What is the most profit you have made from selling a game/game related item?

[Dragon_Master]

For me the biggest profit is when I bought the Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition Strategy Guide for $0.50 and sold it for $50 on eBay. Man I was really suprised by how high the price went when I sold it. So any ways I was wondering whats the biggest profit you have made by selling a game or a game related item?

[Brian9824]

$70 a pop on xbox360 Hard Drives. Also sold a few at cost so my karma stayed intact.

[Snake2715]

Those Zelda guides made me a small mint a few years ago. TRU was selling them at .01 each! I still have a few mint ones laying around for some later date.

I picked up an old boxed ultima game with the cloth map and metal ankh. It went for well over $300 on ebay I paid 5-10 at a thrift store. That would be my largest profit on a single item.

[62t]

$10 for digital devil saga at TRU and sold it for $150

[theeipi]

On 1 item, its hard to tell.

I remember buying 17 copies of Fatal Frame 3 at $10 each, then selling 16 of them on EBAY for $25 each the next day. I remember that well because 6 months later I beat my copy and sold it USED on ebay for $44.

Best might have been when I sold $2000 Blockbuster Credit on EBAY for $1600, then had about 4 days to rack up that much credit. I ended up getting the $2000 in credit for about $800.

Another fun one was the Trade 2 360 games, get 1 Free at FYE combined with the B2G1 at EB across the mall. Bought 12 copies of Madden for about $12 each then sold 6 copies of Splinter Cell DA for $60 each on EBAY.

[Snake2715]

On 1 item, its hard to tell.

I remember buying 17 copies of Fatal Frame 3 at $10 each, then selling 16 of them on EBAY for $25 each the next day. I remember that well because 6 months later I beat my copy and sold it USED on ebay for $44.

Best might have been when I sold $2000 Blockbuster Credit on EBAY for $1600, then had about 4 days to rack up that much credit. I ended up getting the $2000 in credit for about $800.

Another fun one was the Trade 2 360 games, get 1 Free at FYE combined with the B2G1 at EB across the mall. Bought 12 copies of Madden for about $12 each then sold 6 copies of Splinter Cell DA for $60 each on EBAY.

Your pretty hardocre!

I am keeping an excel spreadsheet now of cost - paypal/ebay fees, - shipping = profit... its fun to total columns this way!

[h3llbring3r]

One of my two PS3 pre-orders and I am embarassed to say how much.
I really feel guilty about it now.

[depascal22]

Still waiting to sell off alot of big money items. I've got Nocturne, DDS 1, and MGS3 LE all sealed and waiting for the right buyer. I did sell a couple sealed Legend of Mana last year. Bought them both for $10 at a closing K-B. I sold one here for around $45 and another on craigslist for $80.

[chakan]

Zelda collector's shield @ Target for $12, ebay for $70

[PyroGamer]

You guys shame me.

Best I've done is a $7 proffit with 10 months playing time on Oblivion. Got a damn good deal on that game, and so did the person I sold it to, even.

[Limegreen]

I had a listing for pokemon colosseum on ebay which sold over msrp but even before the listing was over the game had dropped to the players choice list of $20, i also traded my dreamcast for a gamecube back when the gamecube was in it's prime

[TahoeMax]

My launch PS3. $500 pure profit for 4 hours of waiting outside EB on a warm fall morning. Well worth it, particularly since my friend brought sausage biscuits and hash browns to munch on.

Also got a Saturn package for $25 on Craigslist about 2 years ago. Sold Shining Force 3 and Dragon Force as a pair for $150, Shining Wisdom for $45, Shining the Holy Ark for $40, and the system and the rest of the crappy games for $40. So that's $275 for everything for a $250 profit before taking out shipping.

And lastly, I won a copy of Office Ultimate 2007 in a Halo 3 tournament this past Friday. Someone just used BIN on Ebay for $300...so that's ALL profit...and gaming-related based on my method of acquisition.

[tangytangerine]

Got LOZ:CE for free(registered 3 games), sold it for $30.

For games I've actually bought, bought Super Smash Bros. Melee for $10 and sold for $15. That's one of the only times I've actually made my money back. I usually lose money, but games aren't exactly a section of the economy that a lot of people can money off of.

[JJSP]

Bought Advance Wars DS for $7, sold it on eBay for $45.
Bought Warcraft 64 for $5 used at a video store, sold it on eBay for $38.

[r1s3n]

45 for WoW LE then sold it for 350 wish I had kept it as now it's price is ridiculous.

[botticus]

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2, bought for $5 at Half Price Books, sold for somewhere around $70 or $80.

[Vinny]

Zelda collector's shield @ Target for $12, ebay for $70

Wait, that thing's worth money? Fuck, I had one and returned it after holding on it and thinking I'll pick it up later when it's cheap. And then forgot about it completely! Arg!:bomb:

I don't have too many...

During that $5 CC sale, my first big CAG deal, I bought like 15 games and they just stayed sealed for a while. Around Xmas, I realized I only wanted to play about 8 of them and the other 7 I hadn't even bothered to open. So I listed them a few weeks before Xmas and made a profit of about $30.

