Stuff found and sold for...

[KirbyStar27]

Whats are best video game things you have ever found at a swap, thrift, or a trade and resold for @X,#X or even more than what you bought it for. Mine would be a:

-Super Mario Rpg bought for $3 sold for $26
-or FF1 bought for $1 sold for $12 :D

[udisi]

only 4 things come to mind right away

SNES Cart only

Paid $7.50 for all 3 sold all for about $70

FF2
FF3
7th Saga

PSX

Suikoden 2 payed $15 sold for $75

[AB Positive]

I think my favorite of mine was the INTv w/ 21 or so games that I bought for $17 and sold for $325+


... :)

-AG

[briskbc]

I bought Ultima 4 for the Atari XE whatever for $2. I got home and took a closer look at the contents and there were a couple of bonuses in it. An Ultima 7 CD and an Ultima 2 cloth map. I sold the cloth map for $38.

I paid $5 for Sierra's Gold Rush and sold it for $103

Not game related but I paid $3 for Arnolds Pumping Iron documentary 4 years ago and sold it for $100. You can do well selling videos on eBay. That is if you know what to sell and you only need to use eBay itself as a research tool.

[richmond]

Zelda Collector's Edition

Bought for £14.99, sold for £25.50

I'm new to all this.. :)

[jonjandran]

HAHAHAHAHA , Should I start a list now or just say " A LOT " LOL

[Masco73]

I think my favorite of mine was the INTv w/ 21 or so games that I bought for $17 and sold for $325+


... :)

-AG

What game were with that intellivision?? They usually don't sell well at all. If it was 21 common games it would only be about $30-40 for the whole setup. You must have a proto in there.

[Masco73]

Forgot to post my stuff.

Best video game find I resold. A Vectrex w/ 2 controllers, 10 boxed and complete games and a boxed complete light pen.

Paid $10 at a garage sale for all. (same garage sale got a top loader nes and SMS for $10 each. My best find ever :D )


Sold the whole vectrex lot piece by piece for around $600.
Also sold the Top loader and SMS for over $125.

Before you guys kill me about selling all this stuff off, I needed the money at the time.

[Vroomfunkel]

tricky one.

Perhaps the White Saturn lot that I bought for $200 ..

Sold Metal Slug (no manual) for £50 when I upgraded to a complete one.

Sold the White Saturn (loose) for £250

Sold other bits and pieces from the same lot for about another £50 - £60.

That's a total of about $600.

Or there was Night Trap 32X CD (PAL) - bought for £3. Sold for £46.

There's another more recent one that blows them out the water .. but I' m keeping that to myself for the mo .. although someone who examines my ebay feedback and recently sold items very carefully could probably figure it out ....

Vroomfunkel

[FlufflePuff]

Hmmm...I've had lots of small finds that I've turned profits on.

Xenogears. Paid $8 sold for $30
Valkeryie Profile. Paid $4 sold for $32
Lunar 1. Paid $8 sold for $35

All those were found at the same time. My greatest profits would probably be.

Suikoden 2. Paid $8 sold for $82.
Megaman X3 (SNES) Complete. Paid $5 sold for $160.

[maxlords]

I don't keep track of em all, but
60 arcade units...bought for $550, sold for $10,000.

That one always sticks in my head. I'm sure there's lots of "Buy for $1-10, Sell for $50-500s" I can't remember. Case in point:

Atario 5200 lot (2 systems, Wico Command Control joystick/keypad, stack of games, more) - bought for $3, sold for $300. It's a neverending list.

[AB Positive]

I think my favorite of mine was the INTv w/ 21 or so games that I bought for $17 and sold for $325+


... :)

-AG

What game were with that intellivision?? They usually don't sell well at all. If it was 21 common games it would only be about $30-40 for the whole setup. You must have a proto in there.


