[Atari 2600 with 135 games + 22 rare games (Ended)]

11 hours ago, Shawn said:

 

Are you using some sort of magic money math there or something? I totaled your Atari sales and it was about ~ $580 CDN before ebay and paypal fees are removed. I see tons of different buyers as well, not one person who bought 20 of the games like you said but maybe I'm missing something there. All can be seen from your completed auctions:

 

https://www.ebay.ca/sch/entrepriseslucdupuis/m.html?item=202829747345&nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684

 

If you end up around $500 after fees it's still double what you couldn't get out of the single listing though so you have a winner no matter how it breaks down.

ralpmontalv0 won 20 auctions for a total of $440,92... I know, I shipped the games to him... and the $600 included the handling fees I charged, because when doing my calculations I've only removed the shipping cost, so the actual bids are around $580 like you say...

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6 hours ago, McCarseat said:

I snagged Adventure and planned on getting a few more to hopefully consolidate shipping. Didn't work out, I lost literally every other auction I bid on. Which is good for you! 

 

Got any other video game or Atari stuff for sale? I think I ebay messaged you as well about it. 

 

 

I'm out of things to sell. The same buyer won 20 auctions... overall, my sales amount before eBay/Paypal fees, but after removing the shipping cost, is over $600 Canadian dollars, which is super good, considering I couldn't get a single bid for everything in one auction starting at 249.00...

 

The advice received from other members actually paid off. Thanks!  

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Auctions are starting to get alive... Seamonster is going up and up... will mostly go over $200... I'll make way more overall with individual auctions... nice...

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9 hours ago, cvga said:

Yeah, eBay is going to make sure they get their cut. At least breaking the lot into multiple auctions seems to be going well. I noticed that one game has over $100 in bids! Congrats.

The worst is the fact that they charge fees on shipping!! Unbelievable... it's like if I'm making money off shipping... and yeah, my rarest game is doing well, the last one who sold in November on eBay was for $170 US dollars... will surely go up as the end nears...

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Wow... it gets expensive with eBay and Paypal fees... sold a game through Buy It Now for $20, got $5,43 in fees... over 25%... $4,10 from eBay and $1.33 from Paypal... just wow...

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2 hours ago, Shawn said:

I"m sure you will have much more success this time around

Going slowly to start, but I guess bids will pick up as the end nears... will see, and the free listings promotion runs until December 1st, so still good to relist after this run...

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18 hours ago, atarivision said:

I am not 100% certain but I have seen this issue before... I believe that the reason the shipping costs cannot be estimated and displayed is because the seller needs to update the listing and specify a shipping service. It is not enough to simply identify the package type (letter or parcel) and weight; the seller also needs to select a shipping carrier and level of service, for example, Air or Ground, Priority, etc. Once the seller updates the listing with a specific shipping carrier and service level then I believe that the shipping quotes will become available.

I really filled out every fields... regular parcel for domestic shipping, expresspost for international, calculated shipping, everything... went through it twice to make sure... not everyone is asking quotes, so I suspect it's not doing that for everyone... 

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11 minutes ago, nopaybob said:

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Shipping cost cannot be calculated. Please enter a valid zip code

I don't know what to say... I did enter all the package information, weight, type, etc... it's weird...

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9 hours ago, krslam said:

Looks good, but you didn't identify the games as being for the Atari 2600 in the titles.  This omission may cost you a lot of hits as many people search by title keywords.

 

Good luck with the auctions.

 

Problem solved, I've revised all my auctions to include "for the Atari 2600" in the titles. Thanks for the feedback!!

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Hello everyone,

 

I took the advice of fellow members and divided my original auction into a smaller one without the non working console and auctioned the rare games individually.

Please find my new auctions below:

 

Atari 2600 working console with 135 common/uncommon games : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829740049

 

Seamonster - Monstre des Mers : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829747345

Solar Storm : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829748398

Stargate : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829750308

Radar : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829751072

Private Eye : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829751943

Plaque Attack : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829752606

Pinball : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829753211

Mr. Do! : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829753704

Mario Bros.  https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829754106

Laser Volley : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829754540

Gremlins : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829756188

Ghostbusters : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829756522

Frostbite : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829757404

Frontline : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829757819

Frogger II Threeedeep! : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829758323

Fathom : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829758589

Farmer Dan : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829758940

Bumper Bash : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829759628

Adventure : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829759990

Artillery Duel / Chuck Norris : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829761514

Spike's Peak / Ghost Manor : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829762669

Pitfall II Lost Caverns : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202829763054

 

Thanks for all the advice's!!

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12 hours ago, Shawn said:

 

The lot isn't your issue, it's the price. The fact that you are looking at it as $1k in value as you mentioned, is a serious problem. If you are able to get a single bidder at the $250 you started it at, you should consider that a success. Much more is sold for much less all the time.

Then PriceCharting is useless? Most retro game stores I know are pricing their games based on PriceCharting... if people are paying less for more, then sellers are getting screwed over... I'll keep my lot before giving it away to people who doesn't want to pay a fair price, but I guess it's more about no one wants Atari 2600 games anymore... the retro store near me told me that it's no longer selling, and buyers are no longer looking for Atari games and console...

 

It might just go back to the basement to collect dust... no problems... lol

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6 hours ago, Shawn said:

 

I'm not trying to be a downer but there is no reality in which anyone sees that as $1k worth of goods. The idea of $1 and letting it ride for a week will problably net you the best possible results.

I'll split the package after the listing ends tomorrow if it's not selling... and start smaller...

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5 hours ago, JacobZu7zu7 said:

Its a pretty good start price, many rare games in there for the new Atari collector. I would prefer a higher price over reserves myself. I don't ever bid on reserves anymore,... a few times I had won "not met" reserves, and still not get the item, because it didnt meet the sellers reserve price, so they bailed out.

 

PS,

If you divided the rarest games (sell seperate) from this lot and remove the unworking vader console... it could actually help bids and sales, as shipping cost goes down, and often people just want working consoles, I tried to sell a half-broken sears machine and for just 7 dollars extra with a working Jr console and they said, drop price to 20 bucks instead of $27. Makes sense as we both saved on shipping.

 

If you wanted to try that, I would suggest lowering start bid by $100 or so, but just my two cents.

 

Good Luck ! 

 

 

Thanks! I might actually try that if I don't sell... rarest games by themselves and only the working console with regular games... a bit more troubles, but if it allows selling them...

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8 hours ago, Shawn said:

$250 is pretty steep as an opening bid for what you are offering in that auction. Best of luck with your auction none the less.

I know... I was a bit afraid of losing money ($250 is the amount I spent over the last few years on a part of my collection), and didn't want to use a reserve...

If it's not selling, I might change my approach and start at $1 with a reserve instead...

 

But I figured that with the value over $1000, it wouldn't be too bad... we'll see...

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The auction has ended!

 

Hello everyone,

 

I knew about this site for a while, but never really joined until I had a reason... maybe I should have joined before, but oh well...

 

I decided to sell my Atari 2600 collection after several years, and after a few days up on eBay, I told myself, why not share it with all of you passionate AtariAge members.

 

Please find my eBay auction linked : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/202824086484

 

If you have questions, I'll keep an eye on this thread just in case and activated the notification alerts...

 

P.S. Trying to make the link to work with the [ebay] code, but seems I'm not successful...