Today I had some spare time, so was able to get through some of the horde of games I've been gathering. I want to start getting them up on eBay as soon as I can, and until today I hadn't put up any listings.
I don't want to upload any items that are dirty, so the process of cleaning them all down is important. Also, it gives me a chance to really inspect them; it's important to be transparent and honest about what you're selling to ensure that you don't get any negative feedback.
I heard this saying before, "When you're doing the washing up, don't look at the huge stack you have to do, just focus on the plate you're cleaning.
That quote has a lot of weight because when I look at the stack of games, it's hard to find the motivation to start cleaning them. The smaller stack though, helped, even if it is only an illusion.
There isn't too much needed, and I've got it all on hand, so I don't need to go routing for it all.
I'd love to have a free space in my office to set up like this, I think it would be much easier to chip away at it all, piece by piece over time.
It says Blu-ray disc at the top of the game box.
As I started looking, I noticed that a few of the PS3 games were in these boxes.
This is what I mean by knowing what the product is, that you intend to sell.
Someone could have bought this, had I not noticed it, and they may have requested a refund, or they may have left bad feedback. Which, they're well within their rights to do, because they bought something that they weren't told about.
This is what I'll need to do for now, until I can potentially find some more PS3 boxes.
The best thing about it is that - I can swap inexpensive games whose price won't be affected too much by the odd box - with more valuable games.
I scrubbed it with some water, which seemed to loosen all of the paper.
The sticker is from Gamestop, and it's almost like super glue or something.
I steamed it, and used boiling water, but noting worked. I think I'll need some anti-adhesive or something to clean it properly, so I put this to one side for the time being.
Some don't require too much cleaning, but as you can see here, this one did.
It's strange though that the manuals, disc, and cover are all in such good shape, considering the box is horrible looking.
Taking a game, in a good box, which is worth a 5er, and putting it in a slightly worse-looking box doesn't lower the value all that much anyway, so it's not a big deal.
I miss when games were physical, and came with cool things like this.
Currently, I have 5 listings up on my eBay store, and I have multiple folders of pictures now in my drive so I can start putting up a listing a day, and then slowly turn that into 2 listings a day as I get through and clean the rest of the pile.
I heard it's better not to put up too many listings per day, especially when you start out, because you could trigger a response from the eBay bots, who may shut your account down.
It's all good though, I don't mind going slow and steady to start off with.