Help me in helping a friend

[Profeta Yoshitake]

Hi there, Famicom Freaks!

I have a friend who is selling all of his videogame collection.
He has 1200+ games, three 29" TVs, PS3, Wii, PS2, Dreamcast,
N64, Saturn, PSX, XBOX, etc...

Everything is CIB and very well conserved except for the Super NES
cases that were cut for the showing.
Pretty crazy huh?

Do you know a madman who would buy this huge lot from him?
His problem selling overseas is the God-damned high Brazilian
shipping costs...

He is asking $35k on the entire collection plus shipping.

Please, help me helping him!

[MaxXimus]

I'm pretty sure noone here has $35,000 to spend on video games.

[Har the cat]

ha, i wish i had it. I would make a trip to japan, scandinavia and scotland.

I think no one will buy that with such an amount. Its nice when everything is cib, but gamers who spend such money are according to me hardcore collectors and want stuff like prototype consoles and other obscure items.
Maybe he will sell it if everytihing come in parts.
But thanks for the info

[kite200]

the amusing thing is at this price he is probably losing money for what he bought it for, those 1,200 games new @ 50 dollars a piece would be 60,000 alone....

[MaxXimus]

There are lots of games CIB that go for way less than $50... I have a few MINT games CIB that I payed no more than $10 for shipped.

[manuel]

I'm pretty sure noone here has $35,000 to spend on video games.

I think so, too.
35k$ is more than many people earn in a year.

As already said, he should try to sell everything piece by piece or in smaller lots.

[Profeta Yoshitake]

Hell yeah, people!
Everybody agree that selling lots would help.
Except him.

[manuel]

Then he won't sell it I'm afraid.

Wouldn't the shipping be 2-3k$, too?

[Profeta Yoshitake]

I'm afraid yes...

[MaxXimus]

My Pump it up machine cost about $2000 to $3000 (forget exactly what) to ship from Hong Kong to Canada. I fail to see how these games would cost that much to ship. Is shipping really that much of an issue from there?

[manuel]

My Pump it up machine cost about $2000 to $3000 (forget exactly what) to ship from Hong Kong to Canada. I fail to see how these games would cost that much to ship. Is shipping really that much of an issue from there?

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He has 1200+ games, three 29" TVs, PS3, Wii, PS2, Dreamcast,
N64, Saturn, PSX, XBOX, etc...
...
His problem selling overseas is the God-damned high Brazilian shipping costs...

I think 1200 games, 3 TVs and a lot of consoles are HEAVY and take a lot of space.
Hence it WILL be expensive.
I can't know exactly, though. I just put out a wild guess.

2-3000$ for shipping    ... how much did the machine itself cost?

[Paul-FC]

the highest i paid for shipping is $67

[manuel]

67$ for how many items?

[MaxXimus]

My Pump it up machine cost about $2000 to $3000 (forget exactly what) to ship from Hong Kong to Canada. I fail to see how these games would cost that much to ship. Is shipping really that much of an issue from there?

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He has 1200+ games, three 29" TVs, PS3, Wii, PS2, Dreamcast,
N64, Saturn, PSX, XBOX, etc...
...
His problem selling overseas is the God-damned high Brazilian shipping costs...

I think 1200 games, 3 TVs and a lot of consoles are HEAVY and take a lot of space.
Hence it WILL be expensive.
I can't know exactly, though. I just put out a wild guess.

2-3000$ for shipping    ... how much did the machine itself cost?

The machine itself was $2000 I think, but I also purchased a Pump it Up Zero upgrade when they first came out, and that was also $2000, so in total with shipping, $6000 to $7000.

[manuel]

Wow, you must really like your Pump it up.