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Does anybody think this is a good deal. I've been thinking about getting it but im not sure.

For sale is a Nintendo NES system. Complete with 3 controllers, 2 zapper guns, and 1 joystick. Also comes with the origional power cord and RF adaptor. Comes with 22 amazing games in a rare Nintendo game holder. 14 games come with the game sleeves. Everything is in mint condition and is tested and works!!!

Games include-
Final Fantasy
Zelda- Grey cartridge is very rare!!!
Super Mario 3
Donkey Kong Classics
Kirby's Adventure
Pac Man
Mario NES Open Golf
Tiger-Heli
Double Dragon 2
Wheel of Fortune-Junior Edition- With box and instructions
Monster Party
Zoda's Revenge
Chapionship Bowling
Renegade
Mach Rider
Pinball
World Class Track Meet
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt--2 copies
Where's Waldo
Ice Hockey
Gyromite
 
just got yesterday from someone clearing out their last gen games, now his ps2 games next his xbox.
I am supposed to get an email with them before he posts it up on cl. ive got my figners crossed :D

here is what i got for $35:
soul reaver 2
psychonauts
red faction 2
ratchet and clank size matters
dragan or drakan...its got a chick ona dragon on the front of it
fallout brotherhood of steel --wanna check it out since i am playing fallout 3
area 51
phantasy star unvi
return to castle wolfenstein


9 games for $35, case and inst included on all but wolfenstein and drakan.
 
Damn it, the awful traffic and shitty rain weather yesterday screwed me out of a sweet score: a sealed Final Fantasy 7 Greatest Hits for $20.

Ah well, I just couldn't muster up the drive to go way the hell across town, about 30 miles, in the rain and traffic of the late afternoon, to get it. Working on another deal though...
 
[quote name='karkyco']
Ah well, I just couldn't muster up the drive to go way the hell across town, about 30 miles, in the rain and traffic of the late afternoon, to get it.[/quote]

I would have been willing to drive across state to get that. That's an easy $160.00 profit.
 
[quote name='Doomstink']I would have been willing to drive across state to get that. That's an easy $160.00 profit.[/quote]

Yeah, I know...though I think the Greatest Hits sealed ones have been losing some value. It was just a really bad night and I had a lot of other work for my business to get done. By this morning it was gone, of course.
 
[quote name='karkyco']Yeah, I know...though I think the Greatest Hits sealed ones have been losing some value. It was just a really bad night and I had a lot of other work for my business to get done. By this morning it was gone, of course.[/QUOTE]


"losing value" means still well over $100.00 profit - I could have probably pulled $175 for it in a few days on eBay.
 
Should I go for this for $110?

Silver Sony PS2, used dby me only for the past year. Comes with 23 games (none in original case, I have them in a CD case) including Harry Potter 2-5, Batman Begins, Jaws Unleashed, Okami, Final Fantasy 12 and X-2, God of War, Kingdom Hearts 2, Resident Evil 4, Mortal Kombat Armageddon, plus more! The Playstation has normal wear, but works fine, will not play scratched DVDs, but all games work fine. Let me know if your interested and I can tell you the rest of the games that are included. Also have Final Fantasy VII and VIII for PS1 with PS1 memory card, and saved games for extra. Price Negotiable.
 
[quote name='punkmaggit']Should I go for this for $110?

Silver Sony PS2, used dby me only for the past year. Comes with 23 games (none in original case, I have them in a CD case) including Harry Potter 2-5, Batman Begins, Jaws Unleashed, Okami, Final Fantasy 12 and X-2, God of War, Kingdom Hearts 2, Resident Evil 4, Mortal Kombat Armageddon, plus more! The Playstation has normal wear, but works fine, will not play scratched DVDs, but all games work fine. Let me know if your interested and I can tell you the rest of the games that are included. Also have Final Fantasy VII and VIII for PS1 with PS1 memory card, and saved games for extra. Price Negotiable.[/quote]

Yeah, offer the guy $100 and go get it...
 
