I have 2 brothers, and our parents bought us a bunch of Wii & GameCube games when we were kids. Over the years, my brothers lost interest in them and favored other consoles. I was the only one to keep playing with them, so I eventually put the console and games in my room when we moved homes \~16 years ago. They didn’t care, and never asked to play on them.
Now all of a sudden my brothers want to sell the games (one brother in particular since he’s essentially jobless and wants money anywhere he can get it). I still enjoy playing the games, and have no intention of selling since it would likely be hard to find & buy them again. My older brother says I have no right to keep them and should pay for them if I want to keep them, since they both want to sell.
They never bought the games in the first place, our parents did. Am I the asshole for not wanting to pay for gifts that were given to us to *play* and *enjoy* that they stopped wanting more than a decade ago, simply because it’s 2 against 1?
not at all.
not just this, but i highly recommend you keep a very close eye on said consoles, because family likes to cross family
Just take the games and hid them
NTA. Given that they haven’t touched them in ages and you still play them, they are by all means yours. They have zero right to just decide to sell them.
Nta and if I were you I would move the console and games somewhere they cannot get their hands on them. They are essentially yours at this point, they haven’t touched them in nearly 2 decades.
Yeah, that’s not how it works. Ignoring that they’ve shown no interest in them in 16 years, if they want to sell something that is jointly owned by the three of you then they have to be the ones to pay you. They need to buy you out of your third of the ownership at a fair price. NTA
NTA but what do they think they’re even going to get for it? No way you’re getting more than $50 for the lot. Give them $20 a piece to fuck off
Lol GameCube has one of the highest resell on average for game consoles. Say there’s 20 games probably looking at $500 on the middle range, and over a grand depending on games.
NTA. Charge them a storage fee for all the years you held onto the consoles and games. Be sure to add some AH tax on top of it. Call it an even wash when they can’t pay.
NTA.
Beat them at their own game, so to speak. Put together everything your parents bought that is still in use (you mentioned other gaming systems?). Put a value on those systems as well as the ones your brothers want to sell. Show them the prices and tell them either the three of you sell everything, or you give up any rights to the systems you don’t play in exchange for them giving up their rights to the ones you want to keep.
If mom and dad paid for all of it, and it’s always been for all three of you to use, then they need to keep it fair and put everything on the table.
Good luck settling your parent’s estate!
It was a gift. They did not purchase. NTA
“You have no right to keep them”, well they have no right to sell them ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
NTA, it’s one thing if they’re sitting collecting dust, but you’re actively playing them
NTA.
Your brothers walked away from them 16 years ago and only remembered they exist now because one of them needs beer money.
“Two against one” isn’t how ownership works. If they wanted a cut, they should’ve shown up sometime in the last decade and a half with a controller in hand.
Id laugh and tell my brother to go be broke somewhere else.