sell games to non hobbiest

firepowerplayer

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Any advice about selling games to outsiders? The only time I ever tried the guy took it apart completely, cables head everything. Hauled it up 3 flights of stairs and put it back the way he thought it went. Then he was mad at me. Much bother. I told him the game was from around 1980, so no warrenty (before the sale). let him play it for 1.5 hours and then he said it did not work when he got it? I said never again.
But now I find myself with a putting game I got to see if I could fix it, which I thought one of the semi pro golfers at work would want when I got done, Worng. I hate ebay and listed it on craigs list. What do you all tell the folks buying games, if you are not a store. If this has been discussed before i am sorry, but my serch came back about buying, not selling?
 
Tell them to play it a bunch when they are buying it, because you offer no warranty and you want them to be sure that it plays well before they take it home.

And anyone who takes a game apart after buying it from me will get no sympathy from me if it doesn't work after putting it back together. If he wants to pay me to go over and see if I can figure it out, then that's a different story...
 
Oh yeah, take a pic of them standing next to it working (make sure you turn it off and on while they're there so they can't say you rigged it to work for when they were there). If they ask why you're taking a pic, tell them you like to document all your games and like to keep mementos of who they go to...
 
Two words - AS IS.

Bill
 
This is what I likes about buying two of my games from local pawnshops: they were covered by the stores usual "returns" policies. Didn't need to, but nice piece of mind, nonetheless...
 
I always film my boards and stuff before I sell anything if I'm going to ship it and never see the end user. I also insure it. That way if they receive it and claim it's broken I send them the video and the insurance number and tell them good luck.
 
I always film my boards and stuff before I sell anything if I'm going to ship it and never see the end user. I also insure it. That way if they receive it and claim it's broken I send them the video and the insurance number and tell them good luck.

+1, insurance and filming all the way... they have no surprises when they get it, and you have proof if they try to pull something. My policy for everything I sell (though through KLOV I have a lot more trust and generally don't worry about it as much).
 
Be prepared to be "married" to the game for life- no matter what you say about "as is" NO WARRANTY, etc.

You're going to be the first guy they call when it breaks, plain & simple.
 
I have only sold one game to a non-collector, and it was a Pole Position II....:eek:.









That was over 2 years ago and I have yet to hear from him!

ok, he may have lost interest ..lol
 
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