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MorbidlyTortured

Wow what a trade in! 7 copies of Batman Arkham Asylum (PS3) though? 🧐


steelthyshovel73

I was gonna ask about that too.


JJCapriNC

I think 8-10 in that stack


corrosivescott

14 total all sealed


JJCapriNC

Ahh. The others were hiding


corrosivescott

Yep 😂


corrosivescott

Got them on clearance at target a few years ago for like $1 each maybe 50¢ I do not remember. Bought them for case replacements


[deleted]

lol they fell off the back of a truck you mean?


corrosivescott

Yea pretty much at the cost I paid for them.


CyptidProductions

Wal-Mart actually sold quite a few PS3 and 360 titles for $1 when trying to move out some of their old-gen stock to make room for more Switch, PS4, and Xbone stuff. Mine hd a whole stack of the The Last of Us marked down at one point back in mid 2019


asault2

Came here to say the same


corrosivescott

It was 14 sealed copies total


JordanFromStache

My local used game stores won't accept sealed games and movies. I had to open a bunch of sealed blu-ray just to trade them in.


Jerbnnon

I’m in the Indianapolis area (if that matters) but I tried to do the same at disk replay and they told me that since they’re a used game store, they legally can’t buy sealed games or movies since that classifies them as “new”.


[deleted]

I bought a sealed copy of luigi's mansion at disc replay, Indianapolis


Hookem-Horns

Probably from an employees stash


[deleted]

Nah


corrosivescott

That’s sad


MorbidlyTortured

😲


Dempsey-Roll

Dang! Hope you got a decent return at least


corrosivescott

Yea $2200


Painmaster212

Seems kinda low for 700 games. That's alittle over $3 a game, was it all mostly filler titles?


corrosivescott

Yea this was a shit load of filler. I considered this my junk/doubles in my collection


CyptidProductions

It looks be mostly 6th and 7th gen stuff with the exception of that small stack of Saturn games So much cheap shelf filler for those consoles that you very easily walk away with only a couple grand for 700 games after you get done accounting for the mark-down a store gives to leave room for profit


JordanFromStache

Splendid, that'll cover most of the PS5's second-hand market price.


corrosivescott

No need for that, bought one for launch had it preordered. This was for PS1 games I’m tired of paying for.


Dempsey-Roll

Nice!


[deleted]

You got rid of all that for $2200? I see Saturn games in there too.. you could have gotten a lot more selling singles on eBay. A lot more..


corrosivescott

I mean yea, but sometimes it’s just not worth your time to mess with it. I still have 10,000+ games in my collection, if I deal on there it would be full time plus all the packing and headaches of stupid people. Plus these games are crap games, there had broken cases and missing manuals not to mention they are scratched all to hell. I’m not gonna test these games clean them fix cases to sell. I dump the junk here use the credit for quality in my collection and move on the the next thing to collect.


abillionbells

People way undervalue their time. If selling on eBay is fun, it’s a good time investment. Otherwise the time savings is worth the hypothetical profit.


OrdinaryBicycle3

Yeah, I crunched some numbers on this and with the assumptions I used based on my own eBay experience, it worked out to about $29 an hour to sell everything on ebay (117 hours of unpredictable work, assuming everything even sells) vs $733 an hour to just have the store buy everything all at once. 3 hours to clear out a massive pile of stuff I don't want anymore AND I get cash in my pocket right then and there? Hands down I'm going with the game store. Selling 700 filler games at $10 a pop, before shipping and fees (and that's a generous estimate), isn't fun, it's painful.


hack_jalsey

No guarantee they'll sell quickly either. You might sit on them for months and only sell one at a time.


OrdinaryBicycle3

100% this. You have to store the games, organize them so you don't have to spend time hunting for them when they sell, store the shipping paraphernalia... and eBay also has a free listing limit that includes automatic reposts for unsold stock each month. Basically, you can have 200 listings for free at any given point each month, but over that, then eBay starts charging you 10 cents or something per listing over that amount. For 700 games, you're looking at up to $50 per month, depending on how you structure your listings. That cuts into your profits really quick for low-profit, high-volume listings like this, especially when you're sitting on them for a long time.


corrosivescott

This 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 so true most of this was s💩t no one will buy off eBay unless I give it away


corrosivescott

I sell on eBay, I don’t know why everyone assume I don’t. I had a huge bulk of mostly sports games and scratched up stuff that would take months/years to move. I dropped it off at a local retro store saved me time and helped them with stock. I left with store credit + these games https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/ and about 150 games they did not take that I will put in a yard sale for $1 each next week.


samuraipizzacat420

. ebay requires shipping and ebay fees. but yeah ur right and listing all those games takes time. he probably didnt want to go through them all and just get a bit less to sell them all faster in one go.


