Alright, here we go.
IMG_3326My first stop was a sale that had advertised Wii & PS2 systems/games. I got there 15 mins before the sale started, they were still setting up. I spoke to the lady & asked her about the games, and she said someone would be bringing them out in a minute so I waited. While I waited I saw a couple of GBA games on a table - one was Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red and the other was Sonic Advance. Sonic was in pretty rough shape so I left it, but I snagged the Pokemon which is in excellent condition & was marked $1. In a few mins a man brings out a box and sits it down, I walk over & see a bunch of PS2 games & a sign that says "$2/each or 3 for $5". I started looking through but quickly realize they are in *rough* condition. Most don't have manuals, the ones that do they are usually really torn up. I end up getting Pac-Man World 2&3 (3 has a manual in bad condition, 2 has no manual) and GTA: Vice City which miraculously has a manual in really good shape. I passed on a Pac-Man kart racing game because it had a nasty scratch that looked like it might be deep enough to cause problems and a copy of Star Wars: Battlefront because it had no manual - I have a disk only copy so really just wanted the case/manual, but I couldn't see buying another one just for the case & still be missing the manual. ANYWAY....
I ask the guy who brought the games out about the Wii games and he says they don't have any. I mention that their ad said they had a Wii system for sale & ask about it, and he replies "we had one but we sold it." So they sold it before today, because I know no one bought it before I got there this morning. And the worst part is I had emailed them towards the beginning of the week asking what they had & they never replied. Greeaaaat... Offered him $6 for the 3 PS2 games, the Pokemon game and a unused roll of shelf liner they had.
A couple stops later I see nothing at a sale but do the usual, ask the couple running it if they have anything. At first they say no, but as I'm naming companies the lady goes "Well we have an old NINTENDO..." as if "but WHO would want THAT???". I ask if it's an NES, she says yes, then ask where it is and she points to a black bag in the far back of the carport. In the bag was the NES, all cables, 2 controllers & a lightgun, SMB/Duck Hunt cart (wooo) and 2 plug & play games that aren't in the pic - one is a Fantastic Four one and the other is a Namco one. I bring the bag up to her & ask how much, she thinks a minute & says "$5?" Sold!
As a bonus, I got her to throw in the Tron / Neverending Story VHS tapes I had in my hand, because why not?
Dry for a while, found the LotR book set for $5 - nice set and she said she got it before the movies came out so there's no pics from the movies on the books (I hate when they do that with books...). At another one I see nothing but the lady tells me her son has a ton of games that he might want to sell but he's at work, so she takes my number - I'll be surprised if I ever hear from that, but you never know.
Almost home I stop at one last sale in my neighborhood. Found the Gamecube controllers in a crate, and I was very happy to see the Wavebird - until I saw that the receiver was nowhere to be found. :'( Asked the guy running the sale about it, he said he didn't know but that he was running the sale for the guy that lived there and he was out of town but had the systems (he said systemS, dunno if there's more than one or if he misspoke) with him to test. I explain what the receiver looks like and he says it may be plugged into the system - he gives me a business card for the guy that has the systems, said I can call next week. Fingers crossed that they have the receiver, otherwise I have a nice paperweight.
Still came out ahead, talked him down to $7 for the 4 GC controllers.
Total spent - $23. Gonna wait to see what comes out w/ the Gamecube system, because if it's a color I don't have & the price is right I may grab it. If not, I'll probably list a couple of the controllers on ebay & recoup everything I spent today.
Oh, also swung by Gamestop this afternoon & grabbed 3 Wii games. Two I hadn't heard of but they looked interesting, were $2 each and were in like-new condition so I figured "why not":
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