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[cobracon]

What is the best way to get rid of a huge collection of gear? I'll list some of what I have.

COCO 2 and 3
TI99/4a
Intellivision
Atari 2600 heavy sixer and over 200 different tiles
Atari 7800
Atari 5200
Commodore Vic 20
Timex
Amiga Alpha Gen with os 3.5 and memory addon
TRS-80
Apple IIe
other apples
and tons more......

Thinking of selling in one big lot, would want someone on here to get it if possible. Should I just post pics and take offers? I live in michigan. Would take a small uhaul to get it all.

What should I do?

[amiman99]

Most people want some items, like me, I'm interested in Alphagen.

[cobracon]

My problem is that this stuff is taking up alot of space. I just want it gone in one big swoop. Like the amiga I have boxes of software and tons of books. Lots of good stuff. I just cant stand looking at it all anymore. Want to just focus on pcfx, ps1 and ps2 now.

[wood_jl]

As is the standard whenever this kind of question pops up.....

You can sell it in a huge lot, but it WILL GO CHEAP as it's extremely unlikely any single buyer values/wants/needs exactly all of that stuff.

Part it out and get considerably more for it, with a substantial investment in terms of time, and packing/mailing/inquiry efforts.

This is always the case.

It's also pretty hard to sell a lot of stuff when there's no DETAILED description of EXACTLY what is included, and a ballpark price of what you're looking to get out of it. Pictures will help immensely, and fortunately digicams and free pic hosting sites are ubiquitous. So far, a potential buyer has no idea of what is or is not included, what quantities, what condition, what it looks likes, etc.

[cobracon]

I will post pics on sunday and start a new thread. Will take awhile to get it all together. I'm hoping to get around $1000 bucks for it all which is a steal. Just want it all out. Will be a great deal for someone to make money on. I just don't have the drive to sell it all in pieces.

[SRGilbert]

Where in Michigan are you?

[cobracon]

Grand Rapids

[SRGilbert]

I might be interested in some of the non-computer stuff, but I think it's going to be a tough sell to find a collector who will buy the whole lot. If you'd consider selling it to a re-seller, I'd recommend Josh at Epic Electronics in GR. He's a good guy and could get it local. He's got a store, so he'd have to get a good price to make money obviously, but I think he would be fair.

[cobracon]

Yeah I'm at his shop all the time. But he doesn't do any retro computer stuff really. I mean I even have s100 computers that are new in the package, never put together. Also a commodore Kim 1 expansion board (so you can use s100 cards on it) Still new!! Just so much stuff UGHHH!

[Mirage]

If I were closer and/or could leave town in the near future, I'd possibly be interested, assuming it's what I'm envisioning it to be. You may very well find a buyer for the right price. Post up pics, preferably along with a general inventory unless it's all real obvious in the pictures. Please post a link in this thread to the new thread when you post it so those ofus following this thread will be sure to see it. Good luck.

[cobracon]

Well here is some of the non computer pics. Didn't have all the time I wanted today.

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[cobracon]

Some more pics.

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