Dunno if this counts as Losers Weepers, but I think my roommate gave away my gold Zelda Wiimote + CCP to his girlfriend's family. *sigh* I don't have another controller to even play with.
Dunno if this counts as Losers Weepers, but I think my roommate gave away my gold Zelda Wiimote + CCP to his girlfriend's family. *sigh* I don't have another controller to even play with.
At the flea market yesterday I got there around 10, which is pretty late for good deals. A guy is setup with a small stack of SNES games and a bunch of PS2 stuff. Nothing special in the stack, but Super Return of the Jedi, which completes my trilogy so I ask how much. $3 each. I pick out Super Star Wars, Final Fight, Super Tecmo Bowl and the ROTJ and ask how much. $5. Ok awesome, I add a couple Star Wars cassettes to the pile along with his last SNES cart, NBA Jam and say how about $6 which he accepts.
Then he tells me that last week he had piles of NES and SNES games and blew them out for $1 each. He said they went fast -- there's a local reseller that attacks this flea market early and wouldn't buy the junk. I didn't even bother asking what I missed.
Hardly a sob story, but those "should have been here earlier/last week" anecdotes suck.
Funnily enough I picked up a couple Madden SNES carts as donors... for $2 each... more than the ~$1 per for the better titles.
At the flea market yesterday I got there around 10, which is pretty late for good deals. A guy is setup with a small stack of SNES games and a bunch of PS2 stuff. Nothing special in the stack, but Super Return of the Jedi, which completes my trilogy so I ask how much. $3 each. I pick out Super Star Wars, Final Fight, Super Tecmo Bowl and the ROTJ and ask how much. $5. Ok awesome, I add a couple Star Wars cassettes to the pile along with his last SNES cart, NBA Jam and say how about $6 which he accepts.
Then he tells me that last week he had piles of NES and SNES games and blew them out for $1 each. He said they went fast -- there's a local reseller that attacks this flea market early and wouldn't buy the junk. I didn't even bother asking what I missed.
Hardly a sob story, but those "should have been here earlier/last week" anecdotes suck.
Funnily enough I picked up a couple Madden SNES carts as donors... for $2 each... more than the ~$1 per for the better titles.
I know that feeling... One time I came across an old woman selling some games. Original Xbox games for $10 each (no thanks) and one NES game. It was SMB/DH but I figured I'd ask how much she wanted for it. 50 cents -- not bad. She then told me that she had "a whole mess of them" and some guy came just a few minutes ago and bought all of them! GRRR!!!!! Of course, to her, "a whole mess" might have been only 8 or 10 carts, and maybe they were all commons -- but that voice in my head says it was a box of 200 CIB R5+
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
At the flea market yesterday I got there around 10, which is pretty late for good deals. A guy is setup with a small stack of SNES games and a bunch of PS2 stuff. Nothing special in the stack, but Super Return of the Jedi, which completes my trilogy so I ask how much. $3 each. I pick out Super Star Wars, Final Fight, Super Tecmo Bowl and the ROTJ and ask how much. $5. Ok awesome, I add a couple Star Wars cassettes to the pile along with his last SNES cart, NBA Jam and say how about $6 which he accepts.
Then he tells me that last week he had piles of NES and SNES games and blew them out for $1 each. He said they went fast -- there's a local reseller that attacks this flea market early and wouldn't buy the junk. I didn't even bother asking what I missed.
Hardly a sob story, but those "should have been here earlier/last week" anecdotes suck.
Funnily enough I picked up a couple Madden SNES carts as donors... for $2 each... more than the ~$1 per for the better titles.
I know that feeling... One time I came across an old woman selling some games. Original Xbox games for $10 each (no thanks) and one NES game. It was SMB/DH but I figured I'd ask how much she wanted for it. 50 cents -- not bad. She then told me that she had "a whole mess of them" and some guy came just a few minutes ago and bought all of them! GRRR!!!!! Of course, to her, "a whole mess" might have been only 8 or 10 carts, and maybe they were all commons -- but that voice in my head says it was a box of 200 CIB R5+
I got an NES for a yard sale for $2 w cables n controlers. I asked the guy if he had any games he said that someone just bought the 50 or so "tapes" for it for 25 cents each. I thought ahh maybe they were commons and then he told me he bought em all from a lady who used to collect "that type of stuff"... I still dream about that day
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
This is more or less what it's like at the GoodWill in my town; pure disappointment.
