Should I have bought it?

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Disk Reader

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the misc box. legit like 50 games/floppies in here.

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Here's a pile of the books included. It ranged from original manuals to game books to Atari Fan Magazines. This is really why I'm kicking myself over not buying it, this stuff seems impossible to find.

You made the right decision. The TG was the way to go. Maaaaaaybe a cart or two in there that would be worth some money, but those machines aren't too rare and the disk drives rarely work.

Atari fan here. I think that if you dont collect consoles, 250 for a 800 is TOO much money, even with the box. For that money you could get the XEGS, which is the definitive 8bit Atari computer and get a flashcart and still have some money left. I know the floppy reader is cool, but is very slow and the games tend to get corrupted easily.

So yeah, do I try to spitball the thrift store people or should I show up when it opens tomorrow and buy the lot outright. Really tempted to do the latter, everything was boxed and in styrofoam so I'm sure everything works at that.

Unrelated pic, but here's the boxed Turbo Grafx my gf bought me for the b-day instead

After checking ebay i'd day yes

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>$20 mint in box Turbo

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>>3822945
whoops

>>3822952
You are one lucky motherfucker.

>>3822949
At least it wasn't a Turbo Duo.
We would've had to track him down and kill him.

>>3822943
>>3822940
considering the amount of crap in the lot would it be worth it just to add to my paltry collection/maybe resell down the line? what if I could get them down to 150/100?

>>3822980

if you want to collect, 150 would be a great price for it. Tell them that 800 computers are common as fuck (which they are) and no one is going to give them more money than that.

>>3822952
Holy shit, my man. That's a once-in-a-lifetime find.

Jesus Christ what is going on in that store? Atari computer stuff has really been going up in price and I could kick myself for passing over so many XE games that I used to always find mixed in with VCS games I'd comb through but a $20 boxed TG-16 right next to it? WTF? Do they price this shit by the pound or what?

>>3823456

probably a very american owner

"Oh yeah, remember Atari? Im pretty sure any 40 years old wants one of those to remember when he was a kid. Just put all those crappy magazines in the box and lets ask to some sucker 250 bucks for it"

"And what about this TG-16?"

"Never heard of shit, probably some chinese crap. Lets puts it 20 bucks, so some freak takes it"

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>>3823456
>>3823545
From what I understand, the 800 was priced by a manager based on what he saw on Google and Ebay, and because it came with the original boxes and all the extra shit. The clerk I talked to also mentioned Atari stuff was priced as an antique and given "collector" prices, which they agreed was bullshit because you don't go to a thrift store to spend hundreds of dollars.

The Turbo was behind the counter when I got there and according to the clerk, someone else had come in and told them there were games missing, so they set it aside until the manager who priced the Atari could look at it. When I told them that it was all there and I'd love to buy it, they offered it to me for 20 bucks. They were really cool, and agreed to let me know if the Atari went down in price.

Here's a pic of the manual and game that came with the Turbo.