Official 2009 Yard Sale Thread

[chimpster1313]

went to a yard sale this morning. was able to get for a CIF $9:

An Ascii Controller (fairly beat up, will test later today). Here is a picture of what it looks like.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/surpluscomputers_1946_12169307

Also got a blue Sega Game Gear (which apparently are fairly rare) and 3 games (Aladdin, Sonic 2, Sonic and Chaos).

For $9, and after seeing what that Game Gear is worth, I was happy.

[Bubbakja]

Also got a blue Sega Game Gear (which apparently are fairly rare) and 3 games (Aladdin, Sonic 2, Sonic and Chaos).

For $9, and after seeing what that Game Gear is worth, I was happy.


Is that the EA Sports game gear? I think I remember that one. I found my old one when i was at my parents house and digging thru an old closet. I can't believe how crappy the screen is compared to modern systems.

[chimpster1313]

Is that the EA Sports game gear? I think I remember that one. I found my old one when i was at my parents house and digging thru an old closet. I can't believe how crappy the screen is compared to modern systems.

i think so. yeah, the screen is TERRIBLE. i tested this one, and there's a teeny bit of screen interference at the top, almost like burn in, but it doesn't really effect gameplay. i just need to get an ac adapted, because i'm not wasting 6 GD batteries on this thing every 2 hours.

[PotatoGuy]

all i picked up after looking all day sat was 3 2600 games and a nes controller all for a buck.

night driver
home run
combat

stopped at one and i about shit my pants at how many games one sale had. after flipping through the snes games i started to notice price tags on everything. snes games were at much as 40 bucks and low as 20. same with nes and everything else. i asked the dude if everything was priced as marked and he said yah. when leaveing i told him his prices were a joke, then he told me to get the hell out.
fun.
fucking asshole.

[Sinnbox]

all i picked up after looking all day sat was 3 2600 games and a nes controller all for a buck.

night driver
home run
combat

stopped at one and i about shit my pants at how many games one sale had. after flipping through the snes games i started to notice price tags on everything. snes games were at much as 40 bucks and low as 20. same with nes and everything else. i asked the dude if everything was priced as marked and he said yah. when leaveing i told him his prices were a joke, then he told me to get the hell out.
fun.
fucking asshole.

Lol sometimes if you drop a benjamin on someone like that they will give in, I Cif'd a $100 bill to a similar seller last year, he then gave me games that he had priced for a total of $500+, and his were right at market value. I was happy.

P.S. I am starting to dislike unemployed CAG's that get their unemployment check and use it to buy out all the games in town as I am working on Fridays!!

[Bubbakja]

i think so. yeah, the screen is TERRIBLE. i tested this one, and there's a teeny bit of screen interference at the top, almost like burn in, but it doesn't really effect gameplay. i just need to get an ac adapted, because i'm not wasting 6 GD batteries on this thing every 2 hours.


Yea, that made me regret getting a GG instead of a GB, even if it was in color. I eventually got the battery packs but those things were huge to. I'm gonna show it to my kids when they are complaining that they don't have the newest nintendo dsi^2 or whatever in 10 years and tell them what I had to use.

Sadly I have better finds digging in my old closet then I do at garage sales. All I found this weekend was a bunch of $10 gc games like prime and whatnot. After 4 years I still am waiting for the day of a big score, unfortunately I live in a small community that is tech/geek centric and most probably throw it on ebay.

[erehwon]

Yea, that made me regret getting a GG instead of a GB, even if it was in color. I eventually got the battery packs but those things were huge to. I'm gonna show it to my kids when they are complaining that they don't have the newest nintendo dsi^2 or whatever in 10 years and tell them what I had to use.

Sadly I have better finds digging in my old closet then I do at garage sales. All I found this weekend was a bunch of $10 gc games like prime and whatnot. After 4 years I still am waiting for the day of a big score, unfortunately I live in a small community that is tech/geek centric and most probably throw it on ebay.

I can understand about not being able to get a big score. I never get the big finds like some of the people in this thread. I just try to be glad that I find anything at all. There is a lot of competition in my area. I usually only get a couple games each week, but every once in a while I find something like my JVC X'Eye, Vectrex, or my Laseractive. It would be nice though, if I could find the games for some of these rare systems I've picked up.

[Ye0ldmario]

the dealer at the flea i go to wants upwards of $29-$50 for any big name SNES games like mario world, mario kart, etc. Only one that might be worth it is Mario RPG.

All cart-only. SNES systems - $69, NES - $60, sega genesis - $45

I laugh because he doesn't even sell anything. Nobody buys from him because of his prices and all I see is maybe 1 person looking.

This guy's been there for years and i'm pretty sure he still has the same NES he always had when he first started renting the booth.

[Sinnbox]

the dealer at the flea i go to wants upwards of $29-$50 for any big name SNES games like mario world, mario kart, etc. Only one that might be worth it is Mario RPG.

All cart-only. SNES systems - $69, NES - $60, sega genesis - $45

I laugh because he doesn't even sell anything. Nobody buys from him because of his prices and all I see is maybe 1 person looking.

This guy's been there for years and i'm pretty sure he still has the same NES he always had when he first started renting the booth.

ya, we have guys like that here too, I don't see how they can stay in business, mayby they are on disability and need something to do during the day?

[donut]

Sat finds...

360
Spiderman controller $1
messenger keyboard (sealed) $10
Scene It complete $5

2 DS games/PS $10
Mario Kart, ? lol I forget
FFantasy IX complete minty

N64/PS2 $3
Paper Mario
Banjo K
Chaos Legion complete

Wii
High School Musical Sing It! with mic $8

GBA SP missing battery and battery cover with one game
any leads on an inexpensive source to buy these 2 things is appreciated!
Warioland $2

PS2 controller $1

and the BIG practical score~
Milwaukee Saw Zall (sp?) like new $65

[chimpster1313]

I can understand about not being able to get a big score. I never get the big finds like some of the people in this thread. I just try to be glad that I find anything at all. There is a lot of competition in my area. I usually only get a couple games each week, but every once in a while I find something like my JVC X'Eye, Vectrex, or my Laseractive. It would be nice though, if I could find the games for some of these rare systems I've picked up.

dude, i'm there with you as well. quite frankly, i just got really lucky today. i've struck out for 5 straight weeks, and i haven't even been able to go out on those. i probably won't hit anything good again for at least 3 weeks or longer.

[drtomoe123]

I picked up an NES+5 games, Super Smash Bros 64, and a Virtual Boy for $20 total.

The NES blinked (working on the connector right now) and the VB only had the visor, no stand or games, but had the controller and AC adapter...how does one test a VB? I ordered a cheap copy of Mario Tennis, but until then...does any startup screen come up when a game isn't inserted?

[rtooby]

My Saturday started off somewhat nice IMO, found a boxed Commodore Vic-20 for $5 money wars
power blaster
atom smasher
bullet
alphoids
neutron zapper
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Then went 10 or so sales with nothing but sports games and over priced consoles ($100 for a fat ps2 with no games , $15 for an original gameboy with no games, but came with a nice case :P ).

A boxed Atari 2600 (and a loose one) with a bunch of controllers (10+), and 158 games (1 boxed) for $20. 3d tic tac toe
adventure
adventures of tron
airlock
air-sea battle
alien
amidar
armor ambush
asteroids
astroblast
atlantis
barnstorming
Basic programming
basketball
battlezone
beamrider
bererstain bears
bowling
brain games
breakout
bugs
canyon bomber
carnival
casino
centipede
china syndrome
chopper command
circus atari
combat
cosmic ark
crackpots
dark cavern
Decathlon
defender
demon attack
demons to diamonds
dig dug
dolphin
donkey kong
dragonfire
ET
fantastic voyage
fathom
final approach
firefighter
fishing derby
flash gordon
football
freeway
frogger
frogs and flies
frostbite
galaxian
gangster alley
ghost manor
GI Joe Cobra Strike
grand prix
haunted house
home run
human cannonball
hunt and score
ice hockey
indy 500
infiltrate
joust
jungle hunt
kaboom
kangaroo
keystone kapers
mario bros
mash
master builder
maze craze
mega force
megamania
minature golf
missile command
moon patrol
moonsweeper
mountain king
mousetrap
mrs packman
nexar
night driver
no escape
oink
omega race
Othello
Pacman
pele's soccer
Phoenix
pitfall
plaque attack
popeye
porky's
pressure cooker
qbert
raiders of the lost ark
ram it
reactor
realsports baseball
realsports football
realsports soccer
realsports volleyball
riddle of the sphinx
robot tank
seaquest
shark attack
Skiing
sky diver
sky jinks
sky skipper
slot racers
smurfs save the day
solar fox
solar storm
solaris
some parker bros game
Sorcerer's apprentice (walt disney)
space attack
space cavern
space invaders
Space wars
spider fighter
spiderman
spikes peak
spitfire attack
stampede
star raiders
star voyager
star wars jedi arena
star wars return of the jedi death star battle
star wars the arcade game
star wars the empire strikes back
starmaster
strawberry shortcake musical matchup
street racer
super breakout
superman
surround
survival run
swordquest earthworld
swordquest fireworld
tapeworm
tennis
timeplot
trick shot
tron deadly discs
tunnel runner
turmoil
tutankham
vanguard
video checkers
video olympics
video pinball
warlords
warplock
yars' revenge
I was pretty happy about this one, never had an Atari before :D
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And on my last stop I found:
PC magazine with FFVII on the cover ($0.05)
Fallout Brotherhood of Steel, Demon Stone ($5)
Sacred ($1)
Resident Evil 2, N64 Memory card & Rumble pack ($5)
Game Gear with Sonic 2, Hook and racing game ($10)
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[erehwon]

I picked up an NES+5 games, Super Smash Bros 64, and a Virtual Boy for $20 total.

The NES blinked (working on the connector right now) and the VB only had the visor, no stand or games, but had the controller and AC adapter...how does one test a VB? I ordered a cheap copy of Mario Tennis, but until then...does any startup screen come up when a game isn't inserted?
I also got a NES this weekend. I'm planning on just getting a new connector for the system. Cleaning the games didn't help. One thing I'm wondering if there is any way to fix the connector? I got this one and one I took out of another NES I fixed.

I don't really know anything about the virtual boy. I would say it's been around 10 years since I last saw one.

[drtomoe123]

I also got a NES this weekend. I'm planning on just getting a new connector for the system. Cleaning the games didn't help. One thing I'm wondering if there is any way to fix the connector? I got this one and one I took out of another NES I fixed.

I don't really know anything about the virtual boy. I would say it's been around 10 years since I last saw one.

I just followed a FAQ pdf and the NES works great, two of the games didn't work, but I haven't cleaned them yet, so that's probably it.

[Kuros]

Quite a good weekend:

Xbox with 1 controller, hookups and mostly sports games - $10

NES with 1 controller, hookups and the following games: Gotcha, MLB Baseball, Dick Tracy, Days of Thunder, DKC 2, DKC 3, TMNT 4, Super Star Wars, Yoshi's Island, Mario All Stars, NHL Stanley Cup and Super Black Bass - $15 (From the same guy as the Xbox lot)

There was also SMRPG in the NES lot, but it had bad label damage, so I gave it to my brother.

N64 with 2 controllers, hookups and Zelda OOT, Mario Kart, 1080 Snowboarding, Ken Griffey Baseball, Aerofighters Assault and Starfox 64 - $20

Mega Man 6 and Earthworm Jim 2 - $10

Red and Stimpy Quest for the Shaven Yak - $1

PS2 Silver Controller - $5

JP Yugioh Forbidden Memories - $2

Super Hydlide - $2

Turok, Quake and Clayfighter 63 1/3 (all complete) - $3

Zelda LTTP (complete), Zelda Oracle of Seasons (complete) and Zelda MM - $10

Blockbuster exclusive Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter 4 art cells - $1

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[slowdive21]

A boxed Atari 2600 (and a loose one) with a bunch of controllers (10+), and 158 games (1 boxed) for $20. 3d tic tac toe
adventure
adventures of tron
airlock
air-sea battle
alien
amidar
armor ambush
asteroids
astroblast
atlantis
barnstorming
Basic programming
basketball
battlezone
beamrider
bererstain bears
bowling
brain games
breakout
bugs
canyon bomber
carnival
casino
centipede
china syndrome
chopper command
circus atari
combat
cosmic ark
crackpots
dark cavern
Decathlon
defender
demon attack
demons to diamonds
dig dug
dolphin
donkey kong
dragonfire
ET
fantastic voyage
fathom
final approach
firefighter
fishing derby
flash gordon
football
freeway
frogger
frogs and flies
frostbite
galaxian
gangster alley
ghost manor
GI Joe Cobra Strike
grand prix
haunted house
home run
human cannonball
hunt and score
ice hockey
indy 500
infiltrate
joust
jungle hunt
kaboom
kangaroo
keystone kapers
mario bros
mash
master builder
maze craze
mega force
megamania
minature golf
missile command
moon patrol
moonsweeper
mountain king
mousetrap
mrs packman
nexar
night driver
no escape
oink
omega race
Othello
Pacman
pele's soccer
Phoenix
pitfall
plaque attack
popeye
porky's
pressure cooker
qbert
raiders of the lost ark
ram it
reactor
realsports baseball
realsports football
realsports soccer
realsports volleyball
riddle of the sphinx
robot tank
seaquest
shark attack
Skiing
sky diver
sky jinks
sky skipper
slot racers
smurfs save the day
solar fox
solar storm
solaris
some parker bros game
Sorcerer's apprentice (walt disney)
space attack
space cavern
space invaders
Space wars
spider fighter
spiderman
spikes peak
spitfire attack
stampede
star raiders
star voyager
star wars jedi arena
star wars return of the jedi death star battle
star wars the arcade game
star wars the empire strikes back
starmaster
strawberry shortcake musical matchup
street racer
super breakout
superman
surround
survival run
swordquest earthworld
swordquest fireworld
tapeworm
tennis
timeplot
trick shot
tron deadly discs
tunnel runner
turmoil
tutankham
vanguard
video checkers
video olympics
video pinball
warlords
warplock
yars' revenge
I was pretty happy about this one, never had an Atari before :D
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There are some rare games in there! That double ender is a good find. Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood is a little tougher combo to find, than most.

Some of the Coleco titles are hard to find. I see Bernstein bears! That is hard to find, I think it is about $100 in the guide. Ebay prices probably differ, but you have some HTF games in there. Great finds!

[schultzed]

I also got a NES this weekend. I'm planning on just getting a new connector for the system. Cleaning the games didn't help. One thing I'm wondering if there is any way to fix the connector? I got this one and one I took out of another NES I fixed.

I don't really know anything about the virtual boy. I would say it's been around 10 years since I last saw one.

I know a guy who sells a lot of NESs on ebay . . . he says to take an NES game and soak it in rubbing alcohol and then shove it in and out of the connector many times . . . wipe off the cart, put on more alcohol and do it again and again and eventually it should work.

Worth a try.

[allyourblood]

okay, tons of stuff in the last couple of weeks. i guess the warm weather has been helping. click the pics for details. i hope this all fits in one post!

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20 Genesis games, $10

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Genesis w/games, $7.50

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Dreamcast w/games, $7.50

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360 Oblivion GOTY w/3 guides
Wii Remote, $36 for all

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PS2 .hack 1-4, $2
NES Lethal Weapon, 50c
360 power brick, 50c

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Genesis/Mega Drive Games (the weird one is a bootleg Tetris), $4
PSX Einhander (in Gex case), $2
SNES Samurai Shodown, $1

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DVD Powerpuff Girls Season 1 (new & sealed)
Game Gear Game Genie w/Super Space Invaders
N64 Space Station Silicon Valley
PSP Sony 1800mAh battery w/headphone adapter, $9 for all

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Gamecube w/Wavebird and controller extension cord
DS Nintendogs
DS ac adapter and PS2 controller, $8 for all

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GBA, GBA SP & game lot, $8

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PS3 Guitar Hero III (from bundle, no guitar, new & sealed), $13
BD Pirates of the Caribbean
BD The Omen, $14 for both

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NES games
PSX Bust-A-Groove (missing manual)
DC Space Channel 5, $8 for all

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Genesis (Model 3) with Super Street Fighter II, $3

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GEN Liberty or Death
NES Mega Man 2
NES Mega Man 3
DC Shenmue (missing manual), $7 for all
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NES games (including Baseball Stars 1 & 2, and Mega Man 2), $10 for all

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360 Guitar Hero Guitar (wired), $1

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Gamecube controller, $1

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GC Zelda CE
PSX Bubble Bobble w/Rainbow Islands, $5 for both

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GEN Sol Deace
GEN Monopoly
GEN Aladdin, $5 for all

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N64 Mission: Impossible, 25c

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Game Boy (original model, clear)
Game Boy Color (missing battery cover)
Pokemon Yellow, Super Mario Land, WarioLand 3 (missing Label)
Kingdom Hearts 2 guide, $10 for all

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PSP GameShark Media Manager w/NIN disc (sealed)
Victorinox Fireman pocketknife (new), $2 for both

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Amiga CD32 (system only)
SNES (system only)
NES (system only), $6 for all

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DC Soul Calibur
DC Chu Chu Rocket
DC Performance brand rumble pack, $2 for all

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SAT Battle Arena Toshinden 2: Remix
SAT Darius Gaiden
SMS Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, $5 for all

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Game Boy Printer
Phantasy Star Universe Soundtrack (1 opened, 1 sealed), $3 for all

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GG Tom & Jerry
GG Aerial Assault
GG Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, $1 for all

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PSX Final Fantasy w/2 memory cards, $2 for all

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PS3 MLB: The Show 08
PS3 Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
PS3 Guitar Hero III
PS3 pack-in disc (w/Pain download code, sealed), $12 for all

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360 Saints Row 2
360 Fable II (not pictured)
360 Icon
XB House of the Dead III, $15 for all

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N64 AC adapter, $2
GC AC adapter (x2), $2 for one, $1 for the other

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DSLite case w/ stylus and DS AC adapter
GBA A Series of Unfotunate Events
GBA Final Fantasy I & II, $5 for all

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Wii Nunchuk, $8

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SNES games w/SFC-SNES adatper, $10

[commandercody83]

If I found all of that in an entire season of yard sailing I'd be ecstatic... congrats!

