Best way to get rid of old games?
 

I have a lot of old PS2 games (as well as PS1 games), and I've finally realized that I'm never going to play any of them again. What is the best (most economically savvy ;)) way to get rid of them?

Trade in at a game store?

Sell on ebay?

Trade here or at other boards?

I'm sure it's game dependent, but generally speaking...what would you recommend?

Also, how about the systems themselves...obviously the PS1 has very little value, but how would you recommend getting rid of it and a PS2?

Thanks.

If you have a non-chain game store near you that does trade-ins, they usually offer crunk credit to compete with the monopolistic GameStop. It's also easy as hell and you can have a credit stored to fend off future purchases for a while depending on how much you trade in. Monetarily, eBay is probably your best bet, but it's pretty time consuming and annoying, in my opinion.

What PS1 games do you have?

I usually sell them on half.com.

You can always donate to Goodwill (but they won't take console).

They won't take consoles or they won't take console games?

They won't take console system - but they will take the game CDs.

I like half.com.

Hmmm, that might actually be a good idea for a lot of these that I couldn't get shit for in trade value (old sports games in particular)...are they usually good about giving you decent values on receipts?

I like amazon marketplace myself, I do search beforehand just to see if it will be worth it... many times I actually make money on my used games (since I buy cheaply) or at worst break even

I'd have to look, but some of my favs off the top of my head - the original GTA (and the British version), Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo.

Half.com is a good idea if you want your stuff sitting around for years waiting to be sold. I've had a bunch of DVD's, VHS tapes, books, video games sitting on there for over a year. I might sell one a month.

Some old games (mostly obscure JRPGs) can be worth quite a bit of cash. I have seen some of them fetch $100+ used and $200+ new and unopened on ebay.

Are you the lowest price? I agree I normally have stuff on there for a while but when I want to move it price it 10-20% lower than the next "legit" seller.

Yep. You have to stay on top of your inventory if you want it to sell. It only takes pennies off to get that sale. For example, If the top 5 items are listed at $14.50-$17. Price between. If you want it to move, mark it $14.49. It is really easy to move stuff if you price things accordingly. You have to ask yourself, "is it worth that extra $1-$2 markup to risk not selling it at all?" Mark it below everyone else and it will sell every time. Also, offer free first class shipping upgrade. It is only a tiny bit more than media and also improves your chances of selling.

Aktick, list what you have here first. I just picked up my first Playstation a couple weeks back and would love to get some cheap games...or you can just email me a list. :D

Not to mention there are no listing fees here. Doesn't hurt to try. Give it a couple weeks, anything you can't get rid of here, donate or trade in. Be warned, if you trade in the value receive, especially on older titles will make you feel like you are donating them anyway.

Half definitely isn't as fast as it used to be, but I still get sales regularly. The problem with Half is that prices there are now are now much higher than where auctions on eBay end up, so you don't get much business from people who are comfortable bidding on auctions. It is great for sellers when you actually sell something, but it can take a while to sell the really old items.

I'll list them here instead of the Exchange forum, since I don't know what kind of prices I should ask...

PS2
Games:
007: Everything or Nothing
Ace Combat 4
ATV Offroad Fury 2
Cabela's Big Game Hunter
Conflict: Desert Storm
Dead to Rights
ESPN College Hoops 2K4
ESPN NBA 2K5
ESPN NFL 2K5
ESPN NHL 2K5
Gran Turismo 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Guitar Hero 2
High Heat 03
Madden 02
Madden 03
Madden 04
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
MVP Baseball 04
Nascar 04
NCAA Football 03
NCAA Football 04
NCAA March Madness 03
NFL Gameday 01
NHL 03
NHL 04
Ratchet & Clank Going Commando
Simpsons: Hit & Run
SOCOM
Tiger Woods 01
Tiger Woods 03
Tiger Woods 04
Timesplitters 2
Tony Hawk 4
Twisted Metal Black
WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth

PS2 system (fat)

Accessories:
8 MB Sony Memory Card (2)
16 MB Memory Card
Network Adapter (2)
Sony Dual Shock Controllers (2)
Logitech Wireless Controller
Red Wired Guitar Hero Guitar
Blue Wireless Guitar Hero Guitar


PS1
Grand Theft Auto The Director's Cut (GTA + GTA London 1969)
Metal Gear Solid (2 discs)
NHL 98
Tomb Raider
Triple Play 99
WCW Nitro
WWF Attitude
WWF War Zone

I eBayed all my games what didn't sell I sold to wherehouse.com.

I like wherehouse.com. Sometimes the trade in price is pretty close to the ebay value, and thus I go with wherehouse. They started sending checks and doing paypal payments now too instead of just credit.

Sports games are nearly impossible to get rid of. -Just wanted to add that.

Eat them.

wow... thats pretty good, didnt know they changed it around. I like trading in store as well, during the 20% bump promos... was able to flip alot of clearance games to get games I really wanted

try selling to friends, you get more that way than at a used store like ebgames.

ebay is also a good idea

Fire works pretty well.

;)

I usually use Half.com and Amazon Marketplace, depending on which one has the highest competing price for the item I'm selling. I sometimes trade stuff in at GameCrazy if the amount of money I'd get for them is too low to deal with the hassle of selling them online. GameCrazy has decent trade-in prices compared to EB/GameStop, at least in my experience.

Goozex is also a good option if you are looking to trade. I have had a number of good experiences there. There are a lot of "cheap" games you can get there. I would also check out the cheapassgamer trade forum as it has a lot more action than the trade forum here.

Also, you have a PM.