Shopping for Genesis on Craig's List

With all the retro gaming madness that has gripped people over the last few years, it's becoming increasingly harder for gamers to fill out the holes in their collections without being gouged by store owners looking to land eBay prices. Aside from flea markets and thrift stores, one viable option is the ever-growing Craig's List, which allows people to meet up with others in their area to buy and sell items. Like any other avenue for transactions, it's open to its share of horror stories, but if used right, you can actually land a good number of games without having to pay for shipping. Staff writer David Childers has compiled a handy guide for using Craig's list, so read the full article and get ready to go looking for that holy grail!

I put an ad on craigslist looking for a car, and I got a response from the guy, and ill be taking a look this saturday. Hmm...

Good article. I love the simplicity of Craigslist. Everything from its looks to posting adds is so simple. It is just one more tool for me to dispose of my extra thrift store bounty.

Didn't read through the whole article (it's late and I'm about to hit the sack) but I did glance through it. Reminds me a lot of my own CL experiences and a piece that I wrote about 15 months ago:

http://www.rvgfanatic.com/7443/34701.html

Goes to show you how these things can easily be overlapped. I plan to write some features in the future on my site that will go along the lines of existent SEGA-16 articles. There's nothing really new under the sun, and great minds often do think alike... it just becomes a matter of when you get around to writing about it =p

From what I skimmed through -- well done, David. Will check it out tomorrow when I'm not so sleepy, lol

Good article.

I guess this is going to push back my 'In the Wild' article :(.

I've had no luck on Craigslist. I live in a BIG city but people here seem to be tards when it comes to listing stuff on Craigslist. After several days of searching and finding absolutely nothing of interest ($100 for a Dreamcast? $200 for a Master System? These aren't ancient Chinese antiques folks), I put up a very general and broad wanted ad. I got about 2 dozen responses written in the same bad grammar that most normal Craigslists posts are written in.

"hai i sells u n64 for (insert ridiculous price here)"

I remember that one well. I specifically said I don't want any Nintendo 64 material and I get morons trying to sell me their N64s.

I'm glad that you found Craigslist to be a very place to for video games, but everyone who posts in my area are imbeciles.

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Originally Posted by HetmanTancred

I've had no luck on Craigslist. I live in a BIG city but people here seem to be tards when it comes to listing stuff on Craigslist. After several days of searching and finding absolutely nothing of interest ($100 for a Dreamcast? $200 for a Master System? These aren't ancient Chinese antiques folks), I put up a very general and broad wanted ad. I got about 2 dozen responses written in the same bad grammar that most normal Craigslists posts are written in.

"hai i sells u n64 for (insert ridiculous price here)"

I remember that one well. I specifically said I don't want any Nintendo 64 material and I get morons trying to sell me their N64s.

I'm glad that you found Craigslist to be a very place to for video games, but everyone who posts in my area are imbeciles.

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I hear ya, people don't understand the difference between "collectable" and "valuable." Yeah, lots of people collect vintage games BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAP. I would've never gotten into retro collecting if I couldn't get 3 games for $10 just about anywhere, especially when emulators are free and many are almost 100% accurate with advantages like save states so you don't have to play the whole game just to get to one level. I've actually found better bargains on mislabeled eBay auctions than on craigslist. All craigslist seems to have is a bunch of people selling PS2s, XBOXs, and PSPs with a few crappy sports games and useless accessories (like garbage 3rd party controllers) for nearly the price of a brand new system-only. eBay has made everyone think they are sitting on a gold mine with every unwanted piece of crap they have and so craigslist has turned into a bunch of people that want eBay cash with Goodwill effort.

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Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes

I hear ya, people don't understand the difference between "collectable" and "valuable." Yeah, lots of people collect vintage games BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAP. I would've never gotten into retro collecting if I couldn't get 3 games for $10 just about anywhere, especially when emulators are free and many are almost 100% accurate with advantages like save states so you don't have to play the whole game just to get to one level. I've actually found better bargains on mislabeled eBay auctions than on craigslist. All craigslist seems to have is a bunch of people selling PS2s, XBOXs, and PSPs with a few crappy sports games and useless accessories (like garbage 3rd party controllers) for nearly the price of a brand new system-only. eBay has made everyone think they are sitting on a gold mine with every unwanted piece of crap they have and so craigslist has turned into a bunch of people that want eBay cash with Goodwill effort.

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That is so true. After posting my comment on the forum, I went back to Craigslist to try to see if things have changed in my area. Nope. Not at all. Either retro consoles being ridiculously overpriced or last gen consoles being sold for as much as new gen. Quite a lot of people are actually wanting to trade their XBOX 360 with GTA IV for a PS3 with GTA IV. Hahaha.

The only good thing I found on Craiglist was an advertisement from a retro videogame store. Nothing specific, but they had an address and said they had a bunch of both new and retro systems and consoles.

Their newer consoles and games were ridiculously over-priced, but the didn't even know what a goldmine they were sitting on in their Genesis section.

I picked up Gunstar Heroes and Ristar complete in good condition, took it to the counter and asked them how much. "Uh, that'd be $2, I guess".

I got a Sega Master System with cables (the A/C adapter is not original but gives the correct voltage), controller, light gun and 9 games:

- After Burner
- Choplifter
- Double Dragon
- Black Belt
- Great Football
- Monopoly
- Kings Quest
- My Hero
- Teddy Boy

With cases and manual for $50 through craig's list.

With criag's list you just have to be patient and keep checking.

I actually bought my current vehicle on Craigslist but never thought to look for gaming stuff on it. Searching for "Sega" just taught me something new though -- there is such a thing as a "sega palm." :)

http://www.lakeviewpalms.com/sega.html

Really, though, Craigslist is ultimately no different than your local newspaper classifieds section. Any deals to be had typically will rely on the ignorance or desperation of the person listing the item(s).

I try to find things on craigslist but never have any luck (some good cars to be found) but books, movies and games nadda.

I go through Craigslist occasionally but I haven't found anything there yet. Most of the video game stuff I find is either way overpriced (anyone up for a $50 Genesis?) or is something I already have.

I have found a few things on craigslist, but most the sega stuff is overpriced.

When i had all those extra genny systems a i sold a few on craigslist for $20 and a few games incl (sonic 1 2 and 3) with 2 controllers and whatever. Figured peopple are turning craiglist into another ebay now where everything is overpriced.. :;sigh::