Fencing goods is the sort of thing we all have to do periodically and seems like it would be fairly lucrative side business, but I generally find that most goods are barely worth the effort unless you are really good at what you are doing.
You get some nice shiny weapon from some rent-a-star type that was guarding the door. It runs for, say, 500¥ on the open market. Not too shabby, you figure you can try to recoup around 125¥ from the right buyer.
The trouble is, now you have to find that bleeding "right buyer." That's a few days of waiting around, generally, if you know what you are doing. If you lack an aptitude for it, then you are looking at a couple of weeks of effort to get this item–which is really a dirt common item–off of their hands.
Meanwhile, you are taking a fairly serious risk while you ask around for these items, because you are trading in the item without a license.
Now you find a potential–and I do emphasize that word–buyer. You try to negotiate, but depending on how good of a negotiator they are and you are (and most runners are not very good), this could put you as low as 25—75¥. A good friend might be willing to take it off your hands with no questions, but unless you have someone who needs exactly what you want on speed dial, you are probably going to be relegated to sifting through pawners to find who could use it.
Oh, and then when you are done, you are most likely going to split the proceeds with the other runners in your group. Enjoy your soykaf with the proceeds.
This is why it is vitally important that, if you are going to make it in this world, you either get very good at getting rid of items–especially hot items–for a reasonable price or you make fast friends with someone who is.
Anything else is a good way to get yourself cheated or killed.
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