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All I found today was a box filled with overpriced Atari 2600 games, you can tell I'm an AVGN fan because I actually wanted the abomination that is E.T, and I remember an episode where he talked about SwordQuest so I thought I'd check it out.


Oh and im also planning on selling a shitload of old sports games that are just taking up room to my local Play N' Trade. I figure selling them on eBay isn't even worth the trouble. Ill post a couple private pics in case I'm accidentally about to give away a "gem". Opinions appreciated

Originally Posted by Otherguy676 The Guy Game PS2 Complete

Nice find on The Guy Game. They rarely turn up at local shops, or GS for that matter. I had to travel 50 miles to pick up a copy that was missing the manual. Amazon sells them but Ebay won't.

Originally Posted by Eagle3ye Oh and im also planning on selling a shitload of old sports games that are just taking up room to my local Play N' Trade. I figure selling them on eBay isn't even worth the trouble. Ill post a couple private pics in case I'm accidentally about to give away a "gem". Opinions appreciated

Unless you have a second copy, I would keep Ice Hockey for the NES. Not worth much but I still enjoy playing it! The rest of that stuff..... bleh.

Originally Posted by Invicta 61 Amazon sells them but Ebay won't.

Maybe they have a policy against it (I really don't know), but I see it on eBay all the time. In fact, there are several copies on there right now. It's been on my watchlist for quite some time.

I remember in other discussions here on CAG that it was mentioned that the game was not allowed because of nudity (and possibly the scandal surrounding the game). Sure enough there are copies of it available though.

I've had a few good hauls in the last few months, but I think this weekend takes the cake. I didn't take photos of everything, but I did snap a few highlights.


Genesis Lot by ChuckT2012, on Flickr

Six games for sixty cents. Dude was also selling complete in box Star Trek figures for low low prices, but I passed on them because I was unsure of their value. I'll probably kick myself if I look them up.


Famiclone by ChuckT2012, on Flickr

Chinese Famiclone and bootleg carts - $20. More than I wanted to pay, but I thought it was a pretty neat find. The girl grabbed it from her house after I told her I played video games, and gave me everything she thought I would need to plug it into my television. Apparently, this famiclone also requires:
- two cell phone chargers
- one computer monitor cable
- one soldering gun


Large Lot Highlights by ChuckT2012, on Flickr

These are just a few of the highlights from a huge huge lot I landed this afternoon. Someone I've bought from before emailed and told me her brother gave her all of his games to sell. I went to take a look, and she had three grocery sized boxes full of games and systems. We bounced around prices, and settled at $2 per item. As I was clearing the stuff out, she hauled out a CD rack full of games and tossed it in. All told, I ended up with 100+ games, five systems, and enough accessories to last a lifetime. Time to start selling.


Bombsweeper by ChuckT2012, on Flickr

My favorite find of the weekend. $5. Found in a stack of toys at a random yard sale. The woman who sold it to me even replaced the batteries so I could test it. Sweet.

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 Hit a few sales on Friday morning since I was going out of town Saturday. Got the following: For 9.50: - Black Gamecube with Gameboy Player and Zip up game holder - Donkey Kong Beats with Drums Came with 2 gameboy player discs and all cables.... No controllers though. I guess they had a bunch of gamecube games for 50 cents each and some lady cleaned them out... Damn! Medal of honor collection for ps2 for $2. 2 baseball bat, 2 wheel, and 1 golf Wii attachments brand new for 2.50. Final fantasy tactics, castlevania sotn, and mgs3, all complete for $5. That was all I found, but then at my dads (person I learned to haggle from) mentioned he picked up a nes with some games for $4 at a garage sale so I picked those up from him for what he paid. NES was super clean with 2 dogbone controllers. Games are mostly commons, but there was one gem.... Snow Brothers. Cart is clean and I will see if it works when I get home. Can't believe I've had 2 rare nes games in the past month. Talk about luck. XD

I forgot one other thing I picked up. It was a crate of various gaming items for $5. Came with the following.
- Fallout 3 CIB - PC
- World of Warcraft CIB - PC
- WoW: Burning Crusade CIB - PC
- Battlefield 2142 CIB - PC
- Imperial Glory CIB - PC
- Some other random disc-only pc games in a cd-wallet (air battles of WWII is the only one that comes to mind)
- Fallout 3 Strategy Guide w/ Card insert
- Fable 2 Stratefy Guide
- Various Sims 2 / Sims 3 Strategy Guides (Junk to me)

Originally Posted by Otherguy676 Super Street 4 3D

That game is kinda crappy, so you should just let me take it for $3.

