Maine Thread

[Greetard]

For all two of us.

[el bobo]

I lived in Falmouth for four years, I don't know if you know where it is but it was a nice little town.

[Greetard]

I lived in Falmouth for four years, I don't know if you know where it is but it was a nice little town.

Yeah, and you were pretty close to Portland too. I live in the L/A area, so it is a roughly 40 minute drive to anyplace remotely interesting.

[Jaket]

maine sucks

and yeah, my grandmother lives in falmouth... so do like all my relatives it's ill there

this thread will most likely be a greetard/jaket show by the way

[jlarlee]

Haven't lived there for 9 years but Skowhegan/Norridgewock former resident here

[Greetard]

I thought I a saw another new guy too. That makes 3.

We are awesome.

[acolyte]

I visit stores in Lewiston/Auburn, even though I have yet to see anything resembling a deal in one of them.

[Blade]

I still live in Skowhegan, and unfortunately jlarlee is a little too old for me to have known.

Why do I have to drive for two hours to reach your town, Greetard? Why do you horde Big Lots and the other good stores?

[Jaket]

I still live in Skowhegan, and unfortunately jlarlee is a little too old for me to have known.

Why do I have to drive for two hours to reach your town, Greetard? Why do you horde Big Lots and the other good stores?

HA! i'm sorry... i thought you just called big lots a good store

I must be mistaken

next time your in auburn though, stop into gamestop and see if jake is working thats me

[smellhasreturned]

OH NOES NEW HAMPSHIRE INVASION

hey guys

[jlarlee]

I still live in Skowhegan, and unfortunately jlarlee is a little too old for me to have known.

Why do I have to drive for two hours to reach your town, Greetard? Why do you horde Big Lots and the other good stores?

My little brother Jordan graduated in 2004. I'm still slightly famous there due to my juvenile deliquency back in 94

[ryanbph]

I lived in camden for 2 years...

[Blade]

My little brother Jordan graduated in 2004. I'm still slightly famous there due to my juvenile deliquency back in 94

Really? I know Jordan Burdet, who is semi-famous for juvenile delinquency. He graduated with me, though. I never hung out with him because the truck-driving, beer-drinking, Carrhart-wearing redneck scheme isn't my clique. :lol:

Looked in the yearbook, and the only ones are Jordan Burdet and Jordan Smith, both of whom graduated in 2005.

[jlarlee]

Really? I know Jordan Burdet, who is semi-famous for juvenile delinquency. He graduated with me, though. I never hung out with him because the truck-driving, beer-drinking, Carrhart-wearing redneck scheme isn't my clique. :lol:

Looked in the yearbook, and the only ones are Jordan Burdet and Jordan Smith, both of whom graduated in 2005.

Jordan Larlee and I think it was 2003 actually forgot hes a junior at farmington now

[Blade]

Oh yeah, I knew him. He was pretty cool for a giant.

[jlarlee]

Oh yeah, I knew him. He was pretty cool for a giant.
yea kind of humbling seeing your lil brother grow three inches taller than you. Luckily i got the looks advantage poor kid looks just like my dad

[Blade]

Haha, I never met your parents, but I played basketball with him in gym class once. Don't feel bad, he's almost a foot taller than me and I scored against him. ;-)

[Blade]

Update: It just started SNOWING.

[Jaket]

Update: It just started SNOWING.

i got hit with hail on the way back from picking up GTA LCS

[Blade]

Have any of you guys ever encountered the incompetence that is a result of living in Maine? About an hour ago, I was in Bull Moose music trying to find some cool games. They had a special: Buy one specially marked 25% off and get up to five for 50% off each.

I wouldn't have a problem with that if it wasn't for the insanely high prices that they charge. Really guys, get with the program.

NHL '95 - $9! It's a SNES game!
WCW '98 - $13! It sucks, and it's a N64 game!
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter - $50!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets GBA - $22!

What's worse is that these were all CART-ONLY.

