Originally Posted by Brent L (Post 11378923)

Oh lord, I go to the Goodwill stores here in town multiple times a week. I have made so much supplemental income just buy buying stuff there and selling it on the side. I don't have much to do during my lunch break, and I don't want to just sit in a restaurant the entire hour so I usually grab something to eat and if I don't have something I need to do at another store, I usually spend the rest of the time in one of the two, if not both of the Goodwill stores here close to where I work.

My best finds...

-Four Cobalt Flux dance pads, $5 each, $20 total. I didn't see control boxes so I have no way to test them. They were in amazing condition though. One day I'll get around to selling them. I'll end up getting somewhere between $100 and $800 for them all.

-Super Mario 64, new & sealed for $2. I ended up selling it for $250.

-Futurama Zoidberg figure that had a Robot Devil head part complete and in the box for $4, apparently sorta rare. I sold that for $150.

-First Edition Rules of Attraction book bought for $1, sold for $100. I actually found that a second time at another Goodwill store while out of town but haven't listed it yet.

-NES system with multiple games boxed and complete for around $30.

-SNES system with multiple games boxed and complete for around $30.

-I find DVDs and VHS tapes quite often that are worth a good bit. I wouldn't even know where to start listing all of those.

-Various pieces of art - if is in an older frame, has age to the work, or is hand signed or is a print with a signature and is hand numbered, I'll buy them all since they are so cheep.

-Original Simon game from 1978 or so, working, complete and in the box for a couple of bucks.

-Dual Turntable 1228 from the 70s, working.

-Sankyo Super 8 video camera from the 70s, working, for a few bucks. It actually had film in it that I used up testing. I'm tempted to try to get it developed to see what else may be on it or if it is even still good.

-I have bought quite a few different boardgames over the past couple of years for around a buck or two and resold them for $50-$100.

And lots and lots more. I came so close to hitting the jackpot one time however. I got very sick last year and had to put my visits on hold for a week or two. In that time, a local man went to one of the two Goodwill stores here in town that I visit all the time and bought a painting of some fruit. Had I seen it myself I would have bought it in a second. Anyway, he had it looked at and was told it was 17th century and it was worth around $10k. He decided to send it to be auctioned off in New York and it ended up bringing almost $200k. I will never stop kicking myself over that screw up.