[Ye0ldmario]

Thats awesome. I wish everybody sold NES's that cheap around here. Lucky to get one for 40 in untested condition

[snotknocker]

einhander in the gex case - nice score. I've been looking for an Einhander forever.
Even though we're on opposite coasts I see your prices paid are comparitive to the deals I find. Is there a lot of stuff you pass on when get these single item purchases?

[allyourblood]

einhander in the gex case - nice score. I've been looking for an Einhander forever.
Even though we're on opposite coasts I see your prices paid are comparitive to the deals I find. Is there a lot of stuff you pass on when get these single item purchases?

tons, actually. i find that people who sell multiple gaming items tend to vary wildly in their prices. for example, at the sale where i purchased Einhander, the same guy wanted $12 for a PSP Star Wars something-or-other, with no case. the twenty Genesis games (in the first pic) came from a lady that wanted $5 apiece for SNES games (common titles, at that). the Zelda CE/Bubble Bobble came from a lady that wanted $45 for an NES and a couple games (barf!). and then you get people that are practically giving stuff away (the 4 .hacks), and you just have to scratch your head.

i think to a lot of sellers, i'm buying their "junk" stuff, since it's just odds and ends, at least a lot of the time.

oh, and thanks for the kinds words, gang. i hope these past two weeks are indicative of whats in store for summer! (though life never works out that way.)

[slowdive21]

.25 each, All PS2 (except Crash 2 with lenticular cover)

State of emergency, Rainbowsix 3, Quake 3 revolution, GTA VC, GTA San Andreas original version and inside a PS2 network adapter case: Blitz 02 and GTA San Andreas GH version.

[Ye0ldmario]

all these huge hauls motivate me to get out there and look

[snotknocker]

tons, actually. i find that people who sell multiple gaming items tend to vary wildly in their prices. for example, at the sale where i purchased Einhander, the same guy wanted $12 for a PSP Star Wars something-or-other, with no case. the twenty Genesis games (in the first pic) came from a lady that wanted $5 apiece for SNES games (common titles, at that). the Zelda CE/Bubble Bobble came from a lady that wanted $45 for an NES and a couple games (barf!). and then you get people that are practically giving stuff away (the 4 .hacks), and you just have to scratch your head.

i think to a lot of sellers, i'm buying their "junk" stuff, since it's just odds and ends, at least a lot of the time.

oh, and thanks for the kinds words, gang. i hope these past two weeks are indicative of whats in store for summer! (though life never works out that way.)
.
I find the same thing here. What I find particularly strange but pleasing though is how many times people will take like a 1/10 of what they are initially asking for something without hesitation, especially when I CIF.

BTW you kind of motivated me to get some pics up of my scores from the last couple of weeks. I'll try and get them up before another weekend passes.

[erehwon]

Wow, those are some good finds. I don't usually find that much in an entire season and no where near those prices.

[N3UROP0D]

Going out again this weekend, and since I almost never find anything, I figure I'll start asking about games. Anyone have any recent success stories or advice about trying this?

[Furashu]

all these huge hauls motivate me to get out there and look

same!

whats a fair price for..

a dreamcast with cables + one controller? snes with cable + controller? n64 with games and controllers?


hey allyourblood, youre in san diego too right?
what area are u hitting up so we dont chase each others tracks.. lol

[kube00]

dc $10 is fair, $5 is better
SNES same
N64 it all depends on the games, if their crap sports games then $5-10 for everything, if its good stuff maybe $20

[theGrue]

Friday finds!

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NES Console w/ 2 Controllers, AC Adapter
1943
Double Dribble
Excitebike
Ice Hockey
Super Mario Bros. 3
Total: $5

Found en route to the first mapped sale of the day, taken at the price marked.

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N2O: Nitrous Oxide: $1

Wired Xbox 360 controller: $10

Contra Shattered Soldier
Gradius III and IV
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter
PS2 Memory Card (in Battlefront case)
Total: $10

Assorted finds from a few sales. The 360 pad is probably going to be primarily for my PC, it's great to have for XNA programming. The PS2 games I found after asking at a sale, cherry picked the good ones and offered $10 (he originally asked for $5 each). Found the memory card in the Battlefront case and let the guy know (otherwise I would have felt bad) and he was fine with throwing it in.

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Sony PlayStation w/ Hookups, Dual Shock Controller
Medal of Honor
Total: Free!

Asked for games at a small sale and the guy brought this out for me. I didn't really need another PS1 (see last week's finds), but then he just told me to take it! Can't argue with that.

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NES Console w/ Controller, Advantage, Zapper, Hookups
Ms. Pac-Man (Unlicensed)
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris (Unlicensed)
Total: $10

Again, nothing super exciting, didn't have to ask and took at the price marked. Didn't have either of the unlicensed games, so that's fun.

[Bubbakja]

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6561/dsc05091.jpg

NES Console w/ Controller, Advantage, Zapper, Hookups
Ms. Pac-Man (Unlicensed)
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris (Unlicensed)
Total: $10

Again, nothing super exciting, didn't have to ask and took at the price marked. Didn't have either of the unlicensed games, so that's fun.

I'm pretty sure that Tengen copy of Tetris is quite rare, I believe it got pulled from the market very quickly as Nintendo acquired the rights.

[FOnewearl]

@allyourblood that's a rather impressive amount of sales you ended up finding something video game related to buy at over the last few weeks ;)

Going out again this weekend, and since I almost never find anything, I figure I'll start asking about games. Anyone have any recent success stories or advice about trying this?

When I ask for video games I ask if they are selling any old Nintendo games or any other kind of video games and I basically do this so that people know what I'm asking about as sometimes I'll get people that will reply back with "video tapes?" if I just ask for video games.

I usually get about 3 good scores a year asking about video games that makes it worth asking for them. Some CAGs seem to do better and some worse largely dependent on location.

[allyourblood]

@allyourblood that's a rather impressive amount of sales you ended up finding something video game related to buy at over the last few weeks ;)

week before last was a massive (and i mean MASSIVE) city-wide yard sale day (Saturday), and my buddy and i absolutely cleaned up -- we must have hit over 100 sales on that one day alone, not counting Sunday, or this past weekend. luckily for me, he's more interested in movies and toys, and doesn't care much for collecting games much these days. about 7-8 years ago, we were both focusing mostly on video game stuff, and we often had to split what we found, or "take turns" on who got what. nowadays, he'll find games before me, and hold them while i come over and look. the best part about it is that with two pairs of eyes, we'll often find things that the other didn't notice, and would've missed out on.

keep in mind i posted primarily video game and blu-ray finds. i also buy books, toys, odd electronics and music items. if i had added all that, you guys would've mod-alerted my post for excessive bandwidth usage. :roll::lol:

good finds, Grue. here's to the weekend.

[Kuros]

I'm sure that there are a bunch of CAGs in the San Diego area, myself included.

[Idx86]

I've been striking out terribly lately. Our neighborhood has a big festival of garage sales (100+ over a two day period) and there wasn't anything.

[Samus]

Going out again this weekend, and since I almost never find anything, I figure I'll start asking about games. Anyone have any recent success stories or advice about trying this?

If I never asked for games, I would have virtually no yard sale finds. Or a lot less, at least.

[Ye0ldmario]

I've been striking out terribly lately. Our neighborhood has a big festival of garage sales (100+ over a two day period) and there wasn't anything.

you must not look good enough........never judge a sale from a far distance!

I've seen some that from far away I'd skip but upon closer inspection look what you'll get!

[Furashu]

I'm sure that there are a bunch of CAGs in the San Diego area, myself included.

coolio,
maybe ill see u guys around !:)

[PotatoGuy]

out on my lunchbreak.

NES games : paperboy, Zelda1 Gold, Ring King.
$2

meh, nothing special. picture to come later when i find the cable.

the people next to that were next door are looking for a box of nes games. a snes lot and a genesis. I'll be back tomorrow!

[slowdive21]

SOme more finds today...

Twisted Metal 3 still sealed for $1.
2 plug and play games Namco and Thomas the train .25 each.

I also saw an old friend that was selling a N64 (2 controllers, 2memcards) with Star Wars SotE, Star Wars RS, Starfox64, Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong racing, and 2 sports games for $10. CIF $8

Probably my find of the day was a n64 gameshark Pro version 3.3 for 25 cents!

I think it is desireable because it has a 25 pin cable on the back. Or people just want it beacuse it has pretty sparkles. I don't know what the port is used for...Anyone know?

[Furashu]

i wish i could make friday sales, though there arent that many that i see on CL + i got work lol

[panamared]

Went to an advertised yard sale in South Superior, WI way out in the fuckin' boonies and the inbred twat had a shitload of NES, SNES, PS1, PS2 games all individually priced. And guess what? All similar to ebay prices. I wanted to fuckin smack her. Some good rare games like Castlevania Dracula X, complete Final Fight 2, 3, Zombies, Mega Man 2, 5, bunch of Zelda's and some other cool stuff, but I walked away. Why do some people think their shit is worth gold at yard sales? Snotknocker, do you ever run into this shit when out prowlin'?

[Furashu]

what are estate sales? when i see on CL it looks like furniture only??

is there like a list of rare games?

im still pretty young and i dont remember any snes games other then the few that i used to have.

sorry if these questions have been asked before.

[Tardcore]

I hate living in North Atlanta. The only games I ran into today were friggin' Xbox Sports titles and Spongebob PS2 games. This was the first video game related stuff I had seen all season.

This is my third week out. I'm about to give up on Garage Sales in this area.

This area is full of families with people who play nothing but Xbox sports titles and if they do have any other games, they throw them on eBay. Can't I catch a friggin' break?!?!?

[Ye0ldmario]

chrono trigger and super mario RPG are rare, Megaman X 3 and 2 is another one. These sell high on ebay.

[kube00]

oh I have a list ;)

[Furashu]

GL tommorrow all! :D

i think ill have a ton of fun just hunting.
i tend to enjoy... the hunt more then the catch when i buy stuff :)
but if i get cool stuff then great!

ill post pics of... super temco bowl gold or wahtever and panzer dragons when i find 18 of them tommorrow

/sarcasm

its pretty fun going through the 2008 yard sale thread to see what u guys found!

[Shazyzang]

chrono trigger and super mario RPG are rare, Megaman X 3 and 2 is another one. These sell high on ebay.
Expensive=/=rare.

Today I found 2 Sampsonite suitcases for $1 total, I thought they were $1 each but I was wrong. The big one has a few stains inside, but that's all that's wrong with them.

[theGrue]

I think it is desireable because it has a 25 pin cable on the back. Or people just want it beacuse it has pretty sparkles. I don't know what the port is used for...Anyone know?
Ah yes, the Gameshark Pro. The port on the back is to connect to a PC via the parallel (printer) port. While the Gameshark Pro had built in code creation tools, it required an expansion pak to use them, which caused conflicts with games that required it (Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong 64, etc). So rather than using the built-in, expansion pak eating tools, you could dump the game's memory out to your PC instead. Someone wrote a pretty powerful N64 debugger that let you access and modify the raw assembly language near the end of the system's life, it was pretty cool. The only hitch was that dumping 4 or 8MB of memory over the parallel port was slow as hell.

[MSI Magus]

Still no game scores for us however I did find a box of Goosebumps books for $10. Had numbers 1-63 or 64 I believe and almost all of them were in good condition(2 or 3 had small tears but most were just shelf wear). I had a collection that was only missing 3 or 4 books so I figured I could fill out my collection and then sell the rest on ebay to get my $10 or more likely just gift the other 60ish books to my 10 year old brother.

[FusionHype]

Went out today to a lot of yard sales and didn't hit much luck. Was looking for older systems but didn't find much of anything.

ATV Offroad Fury 2 (Not for resale)- $1
SSX3- $1

Stack of old Nintendo Power magazines- $1
Book about Lemony Snicket- $.25

Old Muppets Fairy Tale VHS- $.50
Book about penguins-$.50

Gamecube system with 2 GC controllers, Animal Crossing (w/ memory card), Mario Kart Double Dash, Simpsons Hit n Run, Looney Tunes: Back in Action- $20

Might keep a gamecube controller and the two PS2 games and get rid of the rest. I might use the Nintendo Powers to make a collage or something. Have plenty of old EGM mags that I want to do the same with.

[pyoobez]

I just got back from the local community yard sale. It was fairly disappointing, most were the same houses as last year. It was quite a while until I ran across any gaming stuff... and then it was PS2 Poker titles for $5, Battle Arena Toshinden for the PS for $1, and PSP games for $5... so a bunch of systems I don't own.

I finally saw a really awesome Game Gear with a bunch of games... looked like the dude didn't use it much or else took care of it. Sadly, it was marked $50 so no steal.

I was heading home, defeated, when I stopped at two more and at one, I snagged a Gameboy Pocket and a Gameboy Color for $1. Sadly, both were missing the battery covers. Still, the Color is the same teal shade as the one I paid $20 for with games and the screen looks in better shape, so it was well worth it.

The Gameboy Pocket is Red.

I also snagged the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack on cassette for a quarter (for a friend who has an old school car with a tape deck), an unused coffee mug for a quarter featuring the town's Fort, a Rhino Monkees cassette for my sister for $1 (I've found a few of these in the area now, one was still sealed for that price)

and finally... a Stone Cold Steve Austin cookie jar/bust for $1. It was unpriced, and I thought to myself "if it's a buck or less, I'll buy it" as I just started out. It's going to a friend as I never got him anything when he got married two or three years back. He's a big wrestling and Stone Cold fan.

[Macheezmo]

suprising day today. The weather was gray all morning, and it started to lightly sprinkle by 8:30. There were 3 community sales, one of which seemed to have closed down, not a single sale there. I had only had one find today, but it was pretty good one:

http://abharrie.misterdotnet.com/images/w6s1.jpg

Walked in and saw a stack of games sitting in a box. I flipped through them and saw some good stuff, so I grabbed them all. I offered $5 (marked $1 each), she had to go inside to get the owner, who took 5 with no hesitation. I got:

NES Final Fantasy
NES Crystalis
SNES Madden 95
SNES Madden 98
SNES Super Metroid
SNES Killer Instinct
SNES Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
SNES NBA Jam
SNES Breath of Fire
SNES Breath of Fire 2
SNES Star Fox
SNES Secret of Evermore

[Trikip]

Today I went out for the first time this year and had no luck until I went to a huge community yard sale.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6970/dcfc0636.jpg
14 Intellivision games including a sealed copy of Astrosmash.
$5.00 total

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6 Land Before Time movies
$3.00 total

Tried to CIF $2 for the movies but she was polite and said her kids wanted to sell them originally for $2 each. I was happy with $3 total because I always wanted to see The Land Before Time. Also, I don't have an Intellivision but it was nice to finally find some retro stuff at a yard sale.

[momouchi]

This was my first outing ever with the purpose of finding some games. I hit three in the area and only one had games. I picked up the original Diablo for the PC and Legend of Zelda (gold cart) for the NES. It was $1 for them together.

[N3UROP0D]

Today was the defining moment of my yard sale career, admittedly short as it may be. Long-winded post, sorry, I just like talking about this stuff too much.

First stop: Halo 1 (xbox). $5, CIF for $3. Not fantastic but I wanted the game anyway.
Next stop: Bunch of PS1 games, $1 each. I figured I'd never find anything else so I got 'em all, 12 for $10. Lots of sports but what the hey. Resident Evil DX made it worthwhile. Pics:


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PS1 games: ($1)
007 Tomorrow Never Dies, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Medal of Honor, Nascar Heat, NFL GameDay 99, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, MLB 99, NHL 99, NHL 2000, EA Knockout Kings

PC: ($1)
Unreal Tournament GOTY

Xbox: Halo ($3)


At this point I was thinking, ok, Resident Evil DX and some sports games. I probably won't find anything better. Could I have been more wrong?

So, we pull up on this middle aged guy's sale. He says to me right away "if you're looking for games, this is all I have left". Confusing, right? How did he know? Well, anyway, I was assuming he had just been cleaned out by some of my competition. But when I look down on the table, this is what I saw:


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Final Fantasy VII Greatest Hits x2, Final Fantasy Anthology (PSX)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2, House of the Dead 2, Evolution 2
Grandia II (no soundtrack unfortunately), Phantasy Star Online, Dreamcast Web Browser

$5 each. I asked if I could get a price break since I bought them all, but he said $45, firm. Still an awesome deal. I told him I've been looking for something like this for months.


Had someone just before me bought even more valuable games than these? I don't know. And I'd prefer not to think about it.

At this point I was already thrilled. I never thought I'd find a big ol' box of Genesis games at another sale, but it happened anyway.


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Sega Genesis Model 1 w/all cables and 2 controllers
Complete games: Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic Spinball, Jurassic Park, Aladdin, X-men, Batman, NHL 97, Home Alone

Cart & Case (no manual) : Sonic 1 and Sonic & Knuckles

Cart Only: Road Rash, Mortal Kombat II, Start Trek: The Next Generation NBA Jam Tournament Edition, WWF Super Wrestlemania, Sonic 3 (yes,another one)

Sega Genesis Cleaning System, Game Genie & Book

Oddly, Young Indiana Jones, Terminator 2, and F22 have no cartridge. Also, the generic blue N64 case is empty.

$20 for the box. She was firm. I think it was worth it.


All in all, my brother and I spent $78. Way more than some of you cheap-asses would have, I'm sure, but our "shared custody" collection just got a whole lot bigger.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/nq7a4m.jpg)

[Tribblewars]

Crap Crap Crap.

