Flipped a Playstaion 2 Game Online in less than a Day

My GF had finished the book she was reading, and were on our way to Half Price Books to see if we could pickup the next one for her. We had bought #1-5 and #7 last year sometime at Savers, but were missing #6 in the series. On the way we would pass a Savers, so I asked her if we should pop in there and see if we could find it there first, as it would be 1/2 or less the price of what Half Price books would charge.

 We swung into Savers, but did not see it. We did get 4 Pokemon books for our 4 yr old though. I, of course had to look at the games, I mean we were there right? I saw, for $2.99, Test Drive Eve of Destruction for the Playstation 2.

 I was excited at first, as I know it is a $40.00+ game in good complete condition. Well, it turned out that it was a former Hollywood Video Rental Copy, missing the instructions. So, Reluctantly I left it behind. I am on a buying hiatus anyway, until I get the Forza Motorsport 6 Edition Xbox One in 3 weeks.

 As happens to me a lot, when I leave things behind, it started nagging at me a few hours later. So I checked eBay COMPLETED Auctions......

Slight Rant: When most people try and quote "it sells for such and such on eBay" They only look at the current Buy it Now auctions, Not the Completed auctions. Anyone can put up an auction for an absurd, never gonna sell for price. The Completed Auctions, in my opinion, give a more fair representation of what things are actually selling  for.

Anyway, recent loose disc copies sold for $20-25.00, while the complete copies sold for $40-45.00.

 The next day at work, it was nagging at me and nagging at me, so I had to swing by Savers on my way home to see if it was still there. Luckily, it was! So I bought it and headed home.

Here is how you can tell it was a Rental copy, Not the complete original artwork.

 I already have this game, I had bought it new for the original Xbox back in the early 2000's when it came out, and also had bought my brother a copy for his Playstation 2, as I knew he would like it. Anyway, the point being I didn't Need it, But wouldn't of minded adding it to my PS2 collection. I have a place online I order from several times a year I probably could get a manual and artwork from.

 So, I got it all cleaned up, play tested it on my PS2 for awhile (it is still a fun game), to make sure it boots and plays fine, and took pictures so I could list it online on eBay and Craigslist. I was gonna list it for $20.00 for a quick flip, to add money to my Xbox One fund, but I got greedy and listed it for $30.00, as I figured if it didn't sell, oh well, and I would just put it into my collection.

However, I listed it at 8:00pm on Monday night, and when I got home from work today, Tuesday, @5:30pm I checked my email like I always do, it had sold, in less than 24 hours, for $30.00, Damn!

Oh, and we did find the book for my GF Sunday at Half Price books. Happy Family all around.

Brooklyn Center, MN what happened to you?

My current job assignment has me working in Brooklyn Center, MN where I grew up. I am sad at how downhill it has gone.

Besides the Brookdale Mall I spent a lot of time at, which has since been replaced by a Wal Mart, an entire mall full of stores, replaced by a Wal Mart....... There are many empty lots. It would be one thing if the buildings had been renovated, or replaced with another business, but no, they are just barren, empty lots, makes me sad. These are all within a two mile or so circle, Just makes me sad to see the neighborhood I grew up in, has gone so far downhill

This used to be a Mexican Restaurant

There used to be a Strip Mall, Grocery Store and Small Gas/Service Station

This used to be a Grocery Store where my Brother worked

This was a Ford Dealer where my Father, Brother and I used to look at the Used Cars on Sundays

My Sega Game Gear Collection

I was sitting on the couch, playing some Road Rash on my Sega Game Gear, and I realized.......

As of 6 weeks ago, I did not have, nor had I ever had, a Sega Game Gear handheld. And now, as of this last weekend, I have a Game Gear and 15 Games. Having spent less than $15.00 on all of it, Nice.

My Sega Game Gear

My 15 Game Gear Games

While going through the cases, of which I only have 8, I would like to get as many as I can to house all the games I have/want, I noticed there are 2 different style fonts, cool.

I pretty much am really only looking to get Shining Force The Sword of Hajya and the rest of the Sonic games I don't have, Unless of course I come across a good deal on other misc games.

Another Sega Game Lot

I was contacted by a user on Segaage.com, I have a Wanted ad up on the site for some things, Anyway he contacted me advising he saw I was in MN too and that he lived 10 minutes away, cool. He sent me some pictures of what the had, we agreed on a price, and made a time to meet.

Here's what I picked up:

First thing was the Artwork for Road Rash 3 (One of my top 6 games for the Genesis). Generally Loose Cartridges are easier to come across, and I figured with this at least if I came across a loose cart, I would already have the art.

Next a couple loose Cartridges, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Boogerman for the Genesis, as well as Super Columns for the Game Gear. They are in Great Shape.

Sega Club Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio. I already had this one loose cart, but wanted the box and manual for the collection. According to the box, this also came with a Sega branded Mouse. That would definitely make this game easier to play, and I will be keeping an eye out for that, but my 4 Year old still plays this for hours with a standard controller.

4 Genesis games, PGA Tour Golf, Arnold Palmer's Tournament Golf, After Burner II and Shove it! The Warehouse Game. All are complete and in great shape, except After Burner II, which is just missing the manual.

This is going to be it for Game Pickups for a month and a half or so, as I am saving up to finally get myself an Xbox One. There is a 1TB Forza Motorsport 6 Edition Console coming out September 15th, And one will be mine!

My blog will still have content, I know most of my posts are about Video Games, But I have plenty of Music and Book recommendations I want to share.

