The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[Megadragon15]

Found a working Atari 2600 Jr.+joystick+AC adapter for $1.99+tax.

[plaidbrad3141]

Found a working Atari 2600 Jr.+joystick+AC adapter for $1.99+tax.

Nice pick-up!

[Fighter17]

Trades in my anime stuff, got good trade in, got this for trade + $27:

 

Intelligent Qube PSX complete.

Time Crisis PSX complete.

Irritating Stick PSX complete.

 

Flea Market is getting crazy. Intelligent Qube was next to Suikoden II at the "rare" games section of the shop.

[Cobra Commander]

Trades in my anime stuff, got good trade in, got this for trade + $27:

 

Intelligent Qube PSX complete.

Time Crisis PSX complete.

Irritating Stick PSX complete.

 

Flea Market is getting crazy. Intelligent Qube was next to Suikoden II at the "rare" games section of the shop.

 

IQ is rare(one of my favs) you'd be lucky to find it for less than $50 on-line.

[Cobra Commander]

Trash pile score PS2 (old fat model). I got it during my usual weekend morning hill bomb(skateboarding down a hill). It was funny to Sk8 down a hill with a PS2 under my arm. It wont read disks, but powers up alright.

[Fighter17]

Trades in my anime stuff, got good trade in, got this for trade + $27:

 

Intelligent Qube PSX complete.

Time Crisis PSX complete.

Irritating Stick PSX complete.

 

Flea Market is getting crazy. Intelligent Qube was next to Suikoden II at the "rare" games section of the shop.

 

IQ is rare(one of my favs) you'd be lucky to find it for less than $50 on-line.

 

The store in the Flea Market wanted $50 for IQ. With the anime stuff traded I got this plus the other two games for $27.

[Uzumaki]

Found a COleco Telstar Ranger console with an original Telstar AC adapter and both paddle controller. Missing the gun and the battery cover though. Was there a set of cable for the controller? Looks like a simple RCA extension cable would work.

 

Paid only $0.25

 

Left behind an O^2 console with nothing else (detatchable controller), a loose text Combat, and loose silver label Centipede.

[Dusk2600]

past week

 

all for 1.00 in total

Dreamcast games:

legacy of kain soul reaver

tomb raider the last revlation

mortal kombat gold

jet grind radio

dead or alive 2

altered states dvd

 

all complete and mint, they were marked .50 each but he did not have change so he gave me them all for 1.00

 

other finds 1.00 each dvd's

blood work

last of the mochians

fernheight 9/11

 

2 atari 2600's 1 heavy 6 1 4 switch with 15 games for 12.25

notable game pooyan.

 

kirby 64 1.00

 

Super mario bros dixie cup holder with cups (sealed) 1.50 Very neat vintage item

 

Animal crossing DS Complete 1.00

 

garbage picking finds:

bunch of wires

110 wwf magazines free in recycling bin

wwf smackdown stragedy guide

pokemon silver and gold stragedy guide

 

all in 1 box:

sonic 1 complete

sonic 2 box only

home alone cart only

jurassic park box only

2 shitty sports games complete in box (obviously)

 

pentium 3 HP computer with cd burner also in trash

Edited August 6, 2007 by Dusk2600

[Atari5200]

had the best thrift find to date for me yesterday, snagged a Guitar Hero II w/all boxes and guitar for $21. Worked perfectly fine.

[Ghost Soldier]

Had a great weekend for finds.

 

Spy Hunter NES

Gradius NES

Marble Madness NES

SMB 3 w/instructions NES

SMB/Duck Hunt w/instructions NES

R.C. Pro-Am w/instructions NES

Faxandu NES

NES Cleaning Kit CIB

Gray Zapper

Quickshot Joystick NES

AC Adapter NES

Audio/Video hook-ups

All for 8.00

 

Streetfighter II Turbo SNES Free

All Star Challenge 2 Gameboy .50

John Elway Quarterback NES .99

Gauntlet II NES 3.00

Piece O' Cake 2600 2.00

Sponge Bob PnP 1.00

N64 Launch Video .50

Donkey Kong Country Launch Video .59

Return to Castle Wolfenstein CIB X-box 5.00

Matrix Path of Neo CIB PS2 4.00

Destruction Derby PS1 1.00

 

PS1 Memory Card

Williams Arcades Greatest Hits PS1

Spyro Year of the Dragon CIB PS1

Jet Moto PS1

Gran Turismo CIB PS1

Gran Turismo 2 CIB PS1

GTA PS1

Razor Racing CIB PS1

Syphon Filter 2 PS1

Super Bobble Pop CIB PS1

Marble Master CIB PS1

Frogger 2 CIB PS1

Rayman CIB PS1

Mega Man 8 CIB PS1

Soviet Strike PS1

Operation Extreme PS1

Digimon 3 PS1

Crash Bandicoot PS1

Mechwarrior 2 PS1

All for the low price of FREE

Edited August 6, 2007 by Ghost Soldier

[candiru]

Good price for Smurf's. Do you have a Kidvid?

