Thinking Selling Up - Any advice? Values? Suggestions welcome !

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So, I am considering selling up either on here or on eBay.

I do have a minor disability that makes organising things a tad hard and I have never done anything like this on such a scale before, so I am a tad lost for ideas. So I hope I'm not breaking any rules here?

My list is below, and where I would like a quick and easy sale as I need the money fairly quick, I guess that might not be possible when considering the amount and perhaps the projected value I have placed on them.

So I thought a mass ebay cull would be best maybe?
If I sell on here I would of course be putting them up in the classifieds on a first come first server basis - or maybe a single bulk lot (£2500) or maybe even split lots.

I may even decide to keep the ones in italics !

(Please do not ask me to reserve you any titles in this thread or by PM - this isn’t a sales thread, its a discussion!)

Captain America: The First Avenger £90.00
Iron Man £75.00
Thor £70.00
Drive: Limited Edition £65.00
Iron Man 2 £45.00
Kick-Ass 2: Limited Edition Collector's £40.00
Pulp Fiction £40.00
Iron Man 3: Blu-Ray + Blu-Ray 3D £35.00
Thor: The Dark World £30.00
Transformers £30.00
TRON: Legacy £30.00
Avengers Assemble £25.00
Django Unchained £25.00
World War Z £25.00
From Dusk Till Dawn £23.00
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy £18.00
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen £17.00
Kick-Ass £15.00
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World £15.00
Avatar £10.00
Transformers: Dark of the Moon £10.00
Zombieland £10.00
The Amazing Spider-Man: £25.

2012 £25.00
2 Guns: Exclusive Edition £20.00
2 Total Recall: 2-Disc Extended Director's Cut £20.00
28 Days Later £12.00
A Good Day To Die Hard: Harder Extended Cut £12.00
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa £15.00
Argo £13.00
Bad Boys £15.00
Batman Begins: Limited Edition Collection £8.00
Battle Royale: Play.com Exclusive £18.00
Battle: Los Angeles: HMV Exclusive £12.00
Black Hawk Down £25.00
Chronicle: Extended Edition £20.00
Cloverfield £10.00
Collateral £15.00
Con Air £16.00
Cowboys & Aliens £20.00
Der Diktator £20.00
District 9: Edition £18.00
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Limited Edition £9.00
Elysium £15.00
Filth £23.00
Finding Nemo: Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition £20.00
G.I. Joe: Retaliation £15.00
Gangster Squad: Limitierte Edition £20.00
Ghostbusters £9.00
Hancock: Extended Version £8.00
Hangover 2: Limitierte Edition £7.00
Hangover 3: Limitierte Edition £10.00
Hangover: Extended Cut £5.00
Hanna: Limited Edition Triple Play £10.00
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters: Limited Edition £14.00
Hot Fuzz £9.00
I Am Legend: Limited Edition Collection £12.00
In Time £30.00
Jack Reacher £20.00
Jackie Brown £20.00
Jaws £15.00
Karate Kid £7.00
Kill Bill: Vol. I & II £12.00
Lawless: £20.00
Life of Pi 3D: 2-Disc Collector's Edition £20.00
Looper: Exclusive Edition £18.00
M:i-2 £8.00
M:i-3 £8.00
Machete £10.00
Mission : Impossible £8.00
Mission:Impossible: Ghost Protocol £28.00
Oblivion £17.00
Olympus Has Fallen £17.00
Pacific Rim: 3D Blu-Ray £20.00
Paul: Triple Play £25.00
Platoon £12.00
Predator 2: £18.00
Predator: Special Edition £30.00
Predators £28.00
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: Double Play £10.00
Prometheus £30.00
Rise of the Planet of the Apes £25.00
RocknRolla: Limited Blu-ray Edition £30.00
Rocky: Newly Remastered Edition £20.00
Safe House: Limited Edition £8.00
Salt: Extended Edition £14.00
Saving Private Ryan £20.00
Shaun of the Dead £12.00
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows £20.00
Shooter £12.00
Sin City: Kinofassung & Recut £15.00
Skyfall £18.00
Snow White & the Huntsman: Limited Edition £10.00
Sucker Punch: Extended Cut £15.00
Super 8 £20.00
Taken £40.00
Taken 2: Extended Harder Cut £18.00
Team America: World Police £10.00
Ted: Limited Edition Extended Edition £12.00
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Skynet Edition £21.00
Terminator 3: Rebellion der Maschinen £22.00
Terminator Salvation: Director's Cut £25.00
The Amazing Spider-Man: £25.00
The Cabin in the Woods £15.00
The Dark Knight Rises: £15.00
The Dark Knight: 2-Disc Special Edition £17.00
The Devil's Double: Limited Edition £9.00
The Expendables 2: Exclusive Two Disc Edition £13.00
The Expendables: Bullet Proof Limited Edition £13.00
The Hunger Games: 3 Disc ™ Collector's Edition £25.00
The Hurt Locker: Special Edition £12.00
The Jungle Book: Diamond Edition £14.00
The Place Beyond the Pines: Limited Edition Double Play £15.00
The Shawshank Redemption £13.00
The Sweeney £8.00
The Town £10.00
The Ultimate Bourne Collection £10.00
The World's End: Limited Edition Collector's £45.00
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Limited Edition £5.00
Trainspotting £12.00
True Grit: Triple Play £20.00
Wanted £5.00
War of the Worlds £17.00
Watchmen £22.00
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary £40.00
Wrath of the titans: HMV Exclusive £20.00
Wreck-It Ralph £20.00
 
