My Generous Neighbor, an INCREDIBLE find.

[FxMercenary]

Ok, the following is a 100% True story, none of it is made up.

I moved into the neighborhood 5 years ago, into my grandmother's old house, she moved up to ohio to be closer to old friends and her home town. I didnt grow up in the neighborhood, but visited alot when she lived here, so I know all of the neighbors, they are all still living here, most of them in their 60s ant 70s now.

About a year ago, my next door neighbor's husband passed away from cancer after a grueling 20 years of housebound due to various sickness. I never knew it until recently, but to pass the time, he played nintendo games. Given he was older, his tastes were more in depth.

Last month, she decided to have a garage sale, her garage is massive, and at the time she had the sale, she only went through about 10% of the stuff she had.

A few weeks ago, I made a post about how I had stumbled onto a copy of Earthbound for .25 cents, this was the place I got it, but little did I know, it was just the tip of the iceberg...

I knew what Earthbound was worth, so I felt a little guilty about it, even though I had absolutely no plans on selling it, so I befriended her a little in the "Tech Support" kind of way, helping her hook things up to her TV, setting up her HD, VCR, DVD player and other odds and ends, a couple weeks later she mentioned that there might be more of that "old video game crap" her husband used to play and said she would do some digging in the garage. What she found... was astonishing... A pile of RPGs for the NES, SNES, and N64.

The following is the list, total cost, 25 cents, and being neighborly.

-SNES-
Earthbound w/guide
Chrono Trigger Boxed complete w/strat
Secret of Mana Boxed Complete w/strat
Act Raiser
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
FF Mystic Quest
E.V.O. Search for Eden
Populous
Brain Lord
7th Saga
Ultraman
Lufia II Rise of the sinstrals
Sim City
Secret of Evermore
Breath of Fire
Illusion of Gaia
Wanderers from YS III
Mystical Ninja
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
Battletoads / Double Dragon
Aladdin
Samurai Shodown

-NES-
Zelda
Zelda II
Super Mario / Duck Hunt
Mario 2
Mario 3
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior IV
Dragon Spirit
Rad Racer II
Star Wars
Star Tropics
Vegas Dream
Othello
Maniac Mansion
Friday the 13th
Jaws
Gauntlet II
Mega MAn 3
Solstice
Dr. Mario
Silent Service
Wizards and Warriors III

-N64-
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mario 64
Mario Kart 64

An N64 3 Rumble Packs, Memory Packs, Controllers, SNES controllers, NES Controllers etc, and a massive collection of Nintendo Power Magazines and Strategy guides that are in mint condition.

In fact, Everything is spotless, no dirt, gunk, not even scratches on the game stickers, its amazing.

Theres more to the list, but I mixed them into what I have and would have to look more.

The bizarre thing is, the day before I bought earthbound, I had a dream that I found it at a garage sale. I would have never of walked over there either, but my mother needed help loading a dresser she bought from her into my dad's truck to take home. All that and this was on a sunday afternoon after some of those games were sitting out in the open for sale for 2 days.

I cant believe my luck, I never get lucky EVER! I just thought I would share this incredible story with you guys.

Keep on hunting and asking around, you would be amazed at where games are just laying around.

[cityside75]

Congrats on the awesome find. It's kind of nice to think that this poor man who suffered at least had these awesome games to take his mind off of things. It's good that they are going to someone who will appreciate them!

[FxMercenary]

Congrats on the awesome find. It's kind of nice to think that this poor man who suffered at least had these awesome games to take his mind off of things. It's good that they are going to someone who will appreciate them!

so true, and when I have a kid(s) they will too! ( under close adult supervision of course, no access to the boxes or manuals tho for them! )

Whats crazy, is that she said there are more in her garage somewhere, and she will keep bringing them to me as she finds them, its like an adrenaline rush every time theres a knock at the door.

Yesterday she brought the NES games over, who knows whats next!

[Videogamerdaryll]

Yes,Congrats on the awesome find!!!!!

Thanks for telling about it...

[evil_genius]

All my neighbors ever gave me was dirty looks

[boatofcar]

Pics please!

[PapaStu]

**shimmied to What's it Worth forum**

[Kevincal]

Did you not let this lady know that she was basically handing you over a thousand dollars worth of goods? :/ Sorry but hooking up some crap for her doesn't exactly sound like thousands of dollars worth of work. ;) If she's rich, fine. But otherwise, that's just wrong not telling her what it's worth!

Her husband would be rolling in his grave if he knew she gave that stuff away for free!!! Probably cost him A COUPLE thousand if he bought that stuff new...

[Eric Dude]

Lighten up, Captain Morality. Obviously it's worth nothing to the lady, and you don't know the situation. Maybe she feels better giving it away to a neighbor than she does trying to hock all of her late husband's old stuff. Think before ye judge.

[Kevincal]

No SANE person just gives away $1000 worth of stuff! ESPECIALLY IN THIS ECONOMY!!! Not even FAMILY MEMBERS give each other $100, let alone $1000... I would put money on the fact that she probably had no idea how much the stuff was worth. Maybe she knew what it cost new, but didn't realize most of those games held their value over the years INCREDIBLY well. And I'm sure she knew some RPG strategy guides go for $50-100 LOL... Get real. She got took. I would never do that to anyone unless they were filthy rich.

She probably thought the stuff was worth $50-100 at most...

[Eric Dude]

No SANE person just gives away $1000 worth of stuff! ESPECIALLY IN THIS ECONOMY!!! Not even FAMILY MEMBERS give each other $100, let alone $1000... I would put money on the fact that she probably had no idea how much the stuff was worth. Maybe she knew what it cost new, but didn't realize most of those games held their value over the years INCREDIBLY well. And I'm sure she knew some RPG strategy guides go for $50-100 LOL... Get real. She got took. I would never do that to anyone unless they were filthy rich.

She probably thought the stuff was worth $50-100 at most...

First of all, if you're going to use a trite argument along the lines of "NOBODY GIEVS AWAY THOUNDSAN OF DOLLARS OF VIDEOGAMES IN THIS ECONOMY!@@!", then I'm going to counter with "Nobody is paying top dollar for vintage video games in THIS economy." I certainly know I'm not on eBay looking to pay the "going price" for sought after games.

So that brings me to my next point: They're only worth that much if you have the connections and/or know-how to sell them at your collector's estimated value. There is NO SINGLE PLACE ON EARTH short of eBay where she would've gotten $1000 for that stuff. Any used game store would give her peanuts without thinking twice about it. And to a lot of people, selling things on eBay is a huge pain in the ass.

So yeah, lighten up and stop being overly judgemental. What do you do, go around to garage sales, and tell people "Oh dear me, that item is worth much more than what you've written on this little bit of tape here! Let me just fix that!".