 

No, I looked around for it, but didn't see anything else that should have been with it.

[wccw mark]

went to a few goodwills and found:

jim henson's muppet learning keys kid's computer keyboard for apple,commodore 64,ibm pcjr(complete with muppet keyboard,original box,muppets on stage discovering letters and numbers software(3 floppies)plus big sunburst comminications 3 ring binder with original paperwork,instructions,and teachers guide(seems it wasmade for elementry schools)$4

final fantasy(nes,cart only)$2

dick tracy for sms(complete)$2

denis leary no cure for cancer vhs tape:$1.50

several wwf videos $1.50 each

[SRGilbert]

Well, got out of work a little early today so I decided to do a thrift run. Only remotely interesting thing I found was a Sega Master System with 2 controllers and the light gun. It was funny because it didn't have any SMS games with it, but there were like 4-5 2600 carts in the bag with it. They only wanted $15.51 (weird price!) for it, but it was also missing a power supply. I passed.

[RickHarrisMaine]

Couple of finds today

 

Sony PS2 Slim vertical stand, $1.97 at Gamestop, and it looks great with my silver slim.

 

Also picked up Tetris Worlds, complete, at Goodwill for .99

[Fighter17]

From a deal on shmups:

 

Xevious 3D/G+ US PSX sealed: $25 shipped.

 

From a trade on Gametz:

 

Capcom Generation 2 JP Saturn no spine.

Super Cobra Gun (Guncon version) US PSX complete light gun.

3rd party Memory Card.

 

Not bad I guess.

[Dusk2600]

got the following today

 

Ps1: 3 for 10.00

dark stalkers 3

real bout wild ambition

jurassic park warpath SEALED

 

snes:

The ignition factor 4.00

 

3 gb cases .10 each

 

gameboy

super mario world 2 6 golden coins 5.00

super mario 3 Wario world 5.00

final fantasy legends free

 

philips CDI dances with the wolves free.

Edited August 8, 2007 by Dusk2600

[RickHarrisMaine]

Nothing too major

 

Tomb Raider PS1, complete, $.45

 

Gamecube game wallet, $.85

[8th lutz]

tapper-2600(loose)

Chip 'n Dale Rescuse Rangers 2-nes

Dragon Warrior 3-gbc

Burger Time-nes

Arkanoid-Doh it again!-snes

Snes Game genie with code book

[vgcollector666]

OMG, one of my lifes goals is complete. I now own a 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. Complete in box almost everything is there, its missing one or two little things, and I paid $35 for it!!

[vgcollector666]

Oh yeah, it also has all 6 mail order games still in the shipping box...unopened.

[gulag picture radio]

Sweet score on the Odyssey. I've got one in the original box, and one int he travel case, and the rifle... but the mail order games are an awesome rarity! Was this a thrift find, or an Ebay win? I'm just curious because I'd really lik top get all of those mail order games too someday, it's just that it's always been expensive. COngrats!

[vgcollector666]

I actually got them from some guy I met at EB games. I overheard him talking about what he thought was a Sega. And I butted in on his convo and he was describing it to me saying you put the overlays on the TV and im thinking, thats not a sega thats an odyssey and hes like yeah that sounds right so I went to his house and he dug it out and I'm like wow, Ive wanted one forever. And hes like ok, $35 and its yours.

[RickHarrisMaine]

Found a nice clean-looking NES toaster today, came with the cables and two nice controllers. No AC adaptor, but I already have one. Took the tape off of everything (Goodwill just wraps this stuff up in packing tape), and there was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III game in it too.

 

$9.99

[Ghost Soldier]

Found a nice clean-looking NES toaster today, came with the cables and two nice controllers. No AC adaptor, but I already have one. Took the tape off of everything (Goodwill just wraps this stuff up in packing tape), and there was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III game in it too.

 

$9.99

Nice find and a game to boot. Had a few good finds last night.

 

House of the Dead 2 CIB DC 5.00

Gadget Twins CIB Gen 2.50

Menacer 6-Game Cartridge CIB 2.50

Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix CIB Wii 5.00

Resident Evil Zero Strategy Guide .79

[RickHarrisMaine]

Local Gamestop and their PS1 for 75% off....

 

I picked up the following:

 

GTA Collectors Edition (3 discs)

Megaman X5

King of Fighters 99

Asteroids

Colony Wars: Vengeance

 

With my extra 10% off for the Edge card, it all came to $3.74

 

Yeah, they're all loose, but still not too bad.