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I went to Gamestop today to look around a bit. While I was there, I ended up picking up Virtua Fighter 4 Evo for the PS2 (I'm a HUGE fighting game fan, and VF4E was $5. How can you pass that up?).

Anyways, while paying for it, the guy that worked there asked me if I wanted a PS2. I said no, since I already have one and didn't need another. He asked me if I was sure, then proceeded to explain to me why he was asking.

Earlier today, someone came in with an old "PS2 Phat" and tried trading it in. Thing is, they didn't have any of the cords, cables, or controllers for it - they JUST had the system itself. Gamestop can't accept that - they have to have ALL the appropriate accessories to hook it up and play it. So, they turned the people down.

However, dude said that if Gamestop wasn't going to take it, then they were just going to throw it away, so Gamestop said fine, we'll take it, but we won't give you anything for it. People were okay with that.

Anyways, after all of that was said and done, I ended up walking out of that Gamestop store with $5 less in my pocket, and two bags containing a classic cinder-block PS2, a copy of Metal Gear Solid, a copy of Metal Gear Solid 2, and a surprise hidden inside the PS2 - NCAA College Hoops 2K8.

The PS2 works PERFECTLY - it's entirely functional and plays all the games I've thrown at it so far (although that's only been College Hoops, MGS, and VF4E so far).

Also worth noting - it came with the ethernet/hard drive adapter attached, as well.

You may begin hating me now.

 

PS: Also, my original PS2 is a PS2 Slim, so I have both varieties now. The Slim I got from a former coworker almost two and a half years ago with two controllers, a 64MB memory card, ten games (including Vice City, Madden '03, Burnout 2, Midnight Club 3, and six other much lesser-known racers), and a desktop computer (160GB HDD, 16-inch CRT monitor, 2.4GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM)... all for $140. And remember - this was in early '07.



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go you.
That's really cool, I woder why the GS employee gave it away though.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

LOL good catch for you.



good find man



what do u mean begin hating u? because u went to gamestop i go there all the time



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I did that once while I worked for EB. Once with an original XBox too. It's just a nice thing to do.



"This is the deep-dish, delicious irony endured by the Nintendo stalwart: to see their platform of choice ascendant, even as their bright God turns his face away."

Tycho Brahe

that's awesome, congrats on the awesome find!



Damn dude, you sure walked in at the right time.



-Newcloud- said:
what do u mean begin hating u? because u went to gamestop i go there all the time

No, because I have amazing luck and got some FANTASTIC deals that everybody else wishes they could get. =p

 

Tailgunner said:
I did that once while I worked for EB. Once with an original XBox too. It's just a nice thing to do.

 You, sir, are what they call a gentleman and a scholar.



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That was truly a sweet deal bro. Glad you made good use of the PS2 to be honest and plus it came with the HDD and network adapter! Sweetness was up your alley!

I had a similar situatin where I was trading in a bunch of games to get rid of and the original Metal Gear Solid was one of them. Gamestop doesn't take original Playstation games and I was really trying to get rid of Metal Gear Solid because I no longer wanted it. So the employee that was working at the time ended up buying it off of me for $30. He didn't want to see me just randomly give it away or throw it away so he bought it from me.

Sweet deal I say. Gamestop can be good in some instances and awful in some others but this my story and the dude story above can certainly give them some positive rep.