Video Game "Look what I found"

[RCBH928]

My pick ups from the retro game convention in Oberhausen (Germany)

I am impressed that you have 8000 followers on YouTube.

[storino03]

I'm weird in that I only subscribe to those who are in the same territory as me (US and Canada mainly) for video game collecting.

[mas]

I haven't found anything in months for a long time. That's why I gave up on savers and thrift store's. Flea markets I try to go once a month but even last year everyone at the Grafton flea market and a couple crappy flea market's, either people ebay the prices, or resellers get there too early and sell the games they picked up and double the prices, or just junk.

[darsparx]

I haven't found anything in months for a long time. That's why I gave up on savers and thrift store's. Flea markets I try to go once a month but even last year everyone at the Grafton flea market and a couple crappy flea market's, either people ebay the prices, or resellers get there too early and sell the games they picked up and double the prices, or just junk.

Sounds like you are just really searching in all the wrong places or just have bad places near you. Quite a bit of the ones near me have some stuff but the problem is no disc on the decent games that i would actually get...

[mas]

I haven't found anything in months for a long time. That's why I gave up on savers and thrift store's. Flea markets I try to go once a month but even last year everyone at the Grafton flea market and a couple crappy flea market's, either people ebay the prices, or resellers get there too early and sell the games they picked up and double the prices, or just junk.

Sounds like you are just really searching in all the wrong places or just have bad places near you. Quite a bit of the ones near me have some stuff but the problem is no disc on the decent games that i would actually get...

No darsparx I live in Worcester ma the second biggest city in ma. The problem is that everyone around here knows the value of games so no one donates them and the savers and the goodwill and even salvation army has all told me either a. People who work there hook friends up or steal the games or never put the good stuff out so they can buy it on their own or b. There are3 resellers who dont work and wait all day for the games or anything good to come out and I think two of them work together or are friends. I have seen both guys last year at savers then that sunday they have a booth next to each other selling the stuff they bought from savers.
I honestly have not found a gold mine from those places in about 2 years. I picked up stuff but nothing to get me all amped up like what you guys find.

[ZRofel]

No darsparx I live in Worcester ma the second biggest city in ma. The problem is that everyone around here knows the value of games so no one donates them and the savers and the goodwill and even salvation army has all told me either a. People who work there hook friends up or steal the games or never put the good stuff out so they can buy it on their own or b. There are3 resellers who dont work and wait all day for the games or anything good to come out and I think two of them work together or are friends. I have seen both guys last year at savers then that sunday they have a booth next to each other selling the stuff they bought from savers.
I honestly have not found a gold mine from those places in about 2 years. I picked up stuff but nothing to get me all amped up like what you guys find.

Don't give up hope. I live around you and I find things occasionally. It has gotten tougher lately with prices skyrocketing on the secondary market, but even the most aggressive of resellers can't be everywhere all the time. Just off the top of my head, Worcester has two Savers, a Goodwill, a Salvation Army, and a handful of other independent thrift shops run by churches and volunteer organizations. That's just within the city limits. Also, PROTIP: check the book sales at area public libraries. Game resellers never think to check them, and people do occasionally donate games. I've made some good scores at those lately.

[nullxor]

I just wanted to add that just because we post great finds doesn't mean that we always have finds of that caliber. I only find things once every 2-4 trips to Goodwill. Pawn shops are a a dud most of the time so I avoid them. Flea markets can be great, but try to stay away from Mario and Zelda stuff because they will be the most inflated priced items there. Thrift stores can be amazing, one recently closed down but the owner was holding all of the video game stuff for me when it was brought in, just be friendly with the owners/staff. Game stores can be great, I catch my local retro slipping on pricing with rarer games _all the time_. I found a mint copy of Battletoads/Double Dragon on NES for $20 the other day in the showcase of all places. Every time I go in there, the more obviously rare stuff like Contra is $30 but right next to it I can buy a rarer and more valuable game for half that. I find a lot of stuff on the walls too. Don't forget to search for these following terms on Craigslist for sale section; nintendo,nes,snes,sega,video game, etc. You'd be surprised how many great deals for video game lots are posted in the electronics section or some other unrelated section. I live in the middle of nowhere and find great stuff, at least $500 resale value a month (a little more, a little less sometimes, though if it makes you less mad that I sell my finds, I use the proceeds to buy video games I actually want. See, I always find 90% Nintendo stuff, but I didn't grow up with Nintendo so it means nothing to me. I can't find Sega stuff too often in the wild so I sell the Nintendo junk and buy Sega stuff etc.)

My favorite places to hunt are...

1. local retro game store
2. Flea markets
3. Thrift stores
4. Goodwill
5. Craigslist
6. Pawn shops I guess

Hope I gave you some tips. Also, don't forget to haggle every change you get. Around here people get insulted if you don't haggle with them. It's like a sport in the resale (flea market/thrift store/yard sale etc) culture. Even if you save one dollar, you still spent less money than you would have.

[Hobie-wan]

I found a mint copy of Battletoads/Double Dragon on NES for $20 the other day in the showcase of all places. Every time I go in there, the more obviously rare stuff like Contra is $30 but right next to it I can buy a rarer and more valuable game for half that.

Contra is not rare, just popular. Battletoads/Double Dragon is more so, but price often has more to do with popularity than rarity as demonstrated by the "Nintendo Premium" phenomenon.

[nullxor]

That's what I meant by 'obviously rare'. Assumed rare would have been a better term I suppose.

[CRTGAMER]

Went to Gamestop today:

Dokapon Kingdom Wii 22 bucks. Looked like they literally stuck a used label on a new game.

With the insane prices of this over at Ebay I may flip this one. (maybe, might consider trading)

Very very lucky, that game shows only one across the country available but disc only. The other state that does have CIB is already on hold. Mine hopefully is on the way shipped from another Gamestop along with another uncommon racing game that supports the Wii feedback steering wheel I have been teasing about.

Gaaah, I hate that four letter flip word. I hope you at least play it before just turning a profit.