My best one is probably FFVII though. I had a disc only copy that I got from (the now defunct) MediaPlay for $15. And then around the time of the Advent Children hype, I listed it and sold it for a whopping $60 profit. But I hate thinking of that story because just a few months before that, I unloaded two mint/complete black label copies for $20 each.:-(

[Dr Mario Kart]

Zelda collector's shield @ Target for $12, ebay for $70
Most I'm seeing is 50, you musta got lucky.

How much did these things cost at retail before they were clearanced, anyway?

[sasukekun]

It's sorta video game related, but bought a few ATi X800 XT PE Video card (retail) for ~$250/each, sold for ~$625/each on eBay.

[SaraAB]

Probably the Original NES I picked up from a yard sale complete for 5$, bought a connector on ebay for about 6$ shipped, popped it in, then sold it on ebay for about 130$ last christmas. Of course I tossed in 5 other yard sale'd games with it to make a nice bundle.

Phoenix Wright original for 60$ when they were at their peak, and this was a used one.

Bookworm for GBA, bought for about 10$ at Ebgames complete, sold for 60$ on ebay.

[Porksta]

I bought the Bradygames Xenogears guide and an unofficial SoTN guide at a thrift store for $2 each, sold them for around $45 each.

[sleepydumbdude]

I bought Suikoden 1 or two for less than 20 bucks and sold it for 150 at denny's a long time ago. Some guy that I randomly talked to brought it that it was going for a lot on ebay and he wanted it. I didn't feel like messing with ebay and didn't have a job, just mentioned something like I'd sell mine for 150 and he agreed. Two weeks later we made the swap.
I've got lots of rare games that I purchased for cheap from pawn shops and yard sales but have yet to sell them. I'm thinking of getting rid of a bunch at once and buy a new living room set and get my cat declawed.

[csidegamer]

Valkarie Profile for $5, Sold for $115 on Ebay.
(1st Classic Plastic sale at GameCrazy.)

[Apossum]

Xbox 360 launch-- bought a core + hdd + PDZ (just missed the cut off for premium systems at BB, argh), played it, resold it for $850 a few weeks later since premiums were coming back in stock at stores. Sold a few more premiums after that.

Metal Gear Solid Subsistence LE - got 2 @ $39 each, sold one on launch day for $250, currently holding on to the other one.



None of this compares to how much people made on the PS3 launch. just. disgusting. :lol:

[cranguy]

Rhapsody for PS1, $6 at a yard sale, $114 on eBay 2 weeks before the GQD reprint
GBA Gameshark, $0.25 at a yard sale, $80 on eBay

[Tecumseh!]

I've got a couple of stories.

In the waining days of the Sega Saturn, I bought every copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga I could find in Central Indiana, about 20 copies in all, each one from a Toys r Us, each one $19.99. I played one copy, kept the rest intact, and then about 2 years later sold the 19 I had not opened for an average of about $180 on ebay.

I also sold a copy of Chrono Trigger I'd picked up for $3 at a mom and pop video store which was closing out it's SNES stock and a copy of the Chrono Trigger strategy guide I'd bought in wrapper from a guy for $15 on ebay to a guy for $175.00.

I've also had numerous other smaller "victories" in this regard, but these are clearly my best deals...

[greydemise]

when soul calibur 2 came out, i found a spawn figure,i think unmasked, hidden behind all the other figures at GS,i got it for $12, i sold it for $172 i think , not including shipping
it was my first ebay sell :)
ahh memories..i sold 2 more also! i remember the thrill of scouring gs's all over looking for them, not as much profit though, the other ones sold for like $100-$120~

[Caliburn]

Your pretty hardocre!

I am keeping an excel spreadsheet now of cost - paypal/ebay fees, - shipping = profit... its fun to total columns this way!

I do that with my transactions too, have been for over a year now. ;) A simple formula reveals my profit after all fees and costs in obtaining it.

A few people have said it before regarding profitable games...

I sold a $10 DDS for $90 on eBay because I was feeling generous around Christmas. I had 5 Fatal Frame III copies and now I'm down to my last copy - a few went cheap that made their way through GameTZ and CAG.

My biggest gain was Valkyrie Profile ($16 new in 2000) and sold in 2006 for $102 shipped.

[Cambot]

I have never sold a game. Since 1985, I have collected about 450-500 games from many different systems with about 350 being complete-in-box and have still never sold a game. They're mine, dammit!

[YoshiFan1]

Moto GP 2 for XBox, paid $5 at the CC clearance in 2004, sold it for $75
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 for PS2, paid $4.97 at Sears, sold for $75
Pokemon Colosseum Bonus Disc, paid $0.01 at CC, sold for $25

[btw1217]

Bought a FFXI strategy guide new at Books-a-Million for $15, used it for a year, and sold it on eBay for $112 x_x

[slidecage]

xenogears guides paid 4 sold 50+
Suk 2 guides paid 4 sold 70+

best

Big box of sega stuff 4 systems 50 games paid 30

sold for 500

[TahoeMax]

I've got a couple of stories.

In the waining days of the Sega Saturn, I bought every copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga I could find in Central Indiana, about 20 copies in all, each one from a Toys r Us, each one $19.99. I played one copy, kept the rest intact, and then about 2 years later sold the 19 I had not opened for an average of about $180 on ebay.

