I troll Craigslist and look through the Classifieds of my newspaper to see if there's anyone with games. I also like to go to sales where the entire street/subdivision is selling stuff, as you don't really have to go far to find anything.final fight cd wrote:you just told everybody about the secret of good deals: yardsales! nobody knew about them until you spilled the beans!YoshiEgg25 wrote:It's because you guys don't know where to look. Garage/Yard sales are incredible because 98% of the time they don't know what it's worth, and 85% of the time it's underpriced. Plus you can usually haggle.
it all is just a matter of luck. i would say 98% of the time yard sales have shit. i stopped going to yard sales because i never find anything.
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Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR)
Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15)
Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017
Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
Speedrun.com Profile (contains multiple WRs)
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wip3outguy7
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Lost Planet 2 complete and in great shape for $20 via Craig's.
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*checks with Aussie Racket members for the whereabouts of my lower jaw*Chickensuit wrote:My wife picked this up for me at a yard sale yesterday! The entire box for 20 dollars!!!
Imagine my excitement! I have a great wife.
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no i know about yard sales, just never got a haul like a few people have hereYoshiEgg25 wrote:It's because you guys don't know where to look. Garage/Yard sales are incredible because 98% of the time they don't know what it's worth, and 85% of the time it's underpriced. Plus you can usually haggle.
That's how I got my first Dreamcast this summer. Garage sale in a neighboring town, lady was selling the Dreamcast, VMU, and 10 games for $20. I got her down to $13 and she threw in the blue wicker basket they were in to carry it all.
Man, I had some hauls that day.
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wip3outguy7
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Being off on weekends helps, too. Which usually isn't the case with my work schedule.girlracer wrote:no i know about yard sales, just never got a haul like a few people have here
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Picked up at Gamestop:
GBA:
Game and watch gallery 4 $4.99
Warioware twisted $9.99
Gamecube:
Battalion wars $4.99
GBA:
Game and watch gallery 4 $4.99
Warioware twisted $9.99
Gamecube:
Battalion wars $4.99
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my lower jaw also has gone misssing.Hobie-wan wrote:*checks with Aussie Racket members for the whereabouts of my lower jaw*Chickensuit wrote:My wife picked this up for me at a yard sale yesterday! The entire box for 20 dollars!!!
Imagine my excitement! I have a great wife.
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got a boxed sega master system one with two games on saturday and got a snes with eleven games 8 with boxs and books all for £10 pounds 
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christ! what a find!