Showing posts with label Thrift Store Gods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thrift Store Gods. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

More Publicity for the Thrift Store Gods

"...information is the source of all wealth" – Robert Anton Wilson

So, a few weeks ago, I was cruising through the thrift store, when I saw this:

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A shrinkwrapped copy of Avalon Hill’s Acquire. The thrift store wanted $3.88 for the game. Not my cup of tea, but thanks to a few years of heavy wheeling and dealing on ebay, I knew what it was really worth. I snatched it up.

After listing it on ebay, I made enough profit to cover the costs of this Acquisition:

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Thrift Store Gods, Have Smiled Upon Me!

I never, never find D&D shit at the thrift store. I live in a fairly large, metropolitan area. Plenty of gamers. I find good books, quite often. But nary a D&D book in sight. Finally, the Thrift Store Gods smiled upon me.

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2nd printing. Sound binding, very clean interior. Only a very slight bit of bend, to the boards. .99 cents.  Now, if someone would just throw out a copy of Warriors of Mars