Official 2008 Yard Sale Thread

[quote name='dnrrule']congrats. I love grounded for life. But isnt shenmue also a good find[/quote] Grounded for life is a great show.

Shenmue is pretty common, and worth less than $10. I personally hate the game even though everyone else loves it.

Nice finds though. I've never seen a single blu ray at a ys. To find so many is amazing.
 
Lots of bulk finds the last two weeks.

N64 with 27 games and 4 controllers
(including 7 Mario games and Snowboard Kids 1 and 2)
$20

Gamecube
1 wavebird
3 controllers
52 games (incl. Mario Tennis/Baseball/Kart DD and SSBM)
$65

A bunch of others not really worth mentioning but one real quality RPG find finally

All Mint and Complete

Final Fantasy VII GH
Final Fantasy VIII
Tales of Destiny
Silent Hill
Parasite Eve 2
Castlevania SOTN GH
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Galerians
Arena Football
Intellivision Classic Games
4 other games
$35
 
Well it's good to see everybody finding those good deals. I've been out of the YS loop since mid July . My company down sized and gave me a promotion plus another 10 grand. But that came with a price of 70 hour work weeks including Saturdays. Recently they hired some people and and things are back to normal as of the last 2 weeks. I hit about 80 sales over the last two weeks and true to form had several decent finds. I'll get picks and stories up during the week.

It was really weird, like the first month without yardsaling I was really fiending for a YS fix but just did'nt have the time. After the first month the extra cash in my check each week kinda curbed my desire to YS. Basically the money I made flipping YS finds for extra cash was more than equaled with the pay raise. But then I get back out there again and that fiendish urge is back, unfortunately my season is just about over due to winter approaching. Any body else ever get that "Ill do anything to yard sale urge? Sometimes I really feel like a cheap ass yard sale junkie.
 
[quote name='snotknocker']Any body else ever get that "Ill do anything to yard sale urge? Sometimes I really feel like a cheap ass yard sale junkie.[/quote]

i'm with you. yard sales on the weekend with my best friend are the highlight of my week. we get up early, decide who drives, hit a ton of sales, then grab lunch and head home. there, we talk about all the cool stuff we got, and usually watch a movie, which is almost always purchased during our 'saling. it's been a regular pasttime for us for about 8 years now.

glad to see you back, sk.
 
few years ago...got

snes wario woods
snes pacman
snes Dk Country 2
snes walielie country club
snes mario kart
snes lion king

when i got home found DK country 3 at the bottom

10 bucks for all


There was one time I got Super Mario RPG CIB for 8 dollars(granted this was back in 2000)

I live in NJ also, and my area is a ton of pawnshops, so they mostly get everything sold to them instead of the yardsales.
 
[quote name='willc23']Welcome back Snotknocker. Was hoping you didn't CIF the wrong person and ended up in traction all summer.[/quote]

At 6'3, 280 lbs I'm usually the one putting people in traction. Good to be back
 
[quote name='snotknocker']Well it's good to see everybody finding those good deals. I've been out of the YS loop since mid July . My company down sized and gave me a promotion plus another 10 grand. But that came with a price of 70 hour work weeks including Saturdays. Recently they hired some people and and things are back to normal as of the last 2 weeks. I hit about 80 sales over the last two weeks and true to form had several decent finds. I'll get picks and stories up during the week.

It was really weird, like the first month without yardsaling I was really fiending for a YS fix but just did'nt have the time. After the first month the extra cash in my check each week kinda curbed my desire to YS. Basically the money I made flipping YS finds for extra cash was more than equaled with the pay raise. But then I get back out there again and that fiendish urge is back, unfortunately my season is just about over due to winter approaching. Any body else ever get that "Ill do anything to yard sale urge? Sometimes I really feel like a cheap ass yard sale junkie.[/quote] Hey, welcome back. Its always cool to hear about your finds.
 
[quote name='allyourblood']i'm with you. yard sales on the weekend with my best friend are the highlight of my week. we get up early, decide who drives, hit a ton of sales, then grab lunch and head home. there, we talk about all the cool stuff we got, and usually watch a movie, which is almost always purchased during our 'saling. it's been a regular pasttime for us for about 8 years now.

glad to see you back, sk.[/QUOTE]

I completely agree, going yard saling also means less stuff that I have to buy at retail meaning I feed the big box stores less which is a good thing. My mom built a whole wardrobe just off yard sale clothes and its better stuff than what most people in my city wear. The price difference in the items at yard sales vs going shopping makes it totally worth it, especially since we stay local. I also prefer the product selection at yard sales, there is a lot of unique stuff vs the cookie cutter items in retail stores.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']I completely agree, going yard saling also means less stuff that I have to buy at retail meaning I feed the big box stores less which is a good thing. My mom built a whole wardrobe just off yard sale clothes and its better stuff than what most people in my city wear. The price difference in the items at yard sales vs going shopping makes it totally worth it, especially since we stay local. I also prefer the product selection at yard sales, there is a lot of unique stuff vs the cookie cutter items in retail stores.[/quote] I have never actually seen any clothes I would want to wear at yard sales. mostly they're just old lady clothes.
 
