Selling NTSC collections ins and outs

[shmuppet]

Thanks for the add.

Anyone (UK based) sold their collection to importers? Ive had enough of the torture bay dance and the fact that Facebook marketplace is obsessed with PAL games.

I've got a solid collection of spares to move along, JP, US, PS1, 2, Saturn, good stuff very little filler if any. Im going to ask a few sites..videogameimports, genki., games galaxy up in Consett....just wondered if there were any recommendations, and what sort of price hit am I talking?

Oh and i'll list them here in the trading section.

[Wools]

When I sold my collection back in the late 00's (I appreciate time has moved on!) it took over a year of selling individual games on NTSC-UK, Rllmuk and eBay. When I sold off the hot ticket items, I gathered bundles together and sold them on the same 3 places. It was drawn out and I had to put up with a lot of ****, but eventually, I got rid that way.

In recent years, I've found eBay to be brilliant for single games and consoles if I list as an auction, have no reserve, and a large amount of cash for postage, always sending through 1st class signed for or special delivery, as there's less chance of people playing silly buggers. I've had loads of messages like 'Will you sell it for X' or 'Postage is high mate, how about 50p?' but you just ignore and carry on. Facebook marketplace, unless it's for free or for selling furniture, I wouldn't touch with a barge poll for selling electronic goods or games. I tried to sell an old Apple Watch through there several years ago and got lots of requests for 'My brother will come and collect and give you a cheque' and a Motorcyclist (Well, he was in all leather) told me to **** off when I told him it's Pay Pal only and I've already sold it.

I feel if you list your games here, you'll get some nibbles from us lot and as long as it's not taking the piss price wise, you may get some offers in.

[shmuppet]

When I sold my collection back in the late 00's (I appreciate time has moved on!) it took over a year of selling individual games on NTSC-UK, Rllmuk and eBay. When I sold off the hot ticket items, I gathered bundles together and sold them on the same 3 places. It was drawn out and I had to put up with a lot of ****, but eventually, I got rid that way.

In recent years, I've found eBay to be brilliant for single games and consoles if I list as an auction, have no reserve, and a large amount of cash for postage, always sending through 1st class signed for or special delivery, as there's less chance of people playing silly buggers. I've had loads of messages like 'Will you sell it for X' or 'Postage is high mate, how about 50p?' but you just ignore and carry on. Facebook marketplace, unless it's for free or for selling furniture, I wouldn't touch with a barge poll for selling electronic goods or games. I tried to sell an old Apple Watch through there several years ago and got lots of requests for 'My brother will come and collect and give you a cheque' and a Motorcyclist (Well, he was in all leather) told me to **** off when I told him it's Pay Pal only and I've already sold it.

I feel if you list your games here, you'll get some nibbles from us lot and as long as it's not taking the piss price wise, you may get some offers in.

hiya, thanks for the reply its appreciated

im finding no bites on ebay and ive got some really good stuff, its more down to me wishing to slim down rather than offload filler..im talking quality ps1, 2, saturn shmups, some great usa ps1 and 2s..cave shooters, treasure, konami, no tat!

ill get some photos up, i think my prices are decent but im maybe not the greatest expert that way. I know ntscuk is gone but rllmuk is a good shout, i might register over there again. And list here too

facebook i kep getting offered the usual scams, thats a dead duck. Honestly embarrassing over on that platform.

[endo]

ill get some photos up, i think my prices are decent but im maybe not the greatest expert that way. I know ntscuk is gone but rllmuk is a good shout, i might register over there again. And list here too

NTSC isn't completely gone- it was reborn as this place.

[wakka]

Ebay is the only place to really find a big audience.

The problem is that you're competing on price with plenty of professional sellers who are happy to sit on high BINs for a very long time until they finally get a bite.

If you just want rid though, you can get it moving fast on there. Plenty of full time Ebayers will snap your stuff up fast if they think they're getting enough of a deal to make a decent margin out of reselling it.

Personally when I've gotten rid I've always tended to price stuff a bit below market rate just to get it moving.

