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Like last week, this weekend was another one for the record books. I didn't get a whole lot of games, but a lot of hardware instead. Including another system I never thought I'd actually find.
The day started off really, really bad. The first 5-10 houses were a walk up to the garage, see piles of baby/kid's clothes/toys and walk away. Neither my dad nor I found anything worth even looking at. Luckily, things got better for us both.
My first find of the day was a stack of PS2 games, there wasn't much I really wanted, but the prices were good, they were marked between $0.50-1.50, I didn't feel like adding it up and I don't think the woman selling them did either so I offered $10, there was about $14 worth as marked.
Continue reading Treasure Hunt Chronicles #13
After a horrible weekend of hunting last week, I got some amazing deals this week. Before we left the house I wanted to go to sale that had video games listed in the ad but they didn't open for another hour so we went to some other ones first instead and I was just hoping the games would still be there.
The very first sale we stopped at had this:
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It was marked $10, so I offered $5. He asked his wife who was thinking about it, and they agreed on $7 and I reluctantly agreed but they apparently didn't hear me and then said $5 was fine. The SNES and games are for sale, some of the manuals too.
We went to a few more sales and I didn't find anything at them, but by around 10:00 we stopped at the sale that advertised games, I saw some overpriced PS2, Xbox, and GameCube games and figured that was what was advertised, until I notice another box with the lid half closed "PC games $0.50 each, PS games $1 each" was written on it. I looked through them and there was nothing I really wanted so I offered $5 for everything, they too $10.
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And since I don't collect PC games, they're all for sale if someone wants them.
Zoboomafoo (CIB)
NASCAR 2001 (CIB)
Disney's Dinosaur (CIB)
Formula 1 '98 (CIB)
dora the explorer: barnyard buddies (CIB)
jumpstart: wildlife safari field trip (game only)
rocket power: team rocket rescue (box only)
rayman brain games (CIB)
land before time: return to the great valley (CIB)
my disney kitchen (game, box)
Gex 3: dep cover gecko (CIB)
army men 3D Collector's edition (game, box)
land before time: great valley racing adventure (CIB)
disney's hercules (CIB)
mort the chicken (game, box)
destruction derby 2 (game only)
NASCAR 99 (CIB, plus an extra box)
007 Tomorrow never dies GH (manual, game)
Tigger's Honey Hunt (CIB)
Crash bandicoot (game only)
Some other small scores:
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NFL Quarterback Club 99 is CIB and even smells new, the game is still in the plastic bag and there was a Controller Pak in the box as well (paid $1). Carrier is the first DC games I've bought in a LONG time, I almost didn't even recognize it as a game when I saw it (paid $0.50). The Mario figure was $0.25.
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Paid $2 for everything. Anyone know if the PS2 remote is worth anything?
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$2 each, would have been nice if it was FF7 instead of 8, but I'm sure I can sell it for a profit. Both those games are for sale.
And the best find of the day and probably the best find of the year, maybe even my best find ever. This sale had some electronics I was casually looking at but couldn't find anything I wanted, but as I was about to leave I notice a brown paper grocery bag on the ground with a piece of paper on it. The paper was folded over and all I could read was "Turbo" and "Gaming System". I couldn't think of what it could be so I looked inside the bag expecting an old Pong system, boy was I wrong. Inside was a thing of beauty: A TG16 with a bunch of games. I didn't even check to make sure it was all there or how many games there were. I took the bag to the woman selling it and offered her $10 for (it was marked $15). She accepted my offer.
