Got a beautiful un-yellowed Nintendo at the local flea market last weekend. Came with the system, all hookups, adapter, zapper, both controllers, the Advanatge and four games. Got it home and hooked it up and it worked...mostly. Yes, the evil red blinking light reared it's ugly head. I took it apart and cleaned the crap out of it (good lord did it need it), put it back together and tried again and it worked a bit better. I said to hell with it and bought a new pin connector off Amazon that came in the mail on Friday and now my NES works like a dream.
Throughout the whole process my mother looked at me like I'd lost my mind. Even after explaining the purpose of the new pin connector. I'm pretty sure she didn't think it'd work, even after showing her articles on the subject and a simple YouTube demonstration. Then I popped in the first game after the pin connector switch and as soon as it showed up on the screen, without any sign what-so-ever of the red light of death, she looked at me and said, "So...Can I play Mario?"
She even switched through a couple of games and is apparently so impressed with how simple the fix was that she's now offered to buy me a couple of extra pin connectors next month, "Just in case."
dunpeal2064 wrote:Bradtemple87 wrote:NintenBroke wrote:Indigo Gamecube with Power and A/V cables and a black corded controller, sitting in the glass case at the Salvation Army with a price tag of $8.99, I said I'll take it!!! You can't get the power cord, a/v cable or a controller for $8.99. I don't get the SA. One in my hometown has right now a complete SNES for $35 bucks and also a complete Sega Genesis system 2 for $35. Both overpriced in my opinion, and then the other has this Gamecube that they basically gave away, go figure.
Individual location pricing at its best, Goodwill does the same thing.
It has its good and bad moments
At least its not the Hope Chest, a thrift store chain that takes printouts from inflated ebay prices, and then sells their goods just a little under that, making people think they are getting a good deal. Apparently, they also only donate the minimum amount to the outreach programs that try to help the homeless.
Oh well, they never have anything good anyways.
That's just....shifty. I never find any decent game-related things in Goodwill. I've found a ton of great books, but nothing to feed my retro needs. I've found all my retro games at local thrift stores.
