It also depends on your area and what the game market is like and what people want to buy. You can observe this by going to gamestop and seeing what people are buying or shopping at the flea constantly and seeing what people are asking for, it should be rather easy to pick up on what the majority are buying. An honest seller WILL do much better at the flea than a sheister with no prices on their games (at least for here). The market for older games is pretty much dead here, no one wants them, everyone wants the newer stuff (hence the store that sold older games closing). People aren't gonna pay 20$ for that Mario Party 1 cart for the N64 here. Every area will have its hardcore collectors though that are interested in a variety of stuff. Despite the rough economy people are only purchasing the newer stuff, this is a very urban area so that explains it somewhat. The money that people are spending on games is being put towards the latest releases.
Gas prices are a huge influence, I really think less people are yard sale-ing as I have spoken with many people at yard sales and business is definitely down despite the lower prices than last year in my area and wider selection of stuff. The product isn't moving either, people are selling clothes 5 for a dollar and its still not selling (decent stuff too!). I completely do not understand the clothes buying mentality in my area, they can't afford to drive to a yard sale to buy dirt cheap clothing yet they can drive to the salvation army to spend 5$ on a used, worn-out t-shirt.... Most people who have a sale here only sell half their stuff or less, the rest sits. A lot of people here simply cannot afford to have cars or they are getting rid of their cars and that has a huge effect on the number of people that come to your sale. When I had my yard sale more than 50% of the people who actually came, came on foot.
I am mainly in this to get as much video game stuff as I can and to sell off the extras or duplicates that I get.
Gas prices are a huge influence, I really think less people are yard sale-ing as I have spoken with many people at yard sales and business is definitely down despite the lower prices than last year in my area and wider selection of stuff. The product isn't moving either, people are selling clothes 5 for a dollar and its still not selling (decent stuff too!). I completely do not understand the clothes buying mentality in my area, they can't afford to drive to a yard sale to buy dirt cheap clothing yet they can drive to the salvation army to spend 5$ on a used, worn-out t-shirt.... Most people who have a sale here only sell half their stuff or less, the rest sits. A lot of people here simply cannot afford to have cars or they are getting rid of their cars and that has a huge effect on the number of people that come to your sale. When I had my yard sale more than 50% of the people who actually came, came on foot.
I am mainly in this to get as much video game stuff as I can and to sell off the extras or duplicates that I get.