A totally unexpected $5 find

BlooperandGoombaBlooperandGoomba
in Finders Keepers
New Super Mario Bros U with a July 2013 price sticker for $59.99. Goodwill just under $5 after tax.

Not only do I never find anything at Goodwill, but I found this out in the boonies mixed in with the dvds.

Now I should buy a Wii U.

Comments

  • FinalFantasyForeverFinalFantasyForever
    good price
  • DeemarDeemar
    My guess is someone bought it with the intention of donating it to good will, hoping some less fortunate child would get it for cheap. That happens quite often with items that still have the original sticker on them.
  • BlooperandGoombaBlooperandGoomba

    Originally posted by: Deemar



    My guess is someone bought it with the intention of donating it to good will, hoping some less fortunate child would get it for cheap. That happens quite often with items that still have the original sticker on them.





    Well that child is sol.
  • VGS_captmorgandrinkerVGS_captmorgandrinker

    Originally posted by: Deemar



    My guess is someone bought it with the intention of donating it to good will, hoping some less fortunate child would get it for cheap. That happens quite often with items that still have the original sticker on them.

    Or it's a tax writeoff for places like Target.   There's a whole wall at my local Goodwill of stuff with Target clearance stickers on them.




  • fdiskfdisk
    weird maybe it got donated by accident



    i dont think someone donated it thinking some less fortunate kid would get it at a lower price. because they wouldnt have a system to play it on
  • empireempire
    A less fortunate child wouldn't have a Wii U, some grandma probably bought it for her grandkid since she remembered he had a Wii.
  • jkenned5jkenned5
    gotta say it but pics or it didnt happen, but still sounds awesome
  • BlooperandGoombaBlooperandGoomba

    Originally posted by: jkenned5



    gotta say it but pics or it didnt happen, but still sounds awesome





    The pics are in my flickr album. It's now for sale. Just had to test it on a friend's Wii U before listing it for sale.
  • TanookiTanooki
    It's probably more luck it didn't end up on shopgoodwill or restickered matching the gamestop used price. I think you do need to get a WiiU and play it as it's really the only good if not great New SMB title so far and fairly well plays up strong ties to Super Mario World in design.
  • Logo1285Logo1285

    Originally posted by: captmorgandrinker




    Originally posted by: Deemar



    My guess is someone bought it with the intention of donating it to good will, hoping some less fortunate child would get it for cheap. That happens quite often with items that still have the original sticker on them.

    Or it's a tax writeoff for places like Target.   There's a whole wall at my local Goodwill of stuff with Target clearance stickers on them.



     







    This was my first thought as well. The Goodwill closest to me has a few brand new items with Best Buy stickers on them.
  • bigdawg8412bigdawg8412

    Originally posted by: BlooperandGoomba




    Originally posted by: jkenned5



    gotta say it but pics or it didnt happen, but still sounds awesome





    The pics are in my flickr album. It's now for sale. Just had to test it on a friend's Wii U before listing it for sale.

    Did you take off the original price sticker? I don't see it in the pic.




  • LimbofunkLimbofunk
    Mostly likely from a retailer that a GoodWill employee just wound up pricing wrong. It used to happen at a GoodWill I went to quite a bit....I found a few copies of Spore when it had first been released for the PC for $2.99. Good find!
  • BlooperandGoombaBlooperandGoomba

    Originally posted by: bigdawg8412




    Originally posted by: BlooperandGoomba




    Originally posted by: jkenned5



    gotta say it but pics or it didnt happen, but still sounds awesome





    The pics are in my flickr album. It's now for sale. Just had to test it on a friend's Wii U before listing it for sale.

    Did you take off the original price sticker? I don't see it in the pic.



     



    It's on the back. Still there.


  • ZombieGuyGeezusZombieGuyGeezus
    I would just keep it. That's an awesome game and there no way you're ever gna get close to that price if u ever plan on buying a Wii U. Weird u just made a thread about having games w no console too lol
  • DeemarDeemar

    Originally posted by: fdisk



    weird maybe it got donated by accident



    i dont think someone donated it thinking some less fortunate kid would get it at a lower price. because they wouldnt have a system to play it on





    I have friends that do it. They go and buy things they know kids like and drop them off at good will. I'm conflicted about how to feel about this.
  • BlooperandGoombaBlooperandGoomba

    Originally posted by: RegularGuyGamer



    I would just keep it. That's an awesome game and there no way you're ever gna get close to that price if u ever plan on buying a Wii U. Weird u just made a thread about having games w no console too lol

    Yes, it definitely was! 



    I am going to sell it if I get the $40 I want. If not, I will just hang on to it until I get a Wii U in a year or after a major price drop. I'm really in no rush, although I know I will own the system at some point. Maybe by then it will cost $200 or less and games like this will enter a "player's choice" or "Nintendo Selects" type deal and be $20 or $30 new, anyway. Then I can rebuy it at that point. 




  • Dilts36Dilts36
    Lucky find!
  • SegertarSegertar
    I found a Super Mario Bros U at my local goodwill also.. wierd. Paid $15 for it though. I think it was a Target write off.



    Like the OP, I don't own a Wii U. I couldn't pass it up at that price. The club code worked too!
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