A fairly disappointing weekend, it rained all day Saturday. And it didn't just rain a little bit, it poured for the good part of the day, I was completely soaked by the time I got home. I tried using an umbrella but it wasn't worth all the trouble of opening and closing it constantly, and the rain was at least warm, so I gave up on the umbrella. Saturday Garage Sales
The PS2 games were marked $2 each, the PS1 game was $1. I really only wanted the MGS game, so I offered $10 for the whole box. My offer was taken.
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This was from a huge moving sale, where nothing is priced, which I hate because you spend a lot of time gathering up stuff only to find they want a fortune for it. Which wasn't true this time. She wanted $2 for it all. But I was really only interested in the SMS controllers and power supply, so I offered $1 for it all. She accepted. The NES is dirty and looks like someone spilled some pop in it (I opened it before bringing it inside to check for cockroaches) I don't have high hopes for it working, especially since it had the wrong power supply with it, which leads me to believe they were using it for the NES.
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I also got an old loudspeaker from one sale $0.50. It's not super loud, but I can plug my iPod into it and get a very respectable sound level out of it. It's great for outdoors or in the truck because I don't need a power source for it.
Sunday Flea Market
It hasn't rained yet today, but it has looked like it will all day and a lot of people were not at the flea market, including the guys I do trading with. This was the only thing I could find worth buying.
One thing I did see which gave me a good laugh was a guy selling dirty, loose NES controllers for $10 each. His N64 controllers were in the $30 range.
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Just a heads up regarding future installments: The garage sale/flea market season is winding down, so don't be surprised if this turns into a biweekly feature.
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Nice lot of PS2 games but a bit dissapointing compared to what you find on good weekends.
I lol'ed at the cockroaches comment 
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Rain is finally over here! 
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I hate it when people overcharge like that at flea markets. Not too many people go to flea markets to get video games, and when they overcharge, the seller won't sell them, and probably will throw them out. 
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So, uh, when garage sale-ing for systems, should I seriously be worried about bringing in vast amounts of cockroaches?
I might just become paranoid of picking up an Xbox only to have a swarm of cockroaches flying up my arms. D:
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Nice haul of PS2 games.
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@blcklblskt:
Either that, or they sit in the sun for so many weeks, they get faded from the sun and look even worse. I know of plenty of vendors who do that with stuff (not just video games), their stuff gets worse and worse looking every week, yet they never lower the price on it.
@Ando:
You just have to go by the house/people you're getting them from.
In my case, I was honestly surprised to not find any cockroach evidence inside. That NES was a lot dirtier than it looks in the picture.
I've purchased a lot of stuff from really cruddy looking people and houses and haven't found any cockroaches yet, but the chance is always there, so I just try to be safe about it.
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