Nice score the other day:

DS Phat (Electric Blue) w/charger - in good condition/minor scratches, two barely noticeable dead pixels
Pokemon Diamond (complete)
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Guide
Mario Kart DS (cart only)
Pokemon Fire Red GBA (cart only)
Mario Kart Super Circuit (cart only)

$70

Would've cost me that much for the DS alone on eBay (on a good day)
 
[quote name='kube00']What about this
http://kpr.craigslist.org/tag/1040291286.html

PS3 brand new +++ game - $350 (Kennewick)


Date: 2009-02-18, 1:09PM PST


20 g. 2 controllers hdmi & regular hookups. COD4, tiger woods. Brand new system 3 weeks old. Got as gift but want xbox 360. Bluray player is awsome


Might lowball at $300[/quote]

Seems high even at $300 for the 20 gig.
Point out the features the 20 gig is missing Vs the 60, $275 tops...
 
Got this Lynx bundle off of CL. It was advertised as nonworking, but worked as soon as I put the game and the batteries in.
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Only problem is it's hard to get the brightness right, and you can't see anything at all if the backlight is off. Is this normal?
The total cost of everything was $25. Pics will be up tomorrow.

Atari Lynx (CIB, missing battery cover)
Lynx carrying case
Some kind of cable, I think it's a link cable

California Games (CB)
Paperboy (CIB)
Blue Lightning (CIB)
Viking Child (CB, poster, but no manual)
Joust (CB)
RoadBlasters (CI)
Switchblade (C)
Steel Talons (C)
Chip's Challenge (CI)

It also came with a bunch of boxes and manual, but no games for them. They are:
Ms. Pac-Man (IB)
Battlezone 2000 (IB)
Scrapyard Dog (B + poster)
Gates Of Zendocon (IB)

Pretty good find, eh? Is there anything that really stands out, I don't know much about the lynx?
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This one caught my eye
Rare PS1 RPG games - $100
I am selling rare ps1 rpgs Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy Chronicles (rare) , Wild Arms 2 (rare) , Legend of Dragoon (rare), Lunar 2 Complete (boxset), Final Fantasy Tactics (rare) Valkyre Profile (vary rare sells for $50-$70 on Ebay). All are complete and have manuels, cases have slight scraches but games are in great condition. I am asking $100 or best offer.
 
[quote name='Coper3000']^^I dream of the day my local CL has something like this.[/quote]

Well i looked up those games on ebay and most of them didnt look very rare.
 
[quote name='gomikeoh']final fantasy 7,8,9, black label, all with manual/cover, in great condition....

85 bucks.[/quote]

Final Fantasy 7 isnt included in the bundle
 
[quote name='SoNiC1023']This one caught my eye
Rare PS1 RPG games - $100
I am selling rare ps1 rpgs Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy Chronicles (rare) , Wild Arms 2 (rare) , Legend of Dragoon (rare), Lunar 2 Complete (boxset), Final Fantasy Tactics (rare) Valkyre Profile (vary rare sells for $50-$70 on Ebay). All are complete and have manuels, cases have slight scraches but games are in great condition. I am asking $100 or best offer.[/quote]

The price is great, but most are not rare or valuable. This is a great deal only if the games are all complete and mint.

FF8, FF9 and FF Chronicles you can still order directly from Amazon I believe, for like $10 or $15 each. They'll be greatest hits but they'll be sealed. In any case, none of these are worth more than $5-10 complete and mint. Lunar 2 Complete is worth some good money, IF it's actually complete - make sure all 4 discs are there, the thick manual/artbook, the cloth map, the pendant and the outer box. Worth $50+. Wild Arms 2 isn't that rare or valuable, Legend of Dragoon definitely not rare or valuable. Final Fantasy Tactics, worth a decent amount, but more so if it's black label (just like the rest of these).

Now Valkyrie Profile, that's worth some serious money. Offer $80 and make the magic happen. Sorry I just got back from a little office party and am a little shitfaced. Work it and search it, LOL!
 
