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General / Re: Thrift Store finds

« on: January 21, 2012, 02:10:45 pm »

I still have my store bought Final Fantasy III. It's the one game I don't intend to sell off.

That was the problem; I let my manager at the time borrow my complete, mint copy after it was first released, and he never returned it. Claimed he had a party, and it was stolen, and didn't do a thing to compensate me.

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General / Re: Thrift Store finds

« on: January 21, 2012, 12:39:09 pm »

The thrift stores around here never have anything.

I did pick of a boxed copy of Final Fantasy III (VI) for the SNES at a Hollywood video for $10 about a decade ago, when it was fetching $50 for just the cartridge on ebay. All it was missing was the map.

Just the other day I picked up some decent bargains at an FYE, which is going out of business:

Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (complete with soundtrack, the box was open, but the game is still sealed) - $2
Silent Hill 2 PS2 (Greatest Hits, used) - $2
Silent Hill 3 (used, with soundtrack, in really poor shape, but a run through CDCheck says it has no readability errors) - $ .80
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack for the Xbox (sealed and new)- $ .80

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General / Re: What do you HATE about collecting?

« on: January 21, 2012, 02:05:43 pm »

Stickers, Gamestop, and ebay sellers with not only a lack of comprehension on how to grade the condition of their games, but just all around poor form.

Last week I bought three PS1 games on ebay; Lunar: Silver Star Story, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, and Persona 2. Here are the issues I ran into:

Lunar: SSSC- Listed as complete, and in "very good" condition. Paid $65, plus $8 for expedited shipping. Seller took three days to send it, and on Wednesday the seller sent me a message saying that he had to resend the package, as my zipcode had "smudged" in the post, and it was returned. Ever hear of packing tape? They did nothing to reimburse me for the shipping charges, and it took 9 days to get something that should have taken 6, considering the holiday.

The manual and map were the only things in "very good" condition. The box was a little beat up, but that was included in the description. The plastic case shows a ton of wear, and the discs are all lightly scratched, in spite of description saying they weren't.

Lunar 2: EBC- Listed as complete, and "like new". Paid $75, plus $5.50 for shipping. The seller used signature confirmation, and I worked 6am-4pm all week, so I missed the mail, and had to pick up the package at the post office a day later. If the seller had mentioned anything about signature confirmation, I would have looked elsewhere. Everything was in MAYBE "very good" condition, and the discs are the variant, which was a surprise. Unfortunately, they aren't "like new".

For both Lunar's, I already had incomplete copies with perfect discs, that I picked up at a local game store for $60 and $70, respectively. I pieced together a decent copy of each game, and decided to use the poorer disc's for actual playing, until I get the urge to sell them.

I would have saved money if I had just bought sealed copies.

As for Persona 2, again, listed in "like new" condition, for $80. The game shipped fast, even though I paid for priority mail, and the seller shipped it first class. The case is scuffed up, the game disc is scuffed and has a few small scratches, and the bonus disc is fairly scratched. I'd say "very good" condition would be pushing it.

I complained to the seller, and got $15 refunded, so it wasn't a total wash.