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5917762 No.5917762 [Reply] [Original]

>go to sell some old games on ebay
>cost more to ship than the games are worth
i fell for the meme again

>> No.5917789

Why would you offer free shipping?

>> No.5917797

>>5917762
>go underage shitpost again

>> No.5917798

I only buy games from Japan, not because i enjoy them more, but because UPS fees are stupidly high. A game from Japan with tracking is $5, and from USA is $25-30 without tracking. What the fuck burgers, your mailmans have limusines to make deliveries? why the fuck is so expensive?

>> No.5917804

>>5917798
>takes 60 days to arrive by cargo ship

>> No.5917809

>>5917804

actually not, Japan sellers send all games by airmail. So in worst scenario it takes like 10 days to arrive to your country and 10 more in customs. Is just burgerstain the ones jewing everyone with their postal service.

>> No.5917819

>>5917809
Do you live in a shithole or something? Postal shopping is cheap as fuck in the US.

>> No.5917824

>>5917819

>Postal shopping is cheap within as fuck in the US.
ftfy
And no, my country has less murder rate than yours burgerclap

>> No.5917826

>>5917762
I don't care. I don't know what to do with my money. $125k/year, senior software engineer

>> No.5917830

>>5917824
>>5917798
Palfags gonna yuropoor. I'm glad it's prohibitively expensive for our retro games to be exported to your country.

>>5917809
There are plenty of Japanese sellers who literally cargo ship. All the games with dirt cheap shipping come that way.

>> No.5917836

>>5917830
This nogger doesn't understand that a lot PAL TVs supported both standards as early as the mid 80s. I fucking hate clueless mutts.

>> No.5917842

>>5917836
No they didn’t. Sorry all the games you played as a kid were butchered to run at 50Hz with borders. :(

>> No.5917843

>>5917830
It sucks that EMS Japan to US now has a $20 base rate. A lot of things I get through Japan are via a deputy service, so in that case it is best just to let it accumulate and then ship multiple things at once. For cheap shit that isn't particularly rare and that you don't care about waiting a month for, slow boat shipping is really the best idea to make it worth it.

>> No.5917845

>>5917843
(Or 2,000JPY, I guess)

>> No.5917849

>>5917824
>>5917836
Why so assblasted, shitholeanon?

>> No.5917850

>>5917842
We never did.

>> No.5917853

>>5917850
Never played the games as intended? You got that right. It's okay, your reflexes are probably shit enough you needed the handicapped europoor version.

>> No.5917856

>>5917843
Yeah what drop shipper do you use BTW? I usually just buy single things and pay for the slow shipping since it would take me months anyway to accumulate enough stuff for a drop shipper to send. BUT drop shippers allow you to buy stuff off Yahoo Japan auctions which is where all the best deals are.

>> No.5917870

>>5917853
Stop projecting Amerimutt, you with your gimped resolution and shitty colorspace

>> No.5918048

>>5917762
>dude video games are an investment!

>> No.5918084

>>5917870
>PALbaby still seething
And all was right in the world.

>> No.5918131

>>5917870
>you with your gimped resolution
>he says playing games developed in ntsc territories that were bordered and took no advantage of PAL resolutions
Dilate eurocuck

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5918136

>>5918084
>>5918131
Point at the mutt and laugh

>> No.5918790
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5918790

>>5917798
How's that whole minimum wage thing working out for you?

>> No.5920151

>>5918790
man she was hot

>> No.5920418

>>5920151
She's divorced, so...

>> No.5920676

Anything that sells for $5 or under is better off putting it into a lot together and filling a flat rate box with.

Alternatively see if you can use them for trade fodder. Someone who resells stuff very weekend at the swap meet or whatever might take your 5 $5 games for an easy to find $20 game like Contra so now you're basically compounding your collection to be smaller but worth about the same since you'd lose that $5 in fees and materials anyway.

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5921393

>>5917762
>>5920676
Think I could get anything for these?

>> No.5921406

>>5921393
ill give you 30 bucks and you can do anything you want to princeless sevenqueefs.

>> No.5921420

>>5921393
You can get something for almost anything. If you want to put the effort in go on pricecharting and see what they're closing at.

Scooby-Doo is worth the most out of those so I'd put that up by itself.

