Slim Gatsby
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I was halfway through typing everything up in narrative form when my browser crashed, so this will be far less epic.
Misc items:
Spider-man Venom Maximum Carnage -- $0.25 ("Any video games?" "Just this one." "How much?" "A quarler?" "Let me grab my change from the car...")
GameCube Controller $1 ("$30 for the system and 2 controllers, huh? How about a buck for one of the controllers?")
Sega Model 2 w/ CD Model 2 $3 ("Any games for this?" "No." "Hows $3 sound?" "Fine!")
First sale:
The community sale was a bust, this was all that they had. Only 5 or so houses had stuff out (not the 50+ advertised) and this was about 15 minutes after starting. At the first sale, a woman was desperately clinging to Pokemon Ranger marked $3 and a couple of PSP games marked $7 each (Shoot.), shaking the eight year olds there down for more games ("What else d'ya have? Pokemon Green? Hawmuch? $15, peh, give it to me for $5"). I passed on a FirePro Wrestling for $7 (isnt it that much new?) and bought the 2-disc edition of Ice Age for the stickered $2. At a nearby sale, I got a sealed Mike Judge Collection Vol. 1 for the same price...since my dad always used to watch Beavis and Butthead, I'll probably mail it to him for Father's Day.
No games!
I asked about games at an unadvertised sale after following some signs, and the husband went into the house and came out with about a dozen Xbox games and told me he wanted a dollar each -- more than fair for what I ended up getting.
In hindsight, I should have taken the entire lot of Xbox games since they were all mint, but a lot of them were either lower-calibre or shooters that I know I would never play. So I grabbed the SW 2-Pack game, Nightmare Before Xmas: Oogie's Revenge, and Halo 2 for $3 total.
I stopped by one unadvertised sale on the same street as an advertised one to which I was traveling. I immediately put back a dusty Sega Genesis with 2 sports games and Altered Beast when I was told it was $10 firm. "I also just sold a ton of Playstation games!" Shoot.
Well, at the advertised sale, a woman with a thick Spanish accent overheard me asking for games (they had none, saldly) and told me that she had just bought a large box of them from a curmudgeonly woman who refused to split up the lot. Taster's choice, a buck apiece. I offered her $5 for 9, she said she couldn't because she was sending them back to her home country. So I picked two more and gave her $10 for 11 of them, -- not a bad deal, either, for some near-mint, complete games.
Alien Trilogy
Chess
Final Doom
Game of Life
Medal of Honor Underground
Quake II
Tetris Plus
Resident Evil Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Soviet Strike
Total $10
I asked about games at one sale...they said that they had some, out (I hadn't seen them) and poked around to help me find them...inside of a bag in a box full of action figures. I peeked in, saw a couple of decent PSX titles (complete non-GH Reloaded ftw), some lackluster N64 stuff...and complete Nintendogs? I offered $5 for the bag, they took it eagerly.
PSX:
2Xtreme
Crash Bandicoot
Die Hard Trilogy
NBA Live 98
NHL 99
Re-Loaded
WCW vs the World
N64:
A Bug's Live
Pokemon Stadium x2
WCW vs Nitro
NDS:
Nintendogs Dachshund & Friends
Total: $5
I saw the box of N64 stuff under a table, picked it up, figuring that I'd get it for $5...the games I offered a couple bucks each for (there were more), but they were firm at $5 apiece. Since they were RPGs, I figured it was worthwhile...especially so when I got them to throw the N64 stuff in with it. However, the salerunner had to consult her son, who, apparently, was a big RPG fan...
PS2: All complete and in great shape:
Arc the Lad: Twilight of Spirits
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Evergrace
Grandia Xtreme
Grandia II
Summoner
N64:
Hey, You, Pikachu! (w/ mic adapter)
Ms Pacman Maze Madness
Pokemon Stadium
Rally Challenge 2000
Rayman 2
Super Smash Bros.
$30
So, after that first lot, they told me that they had more games and to check back tomorrow. But after a beat, the son asks me if I want Super Nintendo games.
"Yes."
"RPGs?"
"...definitely." (I need to remember to bring my poker face to yard sales)
He came out with a shoebox-sized bin of games, asked $5 for each. I peeked in, quickly counted easily over 15 games, saw both FF's and Earthbound, and offered him $30 for the box. He countered with $40, I told him to throw in Dark Cloud and he had a deal. 27 games, SNES hookups/controller, N64 memory card...averaging just over a buck per unit.
SNES:
Doom
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Earthbound
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana
Starfox
Super Game Boy
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Wheel of Fortune
N64:
Excitebike 64
Lamborghini Automobil
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Paper Mario
Quest 64
Super Smash Bros. (yes, he had a 2nd copy)
Twisted Edge
GB:
Dr. Mario
F1 Race
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Tetris
PS2:
Dark Cloud
$40
They were asking $15 for this, I offered $10 for the system and game and they took it eagerly. All cables, 2 controllers, a multitap, LAN adapter, and Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked. They had some garbage PS2 games but Sonic Adventure and Super Mario Sunshine for GC...but its a good thing I checked the boxes, because they turned out to be empty.