No games found today, only spotted a Genesis w/ like 5 games for $50. (passed)

Only bought more kids books for my son. On a side note my brother told me he found a DS for $25 on the other side of town. Then corrected himself and said it was an GBA SP, passed on that two. So no gaming stuff this week. :(

[Ye0ldmario]

nice flipping material!

[Furashu]

first yard salin day... done!
hit up about... 14 planned ones and about 5-6 unplanned so 20 total.

only three had game stuff... one dude had a 360 with games for CLesq prices, one had a random MLB 2k6 game,

today all i got was

Genesis 16bit(complete with cables) + 2 controllers + sonic + greatest arcade hits +2 books for $5.00
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/3536710454_e02076b485.jpg?v=0
Namco Plug in Aracade Toy $0.50

DVDS - Raiders of the lost ark, temple of doom, kingdom of crystal skull for $2.00

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3599/3535894909_16c3b28af8.jpg?v=12424971443 music cds + a mini paper shredder $5.00

Total - $12.50

there were a ton of garage sales but they were so far apart, i just stayed in 3 areas.

dam i need to fix my digital camera, iphone quality suxxx

nothing special but i was pretty stoked for the indy movies and paper shredder because i wanted to buy raiders of the lost ark at target a while ago... and i dont really remember those two indy movies cause i was too young. plus i was gonna buy a paper shredder..:D



@trikip Land before time is the beezkneez i remember growing up watching that and jurassic park.

@ n3uro wow nice find, ill be so estatic when i find things like that at a sale

@ tribblewars , well do a CAG Rain dance for yard sales together maybe itll help our luck

[Sinnbox]

wow, today I actualy found some stuff!! My competition has been out on fridays lately and I havent found anythign for weeks. Today my luck changed, I had to get my car fixed, and didnt start sailing untill 1:00, here is what i found

SNES:(all $1 apiece)
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy!!!(looking for this forever!!)
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country:3
Super Mario world - X2
Super Mario All Stars
Super Mario All Stars + World


NES(all $1 apiece)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3

Guides($2)
Breath of fire
Breath of fire IV

N64 with 5 games including Mario, and Mario Kart plus 2 minty controllers($15)

2 other games I can't remember.

[Sinnbox]

Went to an advertised yard sale in South Superior, WI way out in the fuckin' boonies and the inbred twat had a shitload of NES, SNES, PS1, PS2 games all individually priced. And guess what? All similar to ebay prices. I wanted to fuckin smack her. Some good rare games like Castlevania Dracula X, complete Final Fight 2, 3, Zombies, Mega Man 2, 5, bunch of Zelda's and some other cool stuff, but I walked away. Why do some people think their shit is worth gold at yard sales? Snotknocker, do you ever run into this shit when out prowlin'?

Did you try to CIF?? From what I have seen most people like you describe are suckers for a $20, I have talked many of them down.

P.S. If you had a garage sale you would ask e-bay prices wouldnt you?

[kube00]

didnt go out today too much stuff to do
Great score on the MvsC 2 and the 2x copies of FFVII N3UROPOD, that's at least $150 there you can make

[thack]

I've never seen so many people out yard saling as I have today. A town about 20 miles west of me was having its annual city wide yard sale. It lies in between several other towns so people from multiple towns all descend upon it. I gave up looking in the subdivision areas because it was almost impossible to park my car and at every sale I stopped at people had already beaten me to games.

After I switched over to the poorer side of town I found some awesome deals. I picked up:

- Approx 175 CD's from multiple sales $65. Sold a bunch on SecondSpin when I got home for $208, and I still have about 80 left.

- Two giant boxes of NES games (approx 90), plus I threw in a handful of PS1 games (FFIX, Mortal Kombat 4 & Trilogy, & RE 2), a Battlestar Galactica Miniseries DVD & a FF Legend III Complete for GB. I CIF"D $20 and the lady responded with $30. I yanked out another $5 and she bit. There were several good games in the NES box like Pirates!, Mega Man, SMB 2&3, Zelda, & Bubble Bobble.

[PotatoGuy]

didnt find much videogame wise.
bashido blade for 3 bucks. sonic for the GG for a quarter. stack of free nintendo powers.

got two guitar pedals for 10 bucks. MXR distortion + and a DOD phasor 201.

i'm starting to get pist. i found tons of shit last year.

[kewlrabbit]

No videogame stuff again this week, but found a yardsale selling dvd's for .25 each. For $4 total, I grabbed:
-1408
-I am Legend
-One hour photo
-Wedding Crashers Unrated
-Scary Movie 4
-The Happening
-The Hitcher
-Confidential
-The Descent
-Waterboy
-Eight Crazy Nights
-Remember the Titans
-Beverly Hills Ninja
-Irresistible
-Walking Tall
-Bewitched

[slowdive21]

I got a lot of random stuff...
Motley Crue Girlsgirlsgirls and a Joan Jett records for .50 each.
I got some awesome CDs for .50 each (some are still sealed). The best one I got was the Clash "london calling" legacy edition with the bonus dvd. (usually $25-$30).

Popples lunch box with thermos for .50

The game stuff:

I got some original Super Mario Bros. Invintations for .10 (still sealed 8 pack)
Tekken 3 guide (hard core) version for .50.
Pokemon Ruby/Saphhire NINTENDO POWER edition for FREE! (I think they usually sell around cover price or more).

[rtooby]

Pretty slow today, I went to most of the advertised sales, only one had anything interesting.

Picked up for PS1:
Star Fighter
N20 Nitrous Oxide
Shadow Master
Soviet Strike
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Crash Bash
CTR (Crash Team Racing)
Destruction Derby
Robo Pit
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Road Rash 3D
Shipwreckers!
Air Combat
Blast Chamber
Game Shark Disc
Red Asphalt

For PS2:
WWE Crash hour
Wipeout Fusion
Dragon Quest 8 Demo (sealed)

For $2 total.

Also picked up a copy of Sonic 3D Blast for PC for $2, and a stargate book for $0.25.

[PotatoGuy]

only spotted a Genesis w/ like 5 games for $50. (passed)

I have seen bullshit like that all the time so far. I don't understand why bastards think they can charge that much. :bomb:


Finally took a picture of this weekends video game finds.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_051609_02_Shrunk.jpg
anyone looking for Nintendo powers or a guide for an EverQuest expansion. picked it up cause i knew people here collect them.

[FOnewearl]

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7458/5151609.th.jpg (http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5151609.jpg)

Shadow of The Colossus (Boxed & GH) - $2
Crash Bandicoot (Complete) - $2

Found these at a multi family sale at the social hall in town. Both games had initials and $2 was the IAP on both.

Nintendo 64 With 1st Party Controller, 3rd Party Controller, AC Adaptor & NES/SNES RF Adaptor with piece to connect to N64 systems

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

$3

Found SMBD in a GBC, asked about games. Broght out the N64 with no games offered $3 for them which was taken after thinking it over for a few seconds. I don't think you can see it too well in the picture but the 3rd party controller (SkarkPad 64) is in bad shape and needs to be put out of it's misery.

Sega Genesis 2 in box with 1 (3 button) 1st party controller, AC Adaptor & RF Adaptor

Eternal Champions (Boxed)
Game Genie
Virtua Fighter 2 manual

$4

Saw this marked $5 offerd $2 for it to which the guy responded was too low, I said how about you meet me in the middle then and he said $4 which I agreed on since it was close enough to the middle (3.50) and I don't have a Genesis 2 box.

Non Find BS

Went to about 60 sales and really didn't find anything better then the few boring parting gifts I'm showing here :D I did see some of the usual dreck at a few sales that people should just throw away instead of selling at a yardsale (GBC carrying case but no system or games, PC kid games, old steering wheel controller) I didn't really see anything else good that I passed on except for a PSP with 2-3 games and a UMD but it was definately priced by a kid and too high for anywhere especially a yardsale ($150)

Friday Morning at about 8:20 I was told that I was the third person to ask about video games at this sale and was told that the other 2 were older ladies looking for games for their grandchildren and it sounded to me like it was the same lady that grabbed a Donkey Kong Country 3 for GBA from across a table that I over looked last year. I did happen to see her out and about this morning, it's too bad my grandmother wasen't so dedicated to finding me old games when I was younger!

I had two sales that mentioned games I missed (one was a PS2 sytem the other some PSX or PS2 games) so I didn't get any hints that I missed anything like old cart games, sales were probably just that dry video game wise.

The one sale I asked about video games at the lady mentioned that she had a Nintendo with a "ton" (I'm guessing about 20-25) games but that she was "most likely" keeping it. Sounded like she found it getting ready for the yardsale but decided to pull it out of the attic and play it instead of selling it. Kind of crappy to mention and after I left I was thinking about if I should have tried to get her to bring out and sell any games that they wouldn't play but I was better off not as there (sp?) really probably isn't any way of doing so that wouldn't be rude or pushy.

[ddrlenz]

No major luck today for me. Only gaming items I saw was a N64 w/3 crappy games for $20 and an original Xbox for a whopping $150! WTF! lol

[Ye0ldmario]

No major luck today for me. Only gaming items I saw was a N64 w/3 crappy games for $20 and an original Xbox for a whopping $150! WTF! lol

150 pennies or $1.50 sounds more like it.

[pitfallharry219]

I have seen bullshit like that all the time so far. I don't understand why bastards think they can charge that much. :bomb:


Finally took a picture of this weekends video game finds.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_051609_02_Shrunk.jpg
anyone looking for Nintendo powers or a guide for an EverQuest expansion. picked it up cause i knew people here collect them.

Does that Nintendo Power still have the Eon Ticket in it? If it does, you can get a nice price for it on ebay.

[PotatoGuy]

Does that Nintendo Power still have the Eon Ticket in it? If it does, you can get a nice price for it on ebay.

actually it does. what the hell is it? The mag is in perfect condition and the card is still on the paper. Best part was there was a huge stack of NPs near the curb and the people told me i could take them all for free! Anyone have interest in it?

[Furashu]

actually it does. what the hell is it? The mag is in perfect condition and the card is still on the paper. Best part was there was a huge stack of NPs near the curb and the people told me i could take them all for free! Anyone have interest in it?

if its the latios/latias ticket thing for pokemon

it seems to go for about $50 on ebay :applause:

[Kuros]

Interesting stuff for today:

Boxed Genesis model 1 - $4
Earthworm Jim - $3
2 SNES controllers and NES controller - $3
Eragon, Avatar Buring Earth and 2 copies of Singstar Country - $8
Boxed Fairchild Channel F with 3 games - $10

The Fairchild is going up on my trade list.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds051609.jpg

[Furashu]

kuros what areas did u hit up in SD?

[Kuros]

kuros what areas did u hit up in SD?

That's for me to know and for you to not find out. ;)

I have enough competition as it is. :)

[Furashu]

haha all is fair in..........yard saling :D

[chimpster1313]

Just went to one advertising games. They had a bunch of board games. Also had an original Xbox with 2 controllers and NO power cords for $40. Passed on that. Asked about games and she brought out 2 that I had no interest in. I did get the game Hands Down for a dollar, though, because that game rules. So a pretty big bust, I would say, but Hands Down works for me, so I'm happy enough.

[snotknocker]

YESTERDAYS FINDS
About 30 sales in 4 hours

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Top loader NES 2 dogbones, 4 regular controllers (NO POWER SUPPLY) & 70 games
TOTAL $5
Asked for games at this sale and the kid ran in the house and came out with this. Lady said make an offer and I low balled based on the prices of the other things she was selling.


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N64 + Gamecube + SNES lot
TOTAL:$10
This sale had a bunch of PS2 games all marked $4 and $5. All of this stuff was in a box under the table after a quick inspection I hoisted up the box and walked towards the lady and shoved $10 bucks in her face which was hesitant on but took anyway


Misc finds
TOTAL: $13.50 for all - Paid .50 for that Bob Marley 5 disc set which will easily turn for $30. so when all is said and done all of today's will be FREE!

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[MikeHoncho]

I found a brand new Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Bundle for 360 for $30. That made my day

Also got brand new 24 season 1 and 2 sets for $5

[Furashu]

bust today, went to about 10 sales.
one had a ps2 but i had no interest in it.

got San Andreas Guide for $0.25

[Jedi1979]

found some stuff today...i dont get to go as much as i used to since i work on Saturdays


Advance Wars DS Dual Strike $3

Kid Icarus cart only gameboy $1

SNES system complete with Mario allstars and Yoshis island
10 gameboy advance kids games and 5 DS games including Guitar Hero (with controller) and Yoshis island ...unfortunately cart only

the little kid wanted $10 for the system and .25 cents for each game:-s so i just gave him a $20 for everything

[Kfoster1979]

No games this weekend. I passed on a gen 1 GBA, and a PS2 arcade stick. Usual sports games and that was it.

I did find a nice copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban UK paperback for .25

[PotatoGuy]

just found a NES paddle for a quarter. shit thats three total this weekend. I'll need a box soon just for nes controllers.

[donut]

Nuttin on Friday and a lil on Sat.

GC Zelda Wind..(complete/mint) $2
Fatty PS2 with two 1st party controllers & mem card $10 (works great)
PS2 micro controller $.50
N64 Mario 64 $.25

entry level Fender strat with small crate amp $40

and finally saw my first garage sale PS3 (40 gig in the box) $250 firm

[cranguy]

Yard sale and pawn shop finds from yesterday:

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N64 system w/ RAM expansion
2 controllers
2 rumble packs
1 memory card
Goldeneye 64
Perfect Dark
V-Rally 64
NASCAR 99
Monster Truck Madness 64
$2.00

I really don't like picking up systems these days because they're such a hassle to store or sell, but this one said "Make offer." I threw out a lowball offer of $2 and the lady took it without hesitation, because it's missing the AV cord.

Master TV Game Famiclone
2 wireless controllers
1 "Super Fighters TV Game"
$1

I like famiclones. I don't know why. Something about a pirated Nintendo 8-bit appeals to me. I actually passed up a different famiclone later. I figured 1 was enough for one day. Also, the "Super Fighters TV Game" has some SWEET Engrish on it.

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When the most beautiful things,
silence, and justice are being
challenged by bad elements, you
could not hide and away. You should
brave them with your intelligence.

Fight for the Peace!By "intelligence" here, I think they mean punch some mofos in the face. It's a very loose definition.

Casio fx-7400G Graphic Calculator
$1

This will be a good flip come August.

Sony Walkman Psyc
$2

Nyko Airflo Wireless PS2 controller (with inner fan) (not pictured)
$5

$5 is a lot more than I would usually pay for a controller at a yard sale, but I really like Nyko's Airflo controllers, and I've already worn out 2 of them previously.

Pawn shop finds:

Shadow Hearts Covenant $5.99
Ys Ark of Napishtim $5.99
Super Bust-a-move $5.99
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II $5.99
Dirt PS3 $14.99

[erehwon]

I had an okay weekend. I only went through two neighborhoods, but I really have enough money to do more than that. I need a job.

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1st pic:
Buffalo Router - $5
Pedometer - Free
2nd version NES - $2

2nd pic:
4 playstation games $5

3rd pic:

$5 NES and 1 SNES game

I went out and visited a nicer neighborhood this weekend. I found the router and pedometer at the same sale and the lady threw the pedometer in with the router. I didn't need another router, but this one you can modify with DD-WRT and easily switch it into a access point. The pedometer is nice since it can be connected to a computer.

The NES I found at the same same sale as the games in the games in the third picture. It's nice to have a NES that works without you having to do a lot of cleaning or replacing of connectors. It sucks that it only has RF out, but I have seen mod to give it audio and video out. I'm definitely keeping that.

The games in the second pic I found at a sale with a bunch of games that were over priced. I found these RPGs and was excited, but found their condition wasn't very good. They were marked $5 each, but did CIF for $5 because of the condition. I had to use alcohol and quetips to clean the bottom of the discs. They're working now, but I don't think I would want to sell the extras.

I got these games at the same sale where I found the nes. I asked about more games and he got the nes and these. I could have grabbed more from the box, but I only grabbed what interested me. I'll keep the track one and the simpsons one, but the others are going with SNES and A NES I'm going to sell. I have a new connector on order for the toaster style NES I found last week.

[schultzed]

Interesting stuff for today:

Boxed Genesis model 1 - $4
Earthworm Jim - $3
2 SNES controllers and NES controller - $3
Eragon, Avatar Buring Earth and 2 copies of Singstar Country - $8
Boxed Fairchild Channel F with 3 games - $10

The Fairchild is going up on my trade list.

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds051609.jpg

Damn . . . I wanted a Fairchild when I was a kid . . . I used to play it at a JCPenny store . . .

I hit about 20 sales this weekend and found almost no games. Even asking about videogames brought nothing. Maybe I'll do better next week.

[Ye0ldmario]

God damn Snotknocker. You hit the motherload every week!!! lol

5 dollars for all those games is amazing...

[N3UROP0D]

God damn Snotknocker. You hit the motherload every week!!! lol

5 dollars for all those games is amazing...

Seriously. I mean, I found some good stuff this week so I'm not jealous or anything, but damn. I don't think there's anyone around here who even HAS 70 games, and if they did they'd never let 'em go for $5.

[Kuros]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds051709.jpg

Bare NES deck - $4
2 Xbox/GCN/PS2 RF multiouts - $3
Mario Party 5 - $5
PS2 Network Adapter - $1
Alleyway, Paperboy, Volleyball, Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle - $8
Zelda, Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Super Mario 3, Maniac Mansion and Ultima - $20

[Furashu]

do u guys normally just hit up all yard sales in a specific area or do u just look for keywords like games or video games?

[kube00]

look for ones that advertise games, gas is getting pricey again...

[Furashu]

All in all i went to 30/35 sales this week
and only 4 or 5 had games.

mostly clothes and kids toys....
will change my strategy this coming weekend.

thanks for the quick reply kube00! :)

[kube00]

Also you can always email them if you find ones off craigslist and ask them if they have games

[PotatoGuy]

MANIAC MANSION!!! I had that game for my C64 way back in the day.

