This is the what's it worth forum,not the search ebay completed listings for me forum

[darkslime]

Really--half the things asked about here don't need a thread, a large amount of them are commonly found on ebay, amazon etc and you can easily gather prices from looking at that. Those sites define the going rate, and their facts are more useful than some random guy's opinion of what he would pay for them or what he saw them sell for.

This forum is for things that are rare and don't pop up very often, not the stack of common Xbox 360 or PS1 games you got at a yard sale.

[RoyVegas]

Please realize that common sense is no longer common. Enough said.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Please realize that common sense is no longer common. Enough said.
Truer words were never spoken.

[The 1 2 P]

The issue I have with these "whats it worth" threads is that atleast half the time the person that asked doesn't want to sell it for the price people recommend to them. They almost always want to sell it for higher and would rather light it on fire with gasoline then sell it for cheaper than it's worth. If thats how you really feel than why make a "whats it worth" thread in the first place?

[jb143]

Yes, if someone just wants to know what they can expect to sell something on eBay for then looking at completed listing is a good place to start. But Ebay isn't quite a de facto standard for what something is worth. There's more factors involved such as varying conditions and shipping. I know when I buy things I always factor the cost of shipping into the bid. If shipping was $5 should you add $5 to the bid amount when comming up with your "what's it worth" value? How do you know buyer didn't pick it up or combine multiple items? How do you know if they paid for insurance? Too many variables for a clean cut value. Sometimes it might be better to ask the people on here who know their stuff than a randomly fluctuating market.

[garagesaleking!!]

i guess some people maybe are not registered on ebay and cant do a completed listings search also.

[Sonicwolf]

Please realize that common sense is no longer common. Enough said.

Hear hear.

Truth contained in above quote = high. I think lots of people are just too lazy to look for themselves nowadays.

[coreys429]

I try only to use What's It's Worth for rare items like the Boxed Stack up, or Arkanoid with vaus controller. Those don't come up often on ebay often enough.

[Kid Ice]

Really--half the things asked about here don't need a thread, a large amount of them are commonly found on ebay, amazon etc and you can easily gather prices from looking at that. Those sites define the going rate, and their facts are more useful than some random guy's opinion of what he would pay for them or what he saw them sell for.

You mean you pay ebay rates when you buy stuff from yard sales, flea markets, other collectors, Gamestop, the marketplace forum, etc.?


This forum is for things that are rare and don't pop up very often, not the stack of common Xbox 360 or PS1 games you got at a yard sale.

Where is that definition? In the FAQ?*

Does this thread fall into that half of the things that don't need a thread?

*you know, based on the forum description, I guess there is some truth to what you are saying. I just don't find that the forum is overwhelmed with the types of threads you are complaining about. And there is a lazy-ass mod to take care of that if it does actually happen. ;-)

[cityside75]

Really--half the things asked about here don't need a thread, a large amount of them are commonly found on ebay, amazon etc and you can easily gather prices from looking at that. Those sites define the going rate, and their facts are more useful than some random guy's opinion of what he would pay for them or what he saw them sell for.

This forum is for things that are rare and don't pop up very often, not the stack of common Xbox 360 or PS1 games you got at a yard sale.

While I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments, my thread asking for approximate values for some uncommon Wisdom Tree Gameboy games got a grand total of zero responses. I searched ebay first and after finding little there, I posed it to everyone here but got no response.

As of this writing the "Xbox 360 and 12 games" thread has gotten 11 responses and counting.

So what is to be concluded from this?

[darkslime]

Maybe its because no one really knew about the wisdom tree gameboy games. I would help if I knew anything about them, but unfortunately didn't even know wisdom tree made gameboy games.

[cityside75]

This forum is for things that are rare and don't pop up very often

Maybe its because no one really knew about the wisdom tree gameboy games.

This may be the root of the problem right here ;)

[ErmangelnSeelen]

I try only to use What's It's Worth for rare items like the Boxed Stack up, or Arkanoid with vaus controller. Those don't come up often on ebay often enough.

Same...although, there are some variations with "common" items. For example, the last PS2 network adapter I sold was for $50 on ebay, after having it listed here for over a week at $35. Some things vary.

[darkslime]

That is because the majority of people here know you can buy a network adapter for $15 at gamestop.
The people on ebay buy hundreds of them a month and sell them to distributors overseas for even more money who in turn sell them to people for more money than that to be used for piracy.

[Gameguy]

i guess some people maybe are not registered on ebay and cant do a completed listings search also.
I'm not registered on ebay so looking up completed auctions isn't that easy for me. I usually keep an eye out for auctions that are still going, and just check back after they ended as they're still in my history.

As for ebay pricing in general, there's plenty of stuff I see selling for $30-$50 on ebay that barely sells locally for $5-$10. There's plenty of times I price stuff cheaper than the ebay rate, some prices I consider to be crazy and I wouldn't ask that much from other people/collectors. A few months ago I saw copies of Action 52 for the NES selling for over $100 all cart only, I tend to ask around $40-$50 for a loose cartridge if I manage to get an extra copy(if I priced it $100 at a swap meet I'd look like a ripoff, that's way too high a price). Ebay is good at pricing rare stuff that doesn't turn up often, not common or somewhat rare stuff.


While I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments, my thread asking for approximate values for some uncommon Wisdom Tree Gameboy games got a grand total of zero responses. I searched ebay first and after finding little there, I posed it to everyone here but got no response.

