I Finally Sold (most of) My NES Collection
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- A decision 5 years in the making, I have finally sold off most of my NES video game collection... Let's talk about it!
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Have you ever sold a large amount of games before? How did it go? What would you recommend or do differently?🤔
The grind of full set collecting catches up to you, it’s hard to keep at something for years and years. Kudos to anyone who continues down that path but full set collectors are becoming rarer and rarer
I have done it multiple times now (as a part-time collection buyout/ reseller person). I have developed a system on how to buy collections based on the average value per item in the collection. If it's a premium collection, the average value per item is usually $50+, which means a majority of the games will be easy to sell individually. Those collections I can usually go between 50% - 65% of value when buying them.
Lesser collections are full of filler games that lower the average value per item significantly, sometimes to less than $20. These collections I don't even go after anymore due to the difficulty in making my money back. If I do buy them, I am usually offering 40% of value or less.
I did buy a collection that was near-full sets of N64 and GameCube a couple of years back, and I STILL have games left over from that buyout that have not sold individually. However, it was from a friend who understood my process, so I still did okay in the end. Both parties were very happy with it.
ABCs - Always be Selling.
I never stop selling homeboy.
I've been reselling games from FB to Ebay and average about 28% return on average. As mentioned in the video that's about 10% of 200%+ ROI games skueing the data, removing outliers might be around 15%. Hardest part is finding someone willing to sell at 60% value. Make about $30k/yr and is definitely a part time job amount of hours.
I'm in the process of selling my collection and agree with everything you say it is a slow grind alot of time spent selling stuff individually. I just been grinding away on it daily, spend an hour or two each day taking pictures and creating listings but stuff will sit there for months not selling even with a decent BIN price and all. The higher valued items I been doing 7d auctions on and having decent success, though the number of deadbeat bidders not paying up after seems to be increasing which is very annoying!
an honest youtuber giving updates about his collections- nice!
Nice breakdown and good use of excel as usual! I’ve been in the process of liquidating items too. It feels good to move the unwanted/untouched/unloved crap for stuff that you will like!
After watching this video, seeing the price in your spreadsheet, the timeframe of the sale and the fact that you used Ranier Consignment, I can confirm 100% that I have your old copy of Cheetahmen II. With a few more bidders that could have easily swung another $1000 your way, but for whatever reason nobody else was interested. Thanks for giving me the chance to own it, it is the crown jewel of the collection and something I plan to hold onto for a good long while.
Hey that's actually so awesome to hear! Glad it went to someone who cares instead of just being flipped right after haha.
A lot of those really rare games are fickle at auction because like you said, just depends who shows up at that exact time!
Sold my collection of nes and snes, over 300 items, earlier this year for around $4000 between two local independent stores, price chart had it at around $10000. When I did the math it was about what I figured I would get, there were a ton of systems and controllers that weren’t really worth much and a lot of titles that were worth like $12. I didn’t want to be stuck with piecing out all the cheap stuff, so I just pulled the trigger, I was happy with the outcome. I got most of the collection like 30 years ago from other kids for whatever money I had in my pocket at the time.
I cannot remember the last time I sold something and did free shipping (seller pays shipping). I have not found that to increase the amount buyers are willing to pay AT ALL. I always list items at or below market value plus shipping. I think buyers have become accepting of the fact that shipping is no longer free (unless you're Amazon, and even then, the buyer is indirectly paying for that through their membership).
Shipping was charged separately actually, I just presented all of the numbers with it combined to make it easier for everyone haha.
Ahhhh. That makes sense. @@GetTheGreg
There's plenty of anecdotes and opinions about selling collections (whole or piece by piece), it's refreshing to see actual data and some context for it.
Fantastic video, buddy! Thanks for the shrinked Battletoads box. Also, I absolutely love the Mario 64 water stage music! Nostalgia overload!
Cheers man!🥳
Great video. I appreciate the fact that you get it. There are so many people out there who expect to get 100% of market value or more for their large collections. Just recently found a local dude was trying to sell his collection of DS games. He had some great titles in there but pricecharting had it valued at around $2300 and he wanted $4500!! He said that his games were worth more than what pricecharting said, which I could appreciate when you’re dealing with mint condition cardboard for nes/snes but for DS, eBay sold listings are an pretty good indicator of value.