You'll lose more money on eBay (and through PayPal) but you're guaranteed a sale. Maybe bundle up the common ones to try and get over £75 for one bundle so you don't lose 10%. Or sell them in the classifieds if you aren't desperate for the money. Also, some of your prices are way off.
 
Values are based on eBay sales - what people are willing to pay I guess. Which ones are out in your opinion ?
Thanks !
 
I thought the rule for classified on here was that you couldn't charge any more than the original retail price, has that changed ?
I also remember lengthy discussions about not being able to charge buyers for the postage it would cost to deliver the item.
In other words I would forget about selling on here if you want to make the kind of money you have written above unless the rules have totally changed and I am not aware of them.
 
I thought the rule for classified on here was that you couldn't charge any more than the original retail price, has that changed ?
I also remember lengthy discussions about not being able to charge buyers for the postage it would cost to deliver the item.
In other words I would forget about selling on here if you want to make the kind of money you have written above unless the rules have totally changed and I am not aware of them.

Yes - good point !

I'm leaning towards various lots on eBay
 
Captain America: The First Avenger £90.00 - £60/70 (if HMV & sealed)
Drive: Limited Edition £65.00 (if sealed)
Thor: The Dark World £30.00 - £20/25
Transformers £30.00 - £20/25 max
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy £18.00 - £9.99 on Zavvi?
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen £17.00 - Cheaper on Zavvi



2012 £25.00 - £10 max
2 Guns: Exclusive Edition £20.00 - £10/£15
2 Total Recall: 2-Disc Extended Director's Cut £20.00
28 Days Later £12.00 - Cheaper elsewhere
A Good Day To Die Hard: Harder Extended Cut £12.00 - £5 in store at HMV in deal
Bad Boys £15.00 - £10 max
Batman Begins: Limited Edition Collection £8.00
Battle Royale: Play.com Exclusive £18.00 - £10
Black Hawk Down £25.00 - Only if new and sealed
Chronicle: Extended Edition £20.00 - More like £10/£15
Cloverfield £10.00
Collateral £15.00 - Continually between £5/£6 on Play.com

Cowboys & Aliens £20.00
Der Diktator £20.00 - Usually sells for just over £10 on the 'Bay
Elysium £15.00 - Price dropped a couple of times to £11.99 recently
Filth £23.00 - In stock at Zavvi for £17.99
In Time £30.00 - Struggled to sell mine for half that price on eBay
Jackie Brown £20.00 - Cheaper @ Zavvi
Karate Kid £7.00 - £5 if you're lucky
M:i-2 £8.00 - Cheaper elsewhere
M:i-3 £8.00 - Cheaper elsewhere
Mission : Impossible £8.00 - Cheaper elsewhere
Oblivion £17.00 - £10.99 @ Zavvi?
Predator 2: £18.00
Predator: Special Edition £30.00
Predators £28.00 - Mine is for sale for £15 in classifieds and no one wants it
Prometheus £30.00 - More like £20
Rise of the Planet of the Apes £25.00
Rocky: Newly Remastered Edition £20.00 - Cheaper elsewhere
Safe House: Limited Edition £8.00 - Cheaper elsewhere

That's as much as I can be bothered to do right now.
 
And you can charge more than original RRP if title is over 6 months old, just depends on whether anyone is willing to pay it, which they often aren't.
 
That's as much as I can be bothered to do right now.
Hmm, yes. But I was as surprised as much as you perhaps what people on eBay are willing to pay !
 
You may get lucky with some but I think most of them are overly optimistic. A film can be the dog's proverbial's one day and a worthless piece of shit the next. It's odd. Good luck with the sales anyway.
 
A mate sold his sealed HMV Captain America on eBay a few months back and got £29 for it. Minus fees and you're looking at a few quid more than he paid for it. Had you have been selling up 9 months to a year ago, you may have made closer to the sort of money you were looking for but in this day and age, people aren't as interested in paying extortionate prices.

As said before, anything less than 6 months from release has to be sold for face value on here and some of your prices are over what the retailers are charging for stock.

I think the only way you'll make as quick a sale as you're after is by giving them away at bargain prices.

Best of luck!
 
Try the classifieds, I put up 170 odd on wednesday and have sold about 30 and gotten £450, haven't even sold that many rares as I'm keeping them.

Good luck though!
 
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