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Posted: Jun 20 2009 11:46 pm

I love "treasure hunting" at thrift stores. I can't even begin to count all the things I have found in them. My latest aquisition was a Dlink wireless G router for $5. It is now intergrated into my home network and I am now surfing on my Blackberry at WIFI speed.

I just posted this with my Blackberry.

What treasures have the rest of you found?

Joined: May 13 2009 Location: lowell, ma Posts: 289

I love yard sales and flea markets to. I always buy like a bunch of 50 cent movies, some recorded from tv so theres crazy old commercials too, which are cool. The best thing I ever got at a yard sale tthough, Secret of Mana for 1 dollar.

Posted: Jun 21 2009 12:54 am

You can definitely have some incredibly cheap and rare video game finds at thrift stores.

I have been known to acquire clothes there as well...

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

I love thrifting, I do it as much as I can. Can you say amazing chord organ for fourty fucking dollars? Near mint Led Zeppelin IV with insert for one? Fuck yeah!

Posted: Jun 21 2009 05:31 am

An old Fender Precision bass for about forty bucks. It sounds wonderful and it's in awesome shape. The one thing I really like about it is that it feels heavy in a good way. The neck is also very nice. I don't know what kind of wood it is made from but it looks great and feels sturdy.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

I have seen a used N64 at my local thrift store.

but my mom was looking for certain things s i didn't have time to ask for money

anybody notice how the old people always buy the old Disney movies. almost every time i go in there i see an old lady or guy buying Pinocchio or Bambie or all of the other "classic" Disney movies

Posted: Jun 21 2009 12:05 pm

Hacker wrote:

I have seen a used N64 at my local thrift store.

but my mom was looking for certain things s i didn't have time to ask for money

anybody notice how the old people always buy the old Disney movies. almost every time i go in there i see an old lady or guy buying Pinocchio or Bambie or all of the other "classic" Disney movies

Probably for their young grandchildren, or nostalgic purposes. How whacky is that? Man, crazy old people.

Joined: May 13 2009 Location: lowell, ma Posts: 289

One day I bought what I called the "beverly hills special". FOr 50 cents each i acquired, on vhs :Beverly Hills cop 1 and 2, Beverly Hills Ninja (rip Chris Farley), and the Beverly Hillbillies. I've yet to watch any of them but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Posted: Jun 21 2009 01:07 pm

Never been in a thrift store, I've usually found all of my deals by simply being in the right place at the right time. For example, buying a Dreamcast at launch and waiting in the line all early in the morning, tipped me off to a sealed copy of Simon's Quest for the NES in the GS used bin for $4.99.

Posted: Jun 21 2009 02:06 pm

I bought both of the good NES Ultima games at a thrift store together for next to nothing.

Posted: Jun 21 2009 03:20 pm

Sega Genesis with SEGA-CD was available for twenty bucks at my uncle's pawn shop, I need it, hopefully it'll be still there next time I go. There were Dreamcasts for the same price too.

Posted: Jun 21 2009 04:28 pm

I am trying to figure out the insanity that is Goodwill's pricing. Some things are awesomely cheap. (Like routers and network switches, which usually are priced for around $5-$10, when they still sell new for $50.) But, then right next to the cheap router will be an older compaq computer that has a Pentium II 166MHz CPU, 256MB of Ram, a 4GB HDD, and a CD-ROM. (not burner) selling for $100.

My other recent treasure I found was a pristine condition AD&D 1st Edition DM's Guide for $5. It's not like it is worth alot of money or anything, but I was something I needed to add to my RPG book collection. (Though, I do have a few valuable books, Like a 1st Print "Deities & Demigods" book that has all the Cthulhu Mythos without credit to Chaosium in it.)

Posted: Jun 21 2009 07:17 pm

The Goodwill here mostly sells clothes so I've never got any good electronics or anything. I did get pretty nice army jacket for $5 though.

Posted: Jun 21 2009 07:35 pm

DVD's:
Ring of Honor
Combat Zone Wrestling
The Boondocks season 1 & 2

cost: $10

Shoe Polish( KIWI)
Postage Stickers [ 200]
Paint markers x5

cost: $ 8

A PS2
A GBA

Cost: $50

Total Cost: $68

Joined: Mar 13 2009 Location: Arlington Posts: 467

Clothes mostly. My entire wardrobe from 9th-12th grade was from the Goodwill. The shirts were awesome if you could find any that didn't have old man pit stains.

Posted: Jun 23 2009 12:17 pm

The salvation army in my town is very inconsistent with pricing. For instance, I picked up a sega genesis for 15 bucks with all the cables, but right next to it was a beat to shit surround sound system going for 75.. which is probably close to it's retail price. Same thing with furniture, but i'm less inclined to buy furniture at the Salvation Army, as I can't verify the previous users level of hygiene.

Posted: Jun 23 2009 12:19 pm

Thrift stores? More like SITH stores, amirite?

Posted: Jun 23 2009 01:06 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Thrift stores? More like SITH stores, amirite?

Well, I did buy a two piece Darth Vader helmet at a Goodwill, once...

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Syd, only after you obtain ownership of said store through the use of oppressive force.

Posted: Jun 23 2009 08:53 pm

The neatest thing I ever found at Goodwill was a working-condition The Thing lamp.

Posted: Jun 25 2009 02:09 am

Super Mario Kart, Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2, and Pilotwings for $1.50 each. Sure, some labels had seen better days, but Super Mario Kart alone goes for around $40 at the local game shop.

Also, at the same pawn, a copy of the hilariously bad movie "Showdown in Little Tokyo". Brandon Lee as a wisecracking (and I use that term loosely) cop, and Dolph Lundgren as some weaboo, team up to stop evil Yakuza criminals from selling beer bottles filled with meth! Also, Tia Carrere's tits.

Posted: Jun 25 2009 10:45 pm

Char Aznable wrote:

Also, Tia Carrere's tits.

How could that movie be bad?

Posted: Jun 25 2009 10:53 pm

I actually bought an original Early Bird Star Wars kit from a thrift store for a freaking dollar. It has everything in it except the actual certificate to mail away. It is in good condition too. The cards were separated from the display base, but for a dollar I am certainly not going to bitch about it. It has the stands, stickers, cards, and all the other inserts that were in there.

Posted: Jun 25 2009 11:09 pm

Eddie_Hyde wrote:

Char Aznable wrote:

Also, Tia Carrere's tits.

How could that movie be bad?

Brandon Lee seeing a naked Dolph and going "that's the biggest dick I've ever seen."

Or, Dolph tells Tia "you won't see me coming" when he puts her in some safehouse or something. Then later they bone down and she goes "that time, I saw you coming."

cheeeeeeeeeese

Posted: Jun 25 2009 11:30 pm

-bjork- wrote:

Eddie_Hyde wrote:

Char Aznable wrote:

Also, Tia Carrere's tits.

How could that movie be bad?

Brandon Lee seeing a naked Dolph and going "that's the biggest dick I've ever seen."

Or, Dolph tells Tia "you won't see me coming" when he puts her in some safehouse or something. Then later they bone down and she goes "that time, I saw you coming."

cheeeeeeeeeese

Ah, now I see.