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Title: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: UNFORGIVINGPAIN on June 21, 2006, 08:01:58 AM My wife and I went to garage sales in a very wealthy neighborhood, where I found treasure! In the back of a garage I spotted a steering wheel and pedals for an N64, behind it was a very large box that said "games $1.00" in side the boxes I found 54 N64 games, 50 of them are in their box, all the carts are mint, games like Paper Mario, both Zelda's, Mario Party 1 & 2, Banjo -Kazooie & -Tooie, Kirby 64 just to name a few, at the bottom of the box is a N64 console w/5 controllers, wires, 3 game sharks, etc. At this point I was pretty f*#king excited. Then I took my eyes off of the treasure long enough to spot a smaller box about a foot away that was closed and had a sticker that read "games $ .50". So I open it up to find 24 NES games, all in mint condition in dust covers, games like Mega Man 6, Kid Icarus, Zelda, & Dr. Mario, at the bottom of the box is an NES w/ controllers and wires. So after I convinced my wife that I may die if I didn't get all of it, I got the lady to sell me everything for $60.00!
and all of that was just two weeks after I got a Gamecube w/ four controllers, the game boy player that goes under it, Nickelodeon party blast, Tak and the power of juju, Magical Mirror-mickey mouse, wreckless, spoungebob, beyblade force, and ZELDA COLLECTORS EDITION even if all the games are disc only I think it was a great find. All of it for $60. and they work flawlessly! Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: Speedy_NES on June 21, 2006, 08:09:23 AM Welcome to the forums!
Those are some very nice finds!! It's unfortunate that garage sales are nonexistant around Europe (as far as I know at least)... Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: Izret101 on June 21, 2006, 08:13:49 AM Very cool.
Congrats on the awesome find(s)! Resell value is definately in your favor on that lot. Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: den68 on June 21, 2006, 08:15:35 AM that is beautiful. I love those kinds of scores. it makes you want to do a little dance right on the spot.
Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: snes_collector on June 21, 2006, 08:59:50 AM Congrats, I wish I could find that kind of deal. Got any pics?
Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: atari_wizard on June 21, 2006, 09:19:05 AM Sweet pick up and welcome to the boards!
Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: Tynstar on June 21, 2006, 09:21:04 AM Thats an awesome find.
Congrats!! Title: Re: I got 78 fo 60 .......... Post by: UNFORGIVINGPAIN on June 21, 2006, 11:05:30 AM Quote Congrats, I wish I could find that kind of deal. Got any pics? Here are a few crappy pics of what i got, I will take better pics when I get a new camera and put them with my profile. Only 24 of my NES games came from that one place. http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc011680wr.jpg http://img285.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc011673eg.jpg http://img285.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc011700tg.jpg http://img226.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc011743ds.jpg http://img346.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc011758xy.jpg http://img346.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc011764hn.jpg Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: snes_collector on June 21, 2006, 12:50:47 PM Thanks for the pics, I'm really jealous. If I were you, I would start a N64 collection if you already didn't have one.
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: atari_wizard on June 21, 2006, 01:23:31 PM Quote Thanks for the pics, I'm really jealous. If I were you, I would start a N64 collection if you already didn't have one. Indeed! This is one situation where pictures are worth more than words. Good find! Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: djbeatmongrel on June 21, 2006, 04:40:39 PM very nice find
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: bum-man on June 21, 2006, 04:43:20 PM What a haul, I gotta hit more garage sales!!!
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: shaggy on June 22, 2006, 07:27:41 AM Man, what a fucking score! That is so fucking sweet!
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: Kevincal on June 26, 2006, 08:32:09 PM My god I'm very jealous.... That is worth damn near $1,000.......
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: Kevincal on June 26, 2006, 08:34:26 PM I hope it's not a case of her having a son that went away for whatever reason and stored the games for the time being...Can you imagine coming back and finding out all that went for $60.....I'd almost strangle my mom...lol
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: UNFORGIVINGPAIN on June 26, 2006, 09:04:46 PM I do feel there is a downside to such an awesome find. It is going to be hard to find another deal close to this. I have only been collecting games for a few months now and I don't know how I will ever top this deal. O well, who knows. Maybe I will come across a pissed off women putting boxes overflowing with rare games out for trash because she found some lipstick on her husbands shirt. now that would be NICE find, for me at least.... lol
Title: Re: I got 78 for 60 .......... Post by: wrldstrman on June 26, 2006, 09:13:04 PM awesome score congrats
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