Price stickers on cart labels

[bcprs1]

I got lucky this weekend and was able to pick up 40 2600/Coleco carts at the local Savers for $1 each. The only problem was that some jabroni working there put most of the price stickers on the front label instead of the back. Needless to say, I ruined 3 labels trying to peel the price stickers off. Luckily the games I ruined were pretty common, but I would have been ticked if it was something good. What is funny is that every other time I have found carts there, the price sticker was on the back. Must have been some new kid working there who didn't understand

[bcprs1]

In case anyone from Mass is wondering, it was the Savers in Dedham. Usually they price classic carts there for way too much. Usually at least $2.50- $5 each. Hopefully they will continue to only charge a $1.

[highinfidelity]

Ah, man, if that pisses me off!!! There; and on vinyl records' covers!

 

Sometimes you can get rid of that crap with no harm if you pull them sloooooooooooooowly, as separating two ancient egyptian papyrs.

[Bruce Tomlin]

You guys do know about Goo Gone, right?

 

As long as we're complaining about labels, Texas Thrift down here has the worst stickers. They're round (which makes them harder to remove to begin with) and stick way too hard. Thank goodness for Goo Gone.

 

It's the morons who price everything with big magic marker writing that are the real problem.

[highinfidelity]

You guys do know about Goo Gone, right?

Not the first time that I hear about it. May it be sold under a different name internationally? And doesn't it damage / fades the artwork?

[Tsukasa]

Goof Off is the same thing as Goo Gone. It only damages certain types of labels, such as 2600 red label games.

 

I don't think stickers are nearly as bad as nail polish. That stuff is freakin' impossible to get off carts.

[Dolt]

Getting nail polish off of labels is really hard. Carts with coated labels, like some Apollo games, for instance, you can get it off with nail polish remover, but 'regular' labels, forget it. And yeah, I HATE it when they put prices on the cart label. I got a 007 cart from a specialty shop last week and was nervous as anything while I peeled that sucker off (it came off OK, luckily). You'd think people would know better!

[RavenonesGF]

Well here in ohio Goodwill prices their stuff with permenant markers. I gues they're too cheap for stickers. Try getting permenant marker of the label or a cart, off a box, or of the bottom of a system. It sucks. I wish they didn't do it like that.

[Voch]

I second (or third?) the recommendation for Goo Gone. It's great for the careful removing labels.

 

Voch

[Whisper]

I know a store that does that too... How much difficulty is it to just put the tag somewhere else??? Ok, if you put the price on the end label then you can pile them nicely, but surely it's a devaluation of the game. Luckily the store hardly ever gets any new 2600 games in and is way too expensive anyway. I just picked out the interesting ones and made a remark to the store manager.

[bjk7382]

The goodwill near my house puts 3-4 price tags on every item, I guess since they have had a problem with people ripping them off and taking it to the register as "unmarked" to get a good deal. I would be seriously pissed if they started using perm. marker because of this.