Awesome thrift store finds.

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Awesome thrift store finds.

Post by BryWI » Sat May 08, 2010 8:59 pm

I just saw in another topic that someone had found a 3do at a thrift store for $12. Now thats awesome.

My find a few weeks ago was a unused, complete boxed (manuals, registration cards, anti static bag, disks, etc etc) Sound blaster 2.0 card. The thing looked like it was never even touched and was kept in a dark room for ever. Actually it was more like it time warped from the singapore factory to today. I got it for $7 at the goodwill thrift store. The only thing was there was a slight minor tear at the top of the box. Why someone would hold on to one of these just to donate it to goodwill is beyond me. I was planning on scanning the manual and making disc images but I've been quite lazy lately heh.

Anyone else have some awesome thrift store finds stories to share?

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Post by 3DOKid » Sun May 09, 2010 9:50 am

No.


Edit. I have never found any gaming items in a thrift store, ever. I've spotted copies of Fifa 95 on Genesis but that doesn't count. I live in a posh area, with a posh school and I think all the kids go to school on a Saturday, so they don't have time to play games. Or smoke or hang around with girls or be geeks which is what i did. Then again I never gave my old stuff to thrift shops either, so there you go...

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Post by Vance » Thu May 13, 2010 8:51 am

I just found, today, a $2 bin. I retrieved the following:

PSP
Twisted Metal Head-On

Gamecube
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Pikmin 2
Mario Kart Double Dash
Mega Man X Collection

Dreamcast
Shenmue aka The Game for People Who Want to Be Japanese

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Post by BryWI » Thu May 13, 2010 6:53 pm

nice.

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Post by Devin » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:47 pm

Why is Thrift 100% run by recovering drug addicts? Knocking down the price is not even a challenge :twisted:

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Post by 3DOKid » Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:53 am

Devin wrote:Why is Thrift 100% run by recovering drug addicts? Knocking down the price is not even a challenge :twisted:
My mum worked for Cancer Research Shop and she hardly ever touches heroin any more. Or indeed, has never seen a PSP for £1.50

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