Forum: Dreamcast Lounge
Topic: Thinking about selling my collection, Interested? How much is it worth?
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Yes, its time for me to part with my dreamcast collection. I am graduating high school in a few months, and will be starting college in the fall. I already have little time to play games anymore, and when i do play games its always halo 2. I simply dont have the time or intrests to play my dreamcast, or any of my other classic games anymore. So i am going to start selling off most of my collection, starting here.
I am posting this just to gage intrest, not to actually sell yet. The selling will be on ebay, and i only intend to sell these games as a set, not individually. Plese reply and tell me about how much you think i could get for the lot on ebay, and if anyone here would want to bid. 
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| _________________ Sega Surge Sega Surge Fourms |
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If you sold the games individually over time, you would get over 700. If you sell all of this in one big lot, I doubt the auction would break 400 dollars. You don't have any rare games, and most of the ones that are your most valuable, can easily be picked up somewhere else. | |||
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I agree.
If you were to seel individually you have a lot of games that arent rare but still sort after (speaking from a uk perspective). These would probably bid quite well on ebay, but there are no rare games to warrant someone buying the whole lot, and a new comer to the Dreamcast probably wont require such a large catalogue. |
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| i know everyone would like to see it broken up, however you may get more money, but it takes a much longer amount of time. Also if sold on ebay individually ebay would gain alot of your money (ad prices and %) i wouldsay you would get £250 - £300 thats about $500 i think. hope this helps, lozz. | ||||
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id buy a few things individually if your wanted to break it up.
i PMed you with the games im interested in. |
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Um, ditto for what Nikon and Masterchief said.
From my experience selling and buying (mostly buying) on Ebay, you will lose your shorts selling that collection as a lot. You would be far better selling some of the games individually. There are some games there that would be better sold in a lot, because individually, they won't generate that much interest. Following are the games that if I were you, I would absolutely not sell in a lot. They are: SF: Alpha III Sega Bass Fishing 2 Skies of Arcadia King of Fighters Gigawing San Francisco Rush: 2049 Gundam Side Story: 0079 Seaman Wacky Races Daytona USA Death Crimson OX Outtrigger Metropolis Street Racer Dead or Alive 2 Soul Calibur Sonic Adventure 2 Even with Ebay's fees, you would be far ahead listing those individually, if they're in good condition. Plus, it's really easy to do, and you can sync up all of your auctions to start and end at the same time, if you want. I'm currently selling 3 Dreamcast games on Ebay individually, and the combined price is over $70, with another $10.50 for shipping and Ebay fees. Please keep in mind that it's just a suggestion. Oh, and if you're still set on selling them as a lot, please let me know when they're going on Ebay... |
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I know it's strenuous, but please, do yourself a favor and resist the appeal of selling in a lot for the reasons that all the posters above me posted. I am interested in a number of your games, but, me, a high school gamer like yourself, cannot drop a huge wad of cash for a collection of games where he has about 50% of the list. | |||
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| im sorry if i sound like an ass, but i cannot help but think some of you guys are purely wanting him to break the lot up due to personal gain.I know you guys have been saying that it will benefit him but he clearly states that he wants to sell them as a set. anyway thats just my opinion. Also i would advise posting this on www.dcforums.co.uk they have a section purely for sales and trades. lozz. | ||||
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@ lozz - noone talked with presure 2 him and you dont sound like an azz. Its simple ever better 2 splitt a collection - thats the way you can get and make some more money. My advice is: dont sell all your stuff. Hold the best games by yourself - special the games which gave you the most expiriences. If you are selling all you will defnitly kick yourself in some years. Why I was so stupid and sold that and that and that... game. So pick some games outa ur collection and sell the rest alone (the good ones) and the others in packages.
The dude which would get your collection for a minimal prize (I dont think you reach 400 $) as a full set- will for sure splitt the stuff and sell it in portions like all said before. |
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lozz wrote:
im sorry if i sound like an ass, but i cannot help but think some of you guys are purely wanting him to break the lot up due to personal gain.I know you guys have been saying that it will benefit him but he clearly states that he wants to sell them as a set. anyway thats just my opinion. Also i would advise posting this on www.dcforums.co.uk they have a section purely for sales and trades. lozz. Personal gain? Relax, it's not like that. We're trying to see him make as much money as possible and not regret it later. I already have originals of pretty much every game on his list except for one or two of them, so personal gain for me is not what this is about. The last thing I need are more duplicates. However, if he did list it as a lot on eBay, there are a bunch of people who would buy it to break apart and relist for more. I haven't done that yet, but I know people who regularly do that to bolster their income. If he wants to sell it as a lot, that's certainly his choice. |
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Well it is very hard to sell something like this and not regret it later. If dwachill has moved on from games in general or is completly done with the Dreamcast then he will have no problem selling this stuff. However if he still has interest in the DC he will regret it later on in life. Video Games in general are not all that expensive. When you consider the average amount of money someone makes when they have a job, and what bills are, a game collection is not worth a lot of money. dwachill could barely pay for 2 weeks of food, and his college books with the money he will make from selling these games. It would cover about a third of a months rent.
The fact is that so much time and effort goes into compiling a game collection, and tracking down certain games that to the owner the games are worth so much more. I consider my own personal collection to be priceless. To me it is worth so much, yet if I went to sell it I would barely get enough money to cover the amount of time and effort I spent putting it together. When you are selling your collection, it is a lose lose situation. |
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| _________________ I'm already numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list... |
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The deal is, i have moved on from playing games, with the exception of the new stuff. And generally i only play those because i am facinated with the technical end of a game, and what developers are able to to with graphics and whatnot. Most of my time now is spent working in graphic design, bulding websites and such, because sooner or later i am going to have to make a living doing that kinda stuff. Theres just not enough time for me to play games as much anymore, and i had rather play brand new games when i have the time than older ones. Its not an issue of money, im just selling them because i dont want them anymore and its better to get some money out of them than have them sit in a box and rot.
Thank you all for your help in this matter as well. I am going to think on this for a little while, but i think i will end up selling individually and if and when i do, i will give the OC community the chance to buy any games they want before i go to ebay. Ill make a post in the auction thread at the top when i get ready to sell. BTW: i am not only selling my DC collection. After i finish selling that, i am moving on to the rest of my collection which will include SNES, NES, Saturn, N64, Jaguar, 2600, and PSX games. So for the collectors out there, keep your eyes open, i have some hard to find items in my collection. |
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| _________________ Sega Surge Sega Surge Fourms |
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Ehhh yea well, only post Dreamcast related stuff in the auction thread. Since I won't be opening up this site to sales of all types of consoles. Dreamcast stuff only in the auction thread. Thanks.
If people want anything else for other systems that dwachill is selling please contact him personally. I don't want this subject matter extended past this reply. This topic has in some respects breached into the territory of why the auction thread was created here in the first place. |
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| _________________ I'm already numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list... |
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No problem nikon. I was refering to ebay for the other stuff anyways.
You can go ahead and lock this topic now, i have gathered the feedback i needed. |
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| _________________ Sega Surge Sega Surge Fourms |
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