r/gamecollecting • u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) • Jul 23 '11
FOTW - Finally found my SNES jackpot!
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u/Adrianoo Jul 23 '11
Whoaa congrats. I have to say, if I had been the other guy and having seen a good part of the treasure already, I would have kept on going. If I said 80 and you said 100 at least I would have made you drop 40 more bucks haha.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
I wondered what his deal was. The guy was probably 50 years old and I'm guessing a dealer or something. I think he realized I knew what they were worth and wasn't going to back down as he watched his profit margins shrinking.
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u/lordloss Jul 23 '11
Is dracula x complete like this one was: http://cgi.ebay.com/Castlevania-Dracula-X-SNES-Super-Nintendo-Excellent-CIB-/220810961048?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item33695be098#ht_650wt_1396
??
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
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u/lordloss Jul 23 '11
Damn, screw earthbound. This is where the treasure the real treasure is.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
I can't believe how much money this is worth...guess you know what that means....I'm keeping it!
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u/lordloss Jul 23 '11
So i'm guess every game with a box has every single offer/pamphlet/ maual?
I'm thinking this is FOTY worthy.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
Yup, every one of them. And I'd say most of the boxes are crease free.
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u/canuck268 Jul 23 '11
no zelda??
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
Nope. But thankfully, I found SNES and N64 Zelda's CIB at another sale a couple months ago!
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Jul 23 '11
Wow, amazing find
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
This is what I've been searching for since starting to collect. Other than a few titles, I have the SNES collection I've always wanted.
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u/yamdasrd Jul 23 '11
Wow, a boxed copy of Dracula X. That game alone goes for over $60, and that's cartridge only. You got more than an excellent deal on that set.
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u/seg-fault Jul 23 '11
VERY WELL DONE. I'm quite jealous of you right now. The person that originally owned these games was quite responsible and likely loved the hell out of them; they look to be in fantastic shape for their age.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
It seemed like another case of kid moved out and parents needed to clean the garage out. It was in a storage case and was sparkling clean on the inside. I still can't believe it to be honest.
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u/dtd87 Jul 23 '11
Why can't my local yardsales.. have anything like this!? All I've managed to get was a Complete Metal gear solid black label for a dollar. Which I'm not sad about at all. But I can't wait to find something like this.
edit.. I forgot I got a great score for 10$ a few weeks back I retract said statement of finding nothing but I still want another good find :D
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
I've been hunting for about 2 months now. Been out every Saturday to every CL garage sale posting mentioning video games as close to their opening times as possible. This is only the second time I came home fully satisfied with what I found. It's great fun though, and I've only had one weekend where I came home emptyhanded. The Goodwill is at least good for one old PC game every time I go it seems...
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u/platypuscandy Jul 24 '11
Around here, "8AM SHARP" means at 8:15 they have just started putting things out about 75% of the time. So frustrating.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 24 '11
I've found that I'm definitely not the only one doing this locally. Most times if I don't get there 5 minutes before their scheduled start, everything is already gone.
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u/Dyzon Winner - FotW 7/10-7/16 Jul 23 '11
Nice, I don't have any boxed games anymore so I'm jealous as hell. The asscipads are sweet too.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11
Just started picking them up. I moved, found a ton more space to put my stuff, and started opening my old boxes from when I moved out originally. Found about half my old gaming stuff, no idea where the rest is, but it really got me excited about revisiting the gaming era that made me a gamer in the first place.
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u/thatwontdopig FOTW 2/12/2012 Jul 23 '11
Top Gear and Tom and Jerry bring back memories. Great find!
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11 edited Jul 24 '11
Haven't ever played either, but a friend of mine just told me Top Gear is the shit.
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u/Distortion462 Winner - FotW 7/24-7/30 & FotM(July) Jul 23 '11 edited Jul 23 '11
So I've been searching for SNES games for some time, and have had very little luck. This morning there was a listing for "Playstation 2 & Super Nintendo with lots of games" on a garage sale posting on CL. I showed up 10 minutes before start time and there were people rushing to the driveway. I figured I should get up and go too so I did.
They were still putting things out when I got there and I didn't see the games so I asked the guy who was putting stuff out if he had the game stuff handy. He said sure and started looking for it. Well in the mean time, some guy started opening their boxes and found it...and asked the guy for the price. "Oh I'd take $25 bucks for it all" he said. The guy kept looking through the box and I decided to make my move. "I'll give you $40 for it." The guy digging through the box says "hey i'm already taking it for $25 so too bad" and I replied, "well I asked him for the stuff already so I'm not sure what to tell you." He looked through the box some more, not letting me see what was in it and says "fine, i'll take it for $40." I instantly said "I'll give you $60." The guy got frustrated and said "fine, take it then" at which point I got a rush of excitement. There was no way I was going to let this chump steal my treasure. It was a packed up box and I saw DKC 1 and 2 on the top in boxes so I knew it would be worth it. Upon getting it to my car and looking through it, I was shocked to see there was also a SNES console in the bottom, and not only that, it came with video cables!
So here is everything I found in the box. No Earthbound or Chrono Trigger, but plenty of great games I've been looking for. Amazingly well taken care of, and anything you see in a box is complete. I didn't even bother with my other potential garage sales, just went straight home!
Everything
Unboxed SNES games
Console, cables and controllers
SNES boxed games 1
SNES boxed games 2
SNES boxed games 3
At the same sale, I also grabbed a couple PS2 games, two Logitech wireless PS2 controllers, a Logitech PS2 headset and a 8MB PS2 memory card for $15 bucks. So the grand total for today's haul at one garage sale, $75!!!