eBay VS. Craigslist VS. flea markets DEATHMATCH!

[enderfall]

The problem with ebay is that it's impossible to get a deal. You might luck out with a bundle of game + console + accessories, but then you're usually stuck with another console that you don't need. The only benefit is that it's national and if you really want a game and can't find it anywhere, ebay will usually have it.

Craigslist is good because you can get a local deal, avoid ebay/paypal fees and try things before you buy them. Unfortunately, there are some shady people that scour Craigslist.

Flea Market's are hit or miss to me. I've yet to find a good one near me that has a good selection of games. Usually there is only one guy there selling games and his stuff is really over priced ($15 for Super Mario World cart only?, no thanks).

Thrift stores and Goodwill are something I'm starting to pay a little more attention to. I'm going to check out these types of places a little more often as I keep hearing people on these boards coming away with amazing scores.

[Hobie-wan]

Most of my great deals have been Craigslist. Most of my decent price fills have been on ebay as long as I'm patient and stick to bidding a price that's not too high. Took me a year to get Contra at a price I wanted to pay since it is actually a common game as opposed to the way everyone tries to sell it. Sadly the flea markets here seem to mostly suck.

[lisalover1]

I'm lucky to find any garage sales, much less a flea market. I've been ripped off more than a couple times by Craigslist, but Ebay's prices are much higher than the other two options, but still much less than used game stores.

[Reverend]

Garage Sales Wins! FINISH HIM!

New Jersey/New York has so many garage sales every weekend of the summer

[IcKy99]

my craigslist thinks every old console is RARE!

most of the time when i try to find some saturn games the posting usually says:
"RARE tomb raider for sega saturn - $25"

this has been the only good deal i have ever got off craigslist