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Thrift Store Score. 0-0 (Update: Pictures added!) I can't believe how much I spent, but look what I got.

Jun 23, 2007 at 6:51:46 AM
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  Ok, I'm going to just list everything I bought today, 95% of which was gaming stuff. My thrifts never ever have anything, but today I only got 2 hours of sleep after work, because our AC quit working and it was just too hot to sleep. (Like 104+ degrees in the house.) So I decided since I was up during the daytime for once to go thrift hunting. I go about once a week usually with my mom. We meet up, and she does what I do with games, except with really expensive purses. Usually she makes out with lots more than I do. She really puts my thrift hunting/money making skills to shame. However today, was the biggest haul I've ever had.(Probably the only real "haul" I've ever had.) Also remember: My thrifts _suck_, so this is pretty amazing.
  I'll start backwards from thrift store 2 which had more gaming stuff, to thrift store 1. Read through it all as the grand total I payed for all this is listed at the end.(Plus number of items total I bought.)

Here's what I picked up at thrift store 2:
(Note: This thrift has extremely hard to get off stickers.)

NES games:
  Super Mario Bros. 3 - Box("Crombie" written on bottom side of box)/ Manual(Small tear to the first 5 pages)/ Game/ dust sleeve/ foam
  Super Mario Bros. 2 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust sleeve/ foam
  Double Dragon 2 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ DD2 Poster/ dust sleeve/ foam
  Tecmo Bowl - Box/ Manual
  Tecmo Super Bowl - Box("Crombie" writting on the bottom of the front side)/ Inserts/ dust sleeve/ foam
  R.C. Pro AM - Box("Crombie" written on bottom side of box)/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  TMNT 1 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Dr. Mario - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Ice Hockey - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Dick Tracy - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  National Football League - Box(LJN symbol has small amount of pen on it)/ Manual/ Play map(tiny part torn)/ Game/ dust cover
  Pac-Man(Tengen) - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Racket Attack - Box/ Manual/ Game/ poster insert/ dust cover/ foam
  Jordan vs Bird - Box/ Maual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Tennis - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Bases Loaded 2 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Double Dribble - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Dragon Power - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Micheal Andrette's World GP - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Track and Field 2 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Goal! - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  Excitebike - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
  
Other stuff:
  Super Mario Bros+Duck Hunt+World Track Meet - Game.
  N64+2 paddles+all cords+expansion pack+Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
  N64 with just AV cords.
  Dreamcast with no cords at all.
  Game gear with strap.
  Super Mario World for SNES.
  Worms 2 PC
  
  Before this store I also picked up this stuff at a different thrift store which I'll call thrift store 1:
 (Note: All stickers removed without damage, this thrift store has nice no-hassle come off tags. I wish every thrift used these stickers. =/ )
PC stuff:
  King's Quest IV - NM condition 100% Complete.
  Kings Quest V - NM condition except for a small tear at the top of the box 100% Complete.
  Wolfpack - NM 100% Complete.
  7th Guest - NM 100% Complete.
  11th Hour: Sequel to 7th guest - Complete, except the discs were missing, and some other garbage sampler disc was in there. It was sealed so I assumed they knew what was in it.(everything else I bought was sealed.)  =(... Oh well. The one bad egg in everything I got.  
  Myst for Mac - NM 100% Complete. Box is somewhat crushed.
  Trityrst - NM 100% Complete.
  Brix - NM 100% Complete.
  Lode Runner: The Legend Returns - NM 100% Complete. 
  Sim City 2000 Collection - NM 100% Complete.
  Quest for Glory V - NM 100% Complete.
  Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father - NM 100% Complete.
   
Other junk:
  Lion King (genesis) - Box/ Maunal/ Game. (Can't get game working despite that it doesn't look dirty. I'll have to open it and clean it. It boots up, but never gets past the LTD screen.)
  Jammit (genesis) - NM 100% Complete, even has that jammit CD.
  Original Playstation with all original cords+1 memory card+NHL 2001 PS game (disc only). Works great.
  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (N64)
  John Madden Football (genesis) - NM condition except an old red sticker mark on the cover, 100% Complete.
  Cyberball (genesis) - Box(box has plastic torn on front)/ Game.
  Mario Andretti Racing (genesis) - Box/ Game.
  2 Bootleg playstation-looking controllers, that plug into my genesis/atari 2600.(Weird)
  Mortal Combat (genesis) - Game.
  Tony La Russa Baseball (genesis) - Game.
  Live 97 (Sega Saturn) - Game disc only.
  Daytona USA (Sega Saturn) - Game disc only.
  PGA Tour 97 (Sega Saturn) - Game disc only.
  World Series Baseball 2 (Sega Saturn) - Game disc only.
  NFL Quarterback Club (Sega Saturn) - Game disc only.
  Gamecube wheel controller+brakes. Works.
  NES Controller, deep D-pad one. I like these ones.
  A brand new-in-box HP keyboard since my old one broke. (Using it right now to type all this up.)   =)
  Sega Genesis with original AV cords, and a different power cord. Works great. (My old genesis had a touchy power port.)
  The Crystal Key - Case + discs.
  Medical Monopoly - Excellent condition and complete, except it has monopoly money instead of the original money.
  Chicago Monopoly - NM 100% complete.

