skaredmask #1 Posted April 11, 2011 I was on craiglist today and found the most GOD AWFUL Super Nintendo I ever seen!! So I figured I'll post and and if you guys seen any Ugly or Disgusting,Dirty systems out there that make you go OMG, or how the Freak did that happend, In the name of everthing holy. Please Feel free to post them here with pictures, I would like to see them and not touch them. This guy is asking $40.00 http://madison.craig...2284745712.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybird3rd #2 Posted April 11, 2011 Yeccch! There isn't enough RetroBrite hydrogen peroxide cream in the world to help that old carcass. If it works, and if I was looking for a board to transplant into a nicer-looking console, I might pick it up just for parts. But otherwise, I'd pass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlowCoder #3 Posted April 11, 2011 Good candidate for a paint/mod job. Not worth $40. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skaredmask #4 Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) I was on craiglist today and found the most GOD AWFUL Super Nintendo I ever seen!! So I figured I'll post and and if you guys seen any Ugly or Disgusting,Dirty systems out there that make you go OMG, or how the Freak did that happend, In the name of everthing holy. Please Feel free to post them here with pictures, I would like to see them and not touch them. This guy is asking $40.00 http://madison.craig...2284745712.html Sorry had the wrong craig link: http://madison.craig...2308316614.html Kinda wondering why are the games not the same color or condition of the SNES? Edited April 11, 2011 by skaredmask Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagitekAngel #5 Posted April 11, 2011 Might consider picking that thing up if I ever do a post-apocalyptic themed gaming room. That thing looks like it's been through a fire. And for reasons unknown even to me, the lone NES cartridge makes me giggle. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Austin #6 Posted April 11, 2011 Offer him $20 (with the explanation that the system looks like ****). The games themselves are probably worth that amount (Do I see Ys III and Out of This World in there, among others?). Give the system a new paint job after you get it if he accepts.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koopa64 #7 Posted April 11, 2011 Offer him $20 (with the explanation that the system looks like ****). The games themselves are probably worth that amount (Do I see Ys III and Out of This World in there, among others?). Give the system a new paint job after you get it if he accepts.... This was written in the Craig's Listing. eye of the beholder advanced dungeons and dragons,addams family,wanderers fromys 111,sunset riders,ken griffey jr winning run,dungeon master,out of this world,the simpsons out of this world Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Austin #8 Posted April 11, 2011 This was written in the Craig's Listing. eye of the beholder advanced dungeons and dragons,addams family,wanderers fromys 111,sunset riders,ken griffey jr winning run,dungeon master,out of this world,the simpsons out of this world Yeah.. I was on my phone when I posted that response. Regardless, I would still offer him that amount because of how ****** the system looks..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimo #9 Posted April 11, 2011 My STE was pretty fugly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimo #10 Posted April 11, 2011 looks good now though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fiddlepaddle #11 Posted April 11, 2011 I'd offer ten or twenty bucks, maybe. Cleaning is probably pretty simple, but it'll take some time. At flea markets stuff can be pretty dirty, and nobody wants to buy it. If they really wanted top dollar, they would have cleaned it already. A little citrus cleaner and/or some alcohol can usually take that off fairly easily. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlowCoder #12 Posted April 11, 2011 Mimo, great job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skaredmask #13 Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) now that was one Ug-tari computer lol nice work Mimo Edited April 11, 2011 by skaredmask Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimo #14 Posted April 11, 2011 Thanks, I'm happy with it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlowCoder #15 Posted April 11, 2011 I'd offer ten or twenty bucks, maybe. Cleaning is probably pretty simple, but it'll take some time. At flea markets stuff can be pretty dirty, and nobody wants to buy it. If they really wanted top dollar, they would have cleaned it already. A little citrus cleaner and/or some alcohol can usually take that off fairly easily. Those make good projects for sure. But if it looks like that on the outside, you wonder what the insides look like. And you should have serious questions about its functionality. That one doesn't even look like it sat in a garage for 15 years. It looks like it was tossed in that box and put in the tin shed out back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fiddlepaddle #16 Posted April 12, 2011 Those make good projects for sure. But if it looks like that on the outside, you wonder what the insides look like. And you should have serious questions about its functionality. That one doesn't even look like it sat in a garage for 15 years. It looks like it was tossed in that box and put in the tin shed out back. Yeah, with anything that looks that bad, you're taking a chance that it was abused rather than neglected, but lots of times the grunge is only superficial, especially with things that don't have fans. It's always satisfying though, when you start with something you got for next-to-nothing and can clean it up and make it look real good (and it works). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tr3vor #17 Posted April 13, 2011 My friend has a snes thats beyond piss green. Its disgusting. Its more yellowed than that, but not as dirty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skaredmask #18 Posted April 13, 2011 My friend has a snes thats beyond piss green. Its disgusting. Its more yellowed than that, but not as dirty. post a pic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tr3vor #19 Posted April 13, 2011 Cant. He's my cousin's step brother and i dont see him very often, maybe around christmas or thanksgiving (we go to his house then). Maybe I could get a pic later this year, but this thread would probably long gone by then. Trust me, it is horrifying. I couldn't believe the level of yellowing that thing has the first time I saw it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koopa64 #20 Posted April 13, 2011 If it's really that bad, I'm sure a little necromancy wouldn't hurt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ApolloBoy #21 Posted April 13, 2011 My 5200 was an example of this. I think it had been in a flood or something, since the entire system was caked in grime, the RF shields were rusted and the RF connector was corroded and bent to the point where it was unusable. Opening it up was fun too, since the motherboard was also covered in grime and had been home to a colony of tiny little spiders (found two egg sacs!) at one point. I cleaned it up almost as soon as I got it home, and a few years later I modded it for S-video and a power jack. It's a bit scratched up, but it looks great overall now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rik #22 Posted April 14, 2011 I can't understand the mind of folks who think it's okay to sell dirty, smelly grimy things.Plus, clean merchandise of ANY type demands more $$$, regardless of condition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+wood_jl #23 Posted April 14, 2011 I can understand not taking hours to disassemble, scrub everything with a toothbrush and whitewall cleaner (including individual keycaps if applicable) and then retr0briting, etc...etc... But I don't understand why people don't at least do the once-over with Windex and a paper towel. Extremely odd that they don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlowCoder #24 Posted April 15, 2011 Extremely odd that they don't. Well, I wouldn't exactly say that it's odd. Especially if they found it in some pile somewhere and just wanted to make a quick buck. Some people don't care enough to put in the time. Also consider this: if you had this Nintendo you might figure you can sell it for $20 in its current condition. Would it be worth all the hours (how much is your time worth) and materials (more money) to possibly increase the value to $40? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SRGilbert #25 Posted April 15, 2011 Whenever I buy something on CL, I just assume it's a dirt covered piece of crap, and I'm rarely ever dissappointed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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