CATRP CREW?

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

yessir

@nickpapagiorgio2253

9 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker You got burned by them?

@_asidy

9 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker Wait all these games came from ChaseAfterTheRightPrice? I'm confused

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

No this was not purchased from chase. I am part of catrp crew tho.

@_asidy

9 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker Oh I didn't know that! Idk if I've seen you in a video. Very cool!

First rule of thumb. If your gut says no then dont do it

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

Gotta trust your gut

Always listen to your instincts, if a situation feels sketchy, renegotiate or be ready to walk away to force a better deal you feel good about at time of transaction.

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

Live and learn

You did the biggest ROOKIE mistake. I always look at every single game , count them, and see what kind of shape they are in. I would be a lot more patient spending that kind of money. That is crazy. I pass of dead games like that at .50 each. Do you think the worker *might have been the reason some are gone?* I had a chance to buy I had a chance to buy 10,000 DVDS for $500 and passed it up. It was just some resellers left over junk. Slow down.. Spend Your money wisely. That would not be a good deal for anyone. At least you learned a lesson. I have been buying out dvd/video stores for over 25 years. I bought out 6 Family Home Video stores paid ..25 each for every dvd, blu ray, boxed set, and video games.

@themediamarauder1582

9 ай бұрын

Just subbed.. I have been a full timer since 1997 on ebay and full time reseller since 1986 pretty much.

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

@@themediamarauder1582 really appreciate it

Good on you for being transparent and honest with your experience. Just gave a follow 👍🏽

@Thectpicker

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Phillip 🤙

Sorry to hear about the situation but just the lessons learned from the experience are invaluable! I bought out a game store's inventory about a year ago, a bit of a different situation as all the inventory was left in the storefront and the owner had taken most of the good stuff out. Took me about 4 months to break even but it ended up working out in the long run thankfully!

@Thectpicker

6 ай бұрын

Yea the big purchases can take a while to break even on but that’s okay if the juice is worth the squeeze. Unfortunately for me it was not.

40 mins for a story that could have been told in 10....

@UnplantedTrees

Ай бұрын

5 minutes..

@raydaddy6914

2 күн бұрын

I skipped ahead and got it in 2.

@Thectpicker

Күн бұрын

Maybe even 60 seconds…

As a reseller, sometimes you have to "pay for your education" on bad deals. Like you said, you learned a lot with this experience and I guarantee you that the knowledge you gained will save and/or make you more money during future deals.

@Thectpicker

2 ай бұрын

Love this comment. Thank you Greg. to your point it already has with another store buyout this year. Appreciate the comment seriously.

This was a very valuable story for me thanks for telling it. I'm on the cusp of buying 1100 games and 60 consoles for 4k but I'm nervous to do it because its all my buying money so if it doesn't' work out I'd be with no buying power until it sells. Its just kinda of fodder titles like asasssins creeds and call of dutys on 360's and a few random good ones mixed in. Consoles are mix of ps3, 360s, ds lite just kind of nervous to spend my whole bank roll I've only been full time for 3 months.

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

I would get that pricecharted out and take it from there. Sounds like it can be a good deal.

Big risk comes can come with big rewards. Sometimes we forget about the risk part of the equation, especially right after a big win. Learning lesson, you're just smarter now!

@Thectpicker

8 ай бұрын

No such thing as a failure if you are learning from those mistakes

@gabrielyeamans7289

8 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker I lived in Thailand for a while, over there haggling is common. You learn that you always have to be willing to walk away, when you turn your back to leave, that’s usually precisely when you make the deal. Good luck!

having discernment is key in this life. always trust your gut. if it feels off, it is off. costly lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.

@Thectpicker

8 ай бұрын

Appreciate the comment!

Wild story. I thought you were going to say you lost $20k. But for opportunity cost you lost so I feel you. You've learned a lot of valuable lessons here at least.

@Thectpicker

15 күн бұрын

@@m4dh4dd3r learned a lot that I applied to the store buyout I did this January and that ended up going well! So it wasn’t for nothing I guess after all.

terrible situation but you still came out ahead, doesn’t matter the amount or how much time it consumed. it could’ve gone so so much worse, that being said a few things to keep in mind. if it doesn’t work out it doesn’t work out take it as a sign and move on do not ever leave what your buying with the seller he could’ve easily taken out the higher value games without you knowing. If the seller is willing to take half of what they’re asking i’m sure there’s a good reason for it. there’s a few other things you realized after that I would’ve said but since you already picked up on it there’s no need for it. that being said take it as a lesson as you aren’t in college (id assume) think of it as that if you lose money people who go to college spend money to make a career so as long as you learn from mistakes it’ll help you grow. I’d also touch on the amazon part id keep selling on amazon as much as possible I get you like the whatnot route and it’s profitable but amazon is just handouts and easy money to be made, ebay not so much do it for items that move slower.

