February 2008 Finds

[Porksta]

Great deal I found on Craigslist, for $100:

I'm still waiting for a find like that.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Holy Christ that is one sweet find. D:

Ah. I only found this today:



$2. The seller didn't have a clue what this was. Apparently they got stuff from a Chinese person... The Donkey Kong box has a sticker in Chinese, so it must've been an import. They also had a first generation Konami DDR Pad for the PS1, original Japanese release, in box. I didn't buy it, it was too bulky...

[BIGMIKE]

picked this beauty up on the cheap

these too

[Blitzwing256]

Holy Christ that is one sweet find. D:

Ah. I only found this today:



$2. The seller didn't have a clue what this was. Apparently they got stuff from a Chinese person... The Donkey Kong box has a sticker in Chinese, so it must've been an import. They also had a first generation Konami DDR Pad for the PS1, original Japanese release, in box. I didn't buy it, it was too bulky...

I know the japanese version isn't too hard to find (compared to the us version), but if you're interested in selling the mario rpg I'm looking for a copy :-)

[thetoxicone]

Nothing amazing but a few items I wanted for some time now:

Tony Hawk Project 8 (xbox) - 9.99
Final Fantasy 5 (gba) - 9.99

and I took advantage of the 3 for $20 used dvd deal at Blockbuster and picked up these wwe ppv's (mainly for the blockbuster exclusive bonus discs)

No Mercy
Summerslam
Great American Bash

[Cornelius]

What would you have paid for this, given you were in the market for one? Its the 60gig. Picked it up off Craigslist, been waiting for a good deal to come along. Rainbow 6, madden, and Fight night will be for sale if anyone is interested. (The cats, obviously, are priceless, but were only interested in the deal, not actually a part of it).

[carlcarlson]

What would you have paid for this, given you were in the market for one?

Without doing the math, maybe $500? I know it's worth more than that, but most of the games don't appeal to me. I bet the ebay price is maybe $700 (again, without doing the math).

[walrusmonger]

Considering I paid $600 for my 60gb ps3, $60 for my copies of Resistance, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted and Fight Night, and $50 for my extra controller, if you paid anything between $400 and $600 I think you got a great deal.

[Cornelius]

cool! I paid 450. I was 90% sure that was a good deal, but since I haven't been following the used market on the new systems at all (well, other than wiis always being offered for 350) until this week, I wasn't positive. I knew I could at least recoup the costs if I had to sell it all again. Full disclosure, though, the guy said one controller doesn't work. I'm giving it a full charge right now, then I'll see if there is something I can do about it.

[Goodwill Hunter]

They dropped the prices on some of the next gen stuff at the Goodwill in New Berlin, WI:

PS3 Eye of Judgment w/camera and deck $24.99 (rather beat-up packaging, though)

360 Scene It! w/4 controllers $19.99

360 Viva Pinata Party Animals $19.99

360 Mass Effect $24.99

I picked up a 360 Scene It! bundle...Party Animals was new to the mix, and there were still 10 copies of Mass Effect left...enjoy!

Rich

[ScourDX]

Stuff I got over weekend.



I also got Final Fantasy Advent Children UMD which is missing in the photo.

[carlcarlson]

cool! I paid 450. I was 90% sure that was a good deal, but since I haven't been following the used market on the new systems at all (well, other than wiis always being offered for 350) until this week, I wasn't positive. I knew I could at least recoup the costs if I had to sell it all again. Full disclosure, though, the guy said one controller doesn't work. I'm giving it a full charge right now, then I'll see if there is something I can do about it.

I'd say it's safe to say you made a killing. Congrats!

[josekortez]

I hit a Goodwill today:

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (NES, loose) - $2.25
Ferrari Grand Prix (NES, loose) - $2.25
Jimmy Connors Tennis (NES, loose) - $2.25
Tiny Toon Adventures 2 (NES, loose) - $2.25

Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape CD - $3.25
The Karate Kid DVD - $3.25

OH CRAP - Jimmy Connors is an R6. The DP online guide calls it one of the rarer licensed games!!! JACKPOT!!!

