Finds of the Week #2 ! Edition 2009

Hi again everybody ! Pretty slow week for my collection . I did pick up some games thought and a new console but no new NES games .

First Find was Saturday :

I did pick up Syphon Filter 2 In pretty good condition for 1$ .. Its sad that the woman selling this had only this title and a NHL title cause it would have been some pretty good deals. I didn't take the NHL title as it was missing the original case and instructions booklet.

Then i contacted someone on Craigslist on saturday about a 3do . He was asking 65$ for the console and 4 games. I offered 60$ as i didn't want him to sell to another as i know its pretty difficult to find one of these console nowadays. He accepted and met me to give me this beauty . Its in pretty good shape and 3 games are in the original cases. He told me that after the email i sent him he got several email asking for the console and he could have easily sold this more than that but that he said to me that i had it and he didn't want to break his word. I was really impressed with this kind of attitude , normally people are always trying to get more money . Anyway , here is a picture of it :

Sunday  i got only 1 game but it was a pretty good one with a good story to it .

 

I'm going every week to a Flea Market that has 2 video games sellers . Mr. A is always selling games very expensive but has no knowledge whatsoever of the value of the games. For exemple , he's selling every NES games boxed for 30$ and every Sega Genesis games for 10$ . Mr. B is well aware of the prices and i know he's checking all the flea market pretty early in the morning to snag the deals . He sells cheaper than Mr. A but there is practically no deals to be made there cause he know every prices.  

So , I go to the flea market with my wife and since its cloudy and it's gonna rain during the day , the flea market is pretty empty so i tell my wife i'm gonna go check the video games seller since we are there. I start by going to Mr. A cause its near a DVD movies kiosk and i wanted some movies cheap. Anyway , i stop by the Mr. A kiosk and i start looking at the NES games to see a rare title and i found nothing . While i was starting to look at other games , i come across a Final Fantasy VII black label and Mr. B come to the kiosk and start talking with Mr. A ( while checking at the games also ) . I know that he's looking for deals . But as he comes by i already have the Final Fantasy VII in my hands. I look at the price and see 2 prices .. 49.99$ and a 10$ sticker. I'm sure that he won't sell that for 10$ and if its the case , that the box is empty. So i open it up and everything is there and in good shape . So i ask to Mr. A if its 10$ and he says yes. As i'm taking my wallet to give him the 10$ , i can see the face of Mr. B changing .. he knows that he just lost a good deal . I'm scared that he says to Mr. A how much it worth so i take the game and leave promptly. 

While we are walking towards the end of the flea market , i tell my wife that the game is worth a lot more than 10$ and that i just made a pretty good deal . She tells me how much its worth and i tell her i could easily sell this 50-60$ right now . I tell her that we are gonna stop to Mr. B kiosk just to see how much he is selling is FFVII copies. Once we get there , Mr. B is already there and i ask him how much is the FFVII Greatest Hits that he has in his display . He tells me : "Quite a bit more that what you just payed'' !! It's 55$ . 

Hahhahaha .. that just made my week . Just that sentence . Was so funny . Anyway , i hope i'll get a better week next week . Until then , may the good games be cheap !