Imagine buying out a game store that closed in the 90s, and getting a 200+ dollar average per game, paying an average of 7 a game, and spending 15k at one time... ya, thats my story. Former game store owner, current reseller, i make youtube videos on the topic too. Im listening to this video, and it sounds like you got blinding by the potential. Sometimes you really really gotta slow down and look at what you are getting. The return on one deal, has nothing to do with any future deals. Always got to evaluate each one on its own merit. If it doesnt feel right, always walk away. Whenever you are doing a deal you have to calculate everything, the cost of the time to open, clean, store, pack, 20k mailers, 20k packaging worth of labels, etc. it all adds up. You must get paid for your time. ill be honest, I dont think you will realize 25 an hour after everything is done.

@Jack-Mehoff

9 ай бұрын

If sells international will be fine and should clear a profit. America market is usually the average sale market.

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

200$ average my god that’s crazy

Good news is you’ll never do it again. It’s only up from here. A hint is to pay super close to people’s language. If someone makes a point to say “it’s brand new”, it is usually used. In this case when he was saying there were other guys, there probably weren’t. When he kept pushing how many there were, he knew there were less. Him rushing you, meant he was hiding something. Him being afraid you wouldn’t come back, meant he knew exactly what he was selling you. People who put the hard sell on you almost always say the opposite of the truth.

@Thectpicker

10 күн бұрын

Very well said. Luckily I did learn from this and have already used the lessons in multiple other deals. Appreciate the long thought out response.

Loved this! Thanks for sharing. It helps to hear real stories that give caution.

Good God dude that is a nightmare situation. I couldn't just drop $50,000 like that. Triple up for sure. Inventory is a definite on a buy like that.

@Thectpicker

Күн бұрын

Yep, for my experience now a minimum triple up because of the thousand plus hours of work. Unfortunately this was nowhere in the universe of that.

@johnwilliamson8367

Күн бұрын

@@Thectpicker I definitely get that. I couldn't imagine throwing a thousand hours and having to see a wall of Sega sports man talking about a good reason to cry a tear or two. Bit surprised though you didn't try to hit a local video game Facebook group with the heavy hitting titles to up the ante on the games by trades. That could of helped some granted that usually means more hours.

Thanks for sharing. Definitely learned something here.

@Thectpicker

5 ай бұрын

Great!

This is why i dont deal with resellers at all

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

I have good experiences with other resellers in general!

@vookudlak1

9 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker it depends . Video games is a fucked business bc of how dishonest most resellers are. Nothing worse than buying a like new game to find out it's been resurfaceed and not told.

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

@@vookudlak1 agree if it was with a shitty jfj but the machine I use is the best you can get by elm usa and it does make the disc look brand new.

@vookudlak1

9 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker that's the problem,they are not new so you can scam customers. I'm not saying you personally I'm just saying In general

All ways make sure you see your profit!!! Respect GGG-unit let’s go!!! 😅

@Thectpicker

16 күн бұрын

What’s ggg-unit ?

@damiengunit9788

16 күн бұрын

My why showing respect my G !Games Game Games!!! plus I like hiphop gangster rap G-unit 50cent Eminem just my why standing out I. The comments !

@Thectpicker

16 күн бұрын

@@damiengunit9788 love it !

I personally wouldn't pay $20,000 for $40,000 dollars worth of stock, if I knew exactly what was there my top price would have been $15,000. And that second year we talked about I would have walked before even laid out $10 grand. They sounded so dodgy without their spreadsheet. How u described when you first went there. Then after going through the first lot you got like you would have been crazy to go back to the rest I then know what you thinking. U whinny at making 20 grand like you should thank yourself lucky. I personally think you didn't do the right sums or you just lying about how much money you make off the deal. I owned business for over 20 years, am I mates come up and say oh I'm making this and that and I'd say mate you full of shit. But in their minds all they could see was the dollarydoos coming in. It was said to see them go bankrupt. To be honest with you if I went to buy that second lot and he said 20,000 items and I could only see 15 Max. My offer would have been 15 grand. If he said no I woukd of walk. Thx Graham.

