Deal Hunter 06/27/2008: 79th Street GoodWill

Any good cheap ass knows that some of the best places to find deals are secondhand stores and flea markets. But finding all of these places are combing through their piles of crap can be very time consuming. Luckily for you, there is a resident Deal Hunter for Big Apple Gamer, ME! In this weekly column I will visit a GoodWill, Salvation Army, or flea market and rate the store based on how many potential deals they offer. For the first edition we took a visit to the GoodWill on 79th Street in Manhattan. Do they have anything to offer? Lets see.

The Upper Westside GoodWill, located on 79th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues, has been a one stop shop for all of your second hand needs for many years. I remember buying my first super soaker there when I was just a wee lad. So when I decided to start this weekly colum I thought what better place to write my first review on then my resident GoodWill?

Anxiously walking into the store, it is immediately apparent that it is your run of the mill thrift store. Clothes, books, toys, and other dirty, broken goods line the floors and walls, waiting to be rifled through by the many keen-eyed shoppers that inhabit the New York area. Searching through the store, I was alarmed when I saw absolutely NOTHING pertaining to video games. No old NES. No coffee stained power gloves or cracked Genesis cartridges. Nothing. I sifted through bins, shelves, and racks, coming up empty handed every time.

As I walked away, feeling defeated and a shell of my former deal sniffing self, I eyed a familiar white DVD case in the display glass in front of the counter. I bent down for a closer inspection, hoping that it was perhaps a deal on Boom Blox or Mario Kart Wii. My hopes were quickly murdered as the words "Super Monkey Ball" appeared. I didn't dare look at the price as no value could be right for that game. I looked around the case, seeing if any other games might have been hiding along with this one, but to no avail.

I can;t imagine how a place that provides so many great tales from fellow Cheap Ass Gamers could bring me nothing but freaking Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz Either it was raided of all goods buy a faster hunter, or it just plain sucks.

For providing nothing but absolute failure, I give the 79th Street GoodWill 1 out of 5 apples.

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