June 2010 Finds

[skaar]

I like when stories come with finds, myself.

[jcalder8]

I like when stories come with finds, myself.

Stories can be good but for me it's all about the prices.

[Andred]

Picked up a couple games at mediocre prices today. I grabbed them because I've never seen them in the wild before.

North & South (NES, cart only) - $12.99
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (DC, complete & vg condition) - $16.99

[BetaWolf47]

Here are my sealed game finds, including yesterday's. I wish FamicomFreak would've spared me one of those Castlevania III's...




$80 total.

Here's the story: I saw an ad for a "new" Gargoyle's Quest 2 on craigslist for $20. I contacted and eventually met with them. They got their game from a box. Curious, I looked to see what was else in the box. This is what I saw:
Holy. Fuck. I almost fainted.
I only had the cash on me for a few games, so I only ended up getting 5. Of all times to be broke...

Their prices are bizarre though. They want $5, $10, $15, $20, and $30 for most of the games, but for those copies of NES Open and Wizards & Warriors 3, they wanted $50 and $60.

[Ryaan1234]

A few things today, perhaps not worth pictures. If I find a good amount at the flea market I'll throw this stuff into the picture:

Sim City 2000 (PSX), The Next Tetris (PSX), and Mario Kart 64 - $1 a piece
IBM Model M keyboard - $1

And that's it. I'm excited about the Model M. I'll probably try it out on my computer sometime today.

[jeffg]

what about that GI Joe game, neither of you guys got that one?

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flea Market....

Probably the Dryest I've ever seen it of game stuff compaired to the amount of vendors..Again Lots and lots of bikes..Then even had one of the electric dirtbikes I love so much for $50.00 but the battery was completely dead...
One guy had a load of Atari stuff,two units and around 40 common banged up games(all piled in a bin)..He kept saying how old and hard to get it was so I didn't even ask a price as he didn't throw one out there...another vendon had an Nes SP,no charger,untested $25.00

What bought..
Bike Chain Cleaner $3.00
Microvision Game stuff $2.00

Water World VHS,50 cent..The vendor was HOT so I scooted my single Dad over to buy the movie from her.

.......
Final Fantasy VII (was three then they jammed me for $5.00-I bought it as I want to see it with another I have(ebay)
My dad bought a few items off them,Rifle Scope ..



The same vendor I bought the Game from I bought the Bike below..
..Was $50.00 offered $40.00 and got it...(Sons got another bike now,I lost count,I love bikes I had a bunch when I was a kid so now I spoil them..




So.
We were done ready to leave,I'm pushing on the side of my Dad with the Bike and an older guy with a rough full beard comes up to us and grabs the handle bar of the bike and says "That's My Bike"..He's angry and wants the bike.I'm like HUH?..whoa wait...
He says where'd you get it,where'd you get it it's mine...I felt like I just fell into a scam,fely gulty.... and I think he thought I was going to hand it over like a kid giving it up..
..Thinking to myself,oh man I bought a bike and it's stolen,but wait I just got it a few minutes ago, this guys older then me,it's a kids bike..This is some BS,hold on....

I said I bought it from a vendor over there. he asked where?..He then says> "but It's my Bike"...He kept giving me the stare and holding on to the handlebar like as if I was going to hand it over..
He then says,did you buy it from the Spansh guy over there (he was spanish too)..>ah,the questions are changing since I didn't give it to him,...
..He's still holding on to the bike and I'm not letting go..

I said well I don't know if he was spanish but he's located over there-The biggest truck...(he says again well it's my bike..just staring at me holding on to it in wait...
He asks,.How much did you pay for it...

So I said well I'm not giving it up,If you want it then we are going back and I'm getting my money back.Lets go!!..I'm in a spot at this point...this guy has no proof it's his bike and it's in my possession..I'm not giving it up and if he tries to force me off it at this point I'm going to break his face..(call security whatever,I'm not losing my money no way..

He lets go,turns and walks away.

.....I'm so shooken up ...baffled... my tempers rising,....what just happened...

I told my dad wait here,I went up and around..took a look at the guy walked right into the vendors spot and sat down...He was with them all the time,either he was trying to scam me or they have problems selling things within but next time I see them I have some choice words for them..

It needs a good cleaning..I took it to the garage and did some adjustments on it..

[BetaWolf47]

what about that GI Joe game, neither of you guys got that one?

Hmm, if I remember correctly, FamicomFreak told me they wanted $80 for it. Why that one specifically though?

[Porksta]

Yup.

[Videogamerdaryll]

WALMART

$20 and $7

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

EVEN the memory card holders? There should be two in there.

The package only comes with 1 memory card holder out of the 3 different versions available.

JY

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Super dry day for finds.
All I got was a sealed Journeyman Trilogy for PC, Dino Crisis 2 for PS1 and a Super Game Boy

[The Shawn]

Went to the annual fund raising yard sale at the highschool today.

All I could manage to find was a crusty PS1 memory card for fifty cents and a somewhat cool looking lighted xbox game holder cd-rack...thingy.

Camera is shot right now but it seems to hold 10 disks with cd doors and has a power strip on the back with the original black/green xbox colors.

Kinda cool, it was only a buck so what to hell.

EDIT: found a pic of it online, http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CBIQ8wIwAw

[garagesaleking!!]

That thing looks like some product designer just got carried away. A sick deal for a $1 though. Reading what it does I cant even fully understand it. What is it, temperature controlled disc storage lol

[The Shawn]

That thing looks like some product designer just got carried away. A sick deal for a $1 though. Reading what it does I cant even fully understand it. What is it, temperature controlled disc storage lol

I dunno yet, all I know is it has a surge protector on it and it lights up and stores loose xbox games, so it's going out in the garage with my beer fridge and 32" CRT TV and xbox.

[Kyle15]

The package only comes with 1 memory card holder out of the 3 different versions available.

JY

Oh yeah, that's right. Thanks for the clarification.

Anyway, I finally drove the hour required to get to the Cullman flea market after not having been since early March. I've had some pretty cool deals come out of there, but nothing spectacular today.

-Silpheed: The Lost Planet (Complete, $5) ~Brings my Treasure collection to 13!

The guy I bought that from has a little shop down the road in an old gas station food mart. I took a trip of course; they're one of the only shops close by with PS1 games and older. Low and behold, I actually found something GREAT today.



It is complete and in wonderful condition. They had it marked at $24.99 and let me have it for twenty. Now I have something else to cross-out on my Playstation want list!

[NCN]

After a long dry spell, I found something worth smiling over. For my upcoming birthday (Tuesday), I bought myself a NIB Retro Duo Twin console. I've wanted one for quite some time but they're always $40 and up.

I landed the blue/white system for $28. Woohoo!

[Nionel]

Hit up some neighborhood garage sales before work this morning, the first place I stopped was the only one that had anything of merit, but it was really all I could ask for. They had a copy of Grandia for only $ .50, it's missing the manual but for the price I couldn't really complain, especially since the local used game store charges $30 for the game used. I think this easily ranks up there as one of my best finds ever, I'm gonna try to hit some more garage sales tomorrow and hope I can score at least one more good find.

[BetaWolf47]

Hey guys, anyone know the values of my 5 sealed NES games? I want to know if any of them are worth under $50, because I want to open a cheap one. I've never had the pleasure of opening an NES game.

[jeffg]

Isolated warrior isn't worth that much, same thing with remote control, there are ones on ebay for under $40 that haven't sold
i am pretty sure shatterhand isn't worth over $40 also