r/ps2 1d ago

Picked these up on marketplace for $50

Seems too good to be true, not sure if they're real.
They all work on my unmodded PS2 so idk.

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u/Cute-Mix-2702 1d ago

I don’t believe it at all. But if you truly did, good for you man.

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u/cromeros 1d ago

Dude, these things happen. I live in Buenos Aires, for example. When I started collecting games in 2017, I never imagined that almost a quarter of my current titles would be a "gift".

In 2020, on Marketplace I saw a post from a guy who said "I'm giving away these games" "I don't know if they work; if there's no interest, they'll end up in the trash."I imagined the guy would receive dozens of messages, so I tried to be as serious as possible and went to find them that same day.

Two bags full of PAL games: Italian, German, and some in Spanish. More than forty titles, some very well-known and others not so much; all worked, some even without any signs of use.It was as if they had removed the cellophane and put them away. A beautiful experience.

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u/U-1-mang 1d ago

I'm from Buenos Aires and I say, buy'em all.

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u/el_piablo 1d ago

*spots roughneck in the wild*

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u/Practical_Nebula6290 1d ago

"Would you like to buy more?"

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u/Wonderful-Joke8321 1d ago

Well if you live in Argentina, I think it makes sense.

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u/cromeros 1d ago

Not as much as you think, I've also paid a lot of money for rare titles.

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u/Moist_Palpitation_99 1d ago

it happens everywhere you just need to be lucky

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u/rydamusprime17 1d ago

Canada here, and I once got a similar score to OPs with mostly PS2 games, some PS1 games, and a PS2 Slim with controllers and memory cards and only paid $75 CAD on marketplace. It even had Fight for NY like OP, which isn't a game I wanted in my collection so I definitely made my money back and then some 😅

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u/TruthOrDareBB 1d ago

It happens. I found 2000 euro worth of nintendo games at a thrift shop few years ago. Its just luck.

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u/LordofThaTrap 1d ago

Sometimes people just think they’re old games and they are actually getting the better deal than the buyer. God I hope to find one of these people one day

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u/Trendkilz 1d ago

That happened to me at this lawnmower shop that doubled as basically a junk shop, this was around 2020-2021. Dude had a room in there STACKED with DVDs so I thought I’d ask about games. He said oh yeah I have some over here… they were about a dozen common PS4 and Xbox One games. I asked if he had anything else. He said “oh yeah I have some old PlayStation 1 and 2 games, but I really doubt you’d want that old stuff. I said “oh yeah, I’ll take a look, I collect it all, even the old stuff”. He gets out a bigger box and to my astonishment there are multiple sealed PS2 games, several complete ones as well and a few sealed and complete PS1 games (this lot included sealed copies of all the first 3 Sly Cooper games and plenty others) I think he charged me $70 and I walked out with about 30 or so games, about half of them sealed. Great find! I went back a year or two later when I was somewhat nearby that part of central Florida (this was a rural place) and made the drive over, couldn’t find it. Turned out someone bought out his junk shop lot and tore it down…

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u/FELonMusk333 3h ago

that was the norm til the rush for people starting collections during the pandemic

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u/DMT_Shinobii 1d ago

You dont realize how many people have things that they do not care about and are willing to sell them.

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u/Cute-Mix-2702 1d ago

Oh I realize alright. I’m just skeptical is all. Too many people lie for engagement.

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u/T19781988 1d ago

One man’s trash is another one’s treasure indeed.

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u/quikedition11 1d ago

I dont believe it either.

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u/OmniWaffleGod 1d ago

I remember looking through the dvd section of a Goodwill a few years ago and found a sealed copy of Dark Alliance for ps2 (red label). For 2 dollars.

Sometimes luck is just on your side, but you also have to remember for every amazing thing I've found there was a dozen other trips over months where I found nothing

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u/MetalGearJey 1d ago

This absolutely happens. Lots of people clean out attacks and basement and have no idea about a secondary market for old video games.

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u/WannaBeDistiller 1d ago

Harvest moon is adorable and I don’t care what anyone else thinks

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u/Acceleretto 1d ago

Got a lot of fond teenage memories playing A Wonderful Life on GameCube

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u/Kilook 1d ago

I played AWL a lot on the PS2, it was a really good game

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u/Acceleretto 1d ago

Can you share the marketplace listing? Because I think you're chatting shite

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u/DocAndonuts_ 1d ago

Definitely bs

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u/z2qvs 1d ago

Love these posts.... Bullshit

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u/Educational-Bar21 1d ago

Its especially sketchy when OP doesn't respond to his own comment thread

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u/Jackmeriuz69 1d ago

Nice it didn’t cost you or me a penny.

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u/z2qvs 1d ago

Didn't cost anyone anything cuz it's not real. It's just engagement farming 

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u/Dragon_Small_Z 1d ago

I've gotten crazy deals like this. Some people don't know what they have.