[quote name='gomikeoh']final fantasy 7,8,9, black label, all with manual/cover, in great condition....

85 bucks.[/quote]

Not bad, but eff me, 8 and 9 are so common and worthless that you basically paid $75 for FF7, which is a LOT in my opinion. Sure, it's wortha good penny, especially black label, but the Cheap ass gamer in me doesn't like paying more than $40 at best for it black green or whatever.

Even that is a lot to stomach. If it's for your personal collection, I say great, but to resell I think that's a bit much.
 
[quote name='Callandor']60GB PS3 with two sixaxis' for $300.

Decent?[/quote]

fuck, we need to change this topic from the craigslist found thread to the craigslist advice thread, LOL.

I say it's good to very good, but MAKE SURE THE UNIT WORKS PERFECTLY before you take it. I mean, test some PS2 and PS1 games and shit.
 
[quote name='karkyco']fuck, we need to change this topic from the craigslist found thread to the craigslist advice thread, LOL.

I say it's good to very good, but MAKE SURE THE UNIT WORKS PERFECTLY before you take it. I mean, test some PS2 and PS1 games and shit.[/QUOTE]

Well, thus far, it works perfectly. :D God of War 2 and Super Stardust HD have been running just fine. Haven't had the chance to really test an actual PS3 game yet, as I don't own any, but the seller's copy of Rock Band was workin' all right.
 
Super Nintendo With controller splitter and 4 games (sorry no controllers) -Barbie supermodel-Madden 95 -Mortal Kombat-Clue
Sega Genesis Series 1 with 1 controller and 3 games w -triple play hockey gold, -Barkley Shut up and Jam basketball - NHL hockey
Nintendo 64 with 11 games and 3 controllers and 2 memory cards -Mortal Kombat trillogy-Vigilante 8 second offence-Super Mario 64-Turok-Zelda majoras mask-Topgear overdrive-Waverace-Rainbow 6-Golden eye 007-Indy Racing 2000-Tetrispere
Sega game gear with 7 games w/cases a spare parts system -Rise of the robots-2x Sonic the hedgehog 2-Road rash-The incredible hulk-Jurassic Park-Shinobi-Ninja Gaiden
ALL SYSTEMS WORK all the names will be cleaned off of the games and systems Thanx Seth


what would be a good offer for this?
 
ok i found two great CL deals I have to see what you all think

Deal #1
35 xbox 360 games all complete and in great condition i paid $175 titles included
GOW CE
ace combat 6
blaz angels 1 & 2
civil war
deadrising
army of 2
mx vs atv unleashed
RSV2
pgr3 blah
the club
conflict denied ops
THAW
rockband
saints row
COD 2 & 3
crackdown
battlefield MC
the outfit
TW 06 -08 only sports titles
more i cant remember right now

Deal #2
i recieved a Wii with 12 downloaded games and 800 points still on it
3 Wiimotes with charging station and batteries
mario Kart with wheel
2 copies wii sports
pokemon XD gamecube
wavebird wireless MINT
2 nunchuks
wii gamepad
3 gel covers for the wiimotes.

I gave
xbox 360 w/20gb hd this is one that was opened and fixed from disc drive failure
2 old controllers
halo 3 used
and eternal sonata that i got from sears for $5.27

I then immediately cracked the seal on my new 60 gb pro system i bought from dell for $231.XX with my free copy of endwar and kf panda and lego indy lol so basically i got all that stuff for $236.XX and a used copy of halo 3 (my legendary is arriving tuesday from Newegg!) plus upgraded my system for free and got 3 free games.
 
[quote name='Callandor']Well, thus far, it works perfectly. :D God of War 2 and Super Stardust HD have been running just fine. Haven't had the chance to really test an actual PS3 game yet, as I don't own any, but the seller's copy of Rock Band was workin' all right.[/quote]

Good to hear, great score! Now go get some PS3 games from the Circuit City closing clearance, Target clearance, somewhere! I'm sure it'll play those, LOL!!!
 
