I have been selling a ton of SNES boxed CIB that are in average condition and using the funds to buy very near mint copies of SNES boxed CIB that I really care about. Games I have recently got in near mint include Super Mario RPG, Mega Man X, Castlevania 4, Secret of Mana, Yoshi's Island, Legend of Mystical Ninja and Legend of Zelda. I'm looking to try to get Chrono and Super Metroid in 2025.
I’m hoping to continue adding crazy stuff into the collection in 2025! Hoping this is the year I find even better scores. Good luck on your journey this year! :)
I can relate to the sentiment of this video so much. Much like you, the first step for me was to stop buying the filler items I don't care about, then stop prioritizing "deals", and start prioritizing key titles I want for my collection.
Honestly I've been going through the same process the last two months. Not selling everything extra I have, but just trying to hold back from buying things that are kind of interesting, priced undermarket, but not what I'm actually looking for. I've passed on three games that were good games, good prices, and in my wheelhouse... but just not what I really care about and not what I want to focus on right now. I can't tie up that much money for maybes, or games I'm not passionate about owning. I definitely bought my fair share of "good deals" just because they were good, and probably won't get rid of them anytime soon. But I just renovated my game room and put up new shelves, and now I have a stack of stuff in one corner that is the sell pile. Went through everything and took out all the stuff I truly didn't care about or want while putting things back and filling the shelves. Now I've gotta do the work of selling them. Good luck on your consolidation!
It's important to keep priorities straight. Last year I realized that I was buying tons of stuff just because I would trick myself into thinking "it was a good deal" every time. By the end of the year I had spent so much that it ended up hurting my budget for things I truly care about, so I sold a lot and I made a new resolution to only buy things that are really important and I can't purchase them later for the same price. Wishing you luck with downsizing!
I think this is a great idea, however I see some hurdles for you. Don't hang onto things if you can't get top dollar for them. Some money in and out of your space is better than no money in and more clutter! Good luck, I'm rooting for you to get this done. :D
you got this Greg!! love seeing content around your collection and pickups. still waiting for the next collector's diary vid - your biggest fan from the shadows
2025 is the year all things are possible, Greggy. Your goals are sound and I can hear the excitement of getting your ship in order. Feels good dude. Grats on XRP ya nerd!
Greg I love what you are doing with selling off the games that are taking your space up to fund a grail. I can relate because recently I sold some junk mixed with games and my Dreamcast, psp collection in order to fund a grail of my own. I got the halo 2 statue that was issued to GameStop. I have to say nothing was more satisfying than downsizing the collection/ selling junk and acquiring something that I would consider to be priceless. Ultimately I still collect games but it not as much now bc it brought me so much satisfaction.
I totally resonate with this, i look at my shelf and pick up random items and i say to myself "why on earth do i own 4 copies of flushed away for multiple platforms"
I'm in the same boat. I slowed down on making content. I've been doing a lot more crypto/stock trading. This year is definitely looking like a good money year. I sold a large portion of my collection last year and I'm more on the quality trend.
I think that's an excellent approach, having a singular target for all that work! In 2024 I made huge headway in liquidating the "junk" (mostly games, but some other random stuff accumulated over the last couple of decades). I plan to continue that into 2025 and get my collection just really organized and purposeful.
Awesome video Greg I totally get where you’re coming from and one of your videos. I believe you had a factory seal one piece game I’d be interested in that if that’s something you would be interested in selling cheers to a better 2025🍻
My issue with buying games I actually love is it’s that much harder to flip. If it’s a game I don’t necessarily care for I can sell it with no emotion attached. A good buy which turns into a good sell is easier for me when I don’t have any personal attachment to it.
Curating a collection is something I’ve been doing over the past few years. All my money was being tied up in video games and I wanted to pursue some other hobbies. Golfing has a sizable entry fee. Also I started really getting into records. Paid $50 for Dark Side of the moon. Dropping $200 on like 10 vinyl is way too easy lol.
@ lol I have gotten better about curating. This will probably be all I'll have for a while. I don't have that collecting itch like with video games where you just added things to have them. Record prices have matured so much of the popular titles are reprinted and readily available. That Fomo doesn't exist for me. And I'm not that much of a music geek that I'm chasing new releases all the time. I think it also helps that I'm not engaging with the collecting scene either.
You are eloquent and have a good speaking voice so I think kinda like a radio host any video will be good to watch. Not like there are other graded videogame channels. Will be here for it either way :). I do admit I am also guilty of junk purchases. I mainly do them to resell but due to the low liquidity I think I could probably allocate my funds elsewhere to make some less profit on more liquid items to make more in the long run.
