I know the title doesn’t scream “gaming”, but what if I told you it secretly does? Spring is in the air, the holiday season is officially over (up north we had snow until 2 weeks ago, thank god that’s over) and you know what that means? Garage sales. “But Em, I’m a grown man in his 20’s-30’s why would I show up at some old ladies garage sale?” Well I’ll show you why:
This is the NES/SNES section of my collection. See those few games with white tags and orange tags? Those are games I bought from stores. I have a little few in there that were donated to me by Mike from Gamer Logic, and the rest of them? The rest of the 4/5 of all of those games? Garage sales. Yes, even those boxed games with manuals are from a garage sale (my old chem teachers to be exact). When Spring comes around, kids are getting rid of games they got for Christmas that they don’t want, systems, controllers that need the littlest bit of cleaning. Parents (especially Moms) have their kids off at college or kids that are moved out. What do those kids leave behind? Game Gears, handhelds, DDR pads, Gamecube and PS2 games, and so on. I went to a garage sale last year that was closing, and they looked like they had nothing at all good to sell UNTIL I came across a grocery bag with a STACK of Nintendo Powers. I got them all for a DOLLAR. Also in that stack were game GUIDES for Banjo Kazooie, Super Mario Kart, Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, and others. I also got an Xbox with a DDR pad, 5 controllers, and a stack of games for 40$ at another garage sale.
So I don’t care if you’re a college dude that thinks he’s too cool to stop at some old ladies garage sale, this is the best collectors advice I can honestly give. So when you’re driving and you see a garage sale sign, go out of your way to stop there because you may be going home with some new games.
System Shuffle 