Post everytime you buy something game related and your unbelievable deals

ita actually has a pretty good sound from it, was a old church piano so well looked after and regularly tuned, there was the odd bum note when i got it and some of the hightones were a bit out, but quickly fixed them, and ill tune it properly once its all be cleaned and french polished

 

Can we expect a "Sing song" thread sometime soon. "Sing along to the all time greats with Diddydonn and his well breasted wife..."

Knees up mother brown, knees up mother brown... :noooo:

It's now that you tell us your wife is a classically trained pianist and will be knocking out Rakmaninov and Schostikovich (spelling?)

 

wouldnt go so far as to say classically trained, but she can bash out the odd bit of wagner, mozart, tchaikovsky etc when the mood takes her, after all, i did meet her at music college

its me who does the showtunes anyways! as well as the odd blues number

anyways, i digress

bargain of the day yesterday for me was the original bigbox version of secret of monkey island for pc for the bargain price of 50p!

 

I purchased a PS2 and a Gamecube that were old display models at Kmart through an employee-only silent auction last year.

PS2 - $4.01
GC - $7.00

 

Maplins Electronics in the UK - selling Seagate HDD cheap!

I just bought an external Seagate 320Gb HDD (FreeAgent) USB style for £59.99 - yep, that's £60.00 for an external 350Gb USB HDD!

They only went on sale this morning, but at this kind of price I suspect it will be a very short promotion. It's quite a sexy looking unit, very simple to set up (took 3mins exactly) and it is silent. Even includes a 5 years warranty!

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=217654&&source=14&doy=11m7

 

Ok, I found a CHEAP SCPH-1001 complete in boxed at a Garage sale!! I was going to ask if $12 is a good price but screw it, I'm going back now to get it. These are worth $2,000 or more according to G4!!!

I snapped a pic: http://img197.imageshack.us/my.php?image=audiophileby1.jpg&tc=img197/5261/psxcollection8il.jpg

I'll bbiab to post pictures of it if people care. But I'll just end up listing it on eBay I thinks. Bidding starting at $100!! muahaha

In a rush...it better still be there

 

Dude! Are you nuts? Get that BLACK boxed PS1 sitting there on that cloth like a budda handing out blessings or God chatting on the phone! Did you not see the PS1 Bottle of wine next to it? Get ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS!!! The NTSC JAP boxed unit is nice, but the black one....ooooooooooohhhhhhhh wwwwhhhhhhyyyyyy iiiiissssss iiiiiittttt iiiinnnnn aaaa GARAGE SALE in the USA!! :-(

Yep! VERY LIMITED EDITION - go, run like the wind, why are you even here talking, take your grans goldteeth and haggle that sucker down to a reasonable price lol

When you obtain it, then enjoy it and don't sell it. Man - some people have luck drawn on the palms of their hands! :dance: :dance: :dance: :love2: h: :love2: :banghead:

 

by god if you don't salvage the rest of those fine items, especially the 10.000th PS1, I will have a panic-attack.

please, be a sport and get it , for humanity.

 

I am with you on this one! There are items on that cloth that need to be rescued now. That is the most fucked up thing I have seen in months. Hopefully the poster has seen the error of his ways, has managed to obtain the lot and is now toasting our good health with a bottle of PSx wine lol (Don't drink it!) :thumbsup:

 

:crying: thats all i can say really. Could be the find of the century, sitting there with some tellyfuckingtubby dolls. All i ever see at car boot sales is dusty as shite or non working shit. I thought i had luck finding things too.

 

LOL - I think a few of us have our fingers crossed for this guy. Genuinely, I am sitting waiting to hear him back on saying "Look what I got guys!" If he doesn't and comes back with nothing or that silly fucking green boxed PSx lol I will possibly cry myself to sleep tonight as this is just NOT the kind of car boot sale in my area!

I'd gladly give him $12 plus P&P for the black unit lol - infact if I was at that car booty, I'd have bought the telly tubbies and everything else just to thank the seller! h:

 

LOL i was thinking the same, how much for EVERYTHING!!! i`d feel like i robbed the guy though.

 

Consider the alternative scene:

<Car boot sale in the US. On the rug on the floor you see a black 10millionth edition, a bottle of PSx wine and a nice SCPH-1001, plus some other BBC childrens related shit>

Seller: "Everything is marked as is. Make an offer I'm willing to haggle, but I think you'll find the prices reasonable. Considering those old Playstations are worthless now I might even throw in a free tellytubby..."

You: "Well, I was actually going to buy them at the price marked on them, but Sir, I cannot deny I am feeling guilty right now..."

Seller :"Oh? Why is that, they are genuine units and you can't stop me for selling on my own lawn, are you from the IRS? I am up to date with my tax forms and everything....please don't tell my boss I need to sell my own childrens toys to feed them this week!"

You : "...it's just that I know that black unit over there is worth a lot more...."

Seller : "....how much more?"

You : "Considerably more...."

Seller : "How much is 'considerably'?"

You : "It is a rare 10millionth edition, and I...."

Seller : "Look, just answer the god damned question! HOW MUCH?"

You : "A lot...."

Seller : "Okay, nice meeting you, eBay here we come, don't touch a fucking thing, you are on my land, I mean it I will shoot...damn it I told you <bang, bang, bang!>"

Hey, I think I watch too much Simpsons

 

LMFFAO :clap:

 

You know you`re watching it on channel 4 now, I wouldnt feel that bad but i reckon the fact i would have a brown pile by my feet and have a funny smell coming off me would indicate to the seller i was pretty interested and jack up the price. I`m actually god at haggling but i would be shaking trying to get this.

 

sounds like the time i missed out on a ps1 blue devkit at a school fair a few months ago for £5,, pretty sure it had some dev games with it, i saw it, thought noo it cant be, haggled a bit, realised my wife had got my wallet, went to find her, got it back, went back and it had gone, i cried like a big girl that night!

 

Now theres the problem haggling on something you know is worth it can be trouble, i know you didnt have your wallet which was the real problem but it can be a nightmare. My mate was haggling for this antique china and he knew it was a complete steal, he hesitated and started to haggle and this woman came up and goes i`ll give you x amount and the seller took it. My mate was gutted.

 

huh? That black box was a ps2 I thought. The wine was ps2 but he wanted $30 for it so I said screw it. Anyhow, the playstation was gone when I got back as well as the black boxed ps2. I'm a little sad because that first run playstation is supposed to be worth a lot to audiophiles.

The back box was a ps2 right? It sold for $25, more than double what he wanted for the playstation. He said it was like new too. But I saw the old playstation and focused on that because on ebay there go for a lot.

 

There was an article about the scph100x models made by Parris recently, they were saying that the audio outputted could be compared to high end cd players (often costing $5000 or more). This is where the rumour started that psx`s could be worth that much, in reality i think you would be hard pushed to get $50 for one unless you found the right buyer (someone ill informed) The black playstation appeared to be japanese 10 million model playstation, a very very rare limited edition.

 

out of interest how much was he asking for the black boxed playstation?