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You have a few options here. First is E-bay, this could be the most risky or the most profitable depending on who wants what and how much money they have.
Start a Bricklink accound and list them there for what you want. You may sit on them for a while but you will get what you are asking. Bricklink is also a great place to see what the market will bear for your sets.
Last thing I can think of is check for any LUGs in your area and see if they are interested in what you have.
Good luck
You will need to be more honest with the descriptions and take a lot of photos. I somehow doubt they are mint. In fact, from what you have said, they are not. Sets mint from the factory have never been played with.
Be honest, sell them as used but good / excellent condition and include decent photos of the boxes and instructions too. Then you will not get angry customers.
"The term mint condition is often used to describe a collectible item such as an action figure, doll, or toy that is as good as new without any scratches or other damage."
Thus, my view is that it's possible for it to have been open, built, and even played with and still be mint, provided there is no visible damage.
Accompanying photos, of course, would go far to clear up any uncertainty.
If I had a mint condition Star Wars action figure, it would still be in its box, sealed and never opened. It wouldn't just have the opened box with it and been played with.
I would recommend bricklink for selling. You have to have some patience, but eventually there will be someone who wants to buy what you have.
I recently put together all of my LEGO from the late 80s/early 90s and listed them on bricklink. It took about three years to sell all of them (10-15) sets, but I sold them all and made the money tht I wanted to.
^Expanding on this: There are two schools of thought for selling Lego collections: group them all into a single super-lot, or sell the sets individually. The trade-off is quickly liquidating your inventory vs. getting maximum price. Which direction you choose depends entirely on your preferences.
If the item is used/open, the seller should state that it is used/open and then use mint or near mint to describe the condition of the actual item your buying.
As for selling on eBay, Ive found listing an item on Fri/Sat/Sun between 4-7pm usually gets the most attention and will garner the most money. Take pictures of the sets built with everything that comes with it. Give a good and accurate description and you should do fine.
Do check the 'Completed Auctions' so you can get an idea for what your item will sell for before you do.