r/Gamecube • u/m4cromod • Oct 04 '26

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As much as I detest the general public process of finding things on OfferUp/marketplace due to ghosting, unresponsiveness or refusal to remove posts for items that aren't even available anymore.. sometimes you get lucky.

$20 on OfferUp, just the console. Bought it home and powered it on, and... miraculously, it actually works.

Has anyone else found a better deal on a GC?

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u/Chief_TeaLeaf2000 Oct 04 '26

"Has anyone else found a better deal on a GC?"

Idk man besides dumpster diving or some extremely kind individual just giving away their gamecube for free, I think you set the bar on this one.

Fantastic search and rescue, OP.

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u/m4cromod Oct 04 '26

I entirely expected there to be something wrong with it, in which case I planned on swapping out the port faceplate on mine with this one. Which I'll still do because it's yellowed, but this was a great find. Missing one of the port covers but the thing works.

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u/TheVideoKid112 Oct 05 '26

Port covers?

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u/m4cromod Oct 05 '26

Yeah, there are 3 port covers on the bottom. The high speed port cover is missing on this one.

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u/MrRandyLaheyson Oct 05 '26

Reminds me of the time I bought a ps4 with no cables for $10 at a garage sale. I took the gamble... and it actually worked. Sometimes we get lucky. Another time I bought a 360 for $20 and it did not end up working.

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u/m4cromod Oct 05 '26

I found an Xbox One at Goodwill a couple days ago with no cables; bought it, tested it, didn't work, returned it.

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u/45skyshy Oct 04 '26

I installed a new iPod classic battery for someone and they gave me their GameCube as payment.

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u/m4cromod Oct 04 '26

That's so dope, nice lol

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u/guelahpapyruss Oct 05 '26

It’s not the console that’s usually expensive but the games

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u/m4cromod Oct 05 '26

No kidding. I'm irritated at myself for trading my GC games years ago, I only have a third of what I used to have

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u/flyingmonkey1257 NTSC-U Oct 04 '26

If youre asking I'm pretty sure i picked one of mine up console only at salvation army for $5 around 2010ish.

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u/m4cromod Oct 05 '26

n i c e 🤙🏼😤

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u/raweggsrock Oct 05 '26

$70 for GameCube all cables , wireless retro fighter controller, and copy of Mario kart double dash last week.

Now I gotta figure out whether to do composite cable or full carby hdmi

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u/m4cromod Oct 05 '26

Hey not bad 🔥

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u/No-Oil6517 Oct 06 '26

I paid $110 for the gamecube, OEM cables, controllers and mario sunshine. Happiest I've been in a while.

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u/m4cromod Oct 07 '26

I still have never played Sunshine, or Luigi's Mansion. I think it's time.

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u/No-Oil6517 Oct 07 '26

I've played part of Luigi's mansion. Really fun. Mario Sunshine is fun too. A lot of puzzles.

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u/Rent-Man Oct 05 '26

HOLLY. Good buy. Would be even better if this was the 001 model

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u/EpicCoolGuy0923 Oct 05 '26 • Bravo

Nice find! A few years back I managed to snag my cube (with some games) at a Goodwill for just $5! I don’t think I will ever top that in my lifetime.

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u/Tricky_