Been a little while RF, lets just say haven't had much time to blog or post because of my work schedule changing. Currently working shift work so i'm on 12 hr rotating day and night shifts. Nights give me a lot of time to search local classifieds and browse through classifieds on Facebook. Its been a while without picking up any games as well which was weird because for a while i was picking up a couple of games every few days.
         Then one night i was surfing through the Facebook classifieds. I was going to a nearby city that weekend to see one of my favorite bands perform. I figured i surf through the local classifieds to see if i can find something worth picking up while i was there. So after looking through countless pages a Nintendo pops up with two controllers, zapper, and 32 games. Wow and she was only asking $50 for it all, i commented right away without even looking at the games but i was second one to comment and another guy beat me too it. So....... i looked through the picture of the games and it caught my eye!!! A mint copy of PANIC RESTAURANT along with a few others like Mario Bros, Lo Lo 2, and a few other common but good titles. So i figured id try the dick move and i private messaged the woman and asked if she would sell it to me for more money but she was a honest seller and kept it for the guy who commented first. Alas i figured id try the guy who bought it, if he was a collector he would out right know the steal of a deal he had just bought. So i messaged him and asked if he'd be willing to sell some or all of the bundle he bought. His reply was he'll let me know.
           So the next day came and to my surprise the guy messaged me back and said he had the bundle but put it on the local Bid site. Oh no, i figured someone would see the game and it would go through the roof. So i bid and i was the highest bidder for quite a while seeing it was only a 24hr auction. Then at the last minute a guy who works at the local retro game store starting bidding. So in the end i bought the bundle for $300 with a hectic last minute of me and the other guy bidding each other up. I paid a little more than i wanted but figured i could resell the console and some games and recoup some of my money. As if the $300 wasn't bad enough i figured id message the original seller and see if they had anything else they were thinking of selling. She messaged me back and said that she had a Super Nintendo she was selling. I asked for a picture and she sent one to me of the games.
          In this Game lot it included Earthbound, illusion of Gaia , Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Super Mario , All Stars , Donkey Kong Country, Uni racers and a couple of sports games. needless to say i made an offer of $200 and bought that lot as well. It was an expensive weekend for just the gaming portion not including the concert, hotel and gas to get there. Whats the best deals you've found ?
         

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