How I Sold $3 Million of Video Games from my Basement

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  @mrseangravy · 2 years ago

  I bet this guy makes more money on his youtube channel than reselling video games. That's the hidden secret

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• CY

  @cylotron · 1 year ago

  I made the mistake of opening a game store and focusing primarily on picking up brand new games from distributors. Profit margins were nearly non-existent. There was no way to compete with big chains since they were able to buy in bulk and get better discounts. These days I have a standard "9 - 5" type job (and hate it). I do some game sales/trades on the side, but hate how much people low ball you. I am currently building up a collection in preparation of opening an actual store again some time in the near future. This time though, I am going to focus primarily on cartridge based games. That and I was a PC repair technician for many years and have done extensive repairs on game consoles as well, so will be offering repair services as well once I am up & running again.

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• SK

  @sketchy6581 · 8 months ago

  Got fired from the coin job twice and now you could buy the business! KEEP KILLING IT DUDE YOU’RE AWESOME!

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• JC

  @jct903 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I did the same thing you&apos;re doing from 2008 until 2020, but I did it while working in Tokyo. &nbsp;<br>I continued to hold a full time job, and grossed about $100k a year. &nbsp;I was the import source for several game shops across the US and Europe. &nbsp;I then pivoted from console games to arcade games and accessories. &nbsp;I have to admit, the first few years were very fun.<br>I eventually quit because the taxman, eBay, packaging, shipping, and Paypal all take SO MUCH. &nbsp;It made it not worth all of the hard work. &nbsp;You couldn&apos;t get me back into this for anything. &nbsp;Good luck with your biz.

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• DL

  @DliciousDave · 2 years ago

  The fact that he’s giving everyone an inside look on how he does things is amazing. &nbsp;Really cool.

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• XX

  @XxHessxX7 · 2 years ago

  Unless you’re stealing or being rude to customers, firing a friend for making a couple mistakes is awful.

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• MA

  @marksowell5066 · 2 years ago

  Also I think Spanky needs to be in more videos doing game challenges like before now that he has knowledge on games and values would be cool to see how he does now.

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• KI

  @KILOSFC · 2 years ago

  I have a full time pretty well paying job and i build and sell computers on the side, i make about 5-600 profit every month, these last few weeks ive gotten super lazy and lost all motivation, I have a ton of parts laying around and this video has given me the spark that i needed to get back to my side job. this video and the Video game store from last week has revived me! lol

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• FA

  @FatTwig · 2 years ago

  Better not let the IRS know🙃

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• RA

  @Rauschbad · 17 hours ago

  Hi, I’m from Austria, and I’m looking to start a shop just like yours—we have a lot of PAL versions here in the EU, after all. I started exactly the same way you did: I began with €200, buying games and broken consoles at flea markets for fair prices, reselling them, and so on. Now things have grown, and I want to run a fair gaming shop that sells both locally and online at reasonable prices. We’re still in the testing phase right now.

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  @RummageAround · 2 years ago

  This is such a great watch! Much love from across the pond! ❤

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• BA

  @balettpatkany · 2 years ago

  I just watched a 42 minute video about reselling - something I will probably never do - and I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for all the retro gaming content, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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