[quote name='snotknocker']At 6'3, 280 lbs I'm usually the one putting people in traction. Good to be back[/quote]

So now we know it isn't really the CIF that gets the job done, they are afraid you are going to break them in half if they don't accept your offer. They are like "Um . . . yeah . . . sure . . . we'll take $5 for this new PS3, just don't hurt us."

Must have picked up the nickname after someone refused a CIF and you took it out on them.
 
[quote name='darkslime']I have never actually seen any clothes I would want to wear at yard sales. mostly they're just old lady clothes.[/QUOTE]

We find lots of brand-name womens and childrens clothes (for the cousins). Sometimes we find clothes with the tags still on them. For clothes you have to hit on the right house with the sizes and styles you need. You can find mens clothes too however thats a bit more rare than finding womens and kids, almost EVERY yard sale here has womens and childrens clothing. I don't know why anyone would buy baby clothes at a store, I see piles and piles of them at yard sales for 25 cents a piece, and a lot still have the tags! Some women tend to discard clothing after one wearing, yes myself and my mother do it too but at least we are only discarding something that we bought at another yard sale, besides it gets donated anyways so someone else can use it.
 
Not many gaming related finds today. I did pick up the following PC games, though

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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (New Edition)
Philip José Farmer’s Riverworld (sealed)
Half-Life Generation

Also I found a bunch of old boyscout song books, which seem to sell for quite a lot of money here :bouncy:
 
Went to an estate sale today.

Saw a PS1 with 4 Trash games for $75 and an Atari 2600 with some games and random controllers (looked like the person had a 7800 at some point) and the lady wanted $100 for it. I told her she's crazy and that I would be back on sunday when they mark everything 75% off or free.

Hopefully garage sales tomorrow will be better.
 
Picked up a SNES and I think 7 games, including Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country 2 & 3 for $10.

Also got Metal Gear Solid (PS1) for $2. Other than fingerprint smudges, in excellent shape.
 
no video games today... but going back for the atari tomorrow (if it's still there)

But for today's finds:

TI-82 Graphing Calculator - $.50
11 Disney VHS - $.10 each
Some other VHS - Various Prices

and some other stuff that isn't coming to mind.
 
Okay, this is what I got today. Nothing uber rare or anything. I just got a good amount of random stuff to fill my collection.

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Amiga 600 w/ PSU:

PC games:
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11th Hour
SoftKey Vol. 6(?)
Kiyeko
Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
Blade Runner
Twilight 2000 / Space 1889
The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One
Mulan Mahjong (Danish children's game)
Gremlins / Sink and Swim
Timon & Pumbas Insektregn (Danish children's game)
Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
Nightmare Creatures
Vegas Games 2000
Casino Games
Maelstrom / U.S.S. John Young / Suburban Commando / Wolfsbane

More PC games:
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Nuclear Strike / Need for Speed II SE demos
Heimdall II / Vinyl Goddess from Mars / Stellar Explorer / Bipbop II / Halloween Harry
MDK
Ignition
Gangsters
Day of the Tentacle
Funpack / Riverboat Poker / Place Your Bets / Jackpot
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Revenge of Arcade

PC games in bigboxes:
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Godt Begyndt (Danish DIY thing)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
7th Legion
Black Dahlia

PC games in DVD cases:
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Sim Golf
Alone in the Dark 3
Private Eye
Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice (x2)
The Settlers

All sorts of random PC programs and stuff
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PlayStation bootlegs. These will go right in the trash.
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PlayStation demos and magazine discs
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A Sharp MZ-700! I have no idea how this works but I'm looking forward to trying it out
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Also, some tapes for the MZ-700
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More stuff without pics: Some C64 formatted 5.25" floppies, Gangster manual (PC), Vegas Games 2000 manual and bigbox back (PC), books, a VCR (I'm watching Johnny Mnemonic now!) and a Pioneer CDJ-500MKII cd player, a PC and a small tub of random hardware. Maybe I can lift porn off the harddrives^^ A cute little laptop, some minidiscs and a joypad for the PC.

And the price for all this.. FREE!
 


