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    I'll try to make a list of the spare sports games I have, I should have around 70-80 ex-rental/beat up sports games that I'd want around $1 each. I'm not sure how much shipping would be though. I just have to find where I packed them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gameguy View Post
    I'll try to make a list of the spare sports games I have, I should have around 70-80 ex-rental/beat up sports games that I'd want around $1 each. I'm not sure how much shipping would be though. I just have to find where I packed them.
    COOL.pm me when you come up with what you have,

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    I've got quite a few "cheap" titles in my sale/trade list that I can help you out with. For example all my 2600 carts are only $1 each, 7800 carts $3 each, and many sports titles for NES and SNES that I'd sell cheap.


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    Yeah any of the Atari 2600 games I have listed at $1 are fair game for you. I didn't get back to you because someone bought most of what I planned on giving you, which were mostly boxed Intellivision games. I still have those Atari 2600 ones though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daria View Post
    Wouldn't it be a lot more fun to practice your gaming on good games? Or are you just confusing the word crappy with common or cheap? Just because a game's inexpensive doesn't mean it's not a ton of fun to play. But when you say you're looking for crappy titles all I can imagine is you stocking up on shit like Shaq Fu and Batman Forever.
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    You are correct about the confusing of the terms. But Im looking for all and any games now. when I mean crappy, Im thinking Eternal Warriors for Genesis.
    This does not follow. Why "practice" on crappy games? Why "practice" at all? Is there some kind of competition?

    the crappy games are also helping learn basic game play and button control
    Crappy games are often crappy because they have serious flaws in basic game play and terrible button control, rendering them unsuitable for any purpose.
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    While buying lots can be a good way to get great deals on stuff you want, I wouldn't be too concerned with the idea of "bulking up". Just pursue what you want. Unless you have a ton of space, you may hit a day like myself with my 1200+ games where you have to think about if a purchase is worth the trouble of finding a place for it. Sure, you could weed out the junk later if you wanted, but it's better to save yourself the trouble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
    This does not follow. Why "practice" on crappy games? Why "practice" at all? Is there some kind of competition?
    It worked great for the Nintendo Nerd, he made a career of it. Plus junk games are great for bundling with other games to sell in bulk lots, that's how I got rid of most of my extra games(I had a lot of extras). If I overpaid on some games I could bundle them with several cheap games and break even.

    In any case I should have the cheap leftovers sorted out within a couple of days, I'll send a PM when I'm done.

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    Man, if you're OK with acquiring a whole mess of crummy sports titles, then eBay is a fantastic place to start. You can EASILY find large lots of junk like that for .25-.50 a cart.

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    Look around at yard sales and used game stores. NES and SNES loose carts go for around $1-42 at yard sales around my area. Also, used game stores seem to undervalue oldies like VCS and Intellivision games, pricing most of the common titles at $1-$3 a piece.

    Goodwill and pawn shops too. Lots of pawn shops will sell Genesis and PSX games at $1-$4 each.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gameguy View Post
    It worked great for the Nintendo Nerd, he made a career of it.
    How did he make a career out of "practicing" on junk games?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leo_A View Post
    How did he make a career out of "practicing" on junk games?
    He recorded himself playing badly on junk games while making fun of the games he was playing. Somehow that was enough.

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    Are you talking about the Angry Nintendo Nerd? Because if you are, he changed his name to the Angry Video Game Nerd to avoid copyright issues.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daria View Post
    Or you could wait until good games start appearing in lots with crap games, and acquiring them over time like everyone else. Crappy games stack up quick, no reason to purposely seek them out.
    This.

    If you just bulk up for the sake of bulking up collectors won't take you serious and just mock you.
    The only collections appropriated are ones that took time and TLC. While we can use cheats in games you can't use cheat's to collect.



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    you could always try shopgoodwill.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack7 View Post
    you could always try shopgoodwill.com
    Shopgoodwill's over the top shipping and handling fees almost always kill the deal for me. I don't get $14 to ship a few SNES games to my house, even if it is from Washington state. Have they never heard of media mail?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sloan View Post
    Shopgoodwill's over the top shipping and handling fees almost always kill the deal for me. I don't get $14 to ship a few SNES games to my house, even if it is from Washington state. Have they never heard of media mail?
    Apparently video games cannot be shipped by media mail. This limitation has be subject to much vitriol on this board in the past.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sloan View Post
    I don't get $14 to ship a few SNES games to my house, even if it is from Washington state. Have they never heard of media mail?
    Come to Canada, cheapest parcel rates start at over $10. Weight doesn't matter as much as size, anything larger than letter mail(including bubble mailers more than 2cm thick) gets sent as a parcel.

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