One of the Coolest things that ever happened to me

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Published on March 31, 2022 7:18:45 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxsOnKPilXM

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Dark Souls III (2016)

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This by far is one of the coolest things that happened to me after one of the worst.
I hope the story were worth sharing.

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This by far is one of the coolest things that happened to me after one of the worst.
In 2016 there were a rise in websites that sells digital codes for PC games like G2A and Cdkeys. They were selling new games $20 to $30 cheaper than big stores like; GameStop, Steam, Amazon, Walmart, etc.
I said to myself I wish there is a way to sell these codes on these big stores. They are the same, but one almost half the price of the other.
Then it hit me, the only place I can sell freely is eBay, right? Spoilers, it was one the worst idea I came up with since I didn’t know much about selling on eBay.
At that time, one of the hot games was Far Cry Primal. I checked its price and compared it to eBay prices. Cdkeys and G2A were cheaper.
Before buying the game keys, I put up the listing for 5 Far Cry keys, and I made sure to mention, it’s digital shipping only by email. They sold fast, then I went to buy the keys from Cdkeys, came to find out there is only 2 keys limit, Oh no.
Cdkeys suspected a fraud, and they asked for my ID and proof me is me etc.
I told them I need these keys so bad, and I promised people with them. Finally, they let me buy all.
After delivering all keys I come to find out about eBay fees, and I lost on all of them. Not just that, I send 3 of them to a hacked accounts, and the people after finding out they refund their money. The buyer of the 4th key said he did not receive any thing and he want it shipped in the mail. After going back and forth with eBay he got his money back and of course he used the key. Digital shipping on eBay is bad.
Bad part ended…
The cool part started….
During that time, I found a listing on Amazon for Dark Souls II: Collector's Edition – PC and the price was $19.99. Here is the list of the items included. It sounded way too good of a deal. I bought two of them hoping to be able to sell them on eBay or something. Before trying, I found Dark Souls II Black Armor Edition – PC which includes
Dark Souls II game code for PC, collectible metal case, original game soundtrack CD
On amazon for under than $15, and the game code only was selling around $30 on G2A. I was like is this real!! So, I decide to buy one and sell the game code only on G2A, I tried to list it under Dark Souls II - Black Armor edition, but for some reason they told me no, it should be listed under Dark Souls II standard. It came out better since the standard edition were more popular and had higher price than the black armor edition, and people still got the black armor edition which is better. So, no one is complaining.
I believe I listed 3, the ones from the collector and the one from the Black Armor Edition, and the sold fast for around $30. That’s double what I paid for the Black Armor Edition.
Then I spammed the buy button. I ended up buying around 70 of them, the more I buy the more they put in the stock. This the exact listing, they seem to have over over stock, and this one of the sellers I bought from in 2016. And all were sold on G2A for about double the price. Oh man I felt guilty doing that.
After I stopped selling on G2A, I had about 70 Super cool steal case with a soundtrack CD in it. I listed 50 of them on eBay for around $7 and called it. Super Cool Dark Souls II 2 Steel Case / SteelBook With OST, No Game. All of them were sold.
I didn’t make huge amount of money, from the whole experience, nor I made continues living of it, but it felt like winning, and it felt good.
The whole experience was 1% skills and 99% luck for reasons we don’t know… Success is a mystery.

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