GameBoy Brick System with Earphones, System Link Cable, Light Boy, Manual & carrying case

Games (All with case & manual)

Dr Mario
Final Fantasy Adventure (With Map)
Kirby's Dream Land
Metroid II Return of Samus
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Tetris

Empty case & Adventure Island Manual (which I'm guessing would be in the empty case if it wasen't missing)

$20

Second sale was just out of town and I didn't see anything of interest but asked about old Nintendo games to which the lady mentioned having an old GameBoy with 7 games that she wasen't sure about bringing out and mentioned that she was going to sell on eBay and figured she'd get $25ish for at least, I politely said that it might not even be worth that (being honest with her) picturing most of these seven games being fairly common and not in demand. She brought it out and showed it to me and I offered $20 for it mentioning that it would save her the trouble of selling it online which she was a good sport about even if it was abit under what she was hoping to get and was nice about.

Obviously this wasen't a killer yardsale price but when I saw the manuals (mostly with Final Fantasy Adventure & the map) and that every game was good it was worth paying up a bit more to me as long has it was still a good price. Afterwards I was thinking I might have been able to get her to begrudgingly take $15 but it didn't seem worth the risk/hassle to me when I was thinking it over quickly at the sale. I actually over heard (while I was looking at the GameBoy stuff) somebody offer $25 for a chair to one of the other ladies running this sale to which she politely declined and mentioned that she wanted to get $40 at least for it (I didn't take notice to how nice the chair was and what the asking price was on it). I sensed that if I tried opening with $5 or $10 for this that it would have been either flat out shot down (if offended) or countered with a price more in the range of what I paid.

Raining pretty good out this morning but I went out just after 10 anyways to the two yardsales nearby today since yardsale season is practically done and I won't be seeing many more sales till next spring. First sale had some typical stuff Steering Wheel Controller & a GBC system pouch which I've seen the exact same one of before at yardsales, funny thing is it always seems as if I just see the pouch by itself when I see one and not wth a system and a few games in it lol They also had a Cabela's Hunting game for the 360 marked at way too much ($20), seemed like a case of people not really knowing how current gen (or even last gen) games will usually depreciate compared to what it originally retails for new. When I asked about games they mentioned selling off some older Nintendo stuff last year.
 
Today I got a factory sealed Dual Shock 2 controller for $2.00, and an old Japanese 10 speed bicycle that I have never heard of(Kabuki CI Japan) for $5.00.
The bike is pretty fast. I rode it 3 miles back to my house with no problems, and almost beat my roommates car home.
 
After reading about half of this thread I was inspired to go yard saling today, even though it's not exactly the time of year for that in the Seattle area...no rain today, though. I went out several weekends this summer but didn't get a whole lot. Went to six sales today.

First sale advertised that they had hundreds of DVDs, and they had a ton of 'em, but zero games. They wanted $4 each, $8 for box sets. Paid $10 for Superbad and a SEALED Simpsons Season 4 (one of the great seasons), didn't try to lowball them too much as I really wanted them and was willing to pay that much for the Simpsons set alone.

Went to another one that didn't have games out but I asked and the guy went inside for a while, coming out only with the Medal of Honor Collection set for PS2, with Frontline and Rising Sun still sealed. He wanted $5 but I got it for $3...I already have Frontline and Rising Sun for XBox so I think I'll get rid of those since I like the looks of this whole set together and I'd been wanting European Assault. The guy couldn't find a PS1 with 15 games he'd sell for $20 so I left my number in case any of the games were halfway decent and complete.

This other sale had a beat up GBA SP (scratchless screen, though) with charger, carrying case, Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets, Eragon, Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire, a game with the whole sticker torn off, some other crappy one I forget, and a Cartoon Network video. They wouldn't budge from $20 but let me have the Pokemon Pinball game for $1. Sells for $5-10 on eBay so that's not bad, I'll probably play it for a little while then sell/trade it.

Of course the sale that actually advertised XBox games had like 10 of the cheapest games possible for $4 each, which I had guessed would happen. They weren't even worth a buck a piece to me so I didn't bother lowballing.

That's probably it for the year here, I doubt anybody is going to attempt to have a yard sale between November and February.
 
[quote name='bunnybum']
PlayStation bootlegs. These will go right in the trash.
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Those don't look like bootlegs to me. They look like import versions on SOME of the games and the Silent Hill and Resident Evil Survivor look like genuine Region 1 games. Unless they're on plain silver CD-R/CD-RW's with the name scrawled on them, I would keep them. Are they complete? If so, PM me as I may make you an offer if they're on actual PS1 discs(black bottom).

