WOW!! I wonder who donated these?

[bigdaddychester]

I was checking some auctions on goodwills website and ran across these

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=977055

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=977023

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=976968


Somewhere in america, some guy is bragging to his friends that when he goes home for Thanksgiving break, he's bringing back his swell collection of SNES games.

[maxlords]

Oh man....someone's parents wiped him or her out when they weren't looking. That HAS to be someone's collection. BTW....is it me or are the bids REALLY REALLY high on that stuff?

[downfall]

Oh man....someone's parents wiped him or her out when they weren't looking. That HAS to be someone's collection. BTW....is it me or are the bids REALLY REALLY high on that stuff?

It's not just you.

ShopGoodwill is much worse than ebay. Plus they will absolutely slaughter you with their shipping costs.

[swlovinist]

boxed Snes games, espically those ones...tickle. As time goes on, or as long as the general public sees fit, collecting video games is just going to get more expensive. The Snes is a great system, possibly one of the best playable US sytems, and the system is getting on being almost 14 years old. While Nes games have been on crack for awhile pricewise..........it has begun.
I dont think those prices are high, the games posted are the best for the system and are boxed.

[Pantechnicon]

Wow! I'm not a big SNES fan at all but that's a hella pile of games.

I have lamented in past threads about how my parents - without my consent - dumped my beloved Atari 2600 collection at a garage sale while I was in Marine boot camp. So I can imagine all too well how the poor bastard to whom these games once belonged feels :frustrated: .

You would think in this day and age Ebay that mom and dad coulda sold the collection and made some bucks. There's something almost spiteful then about having them all dumped in the bins at Goodwill.

I think the thing that bothers me most here is that the St. Paul Goodwill seems to have somebody on their staff who was able to recognize these for their actual worth (a true case of "oMg rArE!") and get them up on the auction site...broken into three categorized lots, no less. Friggin' Goodwill is getting too clever for us...

[captain nintendo]

If you break down the first link you have , thats a bargain compared to ebay.

boxed chrono = 100 easily
boxed FF2 = 70 - 90
boxed FF3 = 100

The others are just bonus.

Of course I would never pay that much :P

[Cmosfm]

Oh man....someone's parents wiped him or her out when they weren't looking. That HAS to be someone's collection. BTW....is it me or are the bids REALLY REALLY high on that stuff?

It's not just you.

ShopGoodwill is much worse than ebay. Plus they will absolutely slaughter you with their shipping costs.

Address: SC 29353 United States
Shipping: $8.56
Handling: $11.30 (5% of current price $226.00)
Total: $19.86

HOLY HELL! 19.86 to ship SEVEN SNES GAMES!

No really, those are some high prices, but they are some really nice games. Great lots, and whoever donated them will be kicking themselves in the future. Well, actually, they probably won't care.

Goodwill is insane with prices in store, actually, there not as bad as my local Salvation Army who sells Genesis and NES systems for 25.00 (used to be 5.00 last year)....I thought Thrift Stores we're meant to give down on there luck people a second chance? I thought they were supposed to provide stuff for people that can't afford it at below affordable prices? I guess there's no Salvation in the Salvation Army anymore....only greed.

[downfall]

Oh man....someone's parents wiped him or her out when they weren't looking. That HAS to be someone's collection. BTW....is it me or are the bids REALLY REALLY high on that stuff?

It's not just you.

ShopGoodwill is much worse than ebay. Plus they will absolutely slaughter you with their shipping costs.

Address: SC 29353 United States
Shipping: $8.56
Handling: $11.30 (5% of current price $226.00)
Total: $19.86

HOLY HELL! 19.86 to ship SEVEN SNES GAMES!

Exactly my point! :D

[Keir]

Where's my time machine? I remember when my local Funcoland had no less than 5 complete Chrono Triggers for $30 each.

[qbertandernie]

i think the main purpose of the salvation army stores is to generate income to help people, not necessarily to sell cheap stuff to poor people...that was goodwills business plan.

[Sanriostar]

Friggin' Goodwill is getting too clever for us...

Game collecting's not the big secret it was 5 years ago, IMO. The mainstreaming of this hobby via PS1,2 Xbox, et.al. has made it/us as common as cards or comics. Meh. I'll just wait for the collecting crash and clean up.

