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. 

[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.

[Mick Dundee]

you should all be happy to know if i ever come across EVO, I will happily sell it to someone here instead of dealing with eBay. I watched a game-play video for it and lost interest in owning it. Thought it was more standard RPG.

[madrocsz]

Yeah, evo eludes me

I am actually in the process of expanding my gaming shelves ... again. Currently I have 8 and am out of room, 6 of those are only 45 inches tall but hold quite a bit, actually thinking of finding a way to stack them on top of each other, they will fit perfectly if I flip one upside down on top of the other. I just have zero expertise in this area. At 90" tall I would most definitely have to anchor them to the wall somehow.

Game collecting is at a wierd stage price wise, While I would rather be patient and wait for some prices to go down, for whatever reason I just don't think its going to happen and I am spending more....

[Retro Deckades]

you should all be happy to know if i ever come across EVO, I will happily sell it to someone here instead of dealing with eBay. I watched a game-play video for it and lost interest in owning it. Thought it was more standard RPG.

Yes, but did you watch THIS video?

http://www.clanofthegraywolf.com/16-bit-gems/2

[AO007]

I haden't even heard of EVO until today.

So it must not be that great. But lo! People are demanding huge bux for it, so surely it must be a sign of quality!

No.

[wiggy]

You haven't heard of it because your age starts with a number 1.

It's a pretty freakin' sweet game.  Unlike Earthbound who's new found popularity is based largely on a cameo in a smash brothers game (or some crap like that), EVO is actually really quite unique and awesome.

[SirCorn]

You haven't heard of it because your age starts with a number 1.

It's a pretty freakin' sweet game.  Unlike Earthbound who's new found popularity is based largely on a cameo in a smash brothers game (or some crap like that), EVO is actually really quite unique and awesome.

This.

[palmer6strings]

You haven't heard of it because your age starts with a number 1.

It's a pretty freakin' sweet game.  Unlike Earthbound who's new found popularity is based largely on a cameo in a smash brothers game (or some crap like that), EVO is actually really quite unique and awesome.

This.

Agreed, very fun!

[mojoeskateco]

I haden't even heard of EVO until today.

So it must not be that great. But lo! People are demanding huge bux for it, so surely it must be a sign of quality!

No.

Chances are that if I didn't end up liking it I could sell it in a few months for more than what I paid for it.  I also acquired it with funds that I earned selling other games that aren't really going up in value so it's win win for me.

My hope is that I like it and keep it in my collection.

[wiggy]

My miter saw took a crap on me this morning. Went on good ol' Craigslist and found a guy selling one, plus a compound miter saw, router, power paint roller, and an airless paint sprayer. Figured, fuck it and bought everything. 100 bucks

[mojoeskateco]

$100 for a compound mitre is amazing !