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05-03-2009, 05:52 PM
Basically I love the SNES and I have been very casually collecting the games. However I do not have the disposable income to just buy them when I feel like it. I need the hobby to pay for itself.
I know I should be looking for lots of snes games for cheap and then reselling them. I tried this but its much harder than previously anticipated. I have the feeling that its a very popular console for collectors and I have a huge amount of competition. Every game lot I find on ebay is WAY overpriced if it has so much as a single decent game in it... so there is no profit to be made there. I have tried searching swap meets and thrift stores. The only big swap meet in my area has this permanent shop inside that deals in classic games, and the owner breezes through the building every morning and buys all the snes games from other tables before its open to the public. All thrift stores I have found have only had worthless sports games or nothing at all.
I really like playing the SNES and I still plan on collecting games for personal amusement, but I need to find another console to buy/sell with in order to make the money to fund my collection. I have a NES and I was thinking of dealing in that because the consoles and the games can be found pretty easily... I just don't know if there is enough of a demand for them. Also I am pretty much a walking price guide for the SNES but know practically nothing about NES game values... its really daunting to see a huge lot of games and wonder if they are worthless or will even sell at all?
I was also considering buying NES consoles cheap and replacing the 72 pin connector and selling them for a profit, but is there enough of a demand or will they just sit around unsold?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know I should be looking for lots of snes games for cheap and then reselling them. I tried this but its much harder than previously anticipated. I have the feeling that its a very popular console for collectors and I have a huge amount of competition. Every game lot I find on ebay is WAY overpriced if it has so much as a single decent game in it... so there is no profit to be made there. I have tried searching swap meets and thrift stores. The only big swap meet in my area has this permanent shop inside that deals in classic games, and the owner breezes through the building every morning and buys all the snes games from other tables before its open to the public. All thrift stores I have found have only had worthless sports games or nothing at all.
I really like playing the SNES and I still plan on collecting games for personal amusement, but I need to find another console to buy/sell with in order to make the money to fund my collection. I have a NES and I was thinking of dealing in that because the consoles and the games can be found pretty easily... I just don't know if there is enough of a demand for them. Also I am pretty much a walking price guide for the SNES but know practically nothing about NES game values... its really daunting to see a huge lot of games and wonder if they are worthless or will even sell at all?
I was also considering buying NES consoles cheap and replacing the 72 pin connector and selling them for a profit, but is there enough of a demand or will they just sit around unsold?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.