[swlovinist]

Places such as these make money on these auctions to help the poor. More power to them if they make alot of this games. I know as collectors we get pissed off when we cant get a rare game for cheap...Sometimes it is the collectors who are the ones who are greedy and selfish. We have all been guilty of it in one way or another.

[norkusa]

I saw these last night on Goodwill.com. I actually used to get good deals on game stuff there a few years ago, but not anymore. Downfall is right, shopgoodwill.com is soooo much worse than Ebay. People still think it's some secret website that nobody knows about, so they'll bid like crazy because they think they are getting a good deal.

The real sad thing about it is that allot of the game stuff on there is sold by Goodwill Of Grand Rapids, my hometown Goodwill. I'd still be getting great finds if it wasn't for this damn website!

[norkusa]

Places such as these make money on these auctions to help the poor. More power to them if they make alot of this games. I know as collectors we get pissed off when we cant get a rare game for cheap...Sometimes it is the collectors who are the ones who are greedy and selfish. We have all been guilty of it in one way or another.

That is such bullshit. What Goodwill does is pure exploitation, plain and simple. Companies go to them when they need help with menial labor (like sealing 100,000 baggies or something stupid like that). Goodwill then rounds up hordes of handicap and disabled people to do the work for them but only pay them a couple bucks an hour. They can get away with not paying them minimum wage because they call it "job training", so they aren't entitled to the rights of employees. If anyone is benefiting from this, it's the Goodwill board of directors who are getting rich off exploiting these people, not the poor and disabled.

[swlovinist]

sounds to me someone got a little butt hurt... :D

[norkusa]

sounds to me someone got a little butt hurt... :D

wah?

[Wookie]

Places such as these make money on these auctions to help the poor. More power to them if they make alot of this games. I know as collectors we get pissed off when we cant get a rare game for cheap...Sometimes it is the collectors who are the ones who are greedy and selfish. We have all been guilty of it in one way or another.

That is such bullshit. What Goodwill does is pure exploitation, plain and simple. Companies go to them when they need help with menial labor (like sealing 100,000 baggies or something stupid like that). Goodwill then rounds up hordes of handicap and disabled people to do the work for them but only pay them a couple bucks an hour. They can get away with not paying them minimum wage because they call it "job training", so they aren't entitled to the rights of employees. If anyone is benefiting from this, it's the Goodwill board of directors who are getting rich off exploiting these people, not the poor and disabled.

A bit of education: Goodwill is a national organization, but the actual day-to-day operations (running the stores, job training, etc) are all separate regional, not-for-profit companies. These companies pay to use the name Goodwill and share in things like common fund raising (though most do thier own fundraising as well). The practices you refer to are not representative of any Goodwill affiliate I'm familiar with, though I won't claim to know the minimum wage laws of each state (what you describe would be illegal in Washington state). If the Goodwill in your area is guilty of the exploitation you decribe, they should be reported to the national organization (www.goodwill.org). Oh, and the board members are not paid, unless they are also an employee of the company.
-Ron

[Captain Wrong]

Goodwill is insane with prices in store, actually, there not as bad as my local Salvation Army who sells Genesis and NES systems for 25.00 (used to be 5.00 last year)....I thought Thrift Stores we're meant to give down on there luck people a second chance? I thought they were supposed to provide stuff for people that can't afford it at below affordable prices? I guess there's no Salvation in the Salvation Army anymore....only greed.

About a year ago I had a discussion with the manager of a Salvation Army. I do a ton of record thrifting and LPs which have always been 99 cents she started ringing up at rather arbitrary prices based on the artist. I called her out on this, as there was NOTHING in the store indicating any price change nor were the prices marked anywhere.

Basically, what she told me was the SA HQ had decided on a new direction. That being, they were now in the "collectables" business and they were told, from corporate, to start pricing things accordingly. Long story short, neither of us were really happy with what I paid for my records that day and I haven't been back since.

So, yeah. Salvation Army is now a "collectables" store. Who'd a thunk it?

[swlovinist]

You know, I usually dont chime in on these posts, but I get sick and tired of people ranting because they cant score a rare game for pennies. THEN, the same people point the finger at a place that is trying to sell games for WHAT IT IS WORTH. I say deal with it, and dont get all bent out of shape and make some stupid accusation that makes you really sound young and ignorant. The bottom line is that games have inceased in value, and a true collector will accept that and change with the times. It just means that your games are worth more.

