - I like the way you look at it with a Goal in mind.
I have had a few conversations with some cool members and they helped me look at it from a different perspective. This whole "trying to sell a huge amount of games locally in one lot" has not gone as smoothly as I was expecting. I thought the resellers around here woiuld be more rabid to at least setup a meeting to look at them (which was my whole gameplan)
I had 400+ games that I was looking to just drop off, as easy as possible. I had a bunch of "other stuff" (including but not limited to: LRG PS4 (early), Desireable NES homebrews, sealed Spidermans arcades revenge SNES, NES consoles etc.) that I was going to "surprise" the local buyer with to sweeten the deal ( "hey I can throw this in too") and things like that don't translate well to "online deals". People were looking at what was specifically in the pictures I sent them, and not equating it to the rough value I assigned to the whole lot. I was lazy and did NOT supply pics with every single title in it (which in hindsight is a bad idea)
I also realized that reacting in that way is probably the norm and I was viewing it from more of a trader mentality. The whole reason around the get rid of it local was to avoid that whole situation, because in person the sheer amount of games and seeing all the high end titles jump out at you would ilicit a different reaction then viewing a list and a picture online would.
I have decided to cherry pick the easy to sell higher end stuff for eBay, work some local deals on smaller lots, throw some stuff on here and IG and then whatever doesn't sell will be thrown on eBay in flat rate boxes with .99c starting auctions. In the end although I will be spending more time and effort, I will get more than I would have locally.
It'll take more effort but it should pay off for you.
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Great advice.
After talking it over with a few collector friends, I’m just going to bite the bullet and sell online (cross post here, IG maybe some stuff to eBay). In the end it will take more time but I will come away with more cash in the end.
I know it is time consuming, but for me, i actually enjoy cleaning up the games, listing them, and then watching my paypal balance go up.
Try to look at it in a fun way instead of a chore by maybe setting a goal of how much you want to make and what you want to use it for. Like a prize of sorts for all your hard work selling it all. I know you are getting into drones now, so maybe set a goal to get yourself a killer drone when you sell most of it. Or a vacation with your wife. Or heck anything else you may want.
I hope it all sells quickly for you! Good luck.
I am actually going to re-invest in my collection, but I wanted to pad my bankroll for some really valuable items - I like the way you look at it with a Goal in mind.
I have had a few conversations with some cool members and they helped me look at it from a different perspective. This whole "trying to sell a huge amount of games locally in one lot" has not gone as smoothly as I was expecting. I thought the resellers around here woiuld be more rabid to at least setup a meeting to look at them (which was my whole gameplan)
I had 400+ games that I was looking to just drop off, as easy as possible. I had a bunch of "other stuff" (including but not limited to: LRG PS4 (early), Desireable NES homebrews, sealed Spidermans arcades revenge SNES, NES consoles etc.) that I was going to "surprise" the local buyer with to sweeten the deal ( "hey I can throw this in too") and things like that don't translate well to "online deals". People were looking at what was specifically in the pictures I sent them, and not equating it to the rough value I assigned to the whole lot. I was lazy and did NOT supply pics with every single title in it (which in hindsight is a bad idea)
I also realized that reacting in that way is probably the norm and I was viewing it from more of a trader mentality. The whole reason around the get rid of it local was to avoid that whole situation, because in person the sheer amount of games and seeing all the high end titles jump out at you would ilicit a different reaction then viewing a list and a picture online would.
I have decided to cherry pick the easy to sell higher end stuff for eBay, work some local deals on smaller lots, throw some stuff on here and IG and then whatever doesn't sell will be thrown on eBay in flat rate boxes with .99c starting auctions. In the end although I will be spending more time and effort, I will get more than I would have locally.
If I had seen this earlier, we may have been able to work something out. If you're still considering it, maybe we can discuss. I didn't read everything in this thread, but I think I got the imporant bits. I'm looking for lots of quality (i.e. not destroyed) games on the cheap to keep building my epic collection.
If I had seen this earlier, we may have been able to work something out. If you're still considering it, maybe we can discuss. I didn't read everything in this thread, but I think I got the imporant bits. I'm looking for lots of quality (i.e. not destroyed) games on the cheap to keep building my epic collection.
Ill send you a PM.
To everyone who is curious, I put a ton of the less desireable stuff on eBay and I have a spreadsheet made up with the GVN value of the lots. I am going to compare the selling price (starting off at .99 free shipping or 9.99 free shipping for the larger lots) against the GVN value to see what percentage of "Market value" I get.
I am always preaching about starting auctions at .99c to see what actual market value is, so this will be a fun little experiment.
Cheap, worthless, or common shit, haul it to the game shop. Then sell the desirable stuff online like forums / ebay to maximise your profit.
There are no decent game shops in the SF bay area that I know of. Rent is probably far to much for it to be profitable.
I am actually kind of excited to see the auctions, most of this stuff I paid pennies on the dollar for so I don't mind starting it at .99c and letting it ride.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/MrOnederful/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Have a link to your auctions?
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=178481
Im happy to pull an un-bid on auction for you Dave (and other members too)
This should be him right?
https://www.ebay.com/sch/MrOneder...
Correct!