Unbelievable purchase or trade stories!

[seeberg]

Oh, the one from Hamburg in Germany?

Yes, it was the one from Hamburg. I'm going to pick it up on thursday. A 300km. drive each way ^^

[liquitt]

Yes, it was the one from Hamburg. I'm going to pick it up on thursday. A 300km. drive each way ^^

nice! i almost got his xbox kiosk ;)

we could've met there...would've been funny, but NOOOOOOooo - outbid and forgot, damn

[GaijinPunch]

NTSC-J PS version of Silhouette Mirage for $20 from Digital Press. Pretty pleased w/ that one.

[virtual alan]

I won this on Sunday morning: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320243115997&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011

However, since then the person selling it off has not replied to my emails and requests for information on picking it up. Kiff lives locally and was willing to collect it for me.

Nothing...so I suspect the seller was not happy with the £56 end price. This is one of those frustrating eBay moments. :DOH:

Slip, slipping away!


I had exactly the same with this one as well!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180218001679

[Parris]

I had exactly the same with this one as well!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180218001679

My seller finally did get in-touch, but it all got rather complicated. A) Not located at the address provided B) He wasn't the owner (but was, not, was! He couldn't make his mind up on this one) C) The mobile number he gave me to arrange collection rang out, never went to answering machine. D) He rarely replied to emails regarding the situation / item.

So, I have the dilemma of whether I am going to leave it and get negative feedback or proceed and put Kiff out further than I already have.

My instincts tell me the seller will blame the situation on me rather than accept he has pissed around.

Bah! Negative feedback ahoy I suspect! :rolleyes:

[s1xty]

My seller finally did get in-touch, but it all got rather complicated. A) Not located at the address provided B) He wasn't the owner (but was, not, was! He couldn't make his mind up on this one) C) The mobile number he gave me to arrange collection rang out, never went to answering machine. D) He rarely replied to emails regarding the situation / item.

So, I have the dilemma of whether I am going to leave it and get negative feedback or proceed and put Kiff out further than I already have.

My instincts tell me the seller will blame the situation on me rather than accept he has pissed around.

Bah! Negative feedback ahoy I suspect! :rolleyes:

Did eBay UK not get the "sellers can no longer give negative feedback to buyers" thing yet?
Eric started a topic about that and some other eBay changes a while ago, the update is also coming to eBay Germany in May.

Edit again: First the XBOX Kiosk now a full size Ridge Racer cab?! Your wife WILL kill you one day ;)

[3do]

My seller finally did get in-touch, but it all got rather complicated. A) Not located at the address provided B) He wasn't the owner (but was, not, was! He couldn't make his mind up on this one) C) The mobile number he gave me to arrange collection rang out, never went to answering machine. D) He rarely replied to emails regarding the situation / item.

So, I have the dilemma of whether I am going to leave it and get negative feedback or proceed and put Kiff out further than I already have.

My instincts tell me the seller will blame the situation on me rather than accept he has pissed around.

Bah! Negative feedback ahoy I suspect! :rolleyes:
Ah thats sh*t parris, looks like your going to miss out on a nice item becuase of a .....(can't think of the word to use) seller.

i do hope that as the title of the thread says Miracles do happen! (http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=277563#post277563) and you eventually do get this one.

[Parris]

Did eBay UK not get the "sellers can no longer give negative feedback to buyers" thing yet?
Eric started a topic about that and some other eBay changes a while ago, the update is also coming to eBay Germany in May.

Edit again: First the XBOX Kiosk now a full size Ridge Racer cab?! Your wife WILL kill you one day ;)

I am not sure whether that has hit us yet. I'll have a look at the new rules.

As for the RR cab... she is potentially the most long suffering wife of any of the AG members, perhaps with the exception of one or two I shall not mention (but they'll know who they are).

Even I am now looking at the slowly assembling cab and thinking 'Holy shit!'

It arrived in a few pieces, not all together in one large unit so I think I am a bit shell shocked!

This might become an item I repair and sell on actually lol :oh:

[Parris]

Ah thats sh*t parris, looks like your going to miss out on a nice item becuase of a .....(can't think of the word to use) seller.

i do hope that as the title of the thread says Miracles do happen! (http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=277563#post277563) and you eventually do get this one.

Resigned to this one slipping away! Never mind, with the RR cab to contend with I have more than enough on my plate at the moment.

[WarHampster]

I went to the "may fair" (a fundraiser by a church in my town) this morning, which had a white-elephant sale. Anyway, for about 15 dollars I bought:

Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series + both movies (on 4 discs, its most likely a bootleg [but a pretty professional looking one ^_^]

Factory sealed NFL 2k for the dreamcast

Factory sealed 688(I) hunter killer for windows 95

Factory sealed Tiger Woods PGA tour golf for the Handspring Visor (what ever the hell that is)

The official guidebook to Riven

Need for speed most wanted black edition exclusive dvd

And a ton of DOS rpgs:

Kings Quest IV,
Loom,
The Bards Tale: Tales of the unknown,
the bards tale II: the destiny knight,
the bards tale III: the thief of fate,
the bards tale construction set,
might and magic IV: clouds of xeen,
might and magic V: dark side of xeen,
stonekeep,
ultima underworld: the stygian abyss,
ultima underworld II: labyrinth of worlds,
dragon wars,
wasteland,
and wizardry gold.

Everything is in great condition (except loom, it seems to have dried blood on) and most of the RPGS came in a box called The ultimate RPG archive.

[spot778]

Handspring Visor was a Palm Pilot clone, after the original members left Palm to start a new company making basically the same thing.

[The-Silmarillion]

So I traded in Pro Evolution Soccer 08 at 1-Up Games, not that the Wii version doesn't have its own charm...I'm just not coordinated enough to move my players around the field and concentrate on the ball-carrier at the same time. Anyway! I noticed they had Guardian Heroes for sale so I snapped it up, taking the trade-in into account, I got it for £2!

Pretty nifty methinks.

[z_killemall]

Well, this afternoon I got a brazilian Megadrive II for only 4 dollars and I'm almost sure it works perfectly (I still have to get some carts to test it), probably the cheapest unit I'm gonna find around here :D

[JackAz!]

http://image1.play-asia.com/350/PA.26712.001.jpg
Finally got one of these this morning,
On play-asia it states " Notice: Due to the shelf time of this product, packaging might be not in perfect condition"
It doesn't state that the controller will be removed from the packaging and used, then put back in - covered in dust.
It doesn't state that the game seal will be broken and fingerprints placed on the disc (They must be an optional extra).
It doesn't state that there will be a rolled up piece of sticky-tape stuck to the bottom of the game case which (when unrolled) has half a 'Playstation' logo on it.
It doesn't state that the manuals plastic bag's seal will be ripped and manual flipped through.
It doesn't state that the consoles will be removed from the boxes and stacked on top of each-other (There's oval rubber feet marks on top of the plastic-y cover on the top of the conole)

I'm not too impressed, but the console itself is perfect so that makes me happy.
It seems that Play-Asia have just thrown the package together, or opened them all. Or something. Don't know.
Doesn't look like the work of customs, they wouldn't have consoles to stack (unless it was like that from the factory)

In other news: It's a 1.0 or a 1.1, It's rockin' a Sammy, a WD HDD, and it's the quietest xbawks I've got.
Happy now.

Edit2:
And in addition to all that, It wouldn't boot last night when I got it home from work.
Brand new.
Wouldn't boot.
Froze at the flubber screen.

I eventually got it to boot, put the unit on it's side and it booted. Me thinks the HDD has been knocked around too much - Didn't try it again this morning.

[Parris]

Edit2:
And in addition to all that, It wouldn't boot last night when I got it home from work.
Brand new.
Wouldn't boot.
Froze at the flubber screen.

I eventually got it to boot, put the unit on it's side and it booted. Me thinks the HDD has been knocked around too much - Didn't try it again this morning.

Kind of frustrating despite the cheap price! Glad I never went for one in the end. :evil:

[JackAz!]

Yeah, It sucks. I was going to get a couple more.

Oh well, I've hot-swapped it and It's got a 320gb in it now.
Now I can stream movies to my bedroom again. Yay!

[andre31t]

Ok let me see
we (My Girlfriend and I) got...
A box with two woody atari's and 18 games and a load of controllers for £2.

A Playstation 2 tool for £20 (plays everything!) It's a computer bolted onto a playstation 2 for development originally costing thousands.

Two mega drives 2s for £2

A box with 5 snes's in for £8

Secret of Mana game for the snes for £1 and the next day got one for 50p

A playstation 2 for £1 and after I cleaned it it worked perfectly

Found a N64 in a dump (while I was throwing away stuff) with 2 controllers and all leads but missing the video card which only cost me 50p.

My friend bought a PS2 for £2 buy it didn't work so I opened it up to clean and adjust it and found a small hair on the lens and now that works too.

A PS 1 with Micky mouse game 2 memory cards and controler for £1

[Parris]

A Playstation 2 tool for £20 (plays everything!) It's a computer bolted onto a playstation 2 for development originally costing thousands.

A playstation 2 for £1 and after I cleaned it it worked perfectly




PS2 Tool for £20 = utter bargain! There is a huge Tools thread in the Sony dev section if you need assistance with this unit.

PS2 for = £1 is pretty good going. Our local Second hand store is putting out 'faulty' PS2 units for £5 each, or £4 each if you buy handfuls. I've bought a few and brought them back to life.

[JackAz!]

Wow. A tool for £20. Bargain!

