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I run into the ebay sellers and I ignore them. Theres a few people here who have yard sales every week and advertise amazing games and then want a lot for them. I once told a guy at the end of the day who wanted $50 for a NES to get a real job after I overheard him insult people who asked for a deal.

I think everyone is entitled to keep or sell their property what they want to get for it. I do question the wisdom of asking for an expensive amount considering that rarely do people bring a large amount of money to a yard sale.

People need to sell on Ebay if that's how much they're looking to get for something. They're trying to avoid the hassle and still get that much, not going to happen.

Originally Posted by Percy Harvin Man, you guys expect handouts. It's kind of sad.

I wasnt EXPECTING anything. I expected the guy to consider my offer at least. It's his stuff and he can do whatever he wants with it. The guy acted like kind of an ass and the situation cheesed me off just because I knew it was going back in a box at the end of the day. I said if I had the cash I'd have done 70 which is a pretty good deal. The vectrex was just unfortunate because I really wanted that and would have taken good care of it. But come on the 64 was kinda crazy, I dont think anyone at a garage sale would pay 80 for it. I dont want to make it sound like I'm some privileged A-hole who expects everything to be dirt cheap, I just like it when people consider offers or respectfully decline them (dont laugh in my face and tell me I must be broke when I try and haggle a little, I mean I didnt offer 5 bucks, 40s at least a decent chunk of cash to spend at a garage sale. I've told plenty of people that what they have is worth the price their asking, I just cant afford it right now.
I'll probably start saving up for a vectrex now that I've got it on my mind

Originally Posted by Percy Harvin Man, you guys expect handouts. It's kind of sad.

I think you're missing the point of a yard sale.

I'm not gonna drive around to random sales looking to pay internet/retail prices for shit. I'm having a yard sale next month and I'll be pricing shit to move.

Originally Posted by Percy Harvin Man, you guys expect handouts. It's kind of sad.

I think maybe you guys went to Percy's yardsale and upset him LOL

Originally Posted by Eagle3ye I wasnt EXPECTING anything. I expected the guy to consider my offer at least. It's his stuff and he can do whatever he wants with it. The guy acted like kind of an ass and the situation cheesed me off just because I knew it was going back in a box at the end of the day. I said if I had the cash I'd have done 70 which is a pretty good deal. The vectrex was just unfortunate because I really wanted that and would have taken good care of it. But come on the 64 was kinda crazy, I dont think anyone at a garage sale would pay 80 for it. I dont want to make it sound like I'm some privileged A-hole who expects everything to be dirt cheap, I just like it when people consider offers or respectfully decline them (dont laugh in my face and tell me I must be broke when I try and haggle a little, I mean I didnt offer 5 bucks, 40s at least a decent chunk of cash to spend at a garage sale. I've told plenty of people that what they have is worth the price their asking, I just cant afford it right now. I'll probably start saving up for a vectrex now that I've got it on my mind

I feel ya, but just try to think about this guy... maybe to him you're a young "whipper snapper" and he's on guard before you say a word...
(too bad your mom didn't tag along that day... j/k...)
... ya gotta take a few minutes to warm him up to ya... older folks tend to appreciate that...

Kinda onry but consider this -
on the '64 perhaps you could say something like... "really?" I just passed on a $25 one with a bunch of games ...
then look around and try to buy something cheap without haggling... then on the Vectrex offer what you will (in your case, IF he already stated $30 was offensive.... and $40 would be a great deal... just offer $35 to $40 tops... he then wins a little by accepting $40....)
in the big picture, you WILL eventually find a '64 cheap but may not see another vectrex....

and you could always leave your name/number IF he would accept $40 after the sale ends ...

.... and on expensive systems at these sales... (over $10 for old gen)...
I never forget to ask to see them work for that much... but I would take a chance at xx$$ .... that seems to work about 75% of the time ....

Some people are just clueless about their prices; I've seen n64 systems for around $20 locally and $35 would probably be the tops I would ask with 5-7 cheapo games thrown into the mix. Ocarina and Mario 64 might net you $30 from online sales on a good day...so $65 would be a fair price to any seller who isn't full of crap.

Hahah, on the subject of a seller not breaking anything up; I saw a Baldur's Gate 1 for pc this weekend with just discs and map, and they refused my offer of a quarter for the map because it was a "set." Not even a counter offer of 50 cents, and I was like "How is it a set? You don't even have the manual!"

I got laughed at this weekend for offering 20.00 on a 25.00 Slim PS2 system.

Seriously.

But I did get one of my best finds of the entire season, I'll post pics soon.