Thanks for Reading!

Sega Genesis Collection House Keeping

I was going through the games from my game haul last week, cleaning up the games, removing stickers and what not, as well as comparing a couple of the duplicates to put together the best piece for my collection. Sometimes if I already have something, I may pick up another in a game lot, and it will have a better condition manual, or better cartridge label, etc..

 Anyway, I was checking out the Hard Drivin' Cartridges and I noticed, the labels are different, Nice. I will be keeping both, If I had to choose one though, I would keep the top one.

The one on the top has a copyright of 1990, the bottom 1989.

I had mentioned in a previous blog about replacing Sega Genesis game Cardboard box releases, with the standard plastic clam shell cases. Most of the late releases for the Genesis came in Cardboard boxes, with Cardboard Slip covers. I prefer the standard clam shell cases, there is a place online that I use several times a year to get artwork and manuals from. I got a couple Artwork Inserts for a couple Genesis cardboard releases I had, so I could swap em over to the clam shells.

The Original Cardboard Boxes

Before

After, Muuuuch Better.

Side by Side

New and Old

Recent Video Game Pickups 8/1/15 Edition

Wow, been a few weeks since my last post, Been Busy. Anyway, thought I would share a few of my recent pickups, had a few good scores, got a few games I have been looking for, and a few just cause.

Picked this up at Goodwill, on the way home from work one night last week. I like the Rainbow Six games, it is Complete and in Great shape. 

 I also had a pretty good Sega Game Gear haul. Since I got the Game Gear last month, I had never had one before and I started to look at some Game lists for the system, and saw there was a Road Rash for it! The Sega Road Rash games are one of the best and my favorite game series, so I had to have it!

 One Thursday evening I saw a Craigslist ad for a lot 6 Sega Game Gear games for $20.00, And it included Road Rash, as well as the first Sonic the Hedgehog game as well. I want to get all the Sonic games on the Game Gear also. Anyway, the guy had had the ad up for awhile (a few months) so I shot him an email and said I see you have had the ad up for awhile (he had been renewing the ad), and offered $10.00 cash. He replied that he had to have $20, I replied thank you, I was going to pass.

 The next day (Friday) I came home from work, to find he had emailed me again stating he would take $15. I really didn't wanna pay $15 either, as I was really only interested in 2 of the 6 games, so I just ignored and deleted the email. Then the day after that (Saturday) He again emailed and said ok, $10 but it had to be that day. I replied back no problem, would be there in 20 mins (had to run to the bank and get cash) as he was literally only 3 minutes away. Met up with him, and here's what I got!

Not a Sports game in the Lot! Sonic Chaos was an extra, as I had got that with the Game Gear Lot I got last month (Click HERE for that post). Funny thing is, I picked this up a two weeks ago, and still haven't played Road Rash.

 This last week, I saw an ad for a Sega Genesis lot that included a model 1 Genesis system and 12 games, One of them being first Road Rash. If you have not read my Sega Genesis post from a few months ago, Click HERE. Road Rash is one of my top 6 games for the system that are, for me, a Must Have! If those 6 games were the only games I had for the system, I would be perfectly happy.

 Now normally I would have been cheap and offered the guy $20-25, But I really wanted Road Rash and a few of the other games that were in the lot, so I emailed the guy and offered $40. He replied back he wanted $60, even though the ad stated just make an offer. I replied that $40 was the best I could do, and thanks but I was going to pass. The next day I came home and checked my email and he had emailed me again, stating he would take $40! He gave me his address, I went and got cash (I really should start keeping cash on hand, would save me trips to the bank) and here is what I got.

A Model 1 Sega Genesis, with 2 Controllers and the Power and A/V Cables and12 Games: Hard Drivin, Quackshot (Which I wanted for my 4 year old, who loves playing the Genesis), Road Rash (Whoo Hoo), Buster Douglas Boxing, Madden 95, MBBPA Baseball, Winter Challenge (an Accolade game), Alien 3, Sonic the Hedgehog (Most Genesis lots have a copy of Sonic 1 or 2), Steel Talons (I want all the Tengen games for both the Gensis and NES), Street Fighter II Championship Edition (a Staple for this system generation) and Outlander (Which I did a gameplay video on YouTube HERE). All in all a nice lot! All the games were complete except for Buster Douglas (missing manual) and Winter Challenge, which originally came in a cardboard box, I will track that stuff down.

 The person who had this Genesis lot had listed it in the Electronics section, not the Video Game section, so I think that helped me since most of the other people limit their search to just the Video Game section. I got another really good 360 lot a few years ago this way as well.

 Since we were only a few blocks from a Half Price Books I hadn't been to in awhile, we (my 2 daughters (21 & 4) and I) decided to swing by, and wouldn't ya know it, I made another nice game score. As I have stated before, Half Price Books games are generally over priced, but you can get deals on the game clearance shelf, and I did again here.

With the exception of Morrowind (I have the Game of the Year Edition, but wanted the original for my collection) these were all on the clearance shelf.

 Morrowind was $4.99, but was missing the Manual. I actually had a Manual, Map and Registration card in my extra game stuff at home. 

 

 Also picked up a 5 Screw Urban Champion NES game (I am going after all the 5 Screw NES games) and Warlock for the Genesis for a Buck.

And I also got a complete in box War Gods for the Nintendo 64 for $3.00

Overall, some great pickups the last few weeks, and I of course am keeping an eye out for more.