Groznit Goregut:
I know the best way to sell Warhammer minis is to sell them individually, but most people want to sell them all in one batch. I’ve got some more nuanced questions, though.
First, if I have a bunch of Hobgoblins, what is the best way to sell them? In one giant horde? Or break them into units? If so, how many? Also, how to list them? I’ve scratch built some Hobgoblins from the Mantic Orcs and the old 6th Ed Night Goblin heads.
Also, how do you sell the characters? All in one group? Break them into sub-groups? Sell the Lords individually?
Where is the best place to sell them? Ebay is one choice, but I can avoid their fees if I sell elsewhere. What about Bartertown? Or here? Or is here best if I want to offer someone a decent rate? Personally, I want to maximize profits to buy new game bits.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Honeym123:
It’s allways best to sell as individual as you can. Ebay is a sucky because of the many charges, but it is however a great way to get the most, because of the many bidders.
If your hobgoblins is the original CD, I would sell them i batches of 10, as no one can afford, say 50 at once. If you have converted them your self, it dosent matter how big the batch is, you wont get much for them.
Heroes can be sold both individual and in one batch. Normally it dosen’t matter imo.
Groznit Goregut:
Hmmm…custom doesn’t bring in much at all? Really? What about my converted regular bull centaurs on chaos knight horses and put on monstrous cav bases?
Honeym123:
Ill have to see pictures to get an idea, but the problem with goblins are, that there are so many of them out there, and if they are not orignial, it dosent really matter which ones they are, and then people are more inclined to buy quintaty than qulitaty.
Groznit Goregut:
Hmmm…I wonder if this crappy picture can show?
Malorndk:
What really sells are unpainted, unconverted original minis. often in small batches
Honeym123:
The pcitures I was looking for was of the BC- but Malorn is right
torn:
There are 2 main groups who collect chaos dwarfs. Collectors and converters. Collectors will only want original miniatures, and converters will want to convert their own because that is their hobby. Your hobgoblins look OK but the only people who would buy them would be gamers who play chaos dwarfs that aren’t collectors or converters, and since chaos dwarfs are not top tier there aren’t many pure gamers interested.
I’m sorry to say you will be lucky to sell these and make back what you put into them. I sold my old chaos dwarf army on eBay and taking out the Earthshakers price I got about £15 for 30 converted warriors and 20 black orcs.
Honeym123:
But thats the risk you run, when you don’t buy original. Im standing in the same dilema.
I want to make my CD army, and im using mostly rusian alternative models. They cost basicly the same as the originally dwarfs, however, there wont be many buyers for them when im done. I choose them because I like the more dynamic and modern look, and like their detail as opposed to pure FW (which is armoured in). So im basicly paying the same price for unorignally models, because I like them more, but I wont be able to get the same price as if I bought originally models, when I’m done. That’s how it is, when you go converted/non-GW.
MadHatter:
I always pay more for boxed stuff or blisters since I get a rush when the collector in me has to take a panic test when I open (read: consume) them. I only go 4th-6th ed. GW and still I don’t plan on getting a single penny back, ever.
However, business wise, if I where considering the resell value and looked at the hobby partly as an investment I do think the slow buying of old GW tin-casts is the only chance there is to have the invested value of an army grow over time in this hobby. Partly because of nostalgia/retro (in the now or soon to be high income collectors) and partly because plastic is a cheap and value-wise dying material as the current trend the money flow strongly towards less quantity and higher quality. While the new models might look great, plastic is plastic and they lack the weight, models are no longer cast by hand rather moulded in machines/printed and I predict no going back to tin-casting either for that matter.
A bit OT… Few realize wargaming for what an elite hobby it is… The craft, the art, the patience, the strategy, economy, language (foreign players), the roleplaying, the logics, the creativity, the culture, the math… If you ask me the real gain on the investment is developing or nurturing these skills. If you want to make money use those amazing modelling and painting skills outside the box, many here on CDO are master artisan designers. Perhaps cast, craft and paint unique jewelry targeting marginallized groups/unexploited small markets?
With this said, the new models (especially FW) are brilliant (even though their crippling hattlessness). As investments, meh.
Edit: Great painting in generic colorschemes on popular armies or greatly designed conversions might also be a way to make money on the investment.
