This has probably been asked before, but I was hoping to hear what method people have had the most success with. My wife won't let me get any more games unless I make room on the bookshelf lol.
Or, you could try trading at a local meet-up. You won't get what you put into it initially, but there are sometimes some decent trades. It really depends on what other skills your wife has, which will determine her trade in value.
This is kind of an insulting comment, if the OP could have had the means to do this maybe they would have. They just wanted to know a good selling method and you tell them something they didn’t ask for.
My most recent conclusion is that most of the time it is not worth the time to sell stuff used. So either keep it or donate it. I do like the trade idea.
So I second the second bookshelf idea. It is ok to buy one. Also ok to tell your wife that's what you're going to do because you also live in your house.
I found that selling the game on "public" spaces like ebay or local variants will often be sold at a heavy loss. Unless you are selling something not so common, expect many offers for the same game, often 60% or more reduced. At the moment we still have the space and so decided to hold onto them for now. We have offloaded some of the less played games to our house in the village and only can play those whenever we are there.
In general many "popular" board games can be bought brand new at 25%-50% off. So if you aren't at least competing in that area or somehow offering something greater then the offers you received were reasonable.
But really I think you simply lacked any incentive to actually sell any of your games in the first place.
We were on the fence. We moved to another city and wanted to shed as much as possible. But in the end it was not worth the trouble. Selling a game for 10-15 euros is not really time well invested. At least at the time ;)
I use board game geek marketplace. Then use pirate ship to quote and calculate shipping. I’ve sold a dozen games that way, as long as you list the game cheaper than others you’ll get messages about them.
I just do eBay tbh. Having the shipping all sorted for you makes it a breeze. Not the best bang for buck but I prefer the convenience over having to deal with constant haggling on other market places.
@Beardsley Interesting Question. I would support the "extend the storage" solution.
I made no good expierience with local trades, but at our capital boardgames trade fair, in the used corner, I did some acceptable sells. Also Ebay gave me some deals....