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Panic Restaurant is an NES holy grail, one of the games Taito released in the last year or so of the NES' life and were primarily available only on the rental market. Bubble Bobble 2, Flintstones 2, and Little Samson are all in the same category. Great find. Unless you're a hardcore NES collector, I'd flip it, the game is fun, but easy (except for the last boss for some reason).

Originally Posted by commandercody83 Burritoman: I want to see a pic of that synthesizer or let me know what model it is. How much did you pay for it?

We were on bikes actually, so I couldn't pick it up, just saw it. It was a Roland RS 101. One of those old school ones where the case opens up and the synth is inside. I used to have a couple that were similar.

They sound cool, but they're heavy as hell. I just use a modern one these days.

Hit one up today with a ton of free stuff and the rest of the stuff a dime to a quarter with jars at each table to pay. My sister raided the free stuff but I saw nothing at all worth taking. At the tables, I found one of those giant gag Emerson remove controls for 25 cents, so I went ahead and grabbed it. I've seen them at Goodwills and Salvation Armies but I think the cheapest was $3. The batteries in it are good too so they'll likely end up in my wireless keyboard.

On the way home, I found a Stanley Box Cutter laying by the side of the road. Picked it up, pulled back the handle and it locked (last one I found maybe 100 feet away on the other side of the road doesn't lock.) Not sure who the hell keeps losing them, but I figure I might as well grab them so some kid doesn't find them or someone hits one with a lawn mower.

EDIT: Almost forgot. I did find a Jigglypuff Pokemon card in the bottom of a box of free stuff. Grabbed it for my nephew. My sister then dropped a dime (all I had was quarters) on a Pokemon Burger King big plastic card shape thing. They had another one (the green dude with the wings) but she said she was sure he had that one.

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 Thanks. I haven't sold anything on ebay for years. Think that's the best way to get the most out of it?

I'd ebay it in early Dec. Otherwise, I'd park it on Amazon at a high value. If it doesn't move on Amazon, I'd ebay it in Dec.

Originally Posted by schultzed I'd ebay it in early Dec. Otherwise, I'd park it on Amazon at a high value. If it doesn't move on Amazon, I'd ebay it in Dec.

Why in December?

Originally Posted by spmahn Panic Restaurant is an NES holy grail, one of the games Taito released in the last year or so of the NES' life and were primarily available only on the rental market. Bubble Bobble 2, Flintstones 2, and Little Samson are all in the same category. Great find. Unless you're a hardcore NES collector, I'd flip it, the game is fun, but easy (except for the last boss for some reason).

It did have what looked like rental stickers on it so it probably came from a rental store. Not really a collector yet. I'm just now finally getting consoles back that I sold a few years ago when I decided to get rid of all of my old stuff. The console I picked up needs a new pin in it... doesn't really work well unless you get the cart just right...

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 Why in December?

I'm guessing because that's the start of the holidays, when everyone is willing to pay top dollar for all of their crap.

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 Why in December?

I just think the market will be strongest in December (holiday buying).

Now that Ebay has gotten rid of listing fees, you could just put the cart out with a BIN of $250 and relist it if it doesn't sell. My fear with Ebay would be that you pick the week where interest isn't as high and it ends up at $160 (or something).

Originally Posted by schultzed Now that Ebay has gotten rid of listing fees, you could just put the cart out with a BIN of $250 and relist it if it doesn't sell.

I just listed something and was charged a fee.

I found a sealed Lego Spongebob House for $2 at a sale this weekend.

It certainly made the special trip out to that sale worth it.

A few finds this weekend:

At one sale, I picked up one old 80's Scrabble Deluxe, complete in near mint box. This is the version with the etched wood tiles and the turntable board. Paid $4 for it. I also picked up at the same sale, for .25, a vintage Pac-man plush and a GoBot magnetic watch, just like this.

Also, for $1, I got a vintage Return of the Jedi Han Solo blaster. Unfortunately, it also appears to have it's original vintage Duracells, and the thing was corroded beyond repair, and the metal connector snapped off will I was trying to clean it. I'm not sure about repairing it, as it seems to not really have enough resale value to invest time into.

At another sale, I picked up a copy of Godzilla: Destroy all Monsters Melee for the Xbox for $4. No manual, but still worth it. I also snagged a complete and minty copy of Kinect Disneyland Adventures for $8 and finished the day with a $3 Gamecube, no cables.

I picked up a ton of other stuff too, but nothing too thrilling, not for CAG anyways.

Here is a summary of all I picked up this weekend:

Mentioned already:
NES w/ 2 controllers and gray blaster, 6 NES games, 1 SNES game - $10
Games were
- Super Mario Bro 2
- Super Mario Bro 3
- Legend of Zelda
- Panic Restaurant
- Burgertime
- Airwolf
- Mario is Missing for SNES

At this sale they said they had other games + a SNES + a Sega in some other boxes somewhere. I left my number and told them to give me a call when they found them. Hopefully that pans out. I think I dodged a bullet on the Panic Restaurant because I initially offered $5 and the guy said he would need to look some of them up so to prevent having to pay even more (wasn't aware of value on Panic Restaurant at the time) I offered 10 and he took it.

At another sale I picked up a good condition, in box copy of Time Crisis - Crisis Zone w/ Light Gun for $5. I had to ask them if they had any games and they pulled out some PS2 initially and mentioned they had some PS1 laying around but couldn't find. I asked what they thought they might be and the guy said all of the RE's and possibily Twisted Metal among others. Said if he found them he'd sell to me for $2 each. I left my name and number and I am really hoping they call me if they find them. I want those RE's!

