Yard Sale Scores...

[HaRuMaN]

Anyone else go yard-sailing?

The weather here is just now getting nice, many communities around like to coordinate and have a bunch of yard sales all at once.

Some finds from last weekend:
Ceiling fan, new condition, $10
Working Xbox in original box, 15 games, 2 wired controllers, 4 wireless controllers, brand new Logitech steering wheel in box, $40 for all
Box of 30 year old HO trains (two engines included), all in original boxes, $10 for all
The wife got two large boxes of premium scrapbooking paper for $10

(Those of you who have wives that scrapbook know how expensive that paper normally is, like 50 cents a sheet!)

[Expressline99]

I had to stop myself from going anymore. I buy way to much stuff. However, I manage to still get things from yard sales anyway.
My father goes every weekend. Picked up a nice wood lathe a few weeks ago for me for $50.00. oh ya about games

I might start going again though....haven't gone since I caught the arcade bug. Plus our house is under remodel construction for
the last 4 years. (almost done with the upstairs!) Then free time might come back.

Wow that HO find was a good deal. I would love to get a set.

[hypernova]

This past summer I got a PS2 for $20.

Some ---meecrob--- across the street was trying to sell an original Xbox for $80, with some worthless games.  Not worth it.  Apparently he wasn't aware it was a yard sale, or he was just testing the waters.

[HaRuMaN]

The cool thing about the HO trains... they are some of the EXACT ones that I had as a kid.  Not to mention that they are worth a lot more than $10.   

The weekend before last, I picked up an N64, 2 games, 2 controllers, all working for $10...  now I just need to find some good games for it.

About a year ago, I ran across a working Dig Dug with some minor cab damage for $50, and I passed it up (still kicking myself, though).

[protokatie]

@HarumaN: If you find "Space Station SiliconValley" for the N64, grab it even if it is priced somewhat high.  Pretty rare from what I have seen and one of the best games on the N64 (I still have my copy, but no N64 anymore :< )

As per yard sales; that season is long over in Maine (too cold) and of course now I need something that would be a rather easy find at one (A police Scanner). I got hooked on http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/ and want to contribute as cool little hobby.

[ChadTower]

I got a scanner so I could listen to the sobriety stops they do outside my house all the time.  They snag folks right out of the bar parking lot near my house... turns out very little radio chatter goes on in our city.  It wasn't worth having on most of the time.

[protokatie]

I got a scanner so I could listen to the sobriety stops they do outside my house all the time.  They snag folks right out of the bar parking lot near my house... turns out very little radio chatter goes on in our city.  It wasn't worth having on most of the time.

You COULD send that mostly unused scanner to someone in Maine so she could hook it up to the radioreference site so everyone on Earth could hear of all of the "fun" police things happening in Bar Harbor Maine... 

[danny_galaga]

I don't have a lot of luck. Probably mostly because i just don't out to these places often. Or early enough. But one guy on the aussiearcade forum bought a whole bunch of Commodore and Atari stuff for $100. He sold it all on ebay and totalled about $3500 in sales 

[ChadTower]

You COULD send that mostly unused scanner to someone in Maine so she could hook it up to the radioreference site so everyone on Earth could hear of all of the "fun" police things happening in Bar Harbor Maine... 

Heh.  I used to go through Bar Harbor several times a year to get on/off the Bluenose... not a whole lot else there.

[Expressline99]

The cool thing about the HO trains... they are some of the EXACT ones that I had as a kid.  Not to mention that they are worth a lot more than $10.   

About a year ago, I ran across a working Dig Dug with some minor cab damage for $50, and I passed it up (still kicking myself, though).

Well the fact that they are exactly like the ones you had as a kid....makes them beyond valuable. My Grand Father and great Grand Father both worked on the railroad. So the whole thing is great to me. Although as it stands I don't own any HO trains or tracks due to construction in my house still. I hope to buy some for my son when he grows up a bit.

Super bummer on the Dig Dug!