Your take

[rayne315]

So I have the opportunity to buy a wholesale lot of ~2000 (according to him 2036) ps2 games with ~800 (834 according to an itemized list he has) individual titles for a little less than a buck a peice but the kicker obviously that the items are 100% untested and 100% disc only. The owner has NOT gone through the titles and taken out the expensive games and claims all have light to heavy scratches with no cracks and sent me a few picks of just the front side of just some of the games, some had stickers, scratches, and some had part of the front label removed. The seller accumulated these items from places like video game stores/video rental stores/ect that went out of buisness in my area and has been holding onto them hoping the video game market would go up in price so he could sell them for more but has become tired of waiting. I know this person, not personally but a good friend of a good friend of mine, so I know he will not screw me over and me and my good friend will be allowed to count them and make sure they are all games and not videos.

I have the money to outright buy it all but also do not feel comfertable spending all that money. I have a very good relationship with my local gaming store and will be selling them ALL WORKING DUPLICATES if I go through with this.

So my question is do you think there will be any upside to this?like will I be able to make my money back? Or should I avoid this deal?

and no Individuals he has it set in his mind that he wants to get rid of them all as they are taking up aLOT of space.

If you feel like I may have left out any necicary details please say something and I will add what i know.

EDIT:

He is asking $2,000 even for it but says if the count isnt exactly 2036 then hed minus the difference. So a quick calculation is 98.23 cents a peice but i suspect he will take a buck for each missing to make it easier.

As for preference I would test each game I intend to keep/sell and buy blank cases for the working ones I would keep. Sell the working doubles loose and probobly keep the ones that dont work because I intend to get a disc buffer If I buy this, just to see if I can get them to work. and at that point throw out/give away what does not work.

[telly]

How much is he asking for the lot, if you don't mind sharing (maybe give a range or something)

Also, I was wondering if you were wanting to get back the cases and manuals for these games at some point? That might take a while to do, but I don't know what your preferences were haha 

[Warmsignal]

Disc only, I'd say no way. PS2 is abundant, relatively cheap, and usually complete. Not to mention of 800 unique titles, maybe just maybe 250 - 300 of them would be solid but that's being generous. Lots of filler and junk on PS2. Sounds like most of them are not in good condition, either. The only really valuable PS2 games in a disc only condition would be the survival/horror titles everyone is after, but scratched up, probably only worth about half the average. Everything else is going to be pretty low.

I wouldn't do it. Not even sure that I would take them for free, because just selling that much undesirable stuff is a headache in itself.

[dreama1]

So I have the opportunity to buy a wholesale lot of ~2000 (according to him 2036) ps2 games with ~800 (834 according to an itemized list he has) individual titles for a little less than a buck a peice but the kicker obviously that the items are 100% untested and 100% disc only. The owner has NOT gone through the titles and taken out the expensive games and claims all have light to heavy scratches with no cracks and sent me a few picks of just the front side of just some of the games, some had stickers, scratches, and some had part of the front label removed. The seller accumulated these items from places like video game stores/video rental stores/ect that went out of buisness in my area and has been holding onto them hoping the video game market would go up in price so he could sell them for more but has become tired of waiting. I know this person, not personally but a good friend of a good friend of mine, so I know he will not screw me over and me and my good friend will be allowed to count them and make sure they are all games and not videos.

I have the money to outright buy it all but also do not feel comfertable spending all that money. I have a very good relationship with my local gaming store and will be selling them ALL WORKING DUPLICATES if I go through with this.

So my question is do you think there will be any upside to this?like will I be able to make my money back? Or should I avoid this deal?

and no Individuals he has it set in his mind that he wants to get rid of them all as they are taking up aLOT of space.

If you feel like I may have left out any necicary details please say something and I will add what i know.

EDIT:

He is asking $2,000 even for it but says if the count isnt exactly 2036 then hed minus the difference. So a quick calculation is 98.23 cents a peice but i suspect he will take a buck for each missing to make it easier.

As for preference I would test each game I intend to keep/sell and buy blank cases for the working ones I would keep. Sell the working doubles loose and probobly keep the ones that dont work because I intend to get a disc buffer If I buy this, just to see if I can get them to work. and at that point throw out/give away what does not work.

Not really. It's a acceptable deal but more chance of loss for you. Did you actually check through them to see if it had any rarities? How about duplicates? How do you know half of them are not sport games? Worth a few nickles.

Oh it's not boxed. God no run for the hills. If it sold for a dollar each he's doing well for himself.

[rayne315]

What would recommendations be for what to offer him? like the most you would pay?

[Warmsignal]

As I hinted before, I wouldn't take em' for free. Seriously. I'd run away from that lot, unless you are able to go cherry pick titles you want for a dollar each. But only if you really know your PS2 stuff.

[scarface88fg]

The games with the part front labels removed are dead, scratches though the top label are fatal to PS2 games in many cases.

[soera]

I love the ps2 and I wouldnt even consider that lot. $2000 for a lot of disk only games is way too much. You are going to end up with a metric fuckton of sports/trash games for sure.

[turf]

I love the ps2 and I wouldnt even consider that lot. $2000 for a lot of disk only games is way too much. You are going to end up with a metric fuckton of sports/trash games for sure.

What's the conversion of metric fuckton to lbs?

[kamikazekeeg]

While not a terrible deal, even if you can make some money back, unless there are a lot of good games...even then, I just can't see getting disks only.  So many of them are not gonna be in good condition and all the work required to have the ones you do keep displayable I just don't think will be worth it.  Unless you know you could definitely make your money back on the ones you don't keep, I'd pass.

[DreamsDied13101]

I know instant collection lots are so fun to purchase, but I agree with the rest of the comments. In the end you would have some serious buyer's remorse from this lot.

[kamikazekeeg]

It would be different if this was a lot of CIB games or at the very least, proper cases for each one, because I think thats an important factor for disc based games.  Cartridge games can get away with being loosely bought.

[dashv]

I would buy the lot and wallpaper my game room with the discs. Just glue those suckers directly to the wall. Or glue them to a table top and cover them with a plate of glass.

As others have said, I would not buy them expecting to find a hidden gem in working condition.

[davifus]

Discs on Disc on Disc on Disc on Disc

I dont know man.

[disgaeniac]

I love the ps2 and I wouldnt even consider that lot. $2000 for a lot of disk only games is way too much. You are going to end up with a metric fuckton of sports/trash games for sure.