is it just me, or is nothing selling everywhere

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yes im on the west coast , reno so i know the stuff is alot less valuable here
but latey, nothing is selling at any price, i have stuff at 199, 280, 300, 400, ect no bites, no sales, all advertised on klov, ebay, local newspapers, craig list, ect. yrs ago would have all been sold in a week or 2. additionally, lots of parts on ebay and most no sale, even yr ago all would have sold..in the 30 yrs i have been in this, i have never seen it so slow, is this the end...
 
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yes im on the west coast , reno so i know the stuff is alot less valuable here
but latey, nothing is selling at any price, i have stuff at 199, 280, 300, 400, ect no bites, no sales, all advertised on klov, ebay, local newspapers, craig list, ect. yrs ago would have all been sold in a week or 2. additionally, lots of parts on ebay and most no sale, even yr ago all would have sold..in the 30 yrs i have been in this, i have never seen it so slow, is this the end...

What exactly is it you are selling?
 
Some stuff is up most is down.

Ms Pac's been selling over priced here imho.

the rare stuff also going over priced (Space Ace, Dragons Lair)

The average title doesnt sell at all unless its practically given away.
 
Yup, I've been listing my games and have gotten a few offers and even guys who said they'd take them. But of course, they were all flakes. Definitely not a seller's market.
 
To me, it's the opposite. I can't seem to find anything I want, I actively look.
 
To me, it's the opposite. I can't seem to find anything I want, I actively look.

Same thing here in the Dayton, OH market...
The only thing that ever comes up are overpriced newer titles listed by an op. Not even so much as an empty project cab around here :(
 
Game sales have been slow.. Parts not

Over the last year or 2 I've started to focus on selling parts.. Easier to ship and take up quite a bit less space.. As for games, they aren't moving around me.. Western MA..

I've had a nice Jungle King, Time Pilot, Crazy Climber, Qix, and Stratovox available for awhile.. No real interest :( Might also be the price too.. As I'm not giving them away, but they are far from overpriced.
 
I think there are regional pockets of activity. I dont see a lot of good titles
come up in NJ but when they do.. they get snapped up quick. Like Chris's
space duel which now sits in my garage:) I look across the country and
oogle some of the posts.. space fury, red baron, etc. Shipping is just insane
so I cant go hunting outside my driving range.

But I do see everything slowing down. I'm hoping we can get enough
people to do the BT Bezel project. 5 so far.. need 15 more. I believe this is
the first time they are being done so it would really suck if it had to be shelved.

I think the economy is bordering on another big downturn and people are
feeling it. Salaries arent going up, people arent getting raises, tons of
people out of work and companies doing bull crap moves like saying if you've
been out of work for 6 months.. you are unemployable. Between property
taxes going up 5%-10% a year (9k now), getting zero raise for the
past 3 years, and health care going up double digits each year.. it sucks.

I'd be curious to seel how people like Todd Tuckey are doing.
 
I've been selling stuff lately and it's gone ok. Have to have them fully working though for the most part and titles that are desirable or else yeah, they will sit a long time.
 
I just sold Captain Fantastic for close to my asking price, I sold it for $1125. But NONE of the videos have any sort of bite. I know what you mean.
 
I know things are slow, When arcade machines parts end up in a scrap yard.

I still keep buying from my favorite sellers, I got a new asteroids and am getting a new table top space invader game also got a couple of punch out boards. I keep boosting up my arcade account to buy more games when they come up.
 
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