[erehwon]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds051709.jpg

Bare NES deck - $4
2 Xbox/GCN/PS2 RF multiouts - $3
Mario Party 5 - $5
PS2 Network Adapter - $1
Alleyway, Paperboy, Volleyball, Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle - $8
Zelda, Contra, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Super Mario 3, Maniac Mansion and Ultima - $20

Nice find. I've been looking for contra for a while now. That's one of the few NES games that I haven't been able to buy back. I also need to find Kid Icarus.

One thing I need to start looking at more are the boxes of CDs I see at a lot of sales. I would both look for resale and stuff to go in my collection.

I've been kind of wanting to look into some rock, but I've never been sure what was good. Normally, I just look for movies soundtracks and classical stuff. I don't see a lot of Jazz, so I haven't had much exposure that.

[Kuros]

Nice find. I've been looking for contra for a while now. That's one of the few NES games that I haven't been able to buy back. I also need to find Kid Icarus.

One thing I need to start looking at more are the boxes of CDs I see at a lot of sales. I would both look for resale and stuff to go in my collection.

I've been kind of wanting to look into some rock, but I've never been sure what was good. Normally, I just look for movies soundtracks and classical stuff. I don't see a lot of Jazz, so I haven't had much exposure that.

Well, if you are interested in NES games, I'm selling a lot on the trade forum.

[panamared]

Did you try to CIF?? From what I have seen most people like you describe are suckers for a $20, I have talked many of them down.

P.S. If you had a garage sale you would ask e-bay prices wouldnt you?
Yep, I tried to throw her $40 for a box of SNES games, but she declined. Fuckin' bitch.

[ragtop70]

I finally hit a few sales this past weekend during the highway 50 sales. The day was looking bad as I saw a red Game Boy Advance for $10 and the usual overpriced PS2 sports games. At the next stop I found a "dog bone" NES controller for $2.50. Kind of high in my opinion for a yard sale, but I know what these get on Ebay, so I bought it. Next stop had lots of games GTA IV $19 and DOA Extreme 2 $13 (Xbox 360) were the highlights, but I passed as they looked to have been resealed. The day went downhill from there: a PS2 for $75, old Medal of Honor games and sports for PS2 at $15 each. So we headed back home and on the last stop out of town I spied some Xbox games. They were $13 each so I passed. Then I saw an Xbox on another table, but my dad asked me, "What's this?" I turned to look and he was holding a blue Nintendo DS, the original model. The guy running the sale said $10. I tried not to get too excited as I checked it out. I noticed it had Donkey Kong Country for GBA in it. I asked dad to see if the guy would take less, as I usually have no luck in doing this. He said he wouldn't because of the game it came with. I checked it out some more to see if it would power up, but it wouldn't. He said all it needs is a cord. I knew the stylus was also missing and that I have 2 GBA/DS chargers at home, so I decided to take a chance at $10. I got in the car and checked it out some more. In my earlier excitement I hadn't even noticed that it also had New Super Mario Brothers in the DS slot. I got it home and, with little hope, plugged the charger in. A few hours later I was playing. I'm still in shock.
I decided to check back on the sale on Sunday to see about the Xbox I'd forgotten once I noticed the DS. It was gone, but I decided to go through the game pile again. They had added Zelda Twilight Princess for Wii to the stack. They told me the magic price of $10 again. I got them to throw in a Hot Wheels car hauler (the yellow semi) for my nephew.
So for $22.50 I got a DS, Zelda TP, and an NES dog bone controller. Best weekend haul in a long time.

[Furashu]

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WALL OF TEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/still read it anyways

nice DS find, *googles NES dogbone controller* lol

[Josef]

So for $22.50 I got a DS, Zelda TP, and an NES dog bone controller. Best weekend haul in a long time.

You forgot to add Donkey Kong Country (GBA) and New Super Mario Bros. to your haul for $22.50 ;)

[RobMinhas]

found a box full of rrod 360s payed 20 bucks for 7, all cables included no controllers but two battery packs(wtf) the lady sold them to me so she could get some money for some gas, i also gave her 18 litres(in one of those orange containers) for a nikon coolpix camera with all cables and chargers

[Ye0ldmario]

every time I ask people on craigslist who are having garage sales if they are gonna have video games for sale, they all tell me to come down and look. Err....

[MSI Magus]

every time I ask people on craigslist who are having garage sales if they are gonna have video games for sale, they all tell me to come down and look. Err....

Ya I get that 99% of the time too. Sometimes they will tell you what they have or offer to sell before the sale but its pretty rare. Just as common is asking people after their sale if games are left and getting the response yes let me get you a list and then never hearing back from them.

[Furashu]

thought this was hilarious,
saw this searching for garage sales on CL

Title : The Biggest Garage Sale Eva - to save our souls!
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/gms/1180182761.html

[Kuros]

Not much for today, but great deals.

360 arcade complete - $110
Dreamcast Arcade stick - $25
NCAA College Basketball 2k3 - $10

For those not in the know why I got NCAA: http://cgi.ebay.com/NCAA-College-Basketball-2K3-Game-Cube-COMPLETE-RARE_W0QQitemZ190305214412QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo _Games_Games?hash=item2c4f131fcc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A13|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0 |293%3A1|294%3A50

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[N3UROP0D]

Nice finds...wait, a wednesday garage sale?

[Kuros]

Nice finds...wait, a wednesday garage sale?

Craigslist. I post everything in here. :p

[Ye0ldmario]

There were very few copies of NCAA 2K3 for gamecube released so that's why it's rare...i think....

who would of thought a SPORTS game!! had so much value lol

Alot of games that are released at the end of a consoles life usually end up being rare

[Kuros]

There were very few copies of NBA 2K3 for gamecube released so that's why it's rare...i think....

who would of thought a SPORTS game!! had so much value lol

Alot of games that are released at the end of a consoles life usually end up being rare

NCAA 2K3 you mean. Anyway, yea, it had a very short lived run.

[cranguy]

I'm still praying to find a Nomad and an NES top loader one of these days. :pray:I wrote this in last year's yard sale thread, and I'm happy to report that today, I found my first NES Toploader in a consignment shop for $10. It came with a NES Advantage controller but is missing RF and power cables. Power should be replaceable once I find out what pin polarity it's supposed to be.

Now if I could only find a )(@#$)(* Nomad!

[Kuros]

For CIF do you guys ask for a price first or just shove what you want to pay into their face?
I'm trying to figure out a more effective way of doing this.

I typically ask price first then haggle.

[Furashu]

Thanks. That's what I usually do too, but snotknocker seems to just shove the money in people's faces, and he also seems to get a consistent flow of awesome stuff for extremely cheap, so I might try that.

he hits up like 3-4 hrs worth of yard sales.


@ Kuros, I saw that Dreamcast stick too, too bad i dont have a DC :D

[Furashu]

Arizona is just too hot to stand outside to sell ur stuff!

[pyoobez]

I hit up three yard sales, two advertised and one on the way back.

The first one had a small selection... a PS2 for $75 with a controller, MLB The Show 08 for $20. Then for the 360 they had NCAA and NBA '09 both for $20 and Sega Tennis for $5 which I considered for the arcade games included as it was still sealed (minus celophane). I might pick it up later as my sister wants to stop. Then they had World of Warcraft 2 Battle.net for $5 and Roller Coaster Tycoon 3: Platinum for $15. So I passed on all of that and set out expecting to be disappointed at the next.

When I got there, there wasn't much. When checking around I spotted a handful of Genesis games that the lady said were $1.

So for $4 I grabbed...

Asterix
BOB
Puggsy
Battletoads/Double Dragon

All are in the cases, sadly none have instructions. I have Battletoads by itself, but I definitely couldn't resist for $1 as I assumed the rest were more or less $1-ish games (and I was right).

I left behind... Madden '95 (I already have '96), College Football's National Championship (game only) and Aladdin in the Rocky Knight Adventure case and Vectorman in the Sonic Case (I have Vectorman game only... I considered buying this for the case to Sonic, but passed as cases aren't super important to me). I probably should've CIF $5 for all, but eh. I got what looked good to me.

[Kuros]

Thanks. That's what I usually do too, but snotknocker seems to just shove the money in people's faces, and he also seems to get a consistent flow of awesome stuff for extremely cheap, so I might try that.

It's kinda hard to do that in the San Diego area, many tend to overvalue their games.

[Ye0ldmario]

and DO have exact change.....if you haggle and pay with a higher bill such as 20 they'll get angry

[FOnewearl]

For CIF do you guys ask for a price first or just shove what you want to pay into their face?
I'm trying to figure out a more effective way of doing this.

IMO it's better to make the first offer on something if it doesn't have a price on it to help you set the starting price low. Rarely do people just take $5 when I do this on a good find (like a system with games) but a few times when I offered $5 and was told that's too low I've turned around with an offer of $10 and had it taken.

[LilPaintballer]

found a box full of rrod 360s payed 20 bucks for 7, all cables included no controllers but two battery packs(wtf) the lady sold them to me so she could get some money for some gas, i also gave her 18 litres(in one of those orange containers) for a nikon coolpix camera with all cables and chargers
Whoa, i would love love love to have a rrod 360 to tinker with, would you be willing to part with any at the right price?

[JDN169]

Stopped at a few sales today for the first time in years. One had some PS2 sports games for like $5 that didn't interest me but i did pick up Super Mario World (SNES) and Donkey Kong 64 for a buck a piece at another.

[Tribblewars]

Thats the problem in AZ darkslime. People sell baby stuff and womans clothes and call it a yard sale. Most of the electronics/tools/games get bought up and taken down south. Both me and my brother go yard saling, and its been slim pickens in Phoenix lately. (at least for me)

[Ye0ldmario]

You must have ebay vultures or game gobblers in your area or something. I am 99% sure we have them here as well because SA and GW are always bone dry like the desert. Flea market usually has something but none of the toothless dumbos up there let you haggle and it's so damn hot up here right now to go digging through peoples junk.

If you collect baby toys we have a gold mine open for the taking though! :D

[Mizzou75]

well, tomorrow will mark my first time ever going garage saleing exclusively for video game deals. i'm not getting my hopes up, but it'd be nice to boost my personal collection or find some nice items to flip. i'll be looking for snes, n64 and 360 games, but i wouldnt mind picking up an nes or a dreamcast for the right price.

also hoping to find some nice deals on dvds, but we'll see.

i just hope i've done enough research/made a detailed enough list so i don't miss any possible rarities due to my ignorance ;)

good luck to everyone this weekend! (unless you're in my area ;))

[CL-Insanity]

I just wanted to pipe in that I am "going for it" on Saturday. I hope everyone stays out of my area. I will post if I hit or miss on Saturday night. Good luck to everyone else!!!

[bunnybum]

Picked up some stuff at a nearby swap meet.

PC games:
http://i40.tinypic.com/6jkkn6.jpg
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Phantasmagoria (Missing CD1 :()
Police Quest SWAT

http://i43.tinypic.com/28kiln7.jpg
BLADE RUNNER! Really one of my favorite games.

http://i43.tinypic.com/ojo385.jpg
Central Intelligence. Never heard of this game before but how can I resist a complete bigbox game? It looks like a decent strategic spygame.

Also, a couple of PlayStation games:
http://i40.tinypic.com/m8ensz.jpg
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
Broken Sword (Rental version without manual :()

As an added bonus, here's a picture of a bunch of frogs inviting you to their gayden.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lleps1.jpg

[Mizzou75]

Well, struck out this morning. Only a few places I went to had games and they were nothing special. Maybe tomorrow.

[Macheezmo]

Today was basically a bust. I hit probably 20 sales, and there was almost nothing to be found. I picked up DMC4 for 360 for $5, and the Legend of Zelda board game, which has seen better days and is missing 4 tiles, for $1

[momouchi]

I'm planning on hitting 5 big yard sales on Saturday. Fingers crossed to find anything decent.

[Bubbakja]

I found the original road rash and battletech 2120(or something) for $1 each, turned down a couple sonic 1's. This is the first find sans sports ps2/cube/360 I've ever had. I did also score a huge bin of lego's with a bunch of star wars sets thrown in for $15.

[snotknocker]

Thanks. That's what I usually do too, but snotknocker seems to just shove the money in people's faces, and he also seems to get a consistent flow of awesome stuff for extremely cheap, so I might try that.

I tend to gravitate towards just whipping out some cash and making a ridiculously low offer, I've found this to be my most effective technique and consider this to be the TRUE meaning of CIF, however you can ask price and still effectively CIF an offer.

Naturally though there are times when I will ask then haggle. I don't really think it is as cut and dry as ask price or CIF. There are many factors such as if an item is marked with a price, the price of other things at the sale, who the seller is, if the stuff is out when you get there or they go in the house and bring it out after you ask for games, noticeable flaws with the item that you could point out to lower the price, what kind of neghborhood your in, how badly you want the item and honestly I could drag this list out much longer.

A few things though that you really need to do is prepare effectively for your outing, get out early, plot a course, if you drive get a GPS, ALWAYS be prepared to quickly CIF, be friendly and talkative, (buy a cup of lemonade from the kid, pet the dog, compliment the beautiful baby etc.) Shyness, fear of lowball offerings, a lack of preparedness are surely some of the top things that are going to sink your ship. Believe me I've been doing this for a while and there were countless times I learned from my mistakes.

When you go to a sale by whatever means possible try to make yourself likable. You want to kinda not be like "everybody else" with the "how much for this?" or how much for that?" You kinda have to play a rolL sort to speak.

Some people may not agree with how I do things but I know what puts games in my collection cheaply and money in my pocket.

Although they have not been here in a while Evilmax and Moiety I believe had similar technique and philosphies. Those 2 really scored many a jaw dropping deal as well.

I suggest you put your game face on and start CIF'ing some lowball offers.
You got nothing to lose and everything to gain. GO FOR IT!

[Shazyzang]

Today:

The Godfather VHS Collection- $5 (I got it down from $10, I should've gone to $3 but I didn't have enough money that low)
White GBA with a link cable, Super Mario Land (GB game only) and Super Mario World (GBA game only)
Monty Python Life of Brian VHS ($1, I should've went to 25 cents)
Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun PC- $1
The Simpsons Season 1 DVD set- $2
The Great Mouse Detective, Spider-Man, Rescuers Down Under VHS- 25 cents each

Stuff I didn't get:
Someone said they'd just sold their games, and I saw someone driving away.
Sega Pico with 4 or 5 games- $25 (I should've got it to $5-10)

[pyoobez]

I went back out today and picked up the Sega Superstars Tennis/XBL Arcade (console included disc) for $5 that I looked at yesterday. I mainly got it for the Pac-Man and UNO games, but I might play the Tennis a little to try for some easy acchievement points.

I also snagged a sweet replica metal sign for Old Judge Tobacco with a dog smoking a pipe for $7, three Pee-Wee Playhouse VHS tapes for my nephews for $3 (I try to school them on the classics when I get the chance). I also got some stuff thrown in from that lady, including some magnets, and a bumper sticker for a radio station.

I stopped at a few others that were mostly bust. One had Ready 2 Rumble Round 2 and Jet Set Radio for the DC for $1 each. I probably should've grabbed them, but the only person I know with a DC has both those titles.

The PS2 I saw before was marked down to $50, so I'll see if my dad's interested when he wakes up.

I also saw three Gameboy Color games that had me going from heart pumping to flatlined in record time. NSync Get To The Show, Powerpuff Girls and Camelot... all for $5 each. Oh... and they were a little wet as it rained for a short bit.

[momouchi]

Nothing much out there today. I hit two multi-family development community sales. Only one place had games. I grabbed Halo 2 CIF for $4, but in retrospect I should have tried to get it lower since it was marked $5. Just have to learn from those sorts of things I guess.

[Mizzou75]

Went again this morning, maybe saw one game at about eight places. My morning was cut short due to annoying allergies and the "wonderful" Mid-Missouri humidity. I did get a nice DVD stand for a buck though, so I guess it wasn't all terrible

[pyoobez]

Went again this morning, maybe saw one game at about eight places. My morning was cut short due to annoying allergies and the "wonderful" Mid-Missouri humidity. I did get a nice DVD stand for a buck though, so I guess it wasn't all terrible

Yeah, I always keep a look out for shelving like that. I got two nice # shaped shelves that looked to be designed to hang on walls and probably hold small knickknacks, but are just awesome for games. SNES games fit like perfect on the sides and Sega games go great on the on the top part.

[N3UROP0D]

Beautiful weather, terrible sales this week. Old lady shot down my generous $5 CIF for a last-gen racing wheel controller. At the last sale I just bought Sonic 2 and Ecco for Gamegear and uh....Chase HQ: Secret Police (Game Boy). $3, meh. At both of these sales I was told someone came earlier and bought the other game stuff they had, but damn is it hard to get out before 10-11 AM.

[pulsar0510]

Nothing game related today. Saw a ton of $5 PS2 nonsense and the like, but nothing decent. I did score 5 boxed + one loose Super Go-Bots for $2. Also found a Mego Spock for $8. Not a crazy good deal like the Go-Bots, but was the first toy I ever bought with my own money as a child and first time seeing one at a yardsale. Guy was a collector and wasn't crazy with his prices. His initial asking was $10, which was still a good deal for a figure that old.

[erehwon]

I skipped yard sales this weekend. I haven't had the energy to go out that early the last couple of days and there were wasn't much in the way of sales anyways. Better to save my gas for next week.

[Furashu]

Went to about 25 yard sales. Only Two Had Games which were all overpriced video games. Hit up one of my local flea markets from 10am-2pm.