[Jaket]

Have any of you guys ever encountered the incompetence that is a result of living in Maine? About an hour ago, I was in Bull Moose music trying to find some cool games. They had a special: Buy one specially marked 25% off and get up to five for 50% off each.

I wouldn't have a problem with that if it wasn't for the insanely high prices that they charge. Really guys, get with the program.

NHL '95 - $9! It's a SNES game!
WCW '98 - $13! It sucks, and it's a N64 game!
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter - $50!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets GBA - $22!

What's worse is that these were all CART-ONLY.

the bull moose warehouse just outside of south portland is awesome i think

[mattyp33]

hey guys, another Mainer here...living in South Portland, scored some games on the cheap over at the KB at the Maine Mall today, thanks to their sweet clearance sale...

-matt

[n8littlefield]

HA! i'm sorry... i thought you just called big lots a good store

I must be mistaken

next time your in auburn though, stop into gamestop and see if jake is working thats me

Hey, that's the Gamestop I hit! Are you guys doing the Trick or Treet Nintendogs promotion this weekend?

BTW, does anyone have any tips for places to get NES games cheap? I live in L/A, work in Portland (and hit Augusta on occassion as well).

[3QGojo]

Hey guys, I live in South Portland right now and I'm finishing up my last year at USM. I was at the Mall this week and hit BB and KB. Then I went to TRU to get some more games off of their B2G1F sale. All in all it's been a good week for me, but I think I may go back to Bull Moose Music (the one by the Maine Mall) and see if they have anything that isn't too expensive.

P.S. I've met Jake (StealthySeal) before in the EB in the mall, but he's the only CAG I've ever met. You guys should put yourselves on the new CAG map.

[Blade]

Hey, since you're going to USM, look for a short deep-tanned asian kid named Derik Lee. He's a friend of mine. Make sure you punch him.

[acolyte]

BTW, does anyone have any tips for places to get NES games cheap? I live in L/A, work in Portland (and hit Augusta on occassion as well).

It pains me to say this (because I don't really want to give myself competition for the good stuff) but there's a flea market in Lisbon Falls when the weather's good (ie not now, but again in the spring) that can have video game deals. I got Rise of the Kasai there for $3 when it was brand new. Additionally, there's a large flea market down on Route 1 in Old Orchard Beach during the spring and summer that has cheap retro stuff. My NES cart collection is upward of 160 at this point, but I bought most of them at flea markets in northern Virginia. I guess what I'm trying to say is, hit up flea markets. There are some morons who try to squeeze out $5 for crap, but their good stuff is often at the same price.

[n8littlefield]

It pains me to say this (because I don't really want to give myself competition for the good stuff) but there's a flea market in Lisbon Falls when the weather's good (ie not now, but again in the spring) that can have video game deals. I got Rise of the Kasai there for $3 when it was brand new. Additionally, there's a large flea market down on Route 1 in Old Orchard Beach during the spring and summer that has cheap retro stuff. My NES cart collection is upward of 160 at this point, but I bought most of them at flea markets in northern Virginia. I guess what I'm trying to say is, hit up flea markets. There are some morons who try to squeeze out $5 for crap, but their good stuff is often at the same price.


Thanks, I had been hitting a store in Augusta and a flea in Westbrook, but the flea in Westbrook really has clueless prices, most of which were too high in my mind. I've been to teh one in Lisbon Falls, too - it is a good one, I've found a couple of goodies there. Thanks for the input, I rarely go down to OOB, but maybe it would be a good trip next spring. My collection's only about 70ish, but my goal is a list of about 150 "must have" games.

[acolyte]

Where do you go in Augusta, and do they sell TG-16/Saturn? There's a store in Lewiston I've been meaning to check out, but it's in a pain-in-the-ass location near Luiggi's so I figured it wasn't work the trouble.

[n8littlefield]

Where do you go in Augusta, and do they sell TG-16/Saturn? There's a store in Lewiston I've been meaning to check out, but it's in a pain-in-the-ass location near Luiggi's so I figured it wasn't work the trouble.


