I'm opening up my own business

[Shinobi128]

I'm going to start my own little flea market business. Basically I'll be selling old and new video games, plus some other miscellaneous items.

I've been going to flea markets and garage sales for the past couple of months and have been gathering up stuff. I've been able to find some bargains here and there. Some on the things include -

- Nintendo 64, with box/instructions, two controllers, and ten games : $25.
- SNES, with box/instructions, five games : $15.
- Nine crappy PSX games but the average Joe consumer will buy it anyway : $22
- NES : $4
- Genny : $10

You can easily sell an Nintendo 64 at the flea market for about $30-40 and the games for $5-20. The average consumers at the local markets do not own a GameCube, PS2, or Xbox. They look for the older, cheaper generations of games and software.

I also plan on putting up a sign reading "I'LL FIX YOUR SCRATCHED CD'S HERE!!!1" (English and Spanish of course) The average shopper there doesn't know what a Game Doctor is. I'll have the motorized Game Doctor with me and "fix" their CD's for 50 cents each or something.

[Dolemite]

Sounds like a nice plan. What are you paying for the booth?

[Shinobi128]

Originally posted by Dolemite
Sounds like a nice plan. What are you paying for the booth?

Well, I have four flea markets to choose from. I'll be doing it every Sunday, since that day brings in the most traffic.

Ft. Lauderdale Swap Shop - 45 minute drive. I'll give it a try one day in the summer. It's $25 a spot, but the amount of people who go here is insane.

"The drive-in" flea market - I'll be setting up shop here. Only one other guy sell games here, but he only sells Nintendo/PSX things. I will have everything. It'll cost me $8 a spot.

"The under-the-bridge" flea market - There are a couple video game sellers here. They suck and they try to rip you off. $55 for used and beat-up Sega CD? Blow me. $50 for a used NES? Shiiiiiiiiiiet. I might go one day just to take all their business away.

Delray Beach market - It's all commercialized crap. It sucks.

[gamevet]

Originally posted by Shinobi128
Well, I have four flea markets to choose from.

"The under-the-bridge" flea market - There are a couple video game sellers here. They suck and they try to rip you off. $55 for used and beat-up Sega CD? Blow me. $50 for a used NES? Shiiiiiiiiiiet. I might go one day just to take all their business away.

Finds Shinobi128 dead under bridge, as competitor beat him senseless with baseball bat.

[TaiMaiShu]

Good deal...

[Melf]

What Genny games do you have?

[Andy]

I'd go down and check out your stuff at the Swap Shop, but I was down there a few weeks ago, and there is no fucking way I'd get anywhere close to that place. If you haven't been there in a while, it's the hell-on-Earth equivelant of at least 10 malls, 5 doctors offices, and a root canal.

[Shinobi128]

Originally posted by Andy
I'd go down and check out your stuff at the Swap Shop, but I was down there a few weeks ago, and there is no fucking way I'd get anywhere close to that place. If you haven't been there in a while, it's the hell-on-Earth equivelant of at least 10 malls, 5 doctors offices, and a root canal.

That's why you have to get there at 5am with some flashlights.

[Opaque]

d000d you could sell the NES for way more than that... its gota go for at least ten... at least... also, is this going to be your only sorce of income?!?

[Master]

Originally posted by Shinobi128
I also plan on putting up a sign reading "I'LL FIX YOUR SCRATCHED CD'S HERE!!!1" (English and Spanish of course) The average shopper there doesn't know what a Game Doctor is. I'll have the motorized Game Doctor with me and "fix" their CD's for 50 cents each or something.

If you ever touched anything I owned with a Game Doctor, I'd punchisize your face for free.