Last summer, I hit a yard sale that I *Really* hadn't felt like going to.
Well - thanks to the constant urging of my girl + the fact that it was only a 2-3 minute drive - I wound up getting there.
(I didn't have any idea of what I'd bought and/or what it was worth until a few hours later)...
There was a yellow, cloth GBC 'pouch' with a velcro flap & a zipper on it w/ a picture of Pikachu on it ==> price tag said 99 cents.
Right next to it was a sealed game in a box (also w/ a picture of Pikachu on it) ==> price tag said 49 cents.
For a buck & a 1/2, I said "Fuck it" and bought the bunch of it in spite of not knowing what any of it was.
What I (later found out that) I came home with for $1.50 =
(1) brand new-looking, yellow, Pikachu GBC pouch/holder...
...(inside of this pouch) was:
- (2) loose, cartridge & clear, plastic case-only games (Frogger & Pokemon: Special Pikachu Edition)
- A Pink-ish (I *think* that it's called "Berry") colored GBC; the insides had some corrosion -but- after I cleaned it out with a Q-Tip -n- some alcohol & put some batteries in it...it turned right on & worked just fine...
...
...(Inside of this GBC) was:
(1) Pokemon: Gold game
Oh yeah...that one sealed game that was 1/2 a buck...turned out to be a dupe of one of the loose cartdidge games that I got; yep...the Special Pikachu Edition of Pokemon.
Maaaaan!
When I got home & saw on-line what sealed copies of that Pikachu Edition were going for ==> gave the girl a big, ole Smooch-erino, took her out to a nice & romantic dinner -and- later on sold the sealed box (why not - I still had another copy of my own to play if I ever wanted to:) ==> and the rest of the profit more than funded my entire next year of garage/yards sales