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September 2012 pickups
mojoeskateco:
About $110 shipped. Very happy with the condition. The back label was ripped off but I just swapped it out with a clean one from a double.
Seller had zero feedback so I think that's why it went for a bit less. It's been going for $120-$140 and it just keeps going up.
I sold all that Sega CD / Genesis stuff so I've got a bit of cash to throw around on some titles I've been targeting.
Mainly just going for the ones that seem to be increasing in value.
If I ever come across a cheaper copy I'll flip it and use the profit buy more games.
I've decided to only spend cash I make reselling to acquire retro games.
I frame in it my mind that I would have been happy to trade a few games that I was selling to acquire EVO but since ebay is the only place that has one and my local reseller will only give me 30-40% of what something is worth on trade so I sell it for cash and use the cash to acquire games I want. Thinking that way helps me be OK with dropping big $$ on games. ;D
wiggy:
Not too shabby.
Man, I just can't see myself spending 100+ bucks on a single cart :( Well, it'll prolly happen when I get to the end of my list of must-have SNES games. I guess I won't have much choice at that point and I do REALLY want to have it unlike Wayoverpricedbound.
Here's my pickup from earlier today. Went to grab some stuff for Kelly, ended up with a bunch of crap for myself. I can't ever leave that store empty handed. It's just impossible.
mojoeskateco:
I used to be the same way but I realized I was spending 5 bucks here 10 bucks here on stuff that was pretty common and not really increasing in price so I decided to target the expensive stuff now as it just keeps going up.
The local reseller had evo at 90 bucks 6 weeks ago and I thought that was too high. That's a bargain now.
Glad I got castlevania Dracula x off him when I did. He had 2 copies at $90. I traded stuff that wasn't selling and got it for free. The other copy is still sitting there for $150.
Also I'm running out of shelf space so buying less volume of items helps there.
wiggy:
That's exactly where I'm at. I'm gonna run out of commons that I care at all about at some point. I've been so dang miserly. 10 bucks seems like a lot for me lately to spend on a single game LOL! All those games in today's pickup were either $2.50 or $1 except for Daikatana (which wasn't even for me).
I'm also precariously close to having no more shelf space. When I eventually revamp my shelving I'll have some more room, but not a ton more. I'm gonna have to get creative pretty soon. There are only so many times that I can optimize space by reorganizing. At some point there's just nothing left to re-kajigger :/
mojoeskateco:
I hear ya. I've revamped mine lots and now I'm too cheap to buy more shelves. I'd rather spend on games.