classicgamer24 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 not bad twin charger a buck isn't bad at all (can wait for basball season like the logo ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 TG-16 console only - $1.50 (been looking for a backup for years!) Dreamcast light gun - new - $3 Two giant tubs of Beta cassettes and player in its original box - FREE in alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'm glad to see that a good portion of the community can still find video game stuff for a good price at their local thrift stores. The thrift market where I live dried up about 6-7 years ago. We still have the stores, but video game are far and few between. If you find a game at these stores the cheapest they go for is $5.00 most the time $8-10. A system will cost anywhere from $15-$30. Heck in the late 90's I was able to get games for quarter a piece! Most Genesis games just are not worth $5-10 to me. Most of them tend to be sports title anyway. I remember when I first realized that the video game thrift market (around me anyways) was dead. I went in one week found some atari carts for a $1 each. Two weeks later the whole chain (Goodwill) started pricing carts $5.00 each! We are talking Combat and Pac-Man carts here, for $5! Needless to say I don't shop the thrift stores anymore. Sorry, had to blow off some steam. I just came back from a Goodwill (something I haven't done for quite some time) They had Genesis marked $20.00 (system only) and that was it for video game stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Sorry, had to blow off some steam. I just came back from a Goodwill (something I haven't done for quite some time) They had Genesis marked $20.00 (system only) and that was it for video game stuff. Actually Genny's get marked at $15 at my Goodwills, too. Individual game pricing seems really schizophrenic, though. I got a bunch of box-and-book N64 games for $3/ea the other day, but have seen them marked at $10 at the same store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabloabsher Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I picked up some bargains at my local video games store, they are the kind of store who if they dont know what the game is, it's worthless. So they are trying to sell Atari 2600 Mario Bros for £60 cart only But i picked up the following for 20p (Buy one get one free!!! So 10p each! Cart only though) NES: GOAL! 10-Yard Fight Tennis Turbo Racing Blades of Steel California Games (Manual too) Super Mario bros/Duck Hunt Wild Gunman (My friend who got their first got Castlevania, Snakes Revenge and Metroid!!! ) SNES: Super SFII (NTSC) Super Gameboy Lemmings and a bunch more commons. I also got Sonic Spinball for £1, with a free Flashback ( both in good nick) and Shadow Dancer (Shinobi 2) also for a pound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 My local SA is hit and miss with prices. Last week i picked up a Gameboy (Brick) with Tetris II for $2.50 California Games (NES) $2 GBA SP case with a Shark's Tale cart in it for $.50 Today I went in and there was a box with 4 ROUGH NES's, 2 OK condition Gennys and some various wires and controllers (enough for about two complete systems), and a few common NES games. Price on the box $50. I passed it up after mentioning to the clerk how bad of condition it was all in. If it were all in decent condition I probably would have gotten it, but in the condition they were in I'm willing to bet that the NES's ,at least, were DOA. To my surprise, the box was gone when I checked back in later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Sorry, had to blow off some steam. I just came back from a Goodwill (something I haven't done for quite some time) They had Genesis marked $20.00 (system only) and that was it for video game stuff. Actually Genny's get marked at $15 at my Goodwills, too. Individual game pricing seems really schizophrenic, though. I got a bunch of box-and-book N64 games for $3/ea the other day, but have seen them marked at $10 at the same store. The Goodwill here in Portland seems to be run by people who do the pricing for the flea markets....."oh, yeah, that's a PS2 game, they're very popular, so $15...." and I'm like Yeah, but the game is Oni, and it goes for $2.99 at Gamestop..... Then you come in the next week, and its still there, of course, and then the week after its gone, and you're thinking, wait, did some idiot buy the thing??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 (edited) Thrifting has definitely ruined me for prices. I see Genny games marked over $3 and pass on 'em. $20 is too much to pay for a console unless it's got some damned good stuff with it (games, controllers, whatever), controllers by themselves had better be less than $5 or I don't pick 'em up, etc. Edited February 28, 2008 by MFoolsRun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Sorry, had to blow off some steam. I just came back from a Goodwill (something I haven't done for quite some time) They had Genesis marked $20.00 (system only) and that was it for video game stuff. Actually Genny's get marked at $15 at my Goodwills, too. Individual game pricing seems really schizophrenic, though. I got a bunch of box-and-book N64 games for $3/ea the other day, but have seen them marked at $10 at the same store. The Goodwill here in Portland seems to be run by people who do the pricing for the flea markets....."oh, yeah, that's a PS2 game, they're very popular, so $15...." and I'm like Yeah, but the game is Oni, and it goes for $2.99 at Gamestop..... Then you come in the next week, and its still there, of course, and then the week after its gone, and you're thinking, wait, did some idiot buy the thing??????? What gets me ticked off the most is when I remember that Goodwill gets their stuff for free! I understand people (companies) need to make a profit, but come on. They have zero product overhead, yet some idiot will come in and actually buy this crap at these high prices? (boy, I'm in rare form today) Sorry guys, I'll be quiet now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 A new thrift store opened up around here....FINALLY!!! Anyways, So far: NES games for 1.50: Mega Man 2 Mega Man 4 Mega Man 5 Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers Ice Climber Marble Madness NES Play Action Football Bubble Bobble N64 Games for 3.00: Super Mario 64 WCW/nWo Revenge Pokemon Snap Tons of LP's 1.00 each Intellivision I Unit: 3.00 Boxed Colecovision: 10.