A few years back I always found good stuffs on ShopGoodwill at a reasonable price. Now everything on there I have to pay double the price. Best purchase I bought was a lot of used Sony digital cameras with lens (A5000, Nex-3, A200) for $140 shipped. I ended up flipping Nex-3 and A200 locally for $220 total and kept the A5000.
In my area they closed the "Job Connection Center" staffing agency that they had in all of the stores and fired all of those people, and have further reduced the number of employees that run the actual stores. Mind I am by no means a fan of Goodwill as a company, they transitioned away from being a charitable organization and became a for profit corporation just over two decades ago. They have a lot of their shoppers convinced that they're still a charity, even though they no longer make any such claim, and to keep up their image of being a charity they eat the sales taxes, as legally they're required to collect and pay them just like any other for-profit retail business. They've been caught doing quite a lot of shady stuff over the years since transitioning into a corporation as well, like bulk selling off donated computers with original owner's data still intact to used electronics vendors in Africa (you can't make this stuff up).
WOW! I have yet to see a Laser Active in person in my nearly 25 years collecting, awesome find!Forgot to post this, but is was my best thrift find in the past year (probably my 2nd all time best thrift find).
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I prefer my Alf to be back, in Pog formExcellent GW day yesterday. $74.42- Gund Littlefoot plush, Coleco ALF plush, Applause Snuffleupagos plushes, Polaroid Sun600, bag of usb cables, bag of Artefice Ottanta dalmatian figures, Logitech Trackman mouse, new Adidas St Louis Blues beanie, sealed 8 pack of Sony MD discs, sealed mattress protector, and an Xbox360 E with cables and controller. FYI, the plushes are worth around $30 apiece! An ALF sold for $50 on Ebay less than a month ago. And Ive been getting around $35 shipped for them Polaroids without film. The beanie will be worn by me and Im thinking about holding onto the Xbox360 e. I think it would sit nicely on my computer desk under the Playstation 3d monitor.
Close the door, you’re letting the heat out!
Because video game collecting has become very speculative of late. It's really getting a bit out of control and the insane prices for "classic" games will probably normalize in a few years. Now is a great time to be selling vintage games.
They only see PS5 and have no idea that game has been for sale new for $14.99. some body will probably buy it tooSpotted my first PS5 game at a thrift store and they want $50 for it lol.
It really depends on what you are selling I suppose. The majority of retro games are not in high demand. I have been collecting classic handheld games from the 70's and 80's since around 2003. I have seen prices fluctuate quite a bit on ebay over the years. The prices are definitely much more inflated the past few years in that area anyway. There is also a lot of the same stuff always being sold. I know from experience that those items will definitely take a long time to sell. Occasionally I will make an offer on items that have been listed for months. The seller almost always accepts. I used to enjoy using ebay back in the early days when you actually bid on items and buy it now was rare. I got some great deals bidding back in the day.
Nice pick up on the Marantz. I have a few old receivers I found earlier this year but I would love to find one of those locally.Welp I have that feeling like I missed something! I saw some new dvds and games that werent there Tuesday (the last day I went), even a couple SNES games....but they were all sports games. They were tagged on 12/23 which means they probably got set out this morning and were already picked through. Im sure since they were closed the past 2 days the regulars were lined up this morning!
Lucky for me the others dont really like buying the higher priced items so I did find some things. Little pricey at GW right before Xmas!! Sony CFD-G505 Xplod- $40, left grill is a little dented in and I need to open it to checkout the CD part that isn't spinning. Marantz 2235B receiver with booklets and paperwork- $50, seems to work just fine. Fujifilm instant camera-$12. And I bought an Atari Flashback 4 set all taped together for $20. System ended up frying because the ac adapter actually goes to an NES! But the paddle controllers, wireless controllers, and NES adapter are working fine. Guitars were $6 apiece.
