Craigslist General Thread

[Anonymous No.1391756]

As the weekend approaches, the resellers gear up for the weekly purge of all things vidya, but at the same time, we all prepare to outdo them.

ITT post all things classified-worthy, deals, advice, and rages

[Anonymous No.1391761]

Shameless rage-self-bump

[Anonymous No.1391806]

s-should I, /vr/?
sounds a little good to be true...

[Anonymous No.1391810]

I've given up the fight. I'm working and going to school, man. I just don't have time to beat the reseller chucklefucks to the punch, and I hold no misconceptions about the deals that are out there. The days of finding Secret of Mana for $5 are long gone.

[Anonymous No.1391826]

>>1391810
Don't let the ebay prices and resellers intimidate you, fellow /vr/trooper
Deals are out there, you just gotta be willing to make sacrifices in some areas
Many times i've forgone sleeping in on my days off to hunt at 6 or 7 am and have found many things (definitely not the mythical Hagane or EB for $5) and there are several people who simply want their shit rid of and are more than willing to haggle if they decide to price above $10 a game (unless they turn out to be reseller scum)

[Anonymous No.1391832]

>>1391826

I'd like to hold out hope, but with five retailers in a 10 mile radius, it's like fighting an uphill battle. They get to the yard sales first. They own the booths in the flea markets, they scour the thrift shops before I even get off work.

On the offchance there's anybody in the Orlando, FL area who has some tips or advice, I'd be willing to hear you out.

[Anonymous No.1391881]

>>1391832
I don't know about Orlando, but I'm from Los Angeles (another barren vidya wasteland and reseller mecca) and can offer these tips:

When it comes to yard sales, I usually plan a "point a" and "point b" (both points being Craigslist-advertised yard sales) and hit up every yard sale sign in between, in the end, 2 yard sales can turn into 20, it's all about how much time you're willing to spend

Also, it's just been my experience, but: the bigger the sign, the shittier the yard sale

[Anonymous No.1391898]

>>1391881

That's a good idea. I'll have to try that when I have a Saturday off.

[Anonymous No.1391959]

>>1391810
Dude, I found Super Mario RPG this past summer for 1:50. I ended up paying a little bit more because I told the guy I'd take all of his SNES games (including pool and something else) for a little more money because I felt bad knowing I was ripping the guy off (even though it was his offer).

[Anonymous No.1391987]

>>1391806
The controller is damaged and untested.
That aside, go for it.

[Anonymous No.1391995]

Should I? This is rare AF

[Anonymous No.1392009]

>tfw want to replace a couple games that don't work anymore
>they're all 15+ dollars

jesus christ, are there any legit cheap places/sites out there? It seems like wherever I look, it's a crapshoot.

[Anonymous No.1392019]

This comes with Wipeout Pure, do you guys think it's a good price?

[Anonymous No.1392020]

>>1392009
Just gotta check frequently, anon. There are cheap copies for sale but people buy them quickly. Gotta be the first one to get it. Otherwise you're outta lick for the most part.

[Anonymous No.1392074]

>>1391995
I just did, thanks for the link

[Anonymous No.1392090]

>>1392074
There were two copies for sale. I screenshotted the expensive one.

[Anonymous No.1392096]

found all this today for 50 bucks

[Anonymous No.1392118]

>>1392096

A-a-re there games inside those boxes?

[Anonymous No.1392146]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SNAKES-REVENGE-ULTRA-METAL-GEAR-SOLID-NES-VIDEO-GAME-CARTRIDGE-RARE-NINTENDO-/191063939089?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2c7c4c5811

[Anonymous No.1392165]

>>1392118
maybe...
ok, yeah, no there aren't. but the mega man 3 and 5 boxes are worth more than what i paid, though the mm3 box is a little beat up. the others i had to buy otherwise i wouldn't have gotten anything at all.

[Anonymous No.1392193]

On Wednesday I got the following for $60:

SNES w/all hookups and 2 controllers
Killer Instinct for SNES
N64 w/all hookups and 2 controllers
N64 carrying case
Glover
Namco Museum for 64
Yoshi's Island for GBA
Nes Zapper
Battleship for Genesis

A little bit of a jumbled assortment but I think it was a good deal. Everything is in great shape. Keeping KI, YI, Zapper, and the SNES as a backup. Yesterday I traded the 64 w/1 controller and glover, Battleship, and a SNES controller to a local shop for a near mint Gameboy Color (atomic purple) and 2 SNES games (SF2T and cool spot).