[Kevincal]

NO, any yahoo can throw that stuff on ebay and make $1000 EASY, even in this economy.

And are you kidding? EBAY IS THE STANDARD for videogames and has been for YEARS now! EVERYBODY knows about eBay, even old people..

And I don't give a fuck if I come off as overly MORAL. IS THAT SO WRONG? TO BE FAIR? My god, no wonder our society is FUCKED... Everyone thinks like you guys, its OK to rip off old ladies, cus everyone else is ripping everyone else off.... RIGHT? And no I never go to garage sales and if I did and someone tried to sell me this stuff for a FRACTION of what I KNEW it was worth, I'd be HAPPY to tell them and infact would work out a deal with them where I sold the stuff on eBay and kept a small portion for myself and gave them what their stuff was worth!!!

Basically I fucking hate how everyone thinks its ok to rip people off these days. It's happening more and more. I EARN my money by doing WORK. There's too many damned people out there doing jack shit and making loads of money. That's why our economy is so screwed. The biggest corporations at the top have royally screwed things up and its all worked its way down...

[The 1 2 P]

All my neighbors ever gave me was dirty looks

Thats better than a restraining order:wink 2:

[Dark_Sol]

Amazing deal!
And yes it's just a deal. Same deal could be bought off ebay for example when some noob lists a tonn of rare games with a low BIN and someone jumps in and buys within minutes. So the moral question is all off-place here.

[Tupin]

Amazing deal.

[The Shawn]

Um yeah, Pics please.

[Sailorneorune]

Not a bad deal - you helped her do something she couldn't do on her own, and in return you got some games that no one there would play.

[smork]

Great find!

I'm not sure what's up with Mr Wet Blanket above. Nice old lady wanted to give some stuff to her kindly neighbor --it's great to see people aren't just mercenary and thinking of profit all the time.

Here's the deal -- when you've got the detritus of your loved one's life you generally aren't thinking of profit, you want to make sure someone appreciates it. My father had alot of stuff when he died - but my sister and I went through it all, decided to share it 99% of it with those who needed it by donating to local charities or someone who would appreciate the various items.

I can't imagine someone looking at their husband of decade's stuff and saying "let's see how much I can profit off this!" Rich or not rich has got nothing to do with it.

[Bojay1997]

NO, any yahoo can throw that stuff on ebay and make $1000 EASY, even in this economy.

And are you kidding? EBAY IS THE STANDARD for videogames and has been for YEARS now! EVERYBODY knows about eBay, even old people..

And I don't give a fuck if I come off as overly MORAL. IS THAT SO WRONG? TO BE FAIR? My god, no wonder our society is FUCKED... Everyone thinks like you guys, its OK to rip off old ladies, cus everyone else is ripping everyone else off.... RIGHT? And no I never go to garage sales and if I did and someone tried to sell me this stuff for a FRACTION of what I KNEW it was worth, I'd be HAPPY to tell them and infact would work out a deal with them where I sold the stuff on eBay and kept a small portion for myself and gave them what their stuff was worth!!!

Basically I fucking hate how everyone thinks its ok to rip people off these days. It's happening more and more. I EARN my money by doing WORK. There's too many damned people out there doing jack shit and making loads of money. That's why our economy is so screwed. The biggest corporations at the top have royally screwed things up and its all worked its way down...

Oh, so you see going to garage sales as an opportunity to rip people off by becoming some kind of broker for their stuff? Why not do that for free instead of expecting a reward? Give me a break. It's one thing if the original poster ran a store and somebody came in and asked what something was worth and he lied to get them for nothing, but as someone else pointed out, when you lose someone you love, it's good to know what they are passionate about is going to someone who cares. For example, my dad belongs to a wooden ship modelers guild and one of the first things that happens after a member passes away is that their widow typically brings their unstarted or unfinished models and all their tools (which sell for hundreds or in some cases thousands of dollars new) in to the meeting and they have an auction. The items sell for literally pennies on the dollar, but really that's the point. Even my dad who is hopefully many years away from passing talks about how he wants his stuff to be disposed of in the same way. Could I put his stuff on Ebay and make a lot more money that way? Sure, but I'd rather know that someone else is getting the same enjoyment out of it that he did.

Not everyone wants the hassle of using Ebay and not everyone is driven by money in life. It's sad that you judge other people as harshly as you do, but I guess that's your issue to deal with as I can't imagine what it's like for you to live such a tortured existence.

[cityside75]

NO, any yahoo can throw that stuff on ebay and make $1000 EASY, even in this economy.

And are you kidding? EBAY IS THE STANDARD for videogames and has been for YEARS now! EVERYBODY knows about eBay, even old people..

And I don't give a fuck if I come off as overly MORAL. IS THAT SO WRONG? TO BE FAIR? My god, no wonder our society is FUCKED... Everyone thinks like you guys, its OK to rip off old ladies, cus everyone else is ripping everyone else off.... RIGHT? And no I never go to garage sales and if I did and someone tried to sell me this stuff for a FRACTION of what I KNEW it was worth, I'd be HAPPY to tell them and infact would work out a deal with them where I sold the stuff on eBay and kept a small portion for myself and gave them what their stuff was worth!!!

Basically I fucking hate how everyone thinks its ok to rip people off these days. It's happening more and more. I EARN my money by doing WORK. There's too many damned people out there doing jack shit and making loads of money. That's why our economy is so screwed. The biggest corporations at the top have royally screwed things up and its all worked its way down...

The OP has said nothing about turning around and selling these games on ebay at all. In fact, I think he's made it quite clear that he's NOT planning on doing that. So in essence, he's done her some favors, and she's returned that by giving him some things that she wants to get rid of and he really values. Sounds like a pretty nice deal both ways to me.

By your logic, there can be no "finds" in the "wild" since it becomes our moral imperative to inform any seller of the true ebay value of the "find" and to offer to assist them in getting said value if we don't wish to pay it ourselves. Additionally, a store owner like Joe would also be immoral, as he buys games at below market value in order to turn around and make a <shudder> PROFIT.

Seems kind of twisted to me, but then I've made some incredible finds at garage sales as well without a guilty conscience so I may be just as bad as those evil CEO's poisoning our society. ;)

[carlcarlson]

Pics or I don't believe, same as the Earthbound (which we never got pics of).

[Joe West]

im glad i have my boots on, it's alot easier to take..............."could this happen Yes" Do i believe it.........................NO.......

only true answer: Pictures, Pictures, Pictures....

[jcalder8]

Pics or I don't believe, same as the Earthbound (which we never got pics of).
Exactly what I was thinking

[evil_genius]

Thats better than a restraining order:wink 2:

Did I forget to mention they give me dirty looks as I am looking through their bedroom window?