I was going to sell one of my Grim Fandango WATA games through Heritage, they told me they were really interested in having it in their PC auction but that I had to submit $5k worth of games, since I am new to the graded video games collecting I don't have anything near that value, so this was a shock to me. Do you all have any suggestions, I don't really want to put it on eBay or something like that, there are enough comps for me to determine what I should do as far as eBay or a Private Sale.
Have you thought about putting up a website / Shopify store? Might be a good way to sell your excess product and get much as you can for it since eBay takes a fee. Plus subscribers like me would be able to purchase something from you which goes back into supporting the channel.
Wooooooow... love you, Greg... but I thought *I* had a collecting problem.😂😂😂 No disrespect. Plenty of stuff I have that I no longer want. Mostly because of no longer loving a certain game, book, film or TV show over the years.😂😂😂
The "good price trap" as you call it* is a sure sign of hoarder sickness tbh. I got rid of most of "whatever" stuff during the pandemic and am still evaluating what to keep and not, and I'm only buying off my list, staying focused. And yeah, you're continuing to explain basically my sentiment as well. You and others who have been into flipping and grading have probably a lot of games from the pandemic when everything _seemed_ to have value. Are you set for life on crypto btw? Even if, it's smart to use selling as motivation to get a SMB1. You'll get it. And btw, did your gf have a say in this downsizing? 😂
Absolutely not set for life with crypto haha, but a sizeable sum to the point of wanting to make smart decisions with the money and continue to build it up. Hopefully in another 5-10 years we can talk about crypto millionaire lol.
@@Odinoian what I was holding did a 6x so just needed to diversify into other stuff, remove some funds, and so some day-trading to capture some of that profit "right now" in case the price did suddenly swing back the other way!
@@kneelbeforethelord917 I personally go with CanadaPost and pay for expedited shipping. I generally skip paying for heavy insurance as it won't make a difference anyway if customs decides to destroy the game haha (always a small risk). Just package securely and cross your fingers haha. I wish I could be more reassuring, but with Canada and customs there's just always a bit of risk.
You are using your noodle now Greg! Mission Mario is what I've been telling you for a while now and glad to hear you're going to get rid of the extra crap you don't need. Now stop being a crypto bag holder and unload it and take your profits before they outlaw crypto and it becomes totally worthless.
I have soooo many amiibos. Bought them up thinking they would be super limited and they kept making new ones and reprinting the old ones. Now i have a bunch of sealed amiibos that sit in my closet taking up space and are not worth anything. Also no one wants them
As someone who has been trading and investing the last 25 years. Buy a little at a time, hold, accumulate and always take some profits. Trading is for suckers. Most lose everything in the end. Most are way too emotional, you can’t have any of it to be successful. And the “should and could have’s” means nothing in the end. With collectibles buy what you enjoy or love. Forget about the money. Best asset class will always be property and real estate. Don’t be a fool and keep renting while buying all this crap.
Because I did CIB and loose for like 10+ years alongside sealed and haven't done a full-on purge. Just remnants from a different collecting period in my life haha.
Simple enough for me: avoid the bullshit. I have boxes of stuff that I literally bought to speculate on. That needs to stop and get rid of the stuff I truly don't want.
I'm in BC and lots of retirees are here and lots of them have large collections of music, movies, video games etc. I help people get things gone, opposed to getting maximum value. I buy collections and then resell them. I explain to people what their stuff is worth, what the reality of selling it is, and what I'm willing to pay. With video games, I pay 50% to 60% of ebay sold value. Some people prefer to sell their stuff themselves and some people just want the stuff gone. I imagine you're in the former and not the latter category but just incase you're interested in something like that and you don't have collection purchasers in your area, I'm interested.
What are you hoping to achieve (or avoid!) this year with collecting!?
@GetTheGreg i want more matte sticker Super mario bros 😂 and hopefully a sealed SMB1(whatever print or condition)
Ocarina of Time (CE) and Majora’s Mask (CE) VGA 85+
Idk about what I want. That changes. But I still need to be better about not buying placeholders. There's no fucking point. And I keep doing it.
@hw5091 ahhhhhh. I think I like placeholders still. They kind of act like a hedge to the market.
I have been selling a ton of SNES boxed CIB that are in average condition and using the funds to buy very near mint copies of SNES boxed CIB that I really care about. Games I have recently got in near mint include Super Mario RPG, Mega Man X, Castlevania 4, Secret of Mana, Yoshi's Island, Legend of Mystical Ninja and Legend of Zelda. I'm looking to try to get Chrono and Super Metroid in 2025.
I’m hoping to continue adding crazy stuff into the collection in 2025! Hoping this is the year I find even better scores.