[liquitt]

A Playstation 2 tool for £20 (plays everything!) It's a computer bolted onto a playstation 2 for development originally costing thousands.

you got...WHAT?!?

[JackAz!]

Who would have a Tool and not know what it's for to sell it for that cheap?
'It's a special edition playstation?'

I wish there were idiots where I live with access to stuff like that. :P

[andre31t]

:icon_bigg A PlayStation 2 Tool for £20 (the guy wanted £25)
http://www.uk.playright.dk/raretitel.php?id=29927
I saw this at a bootsale and after a few people walked and didn't buy it. I called my girlfriend :love: (she gets the bargains cheaper) to ask about it. she came back with it for £20.
apparently there were 7 of them from a software company which went bust. Sony took back 6 and left 1. the guy was told to clear the warehouse and he stuck it the back of his van and took it to a bootsale.:thumbsup:

[liquitt]

wrong thread for those TOOLs, they'll fit into the Free Stuff thread way better :D

[Taemos]

Nothing really special, but I got an Xecuter 3 modchip for free yesterday.

[Matthijscoman]

A Playstation 2 tool for £20 (plays everything!) It's a computer bolted onto a playstation 2 for development originally costing thousands.

:oh: What a bargain! We know what a TOOL is btw, you don't have to tell us. ;-)

[fusion]

yeah, thats a great price for that tool!

[Parris]

Who would have a Tool and not know what it's for to sell it for that cheap?
'It's a special edition playstation?'

I wish there were idiots where I live with access to stuff like that. :P

You may laugh at the "special edition playstation" but in actual fact my first Playstation Tool was a badly listed eBay item. The guy had it listed as "Playstation2", with no other references and I stumbled across it by accident.

Luckily he has said "open to offers" so I emailed him and he offered it to me for a really cheap price. In his own words he said "My mate gave it to me and I decided to sell it as neither of us could get it to play games..." he really DID think it was a large Playstation2. Nothing more, nothing less.

It wasn't as cheap as £20 though... that guy thought he got the last laugh, but he didn't.

[Speed]

Just stopped by my local Goodwill and made a small killing.

Two almost new PS3 sixaxis controllers for $3
a complete copy of Panzer Dragoon for $3
and a Gamecube gameboy player for $2

Out the door for $8 total.

[graciano1337]

man... this thread is crazy... :lol:

[liquitt]

we need Goodwill in Germany...

[hujang]

Just stopped by my local Goodwill and made a small killing.

Two almost new PS3 sixaxis controllers for $3
a complete copy of Panzer Dragoon for $3
and a Gamecube gameboy player for $2

Out the door for $8 total.

Lucky you :)

[Mark30001]

:icon_bigg A PlayStation 2 Tool for £20 (the guy wanted £25)
http://www.uk.playright.dk/raretitel.php?id=29927
I saw this at a bootsale and after a few people walked and didn't buy it. I called my girlfriend :love: (she gets the bargains cheaper) to ask about it. she came back with it for £20.
apparently there were 7 of them from a software company which went bust. Sony took back 6 and left 1. the guy was told to clear the warehouse and he stuck it the back of his van and took it to a bootsale.:thumbsup:

I just shat in my pants.

[radgoos]

my best is a JVC X'Eye with 2 controllers, all cables, 2 games (Sonic 2 & 3), for $15. Found at the local flea market.

It works great!

[andoba]

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/8996/sonicebaypd9.jpg

[neoblast]

NUTS!!!

Dude, nice!!

Now that's cheap, way to go andoba.

[alphagamer]

i got me a fully working dreamcast bba for $75 on ebay.

the dude didnt know what he had and put it in for $75 buy it now.

so i bought it.

----

2 working saturns in good condition + vcd card for €20.
was listed as broken, because they had no av leads to test.

----

panzer dragoon saga for €50
nice deal i think, they usually go for about €100 here.
the dudes at gameover in amsterdam even asked €240 for it.

[ElBarto]

i got me a fully working dreamcast bba for $75 on ebay.

the dude didnt know what he had and put it in for $75 buy it now.

so i bought it.


Which one HIT-300 or HIT-400 ?

[andoba]

NUTS!!!

Dude, nice!!

Now that's cheap, way to go andoba.

Thanks mate. :110:

[alphagamer]

Which one HIT-300 or HIT-400 ?

hit-400

[liquitt]

seems to be the normal going price by now

[alphagamer]

ok, to clear things up, i didnt buy it just yesterday.

[DC_Fan]

Bought a sealed Mike Tyson's Punchout at the Goodwill for $1.99.:nod:

[JackAz!]

:clap:

[MidsummerDreams]

I got Chase the Chuck Wagon at Goodwill for 99 cents.
(and sold it for $120 locally to a collector)

Lady at the flea market I used to buy 2600 games from all the time had Q*Bert cubes for $2.00.
(and sold it for $90 locally to a collector)

Picked up 5 Sega Saturn systems complete with 2 controllers in hard shell cases for $19 bucks each.

Pretty good finds I've had =)

[manopac]

got today: (all PAL)

N64 system + gray, green & blue controller + 1 rumble pak + manual
N64 Zelda Ocarina of Time (loose)
N64 Super Mario 64 (loose)
N64 Lyatwars (loose)
N64 Mario Kart 64 (loose)
N64 Banjo Kazooie (CIB, NM)

SNES system + 2 controllers (missing power supply)
SNES The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past (CIB, NM)
SNES The Addams Family (CIB)
SNES Donkey Kong Country (CIB, NM)
SNES Donkey Kong Country 2 (CIB, NM)
SNES Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (CIB, NM)
SNES Super Mario All Stars (CIB, NM)
SNES Tetris & Dr. Mario (CIB, NM)

SMD II System + 2 controllers
SMD Sonic the Hedgehog II (loose)

all this for only ...

...
...

FREE !!! Out of the dumpster !!! can you believe this ? even the boxes look new ... and almost all classy games ...

[DC_Fan]

got today: (all PAL)

N64 system + gray, green & blue controller + 1 rumble pak + manual
N64 Zelda Ocarina of Time (loose)
N64 Super Mario 64 (loose)
N64 Lyatwars (loose)
N64 Mario Kart 64 (loose)
N64 Banjo Kazooie (CIB, NM)

SNES system + 2 controllers (missing power supply)
SNES The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past (CIB, NM)
SNES The Addams Family (CIB)
SNES Donkey Kong Country (CIB, NM)
SNES Donkey Kong Country 2 (CIB, NM)
SNES Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (CIB, NM)
SNES Super Mario All Stars (CIB, NM)
SNES Tetris & Dr. Mario (CIB, NM)

SMD II System + 2 controllers
SMD Sonic the Hedgehog II (loose)

all this for only ...

...
...

FREE !!! Out of the dumpster !!! can you believe this ? even the boxes look new ... and almost all classy games ...

Somebodys girlfriend must have been pissed!! :DOH:

[kiff]

got today: (all PAL)

N64 system + gray, green & blue controller + 1 rumble pak + manual
N64 Zelda Ocarina of Time (loose)
N64 Super Mario 64 (loose)
N64 Lyatwars (loose)
N64 Mario Kart 64 (loose)
N64 Banjo Kazooie (CIB, NM)

SNES system + 2 controllers (missing power supply)
SNES The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past (CIB, NM)
SNES The Addams Family (CIB)
SNES Donkey Kong Country (CIB, NM)
SNES Donkey Kong Country 2 (CIB, NM)
SNES Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (CIB, NM)
SNES Super Mario All Stars (CIB, NM)
SNES Tetris & Dr. Mario (CIB, NM)

SMD II System + 2 controllers
SMD Sonic the Hedgehog II (loose)

all this for only ...

...
...

FREE !!! Out of the dumpster !!! can you believe this ? even the boxes look new ... and almost all classy games ...

One question!

What were you doing in a dumpster?

[manopac]

One question!

What were you doing in a dumpster?

:-) actually I have a contact at that place who saves everything for me which remotely looks like it uses electricity and can be played with ...
(well, as long as its G-rated anyway :-) )

[RyanGamerGoneGrazy]

Picked up a BL 1275 A+ with an automatic transmission for $300. Looks to be in good 'nick, few little odds missing but nothing major.

Will fit a Mini auto front subframe too, not to mention serve as parts in times of need :)



Ryan

[Twimfy]

Picked up a Samsung Megadrive II today with a Samsung edition of Sonic the hedgehog for a tidy $40.

[devzone]

Picked up an original rubics cube in good condition at a car boot sale for £0.50 !

[mooseblaster]

Just picked up a very good condition copy of Destroy All Humans (PAL, Xbox) for the grand price of....

nothing! God bless Freecycle!

[3do]

Not console related but i bagged this joblot of 10 graphics cards and 3 mobos on ebay for ............£58, Untested but i hope they work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130245017673&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=003

Contains the following off which the 8800gts will be used to game on my computer and i'll use one of the mobo and a gfx card in a Rig i was/am building for my father:

Graphics are as follows:
*INNO3D NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400 SERIES 256MB DDR2 TV + HDCP PCI-E CARD (BOXED)
*ZOTAC NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500 GT 256MB PCI-E (BOXED)
*HLS ATI RADEON 1900XTX 512MB PCI-E VIVO EDITION (BOXED)
*ASUS N7600GS SILENT AGP 8X 256MB (BOXED)
*SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON X1650 XT 256MB PCI-E DUAL DVI (BOXED)
*INNO3D 7600 GS SERIES 256MB DDR2 AGP (BOXED)
*INNO3D NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTS PCI-E 640MB DDR3 (BOXED)
*SAPPHIRE ATI X1650 PRO
*XFX NIVEDIA GEFORCE 7900GS 256MB GRAPHICS CARD (BOXED)
*

MOTHERBOARDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
GIGABYTE S-SERIES GA-P35-S3G MOTHERBOARD,(BOXED)
NFORCE 65OI ULTRA MOTHERBOARD (BOXED)
FOXCONN 66IMX PLUS MOTHERBOARD (BOXED)


If i can at least have the 8800GTS working then i've paid a good price since the lowest priced 8800gts is £70 with shipping on ebay and i can't find a 8800 lower than £58 anywhere i've looked.

