Why would someone donate this to Goodwill?

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I was looking at the auctions at shopgoodwill and found this package:

This is 9 Super Nintendo games, included are Chrono Trigger (no case), Lufia & The Fortress of Doom (no box), Lufia Rise Of The Sinistrals, Ultima The False Prophet, The 7th Saga, Buster Busts Loose, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Evermore and Super Mario RPG Lengend of the Seven Stars. Some of these have the booklets and some don't. They all appear to be in good condition, with chips or cracks.

Why would someone donate this treasure trove to Goodwill? The auction is already over $100, so of course I won't be buying it.

They also have a Final Fantasy package: This is 5 Final Fantasy games, 1 of them is for Super Nintendo, it is Final Fantasy 3, the others are for Playstation and they are Tactics, 9, 8 and 7. The FF3 appears to be complete and the PS versions are all black label and not Greatest Hits.

JY

[FABombjoy]

Somebody didn't.

Somebody's mom did.

[Dangerboy]

They most likely didn't, but someone else did.

My father works at a goodwill down in Florida, and he said many donations often come from deceased owners, when the caretakers have no idea what to do with any of it.

When I was still in Maryland, I stumbled upon a literal treasure trove of boxed, complete TG16 games, Genesis games, and boxed, mint accessories. After scooping them all up and talking with the manager there, they said that the donations had come from a such an occasion.

I felt bad selling some of it off for profit, but most of it has been well-loved by myself.

God knows where all this shit I own goes when I pass away.

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Someone will find an Assassin's Case at Goodwill >_>

[suckerpunch5]

They most likely didn't, but someone else did.

God knows where all this shit I own goes when I pass away.

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Someone will find an Assassin's Case at Goodwill >_>

And what is your name, so that I can start keeping up the the Chicago obits?

lol

[Mayhem]

LMAO. It'll be Kris (QoF) racing in there first I imagine

[PSerge]

I wish I could find something like that at my local Goodwill...

That is a best lot of SNES games.

[Damaniel]

I wish I could find something like that at my local Goodwill...

That is a best lot of SNES games.

Me too! (don't we all? ) Of course, now that Goodwill seems to have started shuffling anything of value off to their auction site, the chances of finding something like that in-store are pretty slim.

[lordnikon]

God knows where all this shit I own goes when I pass away.

Get burried with it! Build a Tomb like a Pharoah!

[Captain Wrong]

Why would someone donate this treasure trove to Goodwill?

Not everyone thinks this kind of stuff is treasure. To some (many?) people, it's just old junk.

[Maxx]

I haven't found anything at Goodwill in a really long time. Salvation Army on the other hand, has some good stuff from time to time.

[PapaStu]

LMAO. It'll be Kris (QoF) racing in there first I imagine

Whacha you talking about willis?!? I've gotta make good friends with his mom and family and that case is as good as mine. DB, don't worry about this side talk for your stuff. We still love you.

[Ed Oscuro]

And what is your name, so that I can start keeping up the the Chicago obits?

lol

Save yourself the trouble and push 'im into traffic :P

Actually, this is where cataloguing stuff and setting up a will comes into play. At least make sure your loved ones know what you've got is worth money (unless they're likely to be the ones pushing, in which case you DON'T name them in your will :P )

[Ed Oscuro]

Get burried with it! Build a Tomb like a Pharoah!

I'm imagining Howard Carter opening up King Tut's tomb...instead of thousand-year old stale air, that minty fresh game smell comes wafting out

[Soviet Conscript]

Get burried with it! Build a Tomb like a Pharoah!

i was gonna suggest that.

now i have this indeana jones like image of some elaborate tomb filled with video gameing treasures and of course deadly traps. perhaps there can be a pedistal with a gold nes world championship cart.

[Slate]

Darn, I wonder where that lot of games that I got in 2004 came from. (69 NES games and 3 SNES games for less than $20)

[wberdan]

i occasionally drop good stuff off at SA bins... i like the idea of 1) helping salvation army (i dont donate to goodwill) 2) giving someone else an opportunity to get something better than "combat".

[scorch56]

There IS an entirely possible scenario also.. one which no one has even suggested yet (because we're all such tightwad cynics). People DO actually.. occasionally.. do acts of charity. Maybe someone actually DID know the value of this stuff. Maybe Goodwill did something kind for them once and they may not be wealthy.. but this was the best, and easiest payback they could do.

Practically every Xmas season.. someone drops a krugeraand (sic?) into a Salvation Army kettle.. or a rare coin. I'm sure that if you found a one ounce gold piece in your kettle.. chances are it wasn't done by mistake.

I'm by no means a rich man and although I do give money to charity (especially Salvation Army because they helped my family out once.. NO questions asked).. I can't afford to give as much as I'd like.. but I donate blood regularly because I think it means more.. and quite frankly.. it's easier to give.

I'd like to think that is what happened in this case.. someone wanted to help. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Frickin' video games aren't the entire world to everybody; but to those whom they are.. quit pondering; and BID on it!

[Cryomancer]

Back when I worked at goodwill someone "donated" (read: left outside, in the rain, before hours) a Vectrex and a Dreamcast. In another weir dmoment, someone donated an Odyssey with a few games and the shotgun. Anyway the point is Vectrex is awesome, and I look sweet with that shotgun.

http://kevlargibs.net/cryomancer/P1010064.JPG

[theshizzle3000]

i occasionally drop good stuff off at SA bins... i like the idea of 1) helping salvation army (i dont donate to goodwill) 2) giving someone else an opportunity to get something better than "combat".

Yeah goodwill is not what it used to be. The problem with salvation army is that they seem to be slowly disappearing.

[willowmoon93]

Yeah goodwill is not what it used to be. The problem with salvation army is that they seem to be slowly disappearing.

No argument there. Although two weeks ago, I did find a boxed Colecovision system at Goodwill for $19.99 -- it didn't have the power supply so the manager knocked the price down to $13.99. Fortunately I had a spare power supply at home anyway so I was happy. But yeah Goodwill can be very overpriced on a lot of items instore. Or else they send the cool stuff off to their auction website which sometimes has more competitive buyers than on ebay if you can believe that.