Best Craiglist Finds Thread

[A8scooter]

What finds have you had on craigslist stands out as your best video game find of all time.  Share those great treasures and experiences here.

[A8scooter]

This might need to move to the trophies section.

[nupoile]

I got a ms. pac man arcade cab for $25 from cragslist. It is a unlicensed cab and needed a power supply, but hey, $25!

[A8scooter]

Nu. That is an amazing find

[h1ghw1nd]

25 bucks wow! Did you get the power supply fixed?

[BadEnoughDude]

A couple that come to mind right away:

1. Sega Saturn - free because they had the incorrect power supply and thought that it didn't work.

2. Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantasy VIII (along with a few other junk games and a PS1 deck) - free because I was the first person to reply to the ad

3. Shining Force III, $50 -  Had to drive over an hour to get this one, but definitely worth the trip.

Sadly, all of these happened years ago. Craigslist, at least in Minnesota, has turned to junk for video games. Mostly just become a forum for local stores to post ads about their overpriced junk and for scammers trying to pull a fast one on people who might not know what their games are worth.

[nupoile]

25 bucks wow! Did you get the power supply fixed?

No, not yet. I am pretty good at leaving projects unfinished    Once I diagnosed the problem I got unmotivated to finish because in my mind I can just buy a new power supply (about $25) at any time and get it going. Weird?

[A8scooter]

My final purchase for a while ( till i catch up on all my purchase and the wallet recovers for a bit. ( most likely Aug Sept) ) is this lot I found on Craigslist for 50.00

Atari 800 System with connections with CX801 10K Rom and CX853 16K Ram chips included
Atari 810 Disk drive
Atari 410 Tape drive ( earlier Japan Model ) Different in style to what most 410s look like out there.
Atari 850 Serial Multiport expansion.
Indus GT ( 5.25 disk drive ) with original drive disks.
3 Atari Power Supplies
Indus GT power supply connection cables and all.
 Koala Pad with cartridge.

Cartridges Include
Basic
Centipede
Koala Painter

Other Software: ( all Boxed complete )

SysCalc
Personal Policy Expert
Data Perfect
Letter Perfect
An Invitation to Programming 2
An Invitation to Programming 3
Touch Typing
Centipede
and Mars 800

Books Include:
Modify BASIC Applications
SAMS Modify BASIC
Your Atari Computer
Machine Language for Begininer
The Elementry Atari
BASIC 400 Manual
BASIC Computer Programs for Business
Advanced Basic
67 Ready to run BASIC programs
PaperClip
3 Antic Magazines
1 Analog Magazine

[Crabmaster2000]

Its been a while since I've gotten a REALLY good deal on craigslist/kijiji, but a couple of my favorites were:

TMNT 4 Player Cab delivered to my home for $450

and

13 CIB 3DO games for $90. Kept the 4 I wanted and sold the rest to an rfgen member for the $90 I paid.

[A8scooter]

I tell ya when you can get a cab delivered instead of having to lift it and moving it around.

[TheSaintOfPain]

Lot of 73 (Listed as "About 40") Sega Genesis carts - about half with boxes or CIB - for $60.  Some of my favorites from the lot include a loose Contra: Hard Corps (with a faded top label, but otherwise in decent shape and works just fine), CIB Ecco The Dolphin, CIB Shinobi III, and a loose Lightening Force: Quest For The Darkstar.  All but 2 games worked, with copies of College Football '95 and Decap Attack being the two that didn't and quickly replaced.