Selling Old Games on Ebay - Advice Requested

DoctorArch

So, I've sold on eBay for several years, and I know most of the rules to keep me safe (stay domestic, delivery confirmation everything, no first-time buyers, etc.), but I could use some advice regarding what would be the best way to sell this old collection of mine: Spoilered for huge:

Xbox 360 Games:
1. Guitar Hero World Tour
2. Guitar Hero II
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
4. Perfect Dark Zero (Platinum Hits)
5. Project Gotham Racing 3 (Platinum Hits)
6. Rainbow Six Vegas 2
7. Call of Duty 3 Gold Edition
8. Gears of War
9. Gears of War 2

Backwards Compatible Original Xbox Games
1. Rallisport Challenge
2. Project Gotham Racing 2
3. Shenmue II
4. Fable
5. Full Spectrum Warrior
6. Unreal Championship 2
7. ESPN NFL 2k5
8. Ninja Gaiden Black
9. Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
10. Doom 3: Limited Collector’s Edition
11. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Platinum Hits)
12. Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
13. Halo: Combat Evolved
14. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
15. Dead or Alive: Ultimate
16. Halo 2: Limited Collector’s Edition
17. Links 2004
18. Forza Motorsport
19. Breakdown
20. Sid Meier’s Pirates!
21. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3
22. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
23. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
24. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
25. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
26. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Game of the Year Edition

Non-Backwards Compatible
1. Mechassault
2. Rallisport Challenge 2
3. Beyond Good and Evil
4. Top Spin
5. Splinter Cell
6. Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
7. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
8. Oddworld Strangers Wrath
9. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
10. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
11. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
12. Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
13. Sudeki

Playstation 3 games
1. Resistance: Fall of Man
2. Resistance 2
3. Motorstorm
4. Warhawk

PS2 Games:
1. Grand Theft Auto III
2. Makai Kingdom
3. Suikoden III
4. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
5. Dark Cloud 2
6. Dynasty Tactics 2
7. La Pucelle Tactics
8. Robot Alchemic Drive
9. Front Mission 4
10. Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
11. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (Greatest Hits)
12. Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
13. Shadow of the Colossus
14. Ico
15. Culdcept
16. Champions of Norrath
17. Champions: Return to Arms
18. God of War (Greatest Hits)
19. God of War II (Greatest Hits)
20. Sega Genesis Collection
21. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
22. Sly 2: Band of Thieves
23. Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

PS1 Games:
1. Front Mission 3
2. Xenogears
3. Silent Hill
4. Star Ocean: The Second Story
5. Chrono Cross
6. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (with Book)
7. Final Fantasy Origins
8. Arc the Lad Collection (Complete)
9. Final Fantasy Anthology
10. Final Fantasy Chronicles
11. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Greatest Hits)
12. R-Types (Sleeve only)
13. Legend of Mana (Sleeve Only)

Gamecube Games:
1. Resident Evil 4
2. Ikaruga
3. SoulCalibur II
4. Metroid Prime (Player’s Choice)
5. Mega Man Anniversary Collection

Dreamcast Games:
1. Shenmue
2. Sonic Adventure
3. ChuChu Rocket
4. Ecco the Dolphin
5. Dead or Alive 2 (Former Rental)
6. SoulCalibur
7. NBA 2K1
8. NFL 2K2
9. NFL 2K
10. Web Browser 2.0
11. Grandia II
12. Daytona USA
13. Resident Evil Code: Veronica
14. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
15. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
16. Space Channel 5
17. Crazy Taxi
18. Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (Sleeve only)
19. Virtua Tennis

Nintendo DS:
1. Trace Memory
2. Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble
3. Starfox Command
4. Nanostray
5. Bleach: The Blade of Fate

So, originally I thought I may get the best sale if I sold the entire thing as one lot, but as the size of the entire batch grew, I think I should prune it down to specific consoles/groups.

Questions:

1) Should I or shouldn't I sell these in one complete lot, or in console-specific lots (i.e. Xbox 360 & Xbox & Xbox-Backwards Compatible, PS3 & PS2 & PS1, etc.).

2) In regards to the Dreamcast games, this is my entire collection short of two other DC games (Jet Grind Radio and Bangai-O). Seeing as how that isn't very many games left, would it produce a greater sale price by throwing in those two games and the very good-condition Dreamcast and accessories I have?

3) Is there anything in this collection that I absolutely should sell by itself due to rarity, or that I need to be told to "Keep it, keep it at any cost!!!"

Thanks for the help everybody.

EggyToast

When I did a similar sell-off, I went through the collection one afternoon and checked if a game sold for more than $5. If it did, I sold it on its own. If it generally didn't sell on its own, though, or for a dollar or two, I bundled it with the system I was selling.

So the older games that went for 10, 15, and so on — the ones everyone says "split it up and sell individually" for — those get sold by themselves. The rest get bundled with the system, if you have one to sell, and that works very well (it differentiates your unit from the rest, and implies that it's owned by a person instead of a pawn shop).

Esh

EggyToast wrote: »

When I did a similar sell-off, I went through the collection one afternoon and checked if a game sold for more than $5. If it did, I sold it on its own. If it generally didn't sell on its own, though, or for a dollar or two, I bundled it with the system I was selling.

So the older games that went for 10, 15, and so on — the ones everyone says "split it up and sell individually" for — those get sold by themselves. The rest get bundled with the system, if you have one to sell, and that works very well (it differentiates your unit from the rest, and implies that it's owned by a person instead of a pawn shop).

What Eggy said. Do a "Completed Items" search on eBay to get an idea.

The stuff that doesn't look like it's going to go for much, yard sale it or Craigslist in bundles.

skeldare

Lunar on the Playstation goes for quite a bit on Ebay, especially if it has everything (box, manual, extras). You could probably get about $100 for it.

Figgy

Before you bother with ebay, put up a free posting on Kijiji or Craigslist and see what happens. I was able to sell 90% of my entire games collection a couple years ago bit by bit over the course of a month. The good part is that you're dealing with face-to-face buyers paying cash.

One time, a guy showed up to buy a game for his son. $15. He asked if I had change for a $50. I did not. He then proceeded to buy $35 more from what I had left.

Offer a "discount" if they buy a few games at once to get things moving quicker.

Esh

Figgy wrote: »

Before you bother with ebay, put up a free posting on Kijiji or Craigslist and see what happens. I was able to sell 90% of my entire games collection a couple years ago bit by bit over the course of a month. The good part is that you're dealing with face-to-face buyers paying cash.

One time, a guy showed up to buy a game for his son. $15. He asked if I had change for a $50. I did not. He then proceeded to buy $35 more from what I had left.

Offer a "discount" if they buy a few games at once to get things moving quicker.

I've done this several times and it always helps move things. Like "Buy two get one free" or "Buy two $10 games for $15". They will fly out the door.