Total items I purchased: 64
Grand total I paid for everything: $157.48 (Includes all tax, and all items. Etc.)

  If anybody wants anything I'll be posting a lot of this on ebay soon. Although it's going to take a while to seperate what I'm keeping from what I don't need. I'd say 90%+ of this is going to be sold off on ebay. I just need the money more than the stuff. If anybody wants anything just send me a message! I'll post the link to the auctions as soon as I get all this organized, etc.

If anyone wants pictures of something, just ask.

Share your thoughts! =)

Pictures added!:

Everything minus the PS1 and genesis: http://h1.ripway.com/ArmageddonPotato/S6300022.JPG

The Boxed NES games:
http://h1.ripway.com/ArmageddonPotato/S6300031.JPG

The Playstation: http://h1.ripway.com/ArmageddonPotato/S6300014.JPG
The Genesis: http://h1.ripway.com/ArmageddonPotato/S6300013.JPG



Edited: 06/23/2007 at 04:29 PM by Armageddon Potato

Jun 23, 2007 at 10:56:59 AM
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Very nice ! Do you got some pic's for us ?

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Jun 23, 2007 at 2:38:44 PM
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  Yes I will very soon. When I posted this I also discovered our househould had become infested with some highly spreadable, and highly damaging computer virus. It's called PE_PARITE.A, and is full of trojan's/backdoors and all kinds of junk. My computer is slowly being turned into peanut butter... I fixed 2 computers so far. Even TrendMicro's housecall couldn't rid me of it, but AVG 7.5 seems to be doing the trick. I'm going to have to reinstall my camera, as the .exe was destroyed that lets me go through pics, along with nearly every other .exe on my computer. When I'm rid of this beast, I'll try to get some pics up of everything!



Edited: 06/23/2007 at 04:14 PM by Armageddon Potato

Jun 23, 2007 at 4:34:28 PM
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Double Dragon 2 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ DD2 Poster/ dust sleeve/ foam
Tecmo Bowl - Box/ Manual
Racket Attack - Box/ Manual/ Game/ poster insert/ dust cover/ foam
Jordan vs Bird - Box/ Maual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
Tennis - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
Dragon Power - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
Track and Field 2 - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
Goal! - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
Excitebike - Box/ Manual/ Game/ dust cover/ foam
King's Quest IV - NM condition 100% Complete.
Kings Quest V - NM condition except for a small tear at the top of the box 100% Complete.
Lion King (genesis) - Box/ Maunal/ Game. (Can't get game working despite that it doesn't look dirty. I'll have to open it and clean it. It boots up, but never gets past the LTD screen.)
Jammit (genesis) - NM 100% Complete, even has that jammit CD.

What do you want for this shit?

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"It's always amazing to me how some of the most worthless games from a gaming perspective tend to fetch outrageous amounts of money. But then again, it could be said that something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I'm curious if the high bidder of the $873.04 Stadium Events (cart-only) realizes that it's nowhere nearly as rare as about 20+ games I can think of that sell for 1/10th that amount?  At any rate, I wanted to draw attention to this trend: if people say it's rare, it must be true, and therefore it must be had at any price."
-Dain Anderson, October 14, 2006
Originally posted by: kryptk33p3r

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Jun 23, 2007 at 7:10:09 PM
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After I get rid of this virus, and sort out a needs/wants list I'll see what I can do! =)

Note on the jammit game, it has: Box/ Manual/ Game/ CD, all in NM condition. I don't know if it had other inserts.

Jun 24, 2007 at 2:00:44 AM
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I think the best you could hope for is $5 on eBay...sports games don't go for much. I already have the game, although not in the best condition, and I don't have the CD, so I figured if I bought the game I'd get an upgrade plus the missing component

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"It's always amazing to me how some of the most worthless games from a gaming perspective tend to fetch outrageous amounts of money. But then again, it could be said that something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I'm curious if the high bidder of the $873.04 Stadium Events (cart-only) realizes that it's nowhere nearly as rare as about 20+ games I can think of that sell for 1/10th that amount?  At any rate, I wanted to draw attention to this trend: if people say it's rare, it must be true, and therefore it must be had at any price."
-Dain Anderson, October 14, 2006
Originally posted by: kryptk33p3r

im used to dick jokes i get to see one everytime I pee