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After today I think I'm going to start donating more clothes to the Thrift Store. After dropping off a number of old clothes. I asked the gentlemen working if they'd gotten any games in since the last time. He said "Like the Wii?" to which I replied no Nintendo or Genesis. He thought he might so he went and took a look and pulled out all of this:

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All for only $20.

The games all work.
The NES works great!
The Gameboy looks great, the screen is a little light.
Saturn didn't have cords but I'm being optimistic that it will once I get them.
All the controllers work great!
One Genesis control is even Brand New! Never been used.

The kicker is he even threw in that pink plastic bag in the background for FREE! to Help me carrying my games.

To say I'm stoked would be an understatment.

Anyone else have any good finds in the wild lately?

Geez, without the pink bag forget it! You must have had to do some major haggling to get him to throw that in.

Damn, I really REALLY need to visit at Thrift Shops more often. The one we have Dreamcast games, but there all Sports Games

But seriously, that was a steal you got there.

My find for the week was this, for $45:

The SNES is complete and in excellent condition. None of the games needed to be cleaned and look like new. Whoever donated this took pretty good care of their stuff. The boxed games do not have manuals though and the boxes themselves are in pretty rough shape.

I already have an SNES and several of those titles (Super Mario World, Aladdin, Lion King, Super Star Wars.) Some of the others are really crappy kids games. Still, I've been on the lookout for Mario Kart and was thrilled to get it. I'm also really happy about the Empire Strikes Back and Tetris 2. I figure I can turn the system and doubles around on ebay and get most of my investment back. Kind of a hassle but if it works out, I will get three games that I wanted (plus some I didn't necessarily want) for really cheap or maybe even make a modest profit.

Thats an great find. Much much much better than what I got the other day. I think the Mario Allstars is actually kinda valuble now. I think I saw it for like $50 at a store.
I recentlly got my first Sega Saturn at goodwill for $15 bucks. No cords included but I found a controller that had $2 written on it, so I just plugged it into the system and they didnt charge me for it.
Personally I cant stand Goodwill. I think it is insaine how much they charge for items that ARE GIVEN TO THEM FOR FREE! (100% profit)How many times I have seen them charging $100 and up for 15 year old stereo recievers and tvs. And they have never ever budged on a price for me. Its not good-will, its just a big money making scam. Sorry about the rant but dont even get me started on Pawn shops.

St. Vincint De Paul in Cincinatti Ohio was the best thrift store I had ever seen. Now they truely did do "good will". Thats where I got an 8 piece sectional couch for $35. Looked brand spanken new. Thats also the place I passed up a $5 Sega Saturn. I guess we all make mistakes.

Great find! Nice on the Mario All Stars.

2 weeks ago I found a *MINT* sega CDX for like 30 bucks. I was really excited! I'm going to hit up the stores this weekend, hopefully find something cool.

mako72 wrote:Personally I cant stand Goodwill. I think it is insaine how much they charge for items that ARE GIVEN TO THEM FOR FREE! (100% profit)How many times I have seen them charging $100 and up for 15 year old stereo recievers and tvs. And they have never ever budged on a price for me. Its not good-will, its just a big money making scam.

You obviously don't know what Goodwill is all about. From their FAQ: "Goodwill Stores are linked to a great cause -- about 84 percent of Goodwill's revenues go directly into employment and training programs for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment! ... This includes individuals with disabilities, people with limited work history, those who have experienced corporate downsizing and recipients of government support programs. Goodwill's services are designed to meet the training and placement needs of the individual."

xraydash wrote:

mako72 wrote:Personally I cant stand Goodwill. I think it is insaine how much they charge for items that ARE GIVEN TO THEM FOR FREE! (100% profit)How many times I have seen them charging $100 and up for 15 year old stereo recievers and tvs. And they have never ever budged on a price for me. Its not good-will, its just a big money making scam.

You obviously don't know what Goodwill is all about. From their FAQ: "Goodwill Stores are linked to a great cause -- about 84 percent of Goodwill's revenues go directly into employment and training programs for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment! ... This includes individuals with disabilities, people with limited work history, those who have experienced corporate downsizing and recipients of government support programs. Goodwill's services are designed to meet the training and placement needs of the individual."

regardless, their shit is way too pricey unless you go on the half off days.

aaron wrote:

xraydash wrote:

mako72 wrote:Personally I cant stand Goodwill. I think it is insaine how much they charge for items that ARE GIVEN TO THEM FOR FREE! (100% profit)How many times I have seen them charging $100 and up for 15 year old stereo recievers and tvs. And they have never ever budged on a price for me. Its not good-will, its just a big money making scam.

You obviously don't know what Goodwill is all about. From their FAQ: "Goodwill Stores are linked to a great cause -- about 84 percent of Goodwill's revenues go directly into employment and training programs for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment! ... This includes individuals with disabilities, people with limited work history, those who have experienced corporate downsizing and recipients of government support programs. Goodwill's services are designed to meet the training and placement needs of the individual."

regardless, their shit is way too pricey unless you go on the half off days.

I regularly shop at two Goodwills in neighboring cities and each prices their stuff differently. I don't think they have a uniform system. I've gotten so many awesome deals at each that I have to strongly disagree with the too pricey assessment. Maybe the ones in your area just suck.

must be. literally every one in lafayette and every one in indy that i visit is way, way, wayyyy pricey. maybe i'm not looking hard enough or i'm just cheap as fuck but i'd rather go garage saleing.