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1) I first saw games at a table at the flea market and looked in a CD Book. I saw Parasite eve disc 1 and 2! Got them both for $6. I checked again later and it was fycken Disc 1 Of #1, Disc 2 of #2! Arggghhh
Total : $6

2) Walked around about an hour and a half later this dude had a huge as tent with games. Saw PS1 games $1-$5 in a box. Checked and saw.... Megaman Legends, Parasite Eve #1 Disc 2 <----:O, LOL talk about Luck! Also bought Triad Election marked $7. Paid $12 for everything
Total: $12

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Animaniacs Vol 1 & 2 + Tron (found these at a garage sale)
Total : $2

Boiler Room(sealed), 25th Hour(sealed), Old School, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ( found these at a flea market)
Total:$10

Blink 182 Albums (Blink 182) & (All the Small Things)
Total: Free ( The guy said 25 cents each and when i went to pay he said its okay man! :D said thanks with joy!)
Those awesome looking coasters that look like metal 25 cents each!

Bought 2 Books
Animal Farm 50 cents
Stocks for the long run 25 cents
Total .75 Cents

Today's Total Spending! = $30.75

[CL-Insanity]

Wow!!! I now see why the market has dried up on my "Old School Nintendo" business!!! I went to Vegas' only outdoor swap meet this morning. Remember how every other business was either t-shirts or every type of fruit and bean ever known to man?? No longer. There were about 10-15 tents that were nothing but games and gaming... and I mean hi-tech, hi-end commercial game sales. These people even had Nintendo 64 console packages in plastic. If anyone dreams of flipping or adding to their collection.. stay away from Broad Acres Swap Meet in Vegas. Even the Mom and Pop tents were ever bit as savvy as I was. I seen a young woman with a baby in her hand at a tent and thought I had a chance.... "How much for that.... Kobe Bryant Nintendo 64 game" .. "Oh, you can have it for $1.00" ... "Well, how much for that Conker's Bad Fur Day..?" "Oh, that's $45." #-oMind you, these games were just haphazardly put out with no rhyme or reason and she was dead on with the prices. The "commercial" places were crazy... they wanted $80 for Conker's with a bad logo and writing and $60 for N64 consoles. //
In related news, as my blog states, the rest of my day was filled with wasted time. Junk Sale after Junk Sale after Junk Sale.

:bomb::bomb::bomb:

[cranguy]

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PS2 with controller, no cords, $10
PS2 with controller, all cords, network adapter, and ATV Offroad Fury 2, $25 CIF
Animal Farm DVD new $1
Pandemonium PS1 mint $1
Nascar Racing 2003 Season $1
Not pictured: two tall CD wire racks for $5 ea (needed them cos I'm running out of places to stash games!)

I found the second PS2 at a church sale fairly late in the day (by yard sale standards), around 11:15. It was tagged at $40. I would have totally passed over it if it weren't for the network adapter. I CIF'ed $20 and the lady asked me for $25, which I agreed to.

If you don't know why I picked up the Nascar game, you need to look at the Amazon prices (http://www.amazon.com/NASCAR-Racing-2003-Season-Pc/dp/B000077WA5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1243119418&sr=8-1). It was Sierra's last Nascar game and there is a huge modding community for it.

[Ye0ldmario]

Wow!!! I now see why the market has dried up on my "Old School Nintendo" business!!! I went to Vegas' only outdoor swap meet this morning. Remember how every other business was either t-shirts or every type of fruit and bean ever known to man?? No longer. There were about 10-15 tents that were nothing but games and gaming... and I mean hi-tech, hi-end commercial game sales. These people even had Nintendo 64 console packages in plastic. If anyone dreams of flipping or adding to their collection.. stay away from Broad Acres Swap Meet in Vegas. Even the Mom and Pop tents were ever bit as savvy as I was. I seen a young woman with a baby in her hand at a tent and thought I had a chance.... "How much for that.... Kobe Bryant Nintendo 64 game" .. "Oh, you can have it for $1.00" ... "Well, how much for that Conker's Bad Fur Day..?" "Oh, that's $45." #-oMind you, these games were just haphazardly put out with no rhyme or reason and she was dead on with the prices. The "commercial" places were crazy... they wanted $80 for Conker's with a bad logo and writing and $60 for N64 consoles. //
In related news, as my blog states, the rest of my day was filled with wasted time. Junk Sale after Junk Sale after Junk Sale.

:bomb::bomb::bomb:


That is awful. Whats worse is Conkurs bad fur day is only worth about $35 tops loose. It's alright though, that person will learn a lesson sooner or later. After a while when they see the games still sitting there and the reality sets in they'll lower the prices. Hopefully.


Theres a guy up here in the bingo flea i go to, he still has the same NES he had when he opened his booth back about 6 years ago. And crazy prices, $30-$60 for any game with mario on it.

[rickyff7]

Ugh, alot of online price match people in swap meet. Oh why oh why, do they have to be there? Rain down or sun burn (in other words fade) artwork case and putting in same price like amazon or ebay....It just out RAGE.

Anyways, just pick up Fallout 3 (PC) for $3 but i already have it for 360.
I have question
Are the codes could be use again or just once?
Is the game only have one disk or more?
Should i keep it or sell it?

[cranguy]

Also, I passed up a MASSIVE Super Mario plushie today. It was probably 3 feet tall. It was $2. It was awesome, but I know that I have nowhere to put it, so I had to restrain myself from buying it.

[Macheezmo]

ugh, today was pretty crappy. The forecast said cloudy with a 15% chance of rain for the city I was going to about 20 miles away, so I figured it shouldn't be too bad. Of course as soon as I get there, it starts raining.

I stopped at my first sale, asked about games, and they brought out an NES that looked like it had been sitting in the basement for several years with 2 games, Cobra Command and Wrath of the Black Manta. They asked $5, I shot back with $3 which they accepted, and that was it for the entire day. Almost every other sale closed down. About 25 minutes after we leave the city, the rain stops and the sun comes out.

In a probably-not-too-interesting turn of events, I started taking apart the NES to clean it, and found another game inside. RBI Baseball, on one of those weird black Tengen carts. I went to add it into my collection, and it turns out I already have the game, but on a regular gray cart. I just thought that was kinda odd.
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[schuerm26]

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PS2 with controller, no cords, $10
PS2 with controller, all cords, network adapter, and ATV Offroad Fury 2, $25 CIF
Animal Farm DVD new $1
Pandemonium PS1 mint $1
Nascar Racing 2003 Season $1
Not pictured: two tall CD wire racks for $5 ea (needed them cos I'm running out of places to stash games!)
I found the second PS2 at a church sale fairly late in the day (by yard sale standards), around 11:15. It was tagged at $40. I would have totally passed over it if it weren't for the network adapter. I CIF'ed $20 and the lady asked me for $25, which I agreed to.

If you don't know why I picked up the Nascar game, you need to look at the Amazon prices (http://www.amazon.com/NASCAR-Racing-2003-Season-Pc/dp/B000077WA5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1243119418&sr=8-1). It was Sierra's last Nascar game and there is a huge modding community for it.

Nice find on the Nascar 2003. I have looked for it everywhere. I see literally every other Nascar Sierra game constantly. That one is a b--ch to find.

[PotatoGuy]

only snagged a snes game genie for a buck. lame this weekend.

[Mirpkered]

Been a bit since I posed anything on here but I'll post my past couple weekends:

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This was a nice haul. I was told to come back the next day originally when the husband would be available to dig out some video games that they had. I arrived and he and I looked through what he had and I got the following games:

The total price? $5.

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The was a sale that I was asked to come back to as they would have the games out then. I came back and got a chance to look through what they had. I got the following:

Dragon Warrior 2 (NES)
Pokemon Red (GB)
Pokemon Blue (GB)
Pokemon Yellow (GB)
Pokemon Crystal (GBC)
Pokemon Silver (GBC)
Pokemon LeafGreen (GBA)
Pokemon Emerald (GBA)
Pokemon Ruby (GBA)
Pokemon Sapphire (GBA)

I ended up giving $14 for all of them together. I felt it was worth it.

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This has probably been the best score so far this year for me. I went to this sale as it advertised some Nintendo Power Magazines for sale. I arrived and there were 2 large boxes of them for $7. I took them all and as he wouldn't haggle at all and then sorted them at home. Here is what there is:

Nintendo Power Mag Issues:

70-90
92-149
151-185
188-189

extra copies of 173, 174, 176, 177, and 178

also included were:

Nintendo Power Advance 1 and 2
Megatokyo Vol 1 with art print
multiple subscriber satalogs
Killer Instinct EYEDOL card
NES Link Animal Crossing e-Reader card
Ho-oh and Rapidash e-Reader cards
misc Batman comic

I feel that this will be a hard one to top for myself.

I had a couple more sales but nothing game related. Check my Flickr Page if your interested though.

[Kfoster1979]

Not much for me this weekend.

Gen 2 Genesis with Wheel Of Fortune 5.00
10" Mega Man 15th Anniversary 3.00
Baseball Glove 3.00

First one I went too this lady had a nice little GBA collection, but it was all overpriced. 5.00 a game and 30 for a gen 1 purple GBA. She had a list with all the games she had, but all the good ones were gone before the sale even started. I asked how much for all of the GBA stuff and she gave me prices listed above and said " I can get more on eBay, and later today when the kids start showing up" I said thanks and moved on.

[slowdive21]

What Nintendo power issues are KEY issues? (ie: collectible, have cards or inserts that people want?


On a related note...I bought 4 Nintendo powers for $1
issues: 211,215,216,235. 211 has a Pokemon ashcan comic vol. 5 in it. The issue also has wii stickers.

I left the damaged ones (torn up, subscription area cut off, etc). I did page through them to make sure there were no inserts or anything.

[PotatoGuy]

i just found out that issue 173 is a keeper for NP. it has the eon ticket in it. look it up on ebay. i found one for free at a garage sale last weekend.

also just got back for a pit stop.
found a Nomad for 12 (not that cheep but i wanted one) and DDR mario mix box and pad no game for 4 bucks. they will look for the game and get back with me (yah right)
now i'm off to check back up on a lady with a snes and nes that she wants to sell to me. hopefully its good stuff. i'll post pics later today.

EDIT: anyone know anything about getting battery packs for a Nomad? And no snes. the kid was a dick and didnt want to sell and even cried about it. ah well.


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mario ddr (box and pad no game) for 4 bucks

nomad for 12. no battery. i would probably use it if i had a battery. ah well. i need to find more stuff this summer has been sucking.

[RobMinhas]

Whoa, i would love love love to have a rrod 360 to tinker with, would you be willing to part with any at the right price?
thats the reason i got them, maybe fix it or at least try

[Mirpkered]

i just found out that issue 173 is a keeper for NP. it has the eon ticket in it. look it up on ebay. i found one for free at a garage sale last weekend.



Thanks for the heads up! I just checked both of them and saw that they both had the eon ticket in mint condition!

If anyone else has any other information on items that were included in nintendo power magazines, let me know.

[Kuros]

Busy weekend.

TMNT Tournament Fighters - $2

NFL QB Club, Pokemon Stadium and N64 system with 2 controllers and hookups (not pictured) - $5

Simpsons Game - $5

RE Archives book - $5

Zelda OOT, Yoshi's Story and Diddy Kong Racing - $15

SF Alpha 2 - $3

Point Blank 2 (sealed) and Point Blank 3 (complete) - $10

Crystals Pony Tale - $2

20 SNES games and 2 PS2 guncons - $25
Games included are: Rock n roll racing, Maui Mallard, super pinball, SM all stars, aladdin, cool spot, SMW, pilotwings, mickey mania, bassin's black bass, Speedy Gonzales, star fox, pitfall, big sky tropper, final fight, tin star, kirby superstar, college slam, jurassic park and kirby avalanche

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[Mirpkered]

Kuros, is it possible to play PS1 and PS2 shooter games on the PS3 with the PS3 guncon? I have been wondering this for a while but don't have a PS3.

[Kuros]

Kuros, is it possible to play PS1 and PS2 shooter games on the PS3 with the PS3 guncon? I have been wondering this for a while but don't have a PS3.

I dont have a ps3 either.

[Sinnbox]

so...I headed out this saturday and my alternator goes out on me!! I spent all morning fixing it. as soon as I get it fixed my friend calls me and tells me that he found a garage sale that had SNES games for $2 apiece Here is what i missed!!

CIB Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana With Manual
Ogre Battle with manual
Harvest Moon with manual
plus tons of less pricey games with manuals!!

I went over to look at his haul later...everything was in mint condition, the Chrono Trigger even had all maps, and the box was pristine!!
DANG!!!

[Sinnbox]

and DO have exact change.....if you haggle and pay with a higher bill such as 20 they'll get angry

I have never had a problem haggling to get an item for $5 then using a $10. now if you're like my lieing competition and say I only have $5 then pay with a $10 you'll get people pissed. I have seen people do that before.

If you say something like "I shouldnt pay more than $5 for that" and pay with a $10 they usualy wont get mad at you. I do it almost every saturday. I think most people around here bump prices up just because they know people like to haggle. the only people that get mad around here are the people that are selling sega genesis systems with 1 game for $75 and get mad when I tell them that the game store sells them for $20 with several free games.

[wgpfly]

Well my Gf went out to a yardsale to get some Cloth Diapers for the bay lol. She ended up picking up
Ace Combat 6
Sonic The Hedgehog No Manual
And Saints Row for $1 a piece.
They were beat to hell so I had em buffed. Hopefully they all work now

[lolsacks123]

do you still have your eon ticket cause i want it if you want to sell it

[Mizzou75]

a yard sale is being advertised about 45 minutes away from me and they are saying they have 75+ NES games for sale. i'm wondering if it's worth it to wake up early tomorrow to head up there and check it out...

[Mizzou75]

You could always try calling / emailing and asking if you can come check them out today.
Do they call the games old nintendo or something like that, or NES? If they call them NES it probably means they will be higher priced.

yeah, the title is "HUGE yard sale nintendo nes games" and in the text it says "nintendo nes games." i'll shoot them an email

[Chairman_LMAO]

My city had their annual city-wide garage sale a little while back, and I've made it a tradition to scour the sales for games. Unfortunately, it seems this year dealers are getting to the games earlier than I am, and people are wising up about ebay pricing. I can't tell you how many sales I've got to and either people have already sold their stuff, or want outrageous prices for them. Reading through this thread, it seems several of you are running into the same problems.

Anyway, onto the haul so far this year.

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I picked up this NES Advantage for $1 CIF. I've wanted one since I was a kid, but never had one. The lady originally wanted $10 for it, but it was pretty late in the day when I got there, and when I pulled out the dollar, she took it with little hesitation.

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Dragon Ball - The Saga of Goku
Vectorman CIB
$5

This was a pretty sweet deal. If you know me, you know I love Dragon Ball, and I've been looking for a copy of the first 13 episodes for a while. They're so heavily edited and poorly dubbed that I didn't want to spend too much money on them. When I rolled up at this sale, I found the DVD set right off the bat. I snatched this up right away, and when up to the guy running the sale to ask about games. He brought out a box full of loose sports games, a boxed Sonic 2 and boxed Vectorman. I pulled out Vectorman and asked how much he wanted. He said he didn't know, so I gave him five, which he happily took. Hindsight says I should have given him more, or at least taken the Sonic 2, but I'm pretty happy with what I got.

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Populous
Super R-Type
ActRaiser 2
$9

Milon's Secret Castle
$5

These were actually from a flea market that I went to after I got done Garage Sailing. Populous and Super R-Type were marked at $3 each, and ActRaiser 2 was $5. I CIF'd $9 for all of them, and to my suprise, the guy actually bit.

Milon's Secret Castle was from another dealer. She had a stack of NES games marked $5 each, all common games, most of which I already had. Oddly, she had Mario/Duck Hunt behind glass marked as "RARE GAME! $25":roll: Anyway, I only wanted Milon, so I tried to get her to come down a little by offering $3, but she held firm. I paid the asking price, which I didn't mind because it had the plastic sleeve and manual.

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Street Fighter 2 CIB
$5

NBA Jam CIB
T2 The Arcade Game
$.50

Jurassic Park
$1

Street Fighter 2 was a fleamarket find. It was from a dealer I'm very fond of. They always have great prices, are very friendly, and are genuinely nerds about gaming, which is hard to find with dealers. I always pay asking prices with them, beacuse it's usually fair. SF2 has a pretty beat up box, but I don't really care because I'm not looking to sell it.

NBA Jam and T2 were both games I wanted as a kid. I found them in a box in a lady's driveway. NBA Jam is totally complete, it even has the plastic covering them game inside the package. They weren't marked, so I had to ask. She said 25 cents each. I paid right away. Of course I'll take two games for 50 cents!

Nothing special about Jurassic Park. Found it marked a dollar and just paid for it. I was getting late in the day and I didn't feel like haggling.

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Bust-a-Move 3
$8

Galactic Attack
Robotica
Virtua Fighter 2
$10

NiGHTS
Free

Bust-a-move was found in the dirt mall from a shady dealer. It's marked $12.99 (on a sticker that I can't f%*#king get off!), but I asked how much anyway. He looked at it, and said ten. I noted the case had broken hinges and it's hard to get replacements. He said he couldn't go lower than ten, and I stared walking away. He called after me that he'd take eight, so I went back and bought it. I didn't really want to spend more than five, but he kind of guilted me into buying it. I won't go back to that dealer again.

Galactic Attack, Robotica, Virtua Fighter and NiGHTS were all bought at the same sale. They belonged to a lady's son who had moved out a couple years ago. The lady said she was glad someone else would get enjoyment of of them. Only Galactic Attack, Robotica, and Virtua Fighter were on the table, marked $5 each. I CIF'd $10 for all of them, and she gladly acceped. Later, as I was getting into my car, she ran out with a copy of NiGHTS and handed it to me, saying thanks for stopping at her sale. She was really nice!

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Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner
$1

Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Final Fantasy III
$9

This is pure bragging, since I got these deals at least two years ago. I was a big fan of Zone of the Enders, and I had both games until tough times made me sell them. I easily re-aquired the first ZOE, but The Second Runner was much more difficult to find. Two years ago I was at a garage sale picking through sports games when this gem popped out at me. I quickly paid the dollar and smiled all the way home.