[Pikkon]

Well I got this the other night from my buddy's garage,and it cost me nothing:thumbsup:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/pikkonson/100_0691.jpg
Everything works great but I need to try out the sms adapter,need to stop by goodwill and pick up some sms games.

[andoba]

Got a Willem EPROM programmer for 25€ shipped.

[Nihonfreak]

got a SNES model 2 for free.

[andre31t]

I just got a vectrex with 13 boxed (with screen art work) games
for £10, and it worked with no problems:dance: .
also a boxed Megadrive 2 with 3 games £3
and a Dreamcast with 10 games for £2
that's just today :yatta:

[mooseblaster]

I just got a vectrex with 13 boxed (with screen art work) games
for £10, and it worked with no problems:dance: .
also a boxed Megadrive 2 with 3 games £3
and a Dreamcast with 10 games for £2
that's just today :yatta:

Where on earth did you find them???

[andre31t]

I got the Vectrex on planet Bootsale
I think it was on sale for a few minuets before I saw it,
but this week planet bootsale is rained off :banghead:

[alphagamer]

n64 with expansion pack, 2 controllers, rumble pack, controller pack, bomber man 64.

35€

thats not a good deal?

okay, got an untested (but working) z64 with that!

[Paulo]

£160 japanese leather wallet brand new for £25. Got to love ebay :-)

[Arkanoid]

$7 for a Sega Nomad with a perfect screen.
$15 for a N64, 5 games and controller.
Free Model 2 Genesis and 7 games for free from my next door neighbor.
Free PS1 with 2 memory cards, 2 controllers, cables and a copy of Spyro in my neighbor's garbage lol.
Free Xbox with a broken disk drive which was easily fixable from my cousin's fiance.
22 Atari 2600 games and booklets in an old filing cabinet someone was throwing out. Great titles I might add.
Slim PS2 when traded for the 360 version of Guitar Hero 2

[MottZilla]

Wow Arkanoid, 7$ for a Nomad... Very nice.

I got a pretty nice deal on ebay recently. 16$ for a boxed Sega Genesis Model 2 with Sega CD 2, including both AC Adapters, two controllers, and all the little details like the expansion port covers, CD audio mixing cable for using it with a model 1, even the manuals.

[pas7680]

An Bung DX256 epprom cart for $1.75...sniper-tastic.

[Arkanoid]

Wow Arkanoid, 7$ for a Nomad... Very nice.

I got a pretty nice deal on ebay recently. 16$ for a boxed Sega Genesis Model 2 with Sega CD 2, including both AC Adapters, two controllers, and all the little details like the expansion port covers, CD audio mixing cable for using it with a model 1, even the manuals.
Yeah this lady down the street was selling all of her son's gaming stuff after he went to college. She didn't know what it was and neither did I at the time so I did the thing any true gamer would do if they saw something like that, I bought it. She even wanted $10 for it but all I had left from the other stuff was $7. I swear as soon as I go to college I am renting a storage unit so my parents never do that to me. Nice deal with the Genesis/Sega CD combo. Mine cost me $60 from Play-N-Trade with only 1 controller but it did come with a Model 1 Genesis which I sold back since it was in crap condition and I already have a Model 2 which looks better with the Model 2 Sega CD.

[Speed]

Got all this for $50 yesterday - the SNES games more than make up for the cost. I haven't even gotten to the 4th box which contains strategy guides and Saturn games.

SNES:
Breath of Fire - Complete/Boxed
Breath of Fire 2 - Complete/Boxed
Final Fantasy 3 - Complete / Boxed
Secret of Mana - Loose
Secret of Evermore - Loose
Super Metroid - Loose
Lufia 2 - Loose
Mega Man X - Loose
Super Mario World - Loose
Legend of Zelda ALTTP - Loose
Killer Instinct - Loose

NES:
Adventure of Link - Complete/Boxed
Contra - Loose
Legend of Zelda - Loose
Ninja Gaiden 2 - Loose
Metroid - Loose
Adventure of Link - Loose
Off Road - Loose
Game Genie - Loose

Genesis:
Shining Force - Complete/Boxed
Light Crusader - Complete/Boxed
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Adventure - Complete/Boxed
XMen - Loose
Splatterhouse 3 - Loose
Phantasy Star 2 - Loose
Phantasy Star 3 - Loose
Shining Force 2 - Loose
Two Crude Dudes - Loose
Golden Axe - Loose
Altered Beast - Loose
Primal Rage - Loose
Offical 3 button controller - X1
SG Program pad - X1
Performance pad - X1

Dreamcast:
Bust-A-Move 4 - Complete
Official Controllers - X2
Madcatz purple controller - X1

Sega Saturn:
Official Controller small - X1

Atari:
Atari (original) - Loose
Atari 2600 - Loose
Tele-Games Video Arcade - Loose
4 joysticks
4 paddles
1 keypad
3 power adapters
26 games

Misc:
N64 power adapter - X1
Playstation Performance multitap - X1
Saturn AV cables - X3
SNES AV cables - X1

[mr. newbie]

i got a 3do for $5. and i loled at it, turned it off and on a lot, and probably sold it for like $10.

[The Awoken One]

and probably sold it for like $10.

But your not entirely sure ?

[mr. newbie]

i know for sure i paid $5. i know i traded in something to a local gamestore and got $10. i assume it it was the 3do because i never trade in my stuff. that was years ago however :/

[Mr. Rare]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7521/satscoreux9.jpg

$8 total

[ave]

So who was the victim? 8year old orphan Bobby selling the last souvenirs of his dead parents' for vitamin pills?^^

[graciano1337]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7521/satscoreux9.jpg

$8 total

:drool:

[kevster]

Just got Nights in to Dreams for £9

[andoba]

ç

[Arkanoid]

Just picked up a SEGA Genesis 6 button fighting stick for $1 at Play-N-Trade. It was in their computer as a normal controller.

[Ed the Nerd]

I got 2 SEGA Genesis's for 1$ USD each :dance: (Goodwill stores are your friend)

I got one version 1 and one version 2, both came with 2 controllers.

I got a couple cartridges for 50 cents each

[phate]

Just got me an Acer Aspire One (Linux Edition) for $87.

[graciano1337]

Got this for free at work today. Totally awesome!

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02172.jpg

[Arkanoid]

I just got a Genesis and 2 perfectly working NESs for free.

[Pikkon]

Got a US Snes for 10 bucks,opened her up and threw a pal snes case on it.It beats the hell out of the US snes in looks:nod:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/pikkonson/tmpphpZVu0k1.jpg

[Quzar]

Had paid 14$ shipped for X-Men CPS2 cart with Virtua Fighter Remix and Super Major League for ST-V. Came today and it had two asian CPS2 'A' boards with it! (and shipping according to the postage label was 19$, which confuses me)

[virtual alan]

Moved to correct thread!

[Evangelion-01]

Got a US Snes for 10 bucks,opened her up and threw a pal snes case on it.It beats the hell out of the US snes in looks:nod:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/pikkonson/tmpphpZVu0k1.jpg
i want a shell like that for my yellowed out cracked snes :\.

[Evangelion-01]

gamecube component cables for 5 bucks at gamestop :\, labeled as s-video cables.... mmm monster ps2 component cables 7 bux.... gamestop. monster gamecube/snes/n64 s-video cable... 5 bux... gamestop.

[ave]

It beats the hell out of the US snes in looks:nod:

Mh I think the same about a US snes case the other way around.^^
Though I don't think the SNES has a (really) good design in any version :110: The jpn Mega Drive or 1st Duo still beats the crap out of anything else 16bit related :033:

[hl718]

Mh I think the same about a US snes case the other way around.^^
Though I don't think the SNES has a (really) good design in any version :110: The jpn Mega Drive or 1st Duo still beats the crap out of anything else 16bit related :033:
We all want what we can't have. ;)

-hl718

[Alchy]

I think the US SNES is pretty fucking ugly, to be fair.

[The Awoken One]

We all want what we can't have. ;)

-hl718

I always wanted a US snes so yes i guess your right.

[Yakumo]

I think the US SNES is pretty fucking ugly, to be fair.some here. and those cartridges! Breeze blocks or what :lol:

Yakumo

[Dark Seraph91]

some here. and those cartridges! Breeze blocks or what :lol:

Yakumo
i ilke the design of the american games and system:banghead::crying:

[Alchy]

I prefer the look of PAL/NTSC-J carts, but the American ones have some good points - stackable, and labelled on the top of the cart. That system though, ugh.

[Oldgamingfart]

The original Japanese Famicom was a nice design, much better than the NES imo.

[hl718]

I always liked the look of the top loading NES with the dogbone controllers myself.

