Best way to sell a collection?
Best way to sell a collection?
Looking to get rid of (what i have left of) my game stuff. I don't have the time to sell everything one at a time. I have been slowly listing and selling but its taking forever. I'm not having a lot of luck selling it all at once. I guess there aren't a lot of resellers in my small city. I don't want to sell it all for credit at a game store. But I have been thinking about it, getting the credit, then using it to buy a couple high dollar things. Then i only have a couple things to sell *shrugs*

Re: Best way to sell a collection?
If you want to balance between value and time, separate out items over a critical price point and sell or eBay those separately, and then you can bundle the low-dollar items as a collection. You’ll probably take a bath on the lot (can’t be helped) but if you pick your higher dollar items right should make a good return on your labor.
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I might be interested if you can get a list of everything you have.
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I'm in Canada .. shipping would probably suck if you're in the US. :/
Good idea marurun
Good idea marurun

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fuctfuct wrote:I'm in Canada .. shipping would probably suck if you're in the US. :/
Good idea marurun
Darn, you're right. Honestly, try to find some retro gaming facebook groups for your area. If you're willing to take about 60% cash value of everything you'll be able to sell it fast.
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How many games are you talking about in the collection? Been going back and forth on this myself lately. Would take forever, but I wouldn't be in a rush myself.
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I think its around 400 left to go.. few consoles I want to get rid of too. Like My Wii U ... literally never use it. Never really have lol. Pain in the ass to list on local sites. I also don't want to meet like 400 people. Or go to the post office 400 times. LOL. I'm kind of a recluse.
I'm not really in a rush and i don't need the money. I just want it gone now that I've decided it's time.
I guess I could just put all of one platform in a eBay lot. Like a 80 PS4 games lot. Let people bid. But worried nobody will see and ill get like $30 + shipping lol
I'm not really in a rush and i don't need the money. I just want it gone now that I've decided it's time.
I guess I could just put all of one platform in a eBay lot. Like a 80 PS4 games lot. Let people bid. But worried nobody will see and ill get like $30 + shipping lol

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If you don’t need the money and just want it gone, but are also concerned about extracting some of the “value” of the collection, those are going to conflict.
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Yea, you're better off doing it the slow way, but trading in a bunch of games no one really cares about for in-store credit would be a good idea. I am in Canada too, and yea even domestic shipping is ridiculous, and it'll be hard to find Americans to buy them.
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I went through this recently. I'm fortunate that in the US the postal service picks up most packages from your home. I was able to list my most expensive stuff on ebay and ship the items without having to make a trip to the post office. Not sure how local shipping options work in Canada.
Dump the low-value junk at a game store for credit or make a big ebay lot. Time is money. If you're only gonna make a few bucks on a game consider the time you waste listing, packaging, and driving a single game to ship.
Dump the low-value junk at a game store for credit or make a big ebay lot. Time is money. If you're only gonna make a few bucks on a game consider the time you waste listing, packaging, and driving a single game to ship.