[quote name='smashngrab77']ok i found two great CL deals I have to see what you all think

Deal #1
35 xbox 360 games all complete and in great condition i paid $175 titles included
GOW CE
ace combat 6
blaz angels 1 & 2
civil war
deadrising
army of 2
mx vs atv unleashed
RSV2
pgr3 blah
the club
conflict denied ops
THAW
rockband
saints row
COD 2 & 3
crackdown
battlefield MC
the outfit
TW 06 -08 only sports titles
more i cant remember right now

Deal #2
i recieved a Wii with 12 downloaded games and 800 points still on it
3 Wiimotes with charging station and batteries
mario Kart with wheel
2 copies wii sports
pokemon XD gamecube
wavebird wireless MINT
2 nunchuks
wii gamepad
3 gel covers for the wiimotes.

I gave
xbox 360 w/20gb hd this is one that was opened and fixed from disc drive failure
2 old controllers
halo 3 used
and eternal sonata that i got from sears for $5.27

I then immediately cracked the seal on my new 60 gb pro system i bought from dell for $231.XX with my free copy of endwar and kf panda and lego indy lol so basically i got all that stuff for $236.XX and a used copy of halo 3 (my legendary is arriving tuesday from Newegg!) plus upgraded my system for free and got 3 free games.[/quote]

Deal #1 = hard to beat $5 a game for X360 games right now...assuming they're all complete, excellent condition etc., even with some sports games. You can dump the sports games and crap and probably get back at least half your investment.

Deal #2 = outstanding. Sell the extra Wii Sports for at least $30, maybe more if you can. You did very well. You get the CAG seal of approval.

:lol:"APPROVED":applause:

LOL!!!
 
[quote name='karkyco']Wild Arms 2 isn't that rare or valuable[/QUOTE]

It's kind of funny reading this as I had just as hard of a time find this new for $20 way back in the day as I did Valkyrie Profile. Found both of them at Sears for 19.99 and it might have been the only place I found them both at for that price in my neck of the woods.
 
[quote name='FOnewearl']It's kind of funny reading this as I had just as hard of a time find this new for $20 way back in the day as I did Valkyrie Profile. Found both of them at Sears for 19.99 and it might have been the only place I found them both at for that price in my neck of the woods.[/quote]

LOL I hope you bought (and put away, sealed) every copy of Valkyrie Profile they had!!!
 
[quote name='dizzlle01']Scored a ps3 slim with 8mb official sony memory card and capcom vs snk 2 complete for $60. Is that a good deal?[/quote]

I saw PS3 and immediately went "WHOA!" after seeing the price.
Then I reread "slim" and noticed you must have meant PS2. Sounds like a pretty good deal, though. CVS2 is a good game.
 
[quote name='karkyco']LOL I hope you bought (and put away, sealed) every copy of Valkyrie Profile they had!!![/QUOTE]

Nope but if I knew then what I know now I probably would have along with the $20 Shinning Force 3s & Suikoden IIs and some of the quality SNES stuff I remember seeing in the mid/late 90s on clearance for $10 give or take $5. The only game I ever really thought would be worth money in the Future when it came out was Panzer Dragoon Saga. I never figured (or even though about if) old video games could be worth serious money down the road.

I remember also buying Tomba 2 for $20 at Sears and this along with the other 2 RPGs I only found at $20 at good old Sears :D
 
[quote name='FOnewearl']Nope but if I knew then what I know now I probably would have along with the $20 Shinning Force 3s & Suikoden IIs and some of the quality SNES stuff I remember seeing in the mid/late 90s on clearance for $10 give or take $5. The only game I ever really thought would be worth money in the Future when it came out was Panzer Dragoon Saga. I never figured (or even though about if) old video games could be worth serious money down the road.