>> No.5921426

>>5920676
This
You're a fool (or incredibly poor) if you have any listings lower than your hourly wage. I don't know how people sell $6 items for eight bucks with free shipping and not feel like they're throwing their time away.

>> No.5921443

>>5921426
I think there's a few ways you can juice the system for that to be still profitable if you're a high volume seller but I'm not sure.

Also, if you're just starting out on ebay selling literally anything to get good ratings helps a lot.

>> No.5921451

>>5921420
>Scooby-Doo is worth the most
pretty surprising. i thought it was an interesting game as a kid but didnt think it would be worth anything

>> No.5921458

>>5921451
Some games are just weird like that. Wayne's World for NES can go from 70-100 for the cart despite not even being a good game. Compared to Dick Tracey for NES, an equally not great game that's just about as rare maybe the least valuable NES cart.

>> No.5921507

>>5921393
Batman & Robin CIB is like $50 alone, and you could probably get $25 each for Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles

>> No.5921579

>>5921507
>>5921458
well i do have an everdrive x5 now so there's no reason to hold on to the carts anymore

>> No.5921887
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5921887

>trade in games at Gamestop
>give zero fucks

>> No.5921891

>>5921443
Fair points, I mean if you have like 100 of x item that sells regularly for 1.40 profit each then get it gone
but I see people sell a copy of Ballz or Tetris 2 for 7.99 with f/s its gotta be just for the feedback

>> No.5921894

>>5921887
I'd love to know what will happen to all those vintage games once Gamestop bites the big one.

>> No.5921913

I never offer free shipping, don't care if it take slightly longer to move

>> No.5921981

>>5921894
They'll go the way of Atari ET

>> No.5922107

>>5920151
was she?

>> No.5922114

>>5921894
Maybe I'll be able to buy back my old games

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5922179

>>5917826
How original

>> No.5922258

>>5918084
>seething
>having to get nearly electrocuted to mod old TV's in order to get proper red.
R G B. back to twitter with you trump.

>> No.5922260

>>5921913
Me either but I've never felt like it was a problem. I do the auto calculate USPS and the discount I get buying the postage through ebay covers my material costs.

>> No.5922392

>>5922260
How do you know how big your package is and how much it weighs before you even ship it?

>> No.5922404

>>5922392
You measure the thing you put the shit in it and weigh everything

A digital scale is only like $8 on amazon. I think you can get a "free" one with stamps.com.

>> No.5922485

>>5922404
That’s my problem. I always look for a box after I sell the item, and then guess how much it weighs. Then I end up
Undercharging for shipping and eat the costs.

>> No.5922524

>>5922485
Just got to streamline your process, find what you're packing it in when you're taking photos, weigh it all together (i usually add a piece of 32lb or resume paper but that's probably overly cautious) and set it aside. I like doing it this way anyway because it keeps the item in the same exact condition i photographed it in and there's no real chance of it getting misplaced or scuffed or whatever.

>> No.5922647

>>5922258
>slightly better colors is worth making my games run 17% slower
I'll take worse colors over gimped 50Hz gameplay any day of the week. Sure PAL was the better standard when it comes to analog television, but that barely exists anymore. So what advantage does it have now?

>> No.5922792

>try selling on ebay
>actually sell multiple items
>theyre all buyer scams

>> No.5922875

>>5917762
Valuable games you sell individually, non valuable ones you sell as a lot, if you have a ton of games sell them in 7 game bundles. If you try selling say like 40 games in one lot and charge $130 it’ll sit forever or won’t sell at all. But if you bundle 7 invaluable games and sell them for $35 it’ll be far more likely to sell and sell faster.

t. eBay veteran

>> No.5922883

>>5917798
Also Japanese games are usually in near brand new condition.

If yo buy a game from an American it’s usually just the cart by itself and the label looks like it was in a flood or if a disc based game the cd is scratched to hell, and in both cases the manual is usually missing, and or the case is in piss poor condition. Americans don’t take care of their things.

>inb4 euro fag
no I’m an American and I don’t buy shitty condition games from my fellow countrymen

>> No.5922897

>>5922792
Have eBay slap the buyer with an unpaid buyer strike, if they get 2 of them nobody we’ll sell to them and they get a few month long suspension. And only sell to people who have a purchase history and have a 98% or higher feedback score. If someone has zero feedback it’s likely because it’s someone who made a new account because their old one got suspended.