You can tell if a game is an import from another region if the little whilte block under the Playstation logo says anything other that NTSC/UC in it. If it says PAL, it's from Europe and that region.


[quote name='bunnybum']
PlayStation demos and magazine discs
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And the price for all this.. FREE![/quote]

These demos seem like imports, much like the other games above. What gets me is that you got ALL of this for FREE?!?!?!? Damn. If I could find a yard sale with stuff like this for free, I'd go yard saling more often than I do.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Those don't look like bootlegs to me. They look like import versions on SOME of the games and the Silent Hill and Resident Evil Survivor look like genuine Region 1 games. Unless they're on plain silver CD-R/CD-RW's with the name scrawled on them, I would keep them. Are they complete? If so, PM me as I may make you an offer if they're on actual PS1 discs(black bottom).

You can tell if a game is an import from another region if the little whilte block under the Playstation logo says anything other that NTSC/UC in it. If it says PAL, it's from Europe and that region.

These demos seem like imports, much like the other games above. What gets me is that you got ALL of this for FREE?!?!?!? Damn. If I could find a yard sale with stuff like this for free, I'd go yard saling more often than I do.[/quote]

The PlayStation games were just cdrs with printed covers, so I threw them out, and as for the demos and magazine discs, they're mostly from DK and UK magazines, which will make them imports for US people but boring non-exotic discs for me :) That's also why I got all of this for free. There's nothing special about it for Danish people so I offered the guy to take it off his hands so he didn't have to go through the hassle of carrying it to the dumpsters after not being able to sell any of it :D

Also, today I found some more stuff. Mostly comic books, but there were also these VHS tapes. The bottom row is probably the only one interesting here - mainly the Danish-dubbed Zelda tape. I think it's pretty neat. It'll sit nicely with the dubbed Captain N and Super Mario Bros. 3 tapes.

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Went to a huge, indoor, "ultimate garage sale" today. The place seems to have them every couple months, and I always find something there, like a $3 FFVII last time.

Cool Spot
Final Fight
Super Mario All-Stars
Wolfenstein 3D
Indy Racing 2000
Lode Runner 3-D
Madden NFL 2002
San Francisco Rush 2049
Scooby-Doo: Classic Creep Capers
Total: $15

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2
California Speed
Major League Baseball feat. Ken Griffey Jr.
Total: $6

Earthworm Jim 3D w/ Manual
Rampage World Tour w/ Manual
South Park w/ Manual
Total: $5

I'm pretty happy, 11 N64 games I didn't have, as well as some fun SNES games.
 
I think I have like 50 or more N64 games because of yard sales, they are so common over here, plus I have like 20 for selling on ebay this holiday season.

Anyways the season is pretty much over here so don't expect to hear a lot from me. Today I hit one sale and bought a champion jacket for 2$.
 
At one sale I got a NES top loader that doesn't work, anticipation, smb 3, and caveman games all cart only, 2 controllers, and an RF cable for 5 bucks.

At another sale I got spyro riptos rage in a spyro the dragon case for 25 cents.
 
Went to an indoor bag sale today, not too many people showed up (I guess everyone was at wal-mart lol) so we got the pick of the room and brought home 2 pairs of expensive nike sports pants, never worn, some more clothes for mom, a load of craft supplies and a giant Pikachu pillow that looked great after washing but sadly no video games. You got to take whatever you wanted at the end for free and even so it was only 2$ a bag, well worth it.
 
Picked up MarioKart 64, Super Mario 64, MarioParty , MarioParty 3, MarioGolf for $5
A 4GB Mini w/ adapter - $1
1GB SD - $1
21 Star Wars Ep 1 Figures - $10
4 Ball Jars (for Wife) - $3

Not bad for an hours drive home

I did enquire at one sale about two broken (no lids) NES w/ no accessories. He wanted $5 a piece, but these were pretty beat up. If he'd gone lower I may have bit for a little fun playing with the consoles parts, but had already snagged the memory cards from him for so cheap, I just took my stuff and left.
 
N64 Remote with rumble pack
.50

Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
.50

Question about the Office program. It only came with one disc, but the case has room for 3 discs. It has the number 3 on the spindle, with room to spare for more discs. Is this a multidisc program? If not, this flips for quite a bit on Ebay! If it is a multidisc program, then I probably got what I paid for.
 
Here are my flea market finds:

(saturn) Night Warriors (complete) - $2

(NES)Smash TV (cart only) - $2

(NES0Little Nemo Dream Master
Ultima (cart only) - $1 for both.

Big box of mostly coleco stuff, with some sealed games - free
The games it came with are:

All of them come with the big box and the little box the tape goes into or the cart, unless said.

