That's right, you gotta be "that guy" who lurks at the thrift store several times a week if you ever want to score. I walk out empty handed quite a bit, and too many times I almost talk myself out of popping in (been there twice already this week, going so often probably creeps out the cute female cashier and gives the queer one the wrong idea, it's 50% off day and packed...) but for some reason the time's I almost don't go are when I actually find something. Luckily I have a Goodwill less than 2 miles from the house, which I have to pass to go practically anywhere, so i'm a regular.This is why you have rotten luck, to regularly pick up amazing deals you need to visit multiple stores multiple times a week, so when stuff comes in, your first on the scene.
Interestingly enough, the day after I find an NES and Zapper at my nearby GW, i'm checking out the GW on the other side of town on my way to work, when I find a loose orange Zapper for $2. I had two thoughts: what are the odds of 2 different Zappers (one grey one orange) at two different stores on consecutive days, neither of which I had ever seen at a GW, ever, and was the second Zapper loose, or was there more NES stuff there that someone grabbed before me, leaving the lightgun behind?
