March Finds & Buys **PICTURES**

[RIVER]

I am a little late posting these being its half way through april but here we go again with some pics of the stuff I found and bought at all the normal places. I got a hold of so much stuff I had to do the pics in groups of 4 cause thier were so many, so I hope this turns out right. Please be patient because there are 11 sets of four pictures in 3 different posts if that makes sence to anyone They should speak for themselves as to what they are but feel free to ask questions. The last 2 sets of pics are of 5 Atari Factory Dealer Refurbs all Very Very Mint all boxed and in the original shipping box which is a little tattered but says in the front top left corner "Atari US Corp 390 Carribean dr Sunneyvale CA 94806" and the shipping label has the return address Atari's phone # and the date 11/19/84!!

[RIVER]

More pics!!! The stunt cycle on the right is brand new MCIB has receipt purchased at the MGM grand in las vegas nevada in 9/9/81

[RIVER]

Last set!! AH So Minty Fresh!!!

[geaster]

wow...

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Sweet christ.

I'd be incredibly happy if I found half of that in one year.

Damn Michigan.

[Albert]

My god man, what planet do you live on and how much time every month do you spend looking for this stuff?!

 

..Al

[moycon]

Did you test all those carts to verify they all worked?

[CPUWIZ]

Some of that stuff came from eBay btw.!

[RIVER]

I am from the planet SWTMTAMOA (spends way to much time and money on atari) I think that answers both questions dosent it AL?? Yep moycon I opened them and tested all the bally's games and they all work great, I just tossed all the boxes they take up too much room. jk!

[RIVER]

Yep, at least half of this month came from the evil pay, thats why I spent more than I would normally spend cause I found some minty boxed stuff I just couldnt resist!! So this month was not a cheep one compared to the last few!!

[ussexplorer]

Beats you up and takes your sh*t.

 

Nice find. To bad those wasn't six switches. Not that I have money for one but I'm still looking. I belive I already said my dad chucked my six switcher it looks like about 2 years ago. sigh.

 

laters,

 

usssexplroer

[holygrailvideogames.com]

You find more stuff in a week than I have ever found.

 

What do you do with all of this stuff?

 

I can't tell from the picture. Are any of the Bally games hard to find ones?

[Albert]

Even if half of the stuff came from eBay, that's still a pretty good haul. I assume the other half was all found local to you? How much time do you spend tracking this stuff down? Is it relatively easy to find or do you really have to dig deep? Just curious.

 

..Al

[video game addict]

Those 2600s have any hookups with them or were they just the console by itself? I passed that auction on ebay, it looked somewhat interesting, but I never really bothered to read it. Seller had a reserve as well. Figured it wasn't worth my time. You plan on selling them now? That's got to take up alot of space!

[Saikyo]

That's a nice find man (EDIT Just noticed the j/k)

I wrote never get rid of the boxes i am a

[The MilkMan]

...light headed

(eyes roll back, collapse to floor)

[Whisper]

Let these smileys express my feelings:

 

[Trade-N-Games]

I see you dug a little deeper into you storage locker this month!

Anyone can get this much stuff in one month if you spend every day looking and way to much money on every single thing you find. I could score over 50 nes systems and 1000 games from a pawn shop 1 mile down the road from my store if i wanted to pay $10 for each cart and $50 for each system.

[Whisper]

True, but not entirely. I'm having real trouble finding a 6-switch over here (Netherlands). Even at rediculous prices. My only hope is getting one from Germany I think, but most German eBay sellers never reply to me when I ask about shipping (which is about €16).

[ATARIPITBULL]

I remember those boxed atari 2600 units from ebay, so that was you who bought them.

 

[Adrian M]

Sometimes, life just isn't fair for the rest of us.

Nice acquisitions though. Let me know if you plan on selling anything.

[hhwolfman]

I remember those boxed atari 2600 units from ebay, so that was you who bought them.

 

     

 

I was out of town or they would have gone for a lot more.

 

NIce scores dude

[Mindfield]

Jesus H. Christ on a cracker.

 

Oh to be rich and living where people still have this stuff. :-)

 

Very, very nice haul.

[RIVER]

Well to answer a few of your questions, I will be selling tons of stuff even though alot of the stuff in these pics are stuff I bought this month for my personal collection.

--The Atari's are just the factory refurb units, nothing else with them, I wish they were heavy sixers but they are all 4 switch and look brand spankin new!

--HH I bet if you would have been around or several others that they would have gone much higher, i am very surprised they didnt.

--AL, I have spent the past year with a real flexable work schedule, I work with my dad in real estate and there are about 25 places within a 100 mile radious that i hit most of them like twice a week some 3 or 4 times a week as I am out looking at real estate, I travel to florida, nashville, alabama, mississippi, texas on a fairly regular basis and hit everyplace I see!!

And I have maybe 15 people in like 8 states that I eighther have known for years or have just met over the past year that i have been collecting, that are into flea markets, thrift stores, pawn shops, garage sales, buying storage building auctions, that I have cultivated into calling me on a weekly basis with stuff they find for me that they know nothing about and sell to me really quite cheap.

Then I also buy stuff on ebay and yahoo and from some other collectors and you guys here at AA, And i have had news paper and thrifty nickol ads in 2 states at one time, so thats how i do it I WORK THE CRAP OUT OF IT, and spend too much money and have a good bit of debt because of it. Sometimes I spend a good bit on some things but I would say 75% of the stuff I find I get for like $5 a system and $1 or less per game and accessory and sometimes less because i buy so much at one time from most people.

Anyone could do it if they worked that hard at it and had a little cash to throw around at the right people at the right time!! I hope that helps a little, If you guys get tired of me posting pics of the stuff I get just say and i will stop, i just love to show and share the stuff I find, and i love to see pics of stuff from all you guys I know you guys have and find and buy more stuff you could post pics of, alot of you just dont do it. Anyway sorry this was so long!!

[BigFairy321]

just one questio... since im from australia, half the stuff never made it here.

 

What is an ATARI stunt cycle?

is it a console? controller? please enlighten me