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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: struby on April 15, 2006, 11:14:33 pm
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There is a Cash Converters not far from me, and if anyone doesn't know of Cash Converters, it is where you can buy and sell basically anything to a place, that then sells that same stuff to other people, pretty simple, anyway, they have some old video game stuff that seems like it may be cheap, and off the top of my head I was just wondering if:
1. Any of this stuff was worth anything:
Phillips CDI system with controller and games
Atari Joysticks
Atari Paddle controller
2. If there was anything in that genre anyone wanted me to look for on my occasional stops there, I never know what may turn up.
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Is this particular one in Bergen county by chance?
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Nope, Pottstown Pa.
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The Cdi systems go for around $25-30 on Ebay, so not very good unless you really want that weird cartoon Zelda game. :D
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I dunno about your CC but the one here (in Canada) is a complete rip-off. Ridiculous prices on used crap. Most of the chain has died off here. Only a couple left here and there surviving through miracles, or Ebaying for people too dumb to do it themselves.
Example from a couple years ago:
DVD movie Titan AE:
- Brand new at Walmart: $6.86
- Used at Cash Converters: $11.00
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That's great, but your Cash Converters in Canada is not the same as mine in Pennsylvania, as I have come across some pretty good deals at mine, the trade in values are not great, but the prices on many items are, i mean, they have had stuff like a 17 inch working computer monitor for $4.99, small set of computer speakers for $2.00, and I have gotten good deals on paintball stuff as well. I was just simply stating that if someone has something they would like me to keep an eye out for, that someone might find laying around and trade in there, let me know.
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if you see any dc lightguns, dc games, nes games, snes anything let me know.
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I dunno about your CC but the one here (in Canada) is a complete rip-off. Ridiculous prices on used crap. Most of the chain has died off here. Only a couple left here and there surviving through miracles, or Ebaying for people too dumb to do it themselves.
Example from a couple years ago:
DVD movie Titan AE:
- Brand new at Walmart: $6.86
- Used at Cash Converters: $11.00
CC is a RIP OFF....Used 17" Monitor $200.00 while you could buy a new one for $180.00 (back then).
Joystick cables CC asking price $4.00, in the Dollar store $1.00. I tried something with the guy and told him that I have TONS of Joystick cables (NEW) and told him to just give me $1.50 each (hehe, it was just next door, the Dollar store), he just laugh at me.
Bottom line is just if you don't know the price of a new on in the store, you will get rip off at CC.
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Sad that I have to quote myself, the cash converters that I go to has good deals on some cool stuff.
That's great, but your Cash Converters in Canada is not the same as mine in Pennsylvania, as I have come across some pretty good deals at mine, the trade in values are not great, but the prices on many items are, i mean, they have had stuff like a 17 inch working computer monitor for $4.99, small set of computer speakers for $2.00, and I have gotten good deals on paintball stuff as well. I was just simply stating that if someone has something they would like me to keep an eye out for, that someone might find laying around and trade in there, let me know.
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Struby,
Where in Pottstown? I'm in Schwenksville and may be looking for some deals.
Thanks,
Gar
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I don't live in town, I live more backwoods, the CC is at the Pottstown Wal - Mart shopping center off of Route 100...Just in there today, they have:
Sega Saturn for 25 dollars, might not be a good price
sega cd for 10
Box of Intellevision games
Box of atari games
atari paddle
atari joysticks for 3 and 5 dollars
Atari 2600 system
Ethernet Network Cards for 5 dollars
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the atari sticks if there cleans an ok buy the ethernet cards are a rip u can get those for like a quarter at a flea market