June 2012 Finds

[Glitch695]

If anyone is in the Milwaukee area and wants a good laugh, head over to the Goodwill in Waukesha off 164. In their case they have a boxed Jaguar and Jaguar CD. I figured they would have them at the regular goofy pricing they always have systems at, like the Vic 20 that sat unsold for months for $50 (Which is actually gone now...), or the brick only Dreamcast for $49.99. Then I saw the price tag: $299.99! Even for both systems that would have been absurd. Imagine my surprise when they turned out to be $299.99 each! They were most certainly very used, and on top of that the games were a further $9.99 each. I had my 25% off coupon, but who in their right mind would pay $450 for a Jaguar and Jaguar CD, let alone $600?
I decided to check Ebay when I got home and sure enough this listing pops up first:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-JAGUAR...item4ab92bacee

...which I guess explains their stupid pricing for said donated materials. Also, all the loose Genesis sports games were a mere $6.99 each, a deal, really. Goodwill really reinforces my decision to donate to St. Vincent De Paul every time I go in there.
I haven't been posting my finds much this year as I have been quite busy, but that Jaguar really got me into protest mode.

I DID stop at a rummage that was selling a large stack of boxed, complete Star Wars Lego sets for only $2 each! I picked up

V-Wing Fighter
Darth Vader's Tie Fighter
Mos Eisley Cantina
A-Wing Fighter
Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle
And a few other large non Star Wars sets.

But my biggest find is yet to be posted; it's one of those that won't be believed without pictures, so as soon as I get home to my camera I will post my metaphorical giant slain white whale.

[camarotuner]

With you're coupon 225 for a boxed jaguar cd, assuming it's currently working, isn't a bad price. It's not a flippers price but if you wanted one for your collection that's what they sell for.

[Porksta]

Back from my semi-yearly trip to Houston to visit family. As always the thrift stores suck and the pawn shops are "eh". Did have some luck though. Sales tax is 6%, so I will let you guys figure it out. Not as easy as the 5% back in VA:

First pawn shop.

Dexter Season 5 (no outer sleeve) - $4
Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack - $.50
Toy Story 3 and The Hangover - $6 each

Second pawn shop:

Grindhouse - $8
Kick-Ass - $8

Thrift Store and Half-Price Books:

James Bond game thing - $1
3Oh!3 - $1
Deus Ex - $1 (I own it but just love it so much I bought a second copy)

Antique Store (of all places):

Eternal Darkness - $10
Super Smash Bros (with card) - $10
Resident Evil - $10
Same booth also had a Playstation light/sign thing. Like the signs that go on top of a shelf or a kiosk. Couldn't see the price but it was too damn heavy I couldn't lift it. Didn't bother the old lady to get a ladder since I would not have been able to ship it home anyways.

Thrift Store:

Eastbound and Down - $5.45
Requiem for a Dream - $5.45

[Baloo]

That's an awesome find on Popful Mail! That's about what I paid for my copy as well.... 2 years ago. Sega CD prices seem to be exploding recently and I haven't seen that game for under $100 in recent memory.

Same here....then I sold my copy unknowingly for $35 CIB about a month or two ago not knowing it had shot up in value like that Oh well, win some lose some.

Really nice haul at Goodwill from two days ago, didn't know some of the games so I took a few chances (Like on AD&D, Dr. Chaos, and Dragon Spirit). There were a lot of games, passed up some other stuff like Wizards and Warriors II, Scheherazade, Faxanadu, Marble Madness, two copies of Clash at Demonhead, Dick Tracy, Startropics, some other common shit. With each game at $3 apiece plus a 20% Goodwill discount card, all of these games were just $33. Went back yesterday and picked up a copy of W&W III that I had left behind, which brings my total to $35 for 15 games. Not bad, if I do say so myself.

[SparTonberry]

Wish I could find DW4 for 3 bucks.

[old_skoolin_jim]

Wish I could find DW4 for 3 bucks.

I know, right?? Awesome score, Balloo!
I got my DW4 as a gift from my awesome wife a couple birthdays ago, but I know for a fact she paid $50 for it. Maybe a tad high, but it was from a retail store in Portland, ME. She noticed me eyeing while we were visiting a few months prior, and got in touch with the store owners, had them ship it to her workplace in MA, and had it sitting in her desk for a good 4 months. Receiving it on my birthday totally knocked my socks off, because I was not expecting it in the least!
Also, I played it through to the end— probably my favorite (and most technically impressive) 8-bit RPG.

[old_skoolin_jim]

Went garage sailing last weekend and picked up everything here for a total of $81.50.

Nice haul! I've been looking for a reasonably-priced copy of DW2... let me know if you ever want to unload it.

[Guyra]

[Flashback2012]

Found a nice copy of Project Horned Owl on PS1 for $1.00 today at my local Half Price Books. I wasn't really feeling it in regards to adventuring out and about today.

[PapaStu]

Uh. Do you mean the UPC? If so, it's 0 10086 51020 1. It doesn't match the picture on MobyGames; there's no sticker on the UPC.

It looks just like this one.

The stickered one is Eidos's attempt at correcting the SKU. I'm trying to find out if they actually printed a corrected SKU (as seen on the Moby Games back insert scan) or if they didn't do a run past the ones that came with stickers. The 0 10086 51020 1 is actually the SKU for Toy Commander. (10086 is the Sega identifier portion of the SKU)

[Tokimemofan]

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!
My Anime Expo finds from yesterday

Ultima was $2
Phantasy Star IV was $10
Phantasy Star Collection was $10 (Been looking for this one complete since it came out).
Final Fantasy was marked at $80 but as the maps and charts were missing I haggled down to $50.

[killimgfloor]

PS3 80gb for $15 at Value Village. Original price was $30, but they had it ticketed as furniture, which was 50% that day. They had no way of testing it, so it was sold as is for parts. Seems to run cool and no YLOD (yet). Even if it only lasts a little while it will be still worth it. I just need to figure out what games to get.

[Collector_Gaming]

Didn't get anything but for the people who live in new hampshire they opened up a comic book shop in the mall of new hampshire and have some atari, nes, snes, n64, ps1, sms, genesis, gameboy games. and a n64 and genesis console. They are asking retail of what it would go for on ebay but maybe you can talk em down.

[plaidbrad3141]

I had my first craigslist deal yesterday. Never really messed with it much due to some of the horror stories I've heard but I did get a few decent items. Two Saturn games, The Hulk and Cyberia $5 and $3 respectively and 4 2600 games all $5 ea Death Trap, Up 'N Down, Polaris, and Spy Hunter. Mobile Suit Gundam (PS2) $5 garage sale. Super Castlevania IV (SNES) and MS. Pac-Man (N64) $15 total from a junk shop in town.

[orangest]

Three different Goodwills, three different price structures:




$1.99 each. World Fantasista is still shrinkwrapped.



$2.99 each.



$5.99 each.

[camarotuner]

No cables or controllers. Was just told today a PS2 slim ac adapter will work. Further research will be needed before I plug it in for fear or causing damage. But got this for 40. Pretty happy.

[Tokimemofan]

No cables or controllers. Was just told today a PS2 slim ac adapter will work. Further research will be needed before I plug it in for fear or causing damage. But got this for 40. Pretty happy.

Yes the PS2 AC adaptor will work, I used it on mine before I got the official one.