Flea Market's best and worsts

[dra600n]

I never understood why the What's it Worth section is in with the Marketplace stuff. What's it Worth doesn't need to be hidden like that. Seems like every week we have some new user coming in posting a thread like this, and most times it leads to a bunch of flames telling that person to go find the right place. Well, if they can't see it how are they supposed to know? At least this thread didn't turn into a flame war.

I am thankful that this didn't turn into a thread war... and I wasn't trying to make it a "what it's worth" thread... more like a "what good deals and bad deals have you found at flea markets and small mom and pop shops" thread. I just decided that it'd be easier to wait it out to see the hidden forums than bitch about it...after all, I'm a n00b here

Well I found Donkey Kong Country 2 for 95$ and Yoshi's Island for 65$ (both loose). Great prices. A lot of other common games for 55$+, too. Wow. I wanted to put everything on fire.

I never have chance at my local flea market. Everything is a little overpriced. Or very overpriced in some cases... when I try to offer normal prices, I get this : "It's so rare, and the best of the system ! So no, it's THAT price, not yours."
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I HATE that at flea markets. I told a vendor there "if it's so rare, why are they selling it for $X and they have 3 of them?" When they ask "then why do you want this copy?" I say "Because yours is in better shape so I'd offer you a few dollars more", which most of the time is true, but sometimes I do just say that. If they deny me, I'll go back to the other spot where I saw it, walk by and hold it up and say "see?" and in 2 months, they still haven't sold it. I love how these scum of the earth flea market vendors think they're so much smarter than us hobbyists/collectors. Unless you've got some deep pockets and need that one cart to finish a collection, nobody in their right mind will pay for it IMO