>> No.5922909

>>5922897
I'm sure what he means is the buyers claimed that they received empty boxes. EBay always sides with buyers in those kind of situations

>> No.5922945

>>5922909
>that they received empty boxes
How does that even work? The packages are weighed.

>> No.5922963

>>5922909
Or they just claim the game arrived non-working, then send back a banged up copy. Shit is why I take pictures of the entire game, disc or PCB. I've heard ebay/paypal sometimes won't consider that proof though.

>> No.5922978

>>5922909
yeah sorry I meant scam-buyers like this >>5922963 + threats in PM. deleted paypal, im so done, nobodys getting a cent out of me.

>> No.5923056

I have a shit ton of retro games and stuff to sell. Never sold anything on ebay before.

How likely are those scam buyers I'm hearing about?
It's not like I have much choice do I? Noone in my area is going to care about sealed japanese game OSTs or my CIB Famicom games

>>5922897
>And only sell to people who have a purchase history and have a 98% or higher feedback score. If someone has zero feedback it’s likely because it’s someone who made a new account because their old one got suspended.

so how is anyone supposed to get started selling stuff then? This is pretty ridiculous

>> No.5923156

>>5921451
>>5921458
It's because of those autistic collectors who absolutely have to have every single game.

>> No.5923335

>>5922897
>And only sell to people who have a purchase history and have a 98% or higher feedback score. If someone has zero feedback it’s likely because it’s someone who made a new account because their old one got suspended.
That's not possible to filter sales from new accounts anymore. You can only filter people with minus feedback.

>> No.5923742

>>5923056

my account is from 2001, should have been on the ball, fuckface.

>> No.5924112

>>5923056
Buy things on ebay, pay immediately and you'll be getting positive feedback
Or start selling things in a less autistically exacting field than retro collectibles

>> No.5924408

>>5922897
good feedback doesnt stand for anything

>> No.5924428

>>5917798
Trump ranted about this at UNO recently. He's gonna change it and get a better DEAL.

>> No.5924460

>>5924408
A good rating on ebay doesn't mean that someone is actually a good buyer/seller but a bad rating means they definitely aren't one.

>> No.5924607

Everyone keeps complaining how Ebay is so unfair to sellers but if it's really so bad as you guys keep parroting, why do I still see so many video games on that site and do people still order them there? If anything it feels like buyers are the one being fucked in regards to retro games considering how it's usually the least cheap method to acquire them nowadays. You either suck it up or be VERY lucky to find something locally for less than what it goes for online.
>INB4 dude just emulate or use a flashcart lmao

>> No.5924765

>>5924408
>A++ excellent seller!!

>> No.5924782

>>5917824
If you're so proud of your country why don't you tell us its name, faggot.

>> No.5924849

>>5922647
why is it one or the other you dumb faggot? i can just install a DFO or buy a NTSC console and use it on my TV i pick up for free from facebook marketplace and get something better than you will ever own. where did i say slower PAL is better? burgers really are fucking stupid, lol.

>> No.5924945

>>5924607
>Ebay is so unfair to sellers but if it's really so bad as you guys keep parroting, why do I still see so many video games on that site
>Dude, if the lotto is really such a poor way to make money, why do so many people buy lottery tickets?
>Dude, if chinese made shit is garbage, why do so many people buy it?
It's a gamble. Most of the resellers on ebay are trying to turn a profit and sell tons of games instead of a handful. Having 10 or so buyers fuck over a reseller isn't the end of the world for them, since they are still turning a profit. Having 5 or so buyers fuck over a guy trying to sell off his collection means he's out of both the games and the money, and is left with nothing.

If you don't think this shit is happening, just look on the ebay forums. Seller after seller complaining that the buyer asked for a refund and sent a completely different item. Seller after seller complaining that ebay told them to refund anyways, and take it to the police if they want anything done about it. And if you think your local police are going to waste time going after an ebay scammer, you really live in fantasy land. This is just the way ebay is, even if you don't want to believe it.

>> No.5925149

You know a lot of you faggots are to blame for eBay being as shitty as it is, right?
I see posts gloating about scamming sellers all the time.