Good luck on your journey this year! :)
I'd still love to see a video of you showing off every graded game you have. I understand you're busy downsizing, but it would still be fun!
I second this.
Third
4th
Most definitely
I can relate to the sentiment of this video so much. Much like you, the first step for me was to stop buying the filler items I don't care about, then stop prioritizing "deals", and start prioritizing key titles I want for my collection.
Honestly I've been going through the same process the last two months. Not selling everything extra I have, but just trying to hold back from buying things that are kind of interesting, priced undermarket, but not what I'm actually looking for. I've passed on three games that were good games, good prices, and in my wheelhouse... but just not what I really care about and not what I want to focus on right now. I can't tie up that much money for maybes, or games I'm not passionate about owning. I definitely bought my fair share of "good deals" just because they were good, and probably won't get rid of them anytime soon. But I just renovated my game room and put up new shelves, and now I have a stack of stuff in one corner that is the sell pile. Went through everything and took out all the stuff I truly didn't care about or want while putting things back and filling the shelves. Now I've gotta do the work of selling them. Good luck on your consolidation!
Good luck on your consolidation as well!
It's important to keep priorities straight. Last year I realized that I was buying tons of stuff just because I would trick myself into thinking "it was a good deal" every time. By the end of the year I had spent so much that it ended up hurting my budget for things I truly care about, so I sold a lot and I made a new resolution to only buy things that are really important and I can't purchase them later for the same price. Wishing you luck with downsizing!
@@Versiris it's always fun hearing how many other people deal with these exact same issues haha. Hoping you can stick to your goals here for 2025!
I think this is a great idea, however I see some hurdles for you. Don't hang onto things if you can't get top dollar for them. Some money in and out of your space is better than no money in and more clutter! Good luck, I'm rooting for you to get this done. :D
you got this Greg!! love seeing content around your collection and pickups. still waiting for the next collector's diary vid
- your biggest fan from the shadows
2025 is the year all things are possible, Greggy. Your goals are sound and I can hear the excitement of getting your ship in order. Feels good dude. Grats on XRP ya nerd!
Cheers man haha!
Greg I love what you are doing with selling off the games that are taking your space up to fund a grail. I can relate because recently I sold some junk mixed with games and my Dreamcast, psp collection in order to fund a grail of my own. I got the halo 2 statue that was issued to GameStop. I have to say nothing was more satisfying than downsizing the collection/ selling junk and acquiring something that I would consider to be priceless. Ultimately I still collect games but it not as much now bc it brought me so much satisfaction.
I totally resonate with this, i look at my shelf and pick up random items and i say to myself "why on earth do i own 4 copies of flushed away for multiple platforms"
The 2006 BAFTA award nominated DreamWorks classic film adopted into a video game?
If course you should own 4 copies!
I'm in the same boat. I slowed down on making content. I've been doing a lot more crypto/stock trading. This year is definitely looking like a good money year. I sold a large portion of my collection last year and I'm more on the quality trend.
Good luck bro! I'm in a similar, albeit smaller, situation. Gonna consolidate for high grade Tetris NES!
Let's take a second to appreciate not only Greg's collection but his hair as well.😎
👦
Selling games to get more games is my kinda content 💪
I think that's an excellent approach, having a singular target for all that work! In 2024 I made huge headway in liquidating the "junk" (mostly games, but some other random stuff accumulated over the last couple of decades). I plan to continue that into 2025 and get my collection just really organized and purposeful.
I bet it feels awesome to have both the physical and mental space cleared up!
@GetTheGreg it does! And then I reorganized that space and realized I had a bunch more to sell! 😅
Sounds like an adventure, I will follow for sure and good look to ya man, hope you get what you seek ❤
Awesome video Greg I totally get where you’re coming from and one of your videos. I believe you had a factory seal one piece game I’d be interested in that if that’s something you would be interested in selling cheers to a better 2025🍻
Rudy also does long 30 minutes TH-cam unedited vlogs that basically promote selling of his inventory to viewers Almost daily.
What Rudy is able to do is an art form lol
My issue with buying games I actually love is it’s that much harder to flip. If it’s a game I don’t necessarily care for I can sell it with no emotion attached. A good buy which turns into a good sell is easier for me when I don’t have any personal attachment to it.
This is very true. For flipping specifically, waaaayyy easier to buy things you don't really care about.
@ good luck obtaining your Mario this year!!
Hope to see more vids soon! Love ur stuff
Don't trade meme coins Greg! Trust me, lol.
Never have; doubt I ever will haha.