Flash Facts Vocabulator (complete.)
The big box is squished and ripped.
Little box with the game tape in it is sealed.
Manuals and inserts are there and good.

Flash Facts Vocabulator (game + box)
The big box is squished and ripped.
Little box with game and game are mint.

Flash Facts Trivia (complete)
The big box is squished and ripped.
Little box with the game tape in it is sealed.
Manual is mint.

Flash Facts Flashbacks (complete)
The box is unopened but not shrinkwrapped.
Its kind of squished, but not much.

Letters And Forms (complete)
Everything very good.

Fraction Fever (game + box)
Box is mint.
Cart label is there but fell off the cart.

Flashcard Maker (complete)
Everything mint.

Monkey Academy (cart + box)
Very good cond.

Telly Turtle (complete
Very good cond.

Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop (complete)
good cond.

Expertype (sealed)
sealed

The Adam Home Software Library (complete)
Box squished.
Game tape sealed.
Book good cond.

Smartbasic
Small box and tape only. Sealed.

Donkey Kong Jr.
Game in little box + manual.
Good cond.

Zaxxon
Game in little box + manual.
Good cond.

It also came with:
(NES)Double Dare (ripped label)
sealed blank adam data tape
sealed adam multi strike film
sealed TV/computer game switch
logo programming book
3 coleco controllers (1 is white and has a joystick, 2 are black and don't)

No real story behind it.
The guy has had the box for weeks, his price getting a little cheaper each week I ask. Today when I asked, he said I could just take it if I collect that sort of stuff. ^_^

Could anyone tell me about the coleco stuff. I really don't know anything about it.

Its surprising that someone would keep games sealed for 30 years.
 
I got good news this week, the owner of the local videogame trade place told me that my major competitor in Garage sailing came in last week and sold them most of his gaming collection, I'm hoping that means he is giving up on Sailing!! WooT for me!!
 
[quote name='Sinnbox']I got good news this week, the owner of the local videogame trade place told me that my major competitor in Garage sailing came in last week and sold them most of his gaming collection, I'm hoping that means he is giving up on Sailing!! WooT for me!![/QUOTE]

Either that or he needed money fast or is moving. He could be giving up though because if he was running around buying random games for the prices on the tag he likely overpaid for many things and perhaps he realized this wasn't such a good idea after all. As always you must have some knowledge of prices when yard-sailing, you can't just go buying stuff willy-nilly or else your bound to get ripped off a time or 2 and probably a lot more than that. It takes a while to accumulate this stuff at least over here, you can't build a whole collection in just one summer so if he got rid of it all its likely that he is giving up and doesn't want to buy it back again. Lets hope he is giving up for your sake.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']Either that or he needed money fast or is moving. He could be giving up though because if he was running around buying random games for the prices on the tag he likely overpaid for many things and perhaps he realized this wasn't such a good idea after all. As always you must have some knowledge of prices when yard-sailing, you can't just go buying stuff willy-nilly or else your bound to get ripped off a time or 2 and probably a lot more than that. It takes a while to accumulate this stuff at least over here, you can't build a whole collection in just one summer so if he got rid of it all its likely that he is giving up and doesn't want to buy it back again. Lets hope he is giving up for your sake.[/quote]

I dont think he was paying to much, I heard from sale runners that he would throw all the games in a box and throw the owner a bill or two and run, basicly making them think he had paid the right ammount, and then they would see that he left them about 10% of what they had the items marked at. it coudl be that he got in trouble for doing that.
 
Found a few things I picked up...

couple of complete DVDs for .50 each.

Some guides:

Pokemon Special Edition NP
DBZ Budokai 2 w/DVD
NFL Street
Perfect Dark NP
Resident Evil
Banjo Kazooie
Tomb Raider

.25 each

Gameboy games:

MIB .25

Tecmo Bowl, Quest for Camelot, Pokemon Red?, Pokemon Gold Version wanted $5/ CIF $2 total.

Just want to keep the thread alive...My next post will have some nice stuff!
 