I tried to explain to him that if he wanted to sell his entire large collection to one buyer he should expect to get around 50%-70% of value because that person would have to put in the work to resell some of it, but he just couldn’t get it through his thick skull.
Majority of people selling games have to learn the hard way how it actually works haha. Once the games sit for months without selling they become more receptive to advice!
I gave up collecting NES years ago, the prices just got insane, been hoping the market would crash. Still have about 200 unique games.
Prices certainly became a factor as I looked at my list of games I still needed, and it was easily going to exceed $20,000 despite only needing like 100-150 more games.....
That side table with big box Diablo on it 👀
I like these types of videos dude, keep it up 👍
I am glad you have come to this realisation as I have once years ago.
I only collect upon games I fully intend to enjoy. There are many valuable games out there that I am tempted but do not own as I feel it won't be something I enjoy.
Keep it small and to what you feel is right for you I always believe
Well if you don't have a passion it's no biggie ...
Ultimately it better to be a player than a collector imo....
The NES is a way of life for me.
Enjoyed your vid.
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thanks for this honest take on buying and selling, yes eBay takes quite a bit of fees, but we’re also gonna get exposure to such a large market besides an auction house?
Have a great weekend, Greg
First off, greg is the king of spreadsheets.
I did recently sell my psp collection a few hundred titles. All condition wise from loose umd to sealed. I went ahead and pricecharted everything and the value was 2k. I ended up getting a fraction of that price. Met up local and the deal is done.
Would i perfer to sell them myself? Yes but here the catch first ive been slacking on listing them on ebay and second i have a time crunch where i need to sell quickly due life itself (moving and new career).
And your more than right in selling a game for under $15. Plenty of the titles i had were under that price and a big stack of sports as well.
For the reseller who bought them and will take the time to list and ship. Cutos to them. Probably will make a decent amount
Some time has passed since the deal and do i regret selling them all? The answer is no. Majority of the titles i had no connection to and man it feels so nice to have that space back.
as of now ive think ive sold around 500-600 games in total since the downsizing and still have a big chunk to move along.
Ps. I already have a modded psp so i can play all the titles via emulation.
Sounds like it's going great overall for you! There certainly is no "one size fits all" approach to selling so it's good to hear about many different examples of people downsizing!
WRONG GREG. I have no collection but I'd love to start. That's why I'm watching your videos!
It would be awesome if you did a "how to" video series for fledgling collectors.
When I was a kid sold my Pokemon Leaf Green for three bucks like an idiot because my deleted my save file. Every since then it's effected how I feel about selling off parts of my collection. I've still sold some games, but most of them are modern ones that can be replaced easily. Honestly if I could guarantee I could get some games back really easy then I would sell and rebuy from time to time, but because of how expensive and harder it is to get certain games I just decide if I let go of one then it's out of my collection for good that helps when selling it. Most of my buys are games I want to catch up on the games I missed out on when I was young so I don't sell too often.
Good on you for moving so much, even if you had to pay a little more. It's taking me forever, but I'm getting okay with just packing it up when I move. My arcade stuff does well but Switch is pretty consistent. Still have a ton left, but I'll wait. What I've sold will kick my ass in taxes as is.
Great vid as always man, very informative. Hope all is well 🍁
I watched your video where you explained how you were going to sell these NES games, and my thoughts on it were very similar to your conclusions here: I would have sold anything above $30-40 in value individually on eBay and sold the rest in bundles or to a local store. I was afraid that you were going to lose your butt on some of those sales (I'm looking at you, Othello).
Yup, I am glad I did it for the overall learning experience and data, but I would definitely do some things differently the next time around!
Probably shoulda taken everything under 20-25 to a game store and sold them for 5-10 a pop instead of taking a loss on a lot of them
Said it before, but our journey have been similar, except I wasn't set collecting. I stopped buying NES in 2017 due to prices and I sold most of my used games in the beginning of covid.
You shouldn't regret selling off a collection, even if you've worked hard on it. You're wiser now and can use that wisdom to warn others about the collecting mindset traps one can fall into.
I saw someone on FB saying they're gonna start collecting the entire PS1 library and I thought wtf are you doing dude... 😂
Haha truth! I feel like it's natural to be so excited and want everything when you're first getting into it and then slowly have the feeling of "oh god, I own a lot of crap" 😬😅
@@GetTheGreg yeah. And at any point you might go through a similar phase even with your current collection, or life pushes you towards a new phase as well. Most collectors I've talked to say having kids had the biggest impact on how they collect, considering, priority, time, focus, and budget. I know, also losing family members, as you may have to take on a different role in the family. You never know. So unless you are a stone cold investorino with excess resources, and even then, it's wise to be cautious and aware of times ahead. Not necessarily only to calculate and predict, but to be prepared, and maybe save yourself some trouble
Collecting games that are worth collecting and you enjoy playing is all good buying garbage games isn't at least to me.
