Tales from the Pawn Shop(s)!

[quote name='camelking6969']resident evil 5 today for the ps3 7.00
cod mw 7.00

finally found a pawn shop i like in my new town only took a year[/QUOTE]

Nice! I still can't find a pawn shop I like in my town, and I've lived here all my life :lol:
 
Boyfriend convinced me to grab that Sword of Vermillion for $5, namely because it was complete... well, semi complete, it doesn't have the 103 page guide. I guess it was the "5 MEGA MEMORY" included that sold me on the game, or the fact that Sega promised me 300 + hours and they do what Nintendon't.

As I feared, the pawn shop did raise prices.. I just got Zelda Phantom Hourglass from there for $8 last week... this week, they have some more DS games (including Animal Crossing) and I was hoping they were still $8.. but now the new price for DS games is $15, and older Gameboy / GBC / GBA games are $8 a piece. What sucks is that some guy bought two of their DS games for $15 a piece.. which both run about $10 at Gamestop used.

So Jungle Book on the Gameboy, is priced the same as all of their Xbox games... makes perfect sense.

Granted, $5 for retro games isn't so bad depending on the game, but I just imagine that those 9 common NES games I got a few weeks for $18 (at $2 a piece) would suddenly run me $45 under the new pricing. It upsets me because this place was pretty awesome to find some of the more common games for old systems at awesome prices without getting gouged on Ebay shipping. I know me buying SoV only re-enforces the higher price, but it isn't often I come across any retro game with box and manual. I got a feeling the shop is going to be sitting on many games in the future.

Has anyone else encountered anything like this, a sudden increase in prices across the board, seemingly randomly?
 
Got a DS Lite from pawn shop in town for $50....got Banjo-Tooie for N64 & Pokemon Pearl for DS for $3 each at a pawn shop near my job
 
Had a pretty good score at my local pawn shop today:

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All the games were $3 each. The NES games all have instructions. The gameboy game with the SNES games is Shantae. I remember reading on here that it was pretty rare, glad I went ahead and grabbed it. The N64 games are all complete. and the last picture are VHS tapes Nintendo sent out for promotion, they were $1 each. Pretty happy.
 
[quote name='Tempius']Had a pretty good score at my local pawn shop today:

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All the games were $3 each. The NES games all have instructions. The gameboy game with the SNES games is Shantae. I remember reading on here that it was pretty rare, glad I went ahead and grabbed it. The N64 games are all complete. and the last picture are VHS tapes Nintendo sent out for promotion, they were $1 each. Pretty happy.[/QUOTE]
Oh my God that is really lucky! Especially that BK promo tape. Damn I've always wanted one.
 
I just got the BK promo tape for 50 cents on Saturday. I think the lowest I saw on eBay was $20, expensive shipping though.
 
[quote name='N3UROP0D']Forget the stupid tape, Shantae is pretty much the rarest GB game there is, and a damn good game at that. Nice score![/QUOTE]

This. I wish I had picked it up when I was new. I wanted it, but I wanted a brand spanking new GBA and Mario Advance more.

Incidentally, Nintendo Power has a write-up on Shantae this month, along with a small article about the finished GBA sequel that was never published.
 
Had some real awesome finds the last two days -

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox, mint, complete) - $3.33
Kingdom Hearts 2 (mint, complete) - $3.33
Golden Axe (Genesis, complete, mint) - $5
Zelda: Oracle of Ages - $6

The shocking thing was some of these games have been there since *2008*. I talked them down on Zelda and Golden Axe from $8 a piece, but the shocking thing was the Xbox and PS2 games were part of a sale (hence the weird prices) and no one picked them up. They had both been at this pawn shop since October 2008 according to the sticker, which was on top of an even older sticker.

At my usual pawn shop, I grabbed all of these for PS1, all mint and complete for $3 a piece

Tomb Raider 2
Tomb Raider 3
Loaded
Medal of Honor
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Bubble Bobble: Also Featuring Rainbow Islands

The real gem of the whole find was Bubble Bobble, which averages about $20 on its own.
 
[quote name='phoenix529']Dude. NFL 2K1 on DC is the only sports game I've ever purchased (outside of Mario crap), and it's still freakin' awesome! My brother let me play his Madden 09 on my PS3. I'd rather play NFL 2K1 any day!

Disclaimer: This post is legit, too legit. But I hate sports.[/QUOTE]

Same here man, I let a friend talk me into buying it, and I was suprised how fun it was. that was the onlysports game I purchased besides to flip.
 
[quote name='N3UROP0D']Forget the stupid tape, Shantae is pretty much the rarest GB game there is, and a damn good game at that. Nice score![/QUOTE]

YA, I used to see that game all over and think it was some dumb girl's game untill I found out what it was worth, I haven't seen it since!!
 
Found a factory sealed Game Boy Color for $50. It wasn't from a pawn shop though. It was from my local video game store. Couldn't find a video game store finds thread. He also had a Pikachu edition factory sealed one for $60 but I only had $50 with me. Go back and buy it?
 
[quote name='ex_eBay_buyer']He also had a Pikachu edition factory sealed one for $60 but I only had $50 with me. Go back and buy it?[/QUOTE]

YES. Very yes.
 
Something good might be happening around. Three pawn shops just sprouted up out of nowhere and they have some pretty fair prices. I didn't really look at their stock all that much. I ended up grabbing Suikoden IV for 2 bucks.
 
