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Originally Posted by leecy I still remember throwing out all my boxes for my Super Nintendo and 64 games. Final Fantasy II, Harvest Moon, Zelda, etc. I was young and thought they were cool but took up too much space

I've got a worse story for you; I tossed my boxes out over time (as I needed the space), with the very last one to go being an Earthbound box.

The one good thing about the experience is that with a cart & manual collection I didn't have reacquire much to shift over to UGCs. I'll still pick up CIBs if I come across them, but I don't have the itch where I have to have them (at a ridiculous mark-up, especially).

well I rarely hit up yard sales here (about 75% is clothes rest are old/pirated DVD and music rarely any games) but was on the way home and stopped at 4 sales and as usual all garbage just found 1 game Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette for the PS2. Got it for $0.50

Originally Posted by Indigo_Streetlight I've got a worse story for you; I tossed my boxes out over time (as I needed the space), with the very last one to go being an Earthbound box.

I have the worst Earthbound story . . . ever.

I picked up a copy (big box with guide) sealed for $5.99 (clearance at Best Buy) and traded it in for $45 in credit at Funcoland. When I saw how nice a flip it was, I grabbed the last 2 on the shelf. I didn't get back to Funco for a week or two. In the meantime, the value dropped to $10 . . . but I was facing a move in a month or two and didn't want to hang onto them (this is early 1998 just before ebay). So, I took the $20 in credit. On top of it all, I always hated oland and still abhor gameslop.

This just sits there in the deepest and darkest corner of my mind.

That is a great SEGA lot!

Originally Posted by schultzed I have the worst Earthbound story . . . ever. I picked up a copy (big box with guide) sealed for $5.99 (clearance at Best Buy) and traded it in for $45 in credit at Funcoland. When I saw how nice a flip it was, I grabbed the last 2 on the shelf. I didn't get back to Funco for a week or two. In the meantime, the value dropped to $10 . . . but I was facing a move in a month or two and didn't want to hang onto them (this is early 1998 just before ebay). So, I took the $20 in credit. On top of it all, I always hated oland and still abhor gameslop. This just sits there in the deepest and darkest corner of my mind.

YES! I'm not the only one! Except for me it was Toys R Us I bought 8 of them from.

Originally Posted by schultzed I have the worst Earthbound story . . . ever. I picked up a copy (big box with guide) sealed for $5.99 (clearance at Best Buy) and traded it in for $45 in credit at Funcoland. When I saw how nice a flip it was, I grabbed the last 2 on the shelf. I didn't get back to Funco for a week or two. In the meantime, the value dropped to $10 . . . but I was facing a move in a month or two and didn't want to hang onto them (this is early 1998 just before ebay). So, I took the $20 in credit. On top of it all, I always hated oland and still abhor gameslop. This just sits there in the deepest and darkest corner of my mind.

Well there is no way to know what will become valuable in the future I guess.

I see some of you post from near-ish where I am in PA (Nanticoke/Wilkes-Barre Area), any words of advice for where to find these besides craigslist? Like a specific newspaper that's good?

Originally Posted by TiKi2 I could say the scumbags are the collector's who buy and hoard games for selfish reason. You can't point the finger at a reseller if you are a collector. Who cares about price, who is more selfish a reseller who provides a product for people or a collector who hoards games for themselves. My point is both parties are equally selfish.

so by this logic, anyone who owns any video game at all is selfish and a hoarder? Last time I checked, nobody here is keeping multiple copies of the same game or system and stockpiling them in their closet just so no one else can have them. Or is there some pre-determined number of games that you've arbitrarily made up that is "okay" to own without considered being selfish?

Originally Posted by TiKi2 Wanting something to keep for yourself is just as selfish as buying something with the sole intent to resell it.

Originally Posted by crows in black Last time I checked, nobody here is keeping multiple copies of the same game or system and stockpiling them in their closet just so no one else can have them.

I guess you haven't been here long, huh?

Originally Posted by crows in black

Imagine if he played James Rhodes in Iron Man...

Originally Posted by yourlefthand i guess you haven't been here long, huh?

lol

Originally Posted by crows in black so by this logic, anyone who owns any video game at all is selfish and a hoarder?

Hey noob where in my post did I mention ownership of games? Doesn't matter anyways I have to ignore since you can't seem to read.

I own a car, or I could be a car collector. Two different types of person.

He's been here since 2008 and he doesn't know about the multiple games and systems. Hah

I own 3 copies of every game for every system ever, and you can't have them. Be jealous.

Originally Posted by TiKi2 Hey noob where in my post did I mention ownership of games? Doesn't matter anyways I have to ignore since you can't seem to read. I own a car, or I could be a car collector. Two different types of person. He's been here since 2008 and he doesn't know about the multiple games and systems. Hah

Post #1114 you said "Wanting something to keep for yourself is just as selfish as buying something with the sole intent to resell it." Sounds like he was right and now you're just arguing semantics. You really showed him calling him a noob though!

Originally Posted by TiKi2 Hey noob where in my post did I mention ownership of games? Doesn't matter anyways I have to ignore since you can't seem to read. I own a car, or I could be a car collector. Two different types of person. He's been here since 2008 and he doesn't know about the multiple games and systems. Hah

Get a load of this guy.

This shit didn't happen in my thread. tsel, start cracking down!


Everyone calm down, here is some gaming stuff...


Sonic comic 25 cents




Someone beat me to this sale and bought most of the good stuff. I knew Gallop Racer was a 'rare' game, so the person obviously didn't know as much about games.

Paid $12 everything pictured:







PS: The disc only game is Mario Sunshine.

Enjoy that Pokemon Project Studio I spent hours on that as a little kid

Originally Posted by elessar123 Imagine if he played James Rhodes in Iron Man...

Ow. My mind.

Seriously, though, thanks to this triple digit nonsense, I've missed out on lots of garage sales. Hopefully it eases up this weekend.

Reselling or collecting have nothing to do with the type of person you are. Also an asking price doesn't always equal greed (say $30 is fair and a CAG bitches and complains to you for not selling that game to them for a dollar, who is trying to rip off who?)

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Everyone calm down, here is some gaming stuff... I knew Gallop Racer was a 'rare' game, so the person obviously didn't know as much about games.

Thanks for getting us back to business :-)

Funny, my heart races when I see old Xbox games because of KOTOR, Conker and a few others but I hardly look at PS2 games. I never see RPGs and most everything else I have or is worthless. The Gallop Racer games are something to keep an eye out for.