-hl718

[Stone]

some here. and those cartridges! Breeze blocks or what :lol:
Never had a Hyper NeoGeo, then? ;-)
http://www.obsolete-tears.com/photos/H64.jpg
:lol:

Stone

[Parris]

Never had a Hyper NeoGeo, then? ;-)
http://www.obsolete-tears.com/photos/H64.jpg
:lol:

Stone

Great piece of hardware :icon_bigg

[Dazz]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7521/satscoreux9.jpg

$8 total

HOLY SHIATTZU

[radgoos]

Just pick up a copy of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PlayStation, brand new) from Goodwill for 73 cents!

[Dark Seraph91]

Nevermind : \

[Alchy]

Congrats, but... not really sure that counts as a "miracle".

[Dark Seraph91]

Nevermind : \

[mairsil]

Sorry, I just picked up the same thing new at FYE for $150 after rebate...

[duo014]

ikaruga dreamcast + silver radiantgun = 60€ 85$ ?
everything sealed... i want to play T_T

[schwatter]

I bought my xbox360demokit for 4 month without all.
Only the case and mainboard but with HDMI :dance:
Price 120 Euro ( 154 Dollar)

Repair costs:
Hdd 320GB 2,5 = 60 Euro (77 Dollar)
LiteOn DVD = 15 Euro (19 Dollar)

So now i have a wonderfull 2007 HDMI for only 195 Euro (250 Dollar)
Big deal :thumbsup:

[PSPdemon]

my last amazing purchase was a black Sega Sports DC with everything for $.99 ( yes... $1! )

a bunch of black label ps1 games ( silent hill, GT, FF7, Tekken 3, Tenchu.... ) for $10

among other things i got a free xbox, psp, colecovision and amiga.... and thats about all i can think of that i got good deals or free stuff wise with :)

[Ed the Nerd]

...free xbox, psp,... That reminds me, I got a free psp, (1000 series) but it has a broken screen.
I already got the old screen out and ill buy a new screen eventually :nod:

I also recently acquired a NeoGeo Pocket Color for 15$ :110: (USD)
It was from someone on my high-school's robotics team. He even threw in a copy of Bust-A-Move for it! :icon_bigg

[Parris]

ikaruga dreamcast + silver radiantgun = 60€ 85$ ?
everything sealed... i want to play T_T

Mmmmm Ikaruga - brilliant schmup!

[vectrex_rox]

indeed i picked up IKARUGA 2 weeks ago at Gamestop for 4 Euro.

now im hoping for a similar find for NAOMI ;)

[Parris]

indeed i picked up IKARUGA 2 weeks ago at Gamestop for 4 Euro.

now im hoping for a similar find for NAOMI ;)

Yeah, me too! Good luck! I've not really been looking all that hard. I am sure it'll pop up one day.

[The Awoken One]

Bought a supposedly broken Dslite (wouldnt power on) for €20
Opened it tryd it without the cover , Hooray !! power !
Closed it, :thumbsup: got me a working Dslite !

[defor]

Found a working loose SCPH-1000 for 14$ shipped...

[pas7680]

Free xbox 360, no rrod - but kept freezing on games. Removed the x clamps and re fitted everything. 1 perfect working xbox :-)))

[tzeman]

300bucks for a PS3 with 2 controller,2 games and 2 Bluray. The American Expat is going off so i grabbed it. lol..

He gave me a big giant Transformer for free. Sold it for 100bucks.

[Parris]

£50.00 for Sega Hang On arcade cabinet (faulty), which is a steal!

Even if the motherboard is fried, these cabinets are worth at least £100 on their own.

Can be converted to Outrun with steering mechanism exchange. So, we shall see where it goes.

Nice one on the DSlite that started to work after bought faulty... why do people give up so easily? :DOH:

[WarHampster]

I picked up a bunch of PS1 and Dreamcast games for $5 at my town's thrift store :)

[limey]

Nice one on the DSlite that started to work after bought faulty... why do people give up so easily? :DOH:For $50, I recently picked up a Wii that wasn't reading discs. I got it with an idea of getting a replacement drive off ebay, but mostly just to open it up & poke around inside without fear of messing up a good unit. Well, as it turned out, the problem wasn't actually reading discs, but that the mechanism wasn't pulling them all the way inside, or properly ejecting. A bit of tweaking later & I had a pretty much functional unit that I can use for homebrew/imports without stressing over bricking it - it still has some trouble with GC discs, but I'm not so fussed about that - maybe I'll fix that later.

I also picked up a PAL 360 off ebay a while back for $50 - the US based seller claimed to be unable to test it. Since I have PAL capable monitors, I figured it was worth a shot - turned out fine, absolutely no problems at all. :thumbsup:

[The Awoken One]

For $50, I recently picked up a Wii that wasn't reading discs. I got it with an idea of getting a replacement drive off ebay, but mostly just to open it up & poke around inside without fear of messing up a good unit. Well, as it turned out, the problem wasn't actually reading discs, but that the mechanism wasn't pulling them all the way inside, or properly ejecting. A bit of tweaking later & I had a pretty much functional unit that I can use for homebrew/imports without stressing over bricking it - it still has some trouble with GC discs, but I'm not so fussed about that - maybe I'll fix that later.

I also picked up a PAL 360 off ebay a while back for $50 - the US based seller claimed to be unable to test it. Since I have PAL capable monitors, I figured it was worth a shot - turned out fine, absolutely no problems at all. :thumbsup:
NIce !
Most of the people i buy "broken" systems from think they have a good deal :lol: ,they have that look like "the sucker is actually paying for a broken device"

[Twimfy]

Just received -

Command and Conquer 3 (PC)
Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 (PC)
Spore (PC)
Logitec gaming mouse (worth £80)

All brand new and sealed.

For Free!!!

[tzeman]

oh wow.. how u get these free?!

[Jamtex]

Shoplifting? :D

[Twimfy]

Nope, my dads company purchased a new laptop for his branch in sudan. Whoever was clicking the buttons on the dell website obviously went overboard with the options. It had to be packaged and checked at my house before being sent to africa...when the extras were discovered they were sent my way!

[lukeusher123]

Just got a Megadrive Model 1 along with a Mega CD2 together for £6.00 including the postage, both not working.
After replacing the fuse in the Mega CD, it worked on another Megadrive.

So a Mega CD Model 2 for £6.00, I'm quite happy with that.

[darkportrait]

i got 2 dreamcasts for 7 bucks including 9 games one controller, a free nes with 2 games, i also got 2 gba sps that were broken (screen broke on one and mobo broke on other) but swapped mobo's with my friends and it worked fine!

free computer and other stuff!

p.s this was all in the same day!, some pawn shop type of store.. dont remember what its called had a "garage sale" and picked these all up 3 years ago!

EDIT: i also picked up an atari 5200 for $30 the next day

[Parris]

The wife decided to spring a surprise birthday present on me. My b'day isn't for a few weeks, however she saw something on eBay she thought I might like and snapped it up immediately.

She did really, really well, albeit she's now created 2 major headaches. A) How to get the item here and B) where to store it when it arrives.

Somehow, she managed to obtain Sega Manx TT Twin cabinets for an astonishing £100.00. Delivery will be around £250.00, so I immediately sold a couple of unused items to cover the costs. Even at that, they sell for more than £350.00 normally.

So, result!

Now to figure out where the hell it's going to go!

It looks like this: http://www.motobreaks.com/images/incidentals/welcome2.jpg

[darkportrait]

The wife decided to spring a surprise birthday present on me. My b'day isn't for a few weeks, however she saw something on eBay she thought I might like and snapped it up immediately.

She did really, really well, albeit she's now created 2 major headaches. A) How to get the item here and B) where to store it when it arrives.

Somehow, she managed to obtain Sega Manx TT Twin cabinets for an astonishing £100.00. Delivery will be around £250.00, so I immediately sold a couple of unused items to cover the costs. Even at that, they sell for more than £350.00 normally.

So, result!

Now to figure out where the hell it's going to go!

It looks like this: http://www.motobreaks.com/images/incidentals/welcome2.jpg
lol nice deal! hope you find a place to put the big sucker

[Stone]

The wife decided to spring a surprise birthday present on me.
[...]
Somehow, she managed to obtain Sega Manx TT Twin cabinets for an astonishing £100.00.
1) Your wife is awesome :lol:

2) How many of these things are you getting?!

Stone

[graciano1337]

The wife decided to spring a surprise birthday present on me. My b'day isn't for a few weeks, however she saw something on eBay she thought I might like and snapped it up immediately.

She did really, really well, albeit she's now created 2 major headaches. A) How to get the item here and B) where to store it when it arrives.

Somehow, she managed to obtain Sega Manx TT Twin cabinets for an astonishing £100.00. Delivery will be around £250.00, so I immediately sold a couple of unused items to cover the costs. Even at that, they sell for more than £350.00 normally.

So, result!

Now to figure out where the hell it's going to go!

It looks like this: http://www.motobreaks.com/images/incidentals/welcome2.jpg

OH SNAP!

epic!

you're very lucky. :nod:

[Ed the Nerd]

DO WANT!

[Parris]

1) Your wife is awesome :lol:

2) How many of these things are you getting?!

Stone


She is...

By sheer scale of dimensions this will have to be the last lol

Perhaps that was her intention. One last splurge!

[Ed the Nerd]

She is...

By sheer scale of dimensions this will have to be the last lol

Perhaps that was her intention. One last splurge!indeed, the rest of his life will be gift cards :lol:

[MrHard]

Great shot Parris!!!

[Twimfy]

Pretty sweet, let's just pray it's all in good nick otherwise it'll be a long long restoration thread.