Nope, but about 10 of the games were mint complete. Not all of them were common but there wasn't anything spectacular. The complete games garnered most of the cash, while the system with 11 loose carts sold for about 75. It was piecemeal selling but all in all I did well :)

-AG

[Tritoch]

Bought 5 SNES RPGs for $7.50 (CT, Secret of Mana, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Evermore, and FF3 I believe), sold three of em for about $120. Kept the other two for my personal collection. :)

[DDCecil]

4 New Lufia 2 ($20) - $60 each (I wish I holded on to them now)
2 New Valkyrie Profiles ($19) - $60 each

White Saturn w/ 30 games ($200) -

Sold some of the games:

Psychic Assassin Taromaru - $220
Keio Yugekitai - $135
Dragon Ball Z Shinbouten - $70
Pretty Fighter X - $50

[Chunky]

no matter now small or large, lets say the average week is $60 profit,and not much time at all....for the past 3 years.

[lendelin]

...are these the same collectors talking who complain about inflated ebay prices when they wanna buy something? :)

[KirbyStar27]

Forgot to post my stuff.

Best video game find I resold. A Vectrex w/ 2 controllers, 10 boxed and complete games and a boxed complete light pen.

Paid $10 at a garage sale for all. (same garage sale got a top loader nes and SMS for $10 each. My best find ever :D )


Sold the whole vectrex lot piece by piece for around $600.
Also sold the Top loader and SMS for over $125.

Before you guys kill me about selling all this stuff off, I needed the money at the time.

NICE :D I want a vectrex sooo bad! :D @_@

[norkusa]

A few months ago, I found Kings Quest Collection for PC at a pawn for $5 and sold it on ebay for $150.

The same day I found a huge Virtual Boy collection at Goodwill. Came with the blockbuster hard case and several boxed games including Jack Bros. ended up putting it on ebay along with some extra boxed games I had and sold it for $350.

Found a loos Glib cart for 2600 at a thrift for $0.50 and sold it for $125 on ebay.

[l_lamb]

I found an Astrocade at a thrift store for $4.94 with no controllers or top cover and sold it on eBay for $151. I expected about $15 - $20 at the most.

[charitycasegreg]

HAHAHAHAHA , Should I start a list now or just say " A LOT " LOL
WE are curious! Name some! Me? Bought a tetris for nes (the nintendo one) for a buck and sold for 6. I dont sell stuff on ebay though so bah.

[The Collector]

second best profit: 13 sealed zelda 4 in 1 collector discs for $13 each, sold for $31.50 each on ebay.

Best profit: Color Bar Generator Complete with inst and original plain cardboard box-$.50 goodwill, sold for$348.00 :D .

That little gem paid for my mint/boxed/fully modded AES ;)

[Queen Of The Felines]

Complete box of Dragon's Lair bubble gum cards - paid $8, sold for $40...I SWEAR it was the same box that was sold in the CGE auction last year. :hmm:

Chrono Trigger map, found under a pile of books after I had sold off the game - $40

Boxed NTSC 2600 Asterix - paid $150, sold for....dunno yet, but it'll go for a LOT more than that. LOL

Kristine

[Sph1nx]

Ultima Collection... $5 CND - $60 US

[Tritoch]

Ultima Collection... $5 CND - $60 US

That's worth that much? Sweet. Don't know if I could ever sell it, but if I do I'll feel comfortable doing so. 8-)

[Balloon Fight]

HAHAHAHAHA , Should I start a list now or just say " A LOT " LOL
WE are curious! Name some! Me? Bought a tetris for nes (the nintendo one) for a buck and sold for 6. I dont sell stuff on ebay though so bah.

Look at the whole ebay finds thread. Half the posts are by jonjandran.

Since I hardly sell, I would say my Game Action Replay. Found for $2 and am going to sell for $50.

[The Manimal]

Wish I wouldn't have sold the first listed one, but...


Top Loader NES - paid $15, sold for $110
Mega Man X3 (SNES) - paid $10, sold for $60
Chrono Trigger (SNES) - paid $2.50, sold for $65
Mega Man V (GB) - paid $5, sold for $50

A few others...

[Pantechnicon]

Found Atari 2600 Malagai at a local shop for $4. Traded it for two multicarts (5200 and Vectrex). In terms of dollar value I suppose the other fella came out ahead but as I consider myself a gamer first and collector second I didn't mind one bit :D

[cracked8ball]

Tengen Tetris - bought for $8, sold for $33