$10
After deciding to call it quits at 1ish (I would later head back out to hit those last two sales, but I really had to go #2 and hadn't eaten or drank anything besides a protein shake), I passed a sale on my way home. I stopped, and poked around a little...and saw a little bag in the corner, familliar SNES cables hanging out. I peeked in and saw a cracked SNES, half a racing set, Maximum Carnage, and frickin' CHRONOTRIGGER. I offered the sale runner $5 which she gladly accepted.
I'm tossing this foot pedal thing out since its just going to be in the way, unless someone messages me immediately wanting to pay me to ship it to them.
$5
Mega Man X
The 7th Saga
Earthbound
Soulblazer
King of Dragons
Samurai Showdown
Tetris Attack
A huuuuge stack of comics, there must be at least 50 there.
At the last sale I dropped by, an unadvertised one I swung by just for the heck of it, I saw a table of SNES, PS2 and Xbox games and comics. He was asking $1 a game and $0.50 per comic, so I CIF'ed $20 for the entire lot of comics plus the non-sports SNES games. It was weird that he let them go for so cheap, considering that he was telling me how he tracked Chronotrigger down on eBay. But, yes, this was awesome. They're primarily Marvel/DC titles and all in great condition.
Plus, I just added quite a few rare games to my collection. =)
TOTAL: $20
Okay, this was actually the last sale. No games, I asked for some, they had some mediocre PS2 titles but wanted $3 apiece and I had already spent a LOT today. CIF'ed $1 for this brand-new LOST book, should have picked up their $5 fondue set, but where would I have put it?
Also, I got two leads -- phone # and list of 30 NES games that one of the salerunners sister's would likely let go for $20, and a business card for the friend of another salerunner who was hanging out when I asked about games, said he had a ton and to call him in about a week.
Awesome day, I spent all the cash I had allocated, and tomorrow I'll be heading out again to revisit a sale that promised games on Sunday (they had a ton of video game mags and a lot of gothy stuff like HP LoveCraft novels, so I'm really hoping to find a Silent Hill or some other nice survival horror games), as well as that church sale.
And to think, I just recatalogued my SNES games yesterday...and now I've got another 25+ to clean, test, and add.
I really need to find a better storage solution for them, because today will push me past the 200 mark for individual games in my collection and dangerously close to the 100 mark for spares.
Misc items:
Spider-man Venom Maximum Carnage -- $0.25 ("Any video games?" "Just this one." "How much?" "A quarler?" "Let me grab my change from the car...")
GameCube Controller $1 ("$30 for the system and 2 controllers, huh? How about a buck for one of the controllers?")
Sega Model 2 w/ CD Model 2 $3 ("Any games for this?" "No." "Hows $3 sound?" "Fine!")
First sale:
The community sale was a bust, this was all that they had. Only 5 or so houses had stuff out (not the 50+ advertised) and this was about 15 minutes after starting. At the first sale, a woman was desperately clinging to Pokemon Ranger marked $3 and a couple of PSP games marked $7 each (Shoot.), shaking the eight year olds there down for more games ("What else d'ya have? Pokemon Green? Hawmuch? $15, peh, give it to me for $5"). I passed on a FirePro Wrestling for $7 (isnt it that much new?) and bought the 2-disc edition of Ice Age for the stickered $2. At a nearby sale, I got a sealed Mike Judge Collection Vol. 1 for the same price...since my dad always used to watch Beavis and Butthead, I'll probably mail it to him for Father's Day.
No games!
I asked about games at an unadvertised sale after following some signs, and the husband went into the house and came out with about a dozen Xbox games and told me he wanted a dollar each -- more than fair for what I ended up getting.
In hindsight, I should have taken the entire lot of Xbox games since they were all mint, but a lot of them were either lower-calibre or shooters that I know I would never play. So I grabbed the SW 2-Pack game, Nightmare Before Xmas: Oogie's Revenge, and Halo 2 for $3 total.
I stopped by one unadvertised sale on the same street as an advertised one to which I was traveling. I immediately put back a dusty Sega Genesis with 2 sports games and Altered Beast when I was told it was $10 firm. "I also just sold a ton of Playstation games!" Shoot.
Well, at the advertised sale, a woman with a thick Spanish accent overheard me asking for games (they had none, saldly) and told me that she had just bought a large box of them from a curmudgeonly woman who refused to split up the lot. Taster's choice, a buck apiece. I offered her $5 for 9, she said she couldn't because she was sending them back to her home country. So I picked two more and gave her $10 for 11 of them, -- not a bad deal, either, for some near-mint, complete games.