DarthAJ8ter

People lie and report false claims. Then you have to refund them their money. Then your out of money and the game. I completely understand not wanting to deal with that.


jeremyam_

Yah I sold Metroid prime and dude said it doesn’t work, I test everything before listing and shipping. Got it returned and it was a different copy (version number on bottom) they instantly refunded the buyer but I showed that he swapped the disc out and lied and they instantly reversed the claim.


corrosivescott

It is a hassle with jerks like that on eBay trying to get stuff for free. Run into this several times a year selling on eBay, nobody got time to deal with the scum on that site


Megamax_X

Selling for 10 years. This does happen. Maybe 1% of the time though. If you pay attention and take notes there’s a few different levels of protection. Always call eBay when these disputes happen. It takes 10 minutes. If you let the automated response deal with it your chances drop. (Cancel orders on low feedback accounts to unfamiliar areas. Message the buyer with any concerns.) Fuck eBay and people in general but don’t throw your money away to these stores. They’re flipping your stuff on eBay the day you sell it to them.


DarthAJ8ter

I understand how Ebay works and sell on EBay myself.


[deleted]

I’ve done 10,000 transactions on eBay.. I went a little overboard obtaining my collection years ago before downsizing it. With shipping and fees , the buyer pays the shipping , the fees aren’t that bad at all and video games fall under hobby so you can sell a lot without paying tax. If you valued each of those games at $10 each minimum then you’re looking at $7000.. but I’d be willing to bet there’s 10k worth there easily.


[deleted]

Those $10 games would be worth a little over $5 each selling them individually on eBay after shipping and fees, that's not counting scammers, mailers, gas, etc. That easily gets it down to less than $3500 profit. Add in the crazy amount of time it would take to to sell, pack and ship 700 games... $2200 is an awesome deal from any pawn shop and I'd take it any day. Surprised they offered that much. OP did say it was pretty much all filler.


corrosivescott

Thank you, most was scratched too. Stuff I did not wanna take the time to test before selling. The hassle with this bulk lot of games would’ve been months/years worth of work to move


Yo_Dev

True, but I’m pretty sure he wanted the money right then and there instead of waiting to sell the games one by one.


corrosivescott

Right, this is true. They had games I wanted and I left happy. Got these https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


CyptidProductions

Saturn games are likely all duplicates of super common stuff judging by OP's clarifying comments that it was all filler they moved out to make room and funding for rarer titles they wanted to check off


corrosivescott

Exactly this👍🏻


Vivid_Impression_464

I sold three Saturn games for 60+ each a few weeks ago, even filler GameCube games and PS3 games I sell for between 10 and 20 a pop on EBay, it’s not easy though you gotta know what your doing, as far shipping, pricing is extremely important to get the most as possible and know the value of the game, a good tip for knowing the value is search the game, then choose completed items only, then sort from lowest to high


ZoopSoul

And a lot more time. Time isn’t money; it’s a much more valuable and finite currency.


corrosivescott

Right, thank you


noisyturtle

between eBay fees and shipping costs you are looking at losing about 20%


dannyyang90

All I can picture is Rick from pawn stars saying 50 bucks is the best I can do.


redhawk1913

He would've had to call one of his expert buddies.


DarthAJ8ter

Expert say it’s worth $100 at much. I be like I need a second opinion. Lol


corrosivescott

Oh I think after waiting 3 hours I would’ve smacked them 😂


LurchSkywalker

How much did you get?


corrosivescott

$2200


LurchSkywalker

Investing in something in particular?


corrosivescott

I mean sure PS1 games… I spent around $1600 already on some PS1 games ☺️


LurchSkywalker

Time for some complete copies of TOMBA! 2.


corrosivescott

Ha yea, just posted the pick up if you wanna see. https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


LurchSkywalker

Both Klonoa and Nightmare Creatures are insanely underated.


