Did pretty well today. This was a mix of Thrift Stores, Pawn Shops and Half Price Books but I'm just going to put it all in one.
My first find of the day came at a Half Price Books I used to live near but which is now quite a long way from me. Was in the area though. They always used to have crap prices but good deals during sales of course, and sometimes they'd slip up on something. I was shocked to find most of their prices reasonable, it seems something has changed in pricing. Not much I needed but grabbed:
Mega Man X6 (PS1): $9.99
Justice League Chronicles (GBA): $1.00 (they had a bin of $1.00 GB/GBA/GBC/PSP games but most were just crap)
Yu Gi Oh GX Duel Academy (GBA) $1.00 (this is to flip, no interest in Yu Gi Oh but I saw it goes around 10.00)
Stopped at a small Pawn Shop I rarelyl find much at and was surprised to see a stack of Genesis and N64 games. Nothing I needed though. Still, all non marked PS3 games were $6.00 so I grabbed:
Metal Gear Rising Revegeance (PS3): $6.00
X-Com: Enemy Unknown (PS3): $6.00
Apparently I mislabeled X-Com on my list though and already had it which kind of sucks. Good news though is that mine is still sealed so I'll likely just do a no receipt return somewhere...
My next finds came at a Pawn Shop I used to go to a lot as it was literally a 2 minute drive from my house. I am friendly with the employees there and they used to set aside good stuff for me at times but since I literally only get in there 3-4 times a year now, they don't anymore. Still, we always chat when I'm in. I saw two Wii U games for good prices. I was only going to grab one but when I mentioned I thought about the other the girl asked if I'd do both if she made me a good deal. Was offered $10.00 extra off the second (which was already a good deal really) so I had to do it. Grabbed:
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U): $14.99
The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD (Wii U): $9.99
Stopped at a Goodwill down the road and they had a stack of GB games in the case. Saw the Yellow cart and knew I had to look, but this place while it used to be good has gone up in price in my experience in the last year and a half. Not with these. $2.99 each and I grabbed the good ones.
Pokemon Yellow (GBC): $2.99
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie (GB): $2.99
Batman the Animated Series (GB): $2.99
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (GB): $2.99
Needed all but the Pokemon which will pay for a lot of this.
Hit up another Half Price Books and found a PS2 game for a good price I had heard good things about:
Mobile Suit Gundam Encounters in Space (PS2): $7.99
Last find of the day was at a Pawn Shop I go to sometimes, most of their prices suck but once in awhile I'll score. In their stack of crap PS2 games I found:
Disaster Report (PS2): $1.99
Needed that one. A bit scratched up but worst case I'll resurface it.
So I got 13 games, for just under 71 plus tax. Not bad. Some very good ones mixed in. Pokemon Yellow and the Yu Gi Oh will make me back a chunk of it though Yellow seems to have really fallen off in price from what I'm showing. Still a solid find for what I paid though.
For those who claim we get lucky when we find stuff also, there is some, but I went to a total of 16 places today and only found something at 6 of them. Its really just about hitting a lot of places and eventually the numbers will work out for you.