07-08-2018, 06:29 AM
Time for a tale regarding yard sales and video game resellers. This will be mostly the same as the FB version of my story, but I'll be more detailed here.
In the local paper, there was an ad for a rummage sale yesterday. Among the items listed were a Vizio HDTV and a Nintendo DSi system. I have been wanting an older DS model for a long time, and the DSi would fit the bill. Unfortunately, I work in the morning, so I had to miss most of the sale and arrived at the residence mid afternoon.
By the time I arrived, the DSi was long gone. The lady who was running the sale did kindly tell me what was included in the DSi set, and it was a lot. The set contained the DSi console, charger, instruction manual, extra styluses, a carrying case, and three games... Scribblenauts, an unknown Kirby game, and Kung Fu Panda. I felt a bit down about missing a potential video game deal, but I went about my day regardless.
Later on, I stopped by the local flea market to look around for anything new and interesting. My focus is odd electronics and video games. Lo and behold, once I got to the video game section, guess what I saw?
Yep. I found the exact same DSi set the lady described to me, though by now, the reseller raised the price to $65 and priced the three games separately. I don't know what the original price was at the rummage sale, but it's likely nowhere near the new $65 price tag. In the end, I did get the console and the Kirby game, which turned out to be Kirby Mass Attack. I was hoping for Super Star Ultra, but hey, I got one of the DS Kirby games.
One nice thing either the original seller or the reseller did was reset the DSi to factory settings. It's great that people do care about their personal data and will go through and delete the old stuff before it's resold. The downside is that any old DSiWare games that were downloaded previously are wiped clean. It's not that much of a negative since you can still get DSiWare from the 3DS eShop.
The console itself is in rather good condition, so it probably wasn't used too much. BTW, the name in the above photo, "Kessie", was my choosing. A reference to "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" actually.
In the local paper, there was an ad for a rummage sale yesterday. Among the items listed were a Vizio HDTV and a Nintendo DSi system. I have been wanting an older DS model for a long time, and the DSi would fit the bill. Unfortunately, I work in the morning, so I had to miss most of the sale and arrived at the residence mid afternoon.
By the time I arrived, the DSi was long gone. The lady who was running the sale did kindly tell me what was included in the DSi set, and it was a lot. The set contained the DSi console, charger, instruction manual, extra styluses, a carrying case, and three games... Scribblenauts, an unknown Kirby game, and Kung Fu Panda. I felt a bit down about missing a potential video game deal, but I went about my day regardless.
Later on, I stopped by the local flea market to look around for anything new and interesting. My focus is odd electronics and video games. Lo and behold, once I got to the video game section, guess what I saw?
Yep. I found the exact same DSi set the lady described to me, though by now, the reseller raised the price to $65 and priced the three games separately. I don't know what the original price was at the rummage sale, but it's likely nowhere near the new $65 price tag. In the end, I did get the console and the Kirby game, which turned out to be Kirby Mass Attack. I was hoping for Super Star Ultra, but hey, I got one of the DS Kirby games.
One nice thing either the original seller or the reseller did was reset the DSi to factory settings. It's great that people do care about their personal data and will go through and delete the old stuff before it's resold. The downside is that any old DSiWare games that were downloaded previously are wiped clean. It's not that much of a negative since you can still get DSiWare from the 3DS eShop.
The console itself is in rather good condition, so it probably wasn't used too much. BTW, the name in the above photo, "Kessie", was my choosing. A reference to "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" actually.