weaponepsilon wrote:Goodwill has always been a mixed bag for me. I once bought a bag FULL of Intellivision games for $10, COD:MW2 when it was new for $10, 40 metal LPs for $50....Things of that nature. However some stores wised up and started selling items for way more than their worth. I'm not paying $39.99 for a dirty beat up Genesis with no AC adapter.
The worst is when I found out they actually THROW AWAY a lot of stuff because they dont want to deal with it or someone claimed it didnt work. Especially old game systems and such. I actually complained to their corporate location who vehemently denied that they even throw anything away. I've had this confirmed by 3 store that they do in accordance with policy. So when you see someone bring back an SNES with a grocery bag full of games saying it didn't work, guaranteed it'll be in the dumpster out back by the end of the day.
Best deal I ever got at Goodwill: A nice condition Dreamcast with two controllers, one in box, a mega VMU, composite A/V cables, and power cable for six dollars. I snatch it up, take it home, and hit open to watch the Dreamcast slowly reveal Soul Calibur chilling in the drive. That was a little over a year ago, but I haven't seen any crazy deals like that since. That's the 'good' Goodwill by me though. There are other ones that repeatedly mark trashed PS1 consoles without controllers or cables at around thirty dollars for some reason.
I have never come close to winning anything for a really good price on the auction site though. Everything goes up too high for me to considerate it worth getting the items "as-is" without a return possibility.