The three RPGs I got five years ago. I was still in high school, and I was in the marching band. we had a saturday practice before a competition, and we had a lunch break. A few friends and I were walking to the store when we passed by this garage sale. We decided to go in, and I saw these games right away, marked $3 each. I knew what gold they were even then. I bought them without hesitation. I went without lunch, but it was soooo worth it.

So thats all for now. Sorry it was so long, it'll be shorter next time, I swear.

[pyoobez]

I just got back from three yard sales that were going on today. It was pretty much a bust, as all I saw gaming wise were kid's PC games that were scratched up for a quarter. I did pick up one of those metal folding guitar standswith foam support bars for $1, just for my Rock Band guitar. I looked over a Mac video card the guy had for $2, but it didn't look all that new, so I passed.

[donut]

Visited a sale today after work about 9 a.m. (sale started pre 8) ad stated video game systems...well, someone beat me to most but the home owner pointed out a 3DO console still there. I've never seen one and it upon glance looks like a old VHS player to me...
It is console only but we plugged it in...wallah the disc tray opens with the game D inside...! $4 (down from $5 due to lack of controller)
Ebay has some controllers listed (even new ones)...should I go this route or do members here have any other advice/source to buy a controller?
Thanks in advance... doin the happy dance on this one...:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bou ncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy:

oh and I passed on a $1 Madcatz PS1 dance pad (mint) ... should I go back for this? no PS1 dance games yet...
duh, it works on PS2..going back right now...whew still there and picked up DDR Xbox mint/complete $.50

[commandercody83]

Nice steal on the 3DO donut. I got one in the box last year with a few games. Controllers shouldn't be that hard to get. Games are cheap enough too.

Went out today to a sale that advertised games. Same sale as last year, but they had more PS2 then. No good titles. Just missed some Star Wars titles for original Xbox. They were all marked $5 each.

Won't have an opportunity to make it to any of the other sales this weekend. Dang.

[PotatoGuy]

Found Warlords and star wars for the 2600 and wizards and warriors III for 4 total on lunch break today. they had systems but were asking 50 for genesis and 40 for nes. wanted to tell them to sit and spin. I'll post a picture if i find anything tomorrow.

[AssCheap]

I recently volunteered for our local SPCA garage sale. Mostly helping set up sort things ect. Anyhow while i was there I came across a Snes with a bunch of games and being it was by donation I offered $20.oo The lady in charge said i was doing so much work i could have it for $10.oo. NO argument there.

Well since then i sort of went a little crazy looking for snes stuff online and in classified and stuff. Thats when i found this nice little thread. Now i had been to the site before but always as a lurker after reading through this thread i felt i would share my finds (as other around me seem less than impressed about it).

Anyhow this is my finds so far this year.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=5369&pictureid=7300

The Snes came with 21 games two working controlers a super game boy and Poke Blue cart.

Beauty and the Beast
Brain Lord
Donkey Kong Country
Flinstones
Home Alone 2
Legend of Zelda
Lufia 1
Maden 94 (cib)
Mario Paint (no mouse/pad)
Motral Kombat 2 (box no inst)
NCAA basketball (CIB)
NCAA Football
NHL 96
Romance of the three Kingdoms 3
Shadowrun
Streetfighter alpha 2
Super All Stars with mario world
Super Pinball
Super Tennis
Utopia
Vortex


Went to about 25 sales but picking were slim.

DK bongos unopened -$5 no game version
Philips 14' LCD - $4
Yellow GBC with Zelda Ages $4

One Sale had a N64 with about 30 games but it was all packaged weird. Bags with 5-6 games marked $25-40. No mix and matching no single sales. Controlers sold seperate from the system. The weirdest thing was about 5 pokemon games seperate from the N64 Transfer pak Seperate from the pokemon stadium game with no gameboy in sight?!? The only person at the sale was an old lady and she said she could not discount it cause it was not hers. Total for all the gear was $150-200= pass by me.

Also at a thift shop i was looking for anything game related, i almost left when i saw the Aura Interactor. It was $10 with no returns if it did not work, i took the chance. I had to go to work so i could not test it all day.
When i did get home to try it i seen from the manual it was CIB! I hooked it up the SNES and slammed in Street Fighter II. Well it appears to be working fine but dam if that is not one of the worst noises i have ever heard coming out the back of this thing. It seems this is normal with these though.

aura interactor commercial (http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/aura-interactor-vest-commercial/314340) If anyone care to see it in action,as it were.

Not picured here is my Watchmen Graphic novel. It was a buck.
a Spare set of gamecube cables for a buck...the a/v cable fits the snes too.

All told not bad for $35.00

I also have a rather minty Superscope coming in the mail with a Japanese copy of Darius Twin both CIB for $45 total + shipping.

[Furashu]

Rained out in so cal???

[millerjm2]

I got about 70 games for $60 today mostly NES stuff. There were about 10 CIB games and the rest had something missing whether it was the box, manual, or slip case. Nothing too terribly great but I do love me some complete NES games; they are so nice to look at. They had some other stuff too (genesis, playstation, etc) but nothing of interest. I think I saw a disc only copy of Dino Crisis and Rebel Assualt II. I offered sixty for everything (100 games) the said no, then I tried offering sixty for just the NES stuff. They countered with $70 and I told them all I had was sixty and they took it. Here is some of the games I got in box

Bionic Commando
To the Earth
Mission Impossible
Knight Rider
Zoda's Revenge
Sesame Street ABC
Nascar Challange
Solstive
Play Action Football
Tetris 2
Mach Rider
Rad Racer

Then about another 50 incomplete games. I was having a little bit of buyers remorse at first but after doing some math I think I'll be okay.

[kube00]

nothing after hitting 20+ sales

[dodgeme]

After one of my first trips out this year not too much.

I got Breath of Fire 3 for the PS1 for $5.00 after lady misread the label which originally was $15.00 and I got Jurassic Park 3 dvd for $2.00

[Sinnbox]

Yard sale finds for the week

Sale 1
Kingdom Hearts 1 - $1

Sale 2
TLOZ: Wind Wanker - $1 for some reason this is the first time I have ever found this game at a garage sale, I am slightly disapointed that the case art was messed up because I was wanting to replace my personal copy that was stolen when I was in college.

Sale 3
Mario Kart 64 - $1 for some reason I find a copy of this almost every week

Sale 4
Paperboy 2 & Animaniacs(SNES) $1 apiece

offered $2 instead of asking price of $7

Sale 5
Baulders Gate: Dark alliance I&II $5 apiece, I had to talk the lady into breaking apart her xbox bundle then offered $5 apiece when she said $10 apiece.

Sale 6
Street Fighter II Video Strategy Guide $.50

Sale 7
Dark Rift(N64)
Arc the lad complete goodie box(they had sold the game and abunch of other rare PS1 titles before I got there.
$4.28(sales tax???WTF????)

Sale 8(local game store)
Paper Mario(64) CIB $22+tax

Sale 9
NES:
Gyromite
Super Mario 2
kid Kool
Super Pitfall
Golf
Bad Dudes
Rampage
Contra
Batman
Operation wolf
Infiltrator
Mario/DH(thankfully only one this week!!)
Mike Tyson' punchout
TMNT
Nintendo World cup
Bayou Billy
Bart Vs. the world
Bart Vs. Space Mutants
MLB
1 game with label torn off
1 DH GUN

SNES:
Mario All*Stars
Ms. pac-Man
Donkey Kong Country
Stanley Cup
Zelda
Black Bass
Nigel Mansell's World Championship

I offered $10 the lady said $20
we settled on $15
I didnt take any of her systems because they looked like they were once part of a peanut butter and jelly sandwitch!! EWWWW

the lady said they were her grandson's but she was tired of having them in her closet!! WOW!!

I also noticed several bugs crawling in these carts..may have to let them sit on the deck for a while.

I also grabbed Champions of norrath, Return to arms, and God Of War II from blockbuster for $10.

I am verry happy, lately my town seemed dried up, but today was amazing!!!

[theGrue]

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9886/dsc05108s.jpg

Friday's Finds:

Game Boy Advance SP w/ Charger, Headphones, Link Cable
Shark Tale
SpongeBob SquarePants Double Pack
Total: $8

Sony PlayStation: $1

Cloudy day, not rainy, but bad enough to scare people off from sales. Found these at the same neighborhood sale. I was pretty happy with the price on the GBA SP, I didn't have one of them yet. I just have to get the heart painted on it off somehow. Haven't had a chance to test the PS1 yet, but I have plenty of accessories for it from a couple weeks ago.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2237/dsc05109.jpg

Saturday's Finds:

Batman Forever
Disney's Aladdin
Jurassic Park
Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure
Primal Rage
Super Game Boy
Super Empire Strikes Back
Super Off-Road: The Baja
WWF Super Wrestlemania
Total: $5

Super Mario Bros. 3
007 Tomorrow Never Dies
Army Men: World War - Land, Sea, Air
NCAA Gamebreaker 2000
Syphon Filter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Total: $5

Cheap SNES games are always nice to add to my collection, and the PS1 games will all be good to include when I sell the system that I found on Friday. Just like Friday, these were found at houses right next to each other, which is always nice.

[Kfoster1979]

Not much today as my son had a Baseball game at 10:30. However I got a a copy of Super Smash Bros. and Mario Golf both for the N64 5.00

Found an old guy with a box full of Original Game boy games, Tetris, Alleyway, some Pokemon etc etc he wanted 3.00 a per game. I told him they were worth .50 each to me and he said no so I walked away.

[Sinnbox]

Not much today as my son had a Baseball game at 10:30. However I got a a copy of Super Smash Bros. and Mario Golf both for the N64 5.00

Found an old guy with a box full of Original Game boy games, Tetris, Alleyway, some Pokemon etc etc he wanted 3.00 a per game. I told him they were worth .50 each to me and he said no so I walked away.


just a tip, instead of saying that you will pay .50 per game find 8 games you want and offer $4, 4 seems like a lot more than $.50 even though he is getting the same amount of money per game.

[N3UROP0D]

I went to some sales today, ended up spending too much but got some decent stuff.

First sale:

PS1 system with controller, hookups, 2 mem cards, and about 8 common games - $5
Silver GBA SP - $5
GB Games: Mega Man III, Mario Tennis, Wario Land 3, Tetris - $1 each
GBA: Golden Sun - $1

The PS1 is actually the semi-rare SCHP 1001 model, which supposedly has superior audio output or somesuch. Kinda neat. The GBA SP had no charger, but I can use my DS charger so it's coo'.

Next sale:
Saw a big ol' pile of games, nothing great but some decent. I said how much for all this, he goes "uhhhh..." and I whip out a fiver. Works like a charm.

GBA: Zelda 4 Swords/LTTP, Rocket Power, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
GB: Men In Black, Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Gold, Terminator 2
Xbox: Unreal II: The Awakening, Mortal Kombat Deception
PS2: Music Maker, Mojo (both sealed)


Long story short, this last guy had a ton of NES, SNES, N64, and Genesis games but wouldn't budge from $5 apiece. I just picked two, and for some reason decided to give him $20 for a SNES.

Genesis: Contra Hard Corps (complete) - $5
NES: TMNT: The Arcade Game - $5
Complete SNES System w/ 2 controllers & hookups - $20

I had a "what was I thinking" moment about 2 minutes later but oh well, now I have a SNES. It works fine so it's alright.

Gotta sell the PS1 and maybe the Pokemon games and get most of my money back.

[smaaug]

At least 75 sales but a very crappy game day

Time Crisis 3 CIB with Guncon
$5

Mario Kart GBA
$1

Mario Party CIB
FZero 64 CIB
$8

Mario Tanuki McDs Toy
2 Snork Figures
Donkey Kong Stylus
1.00

115 CDs including tons of Kiss, Beatles, Clapton
$20

Silence of the Lambs Criterion
Robocop Criterion
Royal Tanenbaums Criterion
$5

[Samus]

Got some great deals this week.

Pulled this out of a $45 N64 lot. I offered $3 just for Mario Kart 64 w/ manual. She took it.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/Nintendofankid/mariokart.jpg

Next sale I saw these for 50 cents each. I figured the Game & Watch/Sonic might be worth something. The Sonic is worthless, but it turns out the Game & Watch is worth like $40. Score.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/Nintendofankid/gamewatch.jpg

Snagged this like new Transformers DVD for $2.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/Nintendofankid/TRANSFORMERS.jpg

The next sale I went to, I asked for games and a kid came out with some N64 games. He didn't want to sell a lot of them, but he had some valuable games (very excellent taste). I offered $10 for what he had, which was like 13ish carts. His dad was like "That is worth $80 on the Wii!!11". Bought Glover for $2 because I'm nostalgic for it. Asked him if he had anything else. He went in and pulled out some Wii/GameCube games, all complete and in fantastic condition.

(Dance Mat not pictured) Snagged all this for $30:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/Nintendofankid/gcwii.jpg

Last sale I found had these, $5 for the lot. They both work. They through the C++ book in for free because we were talking about how his son was a programmer or whatever while his wife was getting these inside.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/Nintendofankid/nes.jpg

[Sinnbox]

^ LOL @ them for getting upset about N64 games then selling you that lot for $30!!

[SaraAB]

I bought a bunch of stuff today, nothing particularly exciting.

D-link wireless router - 2$, plugged it in and it lights up, no idea how it works with the internet, not attempting to hook it up unless I really need to (my router is 4 years old and will probably die soon so now I have another). Came with ethernet cord. Hilarious that I found a router for 2$, usually wireless routers around here come with a 40$ or more price tag at a yard sale.

Last week I saw a kirby vacuum, 15$, no idea how I would flip a vacuum that heavy for money and no idea if it worked. No one on craigslist would pay much for a vacuum around my area. Only mentioning it because there is so much vacuum talk on these forums, lol.

Other finds.

Video Now XP player 1$ - works fine with one disc inside
Littlest pet shop plug n play - 1.25
Crayola plug n play - 1$
Dora plug n play - 1$
Bratz Diary - 50 cents

I see these plug n play games for $3-5 everywhere and I can get more on ebay around xmas time so I buy them whenever I can for 1$ each.

[Sinnbox]

I bought a bunch of stuff today, nothing particularly exciting.

D-link wireless router - 2$, plugged it in and it lights up, no idea how it works with the internet, not attempting to hook it up unless I really need to (my router is 4 years old and will probably die soon so now I have another). Came with ethernet cord. Hilarious that I found a router for 2$, usually wireless routers around here come with a 40$ or more price tag at a yard sale.

Last week I saw a kirby vacuum, 15$, no idea how I would flip a vacuum that heavy for money and no idea if it worked. No one on craigslist would pay much for a vacuum around my area. Only mentioning it because there is so much vacuum talk on these forums, lol.

Other finds.

Video Now XP player 1$ - works fine with one disc inside
Littlest pet shop plug n play - 1.25
Crayola plug n play - 1$
Dora plug n play - 1$
Bratz Diary - 50 cents

I see these plug n play games for $3-5 everywhere and I can get more on ebay around xmas time so I buy them whenever I can for 1$ each.

Ya, people around here think that routers are Gold, If I see them they are usually priced as higher than most PC sites sell new ones for. I did manage to get a wireless N NIB for $4 last year the lady had no idea how to hook it up. I was stoked, I had just priced that exact router the week before...$130!!! To bad I had purchased a $40 the day before :(

[erehwon]

I always see routers in piles of junk, probably cheap. Are any router worth picking up? I don't really know much about it.
Some routers are worth picking up. Linksys is a good type to look for. Certain models of linksys routers can be modified with custom firmware such as DD-WRT or tomato. These open up a lot of options that you won't find in the official firmware. I would check the sites of the of the custom firmware to see what is compatible. Most of those are probably good ones.

[donut]

Lots of sales but little gaming...

Cobalt DS Lite (handheld only) scratched screen with a short yellow? stylus? stuck in the stylus slot...so far not working... $6

Few PS2/GC games (nothing notable) $.10-$.25

10 Disney DVDs (8 minty) $10 ttl

[SaraAB]

What I am seeing here is horribly overpriced clothes, VHS are 1$ at every sale, and no one is buying anything. I couldn't get rid of my VHS tapes for 25 cents each in this area. I refuse to pay more than 25 cents per VHS tape, if I even want them. People want 50$ or more for color TV's from the 80s, obviously they are sitting there unsold. People no one is going to buy your used toddler and baby toys for 5$ each or more.

I was really lucky to get what I got this weekend.

I have an idea why this is though, because to put an ad in the paper for a yard sale it is EXPENSIVE, like more than 50$ for a weekend ad. People have to recoup what they spent for the ad, but the higher you price your stuff the less people buy. 99% of people end up donating the items at their yard sale at the end of the sale, as NO ONE, and I mean no one wants to pack it up and bring it back in the house (if you have ever put on a yard sale you know this). So I don't understand the overpriced mentality, since you are just going to be donating stuff anyways if you don't sell it, your better off selling things for 25 cents and taking the quarter rather than donating everything. If I walk into a sale and see it is extremely overpriced then I just walk away quickly without buying anything, I suspect many others do the same.

Yard sale shoppers in this area want 25 and 50 cent items, rarely are people going to spend more than a couple bucks at a sale, no one goes out of their house with more than 20$ in their pocket, if they did this would be extremely rare. I mean we are talking yard sale shoppers here, we want extreme bargains and we want cheap!

I don't know who is going to buy used toddler pants for 3$ though, because that is how they are priced here. I saw several lawns completely full of clothing, that were $3-5 per item and no budging on the price. I don't know what these people think they are going to do with all those used clothes. I have a thrift near me that charges 3$ a bag for clothing and I can pull some awesome stuff from there. I can get 12-13 items into a bag and get the whole thing for 3$.

[PotatoGuy]

not too much but more then i thought i would find.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_01_Shrunk.jpg

Closeups and pricing in spoilers. Wanted to share pictures as i love checking everyone's stuff out!