Alien Trilogy
Chess
Final Doom
Game of Life
Medal of Honor Underground
Quake II
Tetris Plus
Resident Evil Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Soviet Strike
Total $10
I asked about games at one sale...they said that they had some, out (I hadn't seen them) and poked around to help me find them...inside of a bag in a box full of action figures. I peeked in, saw a couple of decent PSX titles (complete non-GH Reloaded ftw), some lackluster N64 stuff...and complete Nintendogs? I offered $5 for the bag, they took it eagerly.
PSX:
2Xtreme
Crash Bandicoot
Die Hard Trilogy
NBA Live 98
NHL 99
Re-Loaded
WCW vs the World
N64:
A Bug's Live
Pokemon Stadium x2
WCW vs Nitro
NDS:
Nintendogs Dachshund & Friends
Total: $5
I saw the box of N64 stuff under a table, picked it up, figuring that I'd get it for $5...the games I offered a couple bucks each for (there were more), but they were firm at $5 apiece. Since they were RPGs, I figured it was worthwhile...especially so when I got them to throw the N64 stuff in with it. However, the salerunner had to consult her son, who, apparently, was a big RPG fan...
PS2: All complete and in great shape:
Arc the Lad: Twilight of Spirits
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Evergrace
Grandia Xtreme
Grandia II
Summoner
N64:
Hey, You, Pikachu! (w/ mic adapter)
Ms Pacman Maze Madness
Pokemon Stadium
Rally Challenge 2000
Rayman 2
Super Smash Bros.
$30
So, after that first lot, they told me that they had more games and to check back tomorrow. But after a beat, the son asks me if I want Super Nintendo games.
"Yes."
"RPGs?"
"...definitely." (I need to remember to bring my poker face to yard sales)
He came out with a shoebox-sized bin of games, asked $5 for each. I peeked in, quickly counted easily over 15 games, saw both FF's and Earthbound, and offered him $30 for the box. He countered with $40, I told him to throw in Dark Cloud and he had a deal. 27 games, SNES hookups/controller, N64 memory card...averaging just over a buck per unit.
SNES:
Doom
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Earthbound
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana
Starfox
Super Game Boy
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
Wheel of Fortune
N64:
Excitebike 64
Lamborghini Automobil
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Paper Mario
Quest 64
Super Smash Bros. (yes, he had a 2nd copy)
Twisted Edge
GB:
Dr. Mario
F1 Race
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Tetris
PS2:
Dark Cloud
$40
They were asking $15 for this, I offered $10 for the system and game and they took it eagerly. All cables, 2 controllers, a multitap, LAN adapter, and Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked. They had some garbage PS2 games but Sonic Adventure and Super Mario Sunshine for GC...but its a good thing I checked the boxes, because they turned out to be empty.
$10
After deciding to call it quits at 1ish (I would later head back out to hit those last two sales, but I really had to go #2 and hadn't eaten or drank anything besides a protein shake), I passed a sale on my way home. I stopped, and poked around a little...and saw a little bag in the corner, familliar SNES cables hanging out. I peeked in and saw a cracked SNES, half a racing set, Maximum Carnage, and frickin' CHRONOTRIGGER. I offered the sale runner $5 which she gladly accepted.
I'm tossing this foot pedal thing out since its just going to be in the way, unless someone messages me immediately wanting to pay me to ship it to them.
$5
Mega Man X
The 7th Saga
Earthbound
Soulblazer
King of Dragons
Samurai Showdown
Tetris Attack
A huuuuge stack of comics, there must be at least 50 there.
At the last sale I dropped by, an unadvertised one I swung by just for the heck of it, I saw a table of SNES, PS2 and Xbox games and comics. He was asking $1 a game and $0.50 per comic, so I CIF'ed $20 for the entire lot of comics plus the non-sports SNES games. It was weird that he let them go for so cheap, considering that he was telling me how he tracked Chronotrigger down on eBay. But, yes, this was awesome. They're primarily Marvel/DC titles and all in great condition.
Plus, I just added quite a few rare games to my collection. =)
TOTAL: $20
Okay, this was actually the last sale. No games, I asked for some, they had some mediocre PS2 titles but wanted $3 apiece and I had already spent a LOT today. CIF'ed $1 for this brand-new LOST book, should have picked up their $5 fondue set, but where would I have put it?
Also, I got two leads -- phone # and list of 30 NES games that one of the salerunners sister's would likely let go for $20, and a business card for the friend of another salerunner who was hanging out when I asked about games, said he had a ton and to call him in about a week.
Awesome day, I spent all the cash I had allocated, and tomorrow I'll be heading out again to revisit a sale that promised games on Sunday (they had a ton of video game mags and a lot of gothy stuff like HP LoveCraft novels, so I'm really hoping to find a Silent Hill or some other nice survival horror games), as well as that church sale.
And to think, I just recatalogued my SNES games yesterday...and now I've got another 25+ to clean, test, and add.
I really need to find a better storage solution for them, because today will push me past the 200 mark for individual games in my collection and dangerously close to the 100 mark for spares.