The OP has said nothing about turning around and selling these games on ebay at all. In fact, I think he's made it quite clear that he's NOT planning on doing that. So in essence, he's done her some favors, and she's returned that by giving him some things that she wants to get rid of and he really values. Sounds like a pretty nice deal both ways to me.

By your logic, there can be no "finds" in the "wild" since it becomes our moral imperative to inform any seller of the true ebay value of the "find" and to offer to assist them in getting said value if we don't wish to pay it ourselves. Additionally, a store owner like Joe would also be immoral, as he buys games at below market value in order to turn around and make a <shudder> PROFIT.

Seems kind of twisted to me, but then I've made some incredible finds at garage sales as well without a guilty conscience so I may be just as bad as those evil CEO's poisoning our society. ;)

I couldn't agree with this more. It's called capitalism and it's an American way of life. You buy something cheap and sell it for more than you paid for it, what an idea. Which is not even the case here since the OP sounds like he plans on keeping this stuff.


Get real. She got took. I would never do that to anyone unless they were filthy rich..

So it's wrong and an awful thing to do unless the otehr person has worked hard enough in their life to become wealthy. In that case it's not wrong at all.

[megasdkirby]

Pics or I don't believe, same as the Earthbound (which we never got pics of).

Agreed.

Specially after the GF/Motorcycle fiasco...

[FxMercenary]

Did you not let this lady know that she was basically handing you over a thousand dollars worth of goods? :/ Sorry but hooking up some crap for her doesn't exactly sound like thousands of dollars worth of work. ;) If she's rich, fine. But otherwise, that's just wrong not telling her what it's worth!

Her husband would be rolling in his grave if he knew she gave that stuff away for free!!! Probably cost him A COUPLE thousand if he bought that stuff new...

I tried to give her money, she refused on all 4 occasions she brought a pile over.

[FxMercenary]

Pics or I don't believe, same as the Earthbound (which we never got pics of).

ill do this now, stand by

[The Shawn]

Maybe you can Borrow the old lady's polaroid and scan a picture?

Edit: Oh I see your gonna take one, I'll stand bye and eat my words.

[skaar]

Of course now you have to save over or delete a dead guy's saved games... bad karma, man.

[FxMercenary]

Whatever, I dont know what your problem is, I offered her money every time she found some, and she refused. Maybe she is glad that they are going to someone she knows who will play them? They were at her garage sale for a quarter a piece and nobody wanted them, they would have ended up at the end of her driveway in a trash can, just like the rest of the stuff she did not sell.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/thedjnikki/pict2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/thedjnikki/pict1.jpg

[Kevincal]

Amazing deal!
And yes it's just a deal. Same deal could be bought off ebay for example when some noob lists a tonn of rare games with a low BIN and someone jumps in and buys within minutes. So the moral question is all off-place here.

BULL SHIT. I've never ONCE in the many years I've been on eBay read of someone getting a lot of videogames worth $1,000 for not even $100. Not ONCE...


Not a bad deal - you helped her do something she couldn't do on her own, and in return you got some games that no one there would play.

Ok, so hooking up some electronics for maybe an hour or 2 is worth $1,000 to you? You must be a lawyer...


Great find!

I'm not sure what's up with Mr Wet Blanket above. Nice old lady wanted to give some stuff to her kindly neighbor --it's great to see people aren't just mercenary and thinking of profit all the time.

Here's the deal -- when you've got the detritus of your loved one's life you generally aren't thinking of profit, you want to make sure someone appreciates it. My father had alot of stuff when he died - but my sister and I went through it all, decided to share it 99% of it with those who needed it by donating to local charities or someone who would appreciate the various items.

I can't imagine someone looking at their husband of decade's stuff and saying "let's see how much I can profit off this!" Rich or not rich has got nothing to do with it.

Well gee, who's profiting by not telling this lady exactly what this stuff is worth? Surely not she... The reason this bugs me so much is because this is a lot of money we are talking about. $1,000 is not chump change. A lot of people could live on that for a month! The whole point is, I'm 98% sure this lady had ZERO idea this stuff was valuable.


Oh, so you see going to garage sales as an opportunity to rip people off by becoming some kind of broker for their stuff? Why not do that for free instead of expecting a reward? Give me a break. It's one thing if the original poster ran a store and somebody came in and asked what something was worth and he lied to get them for nothing, but as someone else pointed out, when you lose someone you love, it's good to know what they are passionate about is going to someone who cares. For example, my dad belongs to a wooden ship modelers guild and one of the first things that happens after a member passes away is that their widow typically brings their unstarted or unfinished models and all their tools (which sell for hundreds or in some cases thousands of dollars new) in to the meeting and they have an auction. The items sell for literally pennies on the dollar, but really that's the point. Even my dad who is hopefully many years away from passing talks about how he wants his stuff to be disposed of in the same way. Could I put his stuff on Ebay and make a lot more money that way? Sure, but I'd rather know that someone else is getting the same enjoyment out of it that he did.

Not everyone wants the hassle of using Ebay and not everyone is driven by money in life. It's sad that you judge other people as harshly as you do, but I guess that's your issue to deal with as I can't imagine what it's like for you to live such a tortured existence.

Ok so lets say I sold the stuff on ebay for $1000. I keep $100, give her $900. You're telling me that's worse than this guy not telling her what this stuff is worth and keeping all $1000 worth of games! LOVE YOUR LOGIC... Maybe you are well off and don't understand what it's like living paycheck to paycheck, but unfortunately money is important for those of us who don't have much of it. Because without money, you're screwed! And I live a hell of a lot less tortured existance than most people. You have no idea. ;)


The OP has said nothing about turning around and selling these games on ebay at all. In fact, I think he's made it quite clear that he's NOT planning on doing that. So in essence, he's done her some favors, and she's returned that by giving him some things that she wants to get rid of and he really values. Sounds like a pretty nice deal both ways to me.

By your logic, there can be no "finds" in the "wild" since it becomes our moral imperative to inform any seller of the true ebay value of the "find" and to offer to assist them in getting said value if we don't wish to pay it ourselves. Additionally, a store owner like Joe would also be immoral, as he buys games at below market value in order to turn around and make a <shudder> PROFIT.

Seems kind of twisted to me, but then I've made some incredible finds at garage sales as well without a guilty conscience so I may be just as bad as those evil CEO's poisoning our society. ;)

I can understand if you pick up a game worth $50 for $5 in the wild. But for cases like this when we are talking about THOUSANDS of dollars, I say it's totally wrong not informing the person. This guy is a videogame collector after all, he knows what it's worth. I bet he didn't tell her that. ;) I know how you guys get your good deals in the wild, just play stupid, "Oh ya, I like videogames, like that Sega Nintendo thing?" The difference with the Digit Press store is, someone like me who knows what most games are worth would NEVER trade my games in there... Just like I would NEVER trade my car in at dealership. Some people don't mind getting ripped off of their hard earned money... I DO!!!