$17.50 (which ended up actually being $19.25 with 10% buyer's premium)

[quote name='FOnewearl (From Auction 9-11-08)']They had another lot of 8 games that I lost (to a silent bid, probably the same person I had to beat for the games I got!) with my max bid being about $25 for the lot I didn't win, it had (all probably complete in box but Super Punch Out was the only one I actually checked) Super Punch Out, Both Ken Griffey games, NBA Jam, NBA Jam T.E., 2 EA Football games & some Nascar game for the N64. I probably should have tried bidding it up 10 more dollars but I only wanted to bid about what I was thinking Super Punch Out would go for on eBay (I was taking an educated guess at $25) and didn't need it has I have a complete copy I bought on clearance years ago, I also only had about $90-100 on me so I couldn't have gone much more then $10 more then I did. I wouldn't mind grabbing the NBA Jam & Ken Griffey games in the wild complete for about 2ish each if I saw them but missing them here wasen't that big of a deal like getting the lot I won was. They also had 2 PS1s each in the box (one being audiophile type with the red, white & yellow on the back of the sytem), a Genesis 1, a Genesis 2 & a lot of Genesis game (all sports crap not even a Sonic game!) with some factory sealed fishing game for the Game Boy in with the Genesis games. No Playstation games to go with the systems.[/QUOTE]

Not a yardsale find but I'm posting it here since we don't have an auction thread. I figured the yardsale thread could use some more posts at this slow time of the year and I didn't think this would be worth it own thread since it wasen't an insanely crazy find. That's the first Griffey game with the bad glare in the top center. The college football game & N64 Nascar are the only games missing manuals.

I saw that the auction place I got some SNES stuff back in September had some video game stuff listed in the paper again and I was having deja vu so I was fully expecting to see the same stuff I saw from September which I was right about, the only video game stuff that wasen't back on the auction block again was the stuff I got from them in September lol I was only interested in this and they had the GameBoy fishing game in with them this time instead of with the Genesis stuff.

This was more of a price I would expect games like these to go for at an auction around here, about $15 give or take a few dollars. Makes me think even more so that something fishy was going on last auction. I was only around for about 15 minutes but I did notice some junk go cheap ($1-4) as I would normally expect at an auction and not just about every pile of old used toys or junk going for $25-30 or just what seems to be entirely too much.
 
I didn't get to go yard saling but I went to the swap meet instead.

Here's the stuff I got. Pretty good, eh?


Sonic Adventure 2 The Trial (disc only)
Sonic Shuffle NFRS (disc only)
$2

Starting price was $2 each with a few other dc games I already have. Offered 2 for both and she took it.
I'm assuming the trial game is just a demo, but is it rare or anything? I played the first stage and it seems the same as the normal game except voices are in japanese and there's no options menu.

DDR Supernova 2 (disc only)
$2

Starting price was $3, I offered 2 and it was taken.
The first cd or game I have ever gotten at the swap meet with no scratches. ^_^

Zelda: A Link To The Past (cart only)
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (cart only)
$9

Marked 5 each with a bunch of other crappy snes games. He wouldn't budge lower than $9, but I'm happy with the price nevertheless.

Nintendogs Dalmation and Friends (cart only)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (cart only)
$5

In a pile with a bunch of random electronic junk and a few other crappy video games. I took the two out and he said 7 for both. I offered 4 and he said 5, which I took.

This is the first time I've ever seen a 3DO in the wild. The guy wanted $40 and it had no cords or games, so I didn't buy it.
 
This isn't a yardsale find, but I scored a Toshiba HD-DVD HD-A30 player for $15 about a week ago. I really didn't need it, but I wanted to get one thing from my first auction. I'm not sure if I have the patience for them though. I did wait 4 hours for them to auction the player, but I can be patient to a fault when I want something. If I do go to another auction, it'll be one at a storage unit place. That could be a little more interesting, than the place I went to.

I just wish we had more flea markets or swap meets around here. During winter, I'm stuck a salvation army store and a bunch of goodwill stores that never have anything.
 
Word to my mother...

...who tipped me off on a craigslist deal. She found a guy at a yard sale selling PS2 games for $5 each and got his email address. I asked him what games he has for sale and he sends me back a list of 80 titles. I wound up picking out 20 of them and asked for a volume discount. :) Which I actually got - snagged 20 titles for $80, or four bucks apiece...

Here's what I ended up taking:

Shadow of Rome
Ratchet and Clank Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank Deadlocked
Ratchet and Clank up your Arsenal
Ratchet and Clank
Castlevania Lament of Innocence
Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 3
Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings Return of the King
Area-51

Time Splitters 2
Gladius
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance

Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia Warrior Within
Prince of Persia The Two Thrones

Summoner 2
Grand Turismo 3
Midnight Club 3
 
There hasn't been much lately around. I did find one sale yesterday and picked up a 15" Dell LCD Monitor for $20. It powers up okay, it just needs a video cable. I'm thinking of trying a dual monitor setup.
 
Wow - I was starting to think the colder weather chased off all the yardsalers....

I found one thing today. A Sega Game Gear with 7 games and a case in VG shape for $10 (they originally wanted $25). I haven't seen one of these things in years.....
 
there are alot more garage sales this time of year than there were in years past, i'm blaming it on the economy, but I'm to lazy to go out to 1 or 2 sales.
 
