This has been a week with more ups and down than the "dash 3" worlds on SMB... visited my local thrift store which shall remain nameless and went from ecstatic that they had some games that I needed, to flabbergasted that they had raised the prices on their games 600%. I honestly can't remember the last time I paid more than 3.99 for a game at this 'establishment' so imagine my surprise when I visit them and all of a sudden their games are priced at $24.99 each (even the Super Mario Bros / Duck Hunt cart that came bundled with EVERY freaking Action Set sold). Either the person in charge of the sticker gun is entirely out to lunch or just plain greedy. When I questioned the clerk about the recent price hike they tried to play the "they have always been that price" to which I promptly showed them a picture of my purchase there last week for $2.99. At this point I tried to remind them that most of the items they sell were donated and that charging higher than Pawn Shop prices is ludicrous. I was disappointed that I couldn't add to my collection at that stop and realized, at that moment, that I would likely have to boycott the store altogether.
Last Sunday I tried to make myself feel better about things by visiting the flea market and found a new seller!!! Mostly RPG games and some boxed, but a bit more pricey than my cheapass blood could afford. However, in light of the aforementioned events, I figured I HAD to spend some money here just to show those 'other guys' that it's about principle. I bought 2 games from the new vendor: The Last Starfighter (with the Box) and Shenigan the Ruler.
Today capped off the last week and a half on a high note. A few days back I was scrolling through the local classifieds and then Kijiji ads when I came across a seller in my city that advertised: NES games for sale TOO MANY TO LIST. If that didn't sound promising I don't know what did. I corresponded with the girl who placed the ad a few times and finally setup a time to go and check out the games. She was a collector herself, but decided to give up on the NES collection to focus on her Gamecube and PS1 collections. She had a crapload of games and SOOO many titles I didn't have that I was salivating like a Sheepdog on the beach in August. Yah I know... my poker face sucks! Anyway she had the games in separate boxes with prices on the flap of each box. Many of the best games she obviously new the value of from her own collecting days and so quite a few I had to pass up, but she did have a box in the $5-8 range that had several titles that I thumbed through. Without wanting to waste alot of her time I gathered up 8 titles and asked if she would give me a deal. In the end she game me 3 games for free. I told her that I hoped this would be the first of many transactions down the road as there were alot of games she was selling off that have yet to reach my hands. Just out of curiousity I checked my trusty NES collection APP and was happy to discover that one of the games I picked out was worth the same price as I paid for the whole lot. This made the 10 day rollercoaster so worth the ride!!!
The standouts from this lot for me are: Jimmy Conners Tennis (a little less common than most), Tennis because I have a soft spot for the Black Box games and 720 because I used to love that game in the arcade -- "Skate or Die!" This update brings the collection total to: 389
Until next level...........
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