And Ferrari and Tiny Toons 2 are both R5s. YEAH!!!

[InsaneDavid]

I hit a Goodwill today:

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (NES, loose) - $2.25
Ferrari Grand Prix (NES, loose) - $2.25
Jimmy Connors Tennis (NES, loose) - $2.25
Tiny Toon Adventures 2 (NES, loose) - $2.25

OH CRAP - Jimmy Connors is an R6. The DP online guide calls it one of the rarer licensed games!!! JACKPOT!!!

And Ferrari and Tiny Toons 2 are both R5s. YEAH!!!

And Barker Bill's Trick Shooting is the most entertaining in the lot - at least to me. My all time favorite lightgun game.

[josekortez]

And Barker Bill's Trick Shooting is the most entertaining in the lot - at least to me. My all time favorite lightgun game.

Yeah, they had others (the first Dragon Warrior, John Elway & Tecmo NBA Basketball to name a few) but I figured I better go for the ones I hadn't ever seen in the wild before. I'm glad I did.

[ecresto]

FINDS FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS ....

[Xexyz]

FINDS FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS ....

Deja Vu? We saw that part four days ago.

[ecresto]

oops i must of forgot i posted that thanks alot . my fault

[walrusmonger]

Since I never seem to find games worth putting here, I like to post whatever random crap I sometimes find.

My current odditiy is a Nylon Schott Perfecto 118 jacket. Said to be a Euro sample, further research indicates that this is a style that was produced in 1995. I will try to find more information if possible, but silver ballistic nylon motorcycle jackets don't pop up on ebay every day

[EricDeLee]

From my current finds last week or two:

Vectrex! Finally a good score! I haven't had one in a while. (Although... I do have Alien Brigade coming to my house with 40 other atari games... for only $20. Sometimes craigslist is really cool!)


I just picked up the box from UPS an hour ago. (I missed them when they delivered it earlier.

The games did not include instructions. Darn! Oh Well... Like I mentioned... I can't be picky. I just added up the loose cart value from DP... it was nearly $500
WOW!

But all of the games have the screen overlays. The boxes are in pretty good shape. The more rare games that is.... are in great shape.

The console... in a way, it made it. And in a way... it didn't. The controller is in good shape. It does not self center in one direction. I'll take care of that though with the surplus of Combat 2600 carts that I have. The console itself? Well... I fired it up and it works. No issues at all. The buzz is bad, but that's fairly normal. But... I noticed that the top part of the screen/tube can be pushed in. Seems as though something wasn't right on the inside. So I unplugged it and opened the sucker up. A few of the MAIN support posts and screw posts broke during shipping. So cosmetically from the INSIDE... it is jacked up a bit. But the outside looks great. I happen to have another Vectrex in the garage that the video goes out on from time to time. You have to whack the side of the Vectrex to get it to work again. I think it is a bad solder... I just don't know where to look. Perhaps the four colored wires? I could swap the innards and make a really nice machine for one of them. And sell the other for parts. Either way... I'm still very very happy with the purchase. The real value was the games in this lot.

I traded a brand new PStwo and the new Spyro game for it. I think I had a pretty good deal there!

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Craiglist ad:

This is a vintage Vectrex system with one controller, Screen Unit in excellent conditon, 21 games including cartridges and screen sheets, all but one game has a box. Boxes are intact, some show wear from use. Any questions please ask. Will consider a ps2 along with a lower price as trade.

• Scramble (no box)
• Blitz!
• Webwars
• Cosmic Chasm
• Spike
• Fortriss of Norzod
• Hyperchase
• Rip off
• Star Castle
• Spinball
• Bedlam
• Starhawk
• Space Wars
• Armor Attack
• Berzerk
• Star Trek Motion Picture
• Heads Up
• Polor Rescue
• Poll Position
• Solar Quest
• Clean Sweep

I also got a great deal on a pair of Ultimate Ear headphones/earphones. Original price: $199
I got them brand new for $23. (Store had them marked 75% off... and then an additional 50% off of that. I'm waiting for them to do this with the 5 factory sealed PS1 Dragon Warrior VII games I see on the shelf)