Whats the greatest deal you ever got on a game/ console?

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Panzer Dragoon Saga for $3 at Goodwill. It was missing one sleeve or it would have been mint. I actually got all 3 Panzer Dragoons there for $3 each and sold them for $350 on Ebay. I had already beaten PDS before so decided to go for the money.

Years earlier I got Suikoden 2 and Valkyrie Profile at a movie store for $2 each sold them for about $100 each.
 
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I got a free N64. Ended up buying Glover for N64 later for 5 dollars. It's a satisfying wonky video game experience.
 

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I got a free N64. Ended up buying Glover for N64 later for 5 dollars. It's a satisfying wonky video game experience.
oh man, I have this game too. had it as a child back in the early 2000's and recently bought it again a few years back. This game was/is actually really frustrating. (pop the ball you lose a life, hit the ball to far rolls off cliff lose a life, and not to mention the boss fight with the monkey) I haven't really touched it in awhile but maybe I'll give it another chance hahaha one of these days. (never beat this game or even got far in it)
 

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European n3DS on 11 firmware with complete box/manuals and a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles for $160. Was originally for sale at $170, BUT I got the guy down to $160. Pretty good deal, plus now I had added a 64 gb card and downgraded and a9lh'ed the machine.
 

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I got an Xbox 360 for $80 about a year ago and made a 320GB hard drive for it using an old laptop hard drive I had. Works great.
 

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I got Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete completely mint with all the pieces, manual, ect. for 50$ at a used-game store. Last time I got it grade, they offered me about 90$ to 120$
I also got OoT Gold edition complete with manual and box (not perfect, but still compete) for 15$ at a flea market.
 

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Two brand new N3DS XLs for only $0.00. Yep, you read that right. Gratis, free, gratuitement~

I ended up buying a N3DS XL for 190.00 at the beginning of the year. When I got it in the mail, the bottom removable plate was scuffed something terrible. So I thought, well, it's replaceable, but at the same time, I ordered a new product, so I darn well get what I paid for. Cue me talking to Amazon support, to where they send me out a replacement unit, AND are willing to let me systransfer from the "damaged" N3DSXL to the new one. A day later, I'm charged another 200 bucks, and I call them back. The rep I talked to was so sorry for the problem, they comped BOTH system's cost. And that's how I got two hackable 3DSes for absolutely free.

tldr: Amazon is the best
 

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Bought this pristine "Spice" Gamecube, with controller and original Nintendo power and AV cables, in 2013 at a secondhand shop in Yokohama for 1100 yen. That's $11. Yeah. Last summer in Tokyo I added a matching Spice Gameboy Player and a second Spice controller, each of which cost me more than the console itself. I run it on an S-video cable now, and only use it for the Gameboy Player b/c there's Nintendont on the Wii. But before that, I installed a XenoGC, never had to touch the laser pot, and I've never had a read failure on my burns. Definitely my best deal ever. Unless you count my Saturn, which my brother just abandoned in a closet back around '97(?) and I swooped it up.

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Bought this pristine "Spice" Gamecube, with controller and original Nintendo power and AV cables, in 2013 at a secondhand shop in Yokohama for 1100 yen. That's $11. Yeah. Last summer in Tokyo I added a matching Spice Gameboy Player and a second Spice controller, each of which cost me more than the console itself. I run it on an S-video cable now, and only use it for the Gameboy Player b/c there's Nintendont on the Wii. But before that, I installed a XenoGC, never had to touch the laser pot, and I've never had a read failure on my burns. Definitely my best deal ever. Unless you count my Saturn, which my brother just abandoned in a closet back around '97(?) and I swooped it up.

Me wants :3

The best I've probably done is two VirtualBoys, complete with a controller each, charger each, and a number of games including WarioLand, Mario Tennis, Teleroboxer, and some others for free :3
My dad just had them sitting in the attic collecting dust.
 

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