A 9.4 A+ SMB actually sold on Goldin eight days later for $15,860. Obviously a better deal for the buyer, but still a good chunk of money.
Ah right, I forgot about that one! That makes me feel even better about the 15k goal haha
2025 LESS STRESS, SELL MORE.
IM IN THE SAME BOAT...
Good luck with the consolidation 🎉 It did hurt a little to see those Pokemon booklets thrown down though 🤣
Curating a collection is something I’ve been doing over the past few years. All my money was being tied up in video games and I wanted to pursue some other hobbies. Golfing has a sizable entry fee. Also I started really getting into records. Paid $50 for Dark Side of the moon. Dropping $200 on like 10 vinyl is way too easy lol.
Sounds like we'll be seeing your "it's time to downsize my record collection" video in the next few years haha 😅
@ lol I have gotten better about curating. This will probably be all I'll have for a while. I don't have that collecting itch like with video games where you just added things to have them. Record prices have matured so much of the popular titles are reprinted and readily available. That Fomo doesn't exist for me. And I'm not that much of a music geek that I'm chasing new releases all the time. I think it also helps that I'm not engaging with the collecting scene either.
You are eloquent and have a good speaking voice so I think kinda like a radio host any video will be good to watch. Not like there are other graded videogame channels. Will be here for it either way :).
I do admit I am also guilty of junk purchases. I mainly do them to resell but due to the low liquidity I think I could probably allocate my funds elsewhere to make some less profit on more liquid items to make more in the long run.
Great video! I’m for more content with less editing. Now we just need games on the market to talk about 😂
I was going to sell one of my Grim Fandango WATA games through Heritage, they told me they were really interested in having it in their PC auction but that I had to submit $5k worth of games, since I am new to the graded video games collecting I don't have anything near that value, so this was a shock to me. Do you all have any suggestions, I don't really want to put it on eBay or something like that, there are enough comps for me to determine what I should do as far as eBay or a Private Sale.
For context, it is an original release PC Jewel Case version of the game, 9.6 A grade.
Really great stuff my lord
This video needs a trigger alert for long time collectors.
Hahah you yourself have gotten rid of some really nice stuff the past year or so. Just downsizing overall?
YT videos = more quantity and less quality
Collection = less quantity and more quality
You have so much random items haha but im here to watch
2025: the year of selling everything. RIP
@@nathanxevans it's all ogre
🤝 haha i love this, cuz i just sent off half a dozen boxes to SACK's favorite consignment service. 🤝
Have you thought about putting up a website / Shopify store?
Might be a good way to sell your excess product and get much as you can for it since eBay takes a fee. Plus subscribers like me would be able to purchase something from you which goes back into supporting the channel.
The GOAT is back stronger than ever 💪
As always, Quality over Quantity
Wooooooow... love you, Greg... but I thought *I* had a collecting problem.😂😂😂
No disrespect. Plenty of stuff I have that I no longer want. Mostly because of no longer loving a certain game, book, film or TV show over the years.😂😂😂
Mission Mario. This is going to be a fun year on the channel.
We wanna see a Greg workout video.
A Greg video?!?! It’s a Christmas mirac….oh it’s new year already
I liked that one
I wish you good luck to get the Mario Bros you wish. You can do it!
The "good price trap" as you call it* is a sure sign of hoarder sickness tbh. I got rid of most of "whatever" stuff during the pandemic and am still evaluating what to keep and not, and I'm only buying off my list, staying focused. And yeah, you're continuing to explain basically my sentiment as well. You and others who have been into flipping and grading have probably a lot of games from the pandemic when everything _seemed_ to have value.
Are you set for life on crypto btw? Even if, it's smart to use selling as motivation to get a SMB1. You'll get it. And btw, did your gf have a say in this downsizing? 😂
Absolutely not set for life with crypto haha, but a sizeable sum to the point of wanting to make smart decisions with the money and continue to build it up. Hopefully in another 5-10 years we can talk about crypto millionaire lol.
@@GetTheGreg Just had to tighten some knots during a certain event this December? I remember you said alarms went off and markets dipped?
@@Odinoian what I was holding did a 6x so just needed to diversify into other stuff, remove some funds, and so some day-trading to capture some of that profit "right now" in case the price did suddenly swing back the other way!
@@GetTheGreg DAYUM! Ok, that was smart then
What's the best way about sending my sealed Pokémon Gameboy Advance game to wata from Canada?
@@kneelbeforethelord917 I personally go with CanadaPost and pay for expedited shipping. I generally skip paying for heavy insurance as it won't make a difference anyway if customs decides to destroy the game haha (always a small risk).
