Good place to get games/accessories for cheap?
 

Is there any great place out there that the tfp may be able to let me in on? I know you can get stuff pretty cheap on ebay, but they are not always reliable. Any other places that maybe sell used/refurbished game stuff?

it's not the most reliable or efficient method... but garage sales can sometimes yield INCREDIBLE deals.

my brother is a fellow grown-up nintendo fanboy... sometimes for kicks we run around on saturday mornings and look for garage sale signs. you can usually hit 5-6 an hour in a good suburban area. most sales will yield nothing but crap or people convinced their crappy current-generation titles are worth 20 bucks, but sometimes you really get a bargain. oftentimes the best deals are given by parents who come across their departed college student's game collection while they're away and figure it's only worth a few bucks.

As a sample, I've run across...

perfect condition NES power glove (rare large size) - $5
NES power pad w/5 games - $3
15 quality SNES games - $10
5 consoles (SegaCD, Genesis, Atari 2600, NES, 3DO) w/30 or so games - $40

granted, there is no guarantee that this stuff will work perfectly... but the prices and the thrill of the hunt make it worth it. if you're into old school gaming and enjoy blitzkrieging through garage sales on a saturday morning w/a pal... it's a good way to collect.

Well, maybe it's not the best idea, but I've often thought about standing outside a game store and buying games from people that are going to trade them in. I mean, I just traded in Fable the other day and got maybe 10 dollar back for it. If somebody had offered me 15 outside the store I would have done it. Take 50 bucks and offer it to someone with an entire stack of games in their hand and I'll bet you could buy the entire pile <grin>.

Ouch, $10 back for Fable? I would have given ya $20. I've seen Fable used in used game sections for $44.95. That isn't a bad deal for the stores if they are buying them back for $10 and selling them $5 below new.

It's good for them, but total bullshit for everyone else. Why the hell would you get it used to save yourself five bucks?!

pawn shops can net you some pretty good finds, they're no way to buy used consoles, but good for games and accessories.

http://www.bytesizedeals.com/

I go to this site a lot. Go check out the their forum. They post a lot of links where you can get game/dvd for cheap.

Gamestop and stores like that have some pretty good prices, I bought a copy of morrowind for $5 a couple weeks ago.

You kind of just have to shop around for it.

If you're not really interested in having the latest and the greatest right away, do the smart thing and check sale flyers every Sunday for the latest price hits on newer titles. I usually wait for games to go on the inevitable 10-20 dollars off sale (console games rarely do this anymore, however).

Otherwise, drop the cash on a membership at GameStop and get the extra 10% off on used games - it makes one helluva difference if you're going to be buying a lot of them. And if you get to know the people who work there, then you can often get them to let you know when a newer title has come back as a used copy, and snap those up before other people do.

You can usually get games for 10-20% off that way from the new price, which is good.