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Damn, someone is selling a CIB green button Steel Battalion for $120, but I just don't have room for it now :(

make room

I found a Rockstar games duffel bag for $0.99.

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This is from a pawn shop close to my house. They've been getting painfully good at pricing their games fairly (looking up values online, etc). If you look at the price tag it says "Hero Fighters" -- my theory is they couldn't read the title accurately, did a search for "Hero Fighters" and came up empty-handed so they just decided to throw on a random middle-of-the-road price. Bad typography FTW. :)

The store was busy when I found this; they keep their games inside a locked glass case and you need to grab an employee to open it. I guarded this thing like a hawk until an employee walked by. Haha.

Hoping some rubbing alcohol will take care of that marker; labels and cart are fantastic otherwise.

Few years ago a local pawn store called Record Head had that game for ~$75. I put it on hold, when I went to pick it up / buy it, they said they listed it on Ebay and sold it for over $350. My fault, but still a douche move.

I think they looked up Aero Fighters and didn't notice that the repros for sale weren't the real games, there's some for sale for $25

FinalFantasyForever wrote:

Record Head is a craphole anyway. 4 out of the 5 times I've been there it's smelled like someone took a dump.

Colourshaper wrote:

That's so freakin' cool!!

SirConnery wrote:

Prices, on games anyway, are usually right on with Ebay prices, not a $1 less. I did buy Chew Man Fu (TG16) CIC, there for $35, which is what it was going for...back in 2012/2013, and now it's maybe double? But still...worth checking out every now and then just to see the items up close.

darkslime wrote:

That could be too!

Some local awesome deals:
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/vgm/d/vintage-vid...
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/vgm/d/video-game-...
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/vgm/d/thousands-o...

Second one, no way is that $1100. Maybe if there were 4 Esrthbounds in there

@Colourshaper Noice!

Scott wrote:

Thanks! You know what the craziest thing is? The price tag has the date the game came in (01/14, the previous day). Meaning it sat out there for at least a day. You have to wonder how many people passed through and saw it but didn't know the value.

I popped it in the SNES last night and got to the fifth level -- I was on the easiest difficulty but damn it gets hard. Super fun though.

Used some rubbing alcohol on the marker this morning and it's working quite well -- got about 90% of it off, just some very small remnants left. I'll keep scrubbing.

Colourshaper wrote:

You gave us the "before" photo; now, you have to show us some "after" pictures.

Noid wrote:

Hahaha will do.

I guess someone donated their entire collection of Pokemon games:

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Gears has no game disc, but the case and sleeve are in great shape and I am pretty certain all the bonus stuff is in there.
All for about $68.

Would getting a cart only copy of Blue Dragon Awakened Shadow for $8 count?

Wing Commander III (Film Can Edition) for PC $10

Also:

-- Visual Basic 6.0 Pro complete for PC $3 (look it up on eBay)
-- TNT Jackson DVD (looks like a female shaft movie starring playboy playmate Jeanne Bell) $1

SirConnery wrote:

Damn that's a nice score.

It has the outer cardboard box, but is missing the T-shirt. Has manuals, all game discs, making of disc. Outer box is really worn but contents and can look great.

Picked up a small Wii bundle (console, few Wii remotes, Mario Kart, couple other cheapies) for $40, as well as a really nice lot of 20 other Wii games (Brawl, SMB1/2, etc.) for $40 from another person. Took most to GameStop and got close to $250 in trade credit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsJOIjmCjWQ

picked up this on saturday

was the first one there, opened @7am the game stuff was inside of a big bin asked how much for all of it they said $20, did not bargin becuase i knew it was a great price

some items i forgot to include in the vieo was n64 expansion pak, lemumings ps1, bloody roar 2,

the people doing the sale bought the house from an auction, i asked if they had anymore games, thats when they told me about how they got the house. I think they just wanted to move the items fast thats why they sold it to me for cheap, most of the items in the garage sale was very cheap, bought more items from there will probaly do a seperate video on those

in all with the on video games and the other items i spent $40

Found Donkey Kong Country Returns for $1 at Goodwill

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... okay so I got that Top Cat plush from a forum auction today. And I found the Top Cat DVD set at the flea market for a dollar.

