Video Games

How to sell video games on Metzee

Completeness, region and whether it actually runs. Show all three and the rest looks after itself.

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Buying video games in a live auction

Ask for the region marking and ask them to boot it. The two questions that prevent almost every return.

Pricing video games for a live auction

Complete, loose and sealed are three different markets. Pricing them as one is the whole mistake.

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Packing and posting video games

Cases crack, hubs let go, and a cartridge loose in a big box arrives scuffed. All avoidable.

Describing the condition of video games

Sealed, complete in box, loose — then the state of each part. Precision here prevents almost every dispute.

What are your video games worth?

Complete, loose and sealed are three prices. Region and whether it runs decide the rest.

Photographing video games

The spine for region, the surface for scratches, and thirty seconds of it running.

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Delivering video games: courier, local or collection

Games post easily. Consoles are a different parcel and a different decision.

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Questions to ask before bidding on video games

Boot it, show the spine, and tell me what is in the case.

How video games are graded

Mostly they are not. Completeness is the scale this trade actually uses.

Storing and caring for video games

Discs rot in heat and damp, cases crack in the cold, and cartridge batteries simply run out.

Starting a video game collection

Pick one console and buy complete. Loose is cheaper and never becomes complete.

Common mistakes selling video games

Writing "working" about something you have not switched on, and never saying the region.

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How to spot fake video games

A reproduction board inside an original case is the real problem. Ask to see inside, and ask them to run it.