I participated in the one last year but i didnt get around to post this year. i started to make a list for myself and then kinda stopped logging my finds.
For this year my haul was low. I did find tons of stuff but most of it was overpriced and i took a pass.
Intellivision with 5 games for 50 bucks. atari 2600 with donkey kong for 40. sega cd with 3 shitty shitty games for 35. I would laugh at these people and they thought they had top shit. ah well. stupid people.

my best finds over the summer were snes games: chrono trigger, FF2, BoF1. atleast they made me happy to play again. :bouncy:

also recieved three HUGE boxes of TI-99 stuff from my aunt a few months back. with expansion boxes and cass decks for games. Tunnels of Doom is fun to play for thoses who havent.

no pictures. sorry guys. I figured i would still give a post because i still enjoy reading peoples finds as well. I'll be sure to post ever weekend find for next year.



Summer Garage Sales Finds 2008
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04/06/08 (Saturday)
NES - Zapper Gun (Orange)
NES - Hoops
NES - Bases Loaded (Dust Cover)
NES - Tecmo Bowl
NES - All Pro BasketBall (Dust Cover)
NES - Super C
NES - Othello
NES - John Elway's Quarterback
NES - NFL
NES - MTV's Remote Control
NES - Unit Cleaner
Total $3
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04/19/08 (Saturday)
SNES - Aladdin
SNES - Mortal Combat 3
SNES - Wordtris
SNES - Super Mario RPG
SNES - Wrestlemania
SNES - Donkey Kong Country
SNES - NBA Jam: Tournment Edition
SNES - Super Metroid
SNES - Prince Of Persia
SNES - Out Of This World
SNES - Secret Of Mana
SNES - Shadowrun
SNES - Spiderman X-Men Arcade's Revenge
SNES - Super Star Wars
SNES - Dragon's Lair
SNES - Yoshi's Cookie
SNES - The Jungle Book
SNES - Super Wrestlemania
SNES - Super Play Action Football
SNES - George Foreman's KO Boxing
SNES - System with 2 controlls + Hookups
Total $17
04/20/08 (Sunday)
PS1 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
PS1 - Castlevania: Chronicles
Total $4
GRAND TOTAL $21
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4/25/08 (Friday)
Odsy - Odssey2 System
Odsy - Alien Invaders- Plus!
Odsy - Cosmic COnflict!
Odsy - Blockout!
Odsy - Speedway!
Odsy - Showdown in 2100 A.D.
Odsy - Dynasty!
Odsy - Computer Golf!
Odsy - Baseball!
Odsy - Bowling!
Odsy - Out Of This World!
Odsy - K.C.'s Krazy Chase!
Odsy - Pick Axe Pete!
Odsy - Take The Money And Run!
Odsy - Football!
Odsy - UFO!
Odsy - Freedom Fighters!
Odsy - Sub Chase!
Odsy - K.C. Munchkin!
SNES - Castlevania IV
SNES - Kirby's Superstar
N64 - Diddy Kong Racing
Total $9
4/26/08 (Saturday)
Gen - Ms. Pac-Man
Gen - Phantasy Star II
Gen - Phantasy Star III
NES - Kirby's Adventure
Total $8
GRAND TOTAL $17
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5/11/08 (Saturday)
SNES - Breath of Fire
SNES - Final Fantasy II
SNES - E.V.O.
SNES - Chrono Trigger
NES - Mega Man
vv*Stack of manuals I was alowed to take*vv
Dragon Warrior II
The Guardian Legend
Mega Man 6
Lufia 1 + Map
Mario RPG
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Mega Man X3
Act Raiser
Act Raiser 2
The 7th Saga
Breath Of Fire II
Secret Of Evermore
Final Fantasy III
Ultima
^^*Stack of manuals I was alowed to take*^^
AT26 - Pac-Man *Sealed
AT26 - Defender *Sealed*
AT26 - Super Breakout *Sealed*
Gen - Model I +1 controller + hookups
Gen - Mario Lemieux Hockey
Gen - R.B.I Baseball 4
Gen - Sports Talk Football
Gen - Bill Walsh College Football
Gen - Tecmo World Cup
Gen - NHL 95
Gen - Sonic 1
Gen - Desert Strike
Gen - Taz Mania
Nes - Game Genie
N64 - Gex64
GRAND TOTAL $22
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5/24/08 (Saturday)
TI-99 - System + Voice box + 5 games *MB*
Sinclar - some programming thing + momory expansion *M* + Lots of papers!
NES - Ducktails 2
NES - Mario/Duckhunt
Nes - Somomn's Key
nes - Grey Zapper
PS1 - Final Fantasy IX + Guide
Oddy - Odssey 300 (3 games built in. this sucker's old!)
GRAND TOTAL $8.25
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5/31/08 (Saturday)
DRM - Grandia II
DRM - Rainbow 6
DRM - Rumble Pack
DRM - Rumble Pack
DRM - DC Memory Card x4 Model
DRM - VMU X4
Grand Total $2
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Somewhere between 5/31 and 7/26
PS1 - Skullmonkies
$5
N64 = Ogre Battle
$5
PS1 - Final Fantasy VIII
PS2 - Mega Man X Collection
$2
There might have been more. some weekends i would find a thing here or there and most weekends i wouldnt find jack.
I stopped keeping track for a while but thats all i can remember.
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07/26/08 (Saturday)
Gen - Model 1
Gen - 32X Attachment w/ power cables
Gen - Doom32x
Gen - Mortal Combat 2
Gen - Mortal Combat 3
Gen - Street Fighter II
Gen - Tons of Garbage Sports Games