Did I forget to mention they give me dirty looks as I am looking through their bedroom window?



I couldn't agree with this more. It's called capitalism and it's an American way of life. You buy something cheap and sell it for more than you paid for it, what an idea. Which is not even the case here since the OP sounds like he plans on keeping this stuff.



So it's wrong and an awful thing to do unless the otehr person has worked hard enough in their life to become wealthy. In that case it's not wrong at all.

Nope, there's a line when Capitalism is SUPPOSED to end, and GREED takes over... This is just plain greedy in my mind. And MOST wealthy people were born into WEALTHY families and did jack shit to earn the money they have... Mommy and daddy put them through the most expensive colleges and then they go to work for daddies company etc. It's the truth. The hardest working people in the world get paid the LEAST. Whereas the people who do mostly JACK SHIT get paid the most!!! Look at a house, for example. My father used to be a carpenter until his back gave out. He made decent money, $25 an hour. Worked his ass off. So then some jackass REALTOR comes around 20 years later and sells the house he helped built, and they make $25,000 just for a few days or weeks worth of selling the house, which involves pushing some damn paper around and not really doing any REAL Work. So she makes as much as him in a week as he does in 6+ MONTHS of back-breaking work. GET MY POINT? That's why America is fucked and is going downhill fast, because this is the way of things. We have a BROKEN system...


I tried to give her money, she refused on all 4 occasions she brought a pile over.

Well you should have said that originally... I wouldn't have gotten SO bent out of shape. ;) But how much money exactly did you offer her? And you DID know this stuff was worth an enormous amount of money, correct? Did it even cross your mind to tell her what it was worth? Do you really think she had any idea its worth!?

You even admitted you felt guilty for Earthbound, ONE GAME... So I mean, multiply that by 50-100 and that's what you got!

I would have atleast told her it was worth $500, and said I'd give her $250. You'd still be walking away with a hell of a deal. Just a few of those SNES RPG's with their strat. guides are worth that!

[carlcarlson]

Sexy pictures

Well there you go, freaking nice find man. The Chrono Trigger box alone would make my day. Congratulations.

[FxMercenary]

I offered her 20 bucks every time, she didnt want money for them. She knew i collected and played old video games, shes seen my game room. She was just being nice. One person's trash is another's treasure.

I dont feel guilty at all. If I were to put them all up on ebay the day after i got them all, yes i would feel guilty. But I am keeping them, because i like playing them.

I would never pay that much money for old games, mainly because I cant afford it, im not rich.

Link related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOEanPuHfqo&feature=related

People exploit others for profit every day in this country, I am glad I got them for near nothing rather than someone else, because I am not sellign them, therefore I am not making any type of profit.

[Kevincal]

Chrono Trigger Complete ALONE sells for $250+ on ebay... Go to the 2:40 mark in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ua76lv43VM&feature=related

Not feeling just a little guilty? I would... If you asked her what she thought this one game was worth, she'd probably say "$5-$10 MAX" ...

And you offering her only $20 surely reaffirmed her beliefs that this stuff was not worth that much. When in reality it IS... Face it, you ripped off this lady and you know it... ;) Oh well "good for you" I guess, cus that's what everyone else is saying right? I swear I think I'm from another planet sometimes...

[Eric Dude]

I tried to give her money, she refused on all 4 occasions she brought a pile over.

Hmmm, maybe a certain asshole was just a little too quick to judge you... I'm sure he doesn't care though. This guy is seeing red, and isn't making a damn bit of sense at this point.

KEVINCAL. IT IS NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. It is a perceived value, and a decent amount of work would have to go into turning it into THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. Get over it. Christ.

[FxMercenary]

Chrono Trigger Complete ALONE sells for $250+ on ebay... Go to the 2:40 mark in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ua76lv43VM&feature=related

Not feeling just a little guilty? I would... If you asked her what she though this one game was worth, she'd probably say "$5-$10 MAX" ...

i could buy chrono trigger boxed complete on ebay right now for $95.00

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chrono-Trigger-CIB-Complete-SNES-Super-Nintendo_W0QQitemZ270289567734QQcmdZViewItemQQptZV ideo_Games?hash=item270289567734&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A131 8

No, I dont feel guilty, They were a gift.
I would however feel sick to my stomach if I paid $100.00 for a super nintendo game, hence the reason alot of people in my income range go bargain hunting at garage sales and flea markets.

People go hunting for cheap stuff all the time, only to turn around and sell it at a profit.

Do you work for a company? Does it sell stuff for exactly what it paid for it??? No? It tries tor profit? You should feel guilty.

Im not selling them, no guilt here.

[j1e]

FxMercenary: Wooooooooooooooooooooooooow.........like Ben Stein :)

[Bojay1997]

Chrono Trigger Complete ALONE sells for $250+ on ebay... Go to the 2:40 mark in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ua76lv43VM&feature=related

Not feeling just a little guilty? I would... If you asked her what she thought this one game was worth, she'd probably say "$5-$10 MAX" ...

And you offering her only $20 surely reaffirmed her beliefs that this stuff was not worth that much. When in reality it IS... Face it, you ripped off this lady and you know it... ;) Oh well "good for you" I guess, cus that's what everyone else is saying right? I swear I think I'm from another planet sometimes...

I'm sorry, but you are way over the line here. I can think of dozens of times when I have gotten incredible deals on Ebay including 500 sealed/new/mint 3do import games for around $100 shipped and lots of rare sealed games with a BIN simply because I was lucky enough to be doing the right search at the right time. I can also think of lots of times when I have been at a swap meet or a thrift store and found really rare items that could have been sold for tons more on Ebay and now they reside in my collection. On the other hand, there have been times when I have purchased something at a premium on Ebay and a few months later, dozens of similar examples pop up at far lower prices. Heck, the owner and creator of this very website often posts about buying rare games from people that come to his store and in one case, I recall him selling a sealed Chrono Trigger for well over $1,000. Was it his obligation to split that money with the person that sold it to him for far less?

Contrary to your assertion, it's not anyone's obligation as a video game enthusiast or reseller for that matter to protect the uninformed or perpetuate the myth that older games are worth incredible amounts of money. Sometimes games sell for a lot and sometimes they don't. Games also have different values to different people. For example, I wouldn't pay more than a few dollars for one of those competition carts for the NES because I'm from an older generation and I don't remember anything about the competitions and therefore the carts and other items used in them are meaningless to me. Having said that, I realize that people pay thousands of dollars for them and that on any given day on Ebay, they may sell for that much.

In any event, nobody was ripped off here. A woman was able to clear her house of some junk that is now going to be enjoyed by someone who will appreciate it as much as her husband did. It's not like these are collector's pieces, these were games he played that he happened to keep in nice condition. Of course, most of them are loose and frankly aren't worth that much anyway. But, you don't care about that since you're just upset that someone benefitted from the kindness of a neighbor. You really should look into some therapy since you apparently didn't get much love or kindness as a child.

