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Monday, June 11, 2007

Big Haul! Thank you, video store!


All those games. $46. A little less than $2 each. First haul I got was $20 for 13 games, second haul $26 for another 13.

Games include:

Hyper Tennis: Final Match [Shrinkwrapped]
Floating Runner
Live Wire!
Megaman X3 [Shrinkwrapped] * 3
Rock and Roll Racing 2 [Shrinkwrapped]
PO'ed [Shrinkwrapped]
Hexen [Shrinkwrapped]
Super Sonic Racers [Shrinkwrapped]
Bedlam [Shrinkwrapped]
Street Racer [Shrinkwrapped]
Crusader
Warhawk [Shrinkwrapped, cardboard version]
Soul Blade
Alleyway GB
Xevious 3D/G+ * 2
Wing Commander III
Aiv Global Evolution [Shrinkwrapped]
Spider [Shrinkwrapped]
Clock Tower
Unopened pack of basketball cards [Not pictured]
PSOne Memory Card [Not pictured]
Marsupilami [Genesis, complete] [Not pictured]

Clearly the guys got a huge shipment of games from an auction, and decided to sell them all for $2 each. The first set they gave me 13 for $20 for some reason. I have no idea why.

What a set. Games like Megaman X3 are very hard to get, as is Clock Tower. Most of these games are from the very early life of the Playstation, games like WarHawk use a very old style of packaging that not many used. Crazy stuff.

Now for an update on stuff I've bought and sold. I've sold plenty of stuff, and made plenty from it!

1. Sold one of the Amiga 500's with a third of the games [83], with joystick, mouse and all that. Sold it for $117.50, bought for $10 with 2 others!

2. Prince of Persia II PC, bought with the Amigas, $10.50

3. Nintendo 64 Green Controller, boxed, $29.

4. Nintendo 64 Gold with Box, Goldeneye and Star Wars games, $40. Bought with above controller for $5

5. Final Fantasy VIII Platinum, $20.50. Bought for $10.

6. Spyro 1 Platinum, $21.49, bought for $5.

7. Spyro 3 Platinum, $20.50, bought for $5.

8. Master System 1 console, $51 [Assuming the person finally pays this friday :|]

I've also made some mistakes in the math I've done on this site. I've done the right thing and made an excel spreadsheet of everything I've bought during this, and how it's sold.

Right now, I've spent $318.25 in games, while I've made $514.79 - a total of $196.54 profit, and I've not sold even half this stuff yet. I'm going pretty damn good.

Admittedly, I bought these games a few weeks ago, I haven't been out for a while, always sleeping in. After exams I'll start up again! To see the raw data, check this page:

http://users.tpg.com.au/rlan/gamesales.htm

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Easter Weekend Haul, Part 2

Continuing on from those awesome Amiga pickups, I was also able to pick up some other awesome games and consoles.

While still in the country, I picked up 3 Playstaton games - DOOM, Time Crisis, and Medievil. I've been on a kick of trying to find some classic PSOne platform games, and I already have Medievil 2, so the original was a nice pick up. I don't have the gun for Time Crisis which is a shame, and DOOM is DOOM. The latter two are good games to pack in with consoles, so when the time comes, they'll be added in. I picked up all 3 games for a total of $5AU.

Secondly, I picked up a SEGA Master System 1 console, which tend to be buggers to find. This one came with a bunch of controllers - including the Arcade Stick, Moonwalker [hah] and Enduro Racer [boxed]. This one is also the Hang On version - where Hang On is built into the system, and is harder to find. These go for plenty since they're collectable. Bought it for $10AU.

Then I found some more Megadrive games - Splatterhouse 2, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Super Hang On, and Crack Down. $10AU for the lot, she had a lot more on them, so that's not too bad - essentially games to throw in with other Megadrive consoles. Splatterhouse 2 is all over the place in pricing - between 10 to 40 bucks for the same kind of sell, may have to hold onto that.

After that I got back from that little holiday, I went out to the Sunday car boot sales. And I found even MORE Master Systems.

A Master System 1 & 2. The Master System came with a broken controller [which is fixable], and a single power cord - so I'll have to scrunge up some extra pads and cords from other places. The Master System is the older 'Snail game' variation, but still worth a fair bit. Alex Kidd Master System 2 - Still searching for the Sonic 1 variation. $10AU for the two.

After the weekend, I picked up a few Master System games from a Salvation Army - Agassi and Super Monaco GP II, nothing special, just filled games - $4AU total.

and lastly, found a nice copy of Donkey Kong Country 2 at another Solvos. $5.50AU

So now my spending total is up to $116.50. I've sold my PSOne console mentioned before for $40 to EBGames, so my selling total is that.

Selling: $116.50AU
Sold: $40.00AU
Profit: -$76.5AU