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Will Sell Pokemon for Food

August 1, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 9 Comments

My second deal in two days went down yesterday. Yes, I have a new, short-term line of business. A quick way to turn a buck. $70 so far! No, I’m not selling drugs although it may have appeared that way to my neighbors.

A stranger parked in front of the house, knocked on the door, handed me money for goods. Fast.

I’m talking about Pokemon.

The lifetime of electronic gaming equipment abandoned by our son and hidden away in his closet for years… I refuse to haul it to Fayetteville, so I’m selling it on Craigslist (with his permission of course).

Pokemon is huge people.

I made enough money on the yellow Pikachu Gameboy cartridge to buy Thai for two with leftover food and money. Yellow Pokemon for Yellow Curry Chicken. Winner, Winner!

Yellow Pokemon Pikachu Edition

Now if only Beanie Babies would become a hot commodity.

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Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: Craigslist, Gameboy, Pokemon, Selling vintage Nintendo

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Comments

  1. Barbara Tate says

    August 1, 2014 at 8:05 am

    Who knew they were back!!

    Reply
  2. Dot says

    August 1, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Much of Phil’s Pokémon toys were thoroughly used up, he enjoyed them so much. When he was 10 we had a yellow cat named Pikachu and we went to the Pokémon club every week at Books-a-Million.

    Thanks for the memory.

    d

    Reply
  3. Ronda Chesser Porter says

    August 1, 2014 at 5:48 pm

    OH MY GOODNESS! I need to start digging through my kids closets. They left all of that kind of stuff here when they moved out. I know there is a lot of Pokemon goodies stashed in there! Did you ask your son before you posted on Craigslist?

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      August 2, 2014 at 7:16 am

      Yes you do! Look specifically for Pokemon and Zelda. Pokemon cards are big again too. Yes, I got my son’s permission:))

      Reply
  4. Caden says

    August 3, 2014 at 3:02 am

    Some of that Pokemon stuff sells for a TON on Ebay. My brother had like 2 cards that are hard to find I guess? It is crazy!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      August 3, 2014 at 7:00 am

      crazy!

      Reply
  5. Jennifer says

    August 3, 2014 at 9:54 am

    *giggles* Its funny how things come back around to being “hot commodities” again! I’m sure beanie babies will have their come back time too!

    Reply
  6. Dorothy Johnson says

    August 8, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    A couple of our grandsons were big into Pokemon. Glad you could sell it.

    Reply

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