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I'm a fellow thrifter and I have to say that Zelda II is a wonderful find. You have a lot of days where you don't find jack but every blue moon you come across a treasure that makes it all worth while. I found Super Mario Bros. 3 at my local Goodwill for $2 which was a treat. Half the fun for me is the hunt and that anticipation of seeing if there are any new games. Happy hunting!
I had no idea Mormons were big gamers. ;)
There's just something I love about blogs about getting cool old gaming stuff for cheap. I once bought a box full of random Nintendo stuff for $5 at a garage sale.. some of the more memorable contents: a Nintendo, a Super Nintendo, Duck Hunt, and the gun, controllers that weren't quite as abused as the ones I had, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors. :)
There's just something I love about blogs about getting cool old gaming stuff for cheap. I once bought a box full of random Nintendo stuff for $5 at a garage sale.. some of the more memorable contents: a Nintendo, a Super Nintendo, Duck Hunt, and the gun, controllers that weren't quite as abused as the ones I had, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors. :)
I really need to visit the thrift shops near me. I always hear stories about great finds such as yours, but have yet to experience one for myself.
My parents convinced me when I was young and dumb to sell my GameBoy, NES, etc. at a garage sale, and, though I've reacquired the NES, I've never forgiven myself for parting ways with all my old systems.
Someday I'll get them back! I just hope I get them back before the arthritis gets me...
My parents convinced me when I was young and dumb to sell my GameBoy, NES, etc. at a garage sale, and, though I've reacquired the NES, I've never forgiven myself for parting ways with all my old systems.
Someday I'll get them back! I just hope I get them back before the arthritis gets me...
Yeah same as andy said, I've always read stories about all of these epic finds in thrift stores. I seriously need to take my ass to the Goodwill down the street every once and a while and cash in on the goods.
Mormonism doesn't have anything to do with finding rare video games. It's not about the ideology. But in this community of 90% LDS, they are that much more inclined to donate all their old gear to the church's thrift store, rather than resell it. A constant influx of community donations to a large operation equals a higher probability of drops.
I'll try and illustrate the difference.
Your typical Goodwill or Salvation Army store front are about the size of a large convenience store or small drug store. Their donations usually trickle in at a rather random rate. They tend to have a handful of staff on shift at best.
The thrift store down the street from me has a store front the size of a decent grocery store. Then including the processing area, the size of a regular Wal-Mart. There's always about 25 staff present. They are rolling out carts of stuff all day long. There's just that much donation happening. In theory, I should be able to get much better drops. But there are these E-Bayers that spawn camp everyday, all day long. And they annoyingly know the retro value of everything! I have to get lucky or be left with the scraps.
I'll try and illustrate the difference.
Your typical Goodwill or Salvation Army store front are about the size of a large convenience store or small drug store. Their donations usually trickle in at a rather random rate. They tend to have a handful of staff on shift at best.
The thrift store down the street from me has a store front the size of a decent grocery store. Then including the processing area, the size of a regular Wal-Mart. There's always about 25 staff present. They are rolling out carts of stuff all day long. There's just that much donation happening. In theory, I should be able to get much better drops. But there are these E-Bayers that spawn camp everyday, all day long. And they annoyingly know the retro value of everything! I have to get lucky or be left with the scraps.
I was being silly about the Mormons being big gamers! I understand what you're implying, where I'm from Catholic Charities has the rest of the thrift stores way out-classed.
Yeah, I figured you did. ;) Tron brought up a good point though in that I didn't clarify the Mormon angle. I've lived here for 10 years now so I take for granted certain things that are easily lost in translation. I was just trying to be silly with it. Not sure if I'm ever going to achieve JOURNALISM status!