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alien crush (game, manual, jewel case)
blazing lazers (game, manual, jewel case)
blody wolf (game, manual, jewel case)
boxy boy (game, manual, jewel case)
bonk's revenge (game, manual, jewel case)
cadash (game, manual, jewel case)
devil's crush (game, manual, jewel case)
fantasy zone (game, manual, jewel case)
galaga 90 (game, manual, jewel case)
impossamole (game, manual, jewel case)
jack Nicklaus turbo golf (game, manual, jewel case)
JJ and Jeff (game, manual, jewel case)
keith courage in alpha zones (game, manual, jewel case)
legendary axe, the (game, manual, jewel case)
ninja spirit (game, manual, jewel case)
pac-land (game, manual, jewel case)
r-type (game, manual, jewel case)
sidearms (game, manual, jewel case)
silent debuggers (game, manual, jewel case)
sinistron (game, manual, jewel case)
splatterhouse (game, manual, jewel case)
super volleyball (game, manual, jewel case)
takin it to the hoop (game, manual, jewel case)
tricky kick (game, manual, jewel case)
tv sports football (game, jewel case)
veiguues tactical gladiators (game, manual, jewel case)
vigilante (game, manual, jewel case)
world class baseball (game, manual, jewel case)
final lap twin (game only)
parasol stars (game only)
cyber-core (game only)
dungeon explorer (game only)
In non-gaming finds, I got a really nice, big Jim Morrison/Doors poster for $1, I don't have any wall space big enough for it however.
Also got one of those backpacks that you put water in and it has the tube to drink from for $2, needs a good cleaning but a very good price regardless.
One sale had a REALLY nice Remington 870 Wingmaster for $300 that I would have bought in a heartbeat but it was only a 20 gauge instead of 12.
All in all, this was a terrible week for treasure hunting.
On Thursday, I got my first paycheck of the summer worth over $500 so I figured I'd go on a little spending spree this weekend. Boy, was I wrong. Since Friday was a holiday I didn't have to work so I went to maybe a dozen garage sales, I was hoping for more but because it was a holiday not many people were having sales. I couldn't find a single thing worth buying.
Saturday wasn't much better. After a night of drinking on Friday, I left for home bright and early at 7:00 AM so I could get all the sales. Unfortunately, there was only a couple dozen sales listed and they were spread out pretty far. Ironically, the one sale I did buy something at wasn't even in the paper, we just happened to pass it on the way to another sale.
This woman had a little store set up in her garage; a lot of kids toys/clothes but a good selection of 80's/90's stuff. I found a small pile of games that I wanted.
Unfortunately, once I got home, I added them to my collection database, and put them away before taking pictures or making a list. From looking at all my games now, I think I have list of what I bought yesterday and took a picture of them but there may have been one or two others.
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2 copies of Mario Paint (loose, amazing that I've been looking for this game since I started collecting and when I find it, there are two of them)
Mr. Do! (loose)
Bubsy (CIB)
Eternal Champions (CIB) I only bought it because my checklist I carry with me said I only had a loose copy, once I got home I realized I already had it CIB.
Last Battle (boxed)
Wonder Boy in Monster World (CIB)
Target Earth (CIB)
Zoom (CIB)
B.O.B (CIB)
The flea market today was pretty bad too for some reason. The weather was absolutely beautiful but there weren't a lot of vendors or buyers. One of the first spots had a guy with tons of games, he had 3 huge boxes in front. Two said "everything in box, $50" which one had probably 15-20 classic systems, dozens of broken/really dirty controllers and couple games as well as other miscellaneous electronics, the other contained newer "for parts" system/controllers. I would have bought the first box but there weren't any hookups in the boxes or at least not nearly enough for all the systems. The third box contained 7 NES systems for $50.
The rest of the market was pretty much the same old overpriced junk. Until I spotted a box on a table with a sign "91 Atari games, $25" I went over to it only to find 85 copies of Combat (the other 6 were other commons). I thought about buying them because they were sealed but I figured if this guy had this many then they must not be worth much. He said I could have them for $10 after I offered $1 but I don't really want that many copies of one game.
I didn't find a single thing to buy until one of the last vendors:
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When I saw the games, I knew they would be cheap just by the way the stand was set up, but I thought it'd be a "all for $5" type deal (there was 15-20 other games), but they were priced individually. I paid $10 for all 4, a little more than I would have liked but I'm a sucker for gold NES games.
I also got four 4-packs of Duracell AAA batteries for $2. They were mixed in box that was "anything for $0.50 each or fill a box for $3" The guy said he didn't even realize the batteries were in there. I tried finding some more stuff from him so I could just get a box for $3, but he had nothing interesting.
