Quote Originally Posted by Gameguy View Post
Anyway, I used to find lots of stuff a few years ago at thrift stores but not so much lately. I used to go almost daily, but now maybe once a week and I pretty much come out empty handed. Either people aren't donating as much good stuff now, or other people beat me to it. I remember years ago getting handfuls of NES games pretty regularly.
Just look at the How Much Is It Worth? thread here to see why. "I only bought this to flip it." "How much do you think I can get for this on eBay?" People scoop up anything game related at thrift stores regardless of whether they actually want the stuff or not, and then sell it on eBay. "It's how I can afford to buy stuff for my collection". Personally, if I don't want something, I leave it alone. Maybe someone who'll come in after me will be looking for that particular game. I could be greedy and scrape every thrift store clean of video game related gear, but I know that I get mad when I hit the same thrifts repeatedly and there's never anything there because all the eBay speculators have wiped the shelves out before I got there. I want to be considerate to the other patrons. Consideration is one of those things that seems to be dying out in our society.