Long time no see! In 2017 I learned enough from MMM to pay off 25k in debt in 6 months. We've been debt free since then except for the mortgage and a (0% interest) surgery bill payment plan. Yay!
Now we're looking for more ways to earn and save, especially as I've decided to close down my business of 24 years due to medical issues. (I have enough in my business's buffer accounts to pay my salary for about a year after I close it down.)
So: my husband works in the board game industry and has
thousands of games...mostly Euro-style games,
NOT popular (Monopoly-type) games, wargames, miniatures. etc. They come in via the mail at maybe 4-5 per week (he reviews games as part of his job). He has tried different ways of selling off the extra games:
- Putting up a list on Craigslist and updating the list as games are sold. (Time consuming, ineffective.)
- Selling them through board game forums. (Same.)
- Selling them at a yard sale. (Not many sold.)
- Approaching board game cafés to see if they would like to buy them in bulk. (Nope.)
- Signing up for a platform that will buy your games for pennies on the dollar for resale. (The amount they were offering wasn't even worth packing and shipping the games.)
- Selling them to a guy who resells them at flea markets. (That worked for a bit but now there are no flea markets open.)
We've even tried contacting local homeless shelters, children's hospitals, etc. just to see if they'd like to take them for free. No interest.
These games are taking over the whole third floor (which was supposed to be an office suite). and I feel like we're sitting on wasted cash here.
Any suggestions? Thanks!