Pac-Man Mug $.05
Its going to be nice for my desk at work!
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_02_Shrunk.jpg

NES: Wizards and Warriors III,
Atari 2600: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, Warloards
All 3 for 4 bucks out the door.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_03_Shrunk.jpg

PS2: Kingdom Hearts II $3 said he never even played it.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_05_Shrunk.jpg

PS1: Crusaders of Might and Magic, Oddworld Abe's Exoddus (Missing Manual but has both disks)
PS2: The Nightmare of Druaga (anyone know if this is any good?)
all three for $4
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_04_Shrunk.jpg

N64: Forsaken 64, Vigilante 8, Hexen, Mario Kart 64, Mario 64, Waverace 64, Superman 64 (Oh Boy!), Pilotwings 64, Star Wars: The Battle for Naboo
all for $5
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_07_Shrunk.jpg

NES: System plus 4 games two of them boxed $7
ICE Hockey (boxed), To The Earth (Boxed), Mario/Duckhunt, and Trick Shooting
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/VG_053009_06_Shrunk.jpg

Stack of Johhny Comics for $1
Never Say Never Again (DVD) $1
Weird Florida $2 (will sit nicely next to my weird Michigan book)
Stack o' CDs (2.25 total) :
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,
Beck - Odelay,
Pearl Jam - No Code,
Hendrix - Band of Gypsies,
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom,
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head,
Bush - Sixteen Stone,
Cake - Fashion Nugget,
Social Distortion - White Light White Heat White Trash
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397736/Other_053009_01_Shrunk.jpg <-- Non Video Game Finds

Man that was a lot of work! can't wait for next weekend!
good finds so far this weekend everyone :applause:
Wow i spent $29.30 total. at least i get the 7 back from my sister when i sell that nes to her.

[pyoobez]

Last week I saw a kirby vacuum, 15$, no idea how I would flip a vacuum that heavy for money and no idea if it worked. No one on craigslist would pay much for a vacuum around my area. Only mentioning it because there is so much vacuum talk on these forums, lol.

If you have a vacuum repair guy around where you live, check them out. They know their models and how to get them running good as new. Only problem is if they try to lowball you. Most around here are good. In fact, the one guy traded my great grandmother her old 50's vaccuum for two new namebrand new ones he serviced.

Oh, and nice find on the plug 'n plays. I was walking back from the video store a few months ago and passed a house with a few "FREE" boxes out front. I dug through the crap and found a Spongebob one for my nephews.

I was out today to two, with no luck in gaming stuff. I sort of figured as one was all the way across town and I didn't get out until like 11. I ended up picking up two toy cell phones for my nephews for $1, and told my dad the one house is for sale as we're moving soon. 6 bedrooms and 2 two car garages for whatever the bank wants to cover the loans. I'll have to laugh if we end up buying a house thanks a yard sale.

[Kfoster1979]

I would've grabbed at least Pokemon. That's a good deal for $3, they sell for $15 on ebay.

Damn I had no idea... Oh well


@N3UROP0D

That PS1 is a good find, audiophiles love it, there is whole thread over at forums just for that. Sony used a top of the line DAC right off the board to the audio outputs people use them in big money audio set ups.

[Shazyzang]

@N3UROP0D

That PS1 is a good find, audiophiles love it, there is whole thread over at forums just for that. Sony used a top of the line DAC right off the board to the audio outputs people use them in big money audio set ups.
I think I have one of those, is it PSX or PSone?

[PotatoGuy]

is that part worth money and what model(s) is it on? i might actually start looking at ps1 systems at gsales now.

[oper8r00]

First big scores of the season for me. OMG too many N64's its a good thing I am building up my collection.

1st score of the weekend:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/oper8r00/IMG_0114.jpg
N64
2 1st Party Controllers
Memory Card
Games: Toy Story 2, Mickey's Speedway USA, Goldeneye 007, Diddy Kong Racing
- was asking $25 for it all, CIF'd $10 and they took it. -

2nd score:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/oper8r00/IMG_0115.jpg
N64 + expansion pack
1 third party controller
1 Golden Controller
Following Games: Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, Command & Conquer, Duke Nukem 64, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Stadium 2, Castlevania 64, WCW/nWo Revenge
- Asking $15 for it all, just gave it to her because it was all in excellent condition.

3rd Score of the Weekend:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/oper8r00/IMG_0117.jpg
36 Misc. Game Guides :shock:
- Asking .50 each. CIF'd $2 for all and they took it :D

4th Score of the Weekend....
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/oper8r00/IMG_0116-1.jpg
Had 2 GBA Games (The Urbz & Tony Hawk Underground 2) out on a table marked $2 each, CIF'd $2 for both. Then asked for old Nintendo game and they pulled out Ken Griffy Major League & Battletoads/Double Dragon! :D
- CIF'd $5 for all

5th Score - used my luck points up on this one...seriously...
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/oper8r00/IMG_0113.jpg

Here we go...
Playstation 2, 2 sets of cables, 1 wired controller, 1 6ft extension, & eye toy, dvd remote with sensor, 8MB memory card
N64 (again), 2 1st party controllers, set of cables, 5 games (Pokemon Stadium, 1080 Snowboarding, Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis) GB transfer pak.
Special edition Gameboy Color, Madcatz accessory kit, rubber case, 7 games (Mortal Kombat 4, Pokemon - pikachu edition, Blue Pokemon, Silver Pokemon, Frogger, Harvest Moon GBC, Quest of Camelot)
Silver Game Boy Advance SP: Light accessory, 4 games (Super Mario Advance, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Metroid Prime Fusion, The Sims 2)
6 way svideo switcher w/ cables
FM transmitter

- Total cost..... $20 for all.

Good weekend!

[craven_fiend]

I don't know who is going to buy used toddler pants for 3$ though, because that is how they are priced here. I saw several lawns completely full of clothing, that were $3-5 per item and no budging on the price. I don't know what these people think they are going to do with all those used clothes. I have a thrift near me that charges 3$ a bag for clothing and I can pull some awesome stuff from there. I can get 12-13 items into a bag and get the whole thing for 3$.

I hear you on the toddler clothes, as well as baby clothing. 2 years ago,we my wife was pregnant with our son, we found a ton of good deals. Not just on clothes but everything. Flash forward to now,pregnant with our daughter, and we've spent more at one sale than we did at multiple sales that year. It's just crazy. Hopefullynext weekend is better,an entire subsdivision is having a sale.

All of this craziness in a small Indiana town. Would hate to see metroplises, can only imagine.

[Chairman_LMAO]

@N3UROP0D

That PS1 is a good find, audiophiles love it, there is whole thread over at forums just for that. Sony used a top of the line DAC right off the board to the audio outputs people use them in big money audio set ups.

But is it really that rare? I've got two, but I only bought them because they're easier to mod and play imports on.

[FOnewearl]

I did a blog this week for those that like to read the detailed stories since my post was more out of hand then usual :D

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=8717

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/912/5293009.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5293009.jpg)

Ms. Pac-Man Handheld (Made by Micro Games USA) - .10

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Donkey Kong Junior Table Top Arcade - $1.50

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N64 with A/V Cords, Power Plug, 2 1st Party Controllers (Gray & Atomic Purple)

Golden Eye 007
Quake
Mario Kart 64 (PC)

GBA Games

Super Mario Bros. (Complete)
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World (Complete With Map)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Complete With Level Card Unopened)

Pocket Bomberman (GBC)

$30

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Mortal Kombat II - .50

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GameBoy In Generic Case With Link Cable, Super Mario Land Manual & Game Genie

Paperboy
Solar Strike
Tetris

$5

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Ehrgeiz: God Bless The Ring (Guide)
Final Fantasy X (Guide With Poster Still Intact)

$1

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1st Party NES Controllers x2, NES 1st Party AC Adaptor

Narc
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (With only the front/back cover of the manual unfornately)
P.O.W.
Skate Or Die
Tecmo Bowl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Tetris

Sonic The Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge (Book)

$5ish

[rtooby]

Hit about 25 sales, mostly bust, but I picked up a few things..

Gameboy Color Lime w/ Donkey Kong Country - $2
Box of misc Texas Instruments cables/controllers/Parsec game and an old EGM (#112) - $1
Ti-83+ graphing calculator w/ instruction book - $4 (should be a nice flip come August/Sept)
My brother picked up a Canucks jersey for $1.

The only things I saw that I wanted but passed on was a SNES w/6 games for $35 (all common), and a Genesis M2 w/no games for $15 (only reason I wanted was for the box since I don't have one), but they were firm on the prices.

[PotatoGuy]

Dude... Parsec... I loved that game! hunt the wompus was fun too.

[Chairman_LMAO]

I'll post what I got a little later on, but today I ran into a doozy. $200 for an NES with Mario/Duck Hunt, Ghostbusters, and TMNT. Seller was a walking stereotype, beer gut, mustard stained wifebeater, on his fifth can of Coors at 9 a.m. He claimed he paid alot for "those tapes and that player", and figures this is a fair price. I asked if he'd go a dollar on Ghostbusters and got kicked out of his sale. Some people.

[Kuros]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds053009.jpg

Final Fantasy 4, Disgaea DS and FFTA2 - $15
NCAA 08 - $1
Guitar Hero 3 - $5
PS2 Network Adapter and PS1 memory card - $5
Logitech wireless mouse - $.25
Vantec 80mm case fan - $1

My legs = Sexy


Edit: Forgot to put in

Rock Band Drum Set - $15

[Splatoon]

Hit about 25 sales, total bust. Only vaguely video-game related item was some weird VR headset thing for the PC. I also noticed a lot of stuff seemed high compared to years past, with people asking $3-4 for books (good luck) and crap that probably would have been a quarter previously. Hopefully things will pick up a bit when it gets warmer.

[Shazyzang]

50 cents- CastleQuest NES cart only with sleeve

$3- Rolling Thunder (unlicensed), NES Open Tournament Golf, Faxanadu, Pro Wrestling, Caveman Games, Time Lord, Star Voyager, Wizards and Warriors, and Intruder (All cart only, NES)

Got those yesterday with my grandparents.

[theGrue]

Hit about 25 sales, total bust. Only vaguely video-game related item was some weird VR headset thing for the PC. I also noticed a lot of stuff seemed high compared to years past, with people asking $3-4 for books (good luck) and crap that probably would have been a quarter previously. Hopefully things will pick up a bit when it gets warmer.

Hey, I think I hit that sale too! Were they $20 and new in box?

I asked about games and they said they'd ask their kids to bring some out today, but I'm not going to have a chance to go today. You could go check it out again!

[Sinnbox]

Final Fantasy 4, Disgaea DS and FFTA2 - $15

Very Nice!!! One thing I dont find around here are DS games. I'm not sure why, the game stores can't keep them in stock so people must have tons at home. Plus that is a nice lot of them, seems like when I do find them they are mostly girl games.

[SaraAB]

I hear you on the toddler clothes, as well as baby clothing. 2 years ago,we my wife was pregnant with our son, we found a ton of good deals. Not just on clothes but everything. Flash forward to now,pregnant with our daughter, and we've spent more at one sale than we did at multiple sales that year. It's just crazy. Hopefullynext weekend is better,an entire subsdivision is having a sale.

All of this craziness in a small Indiana town. Would hate to see metroplises, can only imagine.

There is so much baby stuff here it is not even funny, almost EVERY single sale I go to is children under 6 and parents selling off all of their kids stuff. People really do want their stuff to come out of a box or bag and are afraid of used stuff, yet my area is 70% welfare people or more so you would think that yard sale items are in high demand but they are not. People have 4 or more kids here, I know 3 families on my block alone that have 4 kids each so you would also think kids stuff would be in high demand. Baby stuff does not sell at all here, kids clothes even at 25 cents a piece sometimes do not sell. You never see the parents of older children having a yard sale, why I do not know. Prices vary here by house though, so you will run into tables of clothing for 25 cents a piece as well as those charging 5$ for one kids outfit.

For my area this was really the first weekend of full fledged yard sale season, memorial day doesn't net much as everyone is partying. Its too cold before then to do yard sales. Perhaps later in the season prices will get lower.

People ask 3-4 for books here, 5$ for plug n play games, I am NOT paying 5$ for a plug n play game. Some people ask $3-4 per VHS but today I found a house asking 10 cents for VHS, but the $3-4 houses are more common. I don't care how much you paid for that plug n play game, used stuff is used stuff. These things really should be selling for less than a dollar each but I can barely get them down to a dollar most of the time. I want to assemble a mass collection of plug n play games (I am doing pretty good so far!). But I have had to pass up many because the price is too high then they say they can't go any lower on the item. I have used CIF but I just can't get the prices down on the plug n play games.

[kipz]

Overslept this weekend but last weekend I got
Ecco Tides of Time (with box and manual) $1
Rock Band drums with a broken pedal $2

I had a replacement for the broken part of the pedal.

[FOnewearl]

I see the same thing with prices going up at yardsales, I actually saw a VCR the other week marked $20 and it's not uncommon to see them marked at $10 around me even though (sp?) I'll see them not going anywhere fast if they are marked say $1-3 and I'm sure if I looked close enough just about everything is priced higher at many yardsales. I've seen a few TVs from the early mid 90s over the last month/year marked around $50, I'm no expert on the value of old TVs but I'd say that that's way to much for anywhere let alone a yardsale :D

It's too bad but unfornately it's 2009 and more people are having yardsales to make money more so then they used to in order to get rid of unwanted stuff that wasen't being used. Many houses seem to set up and have a yardsale year after year in my town with the same old stuff with very little added instead of throwing out or donating the dreck that didn't sell after the sale is over. The deals still seem to be out there (sp?) in my area non the less even if it's not as many and not as cheap on the average as they used to be.

I've also seen next to no old cart games at the flea market this year and I think it's partly because flea market sellers probably just ain't finding the stuff dirt cheap at yardsales this year and if they do see old games at yardsales they are probably too pricey for them to buy and make a few bucks at the flea.

[Kuros]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds053109.jpg

Kind of a pricey day today

RE2, RE3, Power Stone 2, MvC2, Sonic Adventure 2, North and South - $30
2 Starfire DC guns - $20
SNES turbo controller - $1
Zelda OoT and Magical Tetris Challenge - $5

[dodgeme]

Here is a pic of my Saturday finds.
http://i44.tinypic.com/1zqrjg2.jpg
Breath of Fire 3 - $5
Jurassic Park 3 - $2

[JDN169]

Not a lot of good stuff today, did pick up two DVD racks for $5 each though, i think they hold ~150 DVDs each. Good timing since i needed them.

The same sale that had the dvd racks had a used 360 rock band bundle for $100, that was the only game i saw today.

[SaraAB]

I see the same thing with prices going up at yardsales, I actually saw a VCR the other week marked $20 and it's not uncommon to see them marked at $10 around me even though (sp?) I'll see them not going anywhere fast if they are marked say $1-3 and I'm sure if I looked close enough just about everything is priced higher at many yardsales. I've seen a few TVs from the early mid 90s over the last month/year marked around $50, I'm no expert on the value of old TVs but I'd say that that's way to much for anywhere let alone a yardsale :D

It's too bad but unfornately it's 2009 and more people are having yardsales to make money more so then they used to in order to get rid of unwanted stuff that wasen't being used. Many houses seem to set up and have a yardsale year after year in my town with the same old stuff with very little added instead of throwing out or donating the dreck that didn't sell after the sale is over. The deals still seem to be out there (sp?) in my area non the less even if it's not as many and not as cheap on the average as they used to be.

I've also seen next to no old cart games at the flea market this year and I think it's partly because flea market sellers probably just ain't finding the stuff dirt cheap at yardsales this year and if they do see old games at yardsales they are probably too pricey for them to buy and make a few bucks at the flea.

Here is how I value things:

Old CRT TV's should probably run you no more than $5-10 especially if they are woodgrain from the 80's. These are CRT's they aren't even being sold in stores anymore and they are completely obsolete. You see ads for free TV's all the time on Craigslist and many people have given them out free on freecycle here. Sometimes a TV will not even be claimed even when it is free and works on freecycle. What gives these people the illusion that their old junky TV is worth more than 10$ is beyond me.

I see people trying to pass off old CRT computer monitors for 15-20$, CRT computer monitors should be FREE and no more. I have seen monitors priced at 1$ and they don't move, again, monitors posted on freecycle rarely ever get taken.

VCR should be $1-3

Books should be 25 cents, the library wants your business if they cost any more than that.

VHS should be 25 cents, DVD's are already practically obsolete. I had a yard sale and I couldn't give VHS tapes away 5 for a dollar (I was just giving them away at the end).

Clothes should be bag sale 3$ a bag at the most. Or like 25 cents to 1$ per item. Great way to get rid of unwanted used clothing, especially if you have a lot. At my sale last year I did 1$ a bag and cleaned out quite a bit of clothing. I was just going to donate it anyways so might as well let people take it off the lawn for cheap. Most people who have lawns of used clothing now want 3-5$ per item for used worn out stuff, its not even good brands.

Toys should be extremely cheap, no one wants used toys, because their kids already have too many toys. When I had my sale last year I couldn't get people to take toys for 25 cents an item and they were things that now would cost 5$ at a sale. 80% of toys at sales are missing critical parts or are broken in some way from use and abuse and are full of kid grime and take a long time to clean up.

I get the repeat sales here but I just skip over those (I think every town has this problem), there are enough other sales here where there aren't that many repeats. The repeats are also run by people who usually vastly overprice their stuff so we just avoid.

The problem here is that people are unwilling to bargain this year so far, last year I did CIF at nearly every yard sale and it worked 99.9% of the time. Now I can't even get a dollar off on what I am buying, they want the tagged price and that's it.

Anyone know what kind of language to use when dealing with these people, they say things like "i can't go lower on that", "that one costs more", "I wanted x for that and that's it". Is there anything I can say to counter these statements and to get them to lower their prices? Its like pulling teeth out there.....