Now all I need is the MX release of the Top Cat movie and... I'll start wondering wtf is wrong with me. Well, more than usual.

I just sent this to another person in a PM by accident. Oy.

Sealed new platinum hits Sonic Unleashed 360 $5. Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (DVD) $2. Slow week.

Got a small stack of NES carts for a total of 30 dollars. Seller was on Letgo, somehow I was able to get them even though I wasn't able to meet up with the person until about 4 hours after she posted the games.

Mario Duck Hunt (x2)
Star Tropics (x2)
Zoda's Revenge
Yoshi's Cookie
North and South
Mega Man 6
TMNT

I'm starting to find loose Schleich toys at Goodwill for $0.99 each. These are highly detailed, overpriced toy figures. Not really action figures since their joints don't move. Major toy stores usually have a rack of these and charge $6 each for the small and higher for the bigger. They're usually safari animals but I've seen some bigger specialty ones too. The bunch I picked up should be a decent resale.

Found Alice for the PC in jewel case for $1 and a newer model 360 with all the cords and a Kinect for $10 last night at the swap meet.

Today saw a yard sale down the street from my house and went over, got a Genesis console only for $1 and a big box of Pokemon and Digimon cards for $1. They said they have some Xbox One games and controllers they have to dig out so I'm going back there in an hour.

I need to stop buying all these systems, they just start piling up when I don't have all the right cords to test / sell them but I can't resist if they're cheap. I have a few genesis and 360 already, and 10+ PS2s and Wiis.

Find of the week? Probably not, but I found some cool stuff at reasonable prices, so I'm happy.

Paid $30 for everything:

http://imgur.com/ebFM4py

If any of you find weird non video game things, I'm looking for a handheld degausser.

For CRT displays? Back in the day we used handheld bulk floppydisk erasers, just an electromagnet with a trigger essentially.

I think I need something a bit stronger. For erasing hard drives.

What dlcs? Any PS4?

SirConnery wrote:

Yeah, those handhelds were about enough for floppies, but I doubt they're gonna get the job done for a full drive, not properly at least.

Plus by now those are old as hell, too. You think about a good drill kit?

This may not be exactly a find of the week, but I found Itadaki Street DS at my local game store for $25. Never thought I'd find that sucker out in the wild, thought I'd have to go to Ebay.

http://imgur.com/cnBJTIq

Found a "rare" 3ds game in Horses 3DS. Goes for like $40+ for some reason. Paid $15 for all three.

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I went to the thrift for the first time in a while, Joystick was 1.50 everything else was 2 each. Everything's available except Horse Feathers.

Indy1988 wrote:

I think you paid a little too much, but that is definitely a cool find man! Especially out in the wild.

Cevil wrote:

Yeah, I thought so too. But then again, my store, 2nd & Charles, is hit-and-miss with the prices. That's around what Ebay wants and considering that's my most decent find (even most of my local thrift stores are crap) I can't complain. Helps sharpen my mind when it's fried after working on my computer too much.

DiamondDave wrote:

For minor that would be fine. I've been researching discount data destruction that could also pass medical HIPAA code. So I was thinking drive dismantling, wiping platters with a degausser, recycling components. Taking photos and serials for insurance purposes and collecting the interface boards for scrap.

Yeah, I could talk to my Dad about what he does regarding drives with patient records on them but I'm sure he just hands them to a certified recycler who takes care of that stuff for a fee or for scavenging rights on everything but the nonvolatile media, with their quantities it probably makes sense to do it that way. But I'm assuming you're looking to be the guy people call for this stuff.

One of these runs $500
https://www.protondata.com/product/proton-1100-deg...

What I usually do when working is pull drive and hand back to client to put in their safe. With medical offices that have let's say 100 drives it's not feasible. Especially since I'm reading that HIPAA often requires onsite verifiable data destruction. So I'm checking to see if I can create a mobile destruction setup and undercut my competition. Then see if I can repurpose equipment from another field to get that cost down.

Good idear. I'll bounce it off the old man this weekend and see what insight he's got.

Finally took some time to clean off Aero -- got about 99% of the marker off; the only remnants are on the bottom half of the cartridge under the "lip" (under the label). Q-tips and rubbing alcohol FTW.