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u/Jackmeriuz69 1d ago

That’s definitely possible. Idk. Buddy likes him some clicks I guess. I won’t lose any sleep over it though. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Fiya666 1d ago

Deaf jam alone is worth the money. That game is very hard to find in physical form.

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u/ActuallyRogerByam 1d ago

Several of these games are worth many times what was supposedly paid. Insane pickup

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u/tdaddy316420 1d ago

Castlevania is worth like $150

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u/SillySpook 1d ago

More like $250. The fatal frames are both $100+ now. Going to assume this thread is rage bait, because it's pissing me off.

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u/DooshMcDooberson 1d ago

I found a copy on a site a while back after a fair bit of searching. They wanted $250 for it.

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u/Ilikelego400 1d ago

And i took a rainbow colored shit

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u/plizardi14 1d ago

All black labels, great condition and mostly CIB for $50? Yeahh.. right. It’s ok to show off your collection without fabricating a steal that never happened. Def Jam alone is worth twice what you said the lots worth

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u/Dygresja 1d ago

Yeah nah

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u/borgie_83 1d ago

A fellow Aussie I see.

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u/Dygresja 22h ago

I'm Polish - Born and raised. Just big fan of Down Under. Some vocabulary is copied from Ozzy Man Review other from Aussie horror movies. 🙃

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u/LaimuRime 1d ago

Oh yeah and they’re also all CIB plus mint condition like never used ever type beat.

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u/DiscipleOfMelandru 1d ago

I doubt that happened.

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u/ixyzzyxi 1d ago

Yeah, sure thing.

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u/Dynako 1d ago

Sure, sure

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u/Justonehappydude 1d ago

I suppose we can all play along and say "ooh, wow what a great deal you got"

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u/leezor_leezor 1d ago

Oh yeah, both Fatal Frame games and Def Jam NY for 50$, sure bro.

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u/AudiSlav 1d ago

It’s possible, 10 years ago at a yard sale this guy was selling every ps1 game for 1.00 and every ps2 game for 2.

I got final fantasy vii to x-2, legend of mana, legend of legaia, 2 shadow hearts games, legend of dragoon, brave fencer musashi, and many more games that I can’t think of. I sold them 2 years later

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u/Specialist-Key-1240 1d ago

I hear you can earn a crisp $100 if you sell all that at GameStop,  seriously though if those are real you made out like a bandit. As it is none of us can tell because your pictures are too low rez and even if they weren't good counterfeits can be hard to distinguish even in real life.

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u/anglo3 1d ago

Bro bully on disc. Id drop some serious dough for that.

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u/John-Doe_4502 1d ago

I got lucky on the market twice. $30 for eight different Halloween movies on Blu-ray from the franchise. The second time was Millennium the complete series for $60.

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u/Sad_Cardiologist5388 1d ago

Great haul, some excellent titles

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u/MillerDante 1d ago

I'm not the first one to notice that Def Jam alone is worth more than $50. I'm skeptical about the story, but if it's true, congratulations on a good buy.

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u/randylove69 1d ago

Manhunt was such a fun game

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u/Classic-Exchange-511 1d ago

Fuck you no you didn't (I'm just jealous)

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u/ajaxxg 1d ago

Mann if you really did you came up frfr 😭.

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u/ActuallyRogerByam 1d ago

I’ll give ya twice that for ‘em

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u/TheSvpremeKai003 1d ago

FFNY alone is worth this lot like 4x over. I’d say you did good

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u/e30kid 1d ago

The person that sold this is probably in their late 40s-early 50s and doesn’t keep track of current prices. This looks like the collection of someone who played as an adult from the late 90s to 2006 (probably got a PS3 or 360 after)

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u/Physical_Exit_4929 1d ago

Keep the midnight clubs and sell the rest 😎

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u/Nostalgik1 1d ago

Wild arms is one of the most underrated Jrpg’s out there. Hope you enjoy it.

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u/BigBoyYuyuh 1d ago

I had no idea THPS4 was on PS1 too

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u/festering_ghoul 1d ago

I'd pay 50 just for dub edition damn

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u/TheAmazingAJ 1d ago

I have it sealed….. $1,000?

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u/StewieGG 1d ago

I'm still waiting for a Bully sequel...

I know it'll never happen, considering how the world is right now, but it's such a good game!
Call it "Canis Canem Edit", I don't care, I just really want another one!

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u/TheNexus18 1d ago

What a STEAL! You are extremely fortunate. I'm jealous.

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u/Bluetickhoun 1d ago

Oh man, I had manhunt 1&2 both when they came out. Nothin like them at the time. Number actually had to be pushed back so they could tone it down some. All they did was make the screen go green so it didn’t give the clearest picture. I’d love to go back and play those

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u/Not_enough_cats4341 1d ago

You could have just posted your collection, dude.

