went to a random salvation army and found a N64 with Castlevania 64 for $10.

Found this yesterday. It killed me to pay this much for anything at a thrift, but I couldn't leave it...

I almost jizzed my pants when I saw it, but when I saw the price I got pissed off. After about a hour of beating myself up (and trying to negotiate with 3 employes/managers at SAVERS) I ended up buying it. I still need to test it as the batteries are dead.

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Found this yesterday. It killed me to pay this much for anything at a thrift, but I couldn't leave it... I almost jizzed my pants when I saw it, but when I saw the price I got pissed off. After about a hour of beating myself up (and trying to negotiate with 3 employes/managers at SAVERS) I ended up buying it. I still need to test it as the batteries are dead.

It's alot to pay, but definitely worth it:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NINTENDO-GAM...p2047675.l2557

Awesome find!

Nice find on the game & watch!! I always love finding them in the wild. I have a couple in boxes, but finding my popeye panoramic CIB for $1 was awesome!!

Oh man what a find slowdive21. Like you said a bit pricey for a Savers, but I would love to own that also. I did find a crap load of trash pack toys in package for flipping purposes,
but would have been much happier finding your item

Wow, I actually found something decent at a thrift store this week. I have a big stack of CD's that I'm going to send off to a recycling place, but they have private/sensitive info on them, so I wanted to shred them first but my dinky little shredder can't do CD's. Luckily, I ended up finding a Fellowes DM12C shredder for $20 at the place down the street from my house. I thought it was a bit steep, so I ended up going home, but after looking it up and seeing that it retails for $100 more than the asking price, I went back the next day and picked it up. Unfortunately, the thing is disgusting and I can't fully clean it, so I doubt anyone will want to buy it when I'm done, but it is a freakin' beast.

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Found this yesterday. It killed me to pay this much for anything at a thrift, but I couldn't leave it... I almost jizzed my pants when I saw it, but when I saw the price I got pissed off. After about a hour of beating myself up (and trying to negotiate with 3 employes/managers at SAVERS) I ended up buying it. I still need to test it as the batteries are dead.

It doesn't surprise me to see such a high price at Savers, they are just totally out of their mind when it comes to pricing. I've bought stuff there for a couple of bucks that I flipped for big money, and I've seen copies of Mario / Duckhunt for $15. It makes no sense to me at all. As for the Game and Watch, it's a good find since it's complete. I sold a loose one a few months ago for the same price you paid for this one complete. The game itself isn't a whole lot of fun, but it's a cool item none the less.

Ya. Had to pass on a Lynx at Savers months ago. They wanted 60 bucks with no games.

Awww thats the same Game and Watch I got from the Goodwill that wants $16 for a Super Mario Bros 3 cartridge. I paid $8 for the system, I wish mine had all the other stuff!!

I found a platinum wavebird today with the receiver for $8. Also got a public enemy cd for $2

Found this 2 at my local thrift store. Paid 5$ for the gamecube(hopefully it works) and 2$ for the movie.

Edit: It does work =)

Recent thrift finds. Haven't seen decent video games in ages but I couldn't help grabbing this tangentially-related stuff.


Zelda Spirit Tracks LE guide & MGS 3 guide for $1 each. MGS3 is one of my top games evar and the guide has a foldout/poster type thing which is neat.


Little Pokemon plushes for $1 each (Kyogre, Ho-oh, Latios, and Mew.) These are from The Pokemon Company and for a buck each I couldn't resist. Ho-oh is my favorite, just look at 'im.


Finally, some DVD's. Avatar Book 2 for $5, Clone Wars vol. 2 and Ponyo for $3 each. I got CW vol. 1 at a garage sale years ago (yay) but it turns out I have Ponyo on already, from Blockbuster I think.

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I want to go to your thrift store.

What kind of thrift stores do you guys go to besides Goodwill? I honestly dont know of any others.

Salvation Army. Local Thrift Stores.

Savers is another decent one around me. Then a few no name ones as well...

Value Village is the only good one here. There are two Goodwills that have things every once in a while, but normally junk. Also a Salvation Army that never has anything good.

Went to Goodwill after work, it was 50% off media. I was like "its 530 there wont be sh1t left!". Saw some crap PS2 and Gamecube games that werent there last time so I figured the good games had been picked through. I ended up with MX Vs ATV Unleashed PS2 complete, Donkey Konga Gamecube complete, and an emerald Dualshock2 controller for $7.55.

Could have grabbed a purple gamecube with a power adapter for $5, but I already have 2 silver ones, so I didnt bite. Kind of regrettin it now!

Originally Posted by TKSJOHN Could have grabbed a purple gamecube with a power adapter for $5, but I already have 2 silver ones, so I didnt bite. Kind of regrettin it now!

just make sure you always look inside!