General Retro Discussion

[Hero-of-Time]

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

 Can still remember taking all my DVDs to CEX and coming out with a kindle. 

I ended up just binning all of mine a fair few years back now. I recently gave all my blu-rays to one of my sisters. Told her to take what she wanted and then either bin or sell the rest.

[Ashley]

24 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

I ended up just binning all of mine a fair few years back now. I recently gave all my blu-rays to one of my sisters. Told her to take what she wanted and then either bin or sell the rest.

Yeah I would just donate them now as they'd only give you like 10p. This was around 2012 I believe. 

[Happenstance]

I probably would have traded in all my dvds at some point but I got rid of all the boxes and put them into sleeves and an organiser drawer. That of course now lives in the garage so well worth the effort!

[Will]

For anyone interested here is the stuff I’ve sorted through so far at my parents place:

Spoiler

Not sure whether to give eBay a try or just dump it all to CEX. Are there any other ways of getting rid of this type of stuff nowadays?

[Will]

The box is a bit banged up but one of those Dreamcasts is brand new:
 

[Hero-of-Time]

The new Dreamcast is probably worth putting on eBay. Given its condition, you will probably get a lot more than what CEX are offering.

[Will]

Yeah, I might try it for all of the potentially higher value stuff. The difference between CEX buy and sell price is quite wide, even landing half way between feels worth it.

[Ashley]

You kept things in good condition by the looks of it.

Was in CEX earlier killing time and I saw a GBA and it reminded me of picking mine up on launch day at the Game where years later I would end up working. Always felt it was cool that my reservation number was 007. 

[Will]

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

You kept things in good condition by the looks of it.

For the most part yes, I’m a bit annoyed with my Dad for ramming so so much of it in boxes too small to move house but I guess that’s my fault for not being there to sort it properly.

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

Was in CEX earlier killing time and I saw a GBA and it reminded me of picking mine up on launch day at the Game where years later I would end up working. Always felt it was cool that my reservation number was 007. 

I think the GBA I found is my original one. It was the first import I ever had. Amazingly Stourbridge used to have an awesome little Indy game store and they sorted a Japanese one with Mario Kart for me. I was the coolest kid in school.

[Ashley]

22 minutes ago, Will said:

I was the coolest kid in school

I mean... It was Stourbridge so that's a low bar.