yard sale information wanted
After going yard sale searching yesterday I got to thinking. I find, that at yard sales when you find system it seems the games included are always the common games. I have never found a system with games, where most of the games were the good title games. kind of like finding a snes, with earthbound, final fantasy, wild guns, mega man etc. Ive pretty much come to the conclusion that the people that would have these kind of games are more the serious gamers and hold onto their stuff. where the people that just have all common games probally just bought a system for their kids one day and hence forth just sell it, to get it out of the attic.
has anyone found a lot at a yard sale with all the really good tiltes. if so how often
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More often than not I find good gaming titles or semi rare games at garage sales. I am fortunate though as I think Washington State is one of the better places to find such items... 25% of the time I find something rare.
i find rarer titles such as earthbound, at yard sales, but it seems like there always just a handful of random games with no system. I dont know but around here it seems people just bought the cheapest games, kind of like instead of paying for one good game they would buy 10 crappy ones
More often than not I find good gaming titles or semi rare games at garage sales. I am fortunate though as I think Washington State is one of the better places to find such items... 25% of the time I find something rare.
Not this part of Washington. I live in a smaller town, but it is a hub for the county. Most everything here is common, and in crappy condition because it belonged to tweakers or rednecks.
The best find I had was some dude who cleaned it all out of his apartment. It had been left by the previous Tenants.
It sure is nice to find stuff though, and don't be afraid to ask if they have any video games that they didn't put out if you think there's a chance! That's the first rule in yard sale hunting.
i never find anything at yard/garage sales, honestly ive never found a rare game in the wild
Then you're not looking hard enough....
Oh, I did have an instance when a guy gave me Final Fantasy 2 and 3 cart-only + Gradius V for free, after I bought 150 bucks of stuff from him. All Shin Megami Tensei games w/ guides and artbooks, a Growlanser Generations Boxset, just unbelievable. $5 anime boxsets? They happen in my world.
It's funny, I bought an NES clone with 32 games for $40 last week - I think the rarest cart in there was an R4. Still a good deal, but dammit I usually expect one gem.
I could go on and on for hours about the stuff I have found but I have been doing this for 10+ years and I get up at 7am every saturday and dont get home till 3-4 my route I take is probably 50 miles and then adding on all the turns to side roads etc. Then every sunday I get up at 5am to go to the flea market and dont get home till 11 or 12am. So I put alot of work in but it pays off.
Which flea markets do you hit? Perkie???