Anybody else used to sell their old systems and games?

[Anthony1]

Did any of you guys used to sell your old systems and games before moving on to a new system?


Man, I had a very specifc pattern of buying and selling video game systems.


The way it worked for me, was if a new system was going to be coming out soon, I would usually decide to get rid of the old system. Which meant selling the system, the games, the controllers, the cables, everything! It was a way for me to justify shelling out another 200 or 300 bucks for a new system.

I usually could get enough money from selling my stuff, to not have to pay a penny for a new system.

The way I did it, was to always sale my old systems, just before it became obvious that there days were numbered. That way, I could still get top dollar for the system and the games.

The thing is, that I think I sold alot of them prematurely this way. I always wanted the latest up to date technology.

When the Turbo Grafx and Genesis were about to come out, I decided to sell all my old NES stuff. I was almost able to finance my purchase of both the Turbo and the Genesis from the proceeds of my sale. The downside was that I ended up getting rid of my old NES before some of it's best ever games came out.


Then when the Super Nintendo was about to be released, I decided to get rid of all my Turbo Grafx stuff. I knew that the Turbo was a dying system at the time, but I was still able to get good cash for it, because the general public didn't really know that it was a dying system. Man, that is one system and games that I would like to have back! I had the Turbo, the Booster, the Turbo Tap, 5 controllers, a bunch of Hu cards and the Japanese converter. I would never imagine that the money that I got for that stuff back then, would be less than I would get now!


So then I had a Super Nintendo and Genesis. When the Sega CD came out, I didn't sell anything, I just added the Sega CD to the stable. But after awhile, I ended up selling all my Super Nes stuff, and all my Sega stuff, and I got a Neo-Geo! What a dumb move on my part. It only took me a week to realize that I had made a huge mistake. The Neo-Geo was cool, but I would rather have the variety and selection of the SNES and Sega Stuff. So I sold my Neo-Geo and got back my Super Nes and my Genesis, except no Sega CD now.

Then after a little while I got a 32X system. I didn't sell anything to get that.

Then not too much later I sold my Super NES and my Sega stuff for a Atari Jaguar and a 3D0. Yeah, I know. Another dumb move. Especially considering how much money that damn 3DO cost!


Then I got rid of my Jaguar, and all my Jaguar stuff and got a Sega Saturn.

Then not to long after that I got rid of my 3DO and got a Playstation.

Then when the Nintendo 64 was getting ready to come out, I got rid of all my Saturn stuff. It was a great sale at the time, because it was just about to die, and I still got good cash for it.

I had a Playstation and a N64 for quite some time, but then I got into playing games on the PC with a 3DFX card.

So I sold my Playstation and my N64 to update my PC.

For like 3 years, all I played were PC games, then the Dreamcast came out. Time to go back to console gaming!

When the PS2 came out, I bought one of those. I had a PS2 and a Dreamcast.

With the XBOX and the GameCube approaching, I sold both the PS2 and the Dreamcast to fully finance my purchase of a XBOX and GameCube.

I know that I sold my PS2, really, really early in it's lifespan, but I was never really happy with the PS2. At the time I was expecting so much more from the PS2 than what I got. But that's another story altogether.

So now I got a XBOX and a GameCube, and then a couple of years later, what happens......?


I become a freaking Retro Gamer!


Now I need to go back and get all my old systems! Gosh, had I known this was going to happen, I would have never sold them in the first place!

[nesman85]

luckily i didn't sell much of my stuff, just stuffed it in the closet or left it hooked up if i was still into it. :)

[dave2236]

Yeah I guess I didn't do things like you.

I just bought a couple of systems, kept them and continued buying games for them

I owned a NES, SNES, genesis, gameboy

[Arqueologia_Digital]

I only sell classic gaming stuff when i own other copy of the machine/game... :D

[AB Positive]

I used to do the same thing, and actually sold my Playstation WAY before it's time because of Lunar 1 stumping the freaking hell out of me. I'm going to reget it (although probably for the Sega CD now) and beat that sucker...

But honestly I'd do the same thing and now I'm regetting old stuff. Parting with my Turbo Grafix was one of the hardest things to do at the time, and in retrospect probably the dumbest, but I'm regetting a lot of stuff I used to have. I just need the Bombermans to go beyond where I used to be when I started with the system.

-AG

[Dahne]

I sold my old NES at a garage sale years ago.

Fortunately, a friend has since donated one of her pair. :)

[kainemaxwell]

I never got rid of any my old systems, just numerous games time to time to get credit to buy new ones. Now that I've started collecting I feel like kicking myself for selling off certain games I want now for one reason or another...

[Drexel923]

Now I need to go back and get all my old systems! Gosh, had I known this was going to happen, I would have never sold them in the first place!

sounds familiar...thank god i came to my senses after only losing my nes games. after that i think i've only gotten rid of a couple games and they were definitely ones that i don't regret letting go.

[jbeedham]

That's what I used to do. When I was a kid I would sell the previous system and everything I had for it to help pay for the new system. After I did that once or twice I missed the old systems I could not do it no more. I went back and bought the stuff that I no longer had. The only time I sell a system these days is if I get totally bored with the games for it and I think it can be easily replaced. For example, I have sold most of my Jaguar games but I can't sell my Jaguar since I bought it the day it came out. My chance of getting such a low serial number Jag will probably never happen again.

[fcw3]

In days gone by, I prebought my Playstation by trading in a ton of Genesis games. I remember how the face of the manager of the store dropped as I stated what I was doing. His response was "I knew someone was going to do this..."

FRED

[dreamcaster]

I stupidly sold my SNES and games back in 1997 - all of it in pristine condition.

Since then I have not gotten rid of anything!