As of this writing the "Xbox 360 and 12 games" thread has gotten 11 responses and counting.

So what is to be concluded from this?
I saw that thread but didn't know what it would be worth, I wouldn't just guess an amount if I had no idea of the value. Sorry you didn't get any replies yet.

[mobiusclimber]

Well that's the other thing tho, I'm not sure how many of us could tell you what you'd get for something at a swapmeet. I can tell you right now a swapmeet in Seattle would have higher game prices than one in, say, Montana. At least that would be my guess considering how high prices are around here and from what I've seen at local swapmeets (further south than Seattle, I don't think we actually HAVE any swapmeets here).

[Pezcore343]

I think also the thing is that eBay prices are very often not what something is "worth". One big reason I, personally, may post something in the WIW forum is because I want to make sure I'm not overpaying for something on eBay/Craigslist/whatever. But I do sympathize with your feelings that there are some rather silly posts here.

[mobiusclimber]

I think also the thing is that eBay prices are very often not what something is "worth". One big reason I, personally, may post something in the WIW forum is because I want to make sure I'm not overpaying for something on eBay/Craigslist/whatever. But I do sympathize with your feelings that there are some rather silly posts here.

This is why I don't really like the idea of there being some sort of "rules" to this forum. So long as the intent is clearly stated in the post, something like this, or the above "swapmeet" post wouldn't and shouldn't be held up to ridicule. The problem is really when people just don't want to do any legwork and either a) ask for the value of a large group of common items or b) ask the value of a very common title. I think that's mostly what this topic is trying to address, rather than just being a blanket statement about "go find it for yourself on Ebay!" There are certain things that people here either can't or won't help with.

[darkslime]

What mobiusclimber said is basically what I was trying to say. Topics are cool, but if you just want to know how much to sell common items for online, just look at completed listings.

[garagesaleking!!]

round and round we go, as it has been said many times, ebay is the price guide for what something is worth, if you are talking about about on a nationwide scale, what something is worth locally means nothing on dp because we are from all over the country. And none of you are going to sell your stuff for anything but a close to ebay price in most cases. Ebay is the most accurate pricing for things bottom line, unless it is something rare that fluctuates in price or cant be found on ebay.

[Gameguy]

How many times have you heard a seller say to you "It goes for around $xx.xx on ebay". And how many times have you replied "Then sell it on ebay". I feel that when people are asking here what things are worth, they're asking what most collectors would be comfortable with paying and not what most consumers would be willing to pay(there is a difference, though for really common games it would be best to sell to non-collectors as collectors wouldn't really be interested in them). I also agree that there have been several posts asking values for common stuff that should be really easy to price with basic research.

Collectors don't pay the same for games compared to just anyone wanting to buy a couple old games to play. Some things on ebay seem to sell for way more than any collectors I know would pay for them, keep in mind that some people really don't know what they're buying and pay too much. Remember when the Music Machine records used to sell for big bucks when everyone thought it came with the game, and now it's nearly worthless when people realized it didn't come with it? I don't use ebay pricing for everything, I tend to price things for what I feel they're worth. Sometimes it's a bit more than the ebay going rate, and sometimes less.

I should point out that by swap meets I don't mean flea markets. Every so often the local collectors near me put on an event for people to go to and sell off their extras(also advertised to the public), it's just for video games but it's mostly aimed at collectors selling to other collectors.

[garagesaleking!!]

i would have to disagree with you, i think most people on here want to know what a consumer would pay, all of us look for bargains and know when we get a deal, most of us buy things and ask for a value that we would expect to get from a consumer on it,

We know that collectors arent going to pay shit close to actual value, collectors on dp that is anyways.

[mobiusclimber]

Yeah the funny thing about it is that I've done some of my best business selling to collectors through Craigslist, and half the stuff I sold them was above market value.

[Gameguy]

i would have to disagree with you, i think most people on here want to know what a consumer would pay, all of us look for bargains and know when we get a deal, most of us buy things and ask for a value that we would expect to get from a consumer on it,

We know that collectors arent going to pay shit close to actual value, collectors on dp that is anyways.


Yeah the funny thing about it is that I've done some of my best business selling to collectors through Craigslist, and half the stuff I sold them was above market value.
Good point, I too sold a ton of stuff on Kijiji/craigslist over the years so I know that plenty sells better on there than to other collectors. I guess what matters is what most people would be willing to pay, not necessarily what one person across the country was willing to pay on ebay for one item.

[darkslime]

But the what's it worth forum is not going to be able to tell you what people in one area are going to pay because we are all in different regions.

[Bojay1997]

i would have to disagree with you, i think most people on here want to know what a consumer would pay, all of us look for bargains and know when we get a deal, most of us buy things and ask for a value that we would expect to get from a consumer on it,

We know that collectors arent going to pay shit close to actual value, collectors on dp that is anyways.

But that's really the problem with this whole sub-board. People aren't posting here to find out what something is worth, they are posting to find out if they can flip something for which they paid very little, often times a day or two before they sell it, for a ton on Ebay. To me, that's not a question about the actual value of the item, it's a question about how much profit they are going to make on the flip. It seems like we rarely get legit questions here from people who are preparing to buy something and just want a sense of what they should be paying. We also rarely get questions from people who have owned something for years and just have no idea what it's worth. To the flippers, I say stop wasting everyone's time and just pay attention to Ebay prices. To everyone else, the questions about value are welcome and appreciated.