Dochrohan's finds coming from the Nederlands
Ok, a little background about me, I relocated with my girlfriend to live in the Nederlands. I was just officially granted residency yesterday and will be living here for a while.
I am a buyer/seller/collector who will be showing up with PAL. My main source of picks lately have been from a site similar to the American Craigslist. The prices I picked these up for are not great but I easily doubled my money I believe.
Ok let's get started.
The lot here was picked up for €195 incl shipping prices. All of these games are in great condition except Toy Story 2 and one of the Pokemon Yellows. Toy Story 2 is CIB though. The Mario Kart Double dash is the Zelda Collector's edition.
I managed to scoop this next lot for €275 all the games are CIB and only 2 of the games are in rough condition (they are the 2 of the garbage value games) the top value games are in top condition. I however did get a rental case for Banjo Kazooie and Castlevanaia but both came with manuals. Diddy kong racing was damaged a bit but I scooped that up with Mario Kart 64, a Nintendo 64 with 2 controllers, earth worm jim, yoshis story, and 2 other games. This photo is missing 2 n64s + 4 controllers that also came with the deal.
Hopefully I can make this thread deliver this upcoming Sunday when I am getting up super early for a Fleamarket. Last market I scored the €11 pickup.
I am a buyer/seller/collector who will be showing up with PAL. My main source of picks lately have been from a site similar to the American Craigslist. The prices I picked these up for are not great but I easily doubled my money I believe.
Ok let's get started.
The lot here was picked up for €195 incl shipping prices. All of these games are in great condition except Toy Story 2 and one of the Pokemon Yellows. Toy Story 2 is CIB though. The Mario Kart Double dash is the Zelda Collector's edition.
I managed to scoop this next lot for €275 all the games are CIB and only 2 of the games are in rough condition (they are the 2 of the garbage value games) the top value games are in top condition. I however did get a rental case for Banjo Kazooie and Castlevanaia but both came with manuals. Diddy kong racing was damaged a bit but I scooped that up with Mario Kart 64, a Nintendo 64 with 2 controllers, earth worm jim, yoshis story, and 2 other games. This photo is missing 2 n64s + 4 controllers that also came with the deal.
Hopefully I can make this thread deliver this upcoming Sunday when I am getting up super early for a Fleamarket. Last market I scored the €11 pickup.
Comments
Originally posted by: Professor Finn
if you didn't live in the Nederlands i would ask if i could buy that Pokemon N64 controller but shipping would be crazy
Be patient, i've seen a few go up on ebay for some good prices over the past month or two.
On topic, very nice finds! Great prices as well.
Originally posted by: Enslaved
Originally posted by: Professor Finn
if you didn't live in the Nederlands i would ask if i could buy that Pokemon N64 controller but shipping would be crazy
Be patient, i've seen a few go up on ebay for some good prices over the past month or two.
On topic, very nice finds! Great prices as well
*sigh* one sold a couple days ago with a loose joystick for $16 with $2.50 shipping but i was out of the house and i don't have a snipping program. http://www.ebay.com/itm/231051938205?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Ok, let me get started.
The only items in this update that I paid for was the 2 sealed Commodore 64 games and the 3 playstation games. I paid .50 a piece on the commmodore 64 games and
I did not insert the stadium events with the manual because I thought it was for some other game. Lol, thanks for clearing it up.
Originally posted by: Dochrohan
I also see you are from Germany, any tips for finding stuff to buy/sell/collect over here? I'm new into it and in the Netherlands it is a bit tough as of now but has gotten better.
Europe in general is a lot tougher if ou want to find stuff. Especially anything Nintendo. Forget eBay right away the prices are usually stupid high and the selection is a lot smaller. Also no Craigslist and no garage sales. You can get lucky at flea markets but prepare for resellers galore.
One thing you can do is go to local supermarkets. A lot of them have a big board in the cash register area where you can put up ads for stuff you want to sell or buy. Put a note on there saying you 're looking for old video games etc. you know the deal. Most people that are looking at these boards are older people so good deals are definitely possible
I don't think that kind of stuff exists in America.
In general the market over here is pretty dry and you really have to wait for the deals unless you have really good connections
Originally posted by: Beliskner
Originally posted by: Dochrohan
I also see you are from Germany, any tips for finding stuff to buy/sell/collect over here? I'm new into it and in the Netherlands it is a bit tough as of now but has gotten better.
Europe in general is a lot tougher if ou want to find stuff. Especially anything Nintendo. Forget eBay right away the prices are usually stupid high and the selection is a lot smaller. Also no Craigslist and no garage sales. You can get lucky at flea markets but prepare for resellers galore.
One thing you can do is go to local supermarkets. A lot of them have a big board in the cash register area where you can put up ads for stuff you want to sell or buy. Put a note on there saying you 're looking for old video games etc. you know the deal. Most people that are looking at these boards are older people so good deals are definitely possible
I don't think that kind of stuff exists in America.
In general the market over here is pretty dry and you really have to wait for the deals unless you have really good connections
I don't know about Germany, but there is a site (even two sites for us in the french part) like Craigslist in Switzerland, and there aren't that many resellers at the flea markets where I live. You should check my last score to see what I mean. Also, a lot of people tended to import their stuff... That's the reason I got Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for 4Fr. and a Game Boy Light with 7 games for 20Fr.
But there aren't really garage sales here, but sometimes a specific part of town cleans up their attic and you can find some interesting stuff there, but it's mostly stuff that has nothing to do with games.
Of course there are Craigslist like sides in Germany as well but I never found anything gaming related there except for the eBay small ads section which is the place I get my best deals from but you have to be super quick on there (By that I mean you have to contact the seller 5-10 minutes after the ad gets posted maybe a bit longer if it isn't Nintendo stuff)
There is a retro event in Apeldoorn on sunday by the way, you may be interested. I haven't been to this one before, so I'm not sure how good it is.
Originally posted by: Dochrohan
Any ideas on preservation of this thing?
i would get a Clear garment bag so that you can display it and hand protect it
Originally posted by: Dochrohan
the 29th? Cool thanks for the information, hopefully the prices are not absurd
Prices won`t be absurd cause i will be there and my prices are low as is gets!
Cool jacket man, where did you score that ??
But I was looking at there gameboy stuff today and found this for €2.5
Also got the word today my girlfriends mom is heading out of town tomorrow to put up posters for my girlfriend and theirs theatre show and asked me if I wanted to come along to help and afterwards do a thrift store route. Of course I said yes, no brainer.