[shmuppet]

Cheers for the replies, i think ive priced pretty low, i could post the list here ..im just working on uploading some photos.

[Wools]

hiya, thanks for the reply its appreciated

im finding no bites on ebay and ive got some really good stuff, its more down to me wishing to slim down rather than offload filler..im talking quality ps1, 2, saturn shmups, some great usa ps1 and 2s..cave shooters, treasure, konami, no tat!

ill get some photos up, i think my prices are decent but im maybe not the greatest expert that way. I know ntscuk is gone but rllmuk is a good shout, i might register over there again. And list here too

facebook i kep getting offered the usual scams, thats a dead duck. Honestly embarrassing over on that platform.

Yeah, get it posted here & see what nibbled you get!

I feel if you want top level offers then eBay is your best bet, but you’ll be dangling that line for awhile. Example: I had several Saturn games listed last year for close to their top rates and got nothing. So I listed the starting price for them to be the lowest price they’re currently going for and the set it as an auction. Some games got snapped up at an okay price, others exceeded their previous best!

It takes longer and it’s a risk, but I found eBay is the best for selling, as long as you list a low price to get the auction started (Accepting the game may sell for your low price) and then hoping the auction frenzy starts!

[shmuppet]

List going into the trade section shortly

[egparadigm]

shmuppet you need to put this in the trading sub-forum, assuming you have access.

[shmuppet]

I will yeah I was just showing the stuff I was on about, sorry ill remove the list

[phillv85]

I’ve got a huge amount of stuff to get rid of and contacted a couple of stores. Doorway to Dorkness, while they didn’t see the collection in the flesh, gave a rough estimate that was between 1/6 and 1/4 of the top end retail price of the collection in trade value. I wasn’t looking for a huge amount, but that was too low. I then got in contact with Vintage Gamer who asked for more photos and lead me along a bit before ghosting me.

At this point I’m going to sell some of the better stuff on forums before offloading the rest in bundles on eBay.

[fuse]

For all of the shopping that I do at some of these places that are being listed off, I weirdly never thought about selling to them, but it bears thinking about and I'd certainly be keen to understand how everyone's gotten on with some of them on this front. Even ballpark figures like above are interesting to see. I'm aware I don't tend to sell stuff very often, but I'm now at the point where I have a lot of duplicates of things that serve even less of a practical purpose than the rest of the collection (I think I probably don't need all 6 copies of Gradius Gaiden), and I do need to shift some of it off. And uh, not to put too morbid a spin on things, I've also had to recognise that I probably need to leave some kind of instructions or a plan about what to do with my stuff if I were to drop dead.

[shmuppet]

I'm getting nowhere fast with them, if they were filler I'd give them away buy I cant even sell Espgaluda, thunder force 6, dino crisis ntsc usa, etc. And my reasons are entirely morbid, I'm suddenly feeling like possessions are just weight

[phillv85]

In fairness, now isn't really a great time to be selling higher end imports. With the cost of living people have less to spend and on top of that there's domestic pressures on the US and Japan. The US market is still depressing after blowing up during COVID, so a lot of people are waiting for lower and lower prices, and the value of the Yen has crushed the £sterling value of a lot of Japanese games. It also feels like PAL games are going through somewhat of a resurgence at the moment and people are focusing on things closer to home. All these things have been great for me buying up relatively cheaper Japanese games, but I feel for anyone trying to sell right now. I think, luckily for me, low end games are far less affected due to shipping prices not changing. A £5 game being 30% cheaper than it was is nothing when shipping is still £12. A £400 game dropping 30% = me with an unhealthy bank balance

I think, unfortunately, if you want to get rid quickly you're going to have to take somewhat of a bath on them. If you're not in a rush I'd just keep plugging away selling them as people are ready to buy.

[shmuppet]

I think ive honestly priced them to btake a bit of a bath, im losing money on all of them tbh, its more about space and mental decluttering than hard profiteering - defiitely open to offers and multi discounts etc. Ive been grabbing photos too to entice people, ill put them here too just to show the games off.

here they are

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YWf4XtVSKn3ZoSC28