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The Art of Purchasing Used Games
From Press The Buttons, an article entitled Acquisition: The Art Of Purchasing Used Video Games. In it, the author lays out useful tidbits for getting the most from your hard earned gold pieces. From the article: "Yes, you could go all willy-nilly and toss a handful of game paks into a shopping cart down at the local Electronics Boutique, but the most obvious way of obtaining a used video game is not always the most economical. Allow me to share with you a few rules I have learned over the years about locating and acquiring used video game entertainment."
Only if you're buying those Chinese "pirate" cars like Bluicks and Plontiaks, or the ever popular Fjords.
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right.
I happen to enjoy my Plorsche, thankyouverymuch.
Trolling is a art,
Sources of secondhand games:
- EBs/ToysRUS and other high-profile games retailers
- Pawnbrokers and other standard secondhand stores
- Op-shops, thrift stores, "Good Sammy's" and other charity stores
- Garage Sales
- Swapmeets/Trash 'n Treasure/Flea Markets/Car Boot Sales, or whatever they're called locally in your area
There. I guess that makes me an effing genius.So buying second hand cars is a threat to General Motors?
By God Yes!
It is bad enough that they don't get paid their due everytime the driver gets behind the wheel - they don't even get compensate for the use of their intellectual property by passengers!
When you buy a car, you buy the box it comes in and a license to drive. You don't really own the car, its just leased to you!
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
"The first thing you should do is slam it into your game console, right? No! Clean that game pak first, otherwise you'll be playing that game with everyone who has ever played it before. You never know how the previous owner(s) treated the game."
I do this the first time I have sex with a woman. Clean it and wrap that rascal!!!!
-Dipster
The Fjord is a Viking car, not a pirate car.