Also, showing up to a yard sale or flea market table to hear all about the stacks of "tapes" that just left with a stranger = 8-bit nightmare.
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
A goodwill employee flat out told me that me that almost ALL goodwills send all video game related things to shopgoodwill.com now, don't expect to get anything there unless you are REALLY lucky.
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
A goodwill employee flat out told me that me that almost ALL goodwills send all video game related things to shopgoodwill.com now, don't expect to get anything there unless you are REALLY lucky.
It's all but a policy now.
Well there are 4 Goodwills local to me including this brand new one and I've found video games at all of them. Found a huge load of valuable PS1 games at one, a complete in box NES miracle piano at another, those 2 crappy games at the new one, and the day after I posted that I went to the only one I hadn't been to which is kind of out of the way and found a big stack of PS1 games. Nothing great but they were there.
So I don't think any of my local Goodwills are sending things to shopgoodwill, I'm just having a dry spell.
I once responded to a craiglist ad for 2 NESs and multiple games including Contra Force. Like $75 for everything.
Went to pick it up the same day. As I looked through the lot I noticed Contra Force was missing and I asked about it. The gal told me that someone asked and bought that one from her specifically for $15. At least she gave $15 off the lot but I was disappointed.
I would have lost it and cut her down to like $30.
These just went for $10 shipped. And I was a fraction of a second too slow. It looks like someone wiped his ass with the card, that make it a little easier.
I had a pushy salesman at a local retro shop push a copy of some game I'd never heard of in my face about a year ago, I held the game in my hands, it was in good clean coindition, no scuffs or anything, but then I looked at the price, $60...
I thought "you gotta be kidding me old man, $60 bucks for a loose Cart?!" I handed it back and said no thanks.
I had a pushy salesman at a local retro shop push a copy of some game I'd never heard of in my face about a year ago, I held the game in my hands, it was in good clean coindition, no scuffs or anything, but then I looked at the price, $60...
I thought "you gotta be kidding me old man, $60 bucks for a loose Cart?!" I handed it back and said no thanks.
That game was Little Samson.
Ooh man, that hurts! Off the topic slightly, I liked this post because it reminds me of those tropey stories that end like "...and that small boy was young Adolf Hitler."
If he was actually shoving it at you like that I think I could live just telling myself it might have been fake.
Yeah maybe, but I don't think the guy really knew what he had, like... he knew it was worth money, but he just wanted the money, wasn't interested in the game itself.
A side note to this story, I found Ducktales 2 at his store on the cheap game racks not to shortly after. it was $12, so i don't think the guy was a very savy game expert.
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
This might possibly be the most worthwhile post for this loosers weepers thread, atlesst you still got a rare variant out of the deal. Fff aw civ is still a great find!
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
I had a pushy salesman at a local retro shop push a copy of some game I'd never heard of in my face about a year ago, I held the game in my hands, it was in good clean coindition, no scuffs or anything, but then I looked at the price, $60...
I thought "you gotta be kidding me old man, $60 bucks for a loose Cart?!" I handed it back and said no thanks.
That game was Little Samson.
Happened to me with another rare game (U.Four-ia)
Not as rare, but still a PAL exclusive that can go for a pretty penny
Found a copy of the Super Mario World genesis game, boxed, along with the Gouder Famicom fighting game, boxed (forget the name of it though) and wanted to buy them. Unfortunately for me, someone else had inquired them first, or so it was said, and they were on hold for that dick! Grr....
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
Out of curiousity, how did that happen? Did the Goodwill store get the Stadium Events in stock after you were there?
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Originally posted by: underscore ego
Dunno if this counts as Losers Weepers, but I think my roommate gave away my gold Zelda Wiimote + CCP to his girlfriend's family. *sigh* I don't have another controller to even play with.
So he stole your stuff?
What a great roommate.
Then he tells me that last week he had piles of NES and SNES games and blew them out for $1 each. He said they went fast -- there's a local reseller that attacks this flea market early and wouldn't buy the junk. I didn't even bother asking what I missed.
Hardly a sob story, but those "should have been here earlier/last week" anecdotes suck.
