December 2008 Finds

[Porksta]

I was looking through the local thrifts trying to find something for a christmas party, when I spotted something familiar sticking out of a box. I pulled it out and found myself holding an giant sized Shadow the Hedgehog doll. The reason why it looked familiar is because I already own a regular sized version of this plush. Anyway, it was three bucks so I bought him.

In the next thrift I went to I found SUIKODEN II mixed in with the music cds. But here's the crappy part: somebody stole the @$%&* game disc!!! The cashier let me have the case and manual for free, but still, I'm ticked off that someone would rip off a thrift store!

Happens all the time. It really is a travesty.

[Nitrosport]

I was looking through the local thrifts trying to find something for a christmas party, when I spotted something familiar sticking out of a box. I pulled it out and found myself holding an giant sized Shadow the Hedgehog doll. The reason why it looked familiar is because I already own a regular sized version of this plush. Anyway, it was three bucks so I bought him.

In the next thrift I went to I found SUIKODEN II mixed in with the music cds. But here's the crappy part: somebody stole the @$%&* game disc!!! The cashier let me have the case and manual for free, but still, I'm ticked off that someone would rip off a thrift store!

That's happened to me a few times but at flea markets. It sucks when you pick up something rare only to find out the disk or cartridge is missing.

[InsaneDavid]

Were just dropped off tonight, video game sneakers...



...stupid vendor sent me way more than I agreed to order but only charged me for what I agreed to. The invoice in the box is correct to what I ordered / paid and everything was properly checked off and signed out. I figure it's good karma paying me back after the moron went back on our original agreement. This is mostly leftovers (again, I was sent way more than I eventually ended up requesting) from what I bought for family and friends for Christmas. I'll have a Buying and Selling thread for this up after work tomorrow evening.

[Porksta]

^^ Please tell me you have at least one size 14.

[jcalder8]

^^ Please tell me you have at least one size 14.

Ooh ooh and a 10

[youruglyclone]

air combat 6 360 flightstick free, from a friend now to find a copy of ace combat 6

[allyourbase]

I'm going through a rough stretch here lately. Middle Tennessee is nasty right now on games:

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes NES $4.99
Pinball NES $Free
Little League Baseball NES $Free
River City Ransom NES$4.99
Ultima: the false prophet SNES $9.99
Rad Racer NES $2.99

Part of a local Buy 2 get 1 sale... I've been itching to get some new titles that I actually WANT, but prices have been outrageous! Saw a beat up cart only copy of Lufia and the Fortress of Doom- $59.99. same store had both Super Mario World and Megaman X for 39.99 each. can't catch a break, plus the thrifts are drying up lately too. better luck next weekend

[The 1 2 P]

I wish the Gamestops around here had half the available titles that you guys seem to find. The only gb and gbc games my Gamestop's have are Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen type crap.

[TheRealist50]

I wish the Gamestops around here had half the available titles that you guys seem to find. The only gb and gbc games my Gamestop's have are Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen type crap.

I hear that. The gamestop here also has just those games...I'm utterly shocked that nobody has snatched these gems up yet.

[SegaAges]

V.Smile in Box with 1 game (some soccer game) for $21 shipped

I also got another N-Gage QD complete with 10 games for $70 from a DPer.

[Daft Punk]

Got my playstation hockey jersey from ebay .99 plus shipping from canada = $14 They overcharged shipping by $4.

[j1e]

Damn, how much all those tats cost ya, man?

[Daft Punk]

Damn, how much all those tats cost ya, man?

A lot and still not done. My Mario sleeve is $1000 deep already for 20+ hours

[Sudo]

Picked up the Limited Edition of Prince of Persia for the PS3 today.

[Tupin]

Came home to find a Sega Genesis Power Base Converter from a fellow DP'er for $15 shipped.

Oh, and Gamestops have a lot of good Gameboy games around here, but the rare ones are like $9 each. They are desperate enough to be saying that they want to get rid of them, but not desperate enough to lower the prices.

[darkslime]

Came home to find a Sega Genesis Power Base Converter from a fellow DP'er for $15 shipped.

Oh, and Gamestops have a lot of good Gameboy games around here, but the rare ones are like $9 each. They are desperate enough to be saying that they want to get rid of them, but not desperate enough to lower the prices.

All gbc and gb games are 75% off at gamestop, so they're actually a couple bucks each.

[Kitsune Sniper]

The Space Bar, the Mickey Mouse Game & Watch and the Videosuite 7 thing were $6 for all.
The Nam game was $2.
The Office 97 was $5.

I also found this for cheap...


Pictured: Saturn deck, Nights control pad, S-Video cable (came in box), 1MB Ram cart, 1 MB Memory Cart. Not pictured: A Saturn Multitap (also silver colored). I suspect that the previous owner painted the system somehow. The bottom of the system is silver... including the Saturn warnings. The thing works fine, but it's Japanese. I have no Saturn games so I can't test it, but the backup cart has a TON of Japanese game saves on it, including Ys, Dead or Alive, and Nights....

[bangtango]

I wish the Gamestops around here had half the available titles that you guys seem to find. The only gb and gbc games my Gamestop's have are Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen type crap.

It could be worse. My nearest Gamestop is fresh out of all GB and GBC stuff. I'm not even sure it all sold, though. So I don't think anybody picked it clean before I could make it in.

What those assholes from this particular Gamestop location tend to do is ship stuff of this nature to other (bigger) Gamestop stores, which is just what they did with their last remaining PS1 and N64 games when those were put on a final clearance. We don't even get a chance to take full advantage of a lot of their 75% off sales.

I could have lived with Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen GBC garbage for $1 a pop.

[Daft Punk]

Just picked up a broken i-pod of craigslist for free. Guy tried to replace the battery and broke some parts off the board.

[Tupin]

Just picked up a broken i-pod of craigslist for free. Guy tried to replace the battery and broke some parts off the board.

How does that happen?