Where do you buy your retro games from these days?

[cygnusjaklynn]

Etsy, Amazon, and The Exchange

[haskinerin20]

Now I take retro games mostly on eBay and specialized stores, but sometimes I notice that some sites convert better than others. Apparently, it's a matter of the interface's convenience and the ordering's transparency. This, by the way, is relevant for any business - if the site is inconvenient, people just leave. I recently read that conversionrate.store helps companies test changes and increase conversion rates in stores and in-game services.

Here I am personally looking for everything I need through eBay.

[nathan776]

I normally buy through Ebay (Although I have been eying up Vinted due to Ebay's new fees) . There are not many stores that sell Vintage games anymore. In the UK the only place you can find anything is probably CeX, but the condition of an item isn't really clear if you buy on their website so I'd standardly opt to buy in-store when available. Alternatively I can buy on a website such as Cash Converters where they photograph their items but it's extremely hit and miss on authenticity etc.

[sworddude]

I've been trying to finish off some of my game collections, but it feels like my choices are either more limited than ever before or just in general more scattered.

For a long time ebay was my go-to but ever since they allowed free listings, it seems like all I ever find are the same overpriced games from the same sellers relisting for years on end, sometimes even putting the price gradually higher for some reason. Facebook marketplace I've only been lucky with once, it's otherwise the same problem - people asking a hundred for a game that's only worth fifty according to sales reports. Vinted, same problem.
Car boot / garage sales used to be a great place to find cheap games, but my local ones have changed the way they operate so unless you're also selling there's no point in even trying because buyers have to wait an hour for sellers to 'set up' (but half of the sellers can be seen browsing other sellers' stalls before that of course).

Is it just a case of hoping for the best these days?

There is no single place to find good deals, never was. online, fleamarkets 2nd hand stores and even retro game stores are places where good deals can be found.

It's just a grind. The more effort you put in the better the results. if you don't put any effort in you probably won't find many good deals.

Personally have allot more succes online, but do score good stuff in the occasional fleamarket retrogame con. even experts make mistakes in this hobby till this very day you can find some really amazing deals at quite unexpected places. knowledge is king in this hobby. not all info is on price charting or ebay sold listings.

still another thing to consider is if you'd rather work extra hours to get better job opportunities and buy games in not the cheapest places instead of deal hunting. might be far more cost effective in your scenario to do that instead of finding good deals unless you enjoy the hunt and it doesn't matter.

You gotto make finding deals part of the hobby enjoy it I'd say. progression going to be allot better this way. It's up to you, it's competitive out there.