Sort of wondering why nobody did this already. I know that the better charity shops do this with rare and unusual books/records. The UK equivalent CeX has an online offering through webuy.com, which appears to be a Chinese owned multinational.
I'm surprised nobody has really mentioned this in the thread. Does anybody remember the "trade in anything" day GameStop just had? https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/08/gamestop-tra...
Obviously they're going to need to liquidate a lot of this stuff. It can be quite lucrative if done right. You're basically getting inventory for free.
At least with a consignment shop I will hopefully get something out of the deal.
You've just unflatteringly, yet accurately, described GameStop's business model for the past decade.
If you read online employees have talked about how they donated it or threw it all out, presumably there is very little of that stuff left at this point (and probably nothing left of any real value).
Ex: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/1qceolz/what_did_...
“Donated some of it. Took some home. Gave some to regulars. Did other things that might be frowned upon.”