This past weekend was perfect for yard saling here in Maryland. There were tons of sales (partially because of rain the previous Saturday) and I saw next to no other shoppers. It was hot and I think the heat kept people inside. Tomorrow is the annual city festival here and historically the apex of the ’saling season. Good luck to all if you’re headed out bright and early tomorrow.

5.31.08:

The weekend before last was nearly a total washout. I hit just a couple of sales by 8:30, when it started to pour rain. It didn’t stop, and everyone pretty much pulled in the sales for the day and that was that. So the above is only from about the first 30 minutes.

• NES system, complete with Zapper, 5 games, arcade stick, VERY clean — $10
• Road Rash (original) PS1, disc only — $1
• Wooden CD/DVD rack — $3

6.7.08:

As I wrote above, it was definitely a buyers’ market this past Saturday, with tons of sales around town and practically no shoppers out for some strange reason.

• GBA Instruction manualsfor Zelda, Fire Emblem, Castlevania, and Street Fighter Alpha 3 — $0.25 ea
• Final Fantasy X guide — $1
• Plush N64 Mario and Toad — $1 ea
• The Royal Tenenbaums Criterion DVD — $1
• 3 Final Fantasy/RPG issues of Nintendo Power — $0.25 for all
• God of War PS2 — $2
• Batman NES — $0.10
• Steven Spielberg’s “Taken” miniseries screener VHS — $0.25
• Not pictured: junky Movado knock off watch — $1 (threw it away because I couldn’t get the battery cover off); HP ink cartridge NIB — $0.25

eStarland is having their semi-recurring “buy 1, get 1 70% off” sale on all used Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance games, accessories, and hardware.

Of special interest to collectors: they have a large selection of Game Boy Advance games that are complete with the boxes and manuals.

The promo code is: STARSALEPXG. Enter it at the top of the checkout page. This is a special advance code, as the sale has not yet been announced for the general public. The sale runs until June 15, 2008, so don’t miss it.