Military board games, HUGE thrift store score

[Beachkid23]

I found a box of G.I. Joe and it has action figures in it and it was $10. All of their toys are half off today. So I start looking at the games and noticed that some of them I've never heard of before actually a lot and They looked older. Everything is priced $1.99, there's two games per bag some have three. And it looks like they are in the $20-$50 average with some of them being over 100.

50 games for $25. This is just a picture of the ones on top there's more underneath. I guess they're not all vintage but some of them seem to be worth a good amount of money. The manager stopped me on the way out and asked why I was buying so many of them. As if she didn't really know!!! She said she was going to change the price now but I think I got all of them if not most of them...

 

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[Beachkid23]

The first couple I opened up are brand-new. All the parts are shrink-wrapped or all the tabs are not broken off. Just have to figure out how the heck am I going to ship the stuff before I start listing it

 

[Beans]

Looks like a great score for the price. One thing to think about is sometimes the Parts are worth more than the whole. When I look at selling the games with parts I look to see if I can sell just the parts and still get the price I want. Cheaper to ship that way. Hope that made sense.

 

[Beachkid23]

Yes it does. There's one out of the first 4 that I listed that is missing some of the parts so I'm just going to put the cards that are still sealed on there.

I don't usually buy this type of stuff but I think I'm going to be glad I did.

I think a lot of them I can ship it priority mail medium flat rate so that's a huge help. Being that it's almost Christmas is also a huge help. I bet when I go back to the store if they have any left there like $25 a bag though. Buying mass quantity may have screwed them out of selling anymore. Because now they will overpriced them I bet.

 

[Tom Bigbee]

Are those G.I. Joes from the 1980's? If they are you will do good on those.

 

[Beachkid23]

Are those G.I. Joes from the 1980's? If they are you will do good on those.

I don't know. I didn't see a date on them and I haven't had time to look them up yet. Trying to get them games up first. I think they are though the box is from 1981 I believe.

 

[Beachkid23]

Only 26 games to list..... Gonna start auctioning them. Just 1 sale at $25 I'll break even. Ready to fall asleep from listing them though!

 

[Beachkid23]

Just a heads up if you guys are out and about. These brand games are pretty decent. Avalon hill, Columbia games and GMT games. I've never heard of them before this week. So far I've sold three of them, one for $35, one for $49 and one for $125. Paid $1.50 for the 3!!

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

Nice score, vintage "Table top" games are making a comeback!

 

[trdhrdr007]

I think a lot of them I can ship it priority mail medium flat rate so that's a huge help.

Have you tried USPS regional rate A boxes? You have to order them from the USPS website. They come in 2 sizes. Prices vary depending on where they are going but rates run between $6-11. The box sizes are about 10"x7"x5" and 11"x2"x13". If you are printing postage on eBay you can check prices under the "change weight and dimensions tab.

 

[Beachkid23]

Um, no I didn't even know they made them... Or maybe I did but I never used them before. Thanks, I will check them out

 

[bdsawyer]

USPS has a large flat rate board game box that you can order of their site for free. May be worth a try.

 

[Beachkid23]

Turns out the large games were not in really good condition. I think I'm gonna take some of the parts out of the one on the rest of them I'm gonna donate to Goodwill. But all the other games fit right in that medium flat rate box. I've sold seven of them so far for a total of $345. Going to start auction them off take my wife on vacation without the kids!!