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Rustlin' Around

It's not hoarding if you sell some of it sometimes

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Keith Bergman
Apr 06, 2024
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A big pile of TI 99/4A cartridges en route to its new home.

I broke a sweat packing an order for the first time in a while today.  It was the kind of order that only comes in every now and then, one that makes all the futzing around with cartridge label variations and exact item photos on the webstore worthwhile.  But it’s also a nerve-wracking experience to pack up, especially when a segment of shelves is overdue for a checkup.

This person bought 66 TI 99/4A items – a book, a magazine, and the rest were all game and educational cartridges.  The customer had specific categories in mind, and they bought multiple label variations of the same titles.  It was $400 worth of stuff I sometimes forget ever sells.  I actually have a bin of carts like this down in the War Room, next to the cassettes I’ve been so diligently sorting, that I kept putting off testing because it didn’t seem like they’d ever move.

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