[limey]

Pretty sweet, let's just pray it's all in good nick otherwise it'll be a long long restoration thread. Hey, there's nowt wrong with a nice long restoration thread - especially one of Parris' - I learn a ton off most of those threads!

Parris, I'm guessing you're now going to have to build an extension to keep your personal arcade in!

[Parris]

Ha! In this case, the learning curve is equally on the side of the poster as frankly the amount of input from others on these 'refurb & resto' threads from various members is great!

The longest thread for a repair was one that Limey and I were involved in a year or so ago, which tracked the repair of several Playstation 2 Tools owned by various members. It was a great community effort and I think it proved just how useful such threads could be.

A variety of people posted a huge amount of additional information.

I like a thread where those with a little technical knowledge can rub shoulders with people who have either none or lots and everyone just chips in, finds things out or imparts a bit of knowledge.

Lots of people visit on AG regularly have hoards of information that slowly leeks out through long conversations.

So, you'll be glad to know the Manx TT Twin is partially functioning. I spoke to the owner today and its gargantuan - I seriously have a problem with fitting it into the garage as it stands right now as I have 5 units in there. I'm in the middle of trying to sell a Namco Point Blank, which may or may not go for the asking price. I do need it gone though lol

The non functioning bit appears to be yet another monitor. The right hand coins up, can be heard to be working, but nothing on screen. It's either a defective video board or a monitor issue. Easy to establish when it arrives as the LEFT hand unit works. Swap parts and check!

[Twimfy]

Hey, there's nowt wrong with a nice long restoration thread - especially one of Parris' - I learn a ton off most of those threads!


Me too, I've learnt so much from the arcade threads but it seems after Parris' bad luck with the hang on unit I was just hoping this cab turns out perfect.


The non functioning bit appears to be yet another monitor. The right hand coins up, can be heard to be working, but nothing on screen. It's either a defective video board or a monitor issue. Easy to establish when it arrives as the LEFT hand unit works. Swap parts and check!

Doesn't sound too painful, I guess the beauty of a dual cab is that you can use one to test the other.

[Cyantist]

Few years ago Mint condition Master System 2 In the box Shrink wrapped and inserts + master games 2 i think £15.00 an offer i couldn't refuse!

WWF Attitude Sealed £5 (not that good

[Parris]

Me too, I've learnt so much from the arcade threads but it seems after Parris' bad luck with the hang on unit I was just hoping this cab turns out perfect.

Doesn't sound too painful, I guess the beauty of a dual cab is that you can use one to test the other.

The risk you take with older arcade units is really not finding serviceable parts. I don't mind having to do the odd repair, but locating boards etc is a pain.

Exactly, I can swap things around....

[Bluehaze]

I did a trade with a friend last year.

Traded:
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Tyoushin Heiki Zeroigar

Received:
Final Fight Tough
Love Quest
Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut
Rendering Ranger: R2
Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-tachi no Banka

I hope that there are some other people here who will appreciate the value of this trade : )

[Twimfy]

Picked up the Final Fantasy Battle Ultimania for $1 (canadian).

It's all in japanese but very cool to look at, all of the HP/MP stats for the creatures are in english.

Pity they don't make these available in english.

[graciano1337]

i got this horrible 50inch rear projection tv with the worst picture quality imaginable for free. you can't even watch dvds on the thing! however, now i have to pay money to have it taken to the dump. i thought it would be a good deal at first but i was wrong. :crying:

[Twimfy]

i got this horrible 50inch rear projection tv with the worst picture quality imaginable for free. you can't even watch dvds on the thing! however, now i have to pay money to have it taken to the dump. i thought it would be a good deal at first but i was wrong. :crying:

What's wrong with it? Have you looked into why it looks so bad?

[graciano1337]

What's wrong with it? Have you looked into why it looks so bad?

well, the picture is very dark, reds are yellow, there's like theses shadows around everything. there's a couple repair methods i'm going to try but right now it's not looking so good. :lol: the thing that bugs me was that i was told it works fine.

[Martin]

photos?

[graciano1337]

photos?

i'll post some later tonight, i need to find the charger for my camera. i just moved into a different room and nothing is really put away like i like it.

[Twimfy]

well, the picture is very dark, reds are yellow, there's like theses shadows around everything. there's a couple repair methods i'm going to try but right now it's not looking so good. :lol: the thing that bugs me was that i was told it works fine.

Needs new bulbs perhaps? If so burn it.

Hopefully it's something simple, worth spending a bit of time on if you can get it working seeing as it was free.

Can pick up rear projections here in the UK for pennies on ebay now. My brother had a 50" model with a 4:3 screen ratio, awesome for old games and because the screen was so big, forcing DVD's into letterbox still looked bigger than life.

[alphagamer]

if all means to repair it fail: mod an aquarium into it!

[Ed the Nerd]

just got a N64 with super mario 64, starfox 64, rayman2, a non-working copy of dk 64 for 15$ USD :P

[Shogeki]

Picked a neo geo with two controllers that weren't working.
The neo geo just needed a 9v transformer (it was tested with a 5v which wasnt enough on this rev on the board) , and the sticks only needed some cleaning (corrosion occured).

I also picked up a few loose carts for a total of 2000 yen.

[Jamtex]

Picked a neo geo with two controllers that weren't working. I also picked up a few loose carts for a total of 2000 yen.
Nice, although let me guess Samurai Spirits, Shin Samurai Spirits, Fatal Fury 2 or Fatal Fury Special? :P

[graciano1337]

Needs new bulbs perhaps? If so burn it.

Hopefully it's something simple, worth spending a bit of time on if you can get it working seeing as it was free.

Can pick up rear projections here in the UK for pennies on ebay now. My brother had a 50" model with a 4:3 screen ratio, awesome for old games and because the screen was so big, forcing DVD's into letterbox still looked bigger than life.

A quick google search revealed that a lot of people have experienced the exact same thing. one solution is getting new coolant. i gotta take the back off the tv to see if this is the issue or not.

we did play Melee on it tonight, while the colors were still jacked up, the overall picture wasn't too terrible. it'd be awesome if i could get it back in good condition.

[Twimfy]

A quick google search revealed that a lot of people have experienced the exact same thing. one solution is getting new coolant. i gotta take the back off the tv to see if this is the issue or not.

we did play Melee on it tonight, while the colors were still jacked up, the overall picture wasn't too terrible. it'd be awesome if i could get it back in good condition.

Sweet, keep us informed.

[Tchoin]

i got this horrible 50inch rear projection tv with the worst picture quality imaginable for free. you can't even watch dvds on the thing! however, now i have to pay money to have it taken to the dump. i thought it would be a good deal at first but i was wrong. :crying:

Oh man, that sucks, the same thing happened to me back in 2007 while living in Miami. Got a 50" rear projection tv for free too, but there wasn't even bad picture quality at all :DOH:... it was completely busted and getting it fixed would cost a fortune, so one night I had to take it in the company van up to the nearest dump and dispose it. It sure was a sad, sad night :crying:

Hopefully you can repair yours.

[Shogeki]

Nice, although let me guess Samurai Spirits, Shin Samurai Spirits, Fatal Fury 2 or Fatal Fury Special? :P

haha yeah something like that, plus a cool kof94.

[graciano1337]

here are some pictures of the tv. as you can kinda see, the image on the tv is pretty stinkin' dark with a lot of red and green shadows and what not.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02384.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02383.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02382.jpg

As you can see it's pretty big. It'd be awesome to get it back to it's former glory. Smash Bros. plays wonderfully on it. and the speakers and sound are great!

[The Awoken One]

Well putting drawings like that on it wont help :lol:

[graciano1337]

Well putting drawings like that on it wont help :lol:

LOL, i forgot that was on there.

[ASSEMbler]

Looks like the projection tv needs a bulb. Should be cheap on ebay.

[phate]

Does that monkey have a wang for a nose :rolleyes:

[windjammer]

Not amazing but I got a Game Cube for a fiver from of all places GAME.

[virtual alan]

here are some pictures of the tv. as you can kinda see, the image on the tv is pretty stinkin' dark with a lot of red and green shadows and what not.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02384.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02383.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC02382.jpg

As you can see it's pretty big. It'd be awesome to get it back to it's former glory. Smash Bros. plays wonderfully on it. and the speakers and sound are great!




FOOK ME

That`s the biggest Virtual Boy I have ever seen!!!

[Stuart.C]

FOOK ME

That`s the biggest Virtual Boy I have ever seen!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[graciano1337]

FOOK ME

That`s the biggest Virtual Boy I have ever seen!!!

lol, yeah it kinda does look like that.

and Henners drew the monkey wang. he put one on the door to my room too. he likes drawing wangs. a lot.

[Taucias]

Lucky for you, I guess?

Agree on the bulb theory.

[graciano1337]

i'm thinkin' this might be what i need to get to fix the tv...

http://www.tvrepairkits.com/order-now/107

[GungriffonEX]

Got a working Development Kit Xbox for $20 at a Swap Meet about a week ago.

Belonged to Neversoft, as it had American Wasteland beta installed.

