Yes, Happy new years to all you cheap ass collectors, scum bag resellers... and just overall penny pinchers....

Look for my thread of how I nickel and dime and trade my way to a PS3 here in Vegas....

Yes, the place I trade the games in will be lowballing me... but I will be balling even lower to add to my collection....

I just realized that my favorite two games on the Wii are basically the most mundane (Animal Crossing -- shake trees and plant flowers) and one of the more violent (The Conduit -- kill people and see the skull)...

This is just a general rant about some of the marketing "strategies" on craigslist. Almost like a top 8 of my pet peeves when looking for something on craigslist. These aren't particularly in an order... but rather whatever jumps out at me as I write.

"Brand New" -- Hey, it's brand new if it hasn't been used. After you "used it only a few times" or "only played it for a month" means that it is no longer "brand new!" Yes, it's "like new" or "gently used" or even "MINT" ... but it's no longer "brand new" once you take it out of the shrink wrap!!!

"Won't last long" -- Well, then why is it still here staring me in the face?? If it "won't last long" there is no need to let me know that because it would already be gone...

"It's A Good Deal" -- This is the kissing cousin of won't last long. If it's such a good deal, why...

I go to many sales as part of my part-time job/hobby of buying/selling Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 games and consoles... if I happen upon something else of interest maybe I will pick it up.
I don't care about going to a Yard sale that's actually in the garage. I don't mind going to an Estate sale when they aren't moving. I don't even mind going to moving sales that are actually in the garage.
The thing I hate is when someone advertises a yard, moving, garage, or Estate sale and it's really a JUNK SALE!!! That's right, Junk!!! No, I don't want to buy a shovel missing a handle! I don't want to buy 1/2 a tube of lotion. And no, I don't want to buy a used 1993 CD of some band that never made it. If you are having a JUNK SALE, MAKE SURE YOU LABEL IT A JUNK SALE!!! JUNK JUNK JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!