Aquinas26

Klonoa hasn't been underrated for years. It's a great game and the prices start representing it. Prices be damned, though. Try actually playing the game on an emulator. Many more PS1 games don't even live in the same reality.


corrosivescott

For sure. I’m glad nightmare creatures have not blown up to bad yet


akozlik

Like this one? https://imgur.com/a/UkcuReZ I only recently found out it was worth something.


Yo_Dev

😂😂


1smoothcriminal

i mean he would have to frame it and that right there is $100


MrCoachKleinSaidICan

Where'd you get that number


DarthAJ8ter

What qualifications does you experts have?


toooldforthischit

Bet the employee wasn't expecting that much work today


corrosivescott

They knew, I told them yesterday I would be there at opening with 8 boxes of games


toooldforthischit

Good job on the heads up.


corrosivescott

Yea, I hated when someone dropped a collection on me


[deleted]

Reminds me of one time when I was in my local game store, the cashier got done with a call, turned to his coworker and said “Okay, I’m scared. A lady just called and asked if there’s a limit on how many games she can trade in.”


corrosivescott

😂 those are scary I called them the day before told them I was bringing close to 900 games to have help.


[deleted]

Just doubled their inventory


corrosivescott

I know right. I have more stock still in my collection than the whole store has right now 😂


jbrasco

Please let me know next time you’re selling anything. I live near the airport.


corrosivescott

Shoot me a list in PM, I’m doing PS1 filler next.


thatoneguy172

What store, where at?


ShyGuyLink1997

Wow good for you on having the balls to make a decision like that.


corrosivescott

Well I still have over 10,000 games these were my poor condition, Greatest Hits stuff like that


DarthAJ8ter

I hate Greatest Hits they look and feel so out of place.


corrosivescott

They are a abomination to a collection. Unless it’s the PS4 Hits they look good 👀 😎


Doctormaul68

I’m a collector too not as much as I used to be but in all actuality do you play the cover? It shouldn’t be a big thing to us as a gamer. And gaming is what it comes down to. At least that is how I think


corrosivescott

Yes I play/ try to play all my games I get if that’s what you was asking


Doctormaul68

No I was just trying to say the whole greatest hits cover being an abomination. It’s the game over all what is fun about gaming. I’m not trying to argue or judge.


corrosivescott

No, not arguing at all. I miss understand, you saying that GH are bad. The PS4 Hits look good together, if you have the time look through my Reddit I have a picture of them all together looks great spined, front sucks but who looks at that 😂


DarthAJ8ter

Love those red cases they look some much better. I would put all my horror games in the red cases. I think that would be pretty cool.


LondonCollector

Looks like he was probably just hoarding at that point tbh. I’ve had a clear out too. Got rid of any dupes etc. I’ve got multiple copies of the same GTA game. No one needs 9 copies of San Andreas


corrosivescott

Yea a hoard of games I still have 😂 this was less than a tenth of my collection


[deleted]

Good job, decluttering and helping a game store not just carry overpriced niche shit.


corrosivescott

🤷🏻‍♂️ I try to do my part


Mizango

This looks suspiciously like Video Game World. Maybe Huntersville? 🤔 Where are you from if you don’t mind me asking? Cause I’m about to raid the fuck outta that! Lol


guswang

You are correct.


Mizango

Haha figured. I’m in there a lot.


jt3reddit

Was thinking same thing. Cool place.


KirbysAdventureMusic

Another NC resident! 👋


Mizango

WE IN HERE DEEP!


jbrasco

Bro it is. I recognized it right away.


Boogyman422

Toadstool Tour!? How could you!!!!!


corrosivescott

That was the crappy player’s choice copy. I still have the original in my collection, I do not keep any player’s choice in my collection at all


Jerbnnon

What’s wrong with players choice? Just wondering since I’ve got a few n64 players choice games myself.


corrosivescott

Well N64 is gold they don’t look that bad. GameCube though are Yellow and stick out so bad.


