Several years ago when I was very new to the hobby, I was looking to buy anything and everything I could and that I could afford. I came across a CL ad several states away that claimed to be selling several storage lockers full of old games that belonged to a "lifelong collector". There was a thread on a FB group or something that mentioned this listing that a ton of people were talking about and said they had emailed the seller and nobody had heard back. By the time I got to the ad it had been like 3 days so I was like what the heck, I'll send one too. So I sent an email asking what they'd take for the entire lot. Unbelievably that afternoon I got a response. It turned out to be the collection of this lady's mom who had passed several years prior. She didn't know anything specifically about the games she said other than the titles and said that "most of them were working the last she remembered." She said she had an offer of $2000 from a guy sight unseen for everything which is the same situation I would have been in. I asked her for a list of games and although I can't remember all of them this was the majority
QBert,
OutRun,
Pac,
MsPac,
BabyPac,
Battlezone,
Pole Position,
Pong,
Jungle King,
Asteroids,
Revenge from Mars,
"a few more pinballs",
Burgertime,
Galaga,
Popeye,
Tron,
Robotron,
She also said she had a "ton" of "board things", stools, parts, etc. She even said she had a ton of vinyl she'd throw in. So i offered her $4000 for everything and she initially agreed. I was stoked whether or not it would have turned out ok was another story, and I was set to rent a huge UHaul and make the 8 hour drive. So literally hours before I left, she called and said she wanted $5500 and everything was mine. I told her the most I could do was $4500 and she said she couldn't do it. In the end she ended up selling everything and admitted she wished she would have just not been greedy and took my offer because it was a pita dealing with the whole thing. Looking back I wish she would have too or maybe I should have just figured it out?!