The Best Place To Sell Stuff?

WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 20 Mar 2002 Karma :

i'm 100% certain you will all say ebay, but this requires a certain amount of effort involving much brown paper, stamps, sticky tape, and visits to post office to weigh stuff that i could really do without, especially as im not here during the week

was wondering if any of you had experiences with places like cash converters, and if you tend to get ripped off badly in places like this

mainly its computer games i wanna sell, cos ive got a stack, a real stack, that i never play, half of them i have never played and dont even like Razz

spending money is bad

i understand some games shop have a trade in feature, do you get a decent rate on this? would i be right in thinking you would get a higher value in store credit?

yeh, so selling stuff, best way?
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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

Ebay!

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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

You'll get offered something really shite for PS2/pc/xbox etc etc games from places like that, when it comes down to it they can only really sell them for a tenner or so, most of the time its less. So you'd get offered something ridiculous like a couple of quid.

They are in it to make money, they won't offer decent money for anything, they rely on people desperate for money to flog them stuff cheap just to get cash, a bit like a pawn shop, only you can't buy the stuff back!

Best bet really is ebay, and for games you can easily jiffy bag up and stick in post box with stamps on.
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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

Places like Cash Converters aren't worth it. At all.

Ebay really is the only place you'll make a half decent amount of money.

WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 20 Mar 2002 Karma :

guess thats decided then

/me goes to buy brown paper

unless anyone is willing to do all the selling for me for a small fee? Razz

name it...
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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

List them on here first, you may get a few taken.
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WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 20 Mar 2002 Karma :

i always list stuff on here, and there is always fuck all interest in my geeky possesions Razz

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Smoto Bob · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Karma :

i will have those boot is they fit me alright Smile

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Mr C · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Karma :

I normally trade games at the shop - it's zero hassle and not a bad deal

a 40 quid retail game might net you £20 trade in but what the hell if you've played it for more than a week then consider it a rental fee

if you enjoyed it and finished it then it owes you nothing

much less hassle for an extra couple of quid for the games anyway
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Stew · Posted: 00:25 - 02 Jul 2004 Post subject:

Wow, Mr C. actually gets the way it is supposed to be. Better than half of our customers that think because they bought a game for £40 18 months ago it must still be worth £30 when they want to trade it in again. Neutral

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

It's worth putting them into www.adtrader.co.uk possibly as a job lot, or as seperate items, I dunno it's worth a try as it is free anyway.

I'd get all the listings ready with Turbo Lister, then come a free listing day on eBay I'd list them all.

Mr C · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Karma :

so Stew you work in this business then ?

tell me, how long do you think it can go on?

I see the secondhand games piling up in all the retailers, how long before they can't take any more or before the purchase prices fall through the floor ?
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Mr C, not long ... not long at all...

Blockbusters are knocking out good ish named games second hand for £4.99, I've seen brand new games for £4.99 in the hypermarkets (admittedly not good ones)

Play.com etc are selling brand new games for £29.99 (san andreas will be £29.99 and they are taking pre-orders I think)

Before long second hand games will be worthless!
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Stew · Posted: 01:35 - 02 Jul 2004 Post subject:

Josh · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

I guess I am one of the few people who likes to keep their old games.
I think it is great when after a few months(sometimes years) of not playing a game, you find it and have a few hours fun, and most of mine are multiplayer, and that never gets old.
I like my game collections, be it PC/N64/PS1/PS2
I couldn't part with any of them, not even Pokémon Stadium Embarassed

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WildGoose · White Van Man Joined: 20 Mar 2002 Karma :

i find that with some games, i always keep the games that have great memories of playing even if i know i'll never touch them again

/me looks at mickey mouse castle of illusion on the shelf, his first ever mega drive game Razz

the games im getting rid of are all games, i dont wish to play, or are crap, i went through a stage of buying games that i knew wouldnt run, when my pc was gettin older and older, it was stupid really, buying something you would get no use out of, i intented to play them all when i got a new pc, but now i have a new pc, i find my tolerance for games has gone down and a game needs to be really special to keep my attention, so i have lots of these unwanted never used games

terrible really, such a waste of money, but no one says i was very clever Rolling Eyes

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karen_moomin · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2004 Karma :

I sell books and Cd's on Amazon. I've made a coupla hundred quid and it's better than ebay - you don't pay fees on things unless you sell them.

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Old games good.

Last week I was playing shining force 2. This week I've been playing goldeneye. Next week its a toss up between sega really and sonic 3+knuckles.

McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

Shining Force 2 is brilliant. Brings back a lot of memories.

Amazon marketplace is good if you're happy to wait for the money, Ebay is better for a quick fix.
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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

In some ways Ebay is great, but in some ways it isn't, I mean I am selling a skateboard on there and so far the bidding is only up to £15, granted I only paid £50 for it, but it's obviously going to cost me more to send it through Postage and packaging really. Mad

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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

Thats why you get them to pay for p&p as well...
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Well no one is making you sell it, and if you want to charge £4.95 for something which the postage will cost more than thats your look out is it not? You can always just tell it buyer pays postage and packaging and not put a number in, so you can get it pacled and weighed and let them know when the auction ends.

People are more than happy to pay a reasonable postage charge, and assuming it's going to be reasonable people don't really mind that much it only being told to them after the auction.