How did you come across this opportunity? Just curious, if you don't mind sharing.
Or if anyone wants to chime in on how anyone comes across these "warehouse raids".
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Quoted from too-many-pins:This came to me by doing something my wife has told me I am crazy for doing for years. When I find a "great deal" on Craig's List or anywhere else I always pay sellers more than their asking price when I go pick up a machine. I pay what I consider "fair market value" for everything I buy. I don't do this to sneak in under someones deal with someone else or anything - I do it because I feel as though it is the "right thing to do".
Anyway - about 3 years ago a guy had a bunch of parts machines listed in Virginia. I made a deal with the guy at "full asking price" and a few days later when I went to get them I looked everything over and handed him a couple hundred more than we had agreed on. I told him-- "the stuff looked better than I was expecting so I was happy and to take his wife out for dinner or something"
Anyway I got home and found out one of the machines was missing all the boards and it was suppose to be a complete machine. At that point I was kind of sorry I gave the guy the "extra" money but it was still an OK deal. However I did want to let the guy know so I email him and told him what happened. I also told him NOT to worry about it and we said our goodbyes via email.
Three years later I get a call out of the blue "my uncle finally decided to sell the rest of his machines and you are the only guy I want to deal with since you treated me so well in the past".
So sometimes me being a little crazy has paid off! In the 9 years I have been in the hobby I have probably given sellers at least $10,000 beyond their original asking prices if I total everything up. But I have also gotten dozens of contacts by being "fair & honest" with sellers. So even though my wife thinks I am out of my mind (and so do most people that know me) I still think doing things my way has paid off in the long run.
Thanks for sharing and congrats on an awesome opportunity! Good luck!
Quoted from PoMC:No idea why this thread was even created before the games were in hand and ready to be sold?
Exactly this.
Quoted from too-many-pins:Well I finally got a good nights sleep thinking I figured out the fairest way to handle things and now I come back to this again.
How the hell can I do this to be "fair" and get as many machines as possible sold at "fair" prices without over 50% of the people here bitching?
Just pick an avenue to sell the damn games and stick to it. Stop trying to please EVERYONE, it will never happen.
Quoted from too-many-pins:OK - how about this idea.
Dude seriously, just pick a way to do this and stick to it. Stop second guessing every decision you are making. It's getting hard to even keep up at this point.
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