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I think I may be the luckiest person alive right now considering what I just found at my local Goodwill. But before I get into that let me show you the latest stuff I've found in the last few months. Most of this stuff I got at Ed Mckays used books. Which I doubt anyone outside of North Carolina knows about since they only have about 5 stores in the state itself mostly in major cities.
First up we have some PS2 games I've been wanting to get my hands on, the first 2 I actually had to acquire from playasia, the 3rd I found at gamestop. 
Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix +, Final Fantasy X International, and God Hand(Another amazing Clover title). Next up we've got some PSX games mostly were cheap($5-$10), all but one were acquired at Ed Mckays. 
Legend of Dragoon, Jade Cocoon, Final Fantasy VII GH :*(, Final Fantasy VII International(PlayAsia) :D, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Vandal Hearts, and NO ONE CAN STOP MR. DOMINO!!!!!! :D Oh and this. 
WING FUCKING COMMANDER FOR SEGA CD FOR A WHOPPING $1!! Now on to the good stuff, I hit up my local goodwill earlier today, noticed they had a box with a Dreamcast in it and a stack of games all selling for $45. Well I'm broke as fuck right now and I already own a Dreamcast so I asked if I could just purchase some of the games, they said it was a package deal but I was welcome to ask the manager so you bet your ass I did, he of course says sure $4 a game. I'm thinking holy shit yes.. because my friends.. this is what was in that box of awesome... The first 2 games I grab are 
Sonic Adventure and Grandia II! Both complete with manuals and the discs are in mint condition. Gradia II even has a soundtrack cd which I didn't even know so that was a nice bonus. Then I looked through some more... and holy fuck..... HOLY FUCK........ 
I could hardly believe what I just saw, I almost half expected the cases to have the wrong game in them. BUT HOLY SHIT $4 a piece!!! Both of these go for upwards of $50-70 on ebay, I saw the PS2 version of MVC2 at Gamestop a month ago and it was $75 used, had to be the most expensive used game I've ever come across at Gamestop! WHO WOULD GIVE THESE AWAY!? Obviously a very naive person.
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I was just playing that the other day. Grandpa's in the House may be the greatest videogame level of all time (especially if you beat it with a perfect).
@Jonathan Holmes
Everything you just said is just one reason why I love this community/website.
How much the entire thing run you?
My third disc is scratched to hell and I'd really like to know how to get a new one without spending an arm and a leg...
I'm jealous that you got Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, which I've been wanting to play through, but can't read a word of Japanese. I also recently found Grandia II, complete with manual and soundtrack CD. It's still one of my favorite RPGs ever.
Great haul, man.
And Mr. Domino!!!! No one can stop him!!!!!!
I am incredibly jealous, there are no good places to buy old games for incredibly cheap in Seattle.
No, seriously, it's a short bike ride away from me. I can visit daily if I have to! The only thing I found last time I was there was a rather dirty PS1 original model with some WWE Smackdown title in the system. Seemed to still have the power cord, but nothing else.
You really don't need to know any Japanese for it, all the cut scenes are in English, and yes while the text is Japanese its fairly easy to figure out because all the items have icons that associate what they are. There is a really awesome translation guide on gamefaqs to help you with the few things that you may get confused about.
@MisterGrieves
Well funny thing is I got that copy off ebay actually and I got lucky and won the auction at $30 free shipping, which is relatively cheaper than the usual asking price for it. I do see alot of people selling just 1 disc from the game a lot on ebay if you just need to replace your third disc, plus do you know about the trick where if you have messed up cd's if it freezes on a cut scene pop in another disc and it should just skip the scene and continue with the game since the game is on all 3 discs. youtube the scene if you need to see it.
@De Bloo
The most expensive items I suppose were the FFX International, FFVII US and International, and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. They were all about $30 a piece. The rest of the haul were no more than $10 a game with a lot of them being merely a buck or two.
Thanks for the tips, I didn't actually know they sold separate discs (which is kind of sad when you think about it...).
Unfortunately, I don't think that trick would work with my disc's problem. It doesn't freeze up at cutscenes (that would be too kind). It instead freezes up occasionally during the random battle transitions, which is infuriating.
Also, we have McKay's in Tennessee -- excellent place. Once I finish up my backlog, you bet your ass I'm going to be hitting it up.
Also you could always have the disc resurfaced, I hear gamestop does it but I've never asked, I have my local video store do it for $5. I've brought completely dead discs back to life that way, they work like brand new again.