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$27 got me...........

Dec 2, 2011 at 9:26:15 PM
makalani28 (0)

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I turned $27 and a little hustling into the following.  Here is my story...

I have a contact at a local Pawn Shop who is not really in the market of selling video games.  I went in today and he told me he had a box of stuff that he would let me have for cheap.  He brings it out and there are common games such as Super Mario 1-3, Zelda, Tetris etc...a SNES system and several games Super Mario World, Yoshis Island etc...nothing rare.  One item caught my attention that I did not have and that was a copy of Swamp Thing for NES, so I kept that for me.

I took the SNES lot to a local store and traded it in for a game that I saw there.  It initially was priced at $49, but they let it go for cheaper.  I traded in the SNES lot and got the game and a few other games that I did not have, but I turned half of my $27 investment into a copy of Ducktales 2.

I then took the NES stuff to another local store and traded it in.  There was a game there that caught my eye that was priced at $69.99.  I told the girl that I wanted to make a trade for the game so I broke out my Super Marios, Tetris, Zelda etc...I then played the card that the game was a little steep, so she told me that she would do an even trade for my stuff.  The game was Snow Bros.  So I turned a $27 investment into a copy of Swamp Thing, Ducktales 2 and Snow Bros.  All tested and working! 


Dec 2, 2011 at 9:29:48 PM
BouncekDeLemos (81)
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Sweet! Nice trade offers!

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Dec 2, 2011 at 9:33:58 PM
Shane (146)
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Sweet man, that's some serious trade in skill right there!

Dec 2, 2011 at 9:38:02 PM
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Snow Bros is one of my favourite games

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Dec 2, 2011 at 9:39:59 PM
ZoOmer (40)
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Damn! Nice work haha.

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Dec 2, 2011 at 9:41:12 PM
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Nice Investing. Also Nice Finds.

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Dec 2, 2011 at 10:00:49 PM
Aquanistic (25)
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Wow, awesome job!

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Dec 2, 2011 at 10:06:14 PM
alekx (108)
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every day your hustlin

Dec 2, 2011 at 10:53:00 PM
ClaytonBigsby (26)
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didn't happen....................unless you have pics!

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Dec 2, 2011 at 11:06:26 PM
Tanooki (185)
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Great job and smart swapping on that whole thing all around. You averaged $9 a game there and 2 of them far far exceed that.

Dec 2, 2011 at 11:20:27 PM
uiengineer (220)
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nice man. i really want a Snow Bros. I wish I could 1)find it in the wild and 2)pull a skillful trade like you did.

Dec 3, 2011 at 12:49:08 AM
ne$_pimp (56)
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Well done, I can believe the girl at the game shop was that dumb to trade zelda, tetris and supermario bros for snow brothers. You dont even see rare games around here, and when you do stores wont take trades for them and they usually have computers handy so they can check there prices.

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Dec 3, 2011 at 11:06:33 AM
Diamante Loco (149)
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Just Ducktails 2 is a steal for $27, the other two are just icing. Nice!

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Dec 3, 2011 at 11:30:41 AM
MinusWorlds (72)
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A W E S O M E

Dec 3, 2011 at 11:55:56 AM
zeldaboy (162)
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Excellent work! Hard to beat that kind of end price.

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Dec 3, 2011 at 3:53:08 PM
Ray Bot (82)
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thats like that kid who traded his cellphone and ended up with a porsche.

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Dec 3, 2011 at 4:39:24 PM
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Good work soldier.