[quote name='sp00ge']I haven't been to an Exchange in almost a year. For the most part, it seems their pricing is just getting out of hand when it comes to older stuff. Sometimes they have the "damaged" stuff for dirt cheap, but overall, it's not worth my time to even stop. I go to CD Warehouse every so often since they price their stuff more competitively, and have a stamp card program. They also pay better overall on trades, they're just alot pickier about condition.
The one place I'm glad is gone is Buybacks. We went to the one in Greensburg a week before it closed and it was dead. We asked the manager how business is doing and he was in major denial. Kept saying they were doing awesome and they were planning on opening a another location in the area. The following week, they were closed.
To stay on topic, I was at Goodwill today and they put out a banjo and an acoustic guitar. The guitar was an Epiphone PR150, priced at $150. The lady that priced it and put it out was saying how great of condition it is and it should have no trouble selling, except for the fact Guitar Center sells the exact same guitar for $99 NEW, and can be had for less during sales. The banjo was a 4-string Galveston, priced at $150, which may be high for GW, but is about right with it being a $200-300 banjo.
Funny enough, they also had out on the shelves for $2, a vintage Tempo Ukulele. Not worth a whole hell of a lot of money, but quite possibly the most lopsided pricing I've seen there in awhile.[/QUOTE]
buybacks is INSANE! That is the place with prices that make no sense whatsoever....I am talking about stuff like Battletoads vs Double Dragon on NES for $78.36 or Donkey Kong Country for SNES for $43.92, but then you'll see Ninja Gaiden 3 for $4.99. they always have really bizzarre prices. But then again, I got a toploader for only $30 (same price as a toaster). But when I got it, it came with a regular controller, even though they had a dogbone over with the loose controllers, I tried to explain that the dogbone went with this model and he said "oh sorry I can only sell it with this one" then half a micro second before he swipes my card, some other guy yells "no dude! that controller doesn't work with that one! you have to use this one!" and they ended up giving me the dogbone anyway. The place sucks now and they have little to no retro stuff anymore anyway so who cares!