Just package securely and cross your fingers haha. I wish I could be more reassuring, but with Canada and customs there's just always a bit of risk.
It takes a lifetime to sell if you wanna get a good price
Truth. I've accepted I'm going to have to take a bath on some stuff and it just is what it is.
I got Zelda BOTW Wii U, UKG 95 and I was worried about spending $500 on it...
2025 should be the year I send my nis N64 Ocarina of Time to be graded and sold.
@@TheKesslerFoundation it'll definitely grab a solid amount assuming it's in nice shape! Make it happen!
Where is the Neogeo AES ?
I don't think I've ever even seen one of those in person haha.
OMG, you actually showed a Canadian Gears of War 2 on camera
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS CHANNEL 😂
Happy New Year man
Hahah starting the year with a hearty "Bonjour!"
HNY man!
Oh god. I remember in a live stream you talked about why you have avoided trading crypto.
Hahaha I went in deep again 😅
Can I get a Joe Cain in the chat for Mr. Greg and his Mario mission?
For a second there I honestly thought we had lost Greg to crypto 😅
i didnt know you were rich rich 👀👀
Here's some validation for your: I listen to you for your years of built up knowledge of the space, not necessarily fancy edited videos.
Excited for 2025! Wasn't SM64 a higher priority for you? $10k should easily get you a 9.4!
It's actually not. I didn't grow up with sm64 so I don't have that added nostalgia for it.
@ Oh I see. Can't go wrong either way!
I graded a copy of samurai deeper kyo. It got a 9.8 A+ and I can't give it away
Haha that big dvd I have in the box is from the game + dvd bundle. It's largely worthless, yes 😅
You are using your noodle now Greg! Mission Mario is what I've been telling you for a while now and glad to hear you're going to get rid of the extra crap you don't need. Now stop being a crypto bag holder and unload it and take your profits before they outlaw crypto and it becomes totally worthless.
Thank you Canadian consolidation company
I have soooo many amiibos. Bought them up thinking they would be super limited and they kept making new ones and reprinting the old ones. Now i have a bunch of sealed amiibos that sit in my closet taking up space and are not worth anything. Also no one wants them
Dude, those are exactly the types of things that I no longer want in my life. Selling those off sounds like a major pain...
Can i buy some games?
XRP is currently forming a bull flag🚀🚀 when will you do a short video about xrp?
As someone who has been trading and investing the last 25 years. Buy a little at a time, hold, accumulate and always take some profits. Trading is for suckers. Most lose everything in the end. Most are way too emotional, you can’t have any of it to be successful. And the “should and could have’s” means nothing in the end. With collectibles buy what you enjoy or love. Forget about the money. Best asset class will always be property and real estate. Don’t be a fool and keep renting while buying all this crap.
That mario 2 sign is sick, real and retro?
Yes it is! Got it years ago from another collector in a trade!
@@GetTheGreg Gotta be worth a few 1000s of dollars
Pokemon box is on the list going out? Sheesh
I think I'll keep that one haha, it just happens to be lumped in with other crap at this point which is a testament to how messy things are 😅
does this mean you're finally gonna sell me your extra Digimon world 2
Mmmmmmmmmmm.... No.
there was fancy editing?
I hate you
Why do you have so many cibs and loose? Doesn’t it make you feel icky. I can’t buy those types anymore. The only CIB I care about is Chrono Trigger
Because I did CIB and loose for like 10+ years alongside sealed and haven't done a full-on purge.
Just remnants from a different collecting period in my life haha.
Sell me those sealed N64 games
I think your camera is out of focus
Classic camera
Firsttt!!!
Simple enough for me: avoid the bullshit. I have boxes of stuff that I literally bought to speculate on. That needs to stop and get rid of the stuff I truly don't want.
I’ll give you $1000 for yoshi
@@rickd6476 lol SOLD!
i accept "worthless" video game packages, dm 4 address :)
I hate stuff. I want no stuff.
@@leeartlee915 you are the enlightened one
I've been collecting like you're talking about heavy. 🤮🤮🤮🤮
I'm in BC and lots of retirees are here and lots of them have large collections of music, movies, video games etc. I help people get things gone, opposed to getting maximum value. I buy collections and then resell them. I explain to people what their stuff is worth, what the reality of selling it is, and what I'm willing to pay. With video games, I pay 50% to 60% of ebay sold value.
Some people prefer to sell their stuff themselves and some people just want the stuff gone. I imagine you're in the former and not the latter category but just incase you're interested in something like that and you don't have collection purchasers in your area, I'm interested.
I appreciate you putting the offer out there!
@@GetTheGreg Good luck with the sales!
I like it. I think it should be last print zelda for nes though haha