What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Ack]

Sega Saturn arrived today. It was a little dirty, so I went to town with some rubbing alcohol and cleaned it right up. Plugged it all in...AND...it works! Was worried it was a sketchy listing as it didn't include video-cords. Now I own all four Sega consoles. Yay!

You own an SG-1000?

[o.pwuaioc]

^I'm sure he meant the important ones. If we're going absolute completionist, you'd have to include Pico, too.

[Ack]

^I'm sure he meant the important ones. If we're going absolute completionist, you'd have to include Pico, too.

Nope, just being a dick.

[Blu]

Sega Saturn arrived today. It was a little dirty, so I went to town with some rubbing alcohol and cleaned it right up. Plugged it all in...AND...it works! Was worried it was a sketchy listing as it didn't include video-cords. Now I own all four Sega consoles. Yay!

You own an SG-1000?

I wish, and I should've specified. The major home consoles that saw US release. I need to fish up some games, and get myself an action replay.

[elmagicochrisg]

Projector does not display PS1 games on PS2 over component the way it should. I get 2 images on top of each other. Probably because the projector does not know what to do with the signal and tries to make two 240i images instead, refreshing one, then the other...

Projector does not support a 240p signal on a SCART over component or SCART over Dsub connection...

Found out the SCART connection on my crappy Chinese All to HDMI converter does not support RGB, just composite, which means NTSC PS1 games show in black and white even with my fully wired PS1 Scart cable.

Damned you cheap Chinese assholes...

Damned you triple standard SCART connection...

Damned you 240p PS1 games...

Anyone know if a CGA to VGA scaler modded with a SCART input would do the trick? In other words, would a CGA to VGA scaler be able to accept a 240p signal and output that signal in 480i or 480p?...

[BoringSupreez]

: Sick again?! Ever since I worked night shift, I get sick more often and the sicknesses are worse than they used to be.

: My recruiter says to stay inside and watch TV until I feel better.

: But he also says not to take any drugs.

[REPO Man]

Pawned my old Xbox, a stack of demo discs (20), some games, a dance pad and a MadCatz lightgun (w/ HotD3), a few DVDs and a media player (got only $7.50 JSYK), and for all that got... $53!!! Turns out they pay the same amount for demo discs, which is a dollar, when I though I'd get about 25-50cents.

Mom's flight was delayed by three hours, so she won't be back until 1 in the morning.

Boxed up tons of stuff (enough to fill two totes)

Took advantage of the 50% Weekend Sale at Full Moon Direct, and got about 6 movies for only $5 marked down from $9.99.

But I tried to get 10 but the shipping would have been about half of what the subtotal would have been. So I took off four titles, and the grand total was under $50. Not bad for six DVDs.

[BoneSnapDeez]

On vacation

My parents and my in-laws are here for the entire week. I honestly think I would prefer working.

[SpaceBooger]

Smile: Shipped out the items I donated for the auction
Ticked: Shipping cost double what the items raised.

[Luke]

Smile: Shipped out the items I donated for the auction
Ticked: Shipping cost double what the items raised.

I hear ya man. I'm mailing out 18 different packages, and I'm going to be out at least $100 that could have gone straight to the Cheslocks.

But, there is a silver lining to this cloud. We learned a few things (at least I did).

If I'm allowed to manage the 2013 auction, we should scratch the "Bids start at $1.00" format. Will this decrease some participation? Sure. Will it raise more money and be more cost effective? I firmly believe so. I have no issues with the donator setting a starting price, and that is something we should consider.

And "lots" are the way to sell stuff. I have gameboy games going here, gameboy games going there, a gameboy handheld going somewhere else. That's on me, but now I know, and knowing is half the battle.