Yeah, I made out like a bandit selling boxed games on ebay. But I had intentionally collected a lot of hard to find ones and seemed to have hit the Goodwills, etc. when a ton of people where dumping "those old games" into collection bins so I luckily bought hundreds of collectible games low and sold them very high. Got on some serious collector's radar and sold about 5 games a week for a year and a half so they were always watching for new auctions and bidding against each other. I figured out a way to describe the game attractively without hyping it. I even had a specific font I used that set me apart from the other game sellers.

It was a lot of work. I photographed each game extensively, showing front and back and all contents, listing everything so you knew exactly what you were buying. Then everything had to be boxed up securely and shipped to the buyer's specifications. I was unemployed, more or less, during that whole period so it was my full-time job. I ran it like an assembly line. Photography studio in the dining room, shipping in the garage, ebay in the office. Not something to undertake on a whim. I was glad when it was over and I had sold them all.

I don't know what the market is now for boxed games. I pretty much feel like I don't want anymore myself. Though I won't dispose of my books. I've tried Kindles and iPads as readers and it doesn't work for me, though I'm gonna soon be publishing a couple of new books in that format. But my enjoyment of text books is probably double that of the electronic versions. Plus, I am rereading through my library again as I've forgotten most of them.

Just give it all away to Goodwill. They'll sell what people still want and the rest ends up in the landfill anyway.

I know how you feel, Kay. I've tried hard, many times, to purge a lot of my physical collection, in my case mostly CDs, and to a lesser extent boxed PC games or console games. The games take a lot more effort to sell since stores don't take them anymore, when I have a large enough supply that is worth selling I'll use craigslist or kijiji, but it does feel like a lot of effort. Especially since I try not to mail stuff, but meet people in person and sell...sometimes it seems a hassle.

But Scout's right, once you realize you don't really need a lot of the bulk it feels good to be gone with it. I'm still trying to get rid of piles of my CDs, with a collection probably over 300 discs, it's a daunting task!

I also have a lot of old PC Gamer mags with not a lot of value outside sentimental, but I still find it impossible to just throw that stuff out. I just say to myself "what if I want to re-read that review of Quake 2 or Extreme Paintbrawl?!"

In any case, you could always check with folks here; I'm sure there are some interested collectors who would always trade a few dollars for the trouble of sending them a parcel, as opposed to sending it to the dumpster, which is often upsetting and hard to do!