Funnily enough I picked up a couple Madden SNES carts as donors... for $2 each... more than the ~$1 per for the better titles.
Originally posted by: yecul
At the flea market yesterday I got there around 10, which is pretty late for good deals. A guy is setup with a small stack of SNES games and a bunch of PS2 stuff. Nothing special in the stack, but Super Return of the Jedi, which completes my trilogy so I ask how much. $3 each. I pick out Super Star Wars, Final Fight, Super Tecmo Bowl and the ROTJ and ask how much. $5. Ok awesome, I add a couple Star Wars cassettes to the pile along with his last SNES cart, NBA Jam and say how about $6 which he accepts.
Then he tells me that last week he had piles of NES and SNES games and blew them out for $1 each. He said they went fast -- there's a local reseller that attacks this flea market early and wouldn't buy the junk. I didn't even bother asking what I missed.
Hardly a sob story, but those "should have been here earlier/last week" anecdotes suck.
Funnily enough I picked up a couple Madden SNES carts as donors... for $2 each... more than the ~$1 per for the better titles.
I know that feeling... One time I came across an old woman selling some games. Original Xbox games for $10 each (no thanks) and one NES game. It was SMB/DH but I figured I'd ask how much she wanted for it. 50 cents -- not bad. She then told me that she had "a whole mess of them" and some guy came just a few minutes ago and bought all of them! GRRR!!!!! Of course, to her, "a whole mess" might have been only 8 or 10 carts, and maybe they were all commons -- but that voice in my head says it was a box of 200 CIB R5+
Item was cancelled. Nuff said.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
Originally posted by: DarkKobold
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360634032122?ssPageName=STRK:ME...
Item was cancelled. Nuff said.
gets worse http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360634056520
Originally posted by: Alder
Originally posted by: yecul
At the flea market yesterday I got there around 10, which is pretty late for good deals. A guy is setup with a small stack of SNES games and a bunch of PS2 stuff. Nothing special in the stack, but Super Return of the Jedi, which completes my trilogy so I ask how much. $3 each. I pick out Super Star Wars, Final Fight, Super Tecmo Bowl and the ROTJ and ask how much. $5. Ok awesome, I add a couple Star Wars cassettes to the pile along with his last SNES cart, NBA Jam and say how about $6 which he accepts.
Then he tells me that last week he had piles of NES and SNES games and blew them out for $1 each. He said they went fast -- there's a local reseller that attacks this flea market early and wouldn't buy the junk. I didn't even bother asking what I missed.
Hardly a sob story, but those "should have been here earlier/last week" anecdotes suck.
Funnily enough I picked up a couple Madden SNES carts as donors... for $2 each... more than the ~$1 per for the better titles.
I know that feeling... One time I came across an old woman selling some games. Original Xbox games for $10 each (no thanks) and one NES game. It was SMB/DH but I figured I'd ask how much she wanted for it. 50 cents -- not bad. She then told me that she had "a whole mess of them" and some guy came just a few minutes ago and bought all of them! GRRR!!!!! Of course, to her, "a whole mess" might have been only 8 or 10 carts, and maybe they were all commons -- but that voice in my head says it was a box of 200 CIB R5+
I got an NES for a yard sale for $2 w cables n controlers. I asked the guy if he had any games he said that someone just bought the 50 or so "tapes" for it for 25 cents each. I thought ahh maybe they were commons and then he told me he bought em all from a lady who used to collect "that type of stuff"... I still dream about that day
Motivation.
Originally posted by: ColdStatic
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
This is more or less what it's like at the GoodWill in my town; pure disappointment.
Also, showing up to a yard sale or flea market table to hear all about the stacks of "tapes" that just left with a stranger = 8-bit nightmare.
Originally posted by: ColdStatic
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
A goodwill employee flat out told me that me that almost ALL goodwills send all video game related things to shopgoodwill.com now, don't expect to get anything there unless you are REALLY lucky.
It's all but a policy now.
Originally posted by: Laseki
Originally posted by: ColdStatic
Got up at 8:30 AM to check out a brand new Goodwill opening by my house, was there the second they opened their doors. Figured they'd at least have a N64 or NES or something lying around before anyone had picked through stuff... they had two video games in the entire store. 007 Agent Under Fire for GameCube, and DDRMAX 2 for PS2. The only other even game RELATED items were a LA Noire BradyGames guide for 99 cents (not a bad deal there, at least) and a completely broken Rock Band guitar for $4.
