I walked out of a Goodwill empty handed for the first time in years

Last Saturday I hit up the Goodwill on 3rd Street in Portland, the one that usually has a solid bin of PC games from the early 2000s. I had $20 in my pocket and was ready to grab a few cheap titles to add to my collection. But when I got there, the shelf was completely bare of anything worth buying - just copies of Monopoly and outdated office software from 2012. The guy working there told me they had a guy come in at 7 AM every Friday who buys all the old game discs by the box. He resells them on eBay for $8 to $15 a pop. I stood there for a good five minutes staring at that empty shelf and realized that thrift store game hunting is basically dead for me around here. Has anyone else noticed the same thing happening at their local shops? Maybe you've found a way to beat the resellers to the punch?

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troy_sanchez87d ago

Haven't the pros been doing this for like a decade though?

phoenixgonzalez6d ago

Honestly yeah, pros have been using things like beta blockers and other off-label stuff for years. But the difference now is that people are mixing it with the nootropic stack stuff and calling it something new. Seen plenty of guys swear by propranolol for auditions or comps, just take a tiny dose to calm the shakes without knocking yourself out. If you're gonna try it, do your homework on dosages first. Cheap insurance if nerves usually mess you up.