Thrift Store Shopping

[treble]

I don't know if I'm the only one here who does this, but you can find a lot of interesting (and sometimes valuable) stuff digging around these places.

Pretty much every Genesis game I own right now came from a Goodwill or similar place. Last week I found a copy of Gunstar Heroes for $4. There was no manual, but just the cartridge can sometimes run you close to $20 on eBay.

I've found a couple of Japanese Saturn games at Goodwill in the last few months and found Street Fighter II and Street Fighter II Turbo for the Super Famicom today.

I'll sometimes re-sell stuff I find there, like when I paid $2 for a copy of Tomba! and sold it for $50 or buying a SNES with Mario RPG and flipping just the game for over $30.

 

[CanadianChris]

I used to collect vintage video games through thrift stores and flea markets when I was living in Toronto. And by vintage, I mean 1980s stuff pre-crash. I had an impressive collection of Intellivision and Colecovision stuff...then I got married, and couldn't justify keeping it all with the space it took up.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I haven't tried in a while, but I've never seemed to have luck doing the thrift hunts. Last time I tried, I think the only places that had stuff were charging more than eBay prices on it.

 

[SFH]

Anytime I pass the local goodwill I drop in and look around. They sell books 5 for $0.99 and I can usually flip them on Ebay for a decent price after I read them. Collectible mugs and such are also all over my goodwill store and if it's priced low enough, I'll nab them too.

I have half a mind to browse the clothes and grab any designer stuff in good shape but I don't feel confidant I could flip them. I did that at a Ross Dress for Less before. We'll get the most random college sweatshirts and stuff there, no one buys them, they get reduced to 2 bucks, and I scoop them up.


I'm an entrepreneur :.

 

[the max]

We have 4 Goodwills in our fair city. I found a bitchin Molly Hatchet logo mirror at a one of them. Also a set of coasters with the playing card suits on them. And at another a Columbus Blue Jackets jersey.

As far as games, it's mostly old PC games that I never liked. If I happen to run into any NES, SNES or Sega games I usually buy them. The only one I have found locally was some racing game for Sega.

 

[TheSSNintendo]

I picked up Alundra for $5 at a flea market a couple years ago.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Eh, never really found much at a thrift store. Best deal ever was Suikoden 1 and 2 at a flea market it 2004 for $10 total.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Eh, never really found much at a thrift store. Best deal ever was Suikoden 1 and 2 at a flea market it 2004 for $10 total.

I got the pair for $14 at a flea market once. I beat them both before ebaying them.

I am a major pawn shop/flea market/garage sale/thrift store video gamer. Not much luck at the thrift store, but last year I got 18 NES games for $18. Included were 5 Mega Man games, Tyson, Bubble Bobble, Contra, and Super C.

A lot of pawn shops are starting to go by Ebay pricing. I used to hit 9 pawn shops a week once a week. Now I go to about 6, and it's slim pickings. I used to put enough stuff together every couple of weeks for an Ebay run, now it's maybe once a month.

I can't wait till outdoor flea markets and garage sales start up. I paid a buck for Earthbound once at a yard sale, WITH BOX AND BOOK.

 

[The Metal Maniac]

I paid a buck for Earthbound once at a yard sale, WITH BOX AND BOOK.

Wow; that's kind of insane.

I actually know a girl who used to have Earthbound when she was young - apparently it was her favorite video game ever.

So I'm chatting with her online a little while ago, and she mentions that she recently lost her copy, so she said she'd look for one on Ebay. I felt bad for her, and told her where to get emulators.

 

[Mattdotcom]

I searched for years for a complete EarthBound box but had to settle for paying $10 for a cartridge. I found a .zip file of scans from the player's guide years ago, but it wasn't the same.

 

[treble]

I love whoever prices things at my local Goodwill.

Yesterday, I stopped by after work and they were selling an Xbox for $7.07. It didn't have a power cord, but I bought it anyway. Today was a 50% off day, so I stopped by again and saw another Xbox and figured I would pick it up (and probably sell it on eBay or something), but this one was priced at $40.04. It did have a power cord, though.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I landed an N64 w/expansion pack, 3 controllers, Mario Party 2, Mario Golf, Mario 64, and Goldeneye for a grand total of $27. Thanks Goodwill. First time I've ever found games there.

 

[Youth N Asia]

$20 for 5 N64 games at a pawn shop today: Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong 64, Mortal Kombat 4, Diddy Kong Racing, and Legend of Zelda Ocarina. Stuck out at the other 5 I went to though

 

[Ripper]

Goodwills in Atlanta are awesome. If I see one I just go ahead and pull over because I am gong to find something. Every once and a while they totally overprice somehting, but alot of times, I get great stuff.

 

[Youth N Asia]

My local Salvation Army had a boxed PS2 for $139.99. It's nice when you can steal the old classics for next to nothing, but funny to see that

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Well, damn, why didn't you pick it up? You could've EASILY turned a profit on that thing on Ebay!

 

[Youth N Asia]

Dear Goodwill of Fenton, MI. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

A friggin dollar. I'm fighting with keeping it for the collection or selling it on Ebay. Copies are going for $80 right now. Also picked up Kirby's Adventure and Maniac Mansion

 

[TheSSNintendo]

There's a small indoor flea market in town where I live. Picked up Super C (games were cart only) for only $5. Might go back today and see if I can still snatch up a few more games, like Operation Wolf, Double Dragon 2, and maybe Killer Instinct.

 

[treble]

I can't find anything at Goodwill anymore. I usually never found anything great, but all they've had for the last little while are PS2 sports games and scratched up Gamecube games.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I've gotten lucky at my Goodwill 4 times now...but that's over nearly a year.

I still manage to find stuff at a couple of my regular pawn shop stops.

 

[SFH]

The Goodwill is selling my old model broken PS2 for $70.00.


The slim models brand new sell for $99.99.

I'm amused.

 

[TheSSNintendo]

Went back to that indoor flea market, and bought Operation Wolf and Jackal for $3 each.

 

[BruiserBrody]

I scour Good Will fairly often, maybe I need to start hitting the handful of local pawn shops...

Best finds I have were mostly just old Masters of the Universe guys/games/puzzles etc that I love personally.

Dumpster diving has been more fruitful for me. I've pulled out a Dreamcast, NES and a bunch of games from a dumpster a few years ago. Everything worked.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Pawn shop today. Got Super Punch Out, Super Metroid, and DKC 3 for $15

 

[BruiserBrody]

Picked up a couple of Pope John Paul magazines for 25 cents each that are selling on ebay for around 10 dollars, which is a nice return on investment

 

[Youth N Asia]

Picked up Mario 64, Kart, and Party 1 and 2. Along with 3 N64 controllers this week for $25. Not much else to brag about. Some Gamecube games on the cheap, but nothing amazing.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Just picked up some NFL Preview magazines from 1984 til 1990 that are in near mint condition for 25 cents each

Pretty Cool

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Picked up the Link to the Past Nintendo Power preview issue in very nice condition (with ugly Addams Family poster still intact), for less than $.50 at the Salvation Army today.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Not a lot for me this week. Bought an NES that's clean and works fine for $10. And a nice copy of Gyromite with box and book for a buck.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I hit up three Goodwills this afternoon and came up empty. Two trips to 2nd and Charles over the past couple of days has produced:

Parasite Eve OSG - $5.99
Metal Gear Solid OSG - $4.50
Metal Gear Solid (tall case) - $4.00
Spyro Year of the Dragon - $4.99
Seaman 100% complete - $4.50

Hitting up some flea markets in Columbia tomorrow.