I also sold a copy of Chrono Trigger I'd picked up for $3 at a mom and pop video store which was closing out it's SNES stock and a copy of the Chrono Trigger strategy guide I'd bought in wrapper from a guy for $15 on ebay to a guy for $175.00.

I've also had numerous other smaller "victories" in this regard, but these are clearly my best deals...

20 copies of PDS?! That's nuts! Did you happen to take a picture of the stack o' PDS?

[addicted2games]

Around last December, I sold 5 Mario Mix Dance Dance Revolutions with dance pads brand new and sealed for $150 each after buying them for $50. Needless to say, those paid my Christmas bill. :)

[Calamityuponthee]

I usually don't flip stuff, I keep the good deals for myself... however, at one time I had 4 Suikoden II's... I got each one at the same EBGames. They cost 35 or something after edge card. I took a mint one for myself and waited until I needed cash to sell the others. One of them sold for 130$, the rest were in the 105 range.

[phear3d]

i recently sold my sealed Ar Tonelico for $110 buy it now. i got it from a credit at game crazy during that insane 40% bump towards currentgen games.

i sold numerous games over the years.. some i can remember:

-.hack // gu vol1 special edition sealed for $125
-sold a bunch of mostly crappy x12 N64 games i got from the 75% off sale at GS for $83
-advance wars (from a target clearance of $4.48) for $69 with the guide
-bust a groove 2 ($3.99) sold for $90
-suikoden III for $80 back when it went oop the first time
-DOA4 ($40) fighting stick for $120 total
-Marvel Vs Capcom 2 ($40) sold for $100+
-Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 (CC sale $16.96) for $99

thats all i could remember. im unloading alot for christmas...

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

DAMN!!! Compared with all of those tales of proft, mine is a small 'victory' by comparison.

Back when the Best Buy clearance happened, with many games for $1.99 each, I snagged 2 copies of the Beatmania bundle for PS2. I proceeded to flip those two copies to an indy shop I go to here for $25 and $30 each. A $50 profit for what was essentially holding onto those two games for 12 hours. Not bad, imo.

[Jedi1979]

DAMN!!! Compared with all of those tales of proft, mine is a small 'victory' by comparison.

Back when the Best Buy clearance happened, with many games for $1.99 each, I snagged 2 copies of the Beatmania bundle for PS2. I proceeded to flip those two copies to an indy shop I go to here for $25 and $30 each. A $50 profit for what was essentially holding onto those two games for 12 hours. Not bad, imo.

damn...i wanted to play beatmania so badly too...you had to go and hoard the only 2 copies around...hoarder:lol: ;)

i dont know what my most profitable purchase was...1 game that comes to mind was Bubble Bobble 2 which i found in a Funcoland for $29.99...took it and a few years later sold it for around $80 on ebay...i have found plenty of dirt cheap stuff here and there but usually end up keeping most of it

[kube00]

One copy of Jurassic Park OG for ps2 for $5 sold it for $45 on ebay, 2 copies of FFVII, each $5, one GH and one Black Label $80 and $50 on ebay.

On a side note it gets harder and harder to find the good deals on rare stuff if we want to play it, for example I really want a copy of MvC 2 for ps2 or xbox but the prices are terrible. But like everything else, I'll eventually break down and get it like Twisted Metal 2.

[jetsetradio21]

Pokemon Box from the Nintendo World Store for $20. Sold for ~$250 on eBay

[thetoxicone]

Those Zelda shield things from Target I bought 5 at $10 each and sold each for $30-40 before shipping so at least $20 profit off each of those.

Resident Evil Code Veronica X got 13 copies that were clearanced at a Shopko for 3.75 each and sold each for $25-$35 a piece before shipping for at least $20 profit off those

Flintstones 2 (nes) $5 at a video store that was closing, sold for $100

NCAA Basketball 2k3 Gamecube - bought $10 at same closing video store as above and sold it for $80 on ebay right before the NCAA tourney this last march (gotta love timing those ebay auctions correctly)

Virtual Boy store display unit - bought for $20 from a blockbuster when they stopped carrying the system, sold for $300+(I don't remember the exact total) on ebay.

Probably a few more not on the tip of my tongue currently

[DomLando]

I bought World of Warcraft CE for around $50. Sold it for $650.

[Pookymeister]

bought 4 gameboy players at Kmart for $5 each, then sold them for $150 each the next day. This would be a good thread for the IRS, eh?

[Trocar]

Glad I checked this thread out. I didn't realize how much some of my items are fetching these days. My profits include:

Bought 2 Metal Gear Solid LE's for 39.99, sold each for $150 on Ebay.

Bought 3 Fatal Frame III's for 9.99, sold one for $40, holding on to the other 2.

Bought a SMT: Nocturne LE for 17.99? at Gamecrazy, sold for $70.

Bought Baldur's Gate II for $13 at Sears, sold for $65.

Still have a Karaoke Revolution Vol 2 bought online from TRU for $19.99 that i had planned to open up when friends came to town to visit, but I won't be doing that anymore!

[encendido5]

My single best amount of profit was a Premium XBox 360 I sold a week after it came out. It sold on ebay for around $830 including shipping. I paid $440 shipped.

