Old game parts

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $6.60 Fees: $1.46 Profit: $5.14

A few weeks ago I bought four Avalon Hill Bookcase games off someone on Kijiji for $15 each. These games are from the 1970s and were an attempt to compete with the more popular 3M Bookcase games, and while not as popular, some of them are collectible today. I expect to get between $30-$60 for each of those four games. They won't move fast - they are collectible to a small group of people - but I'll easily make back my initial $60 investment. 

One of those games was King Maker. Now when I was sorting through the game, I noticed that one of the two decks needed to play the game had a duplicate of every card! I have no idea how this happened - maybe they accidentally shipped two sets by accident, or maybe the previous owner had two copies and combined the cards by accident? Anyway, all to say that I had a complete set of one of the decks for the game at no additional cost! Now, everyone knows that once a game loses a part it is often difficult, if not impossible, to play and this is one such game. I figured that being an old game, someone is likely looking for a replacement deck of these cards as opposed to buying a whole new version of the game. I listed it for $5 USD, and it sold in a few weeks. It is a small profit, but one made from no investment and was an easy sale.

Always something to keep in mind. If you can find an old collectible game for sale for cheap, even if it is missing some pieces, it may be worth buying just to flip certain parts of the game that people are looking for.