Roop's collection additions #4 - meh + lecture edition
First off, since this one's not too great, go ahead and
Got this in a bunch of stuff at garage sales. Was with stuff I intend to sell for profit. This is the stuff (except for the remote and controller, more on that in a sec) that either doesn't have manuals, or is pretty much valueless. I mean, because I totally wanted a copy of some shovelware Jungle Book game as well as a Madden sports game, and Madagascar, right? Mario Kart DD is nice, though. Meh, the PS2 demo disc is kind of an oddity.
However, the PS2 wireless controller and the remote are both pretty kickass. Also included with the stuff I didn't picture is a Gamecube, N64, controllers for both, some Gamecube games without cases, memory cards and misc. stuff.
The games I intend to sell really don't interest me and I'd rather have the money I can probably get for them. Various GTA games, (don't want to play those scuzzy games though they aren't exactly shovelware, in the usual sense, since they are designed well and stuff, but still, games that have you beating whores aren't my thing) games I already had, and misc. movie/tv license games, that, with the PS2 and stuff that came with it, I can possibly get what I paid for everything back. Twice.
And here's where I trail off into a lecture. Garage sales. Thrift stores. Raid them. As a collector of video games, you know the value of things, and the seller frequently doesn't at these places. This can go two ways. The seller can either be overcharging, or undercharging.
The latter is preferable, obviously and sometimes you can find good, even amazing deals. Sometimes, you will see see a bunch of games/console stuff/etc. in a box and only want one or two things from it. And they won't let you buy only the things you want from it. Sometimes, you can counter this, by buying the box anyway if it's cheap. Either you can just keep it in your collection kinda indifferently, or you can sell it, depending on if it's something that actually has value. You can sometimes actually turn a profit off the unwanted things if they are cheap enough. Sure, you can't exactly go around to garage sales buying up games to make a living, but it can at least be a reasonable way to counter the money spent on your collection sometimes.
Obvious advice, but meh.
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