I remember also buying Tomba 2 for $20 at Sears and this along with the other 2 RPGs I only found at $20 at good old Sears :D[/quote]

Nice man. Yeah, who knew? Same with all our toys and (some) comics before the mid-late 80's.
 
[quote name='karkyco']Good to hear, great score! Now go get some PS3 games from the Circuit City closing clearance, Target clearance, somewhere! I'm sure it'll play those, LOL!!![/QUOTE]

Already added bluray access to my Netflix account. Trying to decide if Far Cry 2 is worth $30, since my Target had a few copies. Also had Fracture for around $16.

I was honestly hoping for a $15 copy of Lair (yeah, maybe a par game at best, but I love dragons!).

For the time, though, Super Stardust HD, flOw, and demos will keep me good and occupied while I await some good deals.
 
[quote name='FOnewearl']Nope but if I knew then what I know now I probably would have along with the $20 Shinning Force 3s & Suikoden IIs and some of the quality SNES stuff I remember seeing in the mid/late 90s on clearance for $10 give or take $5. The only game I ever really thought would be worth money in the Future when it came out was Panzer Dragoon Saga. I never figured (or even though about if) old video games could be worth serious money down the road.[/QUOTE]

I have a couple good stories about this:


I bought a SNES collection of craigs - think I paid $50-60, and that was an okay price for it - one of the games included was Mario Kart (which I usually charge $27-30 for). It had an OLD pricetag on it (gamestop, I think) for $2.99.



When my wife moved in with me (we have a house, so ALL her stuff came with her) I found a copy of FFVII GH sealed, among her stuff. It had a $6.99 pricetag on it. The conversation between us went:

Me: Hon, do you know what this is?
Her: Yeah, I got it a while ago at Blockbuster, just never got the chance to actually play it.
Me: No Hon, do you know what this is worth?

We sold it a bit down the road for $185.
 
[quote name='Switchblade232']hey

is $30 for a fat ps2 with all wires but no controllers/games a good deal?[/quote]

If it works more than a half hour, its not bad. Nothing epic
 
[quote name='Switchblade232']hey

is $30 for a fat ps2 with all wires but no controllers/games a good deal?[/quote]

Yeah, what my boy Noobhammer said. I'm not a fan of that price, to be honest. But that's because I've been spoiled with finding PS2 slims at yard sales and craigslist for $20 or $25, sometimes with a few games...

I guess if you want to do homebrew or whatever (nudge nudge, wink wink ;)) and want a fatty, it's okay. DRE problems should be easy enough to fix...
 
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[quote name='FOnewearl']Nope but if I knew then what I know now I probably would have along with the $20 Shinning Force 3s & Suikoden IIs and some of the quality SNES stuff I remember seeing in the mid/late 90s on clearance for $10 give or take $5. The only game I ever really thought would be worth money in the Future when it came out was Panzer Dragoon Saga. I never figured (or even though about if) old video games could be worth serious money down the road.

I remember also buying Tomba 2 for $20 at Sears and this along with the other 2 RPGs I only found at $20 at good old Sears :D[/quote]

Oh my gosh, this brings me back. I remember being eleven or twelve whenever the Sega Saturn was on its way out and seeing copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga and Shining Force III on sale at Toys-R-Us for $20 each. Being the kid I was, I begged for an "advance in my allowance" to buy them, but my mother just didn't get it and now they go for hundreds of dollars on eBay. Same goes for Valkyrie Profile! I remember being a little older and having a complete copy of it in my hand at GameStop for $40 and I was $10 short and my mother wouldn't give me the few extra bucks I needed to buy it. Never saw it again after that.
Lame, I know, but wow! I just never knew the extent of this stuff back then. Then again, I had some good finds back in the day, too. Chrono Trigger and MegaMan X3 for $10-$12 at movie rental stores? (A little beat up, sure, but still!) I wish I had taken better care of those in my youth. I'm still proud of myself for grabbing Suikoden II for $30 at Wal-Mart when I was younger.
 
