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What do you use as a source for the value of your games. I personally use Video Game Collector Mag.  Just wondered what some of the people on here use.

Digital Press for me. I have a few copies of the Video Game Collector. I sometimes check to see how my games are doing on eBay, by doing the completed searches option. To tell you the truth, I only look up a small handful of my games......and that is every so often. I pretty much just collect to be a pack rat. =)

I use DP but i have noticed that they seem to be pretty outta whack on somethings...

I use to use the VGC mag but i only got the one issue :-/
(Can anyone hook me up with EVERY back issue :))

Pretty much i do rtound figures based on my own eBay results.

Seems to be the most solid way to determine the market when you want to know.

I look up every new game I buy on DP just to get an approximate price range.  That way I know how good of a deal I made. But when I want to sell or trade something, I'll look it up on eBay to see what the actual value is. 

Is there a similar guide that includes PC titles?

Not that i have ever heard of.
I kinda doubt there would be one either.

PC games your best bet would be to check eBay.
The number of PC games out there without a doubt in my mind dwarfs anything consoles could come close to.

Like i said before there doesn't alot of serious PC collectors out there so the values of games seem to really depend on popularity more than anything.

I always use eBay's completed auctions search...if that doesn't work and I really need a price estimate, I'll google the game + eBay and then look at finished auctions from more than 2 weeks ago (by clicking on "in cache"). 

Ebay

Evilbay can be a useful source.

Here is why I say Ebay. Ebay is what it sells for. Well a range anyways. What a guide says is useless IMO it is all about what it sells for.

Some of the more professional used game stores have their own price guides which the owners are constantly rewriting.  Otherwise, the local pawns around here actually look up most of their prices from eBay.  I remember when I found my Power Glove, it wasn't tagged, so I made a fair offer, the clerk looked it up and it became mine.

I guess it doesn't really matter - it's not as though I'm looking to sell any of this stuff - but I'm always curious what something like, say, a sealed Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp would be worth.

(Apparently about six bucks.)

I watch ebay I dont like guides that set prices. A game is only worth what someone is willing to pay...you can say earthbound is worth 40.00 all day but if no one is willing to pay 40.00 its just wishful thinking.   I take a loss sometimes but I just list stuff at 99 cents and let it fly..sometimes I put a higher starting bid on an item im not really wanting to sell but if someone buys it for the price im not to broke up.

Since I only really collect for NES I made my own tool.  I am sure some of you have seen it but it is avaiable at my site http://www.nationalgamedepot.zoomshare.com/1.html in a few various formats (shameless plug  :nod:)
~~NGD