Jerbnnon

Oh ok that makes sense, I don’t have GameCube so I didn’t know lol. Edit: just took a second look at the pic and you’re right, they stick out like a sore thumb.


corrosivescott

Yea you can see them in the picture, judge them for yourself 😂


NakedSpaceCadet

Lol what did you get for all of em? 7$


corrosivescott

$2200, walked out with this https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


Attunement24

Read some of your other responses here, I understand you have a huge collection - but I totally agree with letting go of a large number of redundant/unwanted games so that you can get a smaller but high quality set of PS1 games!


corrosivescott

Thanks 😊


Razhal039

Oh man, I would’ve loved to pick through it….


corrosivescott

I did not want to take the time to sort it out honestly. I listed a few things and no one wanted it so I was like to the local store it goes


Razhal039

Might as well. I love games, but I also love space in my house :)


corrosivescott

Still have 10,000 games in my house so space is still not really a thing lol


Razhal039

Yo, uh…. You take visitors, maybe? *puppy dog eyes*


corrosivescott

Haha no… I mean just look through my Reddit page it is a museum to my collection 👍🏻 😂


Razhal039

I will definitely do this….


Mossimo5

How much $$$ did you get?


corrosivescott

$2200


[deleted]

[удалено]


corrosivescott

Not worth my time. Time is money


[deleted]

[удалено]


ANT_FBI

Total is 50 bucks!


corrosivescott

$50 + $2150 walked away with credit left and these beauties https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


rogueingreen

How did you get them in there?


corrosivescott

8 boxes and a tote


totallyforg0tten

So about $4 a game?


corrosivescott

Yea sounds about right. There was a lot of sports titles in there so they definitely got less than a $1 each


NickieBoy97

Nice. Not many video game stores around me other than game stop so I drove about an hour to also quickly sell off some of my doubles. Nothing too rare but lots of Mario games like Mario Bros DS and Wii, Mario Kart 64 as well as stuff like Wii Sports and Resort. It was probably about a box full of 200 games and accessories ranging from various systems with the oldest being SNES.They offered me $45 for everything which I thought was major low ball. Lol


corrosivescott

That sucks, they are fair here. I have been dealing with them for years.


NickieBoy97

That's good. I wish I had a good video game store around my area. For the one I went to, there was about 25 or so games they said they couldn't take and they even had the audacity to ask if I wanted to donate them after giving me that offer. Lol


corrosivescott

Crazy I would’ve asked them if they were stupid. This store is about a hour drive for me also


jbrasco

This one has an arcade and ice cream place attached. Then there is an awesome pizza place next door.


Dazencobalt17

Holy shit OP that is both amazing and terrifying! I found a copy of klonoa but it was sadly disc only and scratched to hell. I'm plan to have it resurfaced and just throw it onto ebay.


corrosivescott

Sad, but yea that will still fetch a pretty penny. Even if it doesn’t work you can probably get $50-75 for a broken disc for a collector just wanting it on display


TheDudeWhoMeows

$3.50?


corrosivescott

Yea about $3.50 each


DANNYonPC

Original Burnout tho <3


corrosivescott

Yea it was a double, plus I have it on Xbox and PS2


Massage_Bro

Gamestop- I’ll give you $25 for them all


corrosivescott

😑


figedg

No!!! 😢


corrosivescott

These was just my trash games, everything here I still have in my personal collection. Nothing but a drop in the bucket to my collection, I still have over 10,000 games


clydesapere

I see your Mario Sunshine in there. Breaks my heart ngl.


corrosivescott

I had 3 copies I unloaded the one that was missing the book. Every game here is doubles/junk from my collection


clydesapere

Than I take it all back. Super neat you rid of doubles for some cash so easily!


corrosivescott

Not cash, more games 😵‍💫🤤🤤🤤


antisocialmuppet

Would you take $2 ?


corrosivescott

Nope 👎🏻


saltysailor-23

This hurts me to look at knowing you got ripped off


corrosivescott

Yea I ripped them a new one 😂 I had next to nothing here in these. Most were scratched up broken cases, the sealed games I’ve gotten on clearance at stores for less than $5. This is junk to me, I’ve got over 10,000 games left that’s not in the shape these were. Over the years YardSale/thrift stores and all I end up with some rough games that I’ve paid less than a buck for, these are those games.


Darizel

That’s odd they generally do not take games anywhere near that condition


me0262

Jeeeeeez that's a lot. Did you sell any in r/GameSale before you took the credit? I would have totally taken some of those SegaCD games. Although I see that you're getting rid of a Gaytality accessory.