Here are the rest of my winnings:

I managed to get two copies of the Zelda Collector's edition for free by subscribing to NP and by registering something? Anyway, I sold one of them for $65 shipped.

I used to work in midtown Manhattan and the Nintendo World store was a stone's throw away. Back when they were selling the GCN component cables, I would go in once a day and buy 1 (the limit) a day for $30 each. I would list them at $80 shipped and I sold 6 out of the 7 I bought.

Last November I bought 2 sealed copies of Mario DDR at full price. Kept 1 and sold 1 for $170 shipped.

Last Christmas I bought 4 DS Lites, assortment of pink and black. Sold them all for a $120 profit total.

Edit: I wonder what the hot toy of the season will be this year...

[DomLando]

Oh yeah I also bought a PS3 at launch. Was planning on keeping it but when I saw the insane amount of money they were going for I could not resist. Sold mine for $2000.

[Cmosfm]

but games aren't exactly a section of the economy that a lot of people can money off of.

Not a lot of people, true, but I make my living off of it. :)

I seriously sell so much that it's REALLY hard to remember what deals are the best. I've bought tons upon tons of items for around 5 that have sold for 50-100. Intelligent Qube, lots of FF7, Bubble Bobble 2 for NES.

I guess my biggest haul was when I was calling the local closing Game Crazy and waiting for the store to hit 90% off, I was there within the hour when the dropped the price, and I wiped out everything good left. Spent close to 500.00. They even let me go through all the loose games behind the counter, it was nice buying games for as low as .50 on up to a couple bucks max.

[encendido5]

Not a lot of people, true, but I make my living off of it. :)

I seriously sell so much that it's REALLY hard to remember what deals are the best. I've bought tons upon tons of items for around 5 that have sold for 50-100. Intelligent Qube, lots of FF7, Bubble Bobble 2 for NES.

I guess my biggest haul was when I was calling the local closing Game Crazy and waiting for the store to hit 90% off, I was there within the hour when the dropped the price, and I wiped out everything good left. Spent close to 500.00. They even let me go through all the loose games behind the counter, it was nice buying games for as low as .50 on up to a couple bucks max.

Do you know that what you're buying is rare and valuable, or do you buy stuff up on the notion that it will be rare someday? I'm still trying to get a sense for things that might be in high demand later on. The Zelda DS bundle is one of the things I'm eyeing, but I wonder if that will go the way of other so called "limited" edition runs.

[Cmosfm]

Do you know that what you're buying is rare and valuable, or do you buy stuff up on the notion that it will be rare someday? I'm still trying to get a sense for things that might be in high demand later on. The Zelda DS bundle is one of the things I'm eyeing, but I wonder if that will go the way of other so called "limited" edition runs.

Well, I normally just "know", I have previously collected games for years upon years and have done uncountable hours of research on game prices, rarity, etc. I still study my "Digital Press Rarity Guide" books in the bathroom from time to time. I don't collect anymore, but I do buy for myself and have my own personal collection. I do have instances where I don't know the price of something, that's when I call a friend and they'll do a quick ebay search for me.

Also, I don't buy only rare and valuable items, a lot of the Game Crazy stuff I bought will sell for maybe 5.00-10.00 each. The thing is though, it was CHEAP, so if I sell a game that cost 1.00 for 5.00 + 4.00 shipping and handling, I still come out ahead with about 6.00 after fees, shipping and such, which is 4.00 profit. 4.00 X 10 = 40.00. It all adds up.

I NEVER buy on notion, EVER, you'll most of the time be wrong...but I think you're heading in the right direction with the DS Lite Bundles as I thought of the same thing myself. Honestly though, as for high demand and ebay holiday prices, watch the Nintendogs bundle instead of the Zelda. If you remember a couple years ago they released a DS Fat Nintendogs Bundle that skyrocketed in price...and you'll have more parents buying Nintendogs bundles for their kids rather than the Zelda bundle. It's too hard to judge what will be valuable later on, you'll waste lots of money just buying things like that, just be sure to stay on top of what you are watching and the minute it goes up in price...head to the store! Think about it, who'd have thought that Pokemon Box would have sold for as much as it did? My eye was on Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 Limited Editions...boy was I wrong.

Always be one step ahead of the general public, it was nice walking into 5 stores, stocked to the brim with TMX Elmos on release day last year, sold those suckers for 120.00 each.

Just don't get too greedy, always let a friend grab a game they want before buying it for profit.

EDIT: I don't only buy games though, I do lots of DVDs, toys, cds, etc. Just whatever brings in a buck.

[unforeseen]

Bought a Suikoden strategy guide for $5 and sold it on eBay for about $175.

[Renegade_Zero]

I was looking through my buddy's last gen collection a little while ago and he happened to have 3 Marvel Vs Capcom 2s, 1 complete PS2, 1 complete Xbox, 1 sealed PS2. Bought all 3 for $20 total. I sold the Xbox and PS2 ones for about $60 each, I think on here. I sold the sealed one for $130, also on here before realizing I could have gotten $200+ on Ebay.

[PenguinMaster]

I traded Quake 3 (worth less than $10 at the time) for Unreal Tournament, Super Mario RPG, Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Kirby Superstar. I sold Unreal Tournament for $8, Super Mario RPG for $40, Zelda for $15, and Kirby Superstar for $25. So $78 profit.

