rolenta Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 A friend called me today to tell me that he picked up several cartridges at a garage sale today for only $4. It turned out that he had about a dozen cartridges, the rarest being Spikes Peak/Ghost Manor. Then he looked in the boox and said that there was also an Atari system in the box. I asked him if there were four switches or six. He looked and said four. Then I asked him if the console was all black or woodgrain. He said it was all black. Then he looked in the box again and said that there was another all-black console in it. When I got home the box was waiting for me outside my house. The Darth Vader was the only Atari 2600 that I hadn't had yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ussexplorer Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Got to love yard sales. Congrads on the score. Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Funny how one mans "trash" can be another mans treasure. Good score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 That was a very nice haul, two systems and a bunch of carts for just $4.00 is a deal that can't be beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I got my first 7800 the same way -- it was the last Atari console that I had been searching for at the time. I love those kinds of deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGurl Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I've only found Atari stuff at 1 garage sale..and I hit garage sales pretty often. The one I found was for a boxed 2600 with maybe 20 games, all commons and he wanted over $500 for it. I tried explaining it wasn't worth 1/2 that, but he said he had already checked on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 The only good thing I've personally found at a garage sale was a 7800 with around 20 carts for $5. One of the carts was Mr Do's Castle for the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I've NEVER found anything at garage sales. The closest I've come is some crappy common NES games for $2 each. Then again I live in a mostly newer (well as of 10 years ago anyway) neighborhood so its doubtful anyone would have kept their Atari when they moved in (probably ditched it well before then). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6d696168 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 The atari 2600 I have now is a system my mom purchased at a yard sale and sent me for my birthday. It included 4 atari joysticks, 2 gemstick joysticks, 2 sets of paddles, atari keypad, a whole bunch of manuals, the registration/warrenty stuff for the 2600, some atari catalogs, and about 40 games. I'm sure she didn't pay much for it, because she's a professional when it comes to yard sales =). I've told her to keep her eye open for more stuff since she goes to yard sales every weekend. Definately a good 'starter' set =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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