The whining is so sad. It's almost as bad as flippers when you guys expect to be catered to.

Originally Posted by Percy Harvin The whining is so sad. It's almost as bad as flippers when you guys expect to be catered to.

Just leave the thread then noob. Whinery has been going on in the yard sale thread for years............years.




I think this percy kid is just pissed at the deals you guys find. Envious...

Can anyone tell me if there's anything I should know about my Skylander's starter pack? I got one used at a garage sale and to my knowledge, it has everything in it. The figures, portal and game are all there. I have like absolutely no clue about this game, is there anything I should know about it before selling it? Any issues with selling used figures?

Originally Posted by AugustAPC Can anyone tell me if there's anything I should know about my Skylander's starter pack? I got one used at a garage sale and to my knowledge, it has everything in it. The figures, portal and game are all there. I have like absolutely no clue about this game, is there anything I should know about it before selling it? Any issues with selling used figures?

I think you're fine with selling it. The figures are sold second hand at Gamestop, so should not be an issue.

Okay, time to post my finds from this weekend in the spirit of flipping and evil

- 1 Official Gamecube Controller
- Parasite Eve ps1, missing manual
- Parasite Eve ps1, missing manual (beat discs)
- Super Smash Brothers melee (Complete)
- .hack Infection (Complete)
- Ico ps2 (Complete)
- Space Channel 5: Special Edition ps2 (Complete)
- Kingdom Hearts ps2 (Complete, but beat to hell)
- Excel Saga Complete Series (Anime Legends)
- Sailor Moon: Songs from the Hit TV Series CD

all for $18. I pretty much had to camp a single sale that advertised "video games and anime" since the competition usually hits these hard; but for whatever reason the cold weather kept the early birds away. I can tell you right off, having first pick the finds were okay but not jaw-dropping (for example there were more anime CDs which couldn't be found, the Final Fantasy 7 was sold to a friend...I know some of you imagine all the triple-A titles get snagged up, but I'm of the mind that many people don't have them to begin with )--also the other DVDs I bought turned out to be casualties, one dud and two Chinese bootlegs.

All in all though, I was pleased with the operation; there were no other worthy sales on that day so I didn't waste gas, all I had to do was head down the street a bit and do jumping jacks in the twilight.

Originally Posted by Cmosfm I got laughed at this weekend for offering 20.00 on a 25.00 Slim PS2 system. Seriously. But I did get one of my best finds of the entire season, I'll post pics soon.

Slims are tough, I got turned down for one in box I would've done $20-25 for. People are all like omg dollarz when I'm perfectly happy with my $10 PS2 fat Backup System. That's right, I'm the guy with two PS2 systems already

Here's my best find of the year. Church yard sale, these were donated. Sadly games were not. 10.00 for the lot.







What's amazing is that 98% of this is GOOD stuff. Barely anything is "throwaway".

Damn, if the games had been there it would've been incredible.

No games for me this week. I did, however, pick up this turntable which I am loving.



It's a Realistic Lab-400 which was made in 1978 for RadioShack. I looked it up on ebay and they've sold from $45 - $175, but it does weigh a whopping 15 pounds. Doesn't matter though 'cause I'm definitely keeping it.

Originally Posted by TiKi2 Just leave the thread then noob. Whinery has been going on in the yard sale thread for years............years. I think this percy kid is just pissed at the deals you guys find. Envious...

yup.

you should pull that piece of sand out of your vagina. it seems to be irritating you.

Originally Posted by Percy Harvin yup. you should pull that piece of sand out of your vagina. it seems to be irritating you.

obviously, because he was the one that started complaining about everyone else in the thread

Originally Posted by Eagle3ye I offered him a low $20 (all I actually had on me) "NO" obviously..then countered with 40 $70 bucks if I wasnt hard up for cash and I knew it worked, I would have bought it. Also, I realize it's his right to ask whatever he wants for them. I know I wasn't entitled to these things and that he didn't have to sell them to me.

Originally Posted by Percy Harvin Man, you guys expect handouts. It's kind of sad.

Have you been reading for a long time, or is your literacy a recent development?

Wow I really started something with my rant XD I appreciate everyone either backing me up or offering their 2 cents and opinion on the matter. Oh and to those who think we're all "whining". Come on its the Internet....a raging fury online probably means we're slightly cheesed off in reality XD
Have a good one guys, hopefully you'll have better luck than me MAY YOU ALL FIND RESONABLY PRICED VECTREXES!!

And damn those manuals up there are nice....now you just need to find a way of storing them where they can't get ruined :/