Pipster Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I was at a boot sale this morning (i'm in the UK) and spotted the dirtiest VCS you've ever seen with loads of crappy looking joysticks and a dismantled rollerball, the seller wouldn't give me a price so i offered £10 but he was expecting a hell of a lot more than that. So i had look through anyway and spotted an oiginal '77 hex disc stick, without the disc unfortunately but very rare to find in this country anyway. He said he also had loads of very rare games, so i had a look and found the usual collection of text carts and at the bottom 2 loaner carts!! I picked them out and asked how much and we settled on £10 for these 3 items, result i thought so i was chatting to him and told him what they were and why the joystick was unusual and he told he got them from the ex- sales manager of Atari in 1981 which was intersting. A bit later i strolled past him again and he called me over and said he'd found 2 more unusual carts, 1 which was plain black with a small white label with 'NTSC Steller Track' on it and a lab loaner Pac man, i asked how much and he said because of what i'd told him he was going to hold on to them, i feel like such an idiot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1n Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 bloody good find for the 'k. come on spill where your great car boot sale is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipster Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 A long way south from Chester i'm afraid. Also saw a mint condition boxed rubber key Spectrum with loads of games for £40 and no deals, Saturn with back up memory cart for £25, Snes for £3 (which i bought), a few Game Gear games and loads of the usual Playstations, Megadrives etc. I did get there very early though. Over the past couple months i've had 2 boxed woodys for £6 and £10, both working and complete with cardboard inserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 (edited) Well, you should still be glad you got what you did. A '77 joystick and two loaner carts for £10, not bad! A stupid Yank (or, if you guys have the same joke as the Aussies, "Seppo") question for you... What exactly is a boot sale? Is it, as I assume, a guy selling stuff out of the boot (trunk) of his car? Or is it more like a garage sale over here? Edited July 23, 2005 by Room 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipster Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 I am pleased with what i got, it's a hell of a lot better than i normally come home with. A 'car boot sale' is a field full of cars/vans selling their junk, normally on tables in front of their vehicles, it used to be out of the back of the cars hence the name 'boot sale'. It's the only way you'll ever find Atari stuff in this country without using the dreaded ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 boot = trunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 How much would you like to wager that those carts he decided to hold onto will be on eBay in a few days...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 How much would you like to wager that those carts he decided to hold onto will be on eBay in a few days...... 897348[/snapback] screw ebay, give us a chance first, post them in the marketplace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolt Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 How much would you like to wager that those carts he decided to hold onto will be on eBay in a few days...... 897348[/snapback] screw ebay, give us a chance first, post them in the marketplace! 897353[/snapback] No, he meant the guy who kept the Pac Man loaner and the NTSC Stellar Track. I went to boot sales a few times when I've gone to England--relatives of mine sell at them nearly every weekend. I had a blast--they're soooo much better than US flea markets, which are usually vendors of tube socks and used VHS tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipster Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 I'm keeping mine and yes he mentioned a certain internet auction site for the others with as he put it 'a high reserve', i think if he'd been bigger than me he would have tried to fight me for the ones i already had as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_pal Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I'm keeping mine and yes he mentioned a certain internet auction site for the others with as he put it 'a high reserve', i think if he'd been bigger than me he would have tried to fight me for the ones i already had as well. 897419[/snapback] No ones going to buy it if has a high reserve hes going to end up like the guy on ebay who was selling 10/10 but asking for $600, $700, $1,250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I'm keeping mine and yes he mentioned a certain internet auction site for the others with as he put it 'a high reserve', i think if he'd been bigger than me he would have tried to fight me for the ones i already had as well. 897419[/snapback] No ones going to buy it if has a high reserve hes going to end up like the guy on ebay who was selling 10/10 but asking for $600, $700, $1,250. 897502[/snapback] Ahahahaha Atariaction. Yeah, this is a slow buying season, you're definitely not going to get listed prices this year for games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 well... not for some guys... have u seen this? http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=73400 there's always someone out there with the mulah to get whatever he/her wants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 That's because they're CIB, and they come up much rarer than the loose carts. Even then, those prices are still cheap, especially the sealed waterworld and the complete ntsc motorodeo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintendo Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Well, you should still be glad you got what you did. A '77 joystick and two loaner carts for £10, not bad! How much is a '77 joystick usually worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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