Yeah, we had to write off the nearest PnT because anything classic was at least $5, if not at least $10. However, the next closest one has awesome prices. Definitely hit or miss.Originally Posted by Deadman
Yeah, we had to write off the nearest PnT because anything classic was at least $5, if not at least $10. However, the next closest one has awesome prices. Definitely hit or miss.
About a year ago we got our first mom & pop type game store EVER in my area. I've been to the store a grand total of 3 times over the last year and haven't bought a single thing and much of it has to do with prices on older stuff being much like your situation, $5 and up so I guess something like Bases Loaded would be $5.
No prices on anything you have to ask and the guy who then looks it up on his computer and gives you a price. He tells me that he charges what "his program" says it's worth plus shipping (or what shipping would cost you if you were buying online so I'm guessing + $4) so it always ends up being more then I could find it for online shipped. Last time I was in I checked the price on a cart only copy of Sagaia (Jap) for the GameBoy and he was asking $10 out the door, I would have bought it if it was $5.
In past trips I saw Earthbound - $85 (serious label damage) and a 2600 with a dozen games or close to for $150! I also saw Chuck Rock II cart only for the Genesis last visit and have been wanting to grab the Genesis or SNES Chuck Rock games if I saw them cheap but I would have been lucky if he was asking $5, probably would have been $7-8 and I would only want to pay $3 tops for it cart only.
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How in the hell does this guy stay in business? Id seriously like to know...
Get ready for this AMAZING FIND!!!! from Bookman's:
Lol...ok, a bunch of boring genesis sports games but I have none of them.
Bulls vs. Blazers - .25
Bill Walsh College Football - 2
Bill Walsh College Football '95 - 2
Sports Talk Baseball - 2
Rugby World Cup '95 - 3
Fifa Soccer '96 - 3
That leaves 77 left to go.
Then I picked up this at Play N Trade:
Nothing else too exciting, but I don't have these either. They got in a TON of atari carts.
Donkey Kong
Jr. Pac-Man
M.A.D.
Mouse Trap
Raquetball
Space Chase
2 bucks each. They had a blue label Demon Attack there that I passed on and now I see that label variation is somewhat uncommon so I gotta go back and pick that up. They also had about 10 Supercharger cassettes there but wouldn't sell them until they figured out a price =*(. They did put me on a "wish list" for them and said they'd call back when they know, which I hope is soon because two of them were Rabbit Transit and Survival Island! Let's hope they don't go by DP pricing, lol.
Bookman's selling something for under a dollar!? I've never seen that happen before.
My finds today:
EZ Pawn:
Boom Blox Bash Party - $10
NCAA All Play 09 Wii - $10
Grandia III - $6
Rogue Galaxy - $6
House of the Dead III - $6
Morrowind GOTY - $5
KOTOR II disc only - $5
They have a little library cart with some cheap ass (but shitty) games for a dollar or less. Bulls vs. Blazers shouldn't be more than 25 cents lol. I got the box and manual so it works even better for me. I'd stay the hell away from Mesa Bookman's, unless you like paying up the ass for stuff.
Got my Street Smart PCB in the mail today from KLOV. What an awesome game, and only $25 shipped.
That's cool. It would probably be $3 at Tucson Bookman's.
The Grant location is by far the highest priced location. Ive been finding great deals at the NW and east side stores.
I found two things today after a long dry stretch.
$.99 Zelda 2 (Cart only)
$8 Ogre Battle 64
That Gundam Wing model looks sweet, and nice find on the SE Terminator. I've got the second printing one, which does indeed suck because it doesn't have extras.
Also, congrats on the cheap Ogre Battle 64 find Giant. I'd love to find that game for <$20.
Backstory on Ogre Battle 64:
I rented it from Blockbuster one weekend (when it was only 3-day rentals). I played through the whole weekend on that game and rented it a couple extra days. Sunday night, I was only 1-2 battles away from the ending. My mom told me I needed to get off the game, and I told her I was close to the ending. She told me I had spent too much time playing it for the weekend, shut it off, and returned it.
I'll never know which ending I would've gottenI have that memory burned into my brain, and it's the only thing I think of when I see that game. I must finish that game, just to see which ending I'll get.
I've also wondered and can only assume he does alright with last gen stuff (mostly PS2 surely) and might not be doing too bad with current gen. First time I was in I asked and found out that he will only give me .25 for any NES games as long as he doesn't have it already so if that is all he is giving for anything older then he only spent about 100 total on all of the older games he has and not too much more if he only goes up to .50 or a buck for 16 32 bit stuff then he still hasen't spent too much for all of his stock that is older then last gen.
This guy also had a clothing store before that closed down recently, he actually moved into a much bigger location just around the corner recently but I don't think things are booming that much it's probably just a case of him pouring all of his money into the store.
When I was last in I didn't notice Earthbound or the 2600 bundle but I doubt he sold them (especially around my area) for the asking prices I quoted especially with the 2600.
Here's a photo of yesterday's finds.
And today's finds...
Star Control 1+2 CD = $1
Windows 2000 Professional CIB - $5
Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Resident Evil 2, Fighters Megamix were $5 each.
The PS1 games were all in a pile of random PS1 sports games. I got a bargain because the guy who was there likes me because I bought a Lynyrd Skynyrd CD a while back. RE2 includes some sort of Funcoland phone card. That was weird.
Fighters Megamix is damn minty fresh, other than your standard Saturn manual storage warping. They had several sports games, Robotica, that crap Criticom game, Bust-A-Move 2, and I forget what else for $5 each. So I bought the only game I wanted. The same booth also had... a SNES with a Game Doctor II for $40. The GDII seemed beat up, but it was complete (the cart slot was taped over for some reason, wtf). The guy also had eight random Super Famicom games: Dragon Ball Z Shin Butouden 3, Street Fighter II, Super Double Dragon, a Goemon game, a Turtles game (probably TMNT IV), a bootleg cart, and I forget what else. I'm considering buying the GDII, but... eh.
Anyone interested in it?
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Big day today at Play N Trade!
Total after tax? $14.94.
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JESUS, Geddon D:
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Nice little grab there. The Play N Trade up the road from me closed up a few months ago, but they had idiotic prices on loose CDs, like one disc copy of Lunar for the Sega-CD was $65. Went out of my way a few years ago to their Outerbanks, NC store in Nags Head (50 miles away) and that was a complete bust. All the ones around here within 20 miles aren't any good either. I've had best luck with their store in Richmond, VA that's nearly 200 miles away, bought a dozen items from there in the past. They had a Neo-Geo AES come in but they hadn't priced it because they were waiting on the seller to bring in the games. That one gets some good movement due to being in the capital and around a large college.
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That makes me miss a local Play N Trade that closed up recently (along with every other PNT in the Portland area, unfortunately). It was a pretty good place to find uncommon NES games - nothing as rare as Little Samson, but I scored a few titles that I hadn't seen in the wild in quite some time, including Kiwi Kraze, Bucky O' Hare, Krazy Kreatures, G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor, and Bartman meets Radioactive Man. Most of their NES games were $2.99 each.
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