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8/23/08 (Saturday)
PS2 - Kingdom Hearts + Guide
5 bucks
GBA - Golden Sun 2
1 buck

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Yard sales are pretty much non-existan here in PA right now.

Still, I had a decent year this year (not as good as last year, though).

Sharp VCR for $4. It laid around my room for months, until I sent it up to my gram's as hers bit the dust and my nephews who she's guardians of, still watch a lot of VHS tapes. I guess it's acting up now, but my dad might be able to clean it.

Super Monaco GT and Triple Score for the Genesis for .50 each.

A box with a second edition Genesis, two controllers, cords, and five games (Sonic 2, 3 and Knuckles as well as The Ren & Stimpy Show and Whac-A-Critter) for $5. I had Sonic 2 and mainly just wanted Sonic 3 and Knuckles. I gave the Genesis to my bro for free as he had bought one at a Goodwill that he didn't have the power cord to.

Donkey Kong Country for $1.

Two Gameboy Advanced games for .50 each (ATV and some Dragon Ball Z game... I traded the DBZ game to Gamestop for $1.50 worth of credit.)

Wiz & Liz for the Genesis for .50 (no case)

A four port USB hub combined with a surge protector in one that gives you master power for $1. I gave it to my bro a few weeks ago as I never bothered using it.

Spawn the Movie on DVD for $1

I also got a bunch of other small stuff out front of a house in free bins including a metal detector that doesn't work (it's cheap, but I got a relative who works on them, so I'm gonna get one of them to look at it), a cool Smokey the Bear letter opener, an old school Arrow brand stapler and a keychain with a built in thermostat and chill factor charts on the back (the equivalent temperature of exposed flesh from wind speed and air temperatures combined).

A Pontiac CD holder for a dime (it was priced a quarter, but I only had a dime and a dollar, she was nice and took the dime). I gave it to my friend who has a badass mid 90's Trans Am and an old school Le Mans. He thanked me for finally getting him a useful gift.

And my favorite find this year... an MC Hammer "HAMMER TIME" 6" ruler that's bright orange. It was in a ten cent bin, but when I approached the woman, she said I could have it for free. :)
 
I took a long break, but here's some stuff from the past couple of weeks

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$10 for this lot

Genesis model 1 + 2 controllers and hookups

Boxed Games (most have manuals): Side Pocket, Mario Lemieux Hockey, California Games, Taz Mania, Tale Spin, Joe Montana Football 93, Ariel the Little Mermaid, Greendog the Beached Surfer Dude, David Robinson's Supreme Court, Batman Returns, Art Alive, Castle of Illusion, Columns, Toe Jam and Earl, Evander Holyfield Boxing, Sonic 1

Loose games: Golden Axe 2, The Tick. Power Rangers the Movie and Wolvernine

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Sega Game Gear w/case, battery pack and ac adapter. Comes with:

Streets of Rage, Solitare Poker, Columns, World Class Leaderboard Golf, Chuck Rock, Batman and Robin, X-Men, and Sonic 2

Donkey Kong Country 2
Mega Man 7
Some Japanese soccer game
Yoshi's Island
Clayfighter 63 1/3rd
Mega Man 3
Metroid
Pokemon Leaf Green
Legend of Zelda Links Awakening DX
Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 4
Zelda LTTP/4 Swords
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda Adventure of Link
Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
Virtua Racing 32x
Star Wars Arcade 32x
After Burner 32x
PS1/PS2 av cable

Total cost was: $52
 
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