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| Warmsignal:
You know, it's kind of a funny question, it really depends on when you made your find. I first started game hunting around the tail end of when a typical weekend out meant raking in a bagful of goodies on maybe a $20 bill. Everything back then was just a find, but by today's standards it's all like hitting the jackpot. You could literally pick up a copy of Mario All-Stars every single weekend for maybe $3, and now you'd be extremely lucky to even find a copy at a flea market at all. I don't think I saw any games this summer other than from resellers. Although, a resller did hook me up with a copy of Tomba! for the PS1 at only $3. So by today's standards, that's a great deal. Had that happened eight years ago, still a good deal but probably not as much. |
| bast:
yes just recently I bought a set of dark superchargers for $5 |
| realpoketendonl:
Well, I did just see this. I'm not sure whether I should get it or not, since I do want to save my money, but at €65 it looks like a really good deal. Because it's in plastic I can't check the quality, but it apparently includes: * Game Boy Advance SP - Tribal edition + box * 3 player Link Cable * SpongeBob: Lights, Camera, Pants (complete) * Tom & Jerry: Infurnal Escape (complete) * Madagascar (complete) * Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (complete) * Frogger's Adventure: Temple of the Frog (complete) * Home on the range: It's hero time (complete) * Nemo & The incredibles (complete) * Pokémon Sapphire (cartridge only) * Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (cartridge only) * Something he calls '3x Pokémon, silver,red,yellow'. Whether that means all three games are in there or he means a bootleg cart, I have no idea. He's asking €65 for the whole lot. What do you guys think, should I go for it? |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: realpoketendonl on December 06, 2016, 08:01:36 am ---Well, I did just see this. I'm not sure whether I should get it or not, since I do want to save my money, but at €65 it looks like a really good deal. Because it's in plastic I can't check the quality, but it apparently includes: * Game Boy Advance SP - Tribal edition + box * 3 player Link Cable * SpongeBob: Lights, Camera, Pants (complete) * Tom & Jerry: Infurnal Escape (complete) * Madagascar (complete) * Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (complete) * Frogger's Adventure: Temple of the Frog (complete) * Home on the range: It's hero time (complete) * Nemo & The incredibles (complete) * Pokémon Sapphire (cartridge only) * Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (cartridge only) * Something he calls '3x Pokémon, silver,red,yellow'. Whether that means all three games are in there or he means a bootleg cart, I have no idea. He's asking €65 for the whole lot. What do you guys think, should I go for it? --- End quote --- It's an okay deal at best if you collect everything. However if I look at the picture it seems fake the cart is black seems like the sapphire cardridge. the gba sp mario bros 3 and pokemon sapphire combined should fetch around 70 outside of ebay. excluding shipping. as for the rest It's worthless 10 15 euro's for the whole lot. There is a big difference betweem 5 to 10 euro titles that sell wich are popular and wich won't and with lots of supply these fit in the last category unfortunately. most 5 to 10 euro games are just job lot material. An okay deal if pokemon sapphire is legit and you save shipping costs, also some bootlegs sell for some nice money but it can take a while to sell. However I think he means the 3 seperate games, legit pokemon blue red and yellow those 3 games alone that's pretty much the cost of the whole lot wich makes it a pretty nice deal. |
| necrosexual:
mmm, unrelated to games themselves, a 48" 1080p tv via dumpster diving. price tag: $0. completely functional. related to that: i also found a genesis (1st gen one too) and NES in the ditch... both still worked and had their cables tossed with 'em. the NES just needed a quick 72-pin replacement and a controller~ really, all my best deals are from dumpster diving, regardless. otherwise, i got a slim xbox 360 for $50 the other day, which was pretty nice. thank the sun for meth addicts~ a psp and a stack of the games for it for $50... i flipped the games to pay it off, and this was when psps were still like $100. i can't really think of anything else. these deals aren't the best in the topic of course. but i don't go yard saleing or anything. sometimes i get lucky and find games for pretty cheap, but never super cheap or anything. my idea of a good deal is "thank god i found all these games for really cheap in one place"... so, under ebay prices and such, all in one place, in good condition. that's how most of my ps2 collection was found, actually... someone dumped their ps2 rpgs at gamestop, so i was getting games worth $35+ on ebay for gamestop's $15 prices or whatever. being able to get a stack of games for cheaper than typical used market price is a better value... time is money, after all, and i have too many hobbies to spend a lot of time 'on the hunt'. edit: oh, oh right. twilight princess, wii version, for 8 smackaroos from the pawn shop was a pretty awesome grab ngl |
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