Not a bad weekend, although the garage saling ended quite abruptly on Saturday.
The very first house of the day didn't seem to have much at all, but I glanced at the rack of books to see there was something decent (I've never been much of a reader, but recently I bought a Zeppelin book to read during the slow times at work and have gotten 300 of the 400 pages read in a couple days, so I was looking for something new) when I spotted these marked $0.50 each:
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I paid $1 for them all. I started reading one of them, but got bored by page 4.
A few houses later had box full of NES games marked "2 for $1", I looked through them and there was only a handful that I needed, but the others were good titles. I offered $5 for everything, she accepted (a little too quickly actually, I probably could have gotten it cheaper).
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Amazingly, this would be the most expensive purchase of the day.
Everything in the top 2 rows except Mickey Mouse is for sale.
The next house had a few PS2 games on the table, mostly ones I had or I wasn't interested in all were $3 each. I only picked up one:
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Under the table, though, was a box of N64 stuff marked reasonably at $35, easily $50 worth of stuff but I passed anyway. They also had a boxed PS2 for $30, passed on it too.
At one of the last houses, the woman said everything had to go, so I new we could make some deals, but there wasn't much left. All I got was:
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All for $2 (The SNES/N64 RF cord was $2, everything else was $1 each). Again, she accepted my offer too quickly, I could have had it for less. I really need to start my offers lower.
Right before this sale, we picked up some free firewood along the curb and took it home before continuing the garage saling. After we unloaded it, we went back out for round #2, which ended quicker than I would have liked. We came out from a garage sale and when I turned the key, nothing happened. The damn truck wouldn't start.
Now, this happened to me the other day when I was at the store, I had it towed home, my dad and I cleaned the connections on the starter and it started fine probably 100 times until this time. So, we had it towed again. My dad walked to another nearby sale because AAA said it would be an hour before the tow truck got there, but it was more like 5 minutes. So he had to run back before we left him.
Flea market on Sunday wasn't bad at all. There were a lot of people not at the flea market because it looked like it was going to rain, but it held off until after noon so I managed to get some deals.
For $2 each I got:
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All stuff I needed, even some "rare" games in there. Strider is missing the manual unfortunately. Crystalis had some major dirt issues, but it's squeaky clean now.
For the first time in a couple weeks, the guy I trade with was set up while I was there so I was able to make a pretty good deal. I traded a loose Super Mario 64 for:
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Madden '93 is CIB, but the other is missing the manual but has the poster. I didn't really want the Maddens but I would have traded just for the other stuff so they were free in my eyes.
The dumbass that is Adam Anderson had to use some permanent marker that will NOT come off, and he just HAD to write his name on there twice too.
All in all, turned out to be a great weekend for treasure hunting.
Not a whole lot on Saturday because we had a family thing at 1pm so the garage saling had to be cut short.
Best deal of the day was this:
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When we walked up to this sale there were no adults, just two kids (had to be under 10) so I browsed slowly waiting for an adult so I could get a price on the GC and PS1 tucked under the table. After a few minutes no one was coming out so I just asked the kid, he ran inside and a few minutes later returned, and said they were $25, so I looked at them and asked if I could throw in a pile of wires that were nearby. He said "I guess so" and I paid him, but as I'm walking down the driveway, I ran into someone I know that lives nearby and we talked for a short while until the kid comes out. He basically said that he was mistaken on the prices and it was $25 for each system. So right now I'm pissed because I had to stop and talk, if I hadn't I would have been long out of there. So I walk the stuff back up to the garage and get my money back. But then, as I'm almost at the truck, the kid comes running back and tells me that he was mistaken again and they were $25 for both. WTF??? So I give the money back and get the systems (and the nice plastic bin in the picture) and ran out of there before he could change his mind again.