[encendido5]

Well, I normally just "know", I have previously collected games for years upon years and have done uncountable hours of research on game prices, rarity, etc. I still study my "Digital Press Rarity Guide" books in the bathroom from time to time. I don't collect anymore, but I do buy for myself and have my own personal collection. I do have instances where I don't know the price of something, that's when I call a friend and they'll do a quick ebay search for me.

Also, I don't buy only rare and valuable items, a lot of the Game Crazy stuff I bought will sell for maybe 5.00-10.00 each. The thing is though, it was CHEAP, so if I sell a game that cost 1.00 for 5.00 + 4.00 shipping and handling, I still come out ahead with about 6.00 after fees, shipping and such, which is 4.00 profit. 4.00 X 10 = 40.00. It all adds up.

I NEVER buy on notion, EVER, you'll most of the time be wrong...but I think you're heading in the right direction with the DS Lite Bundles as I thought of the same thing myself. Honestly though, as for high demand and ebay holiday prices, watch the Nintendogs bundle instead of the Zelda. If you remember a couple years ago they released a DS Fat Nintendogs Bundle that skyrocketed in price...and you'll have more parents buying Nintendogs bundles for their kids rather than the Zelda bundle. It's too hard to judge what will be valuable later on, you'll waste lots of money just buying things like that, just be sure to stay on top of what you are watching and the minute it goes up in price...head to the store! Think about it, who'd have thought that Pokemon Box would have sold for as much as it did? My eye was on Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 Limited Editions...boy was I wrong.

Always be one step ahead of the general public, it was nice walking into 5 stores, stocked to the brim with TMX Elmos on release day last year, sold those suckers for 120.00 each.

Just don't get too greedy, always let a friend grab a game they want before buying it for profit.

EDIT: I don't only buy games though, I do lots of DVDs, toys, cds, etc. Just whatever brings in a buck.

Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely have to do some research and keep my eyes peeled for those rare gems. You're right about that Nintendogs bundle though. Especially those pink ones. Seems like girls really like their pink ds'.

Funny thing about those Pokemon Boxes... My friend and I bought 10 at $20 each between the both of us to try to resell. This was back when LeafGreen and FireRed had just come out and the Nintendo store had tons in stock. A couple of months later, we were still holding on to them and the prices on ebay were at around $25 or so. I kept telling him we should wait to sell them when Emerald came out because the demand would more than likely increase. He finally convinced me to sell them all to break even. Boy do I regret it. About a month or two after Emerald came out, the prices jacked up to around $75 and peaked, as many of you know, at $250. I still have my personal copy though as a reminder to trust my instincts :D

[Cmosfm]

Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely have to do some research and keep my eyes peeled for those rare gems. You're right about that Nintendogs bundle though. Especially those pink ones. Seems like girls really like their pink ds'.

Funny thing about those Pokemon Boxes... My friend and I bought 10 at $20 each between the both of us to try to resell. This was back when LeafGreen and FireRed had just come out and the Nintendo store had tons in stock. A couple of months later, we were still holding on to them and the prices on ebay were at around $25 or so. I kept telling him we should wait to sell them when Emerald came out because the demand would more than likely increase. He finally convinced me to sell them all to break even. Boy do I regret it. About a month or two after Emerald came out, the prices jacked up to around $75 and peaked, as many of you know, at $250. I still have my personal copy though as a reminder to trust my instincts :D

OUCH! 25.00 each? I've done stuff like that before, I kept saying "I'm going to sell these 2 PS3's closer to Christmas because they'll bring in more profit". Yeah, they started to sell at retail cost and even LESS by Christmas. I made 100.00 each off of them...I regret not selling my Pre-Orders. :(

[boyboy1080]

damn ebay whores

[zman73]

$5 UFC Tapout sold for 55
3 dollar copy of AW:DS sold for 50
3 dollar copies of M&L Superstar Saga... sold for about 40 each
$22 copy of DDR Mario sold for over 150
plenty more but I cant remember them all right now

[phear3d]

oh yeah i forgot about the ps3. for less than a day of being on line i sold the unit for $1400. nearly $800 in profit for days worth. i had good christmas last year because of that.

[VipFREAK]

Had bought a used psp for $90 (in great condition no scratches) and it came with 5 games. I sold the psp for $95 and the games went for around $20 ea. After the smoke cleared I made about ~$200?

[ZForce]

One time I bought a used FF7 Versus Guide for $5 that sold for $75 from a second hand games and video store. They sell a few imports and once I found a copy of Radiant Silvergun there that I got for $20 and sold for $150.

[Sailorneorune]

Pokemon Box from the Nintendo World Store for $20. Sold for ~$250 on eBay

That would be mine too.

Shortly after my ex broke up with me, I found I had no use for Pokemon Box.

I shopped it around all the trading sites for anyone who wanted it, but because it wasn't 100% complete (no memory card stickers), no one wanted it.

After no success on finding it a home, I decided to ebay it for money towards a Kingdom Hearts 2 preorder.

I thought I would be off on the day the auction ended so I could keep an eye on it and end it early if it started to get insane, but my schedule got changed, and so I had to work weekends. With ebay blocked on our company network, and the break room computers constantly occupied with MySpace addicts, I came home to discover the results - $226, and the winning bidder had already paid.

