Game Gallery

hopper covers the HA action and

drops some Atari knowledge

and asks you to help with

print run variations...

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hopper covers selling limits with your bank,

credit cards and PayPal for Heritage Auctions,

ComicLink, ComicConnect as well as Facebook,

Instagram, Amazon, Walmart and Mercari:

the bulk of the analysis, tips and wisdom

focuses on eBay limits to help you start

and/or grow your eBay Video Game Store.

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hopper snapshots 5,000 investment grade

video games avail. at eBay, Heritage Auctions,

ComicLink plus Facebook groups & Instagram

versus speculating demand by 500 Hard Cores.

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hopper covers the 1st video game Space War,

historical values, Nintendo's toe dipping

and cross overs left and right as well

as long term generational thinking...

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hopper covers the Grand Opening of

Mario Cafe & Store in Japan featuring

coffee with exclusive snacks & sodas

as well as tons of new merchandise...

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hopper covers the $4500 eBay sale that

drew 35 bids from 8 interested buyers

followed up by a lesser grade that

sold via Buy it Now shortly afterwards

for $2700 vs the Heritage 8.5 A+ sold

about a half year prior for only $850:

hopper grades the two pieces and

estimates them to be lower quality...

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hopper covers the 10/12/2020 video game SOLDs

incl. some bargains, NES Bionic Commando

and another ratio that can help you

compare 9.6 vs 9.8 pricing data...

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new father and lawyer Frank drops

N64 education and dives into

Nintendo's 3D Platform incl. 007,

Mario, Super Smash and five

hidden investment gems...

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"journey into selling graded video games..."

Jay's response to the Sept. Newsletter,

"Wow, I am a bit overwhelmed. Do you mind if I just ask you a few questions as I research this market?

Should I be buying only key Wata graded games or sets? Friends tell me set buying is for collectors but for flipping the "Key" is Keys! Thoughts?

Should I stay away from VGA? It does not seem to hold as much clout as Wata?

How do I make money buying Nintendo when some of these prices are already very high? If I told you I only had $5K to start what would you suggest that I put in my Ebay store?

Is there a minimum number of initial products I should have in inventory before I open my Ebay store?

Who is buying this stuff at these high prices? I mean who can afford that Mike Tyson Punchout at $19K? How much time do you think that we can make money selling into this market?

Should I just be scooping up inventory now and then when the market  peaks, sell it all?

I feel like we are in the infancy stage of the graded video game market? I knew nothing about it until I saw that article by the New York Times. Yet some of these prices make me think we may crash sooner than later and I don't want to be left holding the bag.

Last question for now, John. If you could give a newbie like me a word of advice or lesson learned as I start my journey into selling graded video games, what would it be?"

hopper tries to help with very little context,

and learns that giving advice without details,

is very very difficult so let's call this episode opinions,

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CEO of Retro Game Search in Germany

educates Hopper about technology

that helps collectors search for

games by pulling eBay ending soon

auction data from around the world

onto one feed at Twitter, etc. 

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