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  2. Posted · Edited by Captain Beard

    You might have the right to by whatever you want, but Goodwill is for the poorer people that can't afford higher priced items.

    Not really.

    The money raised at Goodwill stores is for helping poor people. Goodwill stores are basically just permanent fund-raisers. But there's no real expectation that only poor people will be purchasing the goods -- and a moment's reflection should make it clear that a store could not survive long if only the poor were allowed to shop there.

  5. Posted

    OK, the Keystone Kapers seems interesting. Is that NTSC? I have never seen a black NTSC Keystone Kapers before.

    Yep -- it's a Brazilian CCE cart (so I guess it's technically PAL-M.)

    But it's also already probably sold. :)

     

    Do you want me to let you know if the sale falls through?

     

    My potential buyer has passed, so the CCE and Zellers cart are now available again.

  15. Posted · Edited by Captain Beard

    NO LONGER AVAILABLE:

    The Xonox double-enders

     

    Backgammon, Basic Math, Codebreaker, Fast Food, Fire Fly, Front Line, Gopher, Miner 2049er II, Mouse Trap (red label), Pele's Soccer, Pigs In Space, Porky's, Pressure Cooker, Sky Skipper, Space Shuttle, Spacechase, Submarine Commander, Super Football, Superman, TacScan, Video Checkers, Warplock, Wizard of Wor.

     

     

    ON HOLD:

     

    Chopper Command (blue label)

    Pitfall! (blue label)

     

     

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    OK -- here comes another round of great deals.

    I really, really, really prefer PayPal payment, so other offers may be bumped in favor of PayPal users.

    Sorry, but it just makes my life sooooo much simpler.

     

    I'd love to do trades, too. Unfortunately, after spending several hours this weekend compiling a comprehensive want list, I somehow managed to delete the damn thing inadvertently. But if you have trade lists, feel free to send'em my way.

     

    For starters, anything in these first two pics can be yours for:

    $1/ea. or

    75 cents each if you purchase 5 or more or

    50 cents each if you purchase 10 or more.

     

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    As for the rest, owing to massive laziness on my part, I don't want to bother pricing these (and after I recently complained on another thread about how I don't like unpriced goods, too... {sigh}) so shoot me your offers.

    No reasonable offer will be declined.

     

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    When sending your requests, please include your zip code so I can calculate your shipping costs.

     

    Thanks for looking!

  17. Posted

    I have a Basic programming cart that has a black sticker right under the title of the game where (use joystick) would be. It looks to me like this was done at the factory does anyone know what it says under the label and why they would have put it there?

    The tape covers a misprint which says "Use with paddle controllers."

    You can read more about it here under the heading "2a. Controller type error re-releases (1986-1988)"

  20. Posted

    There's always just gonna folks who, pretty much no matter what, will never give you a 5. It's the Platonic theory of feedback rating: No matter how good your service was, it was merely a reflection of "the perfect transaction" which only exists in some ethereal Realm of Ideals. :ponder:

     

    IMO, eBay's user ratings should probably be mathematically weighted, the way the IMDB does with movie ratings to attempt to compensate for fools who feel it's necessary to vote a 1 or a 10 just to try to unduly influence the overall score.

    Sure, the system would still suck, but it would probably suck just a teeny tiny little bit less.

  23. Posted

    I just received a huge cartridge lot the other day.

    All the carts were in great shape and the box was properly packed (in the sense that it was bulging with packing material.*)

    Unfortunately, the material in question was exclusively packing peanuts and the carts were all loose and unwrapped.

    It took me over an hour to pick all the tiny pieces of Styrofoam out of the open slots.

    I can't imagine this would harm the cart, but man, what a friggin' nuisance!

     

    *Note to shippers: It should be DIFFICULT to close a properly packed box. If you don't have to hold down the flaps while taping, you need more cushioning material in there.

  24. Posted

    So... were photographs of Harrison Ford unavailable to the artist responsible for the label art?

    A slightly more rugged look, that's all.

     

    Excellent artwork.

    Well honk my hooter!

    Not too shabby at that when seen side by side as you presented them.

    I guess in my head, Harrison Ford looks like... well... a much older Harrison Ford. :)

     

    Then again, what did you expect from an observation that was prefaced with a disclaimer about its stupidity?

  25. Posted

    They aren't even close to competing price-wise with eBay. :| I guess I'm just cheap with my money.

    Well, part of what you're paying for from those stores is quality assurance, both for the actual items and in the customer service department. Both of those can be total crapshoots on eBay and the latter in particular is worth a few extra bucks to me and many others. As many of us know all too well, a great deal on eBay can turn into an enormous, costly hassle pretty darn quick.

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