I unabashedly love yard sales. Always have. Why? Dirt cheap merchandise. Most people don't know what they're sitting on. Some people know exactly what they've got. Some people just know enough to sell and not lose money. When you've gone to yard sales as long as I have, around as many people as I have, to as many different places as I have, you learn how it's done.

Yard sales, garage sales, flea markets, indoor auctions, whatever you call it, I call 'opportunity.' I come with a wallet full of singles and some change, and leave a lot heavier than when I came. I look for slammin' deals, and I get results.

So come with me as I show the latest spoils from my crusades into the world of junk and gold. And don't buy anything from that guy, trust me. I know he doesn't look like much, but ask him where he got his stuff and he'll tell you it 'fell off the back of a truck.' Yeah. Now as for Earl over there, people call him 'The Dead Guy,' because he was supposedly declared legally dead for 15 minutes before simply getting up and walking out of the hospital. I don't buy it, but anything he puts on the ground is a quarter; Beat that. Oh, and all his merchandise comes from dead people.

Let's skip ahead to the deals, shall we? Also, pictures of said deals are really bad, I hope you can cope.

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Item: Donkey Kong 64 Cartridge
Price: $3
Condition: Excellent

Honestly, who doesn't like DK64? It was one of the N64's biggest games, and it was the game that most of us bought an Expansion Pak for.


Cue 'DK Rap.'

Item: Megaman Legends
Price: $3
Conditon: Good



I liked the sequel more, but I found an excellent deal here that I couldn't pass on. Even though I have no PS1, (There musta been at least 7 there.) I still found fit to pick this up. I also had an interesting conversation with the old guy selling the collection of games and it went along these lines:

Seller: "You like Megaman?"

Me: "I liked the second one more than the first."

Seller: "You mean Megaman Legends 2, or Megaman 2?"

Me: "Do you have Megaman 2 for sale?"

Seller: "I would never sell my copy of Megaman 2."

Me: "Damn..."


Original case is gone, but all in all, not a bad find. You just gotta dig. Be a Digger. Get it?

Item: Nintendo Gamecube w\controller, cables, and Memory Card 251.
Price: $10
Condition: Excellent



My old Gamecube died because someone (Not me.) kicked it because it wouldn't work the first time. When I get the chance, I am going to kick him in the nuts. I do not care what his wife says. The sellers also offered me some sports games for $1 a piece, but I told them they were worth more than that. The person I was with refused to shut up about this. "THAT'S NAWT HOW TU HAGGLE!!" "I really don't care."


Some minor deformations in the casing, but now I don't have to go to the living room to play WarioWorld.

Item: Model 1 SEGA Genesis w\ power supply, two normal controllers, one six-button controller, and eight cartridges.
Price: Free
Condition: Excellent



First off, this thing reeks of crotch! What the hell? Second, why no video cables? You can get rid of the two copies of FIFA Soccer '95, and various other sports games (Some of which still have promotional posters, mind you.) but you can't give me an RF cable? And if you're wondering about the price, someone was throwing it out- Er, I mean it fell off the back of a truck. I know right?






The A button on this one is very sticky. The other two work without a single problem.






Item: SEGA Dreamcast w\ power cable, online dial-up cable, and two memory cards.
Price: $2
Condition: Excellent

Now THIS is a slammin' deal! $2! Just two!! It works, but it has no video cables or controllers. (I caught so much shit for this. "WHY DIDJU BUY ET EF ET HAD NO CONTROLLER??" "Excuse me, where's your $2 video game system? You don't have one? Then shaddap.") Anyway, I plan to hang onto it until I can find a video cable and a controller.



Two SEGA's in one day; The business plan for SEGA circa-Saturn and my current luck. I know they say luck doesn't count for anything, because you can always just equip some accessory when you need it, but I always found it at least worthwhile to try to utilize it. That was an RPG joke. Correction; That was a great RPG joke, and if you didn't laugh then you have a heart that's as black as coal.

Of course, if anyone wants to buy these, I'd be more than happy to use eBay. Just leave a comment, and I'll see what I can do.

You coal-hearted bastards...