Flack
06-03-2004, 10:54 PM
The daycare my son attends is closed this week. That's forced my wife and I to each take two days of vacation -- we're alternating days off. On Tuesday, I took my 2 1/2 year old son to see Shrek 2, and to one of our local arcades. Today, I didn't really have a plan, so after eating pizza and playing games for lunch, I decided to drive across town and visit my mom for the afternoon.
On the way there I noticed I was low on gas, so I pulled into a gas station. While I was filling up I noticed I was next door to a thrift store. I'd been to this thrift store several times before I just gave up on them. I'd never once seen as much as a Combat cart there. Their electronics section is always filled with old 12" PC monitors and badly yellowed desktop computers. But, since I had the day off, I decided to swing in "just in case".
Most of the thrift stores around here have all the gaming stuff locked up in glass counters near the cash registers. As I walked in I saw about 10 Sega Genesis games (boxed) and about 4 NES games (open). The Genesis titles were Sonic 2, Jurassic Park, and 8 sports titles. The NES were Mario and Boxing. I figured that was going to be it.
When I started down the electronics aisle, the first thing I saw was a SNES (the later, smaller style). $8. I didn't have one of that style so I picked it up. Underneath it was a Sega Genesis. No cables, but only $2. I threw that in the cart as well.
On the computer aisle, there was a complete Apple IIe, with dual disk drives and a monitor for $1.98. Score!
I took all my treasure up to the front, and as the cashier was ringing everything up she suddenly stopped. Then she turned around to the shelves behind her (I hadn't even noticed them) and said, "would you be interested in this?" It was a complete Sega Genesis IN THE BOX. $10!!!
All of this from a place that I didn't think was going to have anything!
This isn't just another "look what I bought" thread. It's a reminder to NEVER QUIT LOOKING! Never give up the search! This particular thrift store has been dry everytime I've gone to it, but I'm sure glad I gave it one more chance! The one I went to last week where I got 22 Atari 2600 games ($1 each) is also usually dry. On the other hand, the two places that ALWAYS have stuff had nothing this week. Keep looking, keep shopping, and never lose hope -- good deals are still out there! Just because the last 20 garage sales didn't have anything doesn't mean the next one won't!
That's one of the most exciting things to me about this hobby. You never know what the next adventure will yield!
On the way there I noticed I was low on gas, so I pulled into a gas station. While I was filling up I noticed I was next door to a thrift store. I'd been to this thrift store several times before I just gave up on them. I'd never once seen as much as a Combat cart there. Their electronics section is always filled with old 12" PC monitors and badly yellowed desktop computers. But, since I had the day off, I decided to swing in "just in case".
Most of the thrift stores around here have all the gaming stuff locked up in glass counters near the cash registers. As I walked in I saw about 10 Sega Genesis games (boxed) and about 4 NES games (open). The Genesis titles were Sonic 2, Jurassic Park, and 8 sports titles. The NES were Mario and Boxing. I figured that was going to be it.
When I started down the electronics aisle, the first thing I saw was a SNES (the later, smaller style). $8. I didn't have one of that style so I picked it up. Underneath it was a Sega Genesis. No cables, but only $2. I threw that in the cart as well.
On the computer aisle, there was a complete Apple IIe, with dual disk drives and a monitor for $1.98. Score!
I took all my treasure up to the front, and as the cashier was ringing everything up she suddenly stopped. Then she turned around to the shelves behind her (I hadn't even noticed them) and said, "would you be interested in this?" It was a complete Sega Genesis IN THE BOX. $10!!!
All of this from a place that I didn't think was going to have anything!
This isn't just another "look what I bought" thread. It's a reminder to NEVER QUIT LOOKING! Never give up the search! This particular thrift store has been dry everytime I've gone to it, but I'm sure glad I gave it one more chance! The one I went to last week where I got 22 Atari 2600 games ($1 each) is also usually dry. On the other hand, the two places that ALWAYS have stuff had nothing this week. Keep looking, keep shopping, and never lose hope -- good deals are still out there! Just because the last 20 garage sales didn't have anything doesn't mean the next one won't!
That's one of the most exciting things to me about this hobby. You never know what the next adventure will yield!