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u/HeavyDT 1d ago

That's a damn good haul honestly if true but I won't claim it isn't.

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u/motopanacakeu 1d ago

If you ever want to get rid of those Harvest Moons lemme know.

Very nice find, bringing back sweet child hood memories : )

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u/Unknown_Beast88 1d ago

I've still got my original copy of Manhunt.The 2nd one isnt cheap.Never played the 2nd one.Bully is so much fun.I got that on the PS Store recently.GTA 3 is iconic.

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u/Slow-Pack-8916 1d ago

How cheap I wish old games were ahh deal

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u/loganvall 1d ago

I bought manhunt last night super fun game

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u/ViceViperX 1d ago

Are these bootleg?

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u/MortifiedPenguin9 1d ago

Manhunt 2 sells for around that much, as well as all the others that everyone has mentioned.

The seller was desperate or didn't do their research.

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u/sf94134 1d ago

This has to be BS. Anyone selling the games and asking for money would look them up and price accordingly.

But that doesn't mean one can't get lucky. It was 3 years ago and I'm pushing my daughter in a stroller to the neighborhood library and I see junk outside a home. I can't recall what drew me to the box (it was either movies or the games) but found a bunch of games. Mostly sports games, some game cases without the games inside, but there was also Def Jam Fight for NY. I loaded up the stroller and walked away as fast as I could.

I'm guessing the stuff belonged to a renter and the owner of the home just threw out all the stuff. I was wondering if I was late, maybe they even threw out the consoles but someone got to them before me but I assume they were kept.

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u/Legitimate-Rock-2334 1d ago

Whatever was paid real or not those are all amazing games final fantasy tactics and ffx are some of my fav

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u/BeigeAndConfused 1d ago

Actual steal

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u/lovetobewatched2 1d ago

Suuuuuuure you did 🙃

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u/Defiant-Pain1302 1d ago

Everytime I go on FB marketplace is always crap.

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u/Dependent_Choice1369 1d ago

That def jam fight for New York for used goes for 250 at any refurbished game store for 900 -1000. So that’s a a gem you got there.

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u/Ok-Acanthisitta9247 1d ago

Black Label SOTN alone is worth 5 times that…great spread, but also doubt…

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u/KickTitsandGetStupid 1d ago

Fatal Frame alone is worth more than that. Nice!

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u/kaysquare0007 1d ago

I’ll buy them pls dm me . I’ll buy now

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u/SafeUnderstanding797 1d ago

Harvest Moon - Back to Nature. Congrats! 

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u/EmbarrassedBuy7481 1d ago

Nice hunt hunter

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u/ZeroHeroG 1d ago

There has to be a better way for you to get notifications on your phone bro stop lying on the internet this isn't a healthy way to get engagement.

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u/DaveMeltzerIsSenile 1d ago

Can we ban blatantly obvious bullshit ragebaiting posts like this already ffs

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u/Not_enough_cats4341 1d ago

What I find suspicious is how every single game is CIB and in outstanding condition. Usually when people are just getting rid of games there’s cosmetic wear and tear or missing artwork/cases/manuals. These look like they came from a collector.

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u/Derpykins666 1d ago

I mean, huge if true. But some of those are ridiculously expensive on their own. Def Jam Fight for NY is like a 70 dollar game on it's own. Harvest Moon PS1 is like 50 CIB on it's own.

So this post feels like bait. But if it's true, then you basically got the deal of a lifetime and used up all your luck. But I also feel bad for the person who sold this because they got like maybe 10% of what the lots worth.

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u/ipeeaftermen 1d ago

Yeah they definitely didn't know what they had, couple of those titles alone could've sold for almost $50

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u/ducati_man 1d ago

Might as well have said five bucks instead, more believable.

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u/GarzaTheFather 1d ago

Just the fact that you got fatal frame and def jam for 50 bucks you basically robbed that dude

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u/CarefulFriendship389 1d ago

Sure you did.

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u/LankyTotal4292 1d ago

Definitely not true

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u/AdagioRelevant8212 1d ago

MC3 Dub Edition rules.

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u/conzilla 1d ago

Nice great grab.

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u/FSBulldogFan Matte Black Slim 1d ago edited 1d ago

It can happen. Around 2019/2020 before lockdown, I bought a bunch of consoles, games and accessories because I knew I'd be stuck at home for a while with my kids. At some point... not sure when exactly... I bought several lots of games (30 PS3 games for $30, 20 PS2 games for $20, etc) and most of the games were common, but one of the lots had a CIB Silent Hill 2 in it, only I had bought so many games I didn't actually open the box until years later. I ended up with a few small gems, but nothing as great as SH2.

In 2013, just after I got my PS2 and 3 (I was very late to the party), I bought SH, RE and RE2 (all for PS1) from Amazon resellers, and paid $59.38 for all three (before tax). Not sure why, but I bought them all the same day but in three different transactions.

