This wasn't too long ago, it was a year before I moved in 2010 from NJ. I was checking Craigslist for garage sales and found one in a town I hadn't been too before. It was about an hour and a half to two hours away. The ad was too good to be true. It mentioned NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Saturn, TG-16 and CD, Neo Geo and alot of other systems. I remember the ad saying how this was for real, not a joke and to be there when it started. I kept thinking it had to be a big lie, a fraud but then those thoughts of what if it isn't? So, I took a chance. I decided to go. Of course, I was aware that I wasn't the only one to have seen this, so if I wanted to get the goods, I better get there before anyone else.
The sale started at 9:00 am. I got there at 6:30. There were a couple of cars on the street but it wasn't busy. So, I parked in front of the house. It was gated and there were signs saying there was a garage sale. So, I waited..and waited and waited...Time passed, 7:30 arrives and cars begin to show up. 8am gets there and more people showed up
. 8:30 am and the place was swarming with people. Everyone is making there way to the driveway to get ready for when the gate opened. I knew why they were there, it's always the same thing.
10 mins before it opens, the owner comes out to let people know they'll be opening soon. I was thinking too myself "There is too many people here, I'll never get to the stuff if I don't run in there and get it before the rest of them do". So, that's exactly what I did. The guy opens the gate and I run in. I passed all the other stuff he had for sale, until I got to the back near the front of his garage where the game stuff was. I saw the Neo games, systems, controllers. I grabbed the white boxed neo system, white boxed neo controller first. He had a stack of AES boxed games, all complete and in great condition. I grabbed each and every one of them. A guy came right next to me and asks me "Are you going to buy all of that?" I don't look at him, I'm busy checking each one of the games and protecting the stuff so no one grabs it. I just say "Yeah...probably". The games I get are Cyberlip, Football Frenzy, Last Resort, Andro Dunos, Burning Fight, Mutation Nation, Robo Army. I leave behind Ninja Combat, Blue's Journey, Crossed Swords since I already had them.
Thinking back, I probably shouldn't have but oh well. The guy who asked me the question hung right next to me and grabbed them as I made my way to the owner to tell him to hold all of this for me.
I make my way to the other game stuff and grab a boxed complete Musha for Genesis. $5.00! I get some of the Turbografx CD games he has and some Sega CD stuff. I paid up and he says "$75 for the boxed AES, $30 for the extra boxed controller, $20 for each of the AES games"...I couldn't believe it, I was lucky I brought plenty of money just in case, paid and got out of there. Best garage sale deal I have ever had, no question about it!
I doubt I will ever see one like that ever again, definitely a one in a lifetime.