The one in Augusta is Video Game Exchange on Water St. I don't think I've ever seen TG16/Saturn games there, but you could probably call them. I've seen oddball things like Jaguars there before, so it may be a case of they carry whatever people sell them.

Which store in Lewiston? I'm hitting downtown soon - there's at least 1 pawn shop I want to check, I could let you know. I think there's a variety/video shop down there called Dee's that looks like it may have old stuff too - but I've never ventured around there.

[acolyte]

I've given up on the Lewiston pawn shops; the multi-floor one, for example, asks for more than EB/Gamestop does for everything which is pretty ridiculous. The store in Lewiston advertises itself as a CD/DVD/Video Game sales place. I'm not sure how to describe the location - it's NEAR the intersection of Main Street and Sabattus Street in Lewiston, kitty-corner to Luiggi's, in between Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary's Hospital.

Edit: Looking at Google Maps, I'm going to say it IS on the corner of College and Sabattus/126 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lewiston,+me&ll=44.100530,-70.212175&spn=0.003513,0.010274&hl=en). I think.

[arborsnow]

Hey nards, I'm in Edgecomb. I usually hit up augusta but there is a game zone in bath that usually has some good bargain bin deals.

[Blade]

I'd like to point out that there's a shop in Fairfield (take the interstate from Augusta to Waterville-Fairfield exit) called Bargains R Us.

The guy there sells lots of games, PS2 for $10 and anything else for $5. He had two copies of God of War, and a few longbox PSX games. I picked up God of War and didn't see anything else I liked.

Also, there's a flea market in Norridgewalk that has games now and then. I got some Genesis games for free, but I don't own a Genesis...

[jlarlee]

I'd like to point out that there's a shop in Fairfield (take the interstate from Augusta to Waterville-Fairfield exit) called Bargains R Us.

The guy there sells lots of games, PS2 for $10 and anything else for $5. He had two copies of God of War, and a few longbox PSX games. I picked up God of War and didn't see anything else I liked.

Also, there's a flea market in Norridgewalk that has games now and then. I got some Genesis games for free, but I don't own a Genesis...

Norridgewock :D can't have you misspelling my home town. That flea market didn't have crap when I visited this summer.

[Blade]

Norridgewock :D can't have you misspelling my home town. That flea market didn't have crap when I visited this summer.

Oh, sorry, I should know how to spell it since it's like ten miles away from where I live...

Yeah, they usually don't, and the only time I went was when I found those games. Did you notice that man/woman combination? Haha.

[jlarlee]

Oh, sorry, I should know how to spell it since it's like ten miles away from where I live...

Yeah, they usually don't, and the only time I went was when I found those games. Did you notice that man/woman combination? Haha.
yea I tried not to look too close to avoid nightmares

[n8littlefield]

There's a flea market in Westbrook that generally has good retro stuff - problem is her prices can be unreasonable with that typical "I know what these are worth online" crap. I still found some good stuff, just paid more than I would have liked to. I hate the fact that ebay makes people think that something being old instantly makes it worth a ton of money. Oh well, we're only 5 or 6 months from yard sale season :) !

[Blade]

I really h8 people that, when you leave an add in Uncle Henry's requesting old video games systems (such as the Sega Saturn), leave a message claiming to play the system everyday yet has to have his mother/sister/girlfriend read him the game names.

Then he claims that what I offer isn't good enough because the console "really means a lot" to him. Hey buddy, I know every game I own. You had three games on a console that came out 13 years ago. I think you'd get to know them.

[Drico]

I'm a full time Mainer. I live in Bangor.

Tell me something good. ;)

[jlarlee]

I'm a full time Mainer. I live in Bangor.

Tell me something good. ;)

I have a cousin who lives there. His name is George Girodet he either graduated in 98 or 99

[n8littlefield]

I'm a full time Mainer. I live in Bangor.

Tell me something good. ;)

I got some good news - my state tax refund hit my account today and Gamestop is still running buy 2 get 1 free tomorrow. Guess where I'm going? I'd go tonight but I got Pirates tickets free at work so we're headed to the "big city".