Needless to say, I couldn't talk them out of it.

Collectors make my brain hurt.

To this day, certain individuals use the Pokemon Box story on GameTZ to label me a hypocrite because I'd like to prevent this sort of thing.

[Snake2715]

Oh yeah I also bought a PS3 at launch. Was planning on keeping it but when I saw the insane amount of money they were going for I could not resist. Sold mine for $2000.


Not to argue but they didn't go for that much on release? My buddy had one and we were going to list it and it was not worth it.....

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Well I must be smoking crack and have conveniently forgot how much was to be made on the PS3 launch...as everyone and their brother has mentioned it... I still remember he didn't drop the damn thing on ebay and I forget why now.... I am going to have to ask him

[briansraregames]

Picked up a factory sealed Super Mario Bros at gamecrazy for $0.95 and sold it on ebay for $170

[SaraAB]

As far as I know anything with Hannah montana is going to be super hot this year, all the 6-10 year old girls are really into it, and parents come with open arms to be 900$ for a single ticket to one of her concerts, I also watched a 5$ walmart hannah lunchbag go for around 70$ on ebay...

Anything that the 6-10 year old age group thinks is cool, is what will be the hottest things to ebay this season.. they are the most exploitable age group and parents come with open arms to buy stuff just to have it by christmas..

[andrewfour20]

Bought SpiderMan: Web of Fire for $2.00, sold if for $150

[DomLando]

Not to argue but they didn't go for that much on release? My buddy had one and we were going to list it and it was not worth it.....

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Well I must be smoking crack and have conveniently forgot how much was to be made on the PS3 launch...as everyone and their brother has mentioned it... I still remember he didn't drop the damn thing on ebay and I forget why now.... I am going to have to ask him
Yeah I put mine up that morning Buy it now on ebay and it sold in a few minutes.

[Pookymeister]

Not to argue but they didn't go for that much on release? My buddy had one and we were going to list it and it was not worth it.....

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Well I must be smoking crack and have conveniently forgot how much was to be made on the PS3 launch...as everyone and their brother has mentioned it... I still remember he didn't drop the damn thing on ebay and I forget why now.... I am going to have to ask him


Yea, i dont recall everything getting that lucky. I checked the day of and ebay was flooded and auctions ending didnt seem to be making much over retail to take the chance of selling it.

[mcpeepants]

$20 Pokemon Box "new" (opened it because I thought it came with a 251 memory card, argh) for $250 last xmas
$10 NES Cheetahmen II a few summers back for ~ $280 (kinda regret it now)
Bunch of $10 PSX Namco Museum 2's eons ago for $40-60
$10 2600 Okie Dokie #2/100 for $250 almost 10 yrs ago
lots of other crap I can't think of at the moment... really tempted to test the waters on a sealed US Elektroplankton for Christmastime haha

[DJ Samp]

.....found a top-loading NES back in the day for $5 at a thrift store.... sold it on ebay with a couple games for $90 or so......

[figcoinc]

This is going to sound insane but a lot.

This was....maybe 7 years ago. When PSX was still big.

I went to a swap meet and some old lady in a side shop had some games. I looked through them all and she had a pile of 8 or 9 Dragonball GT: Final Bout. This when DBZ was just getting big and there was no Dragonball games around at all in the U.S.

Well I asked how much. She told me that she had them for a while and wanted to get rid of them (she sold lamps and crap at her booth and not videogames) and I bought them all for $18.

Well I turned around and put them on Ebay. Sold each one for close too $300 a piece. One I sold to a woman when I worked at Gamestop that saw I had one (I put it in the arcade so people can check it out for fun) and she offered me $1000 for it. I said yes of course.

That Christmas I made close to $3000 dollars. Wild huh? Never will happen again to me, I am sure of that.

[elsnerma]

I think the only thing I've ever flipped was MGS3S:LE on ebay for around 120 bucks.

As for non-gaming items, I sold MST3K: The Movie on DVD for ~80 bucks USED after having bought it a couple of years before at Best Buy for 10 dollars.

[Ski Hawk]

Only thing Ive done is bought Ikaruga for $12 at GC, sold on Ebay for $45

[Over easy]

I sold my 360 at launch for $300 profit. Aside from that, I generally keep all my gaming collectibles.

[allyourblood]

bought the N64 LoZ: Ocarina of Time demo cart from work (TRU), for $4, sold it for $365 on Ebay. bought a sealed SNES Metroid (the million seller reissue) for $15 at a pawn shop and sold it for $225.

also not game-related, but still kinda cool: i bought 2 sealed copies of Hybrid Theory's debut EP (before they were called Linkin Park, and no, not the fan club reissue), for $3. i sold one on Ebay a little over a year ago for $325. i still have one left, but i'm not sure when to sell it.

[MadFlava]

Kindof game related, I got a free Windows Vista Ultimate from Live Club and sold it on CL for $270.

