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Post by andycole on Aug 21, 2007 16:54:32 GMT 2
As some of you may have noticed, I've been thinking about selling some of my games to raise some money. So, I've been looking at the values of games, as I've not really used ebay much for ages. When I first started jotting down completed auction values I was astonished at how cheap some games (especially boxed ones) had become, and started getting worried that my collection was becoming more worthless Yet at the same time, there seems to be fewer games for sale than there used to be. Quite a few models have not appeared or maybe just once in the completed listings (and I'm not talking about rare items.) After comparing finished auctions for items in similar condition to my own items, I got a total for the whole collection and it's about the same as it's always been. I've had to take a guess at a couple of items that aren't listed, so maybe I've over-estimated slightly. Anyway, just thinking out loud and inviting discussion. I think the main thing I noticed is that boxed games are almost as cheap as loose ones, as long as you don't want MIMB. Any thoughts? Andy
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Post by devster on Aug 21, 2007 23:28:27 GMT 2
Everytime I look I'm surprised at the prices some things get. I keep thinking that games are cheaper, but then there is a lot of stuff that still seems to go for megabucks, considering what it is?
MIMB items still do well, but I think I've seen a lot of loose stuff getting good prices and is it me or is there a load of new collectors out there?
I haven't studied it enough to say either way, although I thought that in the first half of the year things were a lot cheaper?
With regards to prices, do you think you get more if the auction is in $ or if it's in £?
I also agree that there are fewer games, which is surprising.
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Post by Br3nd4N on Aug 22, 2007 1:29:12 GMT 2
There is defently less items.
I've got about 30 stored searches, a few I use all the time. There used to be about 7-8 pages of items a year ago, now there's about 4, sometimes as low as 3.
Rarer items are still going for good $, as are new ones. PS however have dropped, which is wierd I must admit. I guess PS is a niche market really, and once someone has one, they are no longer in the running.
-B
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Post by andycole on Aug 22, 2007 10:25:21 GMT 2
Paul, I saw quite a few of your NIB items among my searches. Quite a few were extremely cheap. (Spitball comes to mind) and others went for double what I thought they were worth (200 quid for a crab grab). I think that over the past couple of years, choice has been at it's greatest, so people have been able to become more picky and collect MIMB only, which has kept those prices fairly high. Everything else has dropped, maybe to a point where people would rather keep hold of them than sell, which might explain the lack of auctions generally. I think that one of the most surprising trends is the reduction of value of silver and gold series. You can get a decently boxed gold game for less than $100 and silver for less than $200 (flagman excluded). They are still pretty rare, in my book, but strangely there are some other games which I would originally class as more common, which have appeared less than all of the gold and silvers. There are definitely fewer tabletop games appearing. I think that the prices of these have crashed, since a lot of collectors don't bother with them, probably due to their size and shipping cost. I've always said that PS prices were directly linked to collector activity in this forum and I've been proved right Now's the time to start collecting them. Andy Edit: Interesting question about $ or £. You would think that it wouldn't matter, but I recall seeing stuff listed in pounds, in the UK, fetching more than US based auctions in dollars. I think that there is a much higher concentration of collectors in Europe than there are in the US, so that probably explains it. It shouldn't matter if those UK uactions were in pounds or dollars, I think it's the location that makes the difference. Strange to see Taki listing loads of stuff in pounds, though. Thinking about it, I suppose it makes a bit of sense that pounds is higher. Lets say, a year ago, a loose ball was worth 100 dollars, or 70 pounds. UK buyers will remember it's worth 70 pounds, and US buyers will remember the dollar value. Today, 100 dollars is only 50 pounds but 70 pounds is 140 dollars, so an item listed in pounds might go for 70 instead of 50. Andy
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Post by mpanayiotakis on Aug 22, 2007 14:37:47 GMT 2
Prices change all the time so I won't go into that, I just wanted to say that uk pound listings would probably be a very good case study! Many items get absurd prices and others don't even sell! It has come to my attention that loose games get better prices if listed in pounds. Tabletops sell for more as well and even some MIMB games but I haven't identified a pattern yet!!
Michael
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Post by andycole on Aug 22, 2007 15:50:15 GMT 2
I think that maybe the 'loose items better in pounds' is because when dealing with such low values, people will bid, say, 10 pounds because it's a nice round number. Pounds or dollars, they use round numbers, so the same game may sell for 10 pounds or 10 dollars. That might be the same for tabletops which are more or less worthless nowadays.
Andy
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Post by willsh on Aug 22, 2007 22:36:40 GMT 2
There have been a lot of new collectors lately, in particular I've noticed an increase in the number of buyers from Spain.
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