Buying games at Pawn Shops, and smokers.....

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You'd be surprised at how many people really don't care about dirty cartridges, etc. It's just not worth it for pawn shops to clean it themselves.

'Sides, iirc, most pawn shops actually make most of their money on interest from pawn loans and whatnot.
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AppleQueso wrote:You'd be surprised at how many people really don't care about dirty cartridges, etc. It's just not worth it for pawn shops to clean it themselves.

'Sides, iirc, most pawn shops actually make most of their money on interest from pawn loans and whatnot.
some of these games i want some latex gloves before i touch them lol.
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I once got a Gameboy Pocket off Ebay. It wasn't too bad but when I opened it up to clean it properly I found something INSIDE that looked like old clotted blood. :shock:
I put on some gloves and cleaned it off with surgical spirit. No problem. 8)
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Hateshinai wrote:I once got a Gameboy Pocket off Ebay. It wasn't too bad but when I opened it up to clean it properly I found something INSIDE that looked like old clotted blood. :shock:
I put on some gloves and cleaned it off with surgical spirit. No problem. 8)
Reminds me of how one time I bought a pair of pants at Salvation Army, and found, once I put them on, a bloody rag in the pocket. Lovely.
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BoringSupreez wrote: Reminds me of how one time I bought a pair of pants at Salvation Army, and found, once I put them on, a bloody rag in the pocket. Lovely.
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I often look in digust at the second hand wiimotes hanging up in gamestation - some of those wriststrapes are just rank. If it was my shop I would take them off and throw them away as there is no way I would buy one that dirty.

Whenever I get any used controller, I thouroughly clean it, other peoples old finger dirt is just not nice
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you guys think tar is bad? I occasionally buy games from a bottom of the barrel goodwill store called "As-is". No receipts for anything, no price tags on anything, sells clothing by the pound, and items are usually dumped out in some tables for people to dig through.

Some of the controllers and systems I pull out of there are the dirtiest nastiest things i've seen and usually broken. Oddly I've pulled gems like sega saturn games, pitfall 2, duck tails 2 and Chrono Trigger out of that place. :shock:
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Mechblue wrote:you guys think tar is bad? I occasionally buy games from a bottom of the barrel goodwill store called "As-is". No receipts for anything, no price tags on anything, sells clothing by the pound, and items are usually dumped out in some tables for people to dig through.

Some of the controllers and systems I pull out of there are the dirtiest nastiest things i've seen and usually broken. Oddly I've pulled gems like sega saturn games, pitfall 2, duck tails 2 and Chrono Trigger out of that place. :shock:
If you're willing to brave the dangers, you can find gold. :lol:
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CFFJR wrote:
Mechblue wrote:you guys think tar is bad? I occasionally buy games from a bottom of the barrel goodwill store called "As-is". No receipts for anything, no price tags on anything, sells clothing by the pound, and items are usually dumped out in some tables for people to dig through.

Some of the controllers and systems I pull out of there are the dirtiest nastiest things i've seen and usually broken. Oddly I've pulled gems like sega saturn games, pitfall 2, duck tails 2 and Chrono Trigger out of that place. :shock:
If you're willing to brave the dangers, you can find gold. :lol:
:lol: That should be the motto of that store!

Most people don't know it exists. It isn't even listed in google's system. Find the place through word of mouth at Flea Markets.
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Hateshinai wrote:I once got a Gameboy Pocket off Ebay. It wasn't too bad but when I opened it up to clean it properly I found something INSIDE that looked like old clotted blood. :shock:
I put on some gloves and cleaned it off with surgical spirit. No problem. 8)
Maybe someone cut themselves when they were trying to repair it or something? Glad you cleaned it though :)
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