joemagiera
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Picked up a poor condition Star Wars today. Never been a game I cared for so it's a flip-it game for me for sure. Got me thinking a little on the various pros and cons of parting out a reasonably common dedicated game or not...
Parting out a game
Pros
-Can often get more money for the parts than the whole game
-You kill your game so that several other games can live
-You can keep a part or two you need for something else
-Easy to ship parts
-Sometimes a game is in such bad condition, you really do put it out of it's misery by parting it
Cons
-You kill a dedicated game. That's one less that will never be brought back.
-You still usually have to get rid of the cabinet (I don't think I've ever parted a game and was able to sell or give away the remaining cabinet)
-You have to deal with mutiple people.
Selling the game whole
Pros
-You didn't kill a dedicated game.
-You reclaim a full size game of space in your garage
-One sale and your done
Cons
-You probably didn't sell it for as much as you could have for the parts
-The one part you needed for another game, you still don't have because you just sold the whole game
-Will likely take you a lot longer to sell the whole thing
-You may have to deal with shipping a whole game
Note I'm only thinking of common dedicated games here, as some of these would not apply to conversions or very rare or unusual games. So, what do you think? What did I miss on the lists above?
Parting out a game
Pros
-Can often get more money for the parts than the whole game
-You kill your game so that several other games can live
-You can keep a part or two you need for something else
-Easy to ship parts
-Sometimes a game is in such bad condition, you really do put it out of it's misery by parting it
Cons
-You kill a dedicated game. That's one less that will never be brought back.
-You still usually have to get rid of the cabinet (I don't think I've ever parted a game and was able to sell or give away the remaining cabinet)
-You have to deal with mutiple people.
Selling the game whole
Pros
-You didn't kill a dedicated game.
-You reclaim a full size game of space in your garage
-One sale and your done
Cons
-You probably didn't sell it for as much as you could have for the parts
-The one part you needed for another game, you still don't have because you just sold the whole game
-Will likely take you a lot longer to sell the whole thing
-You may have to deal with shipping a whole game
Note I'm only thinking of common dedicated games here, as some of these would not apply to conversions or very rare or unusual games. So, what do you think? What did I miss on the lists above?