[evil_genius]

I don't know you Kevincal (I think we might have traded once) but I find it very hard to believe that if your neighbor came to your door with a box of rare CIB SNES RPGs and they're matching strategy guides and say "Hey do you want this stuff? It was my husbands and it has just been sitting in the garage and I don't want to hang onto it any longer," that you would say no. Then inform that person this stuff is worth alot of money to certain people in other states and to sell them on eBay (which she may or may not know how to use). If you would then I guess you're not like me. Because I would gladly take that stuff off her hands and not think twice about it or feel guilty. The main thing here is that noone is being harmed by this whole situation and people can't figure out why you're upset.

In regards to your statement about rich families and the rich brats they raise. You're stereotyping rich people. If someone's father or mother or their grandparents earned a fortune then it belongs to that family. The point I am trying to make is rich people don't get rich by not working for it. You're just coming off real bitter right now.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I think maybe she thought her husband would've liked to see his games go to another player after he passed on.

Although...

I wouldn't dare play these games. I'd be afraid of wiping his saved games. :\

[jcalder8]

Thanks for the pics,
Awesome find btw.

I know I would have offered money but if she just wants it gone then why push it.

[Buyatari]

So you see a sealed Stadium Events at a flee market and the person wants $5 for it. You say "no I insist on paying you the full market value of this item" and whip out $10,000..........

Give me a break.

[The 1 2 P]

Nice pics and now I believe the story. I once got a huge game lot on craigs list for $150. After keeping the stuff I wanted I resold the rest thru ebay and here and I made around $1,000 for it, but that took many months and several auctions/side deals. The dude that sold them to me was a gamer and knew what they were worth, but he obviously didn't want to put the work in because he just wanted to get rid of them.

In the case of this story I think the women was just glad that her husbands things were going to someone that appreciated them. I'm not sure why Kevincal thinks you ripped her off because she seemed pretty happy with the situation. You aren't jealous are you Kev?

[aaron7]

I WAS going to post another +1 pics or it didn't happen... but now that I see pics... I'm a 90% believer (could be anyone's pics lol)

If you truely did get them for 25c... congrats, find of the century!



<all of it>

Stuff it Kevincal, seriously. No one wants to hear your moral tirades. The old lady is happy, and that's all that matters.

I seriously doubt you go to yard sales and pay way more than the asking price for everything because it makes you feel good. Shit, if I did that I wouldn't have HALF the stuff I have right now. I paid $6 for my Caltron 6-in-1 at a flea market... and sold it here on the forums for a nice profit. Did I feel bad? Nope. That's how you make money sometimes... lol

[Igorr]

Yeah, I dont know why people are saying you ripped her off at all. HER fault for giving you that stuff.

Hell, IF I walked up to a garage sale and saw a box of stuff like that for .25 a piece I would have bought it in a heart beat, and to be TOTALLY honest, MOST if not all of it would have been on EBAY that night. I am not a collector of most of that stuff so, BYE BYE to it for me, and Hello cash!

I used to live in DC, or right outside of it, went to TONS of Flea Markets/Yard Sales/Thrift Stores and SOld tons of stuff on ebay from it.

Why would I offer the person at the garage sale MORE than their asking price?? EVEN if I knew whats its worth? That would be totally FRIGGIN Stupid on my part.

I am a HUGE Masters of the Universe collector. I Bought a heman bike on ebay for 225. About two months later, I won the same bike for 15.00. UMm, yeah. I sold that bike to a fellow collector (whom I didnt know) on ebay for 250 or so. Wrong of me?? I dont think so, I just called it smart.

I found something that I had, but didnt need, got it at a great price and sold it to another person for a huge profit. Welcome to the good old USA!

[skaar]

There's no fault. She gave him something she thought he'd enjoy and that her husband would probably be fine with him having.

Assigning dollar values to everything is why people are all so damned petty these days. Can't someone just do a nice thing for someone else once in awhile without people second guessing it?

Let the guy be happy. He didn't do anything wrong. If the lady was hard up for cash or losing the house, then he can do a nice thing and sell stuff to help HER out. What goes around and all that.

Yeesh.

[geneshifter]

This thread is a delightful trainwreck :)

[boatofcar]

Agreed.

Specially after the GF/Motorcycle fiasco...

Make way for captain hyperbole!

Great find, FX. Don't let Kevincal get you down.

[jonjandran]

Well I would say congrats but instead I call BS.

Let's see on Sept 6 you give us a story like this :

i just scored earthbound for snes at my neighbors garage sale for a quarter lol.

i bought it, walked inside my house, and screamed for joy.

I also got a stack of snes rpgs like lufia 2 brain lord, and some n64 games like ocarina of time, majoras mask, mario 64 and a bunch of others all for a quarter each.

tons of nintendo powers and strat guides, the whole stack for a dollar.


Now the story has changed to this :

Last month, she decided to have a garage sale, her garage is massive, and at the time she had the sale, she only went through about 10% of the stuff she had.

A few weeks ago, I made a post about how I had stumbled onto a copy of Earthbound for .25 cents, this was the place I got it, but little did I know, it was just the tip of the iceberg...

I knew what Earthbound was worth, so I felt a little guilty about it, even though I had absolutely no plans on selling it, so I befriended her a little in the "Tech Support" kind of way, helping her hook things up to her TV, setting up her HD, VCR, DVD player and other odds and ends, a couple weeks later she mentioned that there might be more of that "old video game crap" her husband used to play and said she would do some digging in the garage. What she found... was astonishing... A pile of RPGs for the NES, SNES, and N64.


So which was it?

Did you get all the games on the Yard sale day, or did you get them "weeks later" .

And why did it take 2 1/2 months to take pics.

When stories change 99.9% of the time it means people are lying.

[darkslime]

^pwnt.

[ANONPLOX]

I'm sorry, but you are way over the line here. I can think of dozens of times when I have gotten incredible deals on Ebay including 500 sealed/new/mint 3do import games for around $100 shipped and lots of rare sealed games with a BIN simply because I was lucky enough to be doing the right search at the right time. I can also think of lots of times when I have been at a swap meet or a thrift store and found really rare items that could have been sold for tons more on Ebay and now they reside in my collection. On the other hand, there have been times when I have purchased something at a premium on Ebay and a few months later, dozens of similar examples pop up at far lower prices. Heck, the owner and creator of this very website often posts about buying rare games from people that come to his store and in one case, I recall him selling a sealed Chrono Trigger for well over $1,000. Was it his obligation to split that money with the person that sold it to him for far less?