[quote name='MirrIll']Oh my gosh, this brings me back. I remember being eleven or twelve whenever the Sega Saturn was on its way out and seeing copies of Panzer Dragoon Saga and Shining Force III on sale at Toys-R-Us for $20 each. Being the kid I was, I begged for an "advance in my allowance" to buy them, but my mother just didn't get it and now they go for hundreds of dollars on eBay. Same goes for Valkyrie Profile! I remember being a little older and having a complete copy of it in my hand at GameStop for $40 and I was $10 short and my mother wouldn't give me the few extra bucks I needed to buy it. Never saw it again after that.
Lame, I know, but wow! I just never knew the extent of this stuff back then. Then again, I had some good finds back in the day, too. Chrono Trigger and MegaMan X3 for $10-$12 at movie rental stores? (A little beat up, sure, but still!) I wish I had taken better care of those in my youth. I'm still proud of myself for grabbing Suikoden II for $30 at Wal-Mart when I was younger.[/quote]

My mom did the same thing to me, except it was with Atari Jaguar clearance. Kay-Bee Toys had piles of the system going for $20.00 a piece on clearance, neither my brother nor I had the money for it and we begged our mom but she didn't want another system in the household. Now a brand new Jaguar is worth 150 plus and an open CIB one is around 60 - 70. I can't really blame my mom for saying no, as I remember her loaning me money for both the 32x and Virtual Boy when they were on clearance at the same store. She didn't want me wasting money on another flop.

I never saw any of the rare RPGs everyone is talking about, as I didn't even find out what an RPG was until I was 11 in late 1998 when my friend gave me FFVII for the PC. I also didn't have a PS1 or Saturn, so I never bothered to look at the games for the systems. I wish I had bought PDS back then, it would have saved me from the $170.00 I dropped on it last Summer.
 
i was wondering what you guys send to people on craigslist when you respond to a post? i usually have to ask for a list of games and then sometimes follow up with does everything work (unless specified) and then usually hear nothing back or they email me telling me they sold it already, but that usually takes about 24 hours at the least.
 
Everybody that says they have stuff for me they say "i have an nes with 11 games, give me an offer". What are the games? Then they list out the games, I ask them where they are and where they wanna meet and I never hear back. Like I said before, if you were to wave a million dollars under their noses, they'd fall asleep.

Or maybe there's a new disease you can get from craigslist that makes you flake out? LOL.
 
Depends on the person, I could write a guide on it. Obviously these are abbreviations, I'm much more longwinded:

If the price is less than the max I'm willing to pay, i e-mail them saying I'll take it, I'll drive to you, when's good, what's your address and phone number, I pay cash.

If the price is more than I'm willing to pay, I put together a quote, drop it by a bit, and e-mail it to them, with completely not regard for their original amount, except that I won't pay it - this e-mail says something like: I'll pay xxxx, cash. I realize this is less than you're really looking for, so feel free to wait a few days or a week to see if another buyer comes through before accepting if you'd like. I also explain to them that I'm a game dealer and not an end user in this e-mail - 99% of the people I work with have no problem with the fact that I'm making money.


FINALLY, if there's not a list, I e-mail them telling them I need one before I can make a decision, but that they can leave out any sports games from the list as they don't really hold a value. UNLESS it seems like a REALLY good deal, in which case I offer to take it WITHOUT seeing a list, b/c they're more likely to go with me b/c I'm not making them work (Someone had a N64 and 23 games for $85 - I took the gamble, b/c I knew if they had just a few of the "N64 staple games" mario 64, kart, parties, goldeneye, it'd be well worth it and put a lot of "other" stock on my shelves - actually turned out to be a really killer lot that a lot of others missed b/c they wouldn't take the risk.)


I also use feeds to make sure I generally AM the first person to reply.


Honestly Animal, a lot of it just has to do with the level of activity in your area. Hardly anyone buys gamecube anything here, and I end up walking away with a lot of it for a good price b/c no one else replies to the ads.
 
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