I'm Selling Out!
Added 2020-06-15 16:00:04 +0000 UTCHey Rockstars! You heard right. I'm finally at long last selling out....of board games :D
There are a few board games I own that I got early on or just made mistakes with that don't end up getting played and I could use more room.
I think it's probably healthy to cull the collection every so often and it's been a few years so I'm due for it anyway. That being said, shipping seems to me to be a nightmare. I guess I'll need to get some big boxes and just bubble wrap the snot out of these things. Seems like such a hassle, but selling some would really help the channel out and re-coup some of the costs of the resent Pledge Manager wave that hit us all (you know, like Frosthaven, Arena, Conan, Dawn of Madness and more).
I still don't know what to do with my prototypes and they take up a nice corner of my closet currently. They can't just keep growing, I have to get rid of them somehow. I could do giveaways but I dislike the whole "chance" part of that and it ends up still being a cost as I'd have to ship the darn things out and they usually aren't packaged very well to begin with.
I could just throw them away but that seems like a huge waste and I struggle to even throw away empty boxes (all of my Deep Madness empty boxes are in my attic, don't judge me).
So what to do? I don't like the idea of straight selling them. I'd not know what to even price them at.
I thought perhaps some sort of auction which might work. Then the price is just whatever their perceived value is.
But at the end of the day, I feel I'll get annoying comments about "profiting" from game companies sending me stuff (like people just ignore ad revenue).
I think my best bet here is to finally make my tell-all video based on what I posted here on Patreon earlier for you guys about working with the industry and money and all that. (Read it here https://www.patreon.com/posts/reality-behind-30348857 ) The message is still the same: Use your head, think, and come up with your conclusions based on the evidence at hand.
But people will be silly no matter what. What are your thoughts? How should I fix this prototype accumulation issue? It needs to be some way that doesn't cost me a ton of money as I feel like that's a bad use of the money you put towards helping the channel out.
As always, you guys are amazing and I appreciate each and every single one of you. Have a great day!
Comments
If you account for physical shipping, vat, and other costs; what is your average to ship 1-2 games per month? Then you can create a support level here that works like a raffle. Anyone who is interested in "winning" the monthly game(s) can sign up for that level and you have the funds to ship a game to a random winner. You'd need a minimum amount of people to be at that support level to cover the costs, but with a monthly poll of next month's game that should be covered, because you could see the amount of interest and likely support at that teir.
Jacob Stacey
2020-06-18 12:15:59 +0000 UTCYeah I do to, though probably not with a bid attached :) If the person that's getting the game wants to pay extra that's perfectly fine, but I'd like these to be available to anyone that can at least cover the shipping costs :)
The King of Average
2020-06-17 03:06:13 +0000 UTCI like the suggestions above: let us pay for the shipping costs and the bid system is nice. Personally I would probably need to pay import taxes which could double the price I would need to pay however it could be interesting for fellow petreon subscribers that do not have this issue.
2020-06-16 09:49:35 +0000 UTCYou bet I will :D Heck I put my own musings on here to share with you all, so something like that would definitely get an update or 3 :D
The King of Average
2020-06-16 01:21:56 +0000 UTCWell keep us posted! I would definitely put my hat in the bucket for Oathsworn or Stormsunder to name my short list ๐. Iโm sure Iโd be interested in anything you put up though!
2020-06-15 20:00:27 +0000 UTCThanks Andrew! With the other ideas people spoke of here I hope to perhaps send out more often :D
The King of Average
2020-06-15 18:43:06 +0000 UTCIncidentally I never even thought of charging you guys for it (which I imagine is a good mindset to have) but that could totally work. Of course any money I get from Patreon goes into it's own account used just for YT costs so no worries there. I'll need to take these ideas and think a bit on it. Need to figure out the structure. My initial thinking on the spot is to just charge shipping and get a list of those interested, then contact the person I'll be selling it to and they are free to pay above shipping if they so desire. It's always a fine line between wanting to give back to you guys in a cool way like this, and ensuring I don't give the impression (however false it would be) that I benefit more than I already do with prototypes. I've had enough negative reviews at this point where I've not heard that concern spoken in some time which is nice, but from a personal standpoint it's a goal I always keep.
The King of Average
2020-06-15 18:41:34 +0000 UTCI really like this idea! The hard part there is that you guys are all over the place shipping would range depending on I'd be sending it too. Perhaps I can have some "buckets" like what KS does, though takes a bit more up front effort to calculate that and ensure I get a good rate on each one.
The King of Average
2020-06-15 18:32:35 +0000 UTCOooh that sounds good! Funny enough I never thought about charging any of you (a good thing I suppose).
The King of Average
2020-06-15 18:28:36 +0000 UTC