[virtual alan]

What do you reckon for £15 :nod:

Quite a bundle and with a HUGE double stepdown as well :dance:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5355/n64bundleyq7.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n64bundleyq7.jpg)
.......................
I am sure you all remember this little bargain and it`s story

Well I didn`t need to get a power supply for the PAL booster, it eventually all worked anyway

Well as a courtesy I e-mailed the guy to say it was all fine, he said thanks for the update and then offered me a cube and some games for £10, I said I would check with my son as he had £5 pocket money from a nan and let him know. Anyway about 2 days later he said I can have it because of the problems with the N64

So a US cube with a region switch, another step down, 2 games and freeloader, and official memory......all for nada :clap:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3425649609_f8c8e8a5c2_b.jpg[/quote]

[graciano1337]

very nice! is that free loader in the Grand Theft Auto font??

[Cyantist]

Cubes are ridiculously cheap now. I can walk into game and buy them for 10 Pound with all the hookups controllers and like 2 games

[virtual alan]

I know GAME have stopped taking cube stuff now and Gamestation sell a cube with a bargain basement game for £15

[Twimfy]

Got an Apple Keyboard in minty fresh condition for £1.

[ave]

I wonder why the GameCube has become such a cheap piece of hardware while its games still go for serious money in comparison to i.e. Xbox.

[Jamtex]

Well mainly becauseall the GC owners bought a Wii and as it's backward compatable there are a glut of machines, a bit much like the original Playstation. Here in Japan you can get a GC with PSU for less then the cost of the AV lead... the Pads generally get kept too... I've lost count of the number of shops that have 10+ Gamecubes but not a single Gamecube pad or AV lead...

[3do]

Last time i bought a cube it was £25 but that was the mario smash football pak so not sure if that makes a difference to the price and apart from the used looking box everything else was perfect condition and almost brand new looking. I'd pick up any cheap Gamecubes and have a collection of them as i love the things.

Just need a few more games, a wavebird as the only problem i have with the console is that the controller cable si way too short.

[Hawk]

Well I modded some ppls 360's they gave me there games I traded them in and preordered a Resident Evil 5 Elite, and I had to spend $80 on it. And then I found a guy and he accepted my trade offer for his HDMI test kit. My offer was that I send him my RE5 Elite and he sends me the test kit and we each pay our own shipping. He sent to me first, let me test it for a week, then I sent him my console. So basically I got a test kit for $80. The test kit is an 07 HDMI kit WITH the side car. With the MS seal still intact. It's the new paper one so that leads me to believe that it has been repaird by MS but hey thats fine because it is newer then what is on the back.

Hawk

[virtual alan]

Well mainly becauseall the GC owners bought a Wii and as it's backward compatable there are a glut of machines, a bit much like the original Playstation. Here in Japan you can get a GC with PSU for less then the cost of the AV lead... the Pads generally get kept too... I've lost count of the number of shops that have 10+ Gamecubes but not a single Gamecube pad or AV lead...

Exactly the same here.......so many machines and a lack of pads

[Ed the Nerd]

Got an Apple Keyboard in minty fresh condition for £1.and now your selling it for 12 :lol: (http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Wired-Keyboard_W0QQitemZ190300309894QQcmdZViewItemQQptZU K_Computing_Apple_Mac_Accessories?hash=item1903003 09894&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C2 40%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)

[Twimfy]

and now your selling it for 12 :lol: (http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Wired-Keyboard_W0QQitemZ190300309894QQcmdZViewItemQQptZU K_Computing_Apple_Mac_Accessories?hash=item1903003 09894&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C2 40%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)

Rightly so, money to be made. Being unemployed isn't fun.

[renone]

I know I am new.
But, hey, I have to start from something:
I bought an Intellivision (unboxed) for 14€, a Working Sega Saturn with 3 Games for 20€, a RE4 limited edition Nintendo Gamecube + RE4 Sealed for 50€.
I won an Elite 360 (the black one) in a Guitar Hero World Tour Tournament.
A friend of mine gave me his Dreamcast for free.
I found an iMac from the 1998 (the first model) in the street.
Bought for 15€ various games for various console (they were 12, including a SEALED killer instinct gold for the N64 and an Asian Alien Soldier)
And I'll probably buy a Virtual Boy for 50€-80€.

[Nitro734]

I just received this poster in the mail today. It was given to me in appreciation for the volunteer work and photography I have done at numerous (around five) Video Games Live concerts. The poster was from their very first show in 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

http://don.komarechka.com/images/vgl_poster.jpg

Signatures include:

· Tommy Tallarico (Earthworm Jim, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Metroid Prime, Advent Rising)
· Jack Wall (Myst III, Myst IV, Splinter Cell, Jade Empire)
· Hideo Kojima (Creator of Metal Gear Solid)
· Yuji Naka (Creator of Sonic the Hedgehog)
· Elijah Wood (Actor, Lord of the Rings, Sin City)
· Marty O'Donnell (Halo, Halo 2)
· Nolan Bushnell (Pong, Atari, Chuck E. Cheese)
· Toby Gard (Creator of Lara Croft & Tomb Raider)
· Bill Roper (Warcraft)
· Jordan Mechner (Prince of Persia)
· David Jaffe (God of War)
· Dweezil Zappa (Guitarist)
· Doug Tennaple (Earthworm Jim, The Neverhood)
· David Perry (Earthworm Jim, Aladdin, Enter the Matrix)
· Chris Stone (Dragon's Lair)
· Richard Jacques (Headhunter, Outrun)
· Lorne Lanning (Oddworld Inhabitants)
· Bill Brown (Rainbow Six)
· Michael Giacchino (Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, The Incredibles)
· Nathan McCree (Tomb Raider)
· Gary Coleman (Actor)
· Laura Karpman (Everquest II)
· Christophe Heral (Beyond Good and Evil)
· Tom Salta (Ghost Recon 2)
· Vince Desi (Postal, Postal 2)
· Jason Hayes (Warcraft III, World of Warcraft)
· Gerard Marino (God of War)
· Tim Larkin (Myst)
· Laurie Robinson (Advent Rising, Video Games Live Vocal Soloist / Performer)
· Benoit Grey (Jaws, Video Games Live Orchestrator)
Yeah, I'm pretty happy :) Framed it as soon as I got it home. They give these posters out in a draw that everyone can enter who attends a concert, but they didn't get too many of these posters signed at their first show. Probably one of the coolest video game items I now own.

You can see some of the photos I had taken at VGL concerts here (http://videogameslive.com/gallery/v/concert/album65/), here (http://videogameslive.com/gallery/v/concert/album76/), and here (http://videogameslive.com/gallery/v/concert/kitchener/).

[graciano1337]

Sick!!

[e4g]

Nitro... that. is. amazing. :oh:

[darkportrait]

today i got a sega master system for $20, 10 ds stylus for $0.50 (from manufacturer), throwing knives 3.94 $5 egiftcard for usedvideogamestore.com and a awesome day... PRICELESS

[phate]

Just bought a Neo Geo MVS 4 slot for $60, comes with 8 carts too! more about it here: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=22581

[Primergy]

Looks like plain promotional material, right?!
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=180346131959)

Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02261_resize.JPG)
Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02263_resize.JPG)
Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02265_resize.JPG)
Oh.. promo stuff! (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02266_resize.JPG)

All brand new and sealed for $45 :love2:

[ACR]

Looks like plain promotional material, right?!
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=180346131959)

Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02261_resize.JPG)
Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02263_resize.JPG)
Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02265_resize.JPG)
Oh.. promo stuff! (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02266_resize.JPG)

All brand new and sealed for $45 :love2:

Great job Primergy!:thumbsup: I'd like to have one too!

[alphagamer]

Fujitsu 1300SD External Magneto Optical Drive
All needed cables, 2 x 1.3gb rewriteable discs.
Working just fine!

I mainly bought it because i needed the scsi cable ^^

Three Euro!

[virtual alan]

Looks like plain promotional material, right?!
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=180346131959)

Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02261_resize.JPG)
Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02263_resize.JPG)
Wrong (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02265_resize.JPG)
Oh.. promo stuff! (http://primergy.rocketworm.de/bilders/mmh/DSC02266_resize.JPG)

All brand new and sealed for $45 :love2:

Do you want one of these?

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9889/PIONEERPAC-K11.jpg

[Primergy]

Do you want one of these?
Mine is not that mint and boxed, but I think I am set. Thanks though!
A S1, or N1 might be nice one day - if I stumble over another deal.
http://primergy.rocketworm.de/DSC02271_resize.JPG

[Jamtex]

Do you want one of these?

Delivered for $45, yes please. ;-)

[daytonausa]

Hmm, some of the best deals...

1. About 5 years ago, I got Street Fighter Zero 3, Samurai Showdown Collection, Fatal Fury Collection, Metal Slug, and Vampire Savior Chronicles for the purchase price of a pizza ;). Those games are ALL very rare, and my friend back then worked at a used game shop and had no use for imports. He bought the games from a guy for 5 bucks total, and gave them to me in the promise that I would buy a pizza for dinner. :D

2. A couple months ago, I got my Nintendo 64 DD collection and Panasonic Q for dirt cheap. The N64 DD came with the DD, the Japanese system, 2 controllers, memory card, Gameboy transfer pack, a Japanese version of F-zero X (to work with the EK game) and every game made for the DD except Doshin 2 and Japan Pro Golf, each with all their boxes, sleeves, cases, instruction booklets, and accessories in mint condition for 400 bucks. I offered him that price, and he took it... the kit is worth MUCH more than that! The Panasonic Q was from the same guy, for just over a hundred.


Think those are the best scores I've had that I can remember. I've gotten a lot of deals, but those are the most memorable :).

[mooseblaster]

I thought I'd posted this in here, but maybe I was mistaken.

