I've been looking to get an SNES for awhile, and whenever I remember to, I search for some common terms on CL to see if there are any worthwhile listings. A few days ago I got a hit for some video game consoles. There was a person listing an N64, a Playstation 1, and a SNES, all with a decent amount of games with reasonable prices ($40 for the SNES lot, $80? for the PSX lot, and $35 for the N64). The person didn't list the games, so I figured I'd send an e-mail and find out if it was anything worthwhile.
She e-mails me back while I'm in Boston to see the Sox play (Friday), and I get home to two e-mails. The first lists the games:
[quote name='CL Lady']
Super Nintendo - the jungle book, super mario rpg, super mario 2, super mario world, super mario mario all stars, donkey kong 1,2 and 3, the lion king, super alfred chicken, congos caper, family feud, zool, super james pond, lemmings, push over, super buster brothers
Playstation 1-grand turismo, the lion king, wheel of fortune, break out, croc 2, spider, 102 dalmations, mr. driller, madden 98, activision collection, roll away, skull monkeys, tetris plus, space invaders, re loaded 1 and 2, tomba, atari collection, mamco collection and gex
Nintendo 64 - donkey kong, tonic trouble, conker bad fur day, bomberman hero, banjo kazooie, paper mario and Ms pacman
I also have a lot of stragedy guides for these games. [/QUOTE]
Now if you're like me, you instantly see Super Mario RPG, Tomba, and Conker's Bad Fur Day. Skull Monkeys also caught my eye because I haven't heard anything about it in awhile (finds or value talk), but I remember playing it back in the day, and an initial eBay search made it seem fairly valuable, so this also peaked my interest. We'll get to the "I have a lot of guides" part later.
The second e-mail was her asking if I was still interested, because she already had two other offers on the Super Nintendo. I was at Fenway all day, so I'm sweating bullets hoping she hasn't gotten impatient and sold them to someone else. I tell her I'm still very interested and I will buy the SNES and N64 if they are still available, and I also ask if I can buy a couple of the Playstation games (Tomba! and Skull Monkeys). She still has them and says because I was first she would hold it for me (what an awesome person), and that I can buy the PSX games for $10 a piece.
Realizing I better get on this ASAP, I counter offer $15 for the Playstation games, and I tell her I can meet up with her Sunday a little after 2pm. I'm scrambling to get a ride over to where she's located (Higganum, a town I've never heard of about 40 minutes away). She says that works for her, and to email her with a meet up time later on.
Luckily my friend can come through for me and get me down there, so I give her a time, and ask a few last minute questions: "You mentioned you have a lot of strategy guides for the listed games; do you have any for the games I want, and if so, are they included in the price? Also, do the cartridge games come with boxes? I only ask because many people throw them out." Normally I'd ask about boxes at her house, but she wants to meet up at a local high school for convenience.
She responds saying the meet up time is fine, and that she does have a strategy guide for Skullmonkeys, and they are included in the price. She ignores my box question completely. So I head over there thinking I'm going to get a couple sweet games and hope the stuff isn't too beat up, but once I get to the high school, I am amazed.
Nearly every
ing game is boxed (in good condition), and there are strategy guides out the
ing ying yang. I am screaming in my head, seeing the boxed copy of Super Mario RPG, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and all this other stuff I can't even process at the moment.
We make small talk, though I'm too amazed and psyched to really focus, and I ask her what the damage is. I'm thinking it's going to be around $100 bucks (40+35+15=90, I'm retarded, I know), but for some reason, she says $80, and I don't argue. Miraculously, I have random bills in my wallet outside of the 100 that make up $80 total, so I pay her, load up my friends car, thank her, and get back in the ride full of utter glee. The rest I will post under pictures, but man, am I
ing amazed.
console with plug, video cables, 2 wavebirds, 2 regular wired controllers, mario kart Double Dash, Legend of Zelda Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Goblin Commander, Super Smash Bros Melee, X-men Legends, Tales of Symphonia and Gaunlet Dark Legacy
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Metroid Prime Hunters, Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, Brain Age (all complete)
Gears of War, The Outfit (complete), COD 3 disc only, Wireless controller
GTA Liberty City Stories, NFL Street 2
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