18th June 2004, 9:18 PM
Yes, that's good too. Only recently have the used game stores around here started selling any used PC games. Right now it's just in a big bargain bin pile. Very not nice. People just don't seem to want to sell their old PC games for some reason. Makes PC games very often harder to collect than even obscure console games, as anyone trying to collect the Commander Keen series can tell you (ME!).
You should try a pawn shop. There's some decent stuff there. Critical though is that you ask to have whatever you buy tested. Some pawn shops give you one week and you can return something if it doesn't work (in fact that's a policy a lot of used game stores have too), but not all, so just be ware, that's all. So long as you go in with your eyes open, you have nothing to worry about, and that's really the way it should be. You can also find some cheap TVs and maybe some used computer parts if you are looking for anything like that. Don't worry if you start thinking about "the poor soul who had to sell their prized thing they want back just to make rent this month" either, because if someone asks a pawn shop to when they sell something, they will generally put it in the back room for a month before putting it out on display. That should ease your concious if you ever think about anything like that.
You should try a pawn shop. There's some decent stuff there. Critical though is that you ask to have whatever you buy tested. Some pawn shops give you one week and you can return something if it doesn't work (in fact that's a policy a lot of used game stores have too), but not all, so just be ware, that's all. So long as you go in with your eyes open, you have nothing to worry about, and that's really the way it should be. You can also find some cheap TVs and maybe some used computer parts if you are looking for anything like that. Don't worry if you start thinking about "the poor soul who had to sell their prized thing they want back just to make rent this month" either, because if someone asks a pawn shop to when they sell something, they will generally put it in the back room for a month before putting it out on display. That should ease your concious if you ever think about anything like that.
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