Best way to earn money/trade in old games?

[PikaPikari]

I am in the process of moving and I'd like to earn money off of some old gamecube/gba games I have. I've never done this before so...

What is the best way to do this? Gamestop? Amazon? Opinions please?

Thanks!

[BumblebeeCody]

Gamestop? We may not have Gamestop here in the U.K but all those retailers work the same. 50p/50c for a GameCube game. Definitley better off putting them on eBay. If you have some hidden gems or GameCube classics like Mario and Zelda, you'll get a lot of money. It's worth searching for the games you own on eBay to see how much they are being sold for, what a good starting price is and what money you could be earning on a sale. GameBoy games are hard to make money from though. If you have them boxed with the manuals you'll get a decent amount. eBay is a gaming collectors treasure mine.

[Nuudoru]

Whatever you do, do not trade in games at any store. They will rip you off so hard that it's ridiculous.

Listen to BumblebeeCody. His advice is great.

[Beardy]

(07-12-2012 08:09 AM)BumblebeeCody Wrote:  Gamestop? We may not have Gamestop here in the U.K but all those retailers work the same. 50p/50c for a GameCube game. Definitley better off putting them on eBay. If you have some hidden gems or GameCube classics like Mario and Zelda, you'll get a lot of money. It's worth searching for the games you own on eBay to see how much they are being sold for, what a good starting price is and what money you could be earning on a sale. GameBoy games are hard to make money from though. If you have them boxed with the manuals you'll get a decent amount. eBay is a gaming collectors treasure mine.

Absolutely this. I'm way too lazy to bother with actually selling stuff, so I generally trade stuff in in Game. It's TERRIBLE. You'd probably get better value just randomly trying to sell stuff to your mates.

[dafchunk]

eBay eBay eBay! I find when selling games aswell price slightly higher you'll still get the sale.

[retrolinkx]

Sell them to me.

[Xannidel]

What games did you want to sell?

[Gardocki]

Edit: Gamestop no long takes GBA or Gamecube games. Looks like you'll have to use Amazon/Ebay.

[Arjahn]

I've seen Pokemon Diamond cartridges with ALL 485 POKEMONS go for around $80... so...
1. Pokemon
2. Action Replay
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

[BumblebeeCody]

(07-13-2012 07:04 AM)Arjahn Wrote:  I've seen Pokemon Diamond cartridges with ALL 485 POKEMONS go for around $80... so...
1. Pokemon
2. Action Replay
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

Anyone who pays £80/$80/80Bananas/80 Bison Dollars is obviously an avid collector and would know their way around the game. When you "Action Replay" a Pokemon like a Deoxys/Jirachi you have to have the correct information. Most Action Replay'd Pokemon are caught by people who somehow found one in the grass on Route 209 or whatever, rather than attending a Nintendo event; only way to obtain the Pokemon. You wouldn't be earning any money because it's essentially fraud.