Darth Revan
03-06-2004, 12:14 PM
I had to write this after getting a game earlier this week.
I had gone to my local second hand shop, and found a copy of Maximum Carnage for the SNES. Nothing unusual, except for the fact, that this was the NTSC versionm in the limited red cartridge form. Got it for $1 AUS. Pretty good considering it was just the cart, no box and no manual. Thing is, I can even beat that.
In 2002, I was with a friend inside another second hand shop (Hey, have a look around inside them, and you never know what you can find.), and saw in with the SNES games, a copy of Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back. Now, at the time, all SNES games in this store, were just the cartridges, except this one... This had the box and manual. Box was in excellent condition, as was the manual (No rips or folds in them). Even when I got the cartridge out, the cart was inside the plastic bag, all brand new SNES carts are in when you buy them. They usually sell the SNES carts, back then, for about $20 AUS. Thing is, I didn't pay that amount for it. Because I knew the owner as well as many of the staff there, one of them sold the game, in it's MINT condition to me for the low, low sum of..... $2 DOLLARS AUS!!!! How's that for a good deal, considering that SNES games were no longer being sold in shops, and also the game itself.
So, what's the best deal you bought a game for and where?
I had gone to my local second hand shop, and found a copy of Maximum Carnage for the SNES. Nothing unusual, except for the fact, that this was the NTSC versionm in the limited red cartridge form. Got it for $1 AUS. Pretty good considering it was just the cart, no box and no manual. Thing is, I can even beat that.
In 2002, I was with a friend inside another second hand shop (Hey, have a look around inside them, and you never know what you can find.), and saw in with the SNES games, a copy of Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back. Now, at the time, all SNES games in this store, were just the cartridges, except this one... This had the box and manual. Box was in excellent condition, as was the manual (No rips or folds in them). Even when I got the cartridge out, the cart was inside the plastic bag, all brand new SNES carts are in when you buy them. They usually sell the SNES carts, back then, for about $20 AUS. Thing is, I didn't pay that amount for it. Because I knew the owner as well as many of the staff there, one of them sold the game, in it's MINT condition to me for the low, low sum of..... $2 DOLLARS AUS!!!! How's that for a good deal, considering that SNES games were no longer being sold in shops, and also the game itself.
So, what's the best deal you bought a game for and where?