Indigo GameCube with hookups and platinum controller
PS1 model no. SCPH-1001 with hookups and 3rd party controller
RCA cables (one has to be 100 feet long)
coax cable
Another sale had boxes of junk lining both sides of the driveway (one of my favorite types) I picked out a PSOne power adapter from one and asked for a price. "$0.25" a woman replied. "All right, this stuff's cheap" I thought to myself, so I rummaged through a few more boxes and picked out some loose PS1 games, a couple more random cords, a deck of new playing cards, a PS1 3rd party joystick, and a PS1 3rd party controller. I take the handful of stuff up to the woman and offer $1. She actually laughed in my face and said "oh no, I remember how expensive those controllers were." Like I really care she was stupid enough to buy garbage controllers 10 years ago. So I put most of it back and got the remainder for $0.50.
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PSOne power adapter
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Namco Museum Vol. 3
At another sale, I picked up a box of miscellaneous wires, hookups, and adapters for $2 (marked $5). There's nothing I "needed" but all stuff I can use at some point in the future.
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Saturday wasn't anything spectacular, but today was very, very good. Before we got to the flea market, we stopped at a couple garage sales. The second of which netted me some good stuff.
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WWF Wrestlemania Challenge
Madden 99 (CIB)
MLB 2000 (loose)
MLB 2001 (CIB)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (manual, disc only)
Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (CIB)
Tekken 3 (GH, CIB)
WWF WarZone (GH, CIB)
Crash Bandicoot (GH, box, manual only)
Crash Bandicoot Warped (Disc only)
Madden 2001 (CIB)
All for $2.50, there's nothing I really wanted/needed, but for the price, I couldn't resist.
I also got 30 classic rock albums for $4, some great stuff too. He had a couple hundred but I already had almost all of them, so I passed on the rest.
Once we finally got to the flea market, I found this at the very first table:
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When I saw them, I looked at them and not much interested but I asked the price anyway, he said "$3 each, but I'll give you a deal if you buy a lot", so I (kind of jokingly) offered $10 for them all, he gave the response I expected "oh no, that's not enough" so I started leaving and he said "how about $12", I gave him the $12 and walked away happy.
Capcom's MVP Football with manual
Pac-Man 2
NBA Hang Time
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB
John Madden Football '93
Jungle Book
Buster Busts Loose
Toy Story
WCE/NWO Revenge
Madden Football 64
NASCAR 99
WWF WarZone
Another guy had a couple large boxes of games with a sign saying "cartridge games $1 each" so I skimmed through them, but they were 99.9% sports games and common Atari games. But I decided to actually look at them all, and found a couple worth buying. I actually bought them just because I didn't own them, later I found out some are quite rare.I did find it funny though that while I was looking the vendor was talking to another buy about how much he loved sports games back then and that's why there were so many. I don't care how much you love sports, you don't purposefully buy 10 copies of Shaq-Fu.
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Sonic 3D Blast (CIB) The box is bent up, but it's not too bad.
Ardy Lightfoot (SNES, R7)
The Faery Tale Adventures (GEN, R4)
Atomic Robo Kid (GEN, R5)
As I walked by one of the last vendors' booth, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye, looked like some old Pong unit, so I walked back to it. It was sitting with some overpriced vintage clocks, so I figured it'd be overpriced as well. But, it was marked $1 and I was ready to pay that, but I asked the guy if he had the power cord for it. He said "no, but I've got these other ones here and the cord ares the same" and he handed me a box with two more pong units. He said I could have them all for $1. So I paid him and left away with:
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Bad news is that the power cords are not compatible. However, the Coleco (the one missing the power cord) also runs on 6 C cells so I was able to test it without the cord.
I also picked this up for $1.
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Looks like it might have been new because the sticked on the clamshell is still there and just barely ripped open. Either some idiot potential buyer or the vendor opened it to see what was inside. Everything inside looks new also, even smells new.
I've got a question this too, is this a variation of the one already in the database (http://www.rfgeneration.c...ics.pl?ID=E-040-S-05000-A). The UPC is the same, but the part #'s are different, mine is 79096-05. Also mine has a little piece on the cover that says "Limited Edition include free souvenir booklet" and has a large white oval sticker that says "For play on Sega Genesis and Sega Mega Drive"
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