Originally Posted by TheHeef It only gets worse. The other day, I was in a GW by my house and saw a boxed Atari behind the counter. I asked the lady at the register about the price. $75!! Not the worst price I've seen for a boxed Atari, but then it hit me: that was donated to them! I know there's overhead to consider, but that was absolutely ridiculous.

The people who work at a Goodwill don't have a clue what it's worth. They don't hire video game experts, they hire people nobody else will hire. That's why it's OK to pay them a little more.

good find today:

Xbox original console only with Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart disc in it for $8

I plugged it in and it works and found the Crash game in the disc drive, it's also got 20 discs worth of music on it the hard drive, about half of which i would listen too.

Originally Posted by Survivalism The people who work at a Goodwill don't have a clue what it's worth. They don't hire video game experts, they hire people nobody else will hire. That's why it's OK to pay them a little more.

Or an employee who went on eBay and priced it according to what they feel its worth.

Originally Posted by Survivalism The people who work at a Goodwill don't have a clue what it's worth. They don't hire video game experts, they hire people nobody else will hire. That's why it's OK to pay them a little more.

Actually my Goodwills have hired people who used to work at Gamestop, which really wacks out the value on some items (even at 50% of what GS used to charge). These are the guys who mark GB Pokemons at $12 a pop and consider it "a deal."

Originally Posted by Indigo_Streetlight Actually my Goodwills have hired people who used to work at Gamestop, which really wacks out the value on some items (even at 50% of what GS used to charge). These are the guys who mark GB Pokemons at $12 a pop and consider it "a deal."

Personally if I worked at a thrift store I'd underprice stuff but make sure my friends were coming in to grab it for me.

Brand new Goodwill distribution center just opened up the road from me. Went there with the girlfriend today and I got..

Croc 2 for PS1
LucasArts Full Throttle for PC. The disc seriously looks like it's never been used.
Blood for PC. I guess it's the game Blood with all the expansions on the disc.

Not sure if there is much here to sell but at 50 cents each I figured what the hell. I'll be heading to this Goodwill quite a bit now.

Walked into a GW near my mother's house and saw a Sega CDX behind the case. $100. Wanted so badly to grab it, but I don't have that kind of cash to throw. Thought about getting it to flip, but not at that price.

$100 for CDX at a GW????!!! I wouldve literally asked for the manager and said "GET THE F*** OUTTA HERE!" HA then they probably wouldve told me the exact same thing.

Todays finds-
Aliens Infestation for DS- $5 complete
Dream Trigger 3D for 3DS- $5 complete

Todays non finds/redickness- $13 hdmi cable in a plastic bag
$8 cartridge only Tetris, Tetris 2, TMNT for NES

Not too many games yesterday, but I did find Sniper Elite (PS2), Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 (PS2) and Buster Bros Collection (PS1) for $4 each at a GW.

Originally Posted by Miami_13 Brand new Goodwill distribution center just opened up the road from me. Went there with the girlfriend today and I got.. Croc 2 for PS1 LucasArts Full Throttle for PC. The disc seriously looks like it's never been used. Blood for PC. I guess it's the game Blood with all the expansions on the disc. Not sure if there is much here to sell but at 50 cents each I figured what the hell. I'll be heading to this Goodwill quite a bit now.

Blood is one of my favorite games conceptually, though be warned if it's older software you may need to figure out a bunch of soundcard emulation / keyboard mapping stuff.

Originally Posted by TheHeef Walked into a GW near my mother's house and saw a Sega CDX behind the case. $100. Wanted so badly to grab it, but I don't have that kind of cash to throw. Thought about getting it to flip, but not at that price.

Why would you want to flip something for LESS than what you paid?

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Why would you want to flip something for LESS than what you paid?

I sold my $15 Goodwill CDX with 1 controller and no games for $156 on ebay a month ago.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Why would you want to flip something for LESS than what you paid?

Most of the listings I've seen have closed for above 100...somewhere between 115 and 130. Not enough to convince me to grab it. Sadly, I almost grabbed it anyway. I'd never seen one in the wild before. Eh, sour grapes. Bet it didn't work.

Found a Gamecube with attached Gameboy Player and SSX3 inside with no cables for $5, a PS One with attached screen for $5, Dreamcast Controller with VMU for 99 cents, and Max Payne 2 PS2 - Complete for 99 cents over the weekend.

Spent a little over 10 bucks on cables and everything works great.

Haven't done thrift store shopping in a long time.

Also saw a perfect condition copy of Syphon Filter 3 for 2.98 at a store, but passed because I didn't think I needed it. Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by faa8146 I sold my $15 Goodwill CDX with 1 controller and no games for $156 on ebay a month ago.

Originally Posted by TheHeef Most of the listings I've seen have closed for above 100...somewhere between 115 and 130. Not enough to convince me to grab it. Sadly, I almost grabbed it anyway. I'd never seen one in the wild before. Eh, sour grapes. Bet it didn't work.

I guess the folks I saw on eBay must've been damn lucky then because I saw one or two auctions end around $60 the other night (which is why I made my previous comment). But I currently see a couple going for quite a bit more, so I shall reluctantly withdraw my comment for now.

Yesterday I went to the GW store.

Picked up Family Guy Vol 1-6 for 6.99 a piece.

You would be really screwing yourself if that CDX didn't work..

Also I realized the problem with goodwill here, most GW's are located near independent game stores, so its completely obvious to me that they are sending employees over every morning to pick up everything good to sell at those stores. Sometimes there is less than a block between the 2 stores. Our independent stores here are so bad with pricing its not even funny. Perhaps they locate themselves by goodwill and thrifts on purpose!

Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

My Goodwills have a 7 day return policy on electronics. I've used it a couple times when consoles didn't work.

Originally Posted by salty tbone My Goodwills have a 7 day return policy on electronics. I've used it a couple times when consoles didn't work.

I wish SA had that same policy. I'm still miffed I was in too much of a rush n bought a Sony surround sound unit (for $20) that must've been hit by a power surge n goes to an error code when you turn it on.

Some decent pickups from the weekend, $3 each

Sega Saturn Backup Cart
Mega Man X (SNES)
Pit Fighter (SNES)
Street Fighter II (SNES)
Darius Twin (SNES)
Ghosts n Goblins (NES)
Chakan - boxed (GEN)
Forgotten Worlds - complete (GEN)