As a partner in 3 pop culture stores that do 7 figures each, on a $40k value with a collection of that size, we might have paid $4,000-6,000 at most, and most likely passed on a load like that even at $2,000 Big piles of "crap" 10% of value at most if even interested.

I would have gave up when they didn’t answer for a month even though it was very very tempting.

@Thectpicker

Ай бұрын

Ehh I disagree sometimes people jerk you around a bit so you gotta stay on top of them.

Trust no one. Shell out no money until you take possession of merchandise.

Keep grinding bro😊👍✌🇬🇧

@chuck396

8 ай бұрын

I just got screw did notice plate for metroid prime weren't it box and the controler had stickshift

@Thectpicker

8 ай бұрын

UK! Thanks for watching means a lot

@chuck396

8 ай бұрын

I've subscribed bruv from manchester city keep up the good work

Damn this is a wild story. Luckily you’ll still profit off of it. How long have you been reselling games?

@Thectpicker

9 ай бұрын

Exactly. Shoot for the moon and land among the stars sorta thing. Started in the summer of 2020 and went straight into being full time.

Gotta chalk it up. Could've been much worse. At least you're still pretty new - I think I read a comment that you're about 3.5 years into this. Make this your biggest and last mistake and you'll never fail.

@Thectpicker

6 ай бұрын

Yea about 3.5 years in. Agreed and I have learned so much from it. Thanks Michael

@MichaelRyanH

6 ай бұрын

@Thectpicker I always try to find the good in every bad situation. Your situation is only terrible because the expectations you had about it. I'd rate your situation like a 6/10 lmfao. You expected an 8.5/10 so of course you're a bit agitated. Can't wait to hear all the things you've learned. Listening to your newest video now while I do random work shit. Remember no one likes you when you're 23. Thug it out. Your best years have yet to come.

Seemed fishy from the start

@Thectpicker

8 ай бұрын

A little bit right

He probably took the best games and sold them to someone else during the 2 weeks.

@Thectpicker

5 ай бұрын

i dont think so

Did you say, “Long story short???”…..

@Thectpicker

5 ай бұрын

probably could've went longer lol

Stop, drop, and roll!

Cut to the chase!

@Thectpicker

6 ай бұрын

It’s a long story for sure!

Just sell it all to Chase and you’ll be good…..he’s a huckleberry…..Since you work for Chase, in the future, just ask Chase what he would pay for the collection and then pay a little more than Chase and it’s all good. Chase knows what he’s doing…..

@Thectpicker

5 ай бұрын

i definitely do not work for chase. but i am in his discord and we frequently chat lol

I'm sorry but I cannot even get through this video It is so slow. I'm sorry but I wanted to listen because I'm from Connecticut also, just couldn't.

@Thectpicker

11 күн бұрын

@@rosejohnson9957 all good being my most popular video with 1,300 watch hours others were able to watch it just fine sorry you couldn’t. This was also my first KZread in 3 years. I’ll work on it.

Why would you hate to get a job?

@Thectpicker

2 ай бұрын

Can you give me quotes of what I said I don’t remember lol then I can explain

@user-nf3db3hj2g

2 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker oh sorry. I dunno at one point u just said “I would hate to get a job” while talking about doing this for the last 6 months and would basically hate to have to get a real job. I’m from Mass also and that’s a big problem around here is nobody wants to work. Everyone wants to be either a reseller or influencers now. All hobbies have been ruined from resellers and kids all think they can be influencers so they’ve never even touched grass. We still need people to learn trades and keep America going. I don’t have much faith in this newer generation. Sad to say. I wasn’t meaning to pick you apart. Sorry rant over 😝

@Thectpicker

2 ай бұрын

@@user-nf3db3hj2g I know what your saying and agree. Fortunately I am apart of that small % that can do this full time. For most I recommend it as a great part time/ hobby. I’ve been doing this for 4 years full time now. It’s not easy but for me well worth it.

@user-nf3db3hj2g

2 ай бұрын

@@Thectpicker nice bro glad your making it work for you and you’re able to provide enough off just that. Marketplace is a joke trying to find something right now. Everything sells within 5 minutes just to be resold. Smh. Seriously considering just giving up my hobbies. Action figures trading cards and video games are exploited hobbies now which just makes it pointless to collect for. Resellers have literally dragged these hobbies through the dirt and ran them into the ground. When is enough, enough?