My Predator collection will be going up for sale... need advice.

Faken · 11-25-2009, 10:26 PM

Hey guys...

I know many of you have been PMing me and emailing me wondering where the hell I've been lately and the truth is I have been facing some personal problems that have now come to head. As a result, it looks like I will be selling pretty much my entire collection, which most of you know features some very rare pieces and some amazing kits painted by Joe Dunaway from modelzone.com. I have roughly $65,000 in items that will be sold.

So the question is, do I even bother trying to find a single buyer for the entire lot, or should I break it up? I'd be willing to take a single buyout of say $50k, but I doubt anyone will have that kind of scratch. So should I just post everything on the forums and see what sells for a month and move the rest to eBay?

This breaks my heart, but I need as much liquid cash as possible... I will still run Predatorstuff and review stuff as I can, but my collecting days have come to an end for the time being.

I'll post a video and more info on this shortly, I need to do inventory first, but in the meantime would really like suggestions on what I should do here.

Balsquat · 11-25-2009, 10:35 PM

Faken
So sorry to hear man.
I hope this not for a stupid car.
Also, you seem to be a pretty young guy, did you really manage to spend 65K on this stuff?

Faken · 11-25-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Balsquat

Faken
So sorry to hear man.
I hope this not for a stupid car.
Also, you seem to be a pretty young guy, did you really manage to spend 65K on this stuff?

I'm 33 and yep, I have a huge collection. And no, wanting to buy a car doesn't qualify as personal problems. I wish it were that simple though :/

Balsquat · 11-25-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Faken

I'm 33 and yep, I have a huge collection. And no, wanting to buy a car doesn't qualify as personal problems. I wish it were that simple though :/

Sorry to hear brother.
Your site is a huge asset to the community.
Goodluck with the sell off and dealing with with whatever it is you are going throuigh

Faken · 11-25-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Balsquat

Sorry to hear brother.
Your site is a huge asset to the community.
Goodluck with the sell off and dealing with with whatever it is you are going throuigh

Thanks man, appreciate it. Hopefully I will at least be able to keep my Yoda Maquette

Fremen · 11-25-2009, 10:52 PM

This stinks of a divorce. Hope I'm wrong. One of the reasons I never got married.

I hope everything works out for you.

I think at some point, most of us will have to face selling off our collections. Life really sucks sometimes. Hope you get good money for it at least.

Faken · 11-25-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Fremen

This stinks of a divorce. Hope I'm wrong. One of the reasons I never got married.

I hope everything works out for you.

I think at some point, most of us will have to face selling off our collections. Life really sucks sometimes. Hope you get good money for it at least.

Good nose Fremen

It was a long time coming to be honest... it was just a matter of time until someone pulled the trigger I guess.

Fremen · 11-25-2009, 10:55 PM

I'm so sorry.

Mesa · 11-25-2009, 10:59 PM

Good luck Dan, whatever you decide. I wish I knew how to unload large parts of my collection that I am no longer fond of. I've resorted to Ebay in multiple iterations, and so far it has been fair to middlin, even in this economy, but took lots of effort and the remaining stuff that hasn't sold I will probably take a loss on (unlike the stuff that has sold already). But you have a good reputation around hre and on other sites from what I've heard, so I would definitely try to sell here and on other forums for a fair price before resorting to Ebay and you should be able to get most of your money back, if not more. Just takes time and persistence, and depending on your personal situation, you may or may not have. You already have tons of pics and videos, which I would definitely link to in your sales if you have to resort to Ebay, to let everyone know you are a serious and well respected member in the collector community. Also, remember Ebay is at least 10% in fees (not including PP, another 3.5-4.5%), plus the hassle, so keep that in consideration when you sell to forum members.

Good luck in, hope whatever your situation is turns out for the better.

Faken · 11-25-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mesa

Good luck Dan, whatever you decide. I wish I knew how to unload large parts of my collection that I am no longer fond of. I've resorted to Ebay in multiple iterations, and so far it has been fair to middlin, even in this economy, but took lots of effort and the remaining stuff that hasn't sold I will probably take a loss on (unlike the stuff that has sold already). But you have a good reputation around hre and on other sites from what I've heard, so I would definitely try to sell here and on other forums for a fair price and you should be able to get most of your money back, if not more. Just takes time and persistence, and depending on your personal situation, you may or may not have. You already have tons of pics and videos, which I would definitely link to in your sales if you have to resort to Ebay, to let everyone know you are a serious and well respected member in the collector community. Also, remember Ebay is at least 10% in fees (not including PP, another 3.5-4.5%), plus the hassle, so keep that in consideration when you sell to forum members.

Good luck in, hope whatever your situation is turns out for the better.

Thanks man, and yeah going to avoid eBay as much as I can I think.

Fremen - Thanks man. It's for the best though so in the end I will be better for it.