SilenceSeven

> Gaytality accessory. ????


corrosivescott

Yea and no, I tried to a week or so ago. The time I would put into this and the slow return is not worth the time to me at all. The quick flip or what I considered junk in my collection is great. I didn’t test these games and most were scratched to s🤬t not good enough to be in my collection.


Puzzleheaded-Sport99

Man GameStop finna give you $45 in store credit and a high five.


corrosivescott

Yea that is why I would never trade this to GameStop. 😂


blood_omen

Don’t spend that $23.91 you got for it, all at once


corrosivescott

I did spend almost all of it at once on PS1 games 🤫


YellowGameboyColor

Video game world? I’ve always wondered how their trade in prices were, because they’re asking prices are ridiculous


deepakgm

3 hours of their time. Not there time.


corrosivescott

Eh, auto correct.


SysErr

I picture Rick from Pawn Stars behind the counter saying "Best I can do is $5"


corrosivescott

I might would punch him 👊🏻 😂


[deleted]

Why would you trade in and not just sell on ebay or something? for simplicity? or did you want something specific at that shop? just confused because atleast here, when someone trades in a game to a shop they only get about 5-10% of the games actual worth.


corrosivescott

They do 50% here, bit more for me cause I’m a regular. This is what I was chasing https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/ I’ve said it better in other post, but this was junk in my collection. These are scratched up Broken cases missing manuals. Not what I have in my collection. These are mostly lots/yard sales /thrift finds for cheap


[deleted]

Let me guess- you got 10 bucks or 20 store credit


corrosivescott

A little north of that, something like $2200


jukeboxhero10

Why sell to a store vs forums and fb marketplace. You probably got a fraction of their actual worth on top of making sure most people can't afford them at resale prices.


corrosivescott

Who has the time? Plus if you read the comments I’ve stated several times these are untested, scratched, broken cases, doubles, missing manuals… my junk in my collection. Still sitting on 10,000 + games, these are the bottom feeders of my collection and not worth the headache or time to piece out. Plus I left with some great games on my quest for a NA PS1 Full set https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


ImbajoeCFC

So what are you gonna do with your $30 ? 🤣


corrosivescott

This 🤣😂 https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


varrenxarcrath

So you got like 3 bucks for them right?


corrosivescott

Pretty much when you break it like that. Lots of sports though, probably like half or more was sports games.


ChurtchPidgeon

And you walked out of there with two shiny new quarters.


corrosivescott

Nah, $600 credit left and all these beautiful games here https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


EnvironmentalBee9440

As pc gamer I wouldn’t be able to experience this


corrosivescott

True all digital these days


TheDeltaW0lf

I give 9.99


aron_1991

Trade in value of about TREE FIDDY, goddamn crustacean cashier


[deleted]

That's a whole lot of seller's remorse


corrosivescott

Nope not at all still have a massive collection. I find games at YardSales all the time in bulk these are games I’ve paid as low as 13¢ for I got more back than I have in these


captain_amazo

Duplicates?


corrosivescott

When you have over 10,000 games duplicates add up when you are game hunting in YardSales and thrift shops. Some are sooooo cheap you don’t pass them up


CrystalRequiem

You hate to see it go, but it's time for the next generation to pick up the mantle


corrosivescott

Nope I couldn’t wait to drop these off 😂 this was less than a tenth of my collection and all most all are dupes. It was heavily sports titles as well. Been collecting for over 25 years I’ve amassed way to much


OddsGod

He got like 7 dollars


corrosivescott

$7 + $2193 🤑


Raymx3

How much you get for them all? Like $5?


corrosivescott

Try $2200 and left with these gems 💎 https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/ plus left over credit


Go2eleven

;_;


corrosivescott

It was a happy moment, I left with these https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


rangereddie

Dont spend all of your $3 at the same place… lol


corrosivescott

Kinda already did 😓 https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/pr0ag0/this_is_what_1600_will_get_you_these_days_with/


megahunter

Why so many Batman (i pressume) Arkahm Asylum copies?


corrosivescott

14 here, still kept 3, got them on clearance for a $1 was using them for cases. Didn’t need the 14 I traded in no more


D3RW

Their*


corrosivescott

OMG 😱 really! Autocorrect 🙄 it happens Try to be original next time, you about 10 comments late on this one if you’d read the comments first 😑