bicostp wrote:"Yeah, I'll buy that car. Here's a baseball hat, 22 Matchbox cars, 3 copies of Fester's Quest, a handful of acorns, and the 47 cents I found in the couch."
Here's an appraisal of all the stuff you put up for trade, based off current prices. This is being generous, since I generally used 2/3 of Gamestop's resale price for used hardware/software (their prices are in parenthesis):
PS2: Slim - $75 Phat - $50 (99.99 and 79.99, respectively)
True Crime: Streets of LA: $3 ($7)
Final Fantasy XII (That's "twelve" not "X2"): $14 ($20 for a new copy)
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker: I'll guess $10 (Couldn't find it)
Dynasty Warriors 4: $10 ($15 for a used copy)
Drakan the Aincent's Gate: $3 ($8.99 for a used copy)
Trumpet: $20-$200 depending on the vintage, condition, manufacturer, etc.
PS1 memory card: $0.50 (They don't sell those anymore but I paid $1 for one when they were on clearance)
PS2 memory card: $5 (They're $25 new still, not sure what they go for used.)
N64: $5 (Gamestop was selling them at $14 a pop for years, and they break so easy that nobody here who knows better would pay a lot for one.)
Halo 3 helmet: Most people would probably pay $10, fanboys and 7 year olds would pay more. Amazingly enough you can find them on eBay for $100, but the game is usually included.
Grand total: $155.50 USD
You're still $4844.50 short of the estimate. And I was being very generous with the pricing. I don't go in the trading forum too often, but I guess you could get lucky and get $100-$125 for all that.
Seriously, forget about a 360 laptop unless you have at least $5,000 (in money, NOT junk). Nobody is going to build you something like this if you pay them in trinkets.
This guy must be a kid.
In sort, if you wanna play you gotta pay, and we don't take Monopoly money.
I don't know... Those 3 copies of Fester's Quest are tempting.