Current retail price of a used 'fat' PS2 in the UK: £34 (according to Amazon UK)
Price paid at car boot sale: £12

[Twimfy]

I thought I'd posted this in here, but maybe I was mistaken.

Current retail price of a used 'fat' PS2 in the UK: £34 (according to Amazon UK)
Price paid at car boot sale: £12

Nice, I've been to Yeovil car boot sale 3 weekends in a row with a PS2 on my shopping list. Not seen one yet, only Xbox's.

[mooseblaster]

Nice, I've been to Yeovil car boot sale 3 weekends in a row with a PS2 on my shopping list. Not seen one yet, only Xbox's.
Proof positive that haggling is your friend, that 'knowing your salt' about a particular product can help you blag a good deal - and it's always to have a group of friends with you so you can turn £10 notes into shrapnel to make it easier to offer exact figures!

Patience is a virtue - this is probably the first PS2 I've seen at a car boot.
You'll find the best deals and the good stuff at one-off car boots - regular car boots mean you commonly get regular car-booters!
Finally, Keep your eyes peeled and move fast! There's more than likely at least 3 other people at the car boot who want what you want.

[MoBoRoS]

i took a boxed pal psx for free from a person at my University cause he prefered to give it to me than throw it away.
Also one PS2 for free again from a friend of mine who had two.. O_O
And lastly the other day i bought the rare european pocket reversi game (Neo Geo Pocket Color) for about 27 bucks shipped which costs approx 60-70$ loose.

[Skaarg]

Well I was at work today and we had a lady come in with a large bag of 2600 games. My manager just said we could give her $10 for them, which was a lie since they trade in for a few cents a piece. Me and him just put $5 each in the drawer after she left, and took turns picking games. I got 16 games total and one of them was a game I'd never seen before. It's called Harbor Escape and it's made by Panda Inc. Looked it up on Digit Press and it turns out to be a clone of River Raid worth about $40. So I was happy. :icon_bigg

[ASSEMbler]

I got an M2 cpu tool for $9 :-P

[lwizardl]

well today I found this deal. I bought 39 sega cd games most of them in original cases wit manuals and black insert. here is a list of them and picture

*edit* i forgot to post the price on the sega cd games. I paid $45 for the bunch of games

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1712/1010571.jpg

3 ninja kick back/hook
adventures of batman and robin
batman returns
bc racers
bouncers
brutal paws of fury
chuck rock
chuck rock II son of chuck
cliffhanger
cobra command
corpse killer
demolition man
ecco the dolphin
espn national hockey night
fahrenheit (sega cd & 32x version included)
Fifa International Soccer
final fight
jaguar xj220
jeopardy1
jurassic park
kids on site
lethal enforces II gun fighters (Including gun)
mary shelly's frankenstein/bram stoker's dracula
micky mania
Mighty Morphin power rangers
Mortal Kombat
Pitfall The Mayan Adventure
prizefighter
puggsy
Radical Rex
space ace
sol-feace
slipheed
the amazing spiderman vs the kingpin
Whell of Fortune
wild woody
wonder dog

also bought a dell 17" lcd monitor for $10 at a garage sale and it didn't work so called dell and found out it was under warranty still so they sent me a replacement for free.

also bought these bulk lot of transformers comics for $40
G.I. Joe Vs Transformers (Image comics) 1-6 including alternate covers
G.I. Joe Vs Transformers II (DDP Comics) 1-4 including most alternate covers
Transformers (1986) the movie 1-3 set
G.I. Joe and the Transformers (1987) 2-4
Transformers (1987) head masters 1,2,4
Transformers (1993) Generation 2 1-6
Transformers (1986) Universe 1-4
Transformers (1984) 1-30,32-39

[DC_Fan]

I'm curious, how much ?

[lwizardl]

oh i forgot to post the price on the sega cd games. I paid $45 for the bunch of games

[DC_Fan]

oh i forgot to post the price on the sega cd games. I paid $45 for the bunch of games


:thumbsup:

[lwizardl]

thanks man, I always look for nice buys.

looks like I might be also tradin my 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 convertible for a 1973 Plymouth `Cuda. I'll post those details later if the trade really happens or not.

I was just going through and cleaning up the discs from finger prints, etc and inside the case of jeopardy was also "WWF Rage In The Cage" so add another game to the list.

[channelmaniac]

Just picked up a rare speech recognition board for an old TI Professional PC (circa 1984) and a TI-99/4 (The rare older version, not the 4a) for $10 at a local electronics flea market.

:D

[baddy]

Best deals ever :

Knucles Chaotix and Kolibri for the Sega 32x : 1€ each :) box and manual for both (pal)
Bunck of NES games, boxed with manual in excellent condition :
Castlevania I & 3, Ghouls and Ghost, Faxanadu, Ice Climber, Lifeforce and so on (only good titles) aroud 15 games for 20€ :D (pal versions)

[WarHampster]

I just got a decent lot of NES and SNES carts for $2 at a garage sale... I'm pretty sure they are really worth around $145!

[alecjahn]

Earthbound for $10 at a flea market.
Nearly perfect condition Sega CD with Robo Aleste and Lords of thunder for $30 the next day.
Boxed copies of: DK Country 3, Top Gear, Jurassic Park for $5 each
Loose Contra 3, Super Mario All Stars, and Mystical Ninja for $3.

Complete Mario is Missing! (IBMPC) for $1.29 :D

[daytonausa]

I just got a mint top loader NES with 5 boxed games for 50 bucks. :D

Finally can sell the old toaster now :).

[Qweetix]

Just got a boxed copy of The Jetsons - Cogwells Caper :drool: Box, cartridge and manual are in very good condition. Paid about 30$

Sometimes it can be yours for about 550$ on auction sites like Tradera ;-)

[Cyantist]

Free fat PS2 under the condition it would not read games. they told me if i could fix it i could have it and if not i could still have it. stripped it and it must of been dropped or something parts of the lazer assembly are missing/broken. but it doesnt matter i can keep it for spares and repairing.

[MoBoRoS]

Hello! I dont know if this belongs here (because i dont know if its a bargain or not), so its your turn to judge:

PAL boxed Sega Dreamcast online pack + AV cable + VMU +8 PAL Mint boxed GAMES which are:

Sonic, Gta 2, Chuchu Rocket, Blue Stinger, Rainbow six, Confidential Mission, Hidden & Dangerous, Spec Ops 2 OmegaSquad

For 80 euro SHIPPED.

and one Nintendo 64 Ique with 2 preloaded Games (Dr Mario, F-Zero) +
5 time limited versions for 63,58 Euro Shipped.

[alecjahn]

I just got a mint top loader NES with 5 boxed games for 50 bucks. :D

Finally can sell the old toaster now :).

Hope your video output isn't as crappy as mine's. Also, enjoy RF.

[daytonausa]

Hope your video output isn't as crappy as mine's. Also, enjoy RF.
You can easily mod them you know. And quite honestly, i dont mind RF on a standard TV.

Either way it's better than not being able to play my games at all. AV cables are great and all, but if the picture looks like crud because the cart isn't ever being read properly, what's the point?

[M2fan]

I just got a Panasonic 3do with two controllers and five games for ten bucks at a yard sale! the games I got were
Gex
Need For Speed
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Wing commander 3 Heart of the tiger
and
Shockwave
so yeah its pretty cool but really REALLY dusty. the people selling it said they didn't even remember that they had it and they found it in their attic and I guess it hadn't been touched in ten years....when I pressed open to open up the disk tray a ton of dust came flying out right in my face

[Bramsworth]

Is this rare or obscure?

...no, it's just a 3do :p

[M2fan]

Is this rare or obscure?

...no, it's just a 3do :pwhat? The 3do is pretty dang rare I would say. This is the first one I've ever seen up close

[Twimfy]

what? The 3do is pretty dang rare I would say. This is the first one I've ever seen up close

My local gamestore has two in the window for £20 each. Not THAT rare, depends where you live I guess.

[M2fan]

My local gamestore has two in the window for £20 each. Not THAT rare, depends where you live I guess.
Last week I called all fifteen game stores in my state and not a single one had one.

[skavenger216]

At any rate, finding it at a yard sale for a tenner is always good. Nice find bro.

EDIT: And also, just because you didnt find one at any game stores by you doesnt mean its rare. I called a few stores around me and found 2 stores that have a 3do. They want like $50 bucks for them though.

[M2fan]

At any rate, finding it at a yard sale for a tenner is always good. Nice find bro.

EDIT: And also, just because you didnt find one at any game stores by you doesnt mean its rare. I called a few stores around me and found 2 stores that have a 3do. They want like $50 bucks for them though.
Yeah it was a good find but seriously I grabbed the phone book and called every store in my state that started with the word game and none had one......

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Awesome deal, I'd say. Just hope you don't poop a Juno.

[Yakumo]

what? The 3do is pretty dang rare I would say. This is the first one I've ever seen up closeYou've got to be joking. I can go down to the local store and buy 5 if I wanted to. Maybe nobody in your area never bought one when they were new?

Yakumo

[Tatsujin]

i've bougt this package once for 20 bucks (system mint, all games cib mint w/ spine):

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9991/3d0kw7.jpg

[ASSEMbler]

Now that's a good deal. Too bad it's still shit at the center of it all.

[Tatsujin]

Too bad it's still shit at the center of it all.
you are right. but i was curious about since never own'd one, there fore i bought it. still a good resell value at that price. i've got even about 10 more games in the meanwhile (105yen sales).

[A. B. Snowman]

Found a sweet deal on Craigslist.

