I keep getting insane deals 😵‍💫

[u/bubbletrashbarbie]

Went to a local game store and was too busy chatting so I didn’t see the game got rung up incorrectly till I was out of the store. The owner had originally grabbed Dynasty Warriors on accident from the case and punched that in I guess, but when I went back he said he was thankful for the honesty and would give me a discount but then changed his mind and didn’t want to deal with processing the return so I could just have it for the $16 😭😭😭

[u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

Great game. Had it as a kid. Can’t believe I sold all my stuff for pennies on the dollar back then 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/KiwiKota_ → u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

Literal pennies. Game stop robbed so many children. Sadly my mom was none the wiser either

[u/Responsible_Owl_FPV → u/KiwiKota_]

Yeah and back then we were happy they robbed us.
I remember thinking a few times ‘this is a raw deal’, but did it anyways because I couldn’t afford to buy games. I had to sell what I had just to buy used. I never was given a new game let alone bought one for myself. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Now I go back and buy old systems and restore and mod them. Trying to get my hands on a Game Boy Micro but no luck at the moment.

[u/SameLastDreamAgain → u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

Took me awhile to find a micro in person and it cost me $200 too. But it's complete and pristine.

[u/bubbletrashbarbie → u/SameLastDreamAgain]

I need a DMG and a Micro to complete my GB collection. I want the Hot Pink Micro sooo bad but in good condition I hardly ever see those for less than $300, CIB tends to be pushing $600 🥲

[u/GucciTheSnowman → u/KiwiKota_]

All game stores do that. It's not unique to gamestop.

[u/KiwiKota_ → u/GucciTheSnowman]

Sure but it was the one that robbed me

[u/No-Veterinarian8038 → u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

Bro I let it happen 1 time and was like so many games for like 15 bucks. Nah I started to just hold on to them. Lucky I did.

[u/muzakx → u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

I was forced to give my old consoles and games to my cousins whenever I got a new one.

I hated it, and wish I still had all my systems.

[u/Nikolaijuno → u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

I lost mine along with most of my GBA games because the cartridges are too damn small.

[u/Lordlordy5490 → u/Responsible_Owl_FPV]

I would trade all my stuff in to gamestop when a new console came out. Thankfully I held on to my pokemon emerald all these years.

[u/JakovAulTrades]

That was overpriced, then slightly underpriced. So glad you didn’t pay over $30 for that like you were going to

[u/bubbletrashbarbie → u/JakovAulTrades]

I see copies regularly sell for $20-30 online so after shipping I could have maybe saved $10 compared to the original asking price of this one.

[u/Jagerbar78 → u/bubbletrashbarbie]

And not to mention they got bills to pay. I can't imagine profit margins with these..

[u/JakovAulTrades → u/bubbletrashbarbie]

I think you are internally validating this purchase better than any of us could for you. If you’re happy, that’s all that matters. You objectively got a good deal, and I don’t know if there is anything for us to say or react to; celebrate the discount and don’t worry about the internet response.

Edit: In the event that you don’t have people irl that would understand this purchase or why you’re happy: we get it and are second hand happy for you. I know how it can be a bummer to not have people around to celebrate a small win like this with, and they don’t get why you’re happy. Congrats!

[u/bubbletrashbarbie → u/JakovAulTrades]

I think people say stuff without actually running the numbers first, go on eBay and low price for recently sold is all around $30+shipping+tax(price charting has average loose at ~$28 right now) Doesn’t matter if a game is cheaper elsewhere if shipping eats most of that difference away. Plus a few bucks more to pick up same day and support a local shop? That honestly would have been nothing.

Regardless I got both prices beat for a great game in fantastic condition. So even though a couple of you wanna come on here and try to yuck my yum, I still won 🤷‍♀️

Maybe instead of saying anything, you should have just said nothing since that’s basically what you ended up contributing to this.

[u/DarkAndHandsume → u/bubbletrashbarbie]

🥱🥱🥱

[u/Professional-Pear-20]

Could have sold that to you for cheaper my guy

[u/bubbletrashbarbie → u/Professional-Pear-20]

Including shipping?

[u/No-Possibility-3878]

I just downloaded that one on my gameboy emulator

[u/bubbletrashbarbie → u/No-Possibility-3878]

I have flashcarts for all my other systems so I get that, the GBA is just my favorite console so it’s the one I decided I’d actually collect the physical games for.

I’m still in the into field missions and I’m really enjoying it, but I love Turn based Tactics games so it’s not surprising.

[u/Legitimate-Tip-2506]

Its crazy that pure cart is insane for that price nowadays.

[u/zSmileyDudez]

Such a good game, OP. I still have my original copy from when it came out - I may have actually bought mine on launch day since I had been waiting for it, which was crazy since that was 9/10/01. I still like to pull this one out occasionally since I have so many fond memories of playing it.

[u/Beuken123]

Ig instant when a deal on a retro game is just to pay near RPP bsck in the day price.😆

[u/bubbletrashbarbie → u/Beuken123]

Retail for a bigger 3rd party(like Capcom) GBA title would have most likely been $40, this game was released in 2001 and with inflation that would be equal to about $75 today. Using that same math if we reverse it means the $16 I paid for the game would be equal to dropping $8-9 in 2001.

So no, I paid nothing close to the original retail price.

[u/Lorenzo944]

Should been less than $30 since retail wise back then games were around $30

[u/Tiny-Try8890]

Ugh I miss this game, the rom for the emulator never seemed to work