Selling my modded Wii, are there any risks?

Now that I'm building a full-fledged gaming PC that can operate Dolphin, I've no use for my Wii. I'm thinking of selling my system, an extra copy of NSMBWii (I have this and every other Wii game I owned on my external drive), and the power cables that came with the system. I'm not selling the controllers, since I can use them via Bluetooth.

However, my Wii is completely modded, of course. Where can I sell my Wii for the best price? Will I need to wipe my system first, before I can sell it? What will happen to me if I sell my modded Wii as is?

Lol. You can sell it modded, so don't worry about that. The party van will not be coming to take you away. Not having controllers will hurt the value a bit. As for getting the best price it's hard to say. How quickly are you wanting to sell it? The real problem is that at this point just not many people actually want Wiis and the low retention rates for the console mean there are more consoles available for sale (sitting at used stores, lots of actual auctions on ebay) than people really want.

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Originally Posted by Gypsy

Lol. You can sell it modded, so don't worry about that. The party van will not be coming to take you away. Not having controllers will hurt the value a bit. As for getting the best price it's hard to say. How quickly are you wanting to sell it? The real problem is that at this point just not many people actually want Wiis and the low retention rates for the console mean there are more consoles available for sale (sitting at used stores, lots of actual auctions on ebay) than people really want.

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Lol me being paranoid. I need to sell it for at least $50 by monday, so I can get the optical drive and the cable I need for my gaming rig. I wouldn't mind getting more money for it, though.

It looks like, at this point, that I could coax one of my friends to buy it for $100, but I'm not sure that I can contact them in time.

How much does Gamestop give you if you turn in a used Wii? Will they say anything to me if it's hacked? (I live in the US btw)

I sold mine on Craigslist relatively fast for a bloated price, given I sold the controllers too. how large is your HDD?

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Originally Posted by Moonkern

Lol me being paranoid. I need to sell it for at least $50 by monday, so I can get the optical drive and the cable I need for my gaming rig. I wouldn't mind getting more money for it, though.

It looks like, at this point, that I could coax one of my friends to buy it for $100, but I'm not sure that I can contact them in time.

How much does Gamestop give you if you turn in a used Wii? Will they say anything to me if it's hacked? (I live in the US btw)

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$50 shouldn't be a problem. You can generally find someone who will pay for the convenience of pre-modded. Maybe someone dumb enough to value the games on the hdd...It would really help to include one remote and nunchuk.

Gamestop won't give you piss.

I'm not selling my HDD, I'm using the games on there to use Dolphin for myself. I don't really care about the buyer, they'll need to find/download their own games (and controllers). :o

I see. Well in that case, you'll be lucky to get $100 from your friend. no one else would pay that. :\

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

I see. Well in that case, you'll be lucky to get $100 from your friend. no one else would pay that. :\

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Yeah I'll second this. If he can hoodwink his friend then he should go for it. As long as he won't feel bad afterwards. :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

I see. Well in that case, you'll be lucky to get $100 from your friend. no one else would pay that. :\

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They cost less than that brand new :lol
I think even crimeconverters sell used bundles for $50 or less.

Christ man, if you want to sell a used console you need to include a controller. People will just look at the new price of controllers, and subtract that price from what they're willing to pay you.
I just bought myself 2 used Wii's for $30 and $20. Those are fair prices for the Wii right now, it's dead and there are 100 million of them floating around. Without a controller the console is nigh worthless, and whoever is looking to buy your Wii will probably be a reseller looking for parts...

Keep the Wii, if you are under the impression Dolphin is perfect for all Wii games, you are sadly mistaken, Dolphin is yet to be so perfect it can outright replace a Wii

A Wii unit on it's own with power and AV is just not going to sell, specially as you consider that most 2nd hand Wii's go for less than it costs to buy a controller, and that is with controllers plus a game or 2

No one with a half a brain is going to buy something they can not use, unless it's for parts and only looking to pay around $5 to $10 for it, though if they can get extra controllers for $20 they are more like to do that anyway :P.

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Originally Posted by Ragnar

Christ man, if you want to sell a used console you need to include a controller. People will just look at the new price of controllers, and subtract that price from what they're willing to pay you.
I just bought myself 2 used Wii's for $30 and $20. Those are fair prices for the Wii right now, it's dead and there are 100 million of them floating around. Without a controller the console is nigh worthless, and whoever is looking to buy your Wii will probably be a reseller looking for parts...

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Spot on. And you better worded what I was getting at about the controllers. Controllers for the Wii are nasty.

They are worth about $50 here if you have all the fixings.