[alonzomourning23]

Is there any video game stores near kittery? I live in MA but often go to portsmouth. If there's anything near the border I would check it out.

[n8littlefield]

Hey - I'm shopping for a laptop for the wife. Anywhere in Portland/Lewiston/Augusta I should consider checking beyond the usual suspects of CC/BB/Staples/Officemax/Officedepot?

[Jaket]

Hey - I'm shopping for a laptop for the wife. Anywhere in Portland/Lewiston/Augusta I should consider checking beyond the usual suspects of CC/BB/Staples/Officemax/Officedepot?

only place i can maybe think of is mardens... unfortunatly they are hit or miss with prices and stock

theres a good chance you will find a great deal on what you are looking for. But theres a better chance they won't have what you need in stock.

[wageslave]

only place i can maybe think of is mardens... unfortunatly they are hit or miss with prices and stock

theres a good chance you will find a great deal on what you are looking for. But theres a better chance they won't have what you need in stock.



There is (or was) an indie game store in downtown Augusta that sells a lot of retro stuff. I picked up Sonic CD from them and could have picked up Lunar for SEGA CD for like $25. I plan on hitting them up again this summer.

[3QGojo]

You're talking about Video Game Exchange.

By the way here's their info. if people are swinging by Augusta, ME:

Video Game Exchange
180 Water St
Augusta, ME 04330-4614
(207) 622-8857

That's their address and phone number. I've called them before and have saved myself trips there for games that I wanted and was wondering if they still carried. I've also been able to call them ahead of time and they've held stuff behind the counter for me. All in all, this place is great...it's also where I found my first like new copy of Suikoden II (complete) for around $40. :)

[n8littlefield]

That's where I'm headed on Sunday. I've bought quite a few games there. They carry retro back to the NES, but don't usually have anything too oddball (mostly NES/SNES/Genesis) - I've seen a Jaguar there once though. It's a nice store, prices are really reasonable.

[TheGame]

Guitar Hero In stock at EB Games in Augusta. Thay have quite a few but they said they are still flying off the shelves.

[Blade]

Guitar Hero In stock at EB Games in Augusta. Thay have quite a few but they said they are still flying off the shelves.

The short girl that works there is hot. ;)

[n8littlefield]

They must be reshipping Guitar Hero. The EB in the Maine Mall this weekend had at least 20 copies. I got my copy at Bullmoose in Lewiston, they had quite a few.

[PJStock42]

Guitar Hero In stock at EB Games in Augusta. Thay have quite a few but they said they are still flying off the shelves.

OMG HI2U!

[Jaket]

we have like 5 at gamestop in auburn where i work

[brunettesimgirl]

I'm from South Portland, Maine. :D But I'll be moving soon. :D

[RickHarrisMaine]

I grew up in South Portland, went to high school there a long time ago (1989), now live in Portland. Always nice to see other cheapskates. Anyone know if the TRU at the Mall is picked clean of their deals?

[MoxManiac_]

I grew up in South Portland, went to high school there a long time ago (1989), now live in Portland. Always nice to see other cheapskates. Anyone know if the TRU at the Mall is picked clean of their deals?

Pretty much, yeah. Only thing that I managed to find (that I wanted) was Metroid Prime Pinball :/

[Blade]

Who the hell is lor08 on ebay? It's one of you because all that person does is sell clearanced K-Mart games.

Whoever it is, I hate you. Fucking $25 shipping to other places in Maine for video games?! How about priority mail, asshole. Then maybe it won't be so evident that you're circumventing ebay fees.

[n8littlefield]

Well, it's not me. I rarely sell on Ebay (although I do have a lovely NES up for bids right now!) It doesn't really have to be one of us though - there are plenty of ebay scumbags that don't really do a ton of research, just scour the stores for deals.

[3QGojo]

It definately isn't me, I avoid eBay and if I do any selling it's mostly on Amazon.