[bigjunior]

Finally got something worth posting...
flea mkt find : Xenogears PS1 complete and minty!! Discs have some fingerprints on them, but that's all. Marked $5 and offered him $3. I'm feeling too lazy to take a pic, but it's my first good find for awhile!

[Samus]

^ LOL @ them for getting upset about N64 games then selling you that lot for $30!!

Well you see, the kid had the right idea. After his dad was like "it should be $10 an N64 game!!1", the kid was like "yeah, but this is a yardsale and we can't charge retail prices". So the kid went inside to grab the Wii/GCN games, and his dad was thankfully dealing with someone else while I negotiated with him (I really didn't even negotiate, he set the $30 price and I took it). Was pleased to find everything complete and minty as well, so many games I've found lately have been grimy and smoke-smelling, and scratched to hell.

[camelking6969]

i had a yardsale yesterday and made a killing . we had over 150 people coming to it.

[Samus]

i had a yardsale yesterday and made a killing . we had over 150 people coming to it.

How do you get that much traffic? Are you well located on a main road?

[Gaboury2379]

Just hit up about 30 garage sales in the last 3 days yesterday piked up 3 xbox games halo 2 for 2 bucks tetris worlds for 2 bucks and pro race driver for two bucks so i paid 6 for the 3. Today i was on a mission to find any and all 64 games and or accessories i didnt do so good at first but came across 5 64 games madden 99 madden 00 quarterback club 98 star wars pod racers and Zelda majors mask holographic all those 5 games for 5 BUcks!!!!!!!!!!!
I also pcked up nba live05 mvp baseball 04 and gun for xbox all for 5 bucks!!!!

[BrooksyX]

Just hit up about 30 garage sales in the last 3 days yesterday piked up 3 xbox games halo 2 for 2 bucks tetris worlds for 2 bucks and pro race driver for two bucks so i paid 6 for the 3. Today i was on a mission to find any and all 64 games and or accessories i didnt do so good at first but came across 5 64 games madden 99 madden 00 quarterback club 98 star wars pod racers and Zelda majors mask holographic all those 5 games for 5 BUcks!!!!!!!!!!!
I also pcked up nba live05 mvp baseball 04 and gun for xbox all for 5 bucks!!!!

WOW!!! Sweet deals dude! You sure now how to hit up them garage sales buddy :applause:

[camelking6969]

How do you get that much traffic? Are you well located on a main road?
we put an ad in the paper and put up plenty of signs. signs are most important thing in a good yardsale

[Kuros]

we put an ad in the paper and put up plenty of signs. signs are most important thing in a good yardsale

This, so hard.

If I cant follow your signs to a sale, then forget it.

[Ye0ldmario]

old tv's rarely get taken because you need to pay to have them thrown out

[N3UROP0D]

I love when people put up dozens of signs, and I show up at the house and there's just no sale or anything, not even a "cancelled" sign. I could understand if it happened once or twice, but it's a pretty frequent occurence. What is wrong with people?

[MSI Magus]

I love when people put up dozens of signs, and I show up at the house and there's just no sale or anything, not even a "cancelled" sign. I could understand if it happened once or twice, but it's a pretty frequent occurence. What is wrong with people?

My favorite is when people put up all sorts of signs pointing in the direction of their street for like 10 miles.....and then fail to put one up on the last block.

[dodgeme]

i had a yardsale yesterday and made a killing . we had over 150 people coming to it.

I get a similar result when we have a garage sale. We are actually planning on having one on June 20th. But we usually run Friday-Saturday-Sunday and really make a killing.

[Samus]

What kind of stuff do you guys even sell?

I think it's my location. I'm middle class but I live around a lot of upper middle class/high class homes who probably aren't interested in going to yard sales.

[Ye0ldmario]

Like i said craigslist is a great place to advertise whenever you have one. Put up an ad. Alot of bargain hunters will check it out if it looks promising enough.

All you need is enough exposure.

[neiname]

Here's my yardsale finds from a week ago:
Yardsales (my son fell asleep in the car so I used it as an opportunity to hit up a few yardsales which I've never really done before)
1st - selection of cpu games ($2 each), xcom collector's complete , unopened Battle realms , Civ II x 2 (one was gold multiplayer, flop), Steel panthers 2, also bought Mac office 2004 .
2nd - 2 ps2's just sitting there marked $5 each (no games, 1 with NA). I ask if they're working, girl says no and says I can have both for $1!, random puzzles, books and crafts for the kids.
3rd - Nothing marked, teenagers running it. A SHITLOAD of stuff for $50 including sealed print server, 4 linksys routers, SideWinder Dual Strike pc controller, ibm thinkpad dvd player, box full of cuisinart food processor and related parts, Tivo series 2 (didn't know it's worthless), Camcorder that is $100 on ebay, 5 designer keychains that fetch $5-10 each on ebay, sealed minidiscs (worthless), two cordless logitech keyboards, plus more I can't even remember
4th - nothing
5th - $20 1 nice piece of carry-on ralph lauren luggage that rolls, all-in one printer since my wife needs a scanner, old electronic trains, cpu speaker set for my father in law
6th - Guy had random ps1 games, I said how much for all 10 since had oddworld and Resident Evil, she said $5 each, I laughed and just bought RE as oddworld's disc wasn't even there.

[Kuros]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060109.jpg

Starting off the month good

Capcom vs SNK, Starlancer and Fighting Force 2 - $12
Diddy Kong Racing, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Kazooie and Time Crisis - $10
Professor Layton - Traded for

[Chairman_LMAO]

I love Capcom Vs. SNK. I wish I hadn't traded my copy off for the god-awful Outtrigger.

[Furashu]

neon signs are the best cause u can see them by a mile away.

card board signs suck cause u cant read the dam text.

neon tape works well on cardboard signs.. lol

[dodgeme]

Odd day for a garage sale but my grandpa hit one while I was at school and picked up a dreamcast w/ controller, no hookups for $1.50. No idea if it works and he said it's quite dirty but hey a 1.50 is a 1.50.

[dodgeme]

What kind of stuff do you guys even sell?

I think it's my location. I'm middle class but I live around a lot of upper middle class/high class homes who probably aren't interested in going to yard sales.

I live in Western New york and nobody has money so we usually do really good. Plus i sell off my extra video game stuff and put it really high so i won't sell it and somebody buys it anyway. For example i got my 1st super nintendo with 15 games for 20 bucks and sold it for 80 at a yard sale. I was shocked lol. Sry about double post. Forgot i posted.

[phattyphat69]

Hit up a couple this morning that were advertised on craigslist as having some games. First one was a complete disappointment--just random casual-type Nintendo DS games that were all over-priced. Second sale was a little better. Had two Sega Genesis consoles with about 20 games (mostly sports). I passed on those but for $12 I did pick up a toaster-style NES console with no flip-cover, 2 controllers, and 22 games:

Dragon Warrior
Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
Top Gun
Karate Champ
Dragon Warrior III
Punch-Out
Gyromite
Pro Wrestling
Urban Champion
Ice Hockey
NARC
Captain Skyhawk
Tecmo Baseball
John Elway's Quarterback
Bases Loaded
Ultimate Basketball
NES Play Action Football
NFL Football
Double Dragon II
Twin Eagle
3-D Worldrunner
Ninja Gaiden

I had a few doubles out of that set, but figured that Punch-Out, Dragon Warrior III, and Double Dragon II made the set worth it. Tested at home and the console is pretty finicky, but does work with a good number of games. Likely to give it away though, as I have a trusty top-loader already.

[Ye0ldmario]

good deal there phatty, DW 3 is worth a pretty penny. Cart only though right?

[Kuros]

Any decent lot that itemizes out to less than $1 per item is good in my book.

[phattyphat69]

good deal there phatty, DW 3 is worth a pretty penny. Cart only though right?

Yeah, everything in the lot was cart only. Label on DW 3 was peeling a little too, which would probably affect resale. Planning on holding onto it for my collection though.

[dodgeme]

Well my 1.50 dreamcast was pretty bad. The power adapter was broken off the board. So i had to resolder to new points. Got it to turn on but it wouldn't read games, so i adjusted/calibrated the laser and got it to read. Now it needs a good cleaning.

[donut]

Not much today, got out late due to work...

360 Dead Rising (complete, good shape) $5

lil red nintendo game keychain (needs battery) $.25

and this brown wooden box that has a top that slides open like a roll top desk...across the front in black is just the word nintendo (I'll post a pic soon), curious what this is... $1

[Kuros]

Very busy day today:

NES with: hookups, 85 games, 4 zappers (one CIB), sealed 4 Score, NES joystick and magazines - $120

Overall pic

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509001.jpg

Loose games 1

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509002.jpg

Loose games 2

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509003.jpg

Loose games 3

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509004.jpg

Complete games

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509005.jpg

Anyone know anything about this magazine?

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509006.jpg

Traded Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask for these

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509007.jpg

$20 for this Neo Geo Pocket lot

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509008.jpg

[Furashu]

Trying to save up, prob wont hit up yard sales for 2 weeks or so.
going to the swap meet to buy beach stuff on sunday though.

[ohram]

There's apparently a yard sale down the street from my house tomorrow. I'm highly doubtful that I'll find anything worth while. Where I live, I'm lucky to even see something game related. But, I can always hope!

[bunnybum]

FINALLY found some gaming related stuff at a local flea market today. Everything in working condition:
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http://i40.tinypic.com/wjhqgx.jpg
A Nintendo 64 w/ all hookups
Controller w/ rumble pak

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Nintendo 64 games:
Diddy Kong Racing
International Superstar Soccer '98
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64

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Nintendo 64 expansion pak w/ manual
Manuals for the two Zelda games

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PlayStation w/ all hookups and two controllers and a memorycard that's falling apart. The lid doesn't close but I found that it's just the closing mechanism that needs to be fastened.

http://i42.tinypic.com/hth7h5.jpg
PlayStation games:
Bomber Man (Complete)
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (No cover)
Crash Bandicoot (Platinum)(No cover or manual)
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikas Back (Platinum)(No manual)
Donald Duck Qu@ck Att@ck?*! (No cover)
Fifa 99 (No cover or manual)
Hugo 2 (Complete)
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (No cover or manual)
LEGO Racers (No manual or back cover)
Pocket Fighter (Complete)
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (No disc)
Spec Ops Airborne Commando (Complete)
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (No cover or manual)
Tarzan (Complete)
The Simpsons Wrestling (No manual or cover)
Walt Disney World Magical Racing Tour (Complete)

http://i44.tinypic.com/208zjx3.jpg
A FamiClone of sorts? Haven't given it much testing yet. Does anyone know anything about this company (Mebe Teck)?

http://i43.tinypic.com/6r0mkm.jpg
Multi cart for the clone.

[HCHecxz]

Very busy day today:



Complete games

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds060509005.jpg



I'll love to have your boxed Megaman 2 :) at least the box and booklet

[MSI Magus]

Hehe so only saw two or three game related items and none of it worth buying. However did see a PSX that someone had put a sticker on and scribbled in market "early Xbox 360 prototype model v0.00001"

Got a good laugh out of that.

[TalixZero]

I'm not sure if you'd consider this real good, but I found some stuff game related for once.
At sale one, I only got three DVD's(The Visitation, Rescue From Gilligan's Island, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) for $2.
At sale two I found a pile of NES carts with a Super Nintendo cart on top, all marked 25 cents. Decided to buy all except one, which they said I could have for free. Then I noticed a Dreamcast sitting all alone in the corner with only a controller. I asked if they had the cords, they found them. They also found some cords for an NES, which I got for free. Whole bundle cost me a dollar. Went to the car, opened the Dreamcast, found some demo disc called "Generator Vol. 2." Total damage: $2.75
Sale three was a community sale with over 15 stands and I only got some camera for $1.:cry:
Sale four rewarded me with the special edition set of the original Star Wars Trilogy and Celtic Christmas music(?). Damage: $2
At last sale I picked up five VHS movies for $3: Godzilla, Mortal Kombat, Men In Black 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Urban Legend.
Overall, I don't think it was that bad.

NES Games
The Goonies II
Deja Vu
World Class Track Meet
Total Recall
Dragon Power
(free)Dance Aerobics (WTF?)
(SNES)Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World

[panamared]

I'm not sure if you'd consider this real good, but I found some stuff game related for once.
At sale one, I only got three DVD's(The Visitation, Rescue From Gilligan's Island, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) for $2.
At sale two I found a pile of NES carts with a Super Nintendo cart on top, all marked 25 cents. Decided to buy all except one, which they said I could have for free. Then I noticed a Dreamcast sitting all alone in the corner with only a controller. I asked if they had the cords, they found them. They also found some cords for an NES, which I got for free. Whole bundle cost me a dollar. Went to the car, opened the Dreamcast, found some demo disc called "Generator Vol. 2." Total damage: $2.75
Sale three was a community sale with over 15 stands and I only got some camera for $1.:cry:
Sale four rewarded me with the special edition set of the original Star Wars Trilogy and Celtic Christmas music(?). Damage: $2
At last sale I picked up five VHS movies for $3: Godzilla, Mortal Kombat, Men In Black 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Urban Legend.
Overall, I don't think it was that bad.

NES Games
The Goonies II
Deja Vu
World Class Track Meet
Total Recall
Dragon Power
(free)Dance Aerobics (WTF?)
(SNES)Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World

I'll recoup you the entire $1 (+ shipping) you spent on the NES/SNES games if you send me the Super Mario All Stars/Super Mario World. :)

[theGrue]

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5264/dsc05110a.jpg

Thursday and Friday's finds:

Day of the Tentacle (PC CD-ROM): $2

Nintendo 64 System w/ Hookups, Controller
Star Fox 64
Madden NFL 2000
NHL Breakaway '98
Total: $6

NES Power Pad
NES AC Adapter
Nintendo RF Adapter
2x SNES Controller
Total: $6

Mario Power Tennis
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition
Total: $18

Day of the Tentacle was Thursday's only find, the rest came from sales on Friday. Not a very good day from the ratio of sales I hit to actual finds. Came across an N64 bundle with Paper Mario, Mario Golf, Micro Machines 64 Turbo CIB, Donkey Kong 64 CIB, and Pokemon Snap CIB, but asking price for everything was $80! As much as I wanted those first three games, I just couldn't get them to come down to a reasonable price. Oh well. The GameCube games were from a pawn shop that I checked out for the first time, not bad prices but pretty disorganized inside, and not much retro stuff.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3810/dsc05127.jpg

Saturday's finds:

PS1 Memory Card: $2

Tetrisphere
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Super Mario All Stars
Super Star Wars
Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures
Wario's Woods
Super Mario Kart
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Total: $30

Another disappointing ratio of sales to finds, but I'm pretty happy with these. They actually belonged to my girlfriend's boss! We talked about games and whatnot, and how he just eBayed his Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Mario RPG, FF3, etc. But oh well, he still left some nice games behind for his sale. The price on the PS1 memory card was a little high, but I need some to bundle with systems that I'd like to sell, so $2 now to get a bundle out the door beats waiting to find one for less.

[Reality's Fringe]

What's with that black label Ocarina of Time? Never saw it before.

[pitfallharry219]

He's from Denmark, so I'm guessing it's a European version.

[karkyco]

I decided to go out to a few community/neighborhood yard sales around west LA. There was one listing with TONS of video games that was supposed to start at 6 am, but I got to the address around 7 and there was nothing and no one:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/gms/1207750065.html

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/gms/1206206689.html

Ah well, even if I had gotten there, I'm sure anything good and at a good price would have been long gone.

So at the first community yard sale, in Torrance, I got a few decent things and left tons of "meh" crap behind.

Cart only Zelda Majora's Mask, gold cart with holographic label. Kid had a bunch of games for different systems, along with a typed up price list with most games $5 each. Majora's Mask was the only standout; his list had it for $5. I CiF'd him $1 and he took it without hesitation. I was somewhat surprised he bit, and so quickly, but I really didn't want to spend more than a couple bucks max on it even though I can get some decent coin for it.

Found another guy, around my age, selling game guides and all sorts of game related posters, Nintendo Powers, etc. Of course, no games. I must have asked 50 different people today if they had games, and of course, it's either "nope" or "already gone". Ah well.

So the guy just wants to get rid of these, I CiF him $2 for the pile and he says sure. There's a bunch of anime posters and stickers, also some Nintendo Power stickers and cards and posters. The game guides I can remember (they're in my car) are:

Mario Paint
Super Mario 64
Donkey Kong 64 (1 Nintendo official, 1 Versus)
Super Mario for Gamecube
Final Fantasy 8
Goldeneye
Super Mario Advance 2 x2, and I think one for Advance 3 or 4
some other Nintendo guides, Pokemon something
About half a dozen Nintendo Powers

That was all I got from this community sale, it generally sucked although I did get there about half an hour after it officially started.

Jumped on the 405 and headed up to a community sale near Brentwood/UCLA, and got the following:

20 Disney VHS tapes for $3 bucks, lady wanted $.25 each for VHS tapes so I figured why the hell not, ended up cherry picking all the Disney ones that I figured I could flip. Nothing rare that I know of, just the usuals like all the princess movies and 90's movies, Fox and the Hound, Sword in the Stone, Fantasia 2000, stuff like that.

And the big score for me was at a sale where this clueless chick was selling her husband's camera, it's a Canon Rebel 2000 EOS, yeah it's not digital but takes film but it's a good camera, I ask her how much and she goes "$8"...but her friend and friend's husband at the sale say "no way, ask more are you crazy"...so she goes "$10?". They are flipping out and saying she should ask like $25 at least, blah blah but she has no clue. So I pull outa five and 4 ones and CiF her telling her "$9's what I got, take it or leave it". She took it. Batteries are dead, but there was a new one in the case it came with. It's in perfect condition, the 28-80 mm lense it comes with is perfect. I checked on amazon and the cheapest one is $105 plus shipping. Not bad:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00001QEMF/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1244315238&sr=8-1&condition=used