Last weekend's finds

Last weekend, Phil and I set out on our search for treasures. Craigslist only had a few garage sales of interest so I was going to concentrate on listing the stuff I got in previous weeks. This summer has just started and already I found 2 Playstation 2 game consoles and dozens of games. I was waiting for some of the games to come back from the resurfacer when I decided to go out and just hit a few sales.

I couldn't find any games when I decided to hit one more sale. The ad promised all kinds of retro game systems and games. Phil and I set out but when we arrived there it was apparent that this guy was a dealer and the prices were just too high. Phil found a Nintendo 64 game "Zelda: Ocarina of Time". I asked the guy how much and he said $40. We were about to walk away when he said he'd take $20. Phil has been saving his lawn cutting money and decided to buy the game.

I had been checking Craigslist all day when I saw an ad that said they had Nintendo 64 games. It was just down the road so me and Phil hopped in the car and headed there. A young woman was selling an NES system as well as a Nintendo 64 systems plus games. I couldn't believe what I saw:

The same game that Phil just bought! I asked the girl how much and she said $2.00. I gladly paid her and went home. I looked the game up when I got home and found out it's worth $50.00! I was so excited I looked up more sales but all I could find was one around the corner from me. The lady having the sale was raising money for the 3-day breast cancer walk.

I found some Nick Cave cds I had been looking for and asked her what she wanted for them. She told me a dollar a disc. I also found 2 box sets from obscure artists:

Both sets are fairly hard to find so I think I will be able to sell them for a tidy profit. The winter was long but this summer is already shaping up to be profitable. And to think I was about to give up!

Looking for treasure

My garage sale season is in full swing after a rather slow start. Phil and I hit the road in mid-April in search of garage sales after a very hectic tax season. It's been two months since we started and have really not gotten anything of note. A couple of weeks ago Phil found a metal detector at a garage sale and has been on a quest for buried treasure since.

A particularly challenging marketing class has also kept me quite busy so we haven't been going out as much. With the class behind me, it's full swing this weekend. Due to a hard drive crash at work, it looks like I am going to have the next few days off. I plan on getting out there Thursday through Saturday to look for anything of value.

It's not like there is nothing out there, it's just that the prices are kind of high. I did find a PS2 complete system and 51 games for $55.00. But other than that, it has been a slow season.