View Full Version : NES at a flea market
Doom Gaze
07-20-2005, 12:53 PM
Two controllers, all cords necessary, works perfectly.
Needs a little cleaning, the top is a dirty brown. The rest is strangely healthy gray.
A cool $2.
WinnieThePujols
07-20-2005, 12:59 PM
Nice deal! I personally bought mine from a friend for $10 last summer.
Best yard sale find I've found an Intellivision for $2. First time I'd seen one in my life..
Epic Wolf
07-20-2005, 01:08 PM
Great Find I'll give u 5$ for it :mrgreen:
Mookyjooky
07-20-2005, 01:10 PM
The brown is the plastic... the gray plastic didnt turn from people smoking in their house... the light gray had something about it that made smoke stick.
Epic Wolf
07-20-2005, 01:13 PM
The brown is the plastic... the gray plastic didnt turn from people smoking in their house... the light gray had something about it that made smoke stick.
:-? Care to rephrase that ?
Graystone
07-20-2005, 01:22 PM
I went to the flea market this past weekend they wanted $35 for a NES with no hookups.
Roufuss
07-20-2005, 03:14 PM
I went to the flea market this past weekend they wanted $35 for a NES with no hookups.
Hell, I went to a flea market where the guy wanted $85 for a beat up top loader, no hookups or controllers.
"That's the goin rate on the internets, I won't go lower cuz I can just sell it on thar"
shipwreck
07-20-2005, 03:18 PM
I went to the flea market this past weekend they wanted $35 for a NES with no hookups.
I'm guessing you're talking about Trader's World in the shadow of Jebus. It's hard to consider that a flea market anymore. Just about every indoor vendor there tries to get eBay prices for everything. The outdoor vendors are where to find most of the deals anymore.
niceguyshawne
07-20-2005, 03:23 PM
Good deal.
Mookyjooky
07-20-2005, 05:16 PM
:-? Care to rephrase that ?
Sorry... I've worked for a used game store before and the yellow/brown tint on nintendo systems (NES and SNES) are when people smoke in the house. The Dark Grey doesnt tint, because of something in the plastic, but the light grey does.
Examples...
Smoked in house....
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/1168647/1120127364810_n0713b.jpg
http://i16.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/87/29/e1_1_b.JPG
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Not smoked in house....
http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/13/98/78_1_b.JPG
http://i17.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/84/42/3c_1_b.JPG
http://i1.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/73/07/18_1_b.JPG (http://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/7d/f6/c8_1_b.JPG)
[url="http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/13/98/78_1_b.JPG"] (http://i17.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/84/42/3c_1_b.JPG)
DuelLadyS
07-20-2005, 07:58 PM
By my experience, the browning can also result from severe lack of dusting- but its gotta be severe , like caked in it for 4 years behind a tv...
valleyvampiress
07-20-2005, 08:05 PM
I found an SNES box on the top of the garbage when I lived in an apt. It had no wires or controllers, but it worked. I tried it with one of my friends SNES wires. Now THAT'S cheap! Or maybe just ghetto. :P
XboxHardcore.com
07-20-2005, 08:10 PM
I found an SNES box on the top of the garbage when I lived in an apt. It had no wires or controllers, but it worked. I tried it with one of my friends SNES wires. Now THAT'S cheap! Or maybe just ghetto. :P
Shit, if it worked, it ain't ghetto. ;)
Tromack
07-20-2005, 08:14 PM
Sorry... I've worked for a used game store before and the yellow/brown tint on nintendo systems (NES and SNES) are when people smoke in the house. The Dark Grey doesnt tint, because of something in the plastic, but the light grey does.
That's not true at all. No one in my family ever smoked and both my NES and SNES turned.
Doom Gaze
07-20-2005, 10:34 PM
Can the smoking stuff be cleaned off?
Hell, I went to a flea market where the guy wanted $85 for a beat up top loader, no hookups or controllers.
"That's the goin rate on the internets, I won't go lower cuz I can just sell it on thar"
Haha, it's every "flea market old Shaq-Fuer guy" ever.
fitzcain
07-20-2005, 10:45 PM
ok i know this is going to sound sooooo "newbie-ish", but what does shaq-fu mean? I know what "all your base are belong to us" and pwned are referencing....but was a snes game wasnt it, really crappy fighter or side scroller?
and why is it used like a curse on here......
dont flame, i am trying to learn,,,,and just havent been informed.
thanks~~
screwkick
07-20-2005, 10:49 PM
Nice find.
Captain_Insano16
07-20-2005, 11:19 PM
They turn from natural gas also, my Snes was perfect until I moved in my house with natual gas and the bottom turned yellowish. I have never smoked in my house.
It can also change colors due to being near a good heat source or in direct sunlight.... Back when I worked at EB, I saw that pretty regularly.....