wccw mark Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 big ass godzilla figure(made by imperial toys,1985)$2 one of these? yes sir,thats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend for the XBox, NIB, $2.10 Ultimate Spiderman for XBox, NIB $1.00 At K-Mart..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 01Hawk Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) Okay, I gotta ask you serious peeps that go on weekly runs. Do you carry spreadsheets that list what you already have? Or do you just buy whatever is out there that is under $x.xx? Are you reselling? I've collected a crap ton of PC games from eBay... so much so that I need to stop and take stock of what I have so I won't be buying dups. Edited August 31, 2007 by Mike 01Hawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Okay, I gotta ask you serious peeps that go on weekly runs. Do you carry spreadsheets that list what you already have? Or do you just buy whatever is out there that is under $x.xx? Are you reselling? I've collected a crap ton of PC games from eBay... so much so that I need to stop and take stock of what I have so I won't be buying dups. I have all my games listed in a database over at Rfgen. I also have hard copies of everything I have on paper. It's rare that I buy a dupe, but it does happen. If a game is at a good price I'll buy it even though I already have it. I'll chuck it in my game fodder for trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I don't have enough games to get mixed up like that. I make a run to K-Mart every so often because they do have stuff on serious clearance a lot, most of it is unpublished..... Goodwill is a good place to go, as is the Salvation Army, and sometimes you get lucky...... I think Ghost Soldier though is in a class by himself..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Went garage sale trolling today and had 2 finds. One decent and one that has me badmouthing the seller. The first find was a boxed 5200 system, with pink film still on, 2 controllers, 2600 adapter, crapload of 2600 games (no ET or Pac Man oddly). Notable game is Flash Gordon with mint label. $25 but the seller said it had been sold. @%@$!& 2 nice looking 5200 controllers are worth $25 alone! Later on I found a 5 disc Pioneer CLD-M301 with 9 movies for $10. The title includes ET, Wizard of Oz, Wizard (Nintendo movie), and a few less common titles. Quick check of eBay shows the player by itself is around $40 so not a bad hit. 4 hours later on my way back, I went past the house that had the bpxed 5200, the console was still out so I called my friend who was also garage sale hunting. She checked the place out and she told me the price was $20 and had been "sold". Why does that smell like a feeble shill attempt? Like trying to get someone else to pay more to "bribe" the seller? Anyway that laserdisc player and Wizard disk made up for a nice day for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Okay, I gotta ask you serious peeps that go on weekly runs. Do you carry spreadsheets that list what you already have? Or do you just buy whatever is out there that is under $x.xx? Are you reselling? I've collected a crap ton of PC games from eBay... so much so that I need to stop and take stock of what I have so I won't be buying dups. I have all my games listed in a database over at Rfgen. I also have hard copies of everything I have on paper. It's rare that I buy a dupe, but it does happen. If a game is at a good price I'll buy it even though I already have it. I'll chuck it in my game fodder for trades. I thrift when I get a chance.. I have my favorites.. and I personally pick up any thing my budget will allow me to.. unfortunately, real life keeps me pretty busy, and my work schedule messes with my ability to get out in the trenches.. I keep this thread seeding in my inbox because I like to see what people are picking up, and if theres something I see that someone has found.. I might drop them a line about taking it off thier hands.. however.. this is rare.. But dig it.. I'm always on the look out for Gnomes of any shape or persuasion.. so if these little varmints cross yer paths, and the price is not a detriment.. pick them up, and let me know.. pics preferably.. and we could work out a deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) I haven't been thrifting in a while, but I have been on the hunt at some used game shops. My latest pickups were a "dead PSP battery, a copy of MKII for the Game Gear, and a copy of Perfect Dark for the Color Game Boy. My Perfect Dark that I had was not in perfect shape, so now I have one that is. More importantly, having two copies of PD, I can now check the IR connection on any Color Game Boy. I'm sure that'll come in handy some day. Almost forgot...I got RealSports Tennis for the 5200. It's not worth the extra gas my truck used to haul it home, but I'll keep it. And the best find was at a pawn shop...Bootleg Sampler, 1995 Sega Rally, Virtua Cop 1, and Virtua Fighter 2 for the Saturn. They were all $1 each. I left Sega Rally, and picked up the others for another member here. Edited August 31, 2007 by shadow460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorlaxnut Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 (edited) My parents had a garage sale today and my sister brought over her stuff to sell. She gave me the only game she had in the bunch, Dr. Mario for NES. She also let me have 3 records and 34 laserdiscs (mostly music concerts). She also has her laserdisc player and some other game (maybe) she will let me have. Edited September 2, 2007 by snorlaxnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technosis Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Here's what I got this morning, $10 for the 4 TGX-16 games, the PC games were a buck each. The game pictured in the lower left corner is Fantasy Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 For once, I made a pretty good score. $20 got me 8 2600 games: Tapper Tax Avoiders Sentinel Porky's Sorcerer Fire Fly Titlematch Pro Wrestling Airlock Then I got 3 for $10: Mean 18 Golf (7800) Tower Toppler (7800) Toe jam and Earl for Genesis (for a buddy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Here's what I got this morning, $10 for the 4 TGX-16 games, the PC games were a buck each. The game pictured in the lower left corner is Fantasy Zone :drools: I'd love to come across some wild TG-16 Game's. I hit a couple yardsales this weekend, but didn't find too much. Robocop NES .50 SMB 3 NES .50 Blood II, The Chosen CIB PC 1.00 Yoshi's Story N64 Strategy Guide Free N64 Ultimate Strategy Guide Free Donkey Kong 64 Strategy Guide Free Star Fox 64 Strategy Guide Free Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time Strategy Guide Free All the strategy guide's came from a yard sale my wife went too. She bought a children's outfit and the lady threw the guide's in for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Man, that Godzilla at the top of the page brings back a lot of memories. It's one of the "biggest" I ever won at the hangout arcade Haunted Trails in the Chicago suburbs. Man, I played a LOT of Space Harrier there... Let me also echo how desperately I want to find TG-16 games in the wild. In 15 years of thrifting I think that I've found as many TG consoles as games, and that's two each. I guess that I'll just have to content myself with cheap NES PSX games at a buck each... NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TMNT II Arcade BreakThru PSX Reel Fishing (I may actually have the PS fishing controller somewhere...) Monopoly Resident Evil 3 The Next Tetris Crosley portable turntable (first plat I played was Pac Man Fever of course...) $10 Lego Tie Fighter - minifig scale - .30 Speaker stands - $4 In an awesome score, I found a Denon AVR-2802 amp. It's my first stereo amp with Surround built in, turntablew amp (yay!), digital inputs, even a component video switcher (too hook up a couple of component sources to your TV), so it's clearly meant to be the center of an AV system (if I ever get a gaming room, this is going to run the show!). Their site says that this is second from the top of the line from a few years ago when this thing cost $700. I paid $20. Man, who are these people who ditch expensive gear so soon? It's been amp week around here, I got a Yamaha EMX 66M amp. It's not really a home stereo thing, more of a PA system for a band or club. It looks like it was never used and has 600 watts of wallpaper peeling beef, and it came in at $35. The thing is worth $300 easily. It would be so cool to use this outdoors with my video projector for playing garage-sized Warlords. Now I have to decide whether I'm getting my band back together or flipping the thing on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 goodwill was kinda dry only found donkey kong country for snes 3.99 and street fighter 2 the animated movie on vhs for 1.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 found at a few goodwills yesterday during the 50% off sale: fantasy zone 2 for sms(complete)$1 n64 system with expansion pac,rf switch,ac adapter:$5 the king of fighters 95 for psx(complete)$1 airforce delta storm for xbox(game and case,disc is fugly,gotta get it buffed)$2.50 diablo 2 strat guide:50 cents tiger electronics double dragon lcd video game watch with alarm(unopened)$1.50 x-man mojo world for sms(blue label,tec toys on back of cart,plays great in my sms,cart only)$1 also a few my little ponies for my wife and daughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 found a few ps 1 games today after work resident evil 3 3.99 soulblade 3.99 soul reaver 3.99 total 11.97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 went back for a 2nd time today to kill time and found resident evil part 2 cib w/ manuals awesome condition 9.99 and devil may cry for ps2 cib w/ manual 6.99 total 16.98 do my fellow collectors approve of my finds today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaidbrad3141 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Found a couple of SNES today. Mario Paint $3 King of the Monsters $3 Super Game Boy cart/adaptor $4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raregamer Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Today, 2600 games $1 each Fathom Firefighter Dragonfire PSX game $3 Nuclear Strike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Do you carry spreadsheets that list what you already have? Or do you just buy whatever is out there that is under $x.xx? I print out lists from my web page with X marks for whether I have cart/instructions/box for a given game, and the rarity. If it's a game I don't have, I'll usually pay the rarity level in dollars for R1-R5 loose, more with box or instructions, otherwise I'll decide whether it's worth buying an extra for R5 and up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Hit Gamestop for their 75% off of PSX stuff sale picked up Crash Team Racing, $1.05 The World is Not Enough, complete, 35 cents ATV Off Road, complete, 45 cents Also picked up Sega Superstars for the PS2 for $5.39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 It's been alittle dry around here, but still found a few things. Shingen The Ruler NES 3.00 Ord 3d NES 3.00 To the Earth NES 3.00 Tomb Raider II CIB PS1 5.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Just had to share this little find today... I went to a yard sale that was held at a church and this girl had a box with an Vader 2600 in it and it said "$25 for box." The games were underneath and included a boxed Bachelor Party. The box is beat up, but the holder and game are minty. So anyway, I bought a porn game at a church sale. The rest of it was nothing great, but she refused to split the lot up so I had to buy the whole thing. I now have three 2600 consoles cluttering the apartment! Look for for my marketplace post soon. PM me for nice Vader! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaidbrad3141 Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Few finds for today: Strike Gunner S.T.G (SNES) $3 Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run (SNES) .75 cents Super Mario World (SNES) .75 (extra copy) Super Black Bass (SNES) .75 Secret of Mana (SNES) (tear on label ) .75 Armorines (N64) $2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technosis Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I found a few minor things today at a random garage sale: NES: Adventure Island II, Dr Mario, Thunder & Lightning $2 ea GBA: Konami Arcade Advanced, ATV Quad Power Racing $3 ea the only one I really needed was Thunder & Lightning, the others are trade fodder..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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