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 fantastic finds there johnny especially on the mega mans those are worth at least 10-20 bucks each as well as bubble bobble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I was recently at a local music store that carries used CD's, DVD's and games. I picked up a used PS2 Guitar Hero Encore: Rock The 80s for $8.99 but it was missing the instructions. So, I turned to ebay and found the instructions AND the poster it originally came with for $3.75 shipped, what a deal! LINK I also picked up a PS2 game the same day that I didn't want for my collection, Sniper Elite at $6.99. Flipped it on epay for $34, the buy it now lasted about an hour and twenty minutes! LINK The store doesn't buy or sell any older video game items but they still have some good deals sometimes....I remember I picked up the Gamecube Zelda 4-in-1 game for $9.99 about a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redglass77 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 If anyone here at AA is ever in Wisconsin for whatever reason and is interested, our state is Notorious for flee markets. In Milwaukee: Rummage O Rama has 450-750 vendors In Mukwonago: Maxwell street days has always a constant 650 vendors In Appleton: Fox Valley Fair has a decent 200 vendors here are some links to lists of other flee markets in Wisconsin http://collectors.org/FM/US_WI.asp this one gives u a list for every state..... http://www.fleamarketguide.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Finally bought something gaming related: ps1 wu tang clan shlon style 10.00 complete, Have not seen one in stores in forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redglass77 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Finally bought something gaming related: ps1 wu tang clan shlon style 10.00 complete, Have not seen one in stores in forever OMG DUSK, Crap lol where did u score that? I'm huge fan of the Wu, I remember when it was released and never had the chance to buy it and afterwards just vanished at all ends of the Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabloabsher Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Another few pickups today, not such a bad haul PS1 wise, but not fantastic. My local store told me they are getting rid of all there retro stuff so it looks like charity shops and carboots are my only option now. (Oxfam wanted £10+ for their SMS and SNES games! Fine they are boxed, but jeeese...) Bloody Roar 2 Tenchu Silent Bomber Dune Soul Blade (Platinum ) Breath of Fire IV Resident Evil Gun Survivor Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Duke Nukem Duke Nukem Time to Kill Pong The guy wanted something crazy, i think it was £60 to start with, but he was in a good mood as he just had a deliver of Wii's sell so i haggled him down to £21 for the lot and a few 2600/NES games thrown in. (Realsports Tennis silver lable being the only one of any kind of note) I also got Lost Kingdom and Phantasy Star 1, 2 and 3 for Gamecube but i paid a pretty hefty price for those :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Finally bought something gaming related: ps1 wu tang clan shlon style 10.00 complete, Have not seen one in stores in forever OMG DUSK, Crap lol where did u score that? I'm huge fan of the Wu, I remember when it was released and never had the chance to buy it and afterwards just vanished at all ends of the Earth. I got it from the Brooklyn Zoo! Edited February 29, 2008 by Dusk2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 If anyone here at AA is ever in Wisconsin for whatever reason and is interested, our state is Notorious for flee markets. In Milwaukee: Rummage O Rama has 450-750 vendors In Mukwonago: Maxwell street days has always a constant 650 vendors In Appleton: Fox Valley Fair has a decent 200 vendors here are some links to lists of other flee markets in Wisconsin http://collectors.org/FM/US_WI.asp this one gives u a list for every state..... http://www.fleamarketguide.com/ Hm, rummage o rama.... very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Various finds today, best of the bunch was NES Tengen Tetris with original cardboard slip cover. $2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yesterday. Atari: Dolphin Space Cavern King Kong Miner 2049er NES: Adventures of Tom Sawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Only things I've found in two weeks was this weird Playstation "Fighter's Choice" arcade stick for $5.99. I don't even know why I bought it, maybe I can hack it into a CV controller or something! That's not the actual stick, just a pic I found on ebay, mines in better shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 picked up a Hori digital controller for the Cube...it will be great with the Wii.... 7.99 at Gamerape, I mean Gamestop.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jferio Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Only things I've found in two weeks was this weird Playstation "Fighter's Choice" arcade stick for $5.99. I don't even know why I bought it, maybe I can hack it into a CV controller or something! That's not the actual stick, just a pic I found on ebay, mines in better shape. Heh, I've got one of these, I had to 'rebuild' it by installing the guts of a Sony digital stick, the encoding chip in it apparently died on me. It's a good stick otherwise, $6 is a really good price for it. It made playing the fighting games and classic games packages that much more playable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I snagged a copy of Starflight for Genesis yesterday for $2. Box and book, but no map. Apparently it's a pretty uncommon game, but a lot of its value comes from the map which my copy doesn't have. Oh'well, maybe the game's good, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabloabsher Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I snagged a copy of Starflight for Genesis yesterday for $2. Box and book, but no map. Apparently it's a pretty uncommon game, but a lot of its value comes from the map which my copy doesn't have. Oh'well, maybe the game's good, too! Yeah that seems to happen a lot with games that came with maps. Alundra for PS1 springs to mind as a good example, it's value increases drasticly if it has the manual and both the hint book and the map. I've had to have 3 copies myself (On two previous ocasions the game has been stolen from me :\) and each time it becomes harder to find one with all the bits for an acceptable price. The third time i have to give up and take one without the hint book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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