Man Wants $3.5 Million for "Thousands and Thousands" of Video Games
US game store owner is selling up and moving on
Shane Butcher owns three retro-specialist video game shops in the USA. He also owns a Honda Accord and a Lotus Elise, and a bunch of other stuff including thousands of games. He's selling the lot and he wants $3.5m on eBay.
He states that, "First off, I will be selling all 3 R.U. GAME? store locations along with everything in them! THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of video games! Tons of New Item stock! Coin-op arcade units! All displays and shelving! 3x RTI Eco Master disc repair machines, collectibles, game related statues + MORE! The stores are located in sunny Florida in the cities of Gainesville, Tampa, and Brandon!"
There's more...
"Our high traffic e-commerce website www.rugamestore.com where you can buy, sell, trade, and get disc repairs services from the comfort of your own home as well as our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rugamestorecom are included!"
And more..
"Some of the video gaming items from my collection include...Starfox Super Weekend cartridge, Little Samson NES, Zombie Revenge NES, Spider Man Web of Fire 32X, Panzer Dragoon Saga Saturn, Neo Geo system in box, Famicom system in box, Halo Reach 360 system in box with 4 Reach controllers, Halo 3 360 system in box, another Halo 3 360 with 4 green Halo 3 controllers, Halo green original xbox in box, Halo green original xbox, Red wii system, playstation 3 slim, super nintendo system, silver slim ps2, super scope in the box, 2 DS Lites, 3 GBA SPs, 2 Mario DSI XLs in box, 3DS system, 100s of other obscure video games and collectibles, 100s of dvds/blu rays, +More!"
Check it all out here.
Why is he doing it? Well, he tells Forbes, "There was no reason for me not to." There is a little more detail though, "There’s always going to be trolls, asking what’s wrong with the business.
“I’m in the black. Everything I have, my home my cars, everything is paid off in full. This isn’t a fire sale, by any means.”
Good on you Shane.
He states that, "First off, I will be selling all 3 R.U. GAME? store locations along with everything in them! THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of video games! Tons of New Item stock! Coin-op arcade units! All displays and shelving! 3x RTI Eco Master disc repair machines, collectibles, game related statues + MORE! The stores are located in sunny Florida in the cities of Gainesville, Tampa, and Brandon!"
There's more...
"Our high traffic e-commerce website www.rugamestore.com where you can buy, sell, trade, and get disc repairs services from the comfort of your own home as well as our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rugamestorecom are included!"
And more..
"Some of the video gaming items from my collection include...Starfox Super Weekend cartridge, Little Samson NES, Zombie Revenge NES, Spider Man Web of Fire 32X, Panzer Dragoon Saga Saturn, Neo Geo system in box, Famicom system in box, Halo Reach 360 system in box with 4 Reach controllers, Halo 3 360 system in box, another Halo 3 360 with 4 green Halo 3 controllers, Halo green original xbox in box, Halo green original xbox, Red wii system, playstation 3 slim, super nintendo system, silver slim ps2, super scope in the box, 2 DS Lites, 3 GBA SPs, 2 Mario DSI XLs in box, 3DS system, 100s of other obscure video games and collectibles, 100s of dvds/blu rays, +More!"
Check it all out here.
Why is he doing it? Well, he tells Forbes, "There was no reason for me not to." There is a little more detail though, "There’s always going to be trolls, asking what’s wrong with the business.
“I’m in the black. Everything I have, my home my cars, everything is paid off in full. This isn’t a fire sale, by any means.”
Good on you Shane.