How do you keep losing money on shipping? Are you not charging for the cost of shipping separately from (and above) the cost of the item? Or are you not charging enough for shipping?
Shipping is charged separately. I believe every CIB was put at $8 shipping, so when I say a game sold for $16, that's $8 bid + $8 ship.
I don't know who I would be without the Nintendo DS 🤔
I used to collect Yugioh cards but sold a lot of them, so I'm in similar position in a sense. I'm in the process of selling some of my remaining cards so I can buy a couple of my fav games!
I actually still passively collect for yugioh! One of my goals is a full 1st LOB set in PSA 9
Love them stats!
I personally bought your cib of Nobunaga’s Ambition 1 and 2, Goal 2, Bards Tale, Little Ninja Bros, Mickey’s Safari, Romance of the Kingdoms, Ferrari Grand Prix, Breaktime Pool and Tecmo World Cup. And I feel like I under payed for all of it. I guess granted a few might not have came from your collection but was just from the RainerConsignments.
I understand your in Canada and you kinda get screwed on eBay and your choice to use them. If you wanted to maximize profits you could have reached out to collectors directly in the community, since you actually have a decent size social media reach in the community. But I fully respect you and your decision. I love seeing these stats! And congrats on that big Zelda box sale! 🎉
Haha pretty sure allll of those came from me actually! Some of them I was happy with, but ones like Goal 2 sold for pennies in my humble opinion.
Happy to hear you got some good deals, though! 🥳
@@GetTheGregI wish I would have bought that mint hangtab Athena! 😅 definitely slept on that one
Congrats buddy.
Great video again Greg 🎉🎉
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Please consider a "this is what my dream collection would look like" video, i.e. what you would like to move the newly acquired funds towards to. Also: holy shit, the amount of man-hours required to move bulk loads of video games for a decent price by yourself.
mad respect u let it ride 🤘
I realized that collecting games was pretty silly, so I sold everything. I'm at the age where buying experiences, not things that just sit on a shelf, is way more important to me.
How old are you now, just out of curiousity?
@@GetTheGreg Just turned 40. Ancient, I know. I kept a handful of NES and SNES games that I grew up playing, but collecting doesn’t interest me anymore.
@@mr.horseshoe2301 ha, now that I'm 30 myself, 40 doesn't feel so distant 😅
@@GetTheGreg Time seems to go by much faster as you get older. It sucks. My advice to a young dude like you is to drop the things that don't bring you joy anymore and to prioritize staying fit and healthy. Take care!
Who did you use for consignment?
Rainier consignment! Anyone should be able to find them and their rates if they just pop it into Google. If you have a lot of expensive stuff, you could probably negotiate for a better rate, too 😏
Great content. I would be real happy with 75%. Got a $47,400 collection, I would unload it for 60% in a heartbeat.
Thanks man!
With your collection, how many individual items would be making up that value, roughly? I do wonder how many games is like "too many" when it comes to getting value for your collection all in one sale.
@@GetTheGreg 1,650 games = $34,700 and 81 systems = $10,700
Just a mix of everything, sealed CIB, loose. Same with the systems. It’s gotten out of control. Lol
Haha it sounds like you may be doing some trimming down yourself in the neat future!😅
@@GetTheGreg I may need to call Rainer!
You forgot to deduct all the taxes you have to pay unless you canadians still live in miracle world when selling on ebay
Brave decision, but I think the right one. How much of those proceeds do you think you’ll put back into your collection?
Probably like 80% over the next year or so haha
Funny but Golgo 13 was one of my favorite NES games to play as a kid
Haha ok ok, so YOU might buy a Golgo 13. But no one else 😅
AGAIN .... another great video!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Really baffled by the $2k for a Zelda box, even a nice one. I haven’t checked, but can’t you get a cib Zelda with a nice early box for $1000 or less?
