Post by desfeek on Oct 15, 2011 18:55:19 GMT -5
...he's a retro games collector too. We like to call each other and brag about recent finds - it's all in good fun, we motivate each other to find goodies.
Anyway, he just called me as he was leaving a Vancouver, WA area Goodwill, sounding quite excited. He was digging through a box of cell phone cords, AV cables and random knick-knacks that are common in Goodwills. At the bottom, he spied what looked to be a black sharpie with no cap. When he saw the twirly cord coming out of the back, his heart stopped.
A Vectrex lightpen at a Goodwill? This has to be too good to be true.
Apparently, when he pulled it up from the depths of the box, a man nearby cursed quite loudly. My friend literally darted towards the register with his treasure, looking at the green price tag as he went. The price? One dollar and ninety-nine cents.
ONE DOLLAR AND NINETY-NINE CENTS
When he got up to the register, the nice woman informed him that today, green tag items are half-off. So my buddy just called to tell me he got a Vectrex lightpen at Goodwill for $1.
why don't I find things like this...
Anyway, he just called me as he was leaving a Vancouver, WA area Goodwill, sounding quite excited. He was digging through a box of cell phone cords, AV cables and random knick-knacks that are common in Goodwills. At the bottom, he spied what looked to be a black sharpie with no cap. When he saw the twirly cord coming out of the back, his heart stopped.
A Vectrex lightpen at a Goodwill? This has to be too good to be true.
Apparently, when he pulled it up from the depths of the box, a man nearby cursed quite loudly. My friend literally darted towards the register with his treasure, looking at the green price tag as he went. The price? One dollar and ninety-nine cents.
ONE DOLLAR AND NINETY-NINE CENTS
When he got up to the register, the nice woman informed him that today, green tag items are half-off. So my buddy just called to tell me he got a Vectrex lightpen at Goodwill for $1.
why don't I find things like this...
it's the crown jewel of my collection. I didn't, however, pay almost nothing for it. Let's just say I paid a lot of euros, and euros are not cheap for an American. I've had a couple well-informed people look at it in person, and nobody has questioned it's authenticity. I'm glad the item was discovered and documented!
I have a friend like that also. He will call and say hey I found two Sears Atari 2600 one is a four switch and the other a six.It was in some junk and they payed me to hall it away. He always seems to find things at our local Goodwill first which is why I can't seem to ever find anything.