[Jaket]

not me, and don't be so sure it's a regular CAG... i think greetard and myself were accused in another thread. it could be a lurker here or some scumbag at another website

[n8littlefield]

If he's just selling Kmart stuff there's a pretty good chance they are either a Kmart employee or a friend of a Kmart employee getting a heads up on clearance stuff.

[Blade]

Yeah, unfortunately he's getting all mad and putting in "b-but these are the actual shipping costs!!!!" in all of his auctions. Somehow I don't think selling Yggdra Union for $5 would be profitable if it actually cost $25 to ship.

[bigd3585]

Im from Maine...I live in Portland, and work at the Gamestop by Target in South Portland

[n8littlefield]

That's cool - I like the Target Gamestop, it's handy to not have to go into the mall just to grab something during a lunch break or something. I actually picked up a wireless Gamecube controller and a memory card there a week or so ago. I have to curb my spending habits for awhile though - I plopped down a ton of cash at Video Game Exchange in Augusta a few weeks back to stock up on Wii games!

[Jaket]

Im from Maine...I live in Portland, and work at the Gamestop by Target in South Portland

how long have you been there for? i worked there for a while before i transfered to the auburn store. ask Ryan about Jake that used to work with him haha

[shadbld2]

Wow I work at the Target plaza Gamestop too lol.

BigD I'm guessing your Daryl right?

This is Jon lol.

[n8littlefield]

Hey - has anybody here seen copies of the 3 Cube bongo drum games lately? I bought a few sets of bongos and am having a struggle finding Donkey Konga 1 or 2 or Jungle Beat. Unfortunately the Target Gamestop had it on the shelf but couldn't find the game. I checked the Scarborough Bull Moose but can't seem to find copies.

BTW, if you two work at the Target Gamestop I feel bad for you, there was a woman in there today when I was shopping who was just horrible, screaming for corporate...I don't know if I would have had the patience!

[shadbld2]

If it helps I remember seeing Donkey Konga 2 at Wal-Mart for 19.95 with the drums. I also remember seeing it game only for 14.99 at Circuit City.

[n8littlefield]

Thanks for the input. I hit Circuit City today and found Konga 2 for only 11.xx! I had found #1 at the Maine Mall Gamestop, so now I'm down to just needing Jungle Beat (which is a pretty easy game to find).

[RickHarrisMaine]

I think you can get it pretty cheap on gamestop.com...

I have Jungle Beat, and Donkey Konga 2...pretty cool games.

Donkey Konga 2 was $5 at K-Mart, with the bongos!

[n8littlefield]

Yeah - I haven't tried Konga 2 yet (it's still in the wrapper, hopefully tonight), but Konga 1 is a bunch of fun. The EB at the Maine Mall had a few copies of Jungle Beat for $12, so I'll probably grab one in a few days.

[Blade]

There has to be someone here that lives in or around Bangor, because Best Buy was totally stripped of all its clearanced games. It could have been one of the employees, but that's a lot of games for one person to buy.

[BostonCollegeFan]

Blade i'm moving there in September to go to NESCom. :D

[Beanage]

Best Buy in South Portland had almost nothing from the game clearance list.

I did score some movies today from the b1g1 9.99 DVD deal though:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129156

[Bloodborne]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and from Maine. I see that a few of you work at GameStop, I was an employee at the Auburn store from 2004-2005 until I left to go to school at UMO. Jaket, if you work at the Auburn store now I've probably seen you there when I've come home on break! I'm hoping to get some part-time work there again this summer, do you know if there will be openings?

Anyway, I discovered CAG through the CAGCast and it seems like a really cool site/forum. I'll definitely be checking back!

[Jaket]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and from Maine. I see that a few of you work at GameStop, I was an employee at the Auburn store from 2004-2005 until I left to go to school at UMO. Jaket, if you work at the Auburn store now I've probably seen you there when I've come home on break! I'm hoping to get some part-time work there again this summer, do you know if there will be openings?

Anyway, I discovered CAG through the CAGCast and it seems like a really cool site/forum. I'll definitely be checking back!

This must be joe. haha, i think i saw you at UMO when i went up to visit some friends, but wasn't positive it was you.

