Holy crap - Garage-sale ecstasy!
My wife and I went garage-sale cruising earlier today, and we got back home about two hours ago. In total, I spent a little under $105 from two separate garage-sellers.
With Kolibri, Megaman 1-7, X, X2, and X3, to say nothing of all four Dragon Warriors for NES, which are all mint condition (thus replacing my tatty old copies from eBay), I think I made out like the proverbial bandit.
With Kolibri, Megaman 1-7, X, X2, and X3, to say nothing of all four Dragon Warriors for NES, which are all mint condition (thus replacing my tatty old copies from eBay), I think I made out like the proverbial bandit.
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Who the hell is having garage sales in Michigan, in December?
Originally posted by: Segertar
Very nice finds!
Who the hell is having garage sales in Michigan, in December?
Actually, the Megaman carts, Mario Kart, and the Sega stuff (minus Kolibri and Gunstar Heroes) came from Indiana. But yes, your point is well-taken. Midwesterners are bloody CRAZY. The guy in Indiana was wearing shorts and flip-flops. Up until about two days ago, we hadn't even gotten snow this year - it has been unseasonably warm in winter for the past two years. People are beginning to adapt.
Southern Michigan provided the rest; picked up a few Atari titles as well, but nothing spectacular (Fireworld was the most impressive title). Also rounded out a few of the less-impressive stuff I remembered fondly from my younger years, like Starfox for SNES and Asterix for Gen.
Originally posted by: B.A.
WOW! Were the games in the 10 game case just like that? Or did you put them in there?
I actually bought two of those game cases (as well as two wall-mount SNES cart organizers) from my local Play'n'Trade about two weeks ago for $2.50 each, as well as a crapload of manuals and inserts for a total of $1. I just really LOVE the things and couldn't resist showing off.
EDIT: Oh, and I did see a factory-sealed copy of Earthbound in Kalamazoo. Unfortunately, the lady wanted $800 for it, and I hate the game anyway.
Originally posted by: Segertar
Very nice finds!
Who the hell is having garage sales in Michigan, in December?
Was thinking the same thing. Wow!!! Lucky you're still having garage sales man. Garage sales ended two months ago in upstate NY.
You still coulda made a killing on that if you had the $800 on hand, that had to be kinda painful.
Besides, sealed games make me sad; games are meant to be played, not displayed.
Originally posted by: DoctorDan
My real thought was "Okay, this lady has this desirable game in sealed condition, knows how valuable it is...and isn't selling it on eBay, but at a 'garage sale'?" It smelled fishy to me. I suspect that it was a reseal or something; I just got bad vibes from it. Again, I totally hate the game, and if I got burned on that, I'd be titanically furious.
Besides, sealed games make me sad; games are meant to be played, not displayed.
Actually, if it was sealed in cellophane then yes it was a reseal and there's no telling what was inside it. Earthbound never came in cellophane.
Edit: Heh, cellophone
You my good sir are amazing.... I paid more than you paid for this lot for my X2 and X3 alone...
Let alone what I paid for my 1-6 and I got damn sexy deals on 1-6 (Grant total $46.96 for those)
Im into my 7 and my x for about 30 each, and my X2 and X3 for $75 each + so in my megamans you have here I'm into it for $256.96