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| masamune:
I once sold nearly my whole collection convinced I was never going to play these games again. Then several years later, the nostalgia bug hit me and I winded up buying the same games I sold and then some for a significant mark-up. I would be cautious about selling your whole collection. You might end up wanting to buy them again later down the road. |
| pzeke:
Back when I was knee-deep into comicbooks, I sold my SNES with all the games I had to fund my monthly pull list. One of the things I did was assert myself that I outgrew the console since I had a PS1. A few months later I started regretting it, especially after learning that the person I sold the SNES to sold it to get a PS1. It wasn't until years later when I joined eBay that I got it back with about 80% of the games I used to own. |
| scraph4ppy:
I feel like getting out of it sometimes, to be honest. They take up so much space. They are jam packed in my shelving units to the point where adding new titles is a dreaded, time consuming affair. And updating all my damn charts.... most of the time I don't even end up playing the game. Scalpers/pricecharting/call-aheads have killed the thrill of the hunt for yardsales and fleamarkets and games seem to not show up at all at auctions these days (or, once again, someone leaving a left bid for slightly under the pricecharting price.) I've taken the past year or so off from buying, for the most part (had one big purchase of SNES RPGs and thats it,) and honestly feel pretty good about it. But selling it all comes with its own sense of dread. I have so many big box computer games from the 80s, for systems I don't even own. I've had some up in my attic for the past few years and I'm paranoid that they'll melt or whatever. No way to test them, I don't have a Commodore, Tandy or any of the other things they were compatible with, nor the tape drive to play them. So I'd hate to be offloading junk goods on someone, let alone even trying to find a buyer for that stuff. A lot of my PS2 and Xbox stuff is scratched, it would all have to be tested too and I dread doing that. |
| pzeke:
I feel you. The best comes to the persistent, so I feel this hobby, in its current state, is most cherished when you allow yourself to be patient. That big purchase of SNES RPGs you got is a good example of that. I just recently scored a nice trio of games coupled with their strategy guides for basically the price of one, essentially below what PriceCharting states – two of those games I've been looking for quite some time now, and the other I'll most likely end up reselling, meaning I'll get the games for far cheaper. --- Quote from: scraph4ppy on January 09, 2020, 01:17:56 am ---But selling it all comes with its own sense of dread. I have so many big box computer games from the 80s, for systems I don't even own. I've had some up in my attic for the past few years and I'm paranoid that they'll melt or whatever. No way to test them, I don't have a Commodore, Tandy or any of the other things they were compatible with, nor the tape drive to play them. So I'd hate to be offloading junk goods on someone, let alone even trying to find a buyer for that stuff. A lot of my PS2 and Xbox stuff is scratched, it would all have to be tested too and I dread doing that. --- End quote --- If you need the space and those are items that you don't particularly want or intend to use, you could sell them at a discounted price, stating the fact you don't have the means of testing them. The PS2 and Xbox games I think you should test; all you have to do is see if they go past startup, you don't have to play-test them. |
| oldgamerz:
--- Quote from: scraph4ppy on January 09, 2020, 01:17:56 am ---I feel like getting out of it sometimes, to be honest. They take up so much space. They are jam packed in my shelving units to the point where adding new titles is a dreaded, time consuming affair. And updating all my damn charts.... most of the time I don't even end up playing the game. Scalpers/pricecharting/call-aheads have killed the thrill of the hunt for yardsales and fleamarkets and games seem to not show up at all at auctions these days (or, once again, someone leaving a left bid for slightly under the pricecharting price.) I've taken the past year or so off from buying, for the most part (had one big purchase of SNES RPGs and thats it,) and honestly feel pretty good about it. But selling it all comes with its own sense of dread. I have so many big box computer games from the 80s, for systems I don't even own. I've had some up in my attic for the past few years and I'm paranoid that they'll melt or whatever. No way to test them, I don't have a Commodore, Tandy or any of the other things they were compatible with, nor the tape drive to play them. So I'd hate to be offloading junk goods on someone, let alone even trying to find a buyer for that stuff. A lot of my PS2 and Xbox stuff is scratched, it would all have to be tested too and I dread doing that. --- End quote --- If you are anyone with a scratched CD or DVD game, you can always get the game repaired or sell it to someone who can. Some Family Video stores repair games and movies and music disc, for a small fee, and that can make them like new again. but it can be risky if a disc has been resurfaced more then once in it's lifetime OR it's expensive buy your own resurfacing machine, most can resurface and repair any disc based media except for Bluray |
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