Contra: Hard Corps (complete)
Rocket Knight Adventures (complete)
Perfectly fine, working Saturn with all the cords, 11 cruddy games
2 N64 controllers, 3 memory cards, 2 rumble packs
NES controller, zapper, and SMB/Duck Hunt

All for $20. Some other random stuff mixed in there too. Surprising part is, it all works fine.

[Skaarg]

Wow today was an awesome day. Some guy brought in a bunch of Colecovision and Atari 2600 games CIB, and at the store we don't give much at all for them since we only sell them 50 cents a piece so I offered him $5 cash for the lot, and he was happy to even get that. <_< I just got done checking them on digit press's rarity guide, and I got a hell of a deal some of these are worth a bit!

Colecovision all CIB:
Venture
Roc'n Rope (Most rediculous box art ever)
Spectron (DP - worth $30 loose)
Wing War (DP - worth $35 loose)
Quest for Quintana Roo (DP - worth $25 loose)
Time Pilot
Mouse Trap
Illusions (DP - worth $20 loose)
Miner 2049er
2010 (worth 15 loose, and creepy artwork)

Atari 2600 all CIB (nothing too interesting):
Starmaster
Alien
Phoenix
Asteroids
Berzerk
Solaris
Planet Patrol
Infiltrate
Tron: Deadly Discs

The next items were awesome, it's part of a set of games created by Arcadia, later named Starpath. They use this device called the Supercharger which you connect to a cassette player. Then the games are on a cassette tape. Well I got the first five out of twelve games now, all complete in mint boxes.
Some of the game names are also quite amazing.
1. Phaser Patrol
2. Communist Mutants from Space (Most amazing game name EVER!)
3. Fireball
4. Suicide Mission
5. Escape from the Mindmaster

loose all of these games would be worth $47 according to digit press. So I'd say it's a nice find especially for $5!

[Ed the Nerd]

2. Communist Mutants from Space!) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[3do]

Found be an unbelievable deal on a 40Gb PS3 from Play.com, too bad its not a good unbelievable deal.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p83/killinglonelinesshim/9999ps3.jpg

Here should be the origianl page with price on it - http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/3497508/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-Console-with-40GB-HDD/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=price&fb=3&addpt=399060087

[daytonausa]

Found be an unbelievable deal on a 40Gb PS3 from Play.com, too bad its not a good unbelievable deal.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p83/killinglonelinesshim/9999ps3.jpg

Here should be the origianl page with price on it - http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/3497508/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-Console-with-40GB-HDD/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=price&fb=3&addpt=399060087


Wow and it's in stock!!!! :oh::oh::oh:;-)

[daytonausa]

i've bougt this package once for 20 bucks (system mint, all games cib mint w/ spine):

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9991/3d0kw7.jpg

Where'd ya find it? That's a heck of a snag. Been wanting to dip into the 3DO for a while now. I've found systems I was interested in, but never any games. You hit the mother load.

[Shiggsy]

Who managed to buy the NPDP-Reader and 7 (!!!) NPDP-Carts on ebay the other week for $600 BIN (or whatever it was) ?

Now THAT is an unbelievable purchase. Going rate would be closer to $3000

Shiggsy

[Borman]

I saw that, it made me cry that I missed it by around 15 minutes. My heart stopped and everything.

[Matthijscoman]

I saw it too, I stared at my monitor for 5 minutes with my mouth wide open when I saw it. The price was $650 by the way.

[Stuart.C]

A friend of mine was moving to Leeds, only taking one suitcase with him meant he didn't have room for his Xbox. So for £3.10 (all the change in my pocket) i got an Xbox, 11 loose games, DVD remote (2 receivers for some reason), and a MadCatz wireless control pad (seen better days) :thumbsup:

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/retrogamers/DSCF0876.jpg

[concept]

£3.10 (all the change in my pocket)

That should be how all purchases should work.

Great haul.

[Skaarg]

Mine today wasn't a purchase or a trade it was a gift from a friend of mine. I went over to a couple friends and walk in and he says he has something for me. He hands me a complete copy of Mega Man on the game gear. He's even more of a collector than me so I know he knows what it's worth. I at first told him I couldn't accept it, but he insists because he knows I want to collect every Mega Man game and knows I will most likely never find a complete copy like this for a low price and know I would do the same for him if I knew there was something he was really wanting to get for his collection. (which is true) He refused to accept payment, but needless to say his bowling will be payed for this weekend!

[alecjahn]

I am good friends with a guy that owns a stand at the flea market. Three times now, I've been given 2-3 DS Lites for repair, and all he ever wants back is one working one. An hour or so work swapping screens, and BAM! I get a nice load of parts, twice now enough to build up another unit!

[skavenger216]

He hands me a complete copy of Mega Man on the game gear.

How did i not know there was a Megaman for Gamegear!?!?!?:banghead:

Seriously, i have no idea how that one slipped my radar, im a huge Megaman fan.

[alecjahn]

How did i not know there was a Megaman for Gamegear!?!?!?:banghead:

Seriously, i have no idea how that one slipped my radar, im a huge Megaman fan.

Me neither. I thought it was a typo, and looked it up.

BOY, IS MY FACE RED!!

[Arkanoid]

$20 for a CIB Coleco Gemini.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3664368907_67f105d1dd_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/3664369295_bd0d07db82_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3664368821_c8128400a4_b.jpg

[alphagamer]

remember a few months back, when i purchased a net yaroze kit missing the access card?

well, i went to a flea market and saw a set of 5 ps1 memory cards with an access card among them. got the lot for a total 5 euro.

[3do]

I Remeber when i got Socom 3 and the logitech USB headset boxed and everything for half the price of what they were wanting for the game on its own, i'm sure i posted about it here.

I always see stuff were pre-owned copies of games are priced higher sometimes than NEW copies of the same game although usually its when i'm skint.

[APE]

remember a few months back, when i purchased a net yaroze kit missing the access card?

well, i went to a flea market and saw a set of 5 ps1 memory cards with an access card among them. got the lot for a total 5 euro.

Gotta love how that works out.

Got a JVC X'EYE for $10 as it was "broken". Turns out it needed a new switch to determine if the lid was closed or not and it was good as new.

[_SD_]

I got a brand new copy of Mirror's Edge for the PS3 for a rather tidy £6 today in Morrisons.

If any one else is interested they have Mirror's Edge and some WWF Wrestling game for both the 360 and PS3 for £6. There was also a few random Wii games that were either 6 or 7 quid, like Dragon Quest.

[Princess Toadstool]

I remember when the Gamecube came out, I wanted to buy a used one, as I didn't have much money at that time...I was searching at ebay and did bid on a new one just for fun (perhaps because the auction ended in a few minutes). And guess what I won! A new Gamecube with 1 controller, Memorycard and 2 games for 60€. I thought that was cheap! :-)
I also have a few games from ebay, I got under 10€, all in Mint condition and boxed.

[Segata Sanshiro]

I got an NES with two pads and a few games for £6. I then sold one of the games for £6 on eBay. :D

Got a White Saturn in a shop sold as untested for £5, it's now chipped with an EU power board.

Got a fat PS2 for £5 as well as an Xbox for £5 in the same shop, both sold as untested. Think the PS2 is a bit dodgy, but the Xbox works great.

Got many great condition Game Boy's for £1 too.

[YoshiFtJ]

A few years back when I worked at GameStop a guy came in and wanted to get Pokemon for the DS. He had a stack of PS1 games, all in mint condition. GameStop stopped taking PS1 games at this time so I decided to buy him Pokemon in trade of his PS1 games.

I got Breath of Fire III, Final Fantasy VIII, GTA 2, Parasite Eve 2, and to top it all off, Suikoden II. All for $30.

[thomj]

The week before last I got an awesome haul at a few charity shops:
overlord 2 for the 360 (it had been out less than a month) £1

animal crossing w/ memory card gc
harvest moon gc
that wallace and gromit game gc
and a couple of less valuable things for the cube

that spiderman game for the ds

all mint condition boxed w/ instructions, all for £1 each

I sold animal crossing on ebay within 24 hours for £22. (already had a copy)

Also in the last few weeks I got a mint condition parasite eve 2 for ps1 for £1 and a boxed N64 expansion pack for £3 both of which I already had copies of and flipped. I hit a bit of a lucky vein I think, hope it continues!

[SirGadget]

:icon_bigg A PlayStation 2 Tool for £20 (the guy wanted £25)
http://www.uk.playright.dk/raretitel.php?id=29927
I saw this at a bootsale and after a few people walked and didn't buy it. I called my girlfriend :love: (she gets the bargains cheaper) to ask about it. she came back with it for £20.
apparently there were 7 of them from a software company which went bust. Sony took back 6 and left 1. the guy was told to clear the warehouse and he stuck it the back of his van and took it to a bootsale.:thumbsup:

Cool:thumbsup: Why dosen't that ever happen to me?:banghead:

Which company was it? And are you danish, since you have a profile on playright?:-)

[Mugi]

wtf, a tool for 20 ?!
you just made me cry :crying::crying::crying: i've spent like 1k for mine already -___-

why doesn't that ever happen to me either ? :DOH:

[Segata Sanshiro]

if I saw a TOOL for £20 at a car boot I'd be unable to buy it because I'd have exploded as soon as I laid eyes on it

really lucky find there

[Matthijscoman]

if I saw a TOOL for £20 at a car boot I'd be unable to buy it because I'd have exploded as soon as I laid eyes on it
Hahaha :lol: