GoodWill - A great place to buy Video Games!

GoodWill - The Store for "Rare" games. Huh? Seriously GoodWill has been a great place to find Video Games, As I mentioned in the past I found a Complete SNES Chrono Trigger for a few bucks and so many other Treasures.

GoodWills seem to have alot of old Genny games, and NES games. Just found a Phantasy Star 3 for $2.99 there. Sure there's alot of crap but if you check on a semi regular basis your bound to find some good stuff.

The possibilities are endless, as most folks who work there and shelf the stuff have no idea the value or worth of games, or think they are music CD's and throw them on the shelf. Of course since they don't know how much games are worth pricing can be inflated as last night each CD of a 3 CD game was priced $2.99 a piece.

Bought some Turbo Chip games and the clerk thought they were Cassate Tapes.

Alright let's hear some good finds!

I can't recall seeing any great videogame deals at Good Will, or really any videogames at all. Maybe it's the neighborhood I live in?

What the hell is a Goodwill?

Everything I have on eBay, except for Tempo, I got from Goodwill for about $8 total. I have had better deals, but...bid on my items!

I remember picking up an import SNES Ranma 1/2 game at GoodWill once. Great place to find games cheap.

I once found a Saturn, complete, for $13.



I didn't have $13.
Needless to say, I suck.

You mean they don't accept Master Card or Visa? :lol:

Uh........I don't have a credit card of my own ;_;

Shining Force 2 (Gen) new, sealed $5
Brand new, sealed Headmaster Transformer $2
Toe Jam and Earl 2 complete .50
Kirby Super Star .50
Brand new, sealed Dukes of Hazard die-cast car (early 80's) .75

And plenty of loose games too...

*-neo

i checked my local goodwill awhile back. no videogames....yet. i'll go back every once in awhile.

My goodwill sucks.

I hate my goodwill.

Hmm... I wonder if there's a Goodwill near me.
Do they have a website?



*rimshot*

After I moved here to Vegas last month, swung by the Goodwill off campus.

They had a complete and mint X-Box remote kit for $21. I had a 1/2 off coupon I got off of campus, and got it for $10.50 flat. Not too shabby considering that's about 1/3 what it goes for in stores :)

I should stop by again, mebbe they've restocked with more goodies in the last month.

I've gotten dozens of awesome deals at Goodwill. Some of my favourites:

Supergrafx system with 4 games + joystick: around $25 Canadian
White PCE deck w'2 pads + tap: $15 C
Famicom system with a couple of converters: $10 C
Turbo Duo (broken, but traded it in for a replacement): $15 C
MIB Atari 2600 w'2 carts: $5 US
Final Fantasy 3 (loose): $1.50 US
Brand new SNES2 set: $20 US
27" RGB monitor: $10 C
4 new copies of Famicom Rainbow Islands: $1 each

Needless to say, that first one almost gave me a heart attack when I saw it! It helps when you like in a neighbourhood with lots of Asian immigrants.

- Matt

I used to go to Goodwill all the time to look for games. Most of the time I wouldn't find anything.

Then there would be good days; like when I scored a complete Turbo Grafx 16 for $2.99.

I've gotten a bunch of Saturn, Genesis, and NES games there also; as well as a few assorted controllers.

There's nothing like the smell of old clothes and urine to add that extra "dimension" to 16-bit gaming.

I'll reiterate Melf's first post:

What the hell is Goodwill?

Goodwill Industries runs a chain of stores. The profits from their retail operations benefit charity.

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Originally posted by ChaoofNee
Hmm... I wonder if there's a Goodwill near me.
Do they have a website?



*rimshot*

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There is a goodwill near everbody.

I"m not sure, I have a good will near me. I never seen one. I have a Salvation army near me, I might drop by and see if they have any goodies. When, I lived in alabama I use to go here and get lots of stuff, cheap

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Originally posted by soundwave
There's nothing like the smell of old clothes and urine to add that extra "dimension" to 16-bit gaming.

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Sig worthy material right there :)

It's true though, all thrift stores smell exactly the same. And it's not good.

-Kevin

Threads like these always make me trudge into poor run-down areas to get to Goodwills that have nothing but SMB carts and Genesis sports games.

THANKS A LOT, KORIAN!

I wish there were Goodwills in Utah. The only equivalent we have are Mormon church-run Deseret Industries stores, which always have zero games. And then there's Savers...I think I saw a Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cart there. Once.

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Originally posted by OmniGear
I'll reiterate Melf's first post:

What the hell is Goodwill?

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It's a thrift store.
An institutionalized garage sale, if you will.

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Originally posted by K3V
Sig worthy material right there :)

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Thanks! Also be wary of used Power Gloves...you don't wanna know where they've been...

The local Goodwill here never has anything but Atari games... but sometimes they will have old ass computers for 15 bucks. This is good considering these have old ass monitors with RCA inputs-much like the famed Commodore 64 monitor. I didn't need another one, though.

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Originally posted by Satsuki
I once found a Saturn, complete, for $13.



I didn't have $13.
Needless to say, I suck.

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As the announcer from Sega Rally would say: "That's gotta hurt!" :(

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Originally posted by Matt
Supergrafx system with 4 games + joystick: around $25 Canadian
White PCE deck w'2 pads + tap: $15 C
Famicom system with a couple of converters: $10 C
Turbo Duo (broken, but traded it in for a replacement): $15 C
MIB Atari 2600 w'2 carts: $5 US
Final Fantasy 3 (loose): $1.50 US
Brand new SNES2 set: $20 US
27" RGB monitor: $10 C
4 new copies of Famicom Rainbow Islands: $1 each

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Matt- That's a hella lot of awesome deals. I think I'd choke too if I saw that Supergrafx.

Best advice is to check on a weekly basis and look everywhere in the store as things are scattered everywhere.

Things have been slow lately for me as recently I noticed this old guy buying up every game he could get his hands on.

BTW I've never smelled any piss odors in my Goodwills, and I have a super sensitive nose.

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BTW I've never smelled any piss odors in my Goodwills, and I have a super sensitive nose.

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Where do you live? I've been to some pretty scummy ones in urban parts of Jersey.

Hmm I take that back I was overpowered recently by some potenet odors in the kids section, left right away. I did happen to find a Japenese KOEI Macintosh PC game in hardcase with maps, flyers, promos, and old
pc games for cheap. The PC game was for fun as I have no way to play it.

Spotted an atari 2600 with controllers and adapter for $5.