Contrary to your assertion, it's not anyone's obligation as a video game enthusiast or reseller for that matter to protect the uninformed or perpetuate the myth that older games are worth incredible amounts of money. Sometimes games sell for a lot and sometimes they don't. Games also have different values to different people. For example, I wouldn't pay more than a few dollars for one of those competition carts for the NES because I'm from an older generation and I don't remember anything about the competitions and therefore the carts and other items used in them are meaningless to me. Having said that, I realize that people pay thousands of dollars for them and that on any given day on Ebay, they may sell for that much.

In any event, nobody was ripped off here. A woman was able to clear her house of some junk that is now going to be enjoyed by someone who will appreciate it as much as her husband did. It's not like these are collector's pieces, these were games he played that he happened to keep in nice condition. Of course, most of them are loose and frankly aren't worth that much anyway. But, you don't care about that since you're just upset that someone benefitted from the kindness of a neighbor. You really should look into some therapy since you apparently didn't get much love or kindness as a child.

Great now im gona burn money on gas to find goodwills, thrifts, flea markets ETC. every damn 2 weeks im gona sell off something i know might turn a profit but im only there to buy stuff im probly 98% of the time gona keep and play. Also it would be kinda cool to see someone selling Neo Geo games at one of these places, christ imagine the stuff id get dirt cheap and not even wana turn a profit especially since I just recently (2 months ago) picked up my first NEO AES so im tryin to build a collection before i sell any of it.

[FxMercenary]

Well I would say congrats but instead I call BS.

Let's see on Sept 6 you give us a story like this :


Now the story has changed to this :


So which was it?

Did you get all the games on the Yard sale day, or did you get them "weeks later" .

And why did it take 2 1/2 months to take pics.

When stories change 99.9% of the time it means people are lying.

i got about 8 of them on the day of the sale, including the n64 ones, then i got some more she found a week later, the nthe day before yesterday, i got the NES titles from her. She is remodeling her garage ( closing in the back area for a laundry room.

i got them in 4 waves, and hopefully there is more to come

[PentiumMMX]

*Stares at FxMercenary angerly*

[eskobar]

No, I dont feel guilty, They were a gift.
I would however feel sick to my stomach if I paid $100.00 for a super nintendo game, hence the reason alot of people in my income range go bargain hunting at garage sales and flea markets.

People go hunting for cheap stuff all the time, only to turn around and sell it at a profit.

Do you work for a company? Does it sell stuff for exactly what it paid for it??? No? It tries tor profit? You should feel guilty.

Im not selling them, no guilt here.


Man, do not ever feel guilty for this situation. The argument of KEVINCAL is irrelevant and is frankly an stupid one ... now it can be bad to accept a gift if it is expensive because you are ripping off your friend ...

There are many times that i have gotten pretty good deals on many stores and i can now FEEL BAD when i paid a low price ... :sob:

Get a Life


P.S. : I remember that i gave to one of my closest friends a STAR WARS vintage collection last year ... the collection had mexican Lily Ledy and Kenners, plus almost complete set of the U.S. edition. I can get easily 2,000 usd for that collection.

I am gonna send him a paypal invoice for that money because he ripped me off ..... hahahaha

[The 1 2 P]

You know, this thread is starting to sound like a bad suspense thriller. Oh well, in before the lock.

[super nes]

And I don't give a fuck if I come off as overly MORAL. IS THAT SO WRONG? TO BE FAIR? My god, no wonder our society is FUCKED... Everyone thinks like you guys, its OK to rip off old ladies, cus everyone else is ripping everyone else off.... RIGHT? And no I never go to garage sales and if I did and someone tried to sell me this stuff for a FRACTION of what I KNEW it was worth, I'd be HAPPY to tell them and infact would work out a deal with them where I sold the stuff on eBay and kept a small portion for myself and gave them what their stuff was worth!!!
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[jsiucho]

I have manage to score great deals on Ebay, and am not talking about getting a $50 game for $35. One example: I hit BIN on a comic book for $5, then I ask the seller if he had more of the same book, I score 3 more of the same book. Each book is worth almost $200 each. Do I fell guilty, hell no!, he got the price he wanted and I paid. Kevincal is just jealous I think. So great find and keep looking




JS

[Kevincal]

i could buy chrono trigger boxed complete on ebay right now for $95.00

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chrono-Trigger-CIB-Complete-SNES-Super-Nintendo_W0QQitemZ270289567734QQcmdZViewItemQQptZV ideo_Games?hash=item270289567734&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A131 8

No, I dont feel guilty, They were a gift.
I would however feel sick to my stomach if I paid $100.00 for a super nintendo game, hence the reason alot of people in my income range go bargain hunting at garage sales and flea markets.

People go hunting for cheap stuff all the time, only to turn around and sell it at a profit.

Do you work for a company? Does it sell stuff for exactly what it paid for it??? No? It tries tor profit? You should feel guilty.

Im not selling them, no guilt here.

I work for myself and never rip anyone off. I charge the fairest prices in town! I'm a DYING BREED.............................................

And surely you might sell some or all of them SOMEDAY...

PS - Your $95 ebay Chrono Trigger has a FUCKED up box... Yours is MINT. BIG difference when we are talking about a collectors item/game such as CT...

[Kevincal]

I'm sorry, but you are way over the line here. I can think of dozens of times when I have gotten incredible deals on Ebay including 500 sealed/new/mint 3do import games for around $100 shipped and lots of rare sealed games with a BIN simply because I was lucky enough to be doing the right search at the right time. I can also think of lots of times when I have been at a swap meet or a thrift store and found really rare items that could have been sold for tons more on Ebay and now they reside in my collection. On the other hand, there have been times when I have purchased something at a premium on Ebay and a few months later, dozens of similar examples pop up at far lower prices. Heck, the owner and creator of this very website often posts about buying rare games from people that come to his store and in one case, I recall him selling a sealed Chrono Trigger for well over $1,000. Was it his obligation to split that money with the person that sold it to him for far less?

Contrary to your assertion, it's not anyone's obligation as a video game enthusiast or reseller for that matter to protect the uninformed or perpetuate the myth that older games are worth incredible amounts of money. Sometimes games sell for a lot and sometimes they don't. Games also have different values to different people. For example, I wouldn't pay more than a few dollars for one of those competition carts for the NES because I'm from an older generation and I don't remember anything about the competitions and therefore the carts and other items used in them are meaningless to me. Having said that, I realize that people pay thousands of dollars for them and that on any given day on Ebay, they may sell for that much.

In any event, nobody was ripped off here. A woman was able to clear her house of some junk that is now going to be enjoyed by someone who will appreciate it as much as her husband did. It's not like these are collector's pieces, these were games he played that he happened to keep in nice condition. Of course, most of them are loose and frankly aren't worth that much anyway. But, you don't care about that since you're just upset that someone benefitted from the kindness of a neighbor. You really should look into some therapy since you apparently didn't get much love or kindness as a child.

