Comments on: What’s the deal?

By: Lawndart

Lawndart — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:04:54 +0000

Back when I worked @ Electronics Boutique, I made mention to customers, in passing, that I enjoyed playing Magic: The Gathering. A customer came in one day and made mention that he was looking to dump a few cards he had collected over the years. I wasn’t one to pass up adding to my collection, so I asked him to bring them in.

As I perused the batch of mostly revised and earlier cards (read: older) I noticed a couple cards of the name “Sinkhole”. Rare cards, indeed. At that time, they sold for ~30$ per. The kicker, however was nearing the end. With around 15 cards to go, I found a Mox Sapphire. O.o At that time, a mox sapphire was selling for ~$200, so I asked the guy how much he wanted for the set, all the while attempting the best poker face I could muster.

Ten Bucks.

I jumped at the chance.

Some of you may give me hell for taking advantage of the situation, but of a seller does not do his homework, that isn’t my fault!

BTW, in a turn of profit, I sold the 2 sinkholes to my co-worker for $40, so I REALLY made out like a bandit that day

By: BillJax

BillJax — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:21:53 +0000

Went to a “flea market” that consisted of a small storage building full of crap run by a morbidly obese fellow with an aversion to wearing shirts, and scored a 2600 and about 40 games, including a blue label Demon Attack cart, for $9.

Best garage sale score was a Sony portable reel-to-reel recorder, Polaroid Pro Pack camera with half a pack of film still in, and a decent super 8 camera for a grand total of $15.

By: Mikey D

Mikey D — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:58:06 +0000

When I was a kid back in the late 70′s there was a great toy store called Toy City, since it was a few miles away and we didn’t have much money growing up, we rarely went there. I was really into building models and they had a huge aisle of them so I saved all my lawn mowing money and planned a bike trip there.

When I arrived the store was in disarray with stuff sitting out in the aisles, I figured they were just rearranging it so I started digging through the model kits. What I didn’t know was that the store was going out of business and I’d arrived on, or nearly on, the last day.

A manager came over and asked me to take as many models as I wanted for 25 cents each, I think I had around 7 to 10 bucks on me which was about 40 model kits!

They brought out those HUGE plastic sacks and filled them up but I had so much there was no way I was going to ride my bike home. Since my parents didn’t know what I was up to, I had to walk the whole way with bags of models hanging off the handlebars, sissy bar, and seat of my bike.

At that point in my life, it was the best deal ever.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:33:30 +0000

A month before Mother’s Day, my company picked up an association of jewelers as a client. What’s better than a diamond necklace for the wife on Mother’s Day? A diamond necklace you picked up for 70% off. 70 motherfuckin %!.

By: Poseid

Poseid — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:33:19 +0000

I was at an auction where the attendance was sucky, and ended up getting brocade jewelry box full of vintage costume jewelry, silver jewelry, and yes, antique gold jewelry for all of $5!

Did I mention I’m hooked on auctions now?

By: Sabi

Sabi — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:00:06 +0000

I bought a blanket in fairly good condition at a yard sale for 20 cents. That blanket lasted me nearly 8 years. It sounds pretty lame, I know. Especially compared to JoeMike’s friend’s deal.

By: JoeMike

JoeMike — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:56:13 +0000

Around X-mas about 8 years ago, I went to an old True Value hardware store looking for a X-mas tree stand and as I passed through one of the aisles, I noticed the familiar look of carded Star Wars figures out of the corner of my eye. I stopped and sure enough, there were 10 carded Kenner Empire Strikes Back figures hanging on a peg rack like it was 1980. I couldn’t believe it! I actually started shaking a little. I pulled the first off the shelf and the little red price sticker read $1.18. Also lying on the bottom shelf was an unopened Dagobah playset — with a $3.00 tag. I grabbed them all, paid for them (it was under $20 with tax). I put the toys in my car and proceeded to serach every inch of that store for more old toys and junk. The old guy working there asked if I was looking for more Star Wars stuff, I said “hells yes!” and he informed me that what I bought was all of it. It had actually only been on the shelf for a few weeks as he had found the stuff when they renovated a storage room. He figured no one would want to buy toys that were 20 years old, so he marked them way down.
It was unreal.
Also, a co-worker of mine went to a locally-owned grocery store several years back when they were going out of business and selling their shelves and fixtures and stuff. He went in and there was a floding table with a stack of Star Wars 12-backs, about seven or eight of them. He paid .25 a piece for them. He displayed them in his tv room for a while but finally sold them for lots of money. His deal is better than mine.