Gotta get some money to keep hunting, the budget is empty. Flipping is how I'm able to keep going out.
Gotta get some money to keep hunting, the budget is empty. Flipping is how I'm able to keep going out.
Screwing you out of PS1 JRPGS? Yeah, that guy would be dead to me, too. Hell, I'd probably go out of my way for payback on that one.I befriended a scanner and we got along pretty well for about a year. We had an understanding, he buys mostly books, I buy games. There was a vintage book score that I alerted him to (called him). When the PS1 JRPGs came in, he bought them all and didn't call me. Now we don't talk anymore.
When someone does that to me, I go out of my way to start picking up the main items they go after. Not because I'm interested in them. You know, just to be an asshole.I befriended a scanner and we got along pretty well for about a year. We had an understanding, he buys mostly books, I buy games. There was a vintage book score that I alerted him to (called him). When the PS1 JRPGs came in, he bought them all and didn't call me. Now we don't talk anymore.
I do very little thrifting now. I used to spend 2-4 hours a day at one particular store.
I know your pain. Happens to me now and then. In fact I just experience one last week (Wii U Set with 4 Games for $100 at GW). I'm like whatever now. I always run across some gems and rarities (most of times the game disc are stolen or missing) at my thrift stores and about half of the time, I usually leave it for the next thrifter. Sometimes I scoop it up for CAGers.Got beaten to a nice huge lot by minutes today at my local thrift. Power Stone 1 + 2, Skies of Arcadia Legends, Elemental Gimmick Gear etc etc. 3 bucks each. literally felt nauscious for missing out on that by like 3 minutes. Ugh. Its times like these that thrifting turns me off lol, what do you guys do when you miss out on lots like this? Dust that dirt off your shoulder?
Damn I would have loved to find that wii u what GW are good in the OC I rarely go to them nowI know your pain. Happens to me now and then. In fact I just experience one last week (Wii U Set with 4 Games for $100 at GW). I'm like whatever now. I always run across some gems and rarities at my thrift stores and about half of the time, I usually leave it for the next thrifter. Sometimes I scoop it up for CAGers.
What bothers me is shoppers who stalked me inside the store lol.
I recalled a time when a shopper who wanted a stack of N64 and GameCube Games that I found at GW. He kept asking me if I'm planning to buy all of that and I kept on refusing him. When I was about to checkout, this guy walked up and told the cashier those games are rare and worth a lot of money and they should sell them for 2/3 times the price tag. I was like "WTH". Anyway, the cashier told him to "To leave the store".
None because most of the good stuff gets reserved for Goodwill Online.Damn I would have loved to find that wii u what GW are good in the OC I rarely go to them now
Ask your local goodwill what days they get their Target shipments. Mine is usually every Tuesday and Thursday.Damn I would have loved to find that wii u what GW are good in the OC I rarely go to them now
one of my goodwills is like this where its not a store displaying the goods. Its all in wagon crates that they bring out 20 at a time to 20 people at a time.I used to go to some in Santa Ana months ago but I always saw people waiting by the doors waiting for items to come out and they would come out like vultures
Do you mean the one on Silver Springs in the ghetto? The Outlet or whatever it's called? I went there for the first time like 3 weeks ago...I will never go back. It felt like I was in a homeless shelter mixed with the worst Black Friday ever...Tons of filthy dirty items being scavenged by the...let's say shaddiest people I've ever seen. I looked around the store once and promptly got out of there. The odd thing is they sell stuff by weight, not even per item.one of my goodwills is like this where its not a store displaying the goods. Its all in wagon crates that they bring out 20 at a time to 20 people at a time.
It's in a bad neighbood so it gets all the vultures.
Last time i went there was a line of like 30 people and every time i been there before its junk clothes and broken accessories. I didn't even bother waiting around even if you find a game worth $20-$30 for five bucks the time needed barely justifies it.
It's cheaper to buy whatever you want online vs crossing fingers to find something. Most of my scores could have all be gotten online for very similar prices when you factor in all my busts of going hunting.
The Goodwill outlet stores are always ghetto. When the one out here first opened, it was pretty decent. I had a ton of awesome finds (Megaman Legends, FF7 complete, DSi's, other various consoles, etc) for weight. I would go there just about every day, and then word got out and the trash rolled in and would camp out there all day.Do you mean the one on Silver Springs in the ghetto? The Outlet or whatever it's called? I went there for the first time like 3 weeks ago...I will never go back. It felt like I was in a homeless shelter mixed with the worst Black Friday ever...Tons of filthy dirty items being scavenged by the...let's say shaddiest people I've ever seen. I looked around the store once and promptly got out of there. The odd thing is they sell stuff by weight, not even per item.