[Proxymatic]

Been living in Scarborough all my life.... Only in HS now anyhoo lol... So it really hasn't been that long...

[solisnk]

Any new deals any places? I live in Portland.

[unc13 buck]

Another Mainah on board...good to see theres another 5 people from here that know how to get on the internet.

[n8littlefield]

I was reminded again why I don't shop at the S. Portland EB/Gamestops. They spent time trying to convince me that Mario and Smash Bros were going to be hard to find. When I told them that everyplace will have copies, they insisted that wouldn't be the case, telling me to "look at the Wii".

Do they somehow fail to grasp that shortages in hardware occur much more frequently than true software shortages or do they just tow the company line with complete disregard to actual facts. Maybe they will purposely short order stuff in order to make it look like you should have preordered...but do they really think I won't be able to walk into Walmart on launch day and walk out with Mario?

Honestly, they used to have good workers at the Gamestop by Target, they've completely messed that up (and to boot the store is as cluttered as a flea market). Oh well, at least the Auburn stores are still somewhat decent to shop at...

[solisnk]

I haven't been to the one near Target in awhile, it was definitely my favorite.

But a couple weeks ago I was looking for Lumines 1 on PSP. They wanted to sell me a fucking used copy with no manual and no case (a cd sleeve) for $26.99. I was pissed and said fuck that basically.

Went to Toys'r'us and got a brand new, non-GH for $13.98...

Fuck Gamestop seriously. People that work there are usually pricks to you and want you to pre-order everything that's coming out.

[Drico]

bump this shit


I'm a Bangor, Maine CAG'er myself. Anyone else? :-)

[umf_skibum]

Another Mainer here - grew up in Washington (little town by Waldoboro), went to college in Farmington and now living in Portland.

[masonistic]

I'll join in. . . Grew up in the Oxford Hills, live up in Casco now, work down in South Portland.

[Blade]

I haven't been to the one near Target in awhile, it was definitely my favorite.

But a couple weeks ago I was looking for Lumines 1 on PSP. They wanted to sell me a fucking used copy with no manual and no case (a cd sleeve) for $26.99. I was pissed and said fuck that basically.

Went to Toys'r'us and got a brand new, non-GH for $13.98...

Fuck Gamestop seriously. People that work there are usually pricks to you and want you to pre-order everything that's coming out.


The Waterville GS employees are awesome. They'll talk to you and start conversations about games, and you always get a sealed copy of a new game.

Bangor has one complete bitch and a couple of friendly people.

Augusta has some okay people, but they're neither friendly or always competent.

The associates at the Maine Mall are complete dumbshits who'd rather stand close together in the corner opposite from the customers and talk about which ceiling tile is more helpful. I'm hard to miss, and they never look at me or talk to me. Someone should really just kick them all in the face and tell them to pay attention.

[MoxManiac_]

The Waterville GS employees are awesome. They'll talk to you and start conversations about games, and you always get a sealed copy of a new game.

Bangor has one complete bitch and a couple of friendly people.

Augusta has some okay people, but they're neither friendly or always competent.

The associates at the Maine Mall are complete dumbshits who'd rather stand close together in the corner opposite from the customers and talk about which ceiling tile is more helpful. I'm hard to miss, and they never look at me or talk to me. Someone should really just kick them all in the face and tell them to pay attention.

Heh, I thought it was just me. The gamestop across the maine mall (target, old navy, etc) has some good associates though.

[Bloodborne]

Giving the Maine thread some love. As for what employees suck/rock at which GameStops, I may be working at the Auburn Mall GameStop (formerly EB) over the holidays, so you can be guaranteed quality there. :P

[arborsnow]

Thought I'd breath a little life back into the maine thread. If anybody is on the ps3 scene there are no warhawk's left at target in portland or topsham from the $40 deal. Also there are no 80gb ps3's anwhere to be found. At least at best buy, circuit city, target, and eb/gamestop.

[solisnk]

I might be picking up a PS3 sometime just for MGS4. :)

[Drico]

anyone else living in bangor?