tantone56 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 well spring is here and the weather's looking pretty good. This means that im planning on hitting the local flea markets religously. Do you guys get your stuff from flea markets or do you mostly settle for garage sales and thrift shop finds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I've found far more at fleas then at thrifts or yard sales as of late. Fleas tend to be more reliable, especially the smaller lesser known ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeykong1 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Flea markets baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigma Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Used game stores (remember that I'm more a gamer and not a collector). In fact I have an application to one of said stores that I need to get around to turning in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 There's a few flea markets around my area, but I always have to work weekends. There's a guy out at a local flea market that has loads and loads of classic gaming goodness. He's got all sorts of boxed consoles, and piles of games. But I can never get out there. I've been trying someplace new, but the results haven't been great. There's tons of Mexican style bazaars around here, but the few i've been in have really been disappointing. I was hoping that they would be more like an indoor flea market, but instead they have loads of stores with pretty much identical crap. There's only a few kinds of store line-ups in them. Country-western wear, tacky dresses, cell phones, Spanish music, imported dollar store type toys, and car stereo equiptment. 80 or 90 stores, but they all have the same stuff in them. Their only saving grace, is a couple of the bazaars i've been to have good video arcades in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 The only flea market we have even *remotely* close to where I live is right near Amish Acres (an actual place, I kid you not). So instead of the massive piles of "junk" that you might find at say... my favorite flea market (in Florida), you will find booths full of... flowers... quilts... overpriced bottles... and a thousand other things that make me want to vomit. The last time I saw anything Atari there, I found a few overpriced 5200 games. I bought a wire Nintendo game rack there the last time I went, but somehow it just wasn't worth the sunburn. (But don't get me wrong -- it's the best place to find a 5 pound bag of jello powder when I'm in the market for it, so it's not a total loss. ) The fleamarkets that I went to when visiting California and Florida were quite a different matter, indeed. So, for those of you who have a flea market that has what I would consider to be interesting stuff, consider yourselves lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Thrift stores. Garage sales are always disappointments because I live in Ohio, not fucking southern California. I can count on Goodwill to have at least one NES game per store, and Salvation Army Thrift to have at least a few computer parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 because of your single post I just made the decision to pack up my shit and move to southern california Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Bah! I've found plenty of 2600 commons and INTV boxed games here in VT. In fact, I can't wait for the opening of the big flea market near me. I'm hoping I will make a good find there this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 flea markets are so cool. Ive got this one near me where all these hicks bring there stuff that they dont think is worht anything. Since the auction is pretty secluded I dont have to deal with other collectors really. In that place it's mostly a buyers market I LOVE SPRING/SUMMER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 My local flea market sells produce, swords, broken cameras, overpriced ancient computers, and has a chinese restaurant at one end. The last time I went there, I bought nothing but steak on a stick. Warren Flea Market is ass. I want to go back to Jamie's in Amherst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joesmooth Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 because of your single post I just made the decision to pack up my shit and move to southern california Don't bother. I'm already here To tell you the truth, I haven't found much down here, though way better than Boston (Christian Scott may say otherwise - he always found the good stuff there). I think Ianoid cleaned this place out before he moved. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I hit 'em all but have had the most luck with garage sales in the summer. In fact the fleas near me are ridiculously expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 What's a flea market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 What's a flea market? A group of vendors getting together selling various stuff at supposedly discount prices. Sometimes used, sometimes new, always kind of dirty(at least around here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 It may be dirty but you gotta love it. By me it's all pretty much one big flea market full of people who decided not to have a garage sale. Sure there are some people who make a buisness out of it and know the price of the games they are selling but for the most part there all pretty ignorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaxxon Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 The flea markets here have been thoroughly cleaned out of any classic game stuff years ago and most of the vendors are aware of Ebay now and base their prices on what they saw it sell for on Ebay. The days of deals are for the most part, long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeykong1 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 because of your single post I just made the decision to pack up my shit and move to southern california Don't bother coming here, Stay away. It's all mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 No local fleas to speak of, but I frequently make the yard sale rounds. Since I work nights I can get to them Friday mornings when people are just setting up and snag the scores before SumGuy finds 'em. And ALWAYS ASK! If you're new to the yard sale scene, and you don't see any games, DON'T be afraid to ask the seller if they have anything like an old Atari they may not want. Many times I've had someone go into the house and come back with a box o' stuff and a few times not even charge me for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantone56 Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 I had been talking to a friend of mine and he said oh yeah I had a garage sale last week and my mom sold all huge box of atari stuff for five bucks. I wish I had bought it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I had been talking to a friend of mine and he said oh yeah I had a garage sale last week and my mom sold all huge box of atari stuff for five bucks. I wish I had bought it I think we have all experienced the "sumguy" effect at least once in our lives! I happened to me when I found a garage sale that sold all of their Atari stuff the day before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I hit 'em all but have had the most luck with garage sales in the summer. I like to hit the fleas from time to time but I just don't have to patience to wade through the crap that is usually found at the typical garage/yard sale. I'm sure that I'm missing some good stuff from time to time but I just can't bring myself to drive around all day hitting 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Need more pawn shops in Westfield, MA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I've hardly ever found any good videogame deals in pawn shops. Other than getting undercharged for a NeoGeo Pocket Color (only charged $25, he had his finger over the price tag, $70), I haven't found anything at all in pawn shops. When they do have videogames, they're usually the current generation, and overpriced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-T Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Inhabiting what at last check was the eighth-largest metropolis in the U.S., I know of two game stores that sell Atari carts. Their stocks have not changed since I first depleted them around six months ago. If anyone wants a dozen copies of Combat (half without end labels) and a few Footballs or Pac-Mans, PM me. Not one cart found in any pawn shop I've been to. Not one cart in the flea market. I have been to visit friends in small towns where I've found ten times what I can find in the city. It all goes to show that bigger is not necessarily better. But, BTW, I am in the 2nd-fattest city in the USA. And the trivia prize goes to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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