From Half Price to Goodwill

pipedreamspipedreams
in Finders Keepers
hey everyone i got a Sega Genesis Model 2 from Goodwill and they wanted $6.54 for the console with nothing..and i found the controllers thrown in a bin..i offered them $1.50 for everything and they accepted it!

after selling my college textbooks at half price i found Sonic Spinball  with the box/manual for $2.25!
and of course i snatched it! ^^

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over all only spent $2.25!

Comments

  • winrobawinroba
    I wish we had Goodwill in Canada. We just have Value Village & Salvation Army and they're both far more expensive up here than what I've seen from people in the states' posts on here.
  • pipedreamspipedreams
    aw man! That really sucks!
    i dont have value village here in Texas. but we have Thrift town and its pretty expensive. they where selling Atari games for $5 and the controllers for like $10.
    its complete madness!!
  • Sam D.Sam D.
    Sweet deal dude! Genesis is such a fun system. Does the console perform well?
  • winrobawinroba
    There are some reasonable thrift stores here, but the Value Villages here sell N64 & NES/SNES games (usually sports games) for around $6 each. I was able to get Ocarina of Time for $5 last time I was out but it's definitely not my main method of collection here.


    Edit again: edited the wrong thread haha
  • AtariMaxxAtariMaxx
    Awesome finds!
  • ZingZing
    Originally posted by: winroba

    I wish we had Goodwill in Canada. We just have Value Village & Salvation Army and they're both far more expensive up here than what I've seen from people in the states' posts on here.


    Goodwill is in "Canada". There is one here in Newmarket, Ontario. The only video game items I have seen there were a few dirty consoles.
  • elitewombatelitewombat
    I wish my Goodwill Negotiated. The one time I tried negotiating resulted in a higher price on the item.
  • pipedreamspipedreams
    i have no clue im missing the R/f cable but the 1st model i have works great!
  • pipedreamspipedreams
    oh cool yeah most my goodwill has snes and nes games but its all sports..i even found a 32x game but its also a sports  game.
    my brother got Ocarina of time for $4!!
  • pipedreamspipedreams
    wow their really stingy! :/ i t sounds like they really dont want to sell it then. i negociated with an old lady at the register
  • uiengineeruiengineer
    i didn't know you could negotiate w/ goodwill. i'll have to try that out. (they should allow it to an extent. they are getting donations....and any money they make is better than nothing)
  • pseudonympseudonym
    Didn't think that you could negotiate with them? But honestly, $1.50 for everything there is a bit cheap, don't you think, especially when you're dealing with a charity?
  • AlderAlder
    Ooh that's a nice steal
  • pipedreamspipedreams
    yeah i got the negotiation from my mom..she does it all the time.
    so i stated doing it to see where it would get me.
  • ne$_pimpne$_pimp
    Ontario hs goodwill, value village, salvation army, and some christian benefit shops but Ive never found anything the odd rom game or madden.
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