>> No.5925247

>>5925149
Please link the posts. I would like to throw those posts up the next time someone asks about selling on ebay.

>> No.5926431

>>5924945
As someone who has been using ebay since 1999 and has never been fucked over as a buyer and never fucks anyone over as a seller it really bums me out seeing shitty the behavior I read about on the forums. Also makes me nervous about continuing to sell. So far I haven't had to deal with a scam buyer, but when I see past threads on this board about people all admitting to scamming sellers it makes me not want to do it anymore.

I am not an online store, I am an individual seller just thinning out my collection to either downsize or make room for different games. So getting scammed by one of these scam buyers would fuck me out of a game and money and time.

And in my situation ebay is my only option for both buying and selling retro games. I live in bumfuck nowhere in flyoversville USA. I know gamestop takes retro now but I'm not trading to them for about tree fiddy, also gamestop will destroy anything they don't move in a timely manner, and the last thing I want to do is contribute to the destruction of these old games that someone somewhere wants and making them just that little bit harder to find. Also they don't take Japanese import games and about half of my collection is Japanese imports.

And on a buyers end, all the local thrift shops and goodwills in my area only have old people clothes and knick knacks. Old games are a no go here. Like you said ebay and the police aren't gonna do fuck all.

>> No.5927502

>>5926431
aren't monopolies wonderful?

>> No.5929570

>>5917798
It would cost me the same amount of money to go on a bus and cross the border to pick up the game then to fucking ship it here from the states.
Fuck that, I just cut out the middle man now and go to Japan to personally buy all my games, ebay prices are double, triple sometimes quadruple Japan prices anyway

>> No.5929582

>>5917856
>Yahoo Auctions
LMAOOOO no, loose carts on there will be more expensive than CIB stuff bought in Japan
>>5924607
Ebay is too expensive, even if a game is cheaper on EBay the $25 shipping cost will fuck you in the ass

>> No.5929594

Some kike wanted $500 for a used copy of Silent Hill last time I checked. Then again it might have been a typo though, some people don't proof read before posting thier ads.

>> No.5929629

>>5921393
Do all the boxed games have manuals? If they don't nobodies ever gonna buy them unless they're like $3 each. Boxed genesis games (without manuals) are almost impossible to sell, at least from my experience. Even if it's a $10 game or a $80 game. Genesis manuals by themselves are so hard to come by

>> No.5929669

>>5921894
In the dumpster behind the store like all the rest of the stock they don't manage to sell in 2 years.

>> No.5929787

>>5929669
They'll smash them with a hammer to make sure they cant be resold

>> No.5929978

>>5929594
Asking price doesn't mean anything.

>> No.5930236

>>5929669
>In the dumpster
Finally available in a form /vr/ can afford

>> No.5930263

>>5930236
Retro games are dirt cheap if you're just buying highly rated common games
Stuff like Tekken, Ace Combat are ¥100 that's literally a loonie
Virtua Fighter, Panzer Dragoon ¥200
Sakura Wars, Biohazard, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter ¥500
These are CIB prices as well, if you're like the other white people I saw in Tokyo you can just dig through the big plastic bins and buy carts for ¥50

>> No.5932129

I sold tons of games on ebay a couple years ago when I was in between jobs. You gotta have a printer, labels, and something to ship in, I used 6x9 bubble mailers for almost everything. Used UPS first class shipping, for most of the US it came out between 2-4 dollars. Always charge for shipping, you're not a retailer you're just a person.

>> No.5932263

>>5921458
>>5923156
That and some collectors work their way down the alphabet. Something similar happened with Zombie Nation, it was a 20 dollar game at most but jumped to the three digits.

>> No.5932272

>>5922875
What about bundling a bunch of worthless games with a console, does that work?

>> No.5932962

>>5929629
every single one still has the manual, however some are more beat up than others..

>> No.5933427

>>5932129
Having a $15 digital scale is great too. Honestly I just offer "free" shipping, but jack up the price an average amount in accordance so it looks like a good deal. Haven't really had problems.

>> No.5933817

>>5933427
This. I dont think there's anything wrong with that
>$20 item $10 shipping
or
>$30 item free shipping
it all comes out the same in the end