If you was looking to get out of gaming, How would you sell off your collection?

[SMF]

Yup you heard correctly, If you was to get out of gaming. How would you sell off your collection?  Would you piece oit your rare games? Ebay them 1 by 1 or as one huge auction.

Or even little bundles of games?

Any advice would help. Thanks.

[schweaty]

i guess it all depends on how much time you want to spend selling the collection.  The time you spend and the money you get out of it are directly related to each other.  If you want to take the time to sell everything individually, you will get more money it will just take a while.  If your time is more valuable to you than money, then selling everything at once is your best bet but you wont make as much money than you would selling everything individually. 

I know I didnt offer up much in the way of specific details, and maybe you have already come to the same conclusion, but no matter what you decide to do the basic principle is the same.  You probably really asking: "What is the most efficient use of my time that will lead to the most money relative to the time I put in?"  You are probably on the right track by selling your rares individually and bulk selling the commons.

[HailingTheThings]

Sell all your shit on forums like this one here, except don't let f*cktard shadow puppet lurking ass street shark MFs buy your shit. K? K.

[esteban]

Yup you heard correctly, If you was to get out of gaming. How would you sell off your collection?  Would you piece oit your rare games? Ebay them 1 by 1 or as one huge auction.

Or even little bundles of games?

Any advice would help. Thanks.

(1) Bundle YOUR JUICIEST FRUIT with lots of kale:

If you have a lot of "less desirable" titles (either from a collectard's viewpoint, or a real game player's perspective), then sadly you may have to bundle 1+ highly desired game(s) with a several less-desirable titles.

Otherwise, a lot of stuff will just sit around, forever. NOBODY WANTS YOUR KALE, they just want your swollen blueberries.

If you are lucky, your CHERRY:KALE ratio won't be too bad.


(2) If step #1 is not feasible, you should sell your most desirable titles individually. This will leave you with a mountain of less-desirable titles that you can sell in lots or donate to someone. PM me (just kidding, I don't want your crap).

(3) Sell your PCE stuff to me for a reasonable price. I'm not going to sell it, ever. I already regret getting rid of some stuff years ago. This will be your LEAST PROFITABLE course of action, but I play my games, so think if me as an actively engaged parent. You don't want your video game children going to an absentee father. F&ck no.  You want a loving, doting father.

Basically, it boils down to this: I will breast feed a few of your TG/PCE games, whilst most others will starve them (occasionally offering a bottle of formula, at best).

(4) I actually don't have any money so I can't really buy any of your games. Maybe, like one, if I am lucky. Seriously. So just scratch off #3. 

[seieienbu]

It depends on what you're trying to do, honestly. You probably have a friend that would give your game collection the love that you probably used to. This has the added benefit of allowing you to go hang out every now and then and being all "Yo, let's load up some Dungeon Explorer."

[pulstar]

There would be a couple of stages to my sell off. First ask friends/relatives if they want any of it, then to the forums to sell what I could, finally ebay.

If I was going the ebay route only I would sell the rare/more expensive games off singularly and the cheaper games just bundle together or with the machines.

[Tatsujin]

sell the expensive and sought after stuff as single items and the rest as bulks/bundles.

so say, are you trying to get out of gaming?

[Necromancer]

Funeral Pyre!

The only way I'll get out of gaming is if I'm dead.

[ifkz]

Okay, say you have put a decade plus into collecting, and you want to fund your retirement, pay some medical bills, and get that hair transplant you've always wanted.  With the money versus time you are better off taking a job at McDonalds than selling your collection.  Did no one, anyone, ever tell you it is very hard to break even or come out ahead in this hobby?  If it means anything to you, just keep it.  Get some cheap boxes, throw it in a closet for a decade and then see if you want to sell.  I have noticed a pattern of collectors selling and then regretting letting everything go as time passes.  I'm not kidding, here; a minimum wage job will likely get you way more in the end than selling it all.

Really want to sell?  If so:
1.  Research what the most expensive games in your collection are worth.  Put them at a BIN for the average or better price, depending on condition.
2.  Try to find a working system or two or three.  Even common games, if bundled in a system package, can dramatically increase the value of the whole package.  There are always people just starting out collecting system X, and I have noticed they will pay more if it has a selection of games with it.
3.  Sports games should probably be gotten rid of for trade credit locally at a mom & pop used game store.  Then, use whatever trade credit to get something decent and sell or bundle that.  Or go to one that sells movies and get something fun to watch for a night.  Remember, any movie that Pauly Shore has made is comedic gold 
4. Unless you were (in the immortal words of a fellow PCEFX member) "a Johnny-Come-Lately that ebayed themselves through the system library," find a way to give back to the community that helped you out while you were an active collector.  There are plenty of us that still like system X, whatever that might be.

