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Title: Values Post by: Kensanity on March 23, 2013, 11:13:25 AM I'm looking for a good references on values of games. I am thinking about picking up Super Metroid and A Llink to the past for $70, but I want to know if that's close to the value of these two SNES carts. Any tips would be great!
Title: Re: Values Post by: moonraker_fats on March 23, 2013, 11:32:16 AM Check out pricecharting.com It will give you averages based off recent sales from various places - both loose and complete. $70 sounds a little high for just the carts (just off the top of my head) but its all about what they're worth to you in the end. Good luck!
Title: Re: Values Post by: Kensanity on March 23, 2013, 11:36:01 AM I'm getting them both for a total of $70. Might be a little high, but I think I am ok with that. I'm still a couple months away form yard sale season, and I doubt I could find those two total for much cheaper. Thanks for the web page. I'll check it out.
Title: Re: Values Post by: moonraker_fats on March 23, 2013, 12:03:38 PM Oh for sure! Also, there's a permanent thread under the Collection Connection sub-board called Price Check Thread that you can just name the game/console/condition and if someone is in the know, they'll hook you up. Welcome to RFGen!
Title: Re: Values Post by: Crabmaster2000 on March 23, 2013, 12:09:46 PM As long as you are happy with the price then you nailed the value.
Title: Re: Values Post by: engel762 on March 23, 2013, 07:12:26 PM As the Crabmaster said, I like to think of it as "What's it worth to you." People tend to place different values on things based on many criteria. How much you'll enjoy the game, is there a nostalgia factor, or are you just buying them to add to the collection? Those are the things that tend to determine how much I want to pay for something.
Title: Re: Values Post by: Beardcore84 on March 23, 2013, 10:24:13 PM Link to the Past is one of my favorite games of all time, I can't see spending more than $25 bucks for a copy.
Title: Re: Values Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on March 23, 2013, 10:50:53 PM Also, please keep in mind that pricecharting is meant to track TRENDS, not ACTUAL prices. The neat part of the site is the ability to quick-reference auctions that use the auction details for the game, so comparing loose values for recent sales is fairly simple to do.
Title: Re: Values Post by: BadEnoughDude on March 24, 2013, 01:50:44 PM Yep. I'd guess retail is about $60 for the two of them ($25 for Zelda, $35 for Metroid), so $70 isn't too far off. Maybe you can haggle them down a few bucks?
I'll echo everyone else here and recommend VGPC. Like Shadow said, it's great if you use it correctly: spotting trends and giving you a reference point for price. |