Garage saling for treasures

[Mick Dundee]

the hard drive is not a bad score. Sell it online or to a friend... i think gamestop was going to offer me less than 10 bucks for my 120gb.

[wiggy]

Xbox 360 with HDD and a game still inside. No cables. $5!! The 360 has the RROD but I have a HDD and a DDR game! I'll probably just make some money off of it, what do you guys think? 

You can always try and ghetto fix the RROD

[Mick Dundee]

he would have to supply his own cables though....if i recall right there are/were 3 types of power plugs.

[ShoothimNow]

he would have to supply his own cables though....if i recall right there are/were 3 types of power plugs.

So one would think that he would already have a power cable if there was a game inside... and he got it out.  I don't think he would try to unscrew it with the hunch there is a game inside 

[autobot]

Found Doom, Illusion of Gaia, & Super Street Fighter II, all with original dust covers (the dust covers alone on ebay go for ~$10 for 5 plus shipping) for $20. Not too bad...

But the awesome find was Ninja Turtles VI Turtles in Time for $5! Oh my gosh, I bought it and RAN!

[wiggy]

It kills me that those stupid dust covers go for so much. I seriously had about 300 at one point. The new/used retail store that I worked at for years put SNES games on the shelf without them (because you can't stack them with the covers on), so I always just took them all home. Then a friend was looking to acquire about a hundred or so back in like 2000-2001, so I just gave all of them to him. Coulda made a few bucks on em. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20 and at least they went to a friend.

[Dan-Fu]

he would have to supply his own cables though....if i recall right there are/were 3 types of power plugs.

So one would think that he would already have a power cable if there was a game inside... and he got it out.  I don't think he would try to unscrew it with the hunch there is a game inside 

Borrowed them from a friend down the street. Also Wiggy, if you're talking about the blanket trick, 3 blankets 20 minutes. Well when I turned it on, intro screen...FREEZE!! Tried it again (3 blankets, 20 minutes), turn on, intro screen, sign into some guys Xbox Live and...FREEZE!!  I think I might sell the system itself (without HDD and DDR game). How much do you think that would get me? It's a local game store by the way.

If you're wondering why I'd need the HDD, it's because I was planning on getting a white model 360 in the first place

I also asked someone at a garage sale if they had any videogames, she told me that she probably had some at her house and had me come back the next day. She had forgotten and I gave her my number in exchange for her business card (she makes healthy chocolates). She a little on the elderly side, so I'm hoping for a NES or something.

[wiggy]

he would have to supply his own cables though....if i recall right there are/were 3 types of power plugs.

So one would think that he would already have a power cable if there was a game inside... and he got it out.  I don't think he would try to unscrew it with the hunch there is a game inside 

Borrowed them from a friend down the street. Also Wiggy, if you're talking about the blanket trick, 3 blankets 20 minutes. Well when I turned it on, intro screen...FREEZE!! Tried it again (3 blankets, 20 minutes), turn on, intro screen, sign into some guys Xbox Live and...FREEZE!!  I think I might sell the system itself (without HDD and DDR game). How much do you think that would get me? It's a local game store by the way.

If you're wondering why I'd need the HDD, it's because I was planning on getting a white model 360 in the first place

I also asked someone at a garage sale if they had any videogames, she told me that she probably had some at her house and had me come back the next day. She had forgotten and I gave her my number in exchange for her business card (she makes healthy chocolates). She a little on the elderly side, so I'm hoping for a NES or something.

That's the SUPER ghetto method LOL!  I meant the "kits" that remove the "X" clamps and help add more heat sink material for some of the chips that tend to overheat

[scarmullet]

I picked up a PSone redesigned model for $10 with a small lot of games...but one of them; Syphon Filter 2 only has Disc 2...damnmit

[Dan-Fu]

he would have to supply his own cables though....if i recall right there are/were 3 types of power plugs.

So one would think that he would already have a power cable if there was a game inside... and he got it out.  I don't think he would try to unscrew it with the hunch there is a game inside 

Borrowed them from a friend down the street. Also Wiggy, if you're talking about the blanket trick, 3 blankets 20 minutes. Well when I turned it on, intro screen...FREEZE!! Tried it again (3 blankets, 20 minutes), turn on, intro screen, sign into some guys Xbox Live and...FREEZE!!  I think I might sell the system itself (without HDD and DDR game). How much do you think that would get me? It's a local game store by the way.

If you're wondering why I'd need the HDD, it's because I was planning on getting a white model 360 in the first place

I also asked someone at a garage sale if they had any videogames, she told me that she probably had some at her house and had me come back the next day. She had forgotten and I gave her my number in exchange for her business card (she makes healthy chocolates). She a little on the elderly side, so I'm hoping for a NES or something.

That's the SUPER ghetto method LOL!  I meant the "kits" that remove the "X" clamps and help add more heat sink material for some of the chips that tend to overheat

I think I'll just sell it. Still, how much do you think it will get me at a local game store?

[Blueprint]

pick up a jvc x'eye with controller and power supply for 10 bucks..
I just finish taking apart and fully cleaning and it works great.

ps1 megaman legend $1
ps1 Azure Dreams $1

snes lost vikings $5

everything pick up at the swapmeet.

[wiggy]

Don't game stores generally test incoming consoles?

[Mick Dundee]

Don't game stores generally test incoming consoles?

I know Gamestop Does, and they wont take a 360 without the power, video and controller.

[Dan-Fu]

Don't game stores generally test incoming consoles?

Yeah, $10 for a 360. What were you saying about these kits again? 

[redsox2012]

When my 360 RROD'ed (after nearly 4 years), I used the Q-tip-stopping-the-fan trick that I saw on Youtube.  I was able to get it working just long enough to trade it in at Gamestop.  They turned it on, and it worked in the store.  It actually froze again right before they shut it off, but they didn't notice.  I got $85 store credit, which I immediately applied towards a new 360 slim.