What are you selling?  Knowing that would really help.

[xelement5x]

I'd probably reach out to close forum folks I know who might be interested in stuff first, plus the handful of other non-forum friends I have that are into gaming and see who might be interested.

Then maybe open it up to general forum sales for whoever might be interested. 

If I had full set of something maybe try and sell that as one go if it was desirable enough.

[esteban]

It takes time, patience, and dedication, but here is the best way to do it:

1. Make a few ebay accounts; take care to register via proxy service so as to not associate your true IP with multiple accounts.

2. Buy games from yourself for ridiculous prices to create a desirable sales history for the titles you're selling. Shill bid any other listings that appear using your alternate accounts.

3. Join gaming forums; enquire about the rarity of the title and gossip about how expensive it is getting.

4. Solicit popular youtube channels to do a feature on said title(s).

5. Send your game(s) off for VGA grading.

6. Put them on ebay for insanely ridiculous prices and, optionally, have your dong exposed discretely in the item photo.

7. Link your auctions at Nintendo Age.

This requires a bit of effort, but is the most satisfying achievement these folks will ever realize in their lives.

[SMF]

Thanks everyone for the advice, Most of everything I own is original that I got as gifts as a kid or purchased it growing up. I never believed in trading in games for new games and such.

I have a complete Turbo US set with 2 Duos 1 mint in box the other modded, 2 Turbo 16s with cd attachments, 2 TE hand helds 1 in box. A Briefcase unit and 2 Super Grafxs 1 in box and 1 modded And a few other things I cant thing of Turbo wise.

Sega Genesis with a few rares, Sega Cd, Dreamcast with basically all the best games and some crap. Nes with a lot of stuff, ROBs in box, Stack up in box, Sheesh I have to much to list gaming wise to just bundle it all up and toss on to sell.

Its hard to get rid of games I grew up with but I haven't played them in over 2 years. All my free time is spent with the family. I have 2 homes and actually enjoy spending time with my family and kids. They don't play them anymore and I would much rather sell them off and get a few bucks instead of just holding them and gathering dust.

What kills me is these aint games to me but apart of my childhood as the majority was acquired by me or my parents. But hey my kids come first and its time to pay off a few small bills and take the kids to Disney lol Hell I don't know. All I know is I don't play them anymore and have no time for them in my life.

Thanks for the advice again and it was a fun 35 years gaming in the old skool.

[lukester]

SMF, I would say sell your stuff, but get a good pc or wii u to emulate your favorite games.

I recently sold my collection, as stuff was getting more and more pricey. I'll miss my 4 player n64 nights and the fun of getting a game in the mail, but I am just as happy playing these games on the virtual console, even if not the real deal.

Now I just have laptop, wii u, 360, xbox one, and ps2.

Fun fact: I kept my legendary axe hucard as a souvenir.

[ifkz]

.....Its hard to get rid of games I grew up with but I haven't played them in over 2 years....What kills me is these aint games to me but apart of my childhood as the majority was acquired by me or my parents.

Listen to your own words here.  This says to me:  I really don't want to get rid of a tangible part of my childhood or the connection these games have to my parents.

Don't do it, or at least just get rid of the mistake purchases you made as an adult.  I can guarantee^TM that you will want everything back from your childhood again, bad or not, in time.  You will also grow to treasure the connection to your parents and your own past with the EXACT same games you had back then.  I also say you have made good, fun memories with the new "adult" purchases too, probably a lot of it is stuff you dreamed about as a kid.  Am-I-right?

I predict these games (in general) are going to become like vintage autos are to older generations.  I can think of nothing else our generation has to cling onto that no longer available (EDIT: Well, arcade machines, too  :-").  Movies and music are re-released.  Games are emulated, but it's the tangible physical object I like.

Keep it and you will be a lot happier in the future, think of it as an investment in your future happiness in addition to your great family.

If anyone is pressuring you to sell, bundle up the "crap" adult purchases, put everything else in "your" space in the closet and satisfy everyone.

[esteban]

Funeral Pyre!

The only way I'll get out of gaming is if I'm dead.

Same here. My wife literally hates all the bins filled with my stuff, and I'm sure she will happily throw the contents of the bins in the grave with me.

Of course, I give her so much agita, it's not certain she will outlive me.