Other sales netted the folowing:

For $5 the follwing Gameboy games (with plastic holders)
- Super Mario Land
- Tetris
- Tetris 2

For $1 (Disc only games are pretty scratched, so I'm hoping to get them buffered out)
- Disc only TMNT The Movie Game for 360
- Disc only GTA: SA for Xbox 1
- Disc only Robots DVD (For kiddos)
- Sealed copy of Peter Jackson's King Kong for Xbox 1

For $1 (Again, disc only was scratched to hell)
- Tetris Gameboy game with plastic holder
- Painkiller PC Game
- Disc only copy of Fable for Xbox 1

For $5
- Sealed Top Gun Blu-ray
- Sealed American Gangster Blu-ray

For $2.50
- Doom 3 for Xbox 1 (Missing Manual)
- Bioshock for 360 (Missing Manual)
- Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories - GBA

For $4
- Seasons 1-4 of Family Guy on DVD ($1 per season)

For $2 I also got an Acer AL1515 15" LCD Monitor that just needed some TLC. I'm going to flip that out for a decent profit as well.

Pretty good weekend, and looking forward to cashing in on the Panic Restaurant NES Cart.

First 2 sales were great, and then it went downhill.

Snagged a Nintendo 64 with grey controller in near-mint condition for 10 bucks. It also included a mint cartridge of Super Mario 64 complete in box.

Picked up GTA: Vice City, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, and Devil May Cry for PS2. All black labels and in great condition, no scratches, and all manuals and cases.

My big find of the day was a new P90X set for 10 bucks. Everything was included and it hadn't ever been used. The workout set was on a table with all the rest of his gear he bought to complete the series, but everything was still in wrappers and boxes. Since he was a heavier guy, I assumed he never got around to it. Definitely going to be reselling, as I've already done the series multiple times.

I know that's not really a CAG thing, but figured it was a cool find to end my day nonetheless.

Originally Posted by TiKi2 I just listed something and was charged a fee.

There are fees for special services (10 day auction, extra pictures . . .). But if you keep the listing simple with only one pic . . . there is no charge (until it sells). I think the first 100 listings a month are free.

Finds part 2 . . . this was Saturday . . . only out for a few hours.

I drove to a neighboring city (30 min. away) and hit a subdivision . . . hoping to find new territory. This was mostly a fail. Apparently I started on the wrong end. As I worked my way through I saw very little game stuff after 10 houses I found a box with 2 N64 games which looked like there had been others . . . someone else got the good ones. At another I saw a box with a GBA with a case and a sign . . . $10 for the system and games or .75 each . . . but no games. When I asked, "there were a bunch of Pokemon games" . . . ugh. I got the sys for $3. A little further I found an SNES controller in box marked $2. I negotiated to $1 and they said there were 2 . . . the other was sealed . . . . There is just so much competition.



I did pull SW BII out of a bundle (bad games and a sys for $40) at an early house and paid $2 for it.

Not pictured, I also found a Wii sensor bar (official) for $1. Cool, because I'd like to make it easy to shift the system from upstairs to the basement.

On my way back, I found:

for $3.

Only a few blocks from home, I spotted a few N64 games in a bin . . . marked $3 each. I pulled 2 and we agreed on $3 for the pair. Then I saw this dirty SNES in a bin of junk:

The guy was nice and we agreed on $2 more. He asked his son about the power adapter . . . no go. I asked about games and the daughter pulls out a bag with about 8 games. I offered $10 for everything but the guy balked. Said he'd do $1 each on the games . . . so, I picked the 5 best and paid $10. Spotted the Animal Crossing and paid $1 more.

Originally Posted by schultzed There are fees for special services (10 day auction, extra pictures . . .). But if you keep the listing simple with only one pic . . . there is no charge (until it sells). I think the first 100 listings a month are free.

I believe it's no insertion fee for auction-style listings only, but you still have to pay $0.50 to put up a Buy It Now listing. That's probably where the confusion is coming from.

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 For $2 I also got an Acer AL1515 15" LCD Monitor that just needed some TLC. I'm going to flip that out for a decent profit as well.

Nice. Almost forgot, my aunt called my mom and mentioned she got a 15" LCD at the library sale in our old town for $5. My bro still lives near there so I told him and he stopped by just as they were closing. The woman said they had $5 left so he went back the next morning and grabbed 4 and my grandfather grabbed the last one as his place is pretty small.

He sent two of them down as he said he only wanted one for a spare and one to sell to the pawn shop for $20 to get is investment back. (Plus, I'd already bought him a 19" CRT, gave him my 17" CRT when the 19" died and then flipped him a 15" Dell LCD for $10 that I bought for $5 last summer).

So everyone I know really is set on LCDs, which means I'm sure I'll find some more this summer for $5 or less that I can't pass up.

I found a sealed copy of Hydro Thunder at a garage sale for $2. It has this weird "Winner CBS Video Game Test" sticker on it. What is up with that? I am also not sure if it is legitimately factory sealed. Is there any way to tell?

Originally Posted by rabidchiuaua I found a sealed copy of Hydro Thunder at a garage sale for $2. It has this weird "Winner CBS Video Game Test" sticker on it. What is up with that? I am also not sure if it is legitimately factory sealed. Is there any way to tell?

Found a little information here:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/midway-...y-test-2447170

I'm not sure; it could be that a retailer just put the sticker on as an advertising thing, though you might want to ask over at Sega Age to see if anyone knows what a CBS reviewer's copy looks like.

If Im not mistaken the dreamcast sealed games sides don't look like that. They have the folds on the sides. I sold all my sealed copies so I can't check.