The other Goodwill in town by the mall is the nicest one I've ever seen, but the prices overall are insane. They want like $6 for a Manga, which I suppose is fair based on cover value of like $15, but when you need 7-10 books to make a full set that's an insane amount of money for books at, of all places, Goodwill. Awesome looking store, but horrid prices.
They've gotta be shipping a ton of stuff to the auction sites, at least where I'm from, even going to the local goodwill every single day for a while I didn't find anything worthwhile games wise. There is really minimal competition here, I don't know of any other collectors in my immediate area.Can someone explain to me what the rules are with Goodwill reserving items for online auctions? I never find any decent games on the shelves or the case, it's always $5 or less xbox, PS2 and N64 games. I'm not in a major city (southwest Virginia).
I've been hitting my local goodwill every few days after work for about a year straight (sometimes every day but I get burnt out). Haven't had any decent scores. Are the shipping stuff off to the auction site or am I just getting beat every single day?
Thanks.
Goodwill is no longer customer friendly. I do all my donating and shopping at local thrift stores. My best guess is that whatever they think they can get more for online will be shipped to be sold on ebay or shopgoodwill.Can someone explain to me what the rules are with Goodwill reserving items for online auctions? I never find any decent games on the shelves or the case, it's always $5 or less xbox, PS2 and N64 games. I'm not in a major city (southwest Virginia).
I've been hitting my local goodwill every few days after work for about a year straight (sometimes every day but I get burnt out). Haven't had any decent scores. Are the shipping stuff off to the auction site or am I just getting beat every single day?
Thanks.
I talked to the manager of my local GW a few weeks back, after having a huge dry spell, and he said that anything with a hard drive needs to be sent in to the warehouse to be formatted, and that stuff never gets sent back to the store (goes up on shopgoodwill). Also, any "retro" game systems of value are to be sent to the big outlet goodwill, so they can list it on shopgoodwill.They've gotta be shipping a ton of stuff to the auction sites, at least where I'm from, even going to the local goodwill every single day for a while I didn't find anything worthwhile games wise. There is really minimal competition here, I don't know of any other collectors in my immediate area.
Nope, in fact, Goodwill's CEO profited 2.3 Million per year according to snopes.comAnd here I thought goodwill was a non profit organization.
Goodwill CEOs are regional. there are hundreds of them. the one in portland Oregon, he makes over a million by himself so is the one in seattle WA.You need to read that snopes article again. It doesn't say what you think it says. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/charities.asp
The story is real but the name "Mark Currant" is fake.I'm aware of that. I'm not a fan of goodwill in particular, but spreading false stories based on a lack of reading comprehension doesn't really help anyone.
No, sorry the story is not "real".The story is real but the name "Mark Currant" is fake.
A 2013 article on Watchdog.org reported that Goodwill's tax returns showed that more than 100 Goodwills pay less than minimum wage, while simultaneously paying more than $53.7 million in total compensation to top executives.[33] The former CEO, Douglas Barr, of the Goodwill of Southern California was the highest paid Goodwill executive in the country.[34] He received total compensation worth $1,188,733, including a base salary of $350,200, bonuses worth $87,550, retirement benefits of $71,050, and $637,864 in other reportable compensation.[35] "In 2011, the Columbia Willamette Goodwill, one of the largest in the country, says it paid $922,444 in commensurate wages to approximately 250 people with developmental disabilities. These employees worked 159,584 hours for an average hourly wage of $5.78. The lowest paid worker received just $1.40 per hour."[33]
I guess I should consider myself lucky because I still find retro games/systems at some of the GW's near me for (usually) reasonable prices. Just a few weeks back I picked up a complete N64 (with expansion pak) for $15 and The New Tetris (N64) for $3.I talked to the manager of my local GW a few weeks back, after having a huge dry spell, and he said that anything with a hard drive needs to be sent in to the warehouse to be formatted, and that stuff never gets sent back to the store (goes up on shopgoodwill). Also, any "retro" game systems of value are to be sent to the big outlet goodwill, so they can list it on shopgoodwill.
So, basically, yes... they are looking to get top dollar for their stuff now and the days of finding $10 NES and SNES consoles are pretty much over.
Lucky.I guess I should consider myself lucky because I still find retro games/systems at some of the GW's near me for (usually) reasonable prices. Just a few weeks back I picked up a complete N64 (with expansion pak) for $15 and The New Tetris (N64) for $3.