I wish I could find a decent cheap PSP or some 3DS games around here. Looks like it's time for me to start the 7 am grind again this weekend.

Originally Posted by TiKi2 I once asked a guy about a mini granite chess set he had. He told me $20 or something I don't recall. Since I didn't look interested anymore in it, this dick turns to his wife and says " it's ok we'll sell it on ebay and get more for it" . I was like wtf is this dude on, I didn't even say anything. Turns out it goes for around $35 on ebay shipped. He'd be wasting his time. The people that say the word ebay will never sell on ebay. Think about it, out of how many garage sales you guys have gone to ,how many times have you used the word ebay? Probably only time is in response to someone mentioning ebay. When I here ebay that means it is time to go.

I basically never hear the word ebay around here, there are obviously people that price their items way too high, and those items will not sell so the people will be left with a bunch of junk they can't sell anywhere and they will have to deal with that, after paying $29 to put an ad in the paper for their yard sale.

I think the ebay "dream" so they call it has pretty much faded here, it was alive 5-10 years ago when anyone could sell on ebay and you could accept money orders and checks but now you have to have a paypal account and a bank account/credit card in order to sell on ebay and I think a lot of people around here don't have these things so they can't sell on ebay. I have met quite a few yardsalers who were selling their previous ebay inventory, aka they quit selling on ebay due to policy changes and fee changes and had a bunch of leftover junk they wanted to get rid of... I think there are more people who are fleeing ebay than anything these days. Moreover, 99% of people who talk about selling on ebay don't actually sell on ebay because they are too lazy and simply can't be bothered or as I mentioned before its too much trouble to set up...

99% of people here come to a yard sale with under $10 in their pocket, so again, you have to work with that, no one will pay $30-40 for a random toy or $30 for a DVD. If I tried to sell at those prices here at a yard sale I would probably get ridiculed all day long and no one would buy anything, thus I would be wasting my time. I would basically get laughed at. I yard sale enough to know that most people here don't even sell half of what they put out even if they mark everything at 25 cents.

If people see ebay printed prices they will walk, if prices are too high people will walk, people want a good deal, they don't want to deal with someone who knows what everything they have is worth. People here also don't seem to have a problem with telling a yard sale owner that their prices are too high!

I still have to deal with high prices where I'm at. like yesterday. Gamecube, no cords or controllers. I asked to be sure and, sure enough "Those are worth a lot of money" so....$100.

Originally Posted by Obiwan456 I still have to deal with high prices where I'm at. like yesterday. Gamecube, no cords or controllers. I asked to be sure and, sure enough "Those are worth a lot of money" so....$100.

Prices here are insane, people want $100 for CRT TV's, that probably wouldn't sell no matter the price. Its hard to find a TV for under $50 here when in reality the CRT TV's should be given away for free. Don't get me started on computer monitors where most people want $15-20 for old, ugly CRT monitors.

But then you have other houses where everything is priced as expected, but rarely for TV's and Computer monitors, of course these things don't sell. You also have houses where clothing is $10 an item, at other houses everything is 25 cents. Its just amazing how much prices vary.

Originally Posted by SaraAB 99% of people here come to a yard sale with under $10 in their pocket, so again, you have to work with that, no one will pay $30-40 for a random toy or $30 for a DVD. If I tried to sell at those prices here at a yard sale I would probably get ridiculed all day long and no one would buy anything, thus I would be wasting my time. I would basically get laughed at. I yard sale enough to know that most people here don't even sell half of what they put out even if they mark everything at 25 cents.

I've always wonder.....How much money does everyone take with them on their yardsale trips??

I take between $200-$300

Usually 40

Most of the time I take around $150. I usually only end up spending around $10 of it, but I don't want to have to pass up a deal because I didn't take enough cash with me.

I take about 75 bucks. I'm still an "amateur" buyer, so I really don't buy too much.

At least 400.00

I start with $100, but my bank has ATMs everywhere, so stopping to get more out isn't a hindrance.

$60-100 here. Usually $100.

I just take whatever money I have. I don't have a steady income right now, so it can be anywhere from $10 to $100.

I usually have no less than 50 in small bills. I usually keep 30 singles in my pocket separate from everything else, so I can pull out an exact amount to offer, without showing my hand...so to speak.

It also works if I am making a big purchase and I want them to drop the price more. I can show them my wallet and say "That is everything in my wallet", so they can see for themselves that there is 30 bucks or so in it. (I usually keep 20 or so in the car in case I need it).

I usually have $30-50. I have never gone through all my money while yard sailing. Walking around with $400 in cash around here would be asking for trouble, just not a good idea.