Bought a bunch of 49 cent corny Sci-Fi VHS tapes to ease the disappointment.
A goodwill employee flat out told me that me that almost ALL goodwills send all video game related things to shopgoodwill.com now, don't expect to get anything there unless you are REALLY lucky.
It's all but a policy now.
Well there are 4 Goodwills local to me including this brand new one and I've found video games at all of them. Found a huge load of valuable PS1 games at one, a complete in box NES miracle piano at another, those 2 crappy games at the new one, and the day after I posted that I went to the only one I hadn't been to which is kind of out of the way and found a big stack of PS1 games. Nothing great but they were there.
So I don't think any of my local Goodwills are sending things to shopgoodwill, I'm just having a dry spell.
Originally posted by: jimpoleshuk
I once responded to a craiglist ad for 2 NESs and multiple games including Contra Force. Like $75 for everything.
Went to pick it up the same day. As I looked through the lot I noticed Contra Force was missing and I asked about it. The gal told me that someone asked and bought that one from her specifically for $15. At least she gave $15 off the lot but I was disappointed.
I would have lost it and cut her down to like $30.
These just went for $10 shipped. And I was a fraction of a second too slow. It looks like someone wiped his ass with the card, that make it a little easier.
I thought "you gotta be kidding me old man, $60 bucks for a loose Cart?!" I handed it back and said no thanks.
That game was Little Samson.
Originally posted by: Plague
I had a pushy salesman at a local retro shop push a copy of some game I'd never heard of in my face about a year ago, I held the game in my hands, it was in good clean coindition, no scuffs or anything, but then I looked at the price, $60...
I thought "you gotta be kidding me old man, $60 bucks for a loose Cart?!" I handed it back and said no thanks.
That game was Little Samson.
Ooh man, that hurts! Off the topic slightly, I liked this post because it reminds me of those tropey stories that end like "...and that small boy was young Adolf Hitler."
Originally posted by: ColdStatic
If he was actually shoving it at you like that I think I could live just telling myself it might have been fake.
Yeah maybe, but I don't think the guy really knew what he had, like... he knew it was worth money, but he just wanted the money, wasn't interested in the game itself.
A side note to this story, I found Ducktales 2 at his store on the cheap game racks not to shortly after. it was $12, so i don't think the guy was a very savy game expert.
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
This might possibly be the most worthwhile post for this loosers weepers thread, atlesst you still got a rare variant out of the deal. Fff aw civ is still a great find!
Originally posted by: mitemouse
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
I feel your pain dude...
Originally posted by: Plague
I had a pushy salesman at a local retro shop push a copy of some game I'd never heard of in my face about a year ago, I held the game in my hands, it was in good clean coindition, no scuffs or anything, but then I looked at the price, $60...
I thought "you gotta be kidding me old man, $60 bucks for a loose Cart?!" I handed it back and said no thanks.
That game was Little Samson.
Happened to me with another rare game (U.Four-ia)
Not as rare, but still a PAL exclusive that can go for a pretty penny
Like Bull Hurley in Over the Top says "Being number 1 is everything there is no second place. Second sucks."
Originally posted by: abrahamh2
Well mitemouse doesn't matter if your story is true or not losing out on Stadium Events for Athletic World plain sucks.
Like Bull Hurley in Over the Top says "Being number 1 is everything there is no second place. Second sucks."
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/04/woman-buys-rare-game-worth-15000-from-goodwill-store-for-only-7-99/
Edit: Lol at the ignorant ass comments on this article
Originally posted by: Benihana
Originally posted by: Paul
Fuck that guy at PnT he was a dick.
Most guys that worked at a PnT are...
The only PnT I've ever been to had great service, and the guy working there was one of the nicest and most helpful people I've met. Weird.
Originally posted by: mitemouse
I found some 7.99 games at goodwill and bought family fun fitness athletic world.. A few hours later a woman bought stadium events at the same goodwill... True story
Out of curiousity, how did that happen? Did the Goodwill store get the Stadium Events in stock after you were there?