[maxlords]

Feh. I simply refuse to pay what a game is "worth" based on the fact that collecting it is in vogue at the time. I'll buy a game new.....or wait till the price drops. I rarely buy a "rare" game for top dollar...and I'm not about to start.

That in mind.....when a store like Goodwill tries to cash in on the collectibles market, really they're only hurting themselves because chances are, they don't have anyone working there that knows squat about said collectible and doesn't price it according to it's actual value, but instead to some arbitrary high price whether it's collectible or not, simple because it's "collectible". THAT is what I'm against. These moronic 2nd hand stores marking up crap that isn't worth money just because they think they have a clue. If I see a Chrono Trigger boxed for $40-50 in a Salvation Army....fine. If I see a Sega NBA2K for DC in the same case for $40-50....THAT is wrong.

[swlovinist]

While I have defended Goodwill on their snes game auctions(considering they are killer games), I can agree that it would get me mad if I was to see a sports title going for way more then its worth. The best defense to an overpriced game is to ask for a lower price appropriately or just dont buy. I still think though, that my scores at Goodwill/Salvation Army places outweigh...by a longshot...the overpriced things that I saw there. If I never found a game there for the rest of my life I would still be ahead...

[-hellvin-]

I saw these when they were created. Kinda laughed cause it sucks that I never walk in and find that shit and the fact that for some reason things go UNBELIEVABLY fucking high on there. I didnt look at the links but I'm sure they are the SNES lots.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

If you break down the first link you have , thats a bargain compared to ebay.

boxed chrono = 100 easily
boxed FF2 = 70 - 90
boxed FF3 = 100

The others are just bonus.

Of course I would never pay that much :P

Me wants. :eek 2:

Yeah i was think that it wasn't all to high either. Though like you i would never pay that much. Got them all almost 10 years ago anyway. :P

[FantasiaWHT]

What's a game worth?

Easy...

What somebody will pay for it :P

[Crush Crawfish]

Wow...that's some seriously good stuff there. That's actually the first time I've ever seen the box for Demon's crest. :o

[Ed Oscuro]

Oh man....someone's parents wiped him or her out when they weren't looking. That HAS to be someone's collection. BTW....is it me or are the bids REALLY REALLY high on that stuff?
Yeah...that's pretty insane. I don't know about the Final Fantasy stuff but there's no way Demon's Blazon goes for more than $20 sealed...well, maybe a bit more now that folks are starting to realize it's a great game.

[Aussie2B]

If you break down the first link you have , thats a bargain compared to ebay.

boxed chrono = 100 easily
boxed FF2 = 70 - 90
boxed FF3 = 100

The others are just bonus.

Of course I would never pay that much :P

Isn't that a tad high there? I can't say I've checked the eBay going rates that frequently, but I can't recall them ever going THAT high, at least in recent times. I was under the impression that the PSX versions eliminated some of the demand (as well as the ROMs being easily available, of course).

Not that I'm complaining, though. I still have my complete Chrono Trigger from when I got it brand new in 1996 (for 80 bucks, haha), and I got Final Fantasy 2 and 3 for free. :P

[Ed Oscuro]

Wow...that's some seriously good stuff there. That's actually the first time I've ever seen the box for Demon's crest. :o
There's one on eBay right now.

As for $100 boxed Chrono Trigger...Huh? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8123517032&rd=1) I'm sure this seller would like somebody to snatch it at that BIN price, but...

[SegaAges]

goodwill has it's ups and downs, you just have to be able to work your way around them.

i would never buy a game system (specifically a cart-based system from goodwill unless it was dirt cheap). i was actually at a local goodwill a few days back, and they were selling a complete snes in box for 39.99. the box was torn to crap, and it was in such bad shape, i am surprised everything was still in the box. that is an example of bad crap going for too much. i have had extremely good deals there before too. i can't remember the exact price, but i think it is 2.99 per cd at goodwill. the thing is this: they put ps1 games in there too. I got dragonball final bout (jap), castlevania: sotn (gh), casper, and herc's adventure all for ps1 for the grand total of under 20. 3*4 = 12. counting tax, i paid around 14 for all of those.

goodwill has definate ups and downs. as long as you can pick out of the pile things you know are worth something, than you are money. the only big problem with the goodwill i goto: the only cart games that are for sale are genesis sports games that i have no interest in.