Yea, I sold an 8.5 CIB 1st print for $1500 around the same time as that box sale. You'd have to hope that single box will grade at least a 9.4, and even then.... but I got paid so I didn't ask too many questions 😅
One other question (since you kept some stuff): how many cibs did you sell vs. loose carts? In my experience most loose carts are tough to sell. I recently was looking to buy a middling nes game….2 or 3 nice cib, over 40 loose. Guessing your cibs were more likely to exceed expectations than loose carts. True?
It was almost an even split of 100 and 100 actually between CIBs and loose. Maybe 90 vs 100 in favor of loose.
Yea, the loose stuff was all just bundled for the most part and it actually did pretty well. I think after shipping, fees and everything, the carts were only 19% under PC values overall. But yea, most of them were $5-$30 where there isn't nearly as big of price swings overall
@getthegreg - how did a Zelda box sell for that? What am Iooking for in my own? Is that lisiting still viewable?
I couldn't still find the listing as it was roughly 3 months ago that it sold. And PriceCharts didn't catch it as well, so all I had was that screenshot from the Reddit post I made back when it sold haha. (Same reason I didn't show the Action 52 or Drunkard Hu actual eBay listings. PriceCharts didn't record either of those, either.)
But it was just a Rev-A, round SOQ box that still had the wrap on it. Like I said, super nice condition - it was always going to sell for a big premium, but near $2000 is just silly. Around $1000 was more my actual guess.
For your own, it just has to be an early-ish Zelda box in amazing condition.
@@GetTheGreg Thanks for the reply! My Zelda is a 3rd print I believe. Round SOQ, not REV-A, 3 screws. Still has most of the wrap on it too with a KB stores price tag. Love your content. Keep up the great work!
Insane video man keep it up
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"if you go to a game store and they offer you 75% everybody would take it"....
r/gamecollecting would beg to differ. they would expect 98% of the game value from a game store.
This is absolutely correct haha. I can't believe I had such an oversight.
Or 110% because tHeY kNoW wHaT tHeY gOt
Greg how much is a Xenosaga Episode III MINT 95+ sealed worth?
95+ will cost how ever much a crazy person is willing to pay for it haha. Does it even exist?
I have one, it’s graded by a Uk based grading company called UKG. They’re usually quite hard to get grades that high, the thing is 👌
How much did the consigned take from that $15k collection.
Sorry in advance if I missed it.
it was roughly 8% + $4 per item. Then I also pay normal ebay selling fees of 14% or whatever.
It's the 28% collectible tax that made me not want to sell my collection.
What is the 28% collectible tax?
@@mrmojorisin8752if you bought a collectible for $100 and then sell it for $200, you pay a tax “up to” 28% of the $100 you made on the sale.
Wow u went negative with a sale? Thats crazy hahaha
Why would anybody spend more than a dime on a game like Hollywood Squares or Golgo 13, just confuses me...WHo are these people!!!
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Tell us what you kept.
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more money for the JPN budget
I heard Japanese games are the future
@@GetTheGreg I heard PAL games are the future
@@anniemaywholesale3288 they are the future's future
@@GetTheGreg isnt that what they said about your nes games?
did you have a marvelous time ruining everything
i know you have an ebay account , being that you wanted more value % , how come you decided not to sell yourself and use some1 else to do it for you
I live in Canada which gives me higher shipping costs overall which would have added up. In the end, I assume it would have been
with that said can't argue with you on that one , im in quebec so i know all about the exorbant shipping rates :( @@GetTheGreg
@@user-br9vc1fu3g oh yea, you know exactly what I mean then haha. It's brutal
Why would I care a boat
Fuck logged into the wrong account again
Thinking that you’d get 50% of the games’ value in a game store! Haha! That is quite delusional!
Game Stop give you 100 Dollar. Or 110 if you may want something from the store!.
I mean if you are not gonna play it, why buy it. Its like so many collectors love to push the narrative of, "im just collecting every Dreamcast game because its a passion project." It is funny how that passion project involves you selling a ultra rare game for 600 bucks, lol. Just be honest.
I disagree. Many do just collect for the sake of collecting while barely playing the games. Collecting is collecting, gaming is gaming. They don't have to overlap.
@@GetTheGreg I mean if you won't sell your collection that's one thing. Mean so many collectors of games say they do it just to do it, at least you just got tired of it which is understandable. So many say that, just to turn around and sell perfect 9 graded copy of Mario 64, lol.
Yea, a lot of people are fake about wanting to collect and only care about the money, I'll agree with that!