So ultimately 60 bucks got me a complete SNES w/2 controllers, Killer Instinct, a 64 controller, Namco Museum 64, N64 carrying case, Yoshi's Island GBA, Zapper, GB Color, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and Cool spot.

Did I do good /vr/?

[Anonymous No.1394312]

Saw this on CL a while back, definitely a change from the reseller scum and 8th gen scalpers

[Anonymous No.1395072]

$125, y/n?

>>1391761
requesting moar rage-themed screencaps

[Anonymous No.1395240]

>>1395072
I'd say no, unless for some reason you like that graphic, even then...

[Anonymous No.1395278]

>>1395072
Request granted

[Anonymous No.1395281]

>>1395278

[Anonymous No.1395286]

>>1395281

[Anonymous No.1395293]

>>1395286

[Anonymous No.1395302]

>>1395293

[Anonymous No.1396037]

I thought this thread was about posting good deals?

[Anonymous No.1396042]

>>1391832
I live in orlando and my advice to you is to give up

on the other hand, it's really easy to get PVMs here. I got a 14" in perfect condition for $25 a while back. Tons of video production studios in the area.

[Anonymous No.1396048]

>>1396042
Sounds like /vr/ should set up a distribution network to get cheap consoles and games to places where their price gouged to hell and the same with high quality monitors/TVs.

[Anonymous No.1396085]

So Yesterday I just got:

Sega Saturn console
2 1st party controllers
1 3rd party controller
1 3d controller
1 virtua stick
2 lightguns
action replay
panzer dragoon 2 (boxed)
iron storm (boxed)
soviet strike (boxed)
Japanese metal slug (boxed)
astal
dark savior
daytona usa and championship edition
dead or alive
diehard arcade and trillogy
enemy zero missing disc 1
street fighter alpha II gold (from street fighter collection)
mystaria
sega ages
shinobi legions
+ some cheaper games like virtua cop/fighter and sports

For $90 from craigslist. I've never had a saturn before, and this pretty much sets me up to enjoy the fuck out of this console.

[Anonymous No.1396385]

>>1395302

You should have made a low offer plus English lessons.

[Anonymous No.1396394]

>>1396085
Do you have any interest in vsav or XMvSF?

[Anonymous No.1396397]

>>1395281
>Stop going to the Star Trek convention dressed as a cling-on
10/10, Gets me every time.

[Anonymous No.1396398]

>>1395293
Okay you gotta be kidding me

[Anonymous No.1396405]

Why do resellers on Craigslist spam keywords that have nothing to do with what they're selling?

[Anonymous No.1396412]

>Die Hard Arcade *RARE*
Do these idiots seriously think I'm not capable of a Google search?

[Anonymous No.1396415]

>>1396085
>Iron Storm
Oh god, I played that game on pc, it sucks.

See if you can get your hands on a copy of Wachenroder, a Japan exclusive Steampunk SRPG.

>>1396405
To show up in more searches.

[Anonymous No.1396424]

>>1396048

I'd be down!

[Anonymous No.1396437]

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/vgm/4311906036.html

way overvalued.

[Anonymous No.1396730]

>>1396405
Mostly on the idea that someone looking for X might also be interested in Y. If I'm selling an Intellivision, I might stick "Atari" in in my post since someone looking for Atari might be looking for old games in general. Though that's an idealized example. Sometimes people might be selling a dozen disparate things, and put those words in every ad they post.

[Anonymous No.1396746]

[Anonymous No.1396749]

>>1396437
>Everything well worth over a $1000! Any collector would know!

[Anonymous No.1399149]

Not retro, but I can't believe this is actually a thing...
Fucking scammers
Rage mode, activated

[Anonymous No.1399157]

>>1396437
Can't you report listings if they have misleading prices?

[Anonymous No.1399162]

lel

[Anonymous No.1399293]

>>1399149
>>1399162

>idontwanttoliveonthisplanetanymore.jpg

[Anonymous No.1401048]

Bump

[Anonymous No.1401118]

>>1396412
>out of print
clever..