Video Game "Look what I found"

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I was also going to mention that Half Price Books had a warehouse sale where everything was $1.00. I bought Myst (a classic) and Cyberia 2: Resurrection for PC, I got some trivia game for a DVD player that turned out to be a lot of fun, and I got Aqua Aqua for PS2. I also got some good CDs and books too. My wife bought a bunch of books and CDs too. I walked back to the car with my arms full, but I only spent $15 total.
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I just thought this would be a good story to add...

over the weekend I was at a massive neighborhood yardsale, and I found a wireless NES controller with no price on it. So I go up to the guy who's sale it was. He must've been 90. He had 1 tooth.

Me: What do you want for this?
Old Man: What is it?
Me: It's a controller... for an old video game.
Old Man: How about five bucks?
Me: I'm sorry. That's way more than I'd spend on this. Thanks anyway.

this is where it gets weird...

Old Man: wait! What's it worth to you?
Me: Oh, probably about fifty cents.
Old Man: YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE! DO YOU KNOW THAT? FIVE AND DIMES ARE A THING OF THE PAST.

and with that, he snatched the controller out of my hand and stormed off.
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noiseredux wrote:I just thought this would be a good story to add...

over the weekend I was at a massive neighborhood yardsale, and I found a wireless NES controller with no price on it. So I go up to the guy who's sale it was. He must've been 90. He had 1 tooth.

Me: What do you want for this?
Old Man: What is it?
Me: It's a controller... for an old video game.
Old Man: How about five bucks?
Me: I'm sorry. That's way more than I'd spend on this. Thanks anyway.

this is where it gets weird...

Old Man: wait! What's it worth to you?
Me: Oh, probably about fifty cents.
Old Man: YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE! DO YOU KNOW THAT? FIVE AND DIMES ARE A THING OF THE PAST.

and with that, he snatched the controller out of my hand and stormed off.
HA!, thats to funny, made my day...thank you
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Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"

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noiseredux wrote:I just thought this would be a good story to add...

over the weekend I was at a massive neighborhood yardsale, and I found a wireless NES controller with no price on it. So I go up to the guy who's sale it was. He must've been 90. He had 1 tooth.

Me: What do you want for this?
Old Man: What is it?
Me: It's a controller... for an old video game.
Old Man: How about five bucks?
Me: I'm sorry. That's way more than I'd spend on this. Thanks anyway.

this is where it gets weird...

Old Man: wait! What's it worth to you?
Me: Oh, probably about fifty cents.
Old Man: YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE! DO YOU KNOW THAT? FIVE AND DIMES ARE A THING OF THE PAST.

and with that, he snatched the controller out of my hand and stormed off.
lol, why didn't you just pay the five?
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went to some resale place and found a handful of genesis games, most were either crap or I already had them or both. I snagged Jurassic Park and NBA Jam, both were $2, both were complete. The manuals look like they were brand new, even the contacts were still nice and clean.
not much of a find, but still something I guess.
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I just scored myself a complete copy of MGS3 Subsistence for $20 (NZD)
You can't find a copy under $80 on trademe, some listed for $150
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Doom 64 - $4
Record of Lodoss War (complete) - $3
Deadly Arts (N64, in box) - $3
XBox Live Arcade compilation disc (360) - $3
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES) - $2
DOOM (SNES) -$2
Tales of Symphonia (complete, players choice) - $5
Suikoden IV (complete) - $5
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I picked up Viewtiful Joe for Gamecube and Shadow of the Colossus for PS2 for $20 total today. :D
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Dreamcast stuff...

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 - $7.99 <- This is the cheapest I have ever seen the game at a brick and mortar (including the early 2ks when everyone was liquidating DC stuff).

Outtrigger - $11.99 (ditto)

VMU - $1
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izdead wrote:
noiseredux wrote:I just thought this would be a good story to add...

over the weekend I was at a massive neighborhood yardsale, and I found a wireless NES controller with no price on it. So I go up to the guy who's sale it was. He must've been 90. He had 1 tooth.

Me: What do you want for this?
Old Man: What is it?
Me: It's a controller... for an old video game.
Old Man: How about five bucks?
Me: I'm sorry. That's way more than I'd spend on this. Thanks anyway.

this is where it gets weird...

Old Man: wait! What's it worth to you?
Me: Oh, probably about fifty cents.
Old Man: YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE! DO YOU KNOW THAT? FIVE AND DIMES ARE A THING OF THE PAST.

and with that, he snatched the controller out of my hand and stormed off.
lol, why didn't you just pay the five?

cuz I didn't want the controller for myself. I just thought it would be a cool item to add to my tradelist. But I didn't want to pay five bucks to have it sit on my tradelist if nobody was interested.
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