AHAHA. That is such a damned lie and you know it. No way in hell you got FIVE HUNDRED games for ANY damn system for $100 shipped! :D It would cost over $100 JUST TO SHIP 500 GAMES!!! NOBODY is THAT stupid... Either you are totally lying or exagerrating BIG TIME...

And PLEASE, just cus you see me getting worked up about someone ripping someone off means I had a bad childhood!? :D

[aaron7]

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[Kevincal]

It's scary to think so many of you feel perfectly comfortable knowing you're a bunch of scumbag scam artists who have no problem taking advantage of ignorant people...

And it really is a perfect example of why our society is so fucked up today.

To prove my point on this matter. I would love Fx Mercenary to go over to this ladies house right now and tell her exactly what this stuff was worth. And then see what she has to say/ her reaction. Not that we can trust Fx's story anyway as it's already been proven he's liar.

[aaron7]

Keep talking, we'll keep laughing. Give it up already. He's not a scam artist... stop being a dick about it.

Go tell everyone in the finds thread that they stole what they bought because they didn't pay retail for it if you're that bored.

[eskobar]

Keep talking, we'll keep laughing. Give it up already. He's not a scam artist... stop being a dick about it.

Go tell everyone in the finds thread that they stole what they bought because they didn't pay retail for it if you're that bored.

I do not think that everybody has $_$ a dolar on its mind when gives something as goodwill. Not everybody buys games to sell them later, games are meant for entertainment and they obviously have a price, but the price is dictated by its owner.

I have given many rare games to my friend and i do not expect anything in return, i just wanna give them to someone that can appreciate them as much as me. If they sell it after, i don't care ...

what i don't think is fair is that you question the goodwill of a person without even knowing them, a price is very subjective given this situation.

And if i meant to sell games as a business, if i purchase a sealed Persona 2 for Ps1 at 39.99 usd i do not mind selling it a $59.99 usd ... even if the game is sold on ebay (the price "standard") at 89.99 or 199.99 .... the same for any given item

[darkslime]

It's scary to think so many of you feel perfectly comfortable knowing you're a bunch of scumbag scam artists who have no problem taking advantage of ignorant people...

And it really is a perfect example of why our society is so fucked up today.

To prove my point on this matter. I would love Fx Mercenary to go over to this ladies house right now and tell her exactly what this stuff was worth. And then see what she has to say/ her reaction. Not that we can trust Fx's story anyway as it's already been proven he's liar. Here is an example.

Say, you go to a yard sale. In a box of NES games marked $1 each there is a stadium events. Would you go up to the yard sale runner, and tell him that the game is worth a few hundred dollars, or would you buy it.

I could understand how its wrong if that lady was not doing too well money-wise, but he just posted that she's remodeling her house, so she's doing fine.

And if she really wanted her money's worth she could've looked them up online, or even gone to the local game store and asked, but I think she just wanted to be nice and give them to someone.

[Kevincal]

Um, the type of people that have garage sales usually aren't the type that are too well off... And as hard as it is to believe, if some nice person was having a garage sale and there was a Stadium Events I would tell them what it was worth and sell it for them. It would make me feel a hell of a lot better than if I just kept it and had it collecting dust... Now if it was a flea market and some scumbag reseller/seller of stolen goods. I would NOT tell them what its worth. (The stadium events).

But we are talking about SURELY some nice old lady whos husband died and she has NOT A CLUE what these games are worth. I just know it... In that case it would make me feel great to tell her that I could sell some or all of these games and make big money for her, while keeping a few I wanted... It's just fucking greedy to say I WANT IT ALL!!! When you know damn well most of the shit will just sit around your house, unplayed. Whereas you could have sold some of the shit and gave the lady a nice chunk of money. Most people dont make jack shit at garage sales anyway. That would have made her YEAR to know she could get so much money for some videogames AND you could still keep some games yourself... OR just like I said, give her a few hundred bucks and keep it all. But I just couldn't see myself being able to sleep at night knowing I got all these awesome videogames for free because some nice old lady just ignorantly gave them to me not realizing she was handing me over a $1000 bill basically.

[carlcarlson]

Kevincal, I see what you're saying but honestly, I think you're wrong. The old lady was trying to do something nice for the young man who kindly helped her out. She was happy to do something for him, he was happy because he got games. Everyone wins. It's not like he is some flea-market scumbag, he genuinly wants to play and keep these games.

You made your point days ago. Now you're just being an ass. Let it go.

[Kevincal]

I could see how I am being an ass in some people's eyes, but it's because I'm mad that here I am thinking of the good intentions for this lady. Meanwhile everyone is labeling me as a pain in the ass and just saying its fine and dandy to take advantage of people. "What someone doesn't know won't hurt them" is their motto I suppose. Well I for one despise that motto because it represents one of the worst aspects of our society. That of deceiving people. For instance him offering her $20 for stuff he knows is worth $1000. THATS DECEIVING SOMEONE!!! That's why she said "just take it" cus in her mind shes thinking it's only worth maybe a bit more than that, like $50-100. And since he helped her hook up some stuff she figured in her mind everyone is ok and FAIR. WELL my point is its NOT because she was ignorant of the value of the stuff she was selling. And really, you cant sit here and say it's her fault that she didn't know what it was worth... It was her dead husbands stuff!!! Maybe thats also why I'm so pissed. Cus im thinking from her dead husbands shoes maybe. Now i bet he spent good money on this stuff and loved these games. Now SURE, he probably would want some gamer to get his games and not a reseller (UNLESS THE RESELLER GAVE HIS WIFE THE MONEY!!! ;)) So what I'm saying is, this dead guy would NOT be happy if he found out a fellow gamer deceived his wife and ended up with all his valuable games for FREE. BUT OH WAIT I forgot, its ok cus he plugged in some wires and offered her $20...

[darkslime]

I could see how I am being an ass in some people's eyes, but it's because I'm mad that here I am thinking of the good intentions for this lady. Meanwhile everyone is labeling me as a pain in the ass and just saying its fine and dandy to take advantage of people. "What someone doesn't know won't hurt them" is their motto I suppose. Well I for one despise that motto because it represents one of the worst aspects of our society. That of deceiving people. For instance him offering her $20 for stuff he knows is worth $1000. THATS DECEIVING SOMEONE!!! That's why she said "just take it" cus in her mind shes thinking it's only worth maybe a bit more than that, like $50-100. And since he helped her hook up some stuff she figured in her mind everyone is ok and FAIR. WELL my point is its NOT because she was ignorant of the value of the stuff she was selling. And really, you cant sit here and say it's her fault that she didn't know what it was worth... It was her dead husbands stuff!!! Maybe thats also why I'm so pissed. Cus im thinking from her dead husbands shoes maybe. Now i bet he spent good money on this stuff and loved these games. Now SURE, he probably would want some gamer to get his games and not a reseller (UNLESS THE RESELLER GAVE HIS WIFE THE MONEY!!! ;)) So what I'm saying is, this dead guy would NOT be happy if he found out a fellow gamer deceived his wife and ended up with all his valuable games for FREE. BUT OH WAIT I forgot, its ok cus he plugged in some wires and offered her $20... I'm kind of agreeing with you now.

[Kevincal]

OR A SIMILAR EXAMPLE THAT SHOULD HIT HOME WITH ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!

Imagine if YOU YOURSELF DIED!!! And your family had a garage sale selling $1000 worth of your games. So some game collector kid comes up to your mom (who has NO idea how much you spent on your game collection) and offers your mom $20 for the games HE KNOWS are worth $1000. AND SHE SELLS IT TO HIM... Now wouldn't that just piss you off and have you rolling in your grave!?!?! Knowing you amassed your collection over many years, scouring stores and the internet for the best (BUT FAIR) deals you could find... Working your ass off at work to save up some money for your games... And just like that, some kid could walk up and deceive and walk away with $1000 of your shit with no effort. It's not much different than thievery if you ask me. It's being a thief in a kind way I suppose.

I don't know how much money you people make, but $1000 sure as hell doesn't come easy for me...

[Kevincal]

And you cant sit there and say "OH but well ID NEVER SELL the stuff"

Now how the hell do you know that!?!? Everyone gets in a bind in life (UNLESS YOUR RICH) and sometimes there are desparate times when you are behind in your bills or whatever, AND HAVE TO SELL SHIT YOU DONT WANT TO!!! It happens to most everyone I know. It's happened to me. IT SUCKS. Having to sell stuff you dont want to. And usually what is the stuff that goes first? Things of great value such as a MIB CHRONO TRIGGER!!! Especially since every gamer knows you could get the PS version for a lot cheaper or just use an emulator (which im against) or whatever the hell..

[evil_genius]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I cannot believe the stuff your fingers are punching in your keyboard.

Firstly, my family has garage sales all the time. It's a way to get rid of shit you are sick of looking at. It doesn't mean you're not "well off."

Secondly, because someone is a reseller they are a scumbag. Wow.

Thirdly, my family knows my shit is worth a ton of money and wouldn't give it away for free.

[eskobar]

OR A SIMILAR EXAMPLE THAT SHOULD HIT HOME WITH ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!

Imagine if YOU YOURSELF DIED!!! And your family had a garage sale selling $1000 worth of your games. So some game collector kid comes up to your mom (who has NO idea how much you spent on your game collection) and offers your mom $20 for the games HE KNOWS are worth $1000. AND SHE SELLS IT TO HIM... Now wouldn't that just piss you off and have you rolling in your grave!?!?! Knowing you amassed your collection over many years, scouring stores and the internet for the best (BUT FAIR) deals you could find... Working your ass off at work to save up some money for your games... And just like that, some kid could walk up and deceive and walk away with $1000 of your shit with no effort. It's not much different than thievery if you ask me. It's being a thief in a kind way I suppose.

I don't know how much money you people make, but $1000 sure as hell doesn't come easy for me...


Kev, once you are dead you can't take nothing with you but your soul ... TO HELL WITH NUMBERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :puke:

I don't care if i sell an earthbound for $ 1usd complete if i fully enjoyed the game, the important things about videogames are the memories and hours of joy playing with your friends, not if you can sell or buy for $200 usd :S

It is very sad to see people be so greedy with videogames. I remember purchasing a FF7 at 10usd on a flea market in Mexico ... the last thing i thought of was that i got a very good deal or that i ripped off that guy .. the only thing that came to mind was playing that faboulous RPG :D

[PapaStu]

To answer your posed question Kevin, here's how i'd handle it and I've got WAY WAY WAY more than 1000 bucks worth of games.

If I kicked over, my family already know whom to go to when they were ready to 'move' that stuff. I have had this conversation with them, in the unforseen event of an untimely passing. I'm not going to saddle them with as much gaming stuff as i've got without giving them a way to move things accordingly. They don't care about it, I don't need it cluttering up their house, preventing them from moving on and getting beyond my death.
Besides, I've got a gaming wife, she very well might want to keep the stuff around for a while before she decides to do with it what she does. It is her decision to do with the games what she does, if she's in the mood to sell them and make teh 2k monies, then she knows who to talk to in order to make that happen. If she choses to give stuff away, its her perogative! Would I be sad if certain things went for 0 dollars? You bet, but you've got to remember, its just things. As long as she's happy with how they are leaving her house, thats all that really matters.

[otoko]

To answer your posed question Kevin, here's how i'd handle it and I've got WAY WAY WAY more than 1000 bucks worth of games.

If I kicked over, my family already know whom to go to when they were ready to 'move' that stuff. I have had this conversation with them, in the unforseen event of an untimely passing. I'm not going to saddle them with as much gaming stuff as i've got without giving them a way to move things accordingly. They don't care about it, I don't need it cluttering up their house, preventing them from moving on and getting beyond my death.
Besides, I've got a gaming wife, she very well might want to keep the stuff around for a while before she decides to do with it what she does. It is her decision to do with the games what she does, if she's in the mood to sell them and make teh 2k monies, then she knows who to talk to in order to make that happen. If she choses to give stuff away, its her perogative! Would I be sad if certain things went for 0 dollars? You bet, but you've got to remember, its just things. As long as she's happy with how they are leaving her house, thats all that really matters.

I agree with Papastu here.

Honestly I would not care what happened to my video games after I died. They're my hobby, not my life.

My only hope is they go somewhere where they are appreciated.

How they are transfered to that destination is of no concern of me.

[Kevincal]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I cannot believe the stuff your fingers are punching in your keyboard.

Firstly, my family has garage sales all the time. It's a way to get rid of shit you are sick of looking at. It doesn't mean you're not "well off."

Secondly, because someone is a reseller they are a scumbag. Wow.

Thirdly, my family knows my shit is worth a ton of money and wouldn't give it away for free.

No, not ALL resellers are scumbags. A whole hell of a lot of them are though. They buy shit cheap and then try to make a living off reselling at insane prices on ebay and the such. Pisses me off.

Honestly I just feel this lady deserves the money from her dead husbands games more than some guy who got lucky in finding them and took them for free out of greed. And I guess she'll never know what she REALLY gave away so I guess it is pointless for me to get all worked up.

It would be a whole hell of a different story if it was a slimeball scam artist thief reseller at a flea market that got took for a G worth of games he thought were worth $100... ;) Then I'd be like, "DUDE thats awesome you got those games for a steal!"

But, AGAIN, this is some nice neighborly lady whos husband just died we are talking about here...