Before:
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After:
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Damn good cleaning job.

Just went to the flea market and bought a box of random stuff. Paid 24 for all this. The PS works and I've been wanting one so I'm pretty happy. Everything but the PS1, mem cards, and the 2 PS1 controllers are FS.
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Random indeed. Just about what everything goes for. Looks like a box of stuff that was leftover.

Tad. Gimme that crap.

Tad's going to install a Goldfingahhh in that PS1 and be set for life.

Just picked this up for $30.
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Everything available bu the memory card, which was actualy a 1019 not the 59 I thought it was. All games cib.

Tad wrote:

@Scarface for Bombastic.

I have the case and manual for Bombastic in my forum auction if you are interested. Could be yours for only 50 cents!

Just sold Aero Fighters on eBay for $900 CDN, a nice $875 profit (before fees). Should fund my gaming hobby for a few months.

Colourshaper wrote:

Wait, what?! You find one of the coolest, rarest shoot 'em ups on the out in the wild and buy it for a song only to sell it a few weeks later?! DUDE!!

Yeah, I weigh the chances I'll find the same game again (at or lower than the price paid), and decide whether to keep it or not.

Noid wrote:

LOL! I've never been a shooter guy, or a big SNES collector for that matter. I played it for about an hour and got my fill (i.e. got my ass kicked and quit out of frustration). Plus it scares me to hang onto games worth that much. I'd much rather use that money towards games I'm definitely going to play. :)

And what do you mean "for a song"? Hahaha.

Colourshaper wrote:

Well, getting a 36-to-1 return definitely means a song; pretty much any business would kill for that kind of return. I may have also gotten my copy for a song, but mine stays in my collection as a good luck charm.

"for a song" means you paid very little for something....

As in, you sang a song and they gave it to you.

Ah thanks for the explanation; never heard of that phrase before.

Haha believe me it was tempting to hang onto it and show it off to my collector buddies, but I'm more of a "good games I plan to play" collector instead of a "rare and sealed games" collector. I would never play Aero; just not my type of game.

Colourshaper wrote:

Don't worry man, I would have sold it even quicker than you did. Don't let anyone guilt you on that crap, that's a lot of money for a video game.

No game is worth that much, sell it allllll day.

Agreed.

Sell that sucker, then go buy a Star Wars Pinball machine for $5000 because THAT'S worth it!!!

Colourshaper wrote:

Awesome!

Fudge, that game's nearly doubled since the last time *I* sold it.

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$8 shipped. All games appear to have working save batteries. Is there a good way to tell if they're all legit? I can see the nintendo in white on the inside; I don't have a tri-wing to open them up yet.

It's such a random assortment, and there aren't any Pokemons, so I wouldn't see a need to question authenticity. I also wouldn't think that Yoshi cart could be easily faked.

You'd be surprised

They look legit to me

Compare them on Moby Games.

I think Yoshi is particularlly hard to fake, since there is a gyroscope in the top part of the system. I can't see any bootleggers going to those lengths to recreate that to sell cheap.

jsoncip38 wrote:

No, more likely they'd print the shell and ignore the guts. Doom/Doom 2 on GBA were pirated heavily (FOR SOME FUDGING REASON) but didn't save properly. Just because stuff has special internals doesn't necessarily mean the guys making bootleg carts CARE about the parts, they're just looking to cash in.

But that shape's so weird it's very unlikely they'd even go for it. Unless it went for tons of money.

I picked up the Final Fantasy XIII 360 console. Box, all cords, and HDD included. No controller or game oddly enough. There was a 360 white wireless adapter and a base to a Wii stand. Paid about $64.

DiamondDave wrote:

Touche, that is a valid point.

I dont think Topsy Turvy has ever been really valuable, but it was def one of the more unique pieces of software, because it was one of the few that had hardware built into it. It's no Boktai ... but still pretty cool.

Never got to play Boktai but heard it was actually pretty cool

CoachMcGuirk wrote:

Tip them under a bright light on an angle and see if there's a stock number imprinted in the labels.

I picked up Super Mario History promo soundtrack (sealed new red box) for $2.99.

It's available.