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« on: March 13, 2016, 01:41:31 PM »

This has made me so sad!  I went to the dump today taking my trash out.  When I threw a box of trash into the large dumpster, something caught my eye.  It was a Nintendo cartridge.  In a box of what looked like assorted electronics was a Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt, a Fester's Quest, and one other game that was face down so I couldn't tell what it was.  Now this dumpster is one of the very large 9 feet tall and 25 feet long kinds.  There wasn't a lot of trash in there yet, so this stuff was at the bottom well out of reach.  The attendant also was very strict on their "Nothing is to be removed from the dump" policy.  Once its in the dumpster, it stays there.  It just made me so sad that people would throw out NES games like that.  Even common ones. 
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2016, 03:03:38 PM »

I have been pretty fortunate with finding abandoned games over the years, but the only stuff I have found that was actually thrown away in the garbage was a copy of Shaq-fu for the SNES. I agree, no matter how common or terrible a game may be, it doesn't deserve to be thrown away.
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2016, 04:14:05 PM »

To be perfectly honest I would come back with a flashlight later on.
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2016, 07:14:57 PM »

I hate it when policy gets in the way of common sense.
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2016, 07:40:50 PM »

My trusty SNES was fished out of a trash pile (okay, it was sitting on some closed recycle bins, but still, it was with the trash) in college.  It had two controllers, power supply, rf adapter, and Super Mario All-Stars.  A pretty sweet score and a milestone in my retrogaming history.

Since then, I've been pretty successful rescuing games, boxes, etc from the trash and either adding them to my collection or putting them in the hands of those that will appreciate them.  Sometimes it amazes me that other collectors/gamers will be willing to take an NES and games down to the recyclers because they're so "common".  I'll give anything a chance to prove useful. 

Even shovelware GBA titles get saved.  I gather them up to put in the leave something/take something chests at MAGfest.  I'm pretty sure my copy of Tech Deck for the GBC ended up being auctioned off as a $3 mystery prize at the charity auction.
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2016, 11:10:32 PM »

I found my copy of Einhander in a dumpster.
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2016, 01:54:37 AM »

I throw out a lot of disc based sports and childrens games through the store. There are too many of them!!!!!!!!!

PS - Your dumpster has an attendant???
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2016, 04:08:53 AM »

Well the dumpster is at one of the county landfills.  I'm just outside city limits so we have to take our trash to the dump to get rid of it.  It's only about a half mile from my house so it's not far.  But yes there is an attendant there to make sure you're not throwing couches in the trash compactor and helping people with large objects, etc.
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2016, 05:21:20 AM »

Like our local (Foothills and Vanway) Transfer stations, Crabby.
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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2016, 10:33:55 AM »

I throw out a lot of disc based sports and childrens games through the store. There are too many of them!!!!!!!!!


Why not just throw them in super cheap lots on eBay or use them as filler in bundles?
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2016, 10:35:28 AM »

Another popular option is use as a "coaster".
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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2016, 08:09:51 PM »

I throw out a lot of disc based sports and childrens games through the store. There are too many of them!!!!!!!!!


Why not just throw them in super cheap lots on eBay or use them as filler in bundles?

or even a $1 bin? i don't think any game is impossible to sell, some just take more patience, there's always someone who wants a complete library for a certain system. never really one to support throwing out games just for the crime of being common.
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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2016, 08:52:42 PM »

I throw out a lot of disc based sports and childrens games through the store. There are too many of them!!!!!!!!!


Why not just throw them in super cheap lots on eBay or use them as filler in bundles?

or even a $1 bin? i don't think any game is impossible to sell, some just take more patience, there's always someone who wants a complete library for a certain system. never really one to support throwing out games just for the crime of being common.

Really.  There are some people out there that will pay $1 for anything, especially if it has a clearance sticker on it or something.  One of my local game stores does that.  It's how I picked up some of my loose PSP movies.
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« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2016, 07:49:54 AM »

We had bins where we tried to sell them for $.50 each and they wont move. We've gotten to the point where we flat out tell people trading them in that we can't pay them anything for those games and just end up tossing most of them. Doesn't seem worth the effort to package them up to ship even. I feel no remorse for all the old Maddens, NHLs and the like that I've destroyed!!!
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« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2016, 08:52:57 AM »

I was just reminded of this:
http://www.rfgeneration.c...topic=388.msg4657#msg4657

When he finally got rid of them all:
http://www.rfgeneration.c...um/index.php?topic=1501.0
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