Nice surprise at the pawn shop today...

[GuilewasNK]

Hadn't been there in a LONG time. Went in and looked around about 20 minutes and I didn't see much. Then I looked behind some SNES catridges and found Breath of Fire for the SNES. I already had BoF 2 and had been looking for the first one for awhile now. It wasn't stickered but the lady let me have it for $10 8)

 

[Nirvanaguy777]

i hate you........

 

[Pancake Rabbit]

i think bof1 is pretty common and only goes for like 6.99 at gamestop/ebgames i could be wrong though

 

[yeahokthenfu]

I thought he was going to have like some totally awesome deals

 

[GuilewasNK]

[quote name='yeahokthenfu']I thought he was going to have like some totally awesome deals[/quote]

Nah, sorry to mislead. It was suprising to me because I had been looking for this locally (I try to get most old cart based games at the flea market and pawn shops here) for a while now and the fact I happened upon it by chance got me all...uh....giddy.

 

[hiccupleftovers]

I Don't know if this was a great haul or not, but the game is awesome. I have it on the GBA.

 

[GuilewasNK]

[quote name='sevdustflyer']i think bof1 is pretty common and only goes for like 6.99 at gamestop/ebgames i could be wrong though[/quote]

$24.99 at Gamestop (but listed as backordered like most of their stuff is)
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=913063

EB doesn't have it on their site at all.

 

[Trakan]

While not the greatest deal, it's definitely a nice surprise.

 

[yeahokthenfu]

Well then I guess you got a good deal, but too much of a climax for one game

 

[GuilewasNK]

[quote name='yeahokthenfu']Well then I guess you got a good deal, but too much of a climax for one game[/quote]

Ok, my Peter Griffin moment for the day..

"You said climax! Hehehehehehe"

 

[DigitalSpace]

Nice find.

I try to find SNES and Genesis games locally as well. I can name a few that I could have gotten easily on eBay months before I found them cheaper in the wild.

 

[darekIsAwesome]

Nice find

 

[Ilovephysics]

Try finding SoM and FFIII for SNES at $3 a pop and then get back to me on pawn shops... too bad they started using Ebay...

 

[Dok Diamond]

my pawn shops all suck, they have nothing but old useless junk.

 

[CapAmerica]

Thats cool
I've fond that pawn shops are one of the best places to find Cheap videogame stuff. They don't seem to know what games should be going for. Hell I got a Xbox for $70 at a pawn shop.

 

[GuilewasNK]

I have never seen SoM or FFIII at this particular shop. I own both already (2 copies of FFIII) and never look for it much. Every SNES game they have is between $10 and $15 from what I could see. Usually its fairly common stuff but every once in awhile there is something good. Next major RPG I will be looking for there is probably Secret of Evermore. I have the majority of the major Japanese RPG's released in the US for the SNES already.

 

[wubb]

[quote name='CapAmerica']Thats cool
I've fond that pawn shops are one of the best places to find Cheap videogame stuff. They don't seem to know what games should be going for. Hell I got a Xbox for $70 at a pawn shop.[/quote]

The pawn shops I've checked around me seem to price their games using gamestop.com or ebgames.com. One of them told me they price their's $2 below whatever gamestop has as the price of the game. I knew something had be be up at one when all of their Xbox and PS2 games were around $10-20 but the one copy of Rez was priced at $35. I was like, man these guys know game prices!

Very smart on their part, but that means no real deals for me.

 

[yeahokthenfu]

[quote name='CapAmerica']Thats cool
I've fond that pawn shops are one of the best places to find Cheap videogame stuff. They don't seem to know what games should be going for. Hell I got a Xbox for $70 at a pawn shop.[/quote]
I agree with that, but mines seem to think video games are gold, so they are way overpriced, I think they had a used NHL 2003 for like $20 just a few days ago

 

[b3b0p]

I miss the good ole days when Pawn Shops were actually a good place to go for a good deal. Now, with ebay and internet pretty much standard where ever one goes, Pawn shops are adjusting there prices accordingly. In fact, I see better prices at Waldo-World, Hastings, EBGames, Gamestop, etc...

For example, it has been a while since I was there, but I remember seeing a used PacMan vs for $20 (was this not $5 at Circuit City?). I wanted to get Zone of Enders, but alas it was too much for a beat up used copy even for me.


Chris

 

[GuilewasNK]

The PS2, Xbox and Gamecube games are all overpriced at my pawn shop (ALL are $20 and up unless they were released below that like VF4: Evo or ESPN NFL 2K5). Plus (and this is the part that sucks) they put a security sticker on the disc (a small one right around the hole). That is a HUGE turn off because it kills the value if I want to trade them someplace other than that shop. SOMETIMES I'll put up with it for PS1 games that are hard to find like Persona 2. I got that for $20 complete with the security stickers but that was still too good a deal to pass up. No way in hell I'll do that for newer systems though. I can find newer stuff cheaper than most of their used stuff just by coming here.

 

[DigitalSpace]

[quote name='GuilewasNK']Next major RPG I will be looking for there is probably Secret of Evermore.[/quote]

I'm going to get that one soon as well. I'll probably wind up getting it at Game Crazy for $13.49 (it's $14.99 without the MVP card), if I don't find it cheaper somewhere else. Well, I did find it for $12 at CD/Game Exchange, but it wasn't in the best condition.