So far my best deals were
Mario Galaxy Wii - $15
Killzone 2 PS3 - $12
ICO PS2 - $4 (I grabbed all 3 copies)

I was happy with those deals, but mostly I'm loving one local pawn shops deals for Blu-Ray discs at 7 bucks a pop. I've picked up Dark Knight, Casino Royale, Iron Man and others. Pretty cool and even if I don't like the movie I can usually trade it on Goozex for points and then get a game I want.
 
[quote name='Mako1215']I need to hit up some pawn shops[/QUOTE]

I had the same mentality. I haven't gone to one in years, so I gave it a go today and found a copy of Suikoden II complete. Only flaw was the case was cracked and the disc has very light scratches. They also had Suikoden I, but it was missing it's manual and the disc had scratches. All PS1 games 5 bucks.
 
Today I found Onimusha 3: Demon Siege at one of my favorite pawn shops for $2.00. I also found a sealed copy of Ape Escape for the Playstation at Goodwill for $1.99.
 
[quote name='Dhuk']I had the same mentality. I haven't gone to one in years, so I gave it a go today and found a copy of Suikoden II complete. Only flaw was the case was cracked and the disc has very light scratches. They also had Suikoden I, but it was missing it's manual and the disc had scratches. All PS1 games 5 bucks.[/QUOTE]

That's no reason to not buy either of those at $5. You can always swap the cases with new ones from Target.
 
Saw a PS3 controller for $20. Had them pull it out, it was only a Sixaxis and was missing the covers for the analog sticks, so I said no thanks. She offerered to switch it for the display controller. Checked it out, Dual Shock 3 for $20, yes please.
 
[quote name='Dhuk']I had the same mentality. I haven't gone to one in years, so I gave it a go today and found a copy of Suikoden II complete. Only flaw was the case was cracked and the disc has very light scratches. They also had Suikoden I, but it was missing it's manual and the disc had scratches. All PS1 games 5 bucks.[/QUOTE]

Might I give you some reasons to go back for those two games: http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.ht..._dmpt=Video_Games_Games&LH_Complete=1&guest=1
 
[quote name='LordStanley1893']Great price. :applause: I still have to track that one down.[/QUOTE]

Wow . . . I just looked this up on Amazon. So, I could flip my complete copy for $50 . . .

For $50, I can live without Bad Fur.
 
[quote name='schultzed']Wow . . . I just looked this up on Amazon. So, I could flip my complete copy for $50 . . .

For $50, I can live without Bad Fur.[/QUOTE]

I might flip it later, but I'm going to try to play the game all the way through before I do.
 
Great game, I still need it.

Today I got Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back(my wife's copy is scratched to where you can't play beyond a certain point) for FREE. I asked about it when I saw it on the counter and I know the guys that work there. He grabbed it and put it in the sack of 20 movies I bought at a $1 each.

Also, however, a super AMAZING find!!!

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$10!!!
 
[quote name='phoenix529']Great game, I still need it.

Today I got Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back(my wife's copy is scratched to where you can't play beyond a certain point) for FREE. I asked about it when I saw it on the counter and I know the guys that work there. He grabbed it and put it in the sack of 20 movies I bought at a $1 each.

Also, however, a super AMAZING find!!!



$10!!![/QUOTE]

It is real?
 
[quote name='phoenix529']Great game, I still need it.

Today I got Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back(my wife's copy is scratched to where you can't play beyond a certain point) for FREE. I asked about it when I saw it on the counter and I know the guys that work there. He grabbed it and put it in the sack of 20 movies I bought at a $1 each.

Also, however, a super AMAZING find!!!

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$10!!![/QUOTE]

Holy shit, dude! Almost as good as your $5 Uncharted!
 
Went back to that pawn shop yesterday.

I was told they eBay price-checked, but I guess they only do it on occasion.

Got Super Mario Bros. Classic NES Series for GBA and Super Metroid for $25.
 
Sweet finds at the pawn. Some idiot apparently needed a loan and pawned his game collection. He probably only got a loan for $100 or so and then stopped paying. I paid $174 for these. There was a couple more you could tell that he had traded in but they weren't priced much differently than Gamestop (wild arms 3, 4, tales legendia and suikoden iv all come to mind)

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Shining Tears $6.99
Persona 3 FES $5.99
Champions Return TO Arms $5.99
Digital Devil Saga 2 $8.99
Digital Devil Saga $8.99
Persona 4 $5.99
Xenosaga III $9.99
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne $7.99
MS Saga A New Dawn $5.99
Digimon World 4 $7.99
Shadow Of Colossus $5.99
Tales of the Abyss $11.99
Eternal Poison $9.99
Mana Khemia $8.99
Okami $6.99
Ar Tonelico II $19.99 (complete w/ everything)
Ar Tonelico $7.99
GrimGrimoire $7.99
Star Wars Knights Old Republic $4.99
 
I've been striking out a lot at pawns/thrifts recently, it's getting pretty frustrating. Went to a new pawn today, I asked the guy there if he had any older games, he takes back around the counter where he had a ridiculous amount of games, a real treasure trove, but sadly they were all insanely overpriced. For example when I was digging through his stuff I found a SSB for N64 which I thought was 6$, but I looked at the pricetag more closely and it was actually 60$!?!

After I looked at his stuff for maybe 15 minutes I tell him I wasn't gonna buy anything, and the guy gets all pissed off, as if I just wasted a large chunk of his precious time. Needless to say I'm not going back there anytime soon.
 
Blast Lacrosse (PS1) Complete - $5.00
Star Wars Battlefront II (Xbox) Disc Only - $5.00

I don't usually find much at the pawn shops in my area, but this is the second time I've found a relatively rare PS1 game at this particular pawn shop. I found a disc only copy of Intelligent Qube there for $5.00 last year.
 
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