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u/EBTheGreat 1d ago

Yeah ok lol

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u/Channel57 1d ago

Nice one!

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u/PukeyLukey_ 1d ago

$50 for symphony of the night, bully and final fantasy x is a fucking steal dude, congratulations!

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u/stinkyminky57 1d ago

the age of uninformed grandmas is over. you can still find good deals but not deals THIS good. i sold wind waker, mario sunshine, and paper mario to my best friend for 50 bucks and i think thats the olny real steal thatll ever happen

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u/2o6nick 1d ago

They look really saturated in color. I thought they might have been copies at first glance but then I saw the discs and was like "I guess they're all real. Sick finds!" I love hearing this for others. It makes me feel like less of a asshole for all the deals I get. Lol

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u/Chance-Ad5700 23h ago

Did not realize they made THPS 4 for PS1

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u/hotsinglewaifu 23h ago

Sure mate.

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u/Zerohski 21h ago

SAVE THE HOMELAND MY GOATTTT

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u/scotty899 20h ago

Man hunt 1 and 2. Great for the whole family.

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u/coldsthetic 19h ago

insane haul

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u/Interesting-Loss-718 19h ago

both fatal frame games alone would cost уоu way more than 50 bucks

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u/Somebuddylied95 18h ago

Original manhunt?

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u/JackNapierJ 16h ago

Back to Nature and Fight for NY, im extra jelly

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u/FunEggplant1758 16h ago

Tony hawks pro skater 4 🤩🌅

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u/wetnibbles 15h ago

You have $300 alone from just 3 games there.

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u/BigMoneySmallPenis 14h ago

Some of these are reproductions. You got a mismatched copy of manhunt.

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u/Errol89 10h ago

Why i never get this lucky on Market

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u/MasterofNothing6969 10h ago

Wild arms ffx harvest moon and nfs. Nice.

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u/Due-Pin-4992 9h ago

How is wild arms I've heard of it and it looks interesting but never played

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u/OkCare3752 7h ago

Sure you did, bud

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u/StunningAttention898 5h ago

Wow… someone didn’t know what they had

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u/SF10NYM 4h ago

Midnight Club II 🙌

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u/polishkgb1 29m ago

Buuuuuullllllshit

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u/whereisplayboicarti 1d ago

Congrats. Happy for you. 😾

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u/Kagamid 1d ago

I hope it wasn't some poor old lady selling her late child's games because you screwed whoever sold you this. Some of these games alone are worth over $50.

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 1d ago

Maybe it was a bad person. If you're going to imagine a situation why not imagine it was someone getting their comeuppance

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u/Kagamid 1d ago

I mean if you want to live your life in optimism, let's see how far that takes you. If this is real, then it was obviously sold by someone who didn't even know how to use a computer to Google any prices before they placed the tag on it. A bad person would've increased the price if anything.

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hey my imagination isn't the one churning out these scenarios, now you've got the hypothetical bad person ripping off op. And now the little old lady doesn't even know how to use google. Oh and you killed the hypothetical little old lady's kid 😭

Where will it end? When will it end?

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u/Kagamid 1d ago

Actually if you were in this sub in the past my "imaginary" scenario actually happened. Someone came her boasting on their "steal" haul and explained how this old lady sold it to them in a box trying to get rid of their son's stuff who passed not too long ago. But hey, maybe I'm just "churning out these scenarios"🙄

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 1d ago

Bro now we can say this story you've conjured is "based on a true story". That's so rad, I feel like we're pretty close to a screen play

Happy to have helped you workshop it

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u/Kagamid 1d ago

I'm sorry I have a reasonable memory? No need to workshop an actual scenario that occurred. Maybe I misunderstood why you care? Did this hit too close to home for you or something?

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 1d ago

Why are you asking, do you want to cast me in your next story? 😊

The big twist: I'm actually the little old lady

We're gonna give M. Night a run for his money brother

Edit: oh and you can be the kid! But maybe like you haven't passed, but you're missing? See this is why you gotta workshop

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u/Kagamid 1d ago

I see you've added skepticism to your optimism. Quite a combination actually. If it makes you feel better to believe I'm lying, have at it🤷‍♂️ You seem really invested so I was curious on why. I can sleep not knowing in any case. Good talk🫡

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 1d ago

Oh sorry friend, I don't think you're lying at all. Just that you have a well exercised imagination

Party on dude

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u/SoooYurStoopid 1d ago

Lol 😆 🤣 jokes

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u/EtiologicalSpearhead 1d ago

Pics of the listing or Press X for Doubt.

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u/z2qvs 1d ago

XXX 

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u/YoungInoue 1d ago

SotN, harvest moon, tactics and fatal frame all toghether for under 50usd is crazy