[russellgreco]

Hmm. Im bad about selling stuff, I tend to keep all my collectibles. I have gotten the better end of many deals. I picked up a saturn, Shining force III, Dragon Force, Albert Odyssey, Guardian Heroes, Puzze Fighter, an import kart, an import Bomberman, and a limited edition dragon force memory module as well as a bunch of light gun games, and the staples (VF, Daytona, Rally etc) for 270 off of a lot. I can't say the guy had no idea what he had. However, thats easily over 600 dollars in games. Almost all were complete (the important ones were). In terms of selling.... I've sold NES for 50+ and bought them for next to nothing (broken ones) and fixed them (thats quite a bit of profit). Ive sold BioShock Limiteds for 135 or so, Complete final fantasy's for 50-60 and payed practically nothing for them (maybe 5 bucks or so). Never flipped a console though, I kinda despise that mentality a bit. Meaning I buy only what I will play, not to force demand or supply around for people who want to enjoy them.

[norkusa]

I found a practically new in box Atari 2600 Sunnyvale 'Heavy Sixer' at a garage sale for $7. Ended up selling for $685 + ship on Ebay back in 2001.

[Snake2715]

This thread is great so far. Keep the stories coming.

[Dragon_Master]

I got extra snes one time for free and I sold it with a couple of games for about $45 on eBAy. It was awhile ago so i dont remember what games it had with it though.

[willc23]

$1 for Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (PS2) at a yard sale, sold for $25

[ch2423]

Last year when the PS3 launched I ended up getting 2 presales (Toys R Us and Gamestop) as well as camp out at a 24 hour Wal-Mart for a 3rd. I ebayed them all and made $1,675, $1675, $1,625. $4,975 total. After the cost of the systems, ebay fees and shipping I made about $3,000. Not a bad Christmas!

[eau]

Bought a spare MGS3 Subsistence LE for $40 at launch and sold it on ebay for $170 months later.

[akilshohen]

I put a 1 cent copy of obilvion and Prey I got from CC last year during that PC game glitch they had, and got $45 and $35 for them.

[iamamoogle]

I found Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix at this thrift store for $5, realized just how awful it really was, and promptly sold it on eBay for close to $60.

[dg7md]

Like 85 bucks for an unboxed Gamecube Gameboy Player.

I also got nearly 100 dollars for a used, but mint copy of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on PS2.

Both of these events happened a few years ago.

[arthurRWD]

Made about $600 by selling launch-day PS3 on ebay (i know, i know...)

Also, picked up FFVII at a pawn shop for $5 and sold for about $60

Oh, yea, and also made about $400 off of the blockbuster 5 for 25 coupon a month or so ago

[javeryh]

I sold a launch PS3 for $1,250 on eBay - insane!! That's the most money I made in one shot but the biggest percentage increase over what I originally paid was when I sold 3 sealed copies of Oblivion Collector's Edition for around $70 each and I paid $10 each for them...

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

I found a practically new in box Atari 2600 Sunnyvale 'Heavy Sixer' at a garage sale for $7. Ended up selling for $685 + ship on Ebay back in 2001.

WTF is a Sunnyvale 'Heavy Sixer'? I've had 2 Atari systems in my lifetime, got rid of one and a boxload of games for super cheap a long, long time ago.

Nevermind, I Googled it. I had one with the wood paneling design like that, but I THINK it was only a 4 switch model.

[freshzen]

In the past 6 months: sealed GB player made roughly $110-115 in profit.

I just got done selling 5 sealed PS2 network adaptors for a profit of around $45 each.

[Dragon_Master]

not a huge profit but I still made a profit a week ago I went to Kmarts clearance and bought 6 360 games spent about $35 I went to GS cause they had trade in 2 360 games and get a extra $10 so after I traded in the games I ended up with $62 in store credit that I used to buy Virtua Fighter 5 for the 360 brand new.

[Pookymeister]

I sold a launch PS3 for $1,250 on eBay - insane!! That's the most money I made in one shot but the biggest percentage increase over what I originally paid was when I sold 3 sealed copies of Oblivion Collector's Edition for around $70 each and I paid $10 each for them...


Biggest percentage would be a couple penny guides ive sold for $50+ 8-)

[Paco]

Bought a complete Enchanter Trilogy at the fleamarket for five bucks. Sold it on ebay for 200 to someone living in Europe. The package was like new and had tons of extras. I don't even know if the package worked due to the age of the diskettes "something like twenty years at the time" But it made me regret not picking up all the other old games there that were also text adventures.

[redfusion]

Bought a copy of FF7 disc only at a garage sale for $5, sold it on ebay for $50.

[SuppaMan]

launch system flippers and hoarders make me sick


you might be getting a bunch of money, but you aren't screwing "the man" or people you might look down upon and what not, all you are largely doing is just screwing other gamers out of a ridiculous amount of money or games that they want to play that are just like you


its one thing to sell something you bought and used or bought and kept sealed, its another thing to buy 30 of the same item or buy a launch system to turn around and sell it for a profit

[guyinga]

$100 for a bunch of SNES games that I had or bought at yard sales.

[Prepster]

launch system flippers and hoarders make me sick


you might be getting a bunch of money, but you aren't screwing "the man" or people you might look down upon and what not, all you are largely doing is just screwing other gamers out of a ridiculous amount of money or games that they want to play that are just like you


its one thing to sell something you bought and used or bought and kept sealed, its another thing to buy 30 of the same item or buy a launch system to turn around and sell it for a profit


I dont see whats so wrong with buying a system at launch to sell for a profit? It helped me pay for my last couple systems and I also helped someone who has more money than me also get the system.

And how the fuck are we screwing other gamers if we sell the system to someone.........think about that. They are buying it to play and are willing to spend the extra money to have it sooner rather than later.

[SuppaMan]

because its scalping and governments in the US have tried to have anti-scalping laws and enforce them, even though they fail

and its not helping anyone, its very unethical, but whatever helps you greedy people sleep at night...

[Prepster]

because its scalping and governments in the US have tried to have anti-scalping laws and enforce them, even though they fail

and its not helping anyone, its very unethical, but whatever helps you greedy people sleep at night...

Your an angry person.

[contej85]

because its scalping and governments in the US have tried to have anti-scalping laws and enforce them, even though they fail

and its not helping anyone, its very unethical, but whatever helps you greedy people sleep at night...

So is it also unethical that stores mark-up items to make a profit? Also, how is it any better to sell an item you bought and kept sealed? You can't have it both ways people. It isn't suddenly "ethical" in one situation that for all intents and purposes of "ethics" is the same. Selling an extra MGS you had sealed for a profit is no better than selling a PS3 you got at release, at least from an ethical standpoint.

[SuppaMan]

because a person isn't a business, they are not an authorized seller or re-seller of merchandise

something that ended sitting forever and is now old can be classified differently because then you are into the collection scheme of things and the whole "antique" scenario


but buying something just to turn around and immediately re-sell it at a higher price is unethical and for quite awhile (and even to an extent now) was considered illegal


hoarding is equally as bad, forget it if you combine the two



but like i said, whatever helps greedy people sleep at night, at the end of the day the only ones you are trying to convince is yourselves

[Windmill]

because a person isn't a business, they are not an authorized seller or re-seller of merchandise

something that ended sitting forever and is now old can be classified differently because then you are into the collection scheme of things and the whole "antique" scenario


but buying something just to turn around and immediately re-sell it at a higher price is unethical and for quite awhile (and even to an extent now) was considered illegal


hoarding is equally as bad, forget it if you combine the two



but like i said, whatever helps greedy people sleep at night, at the end of the day the only ones you are trying to convince is yourselvesNo, I think of it as smart.

I haven't made like, loads of money in a single purchase, but sometimes when I sell my games I've gotten second hand overseas I make a fair swag of cash for about 5 or 6 of them, sometimes up to $100. Helps me to of course pay for the more expensive games (Star Ocean 2- I'll get you some day...)

[contej85]

because a person isn't a business, they are not an authorized seller or re-seller of merchandise

something that ended sitting forever and is now old can be classified differently because then you are into the collection scheme of things and the whole "antique" scenario


but buying something just to turn around and immediately re-sell it at a higher price is unethical and for quite awhile (and even to an extent now) was considered illegal


hoarding is equally as bad, forget it if you combine the two



but like i said, whatever helps greedy people sleep at night, at the end of the day the only ones you are trying to convince is yourselves

Oh let us tear holes in this arguement as well.

So if I come across 2 sealed copies of Chrono Trigger at a pawn shop for $20 a piece, I shouldn't buy them to re-sell, or if I do I have to hold onto them for years first since "but buying something just to turn around and immediately re-sell it at a higher price is unethical and for quite awhile (and even to an extent now) was considered illegal".

Yes, you are dumb. So if I sell items on Ebay as a profession it's ok to re-sell to you at a mark-up, but average Joe gamer can't occasionally use their better knowledge of the market to make a buck. Hell, is the whole stock market unethical? Come back to us when you have an arguement that holds up even a little would you?

[javeryh]

launch system flippers and hoarders make me sick


you might be getting a bunch of money, but you aren't screwing "the man" or people you might look down upon and what not, all you are largely doing is just screwing other gamers out of a ridiculous amount of money or games that they want to play that are just like you


its one thing to sell something you bought and used or bought and kept sealed, its another thing to buy 30 of the same item or buy a launch system to turn around and sell it for a profit
:rofl: Turning down "free money" - unbelievable!!!

[Bezerker]

Whats cheaper than free money?

Theres a lot worse things than hoarding. Think about it this way, a guy who hoards 20 copies of a new game is still contributing to the sales numbers of the games and to the developers/licensors. Someone who buys 1 used game doesnt contribute to anyone except the company who sells it (who technically, hoarded it at a lower amount to re-sell for much higher) . As far as the developers/licensors are concerned, they might as well have pirated the game.

[jeffg]

I found a Zelda Test Cart that they used at the Nintendo Repair centers. It is the bright yellow case (not gold).

Lady at Flea Market had it for $2.50

It had bad label, so I got $300 out of it. If it was Mint, I probably could have gotten around $500 for it


that is most for 1 item. I did stumble upon 50 SNES games all boxed at a local video game rental store about a year ago.
The highlights were: Harvest Moon, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire 1 & 2, Final Fantasy III, Metal Warriors, Lufia 1 & 2, and Earthbound(kept)

Needless to say I kept about 6 of the games and sold the rest for $1500. So $250 turns into $1500 and 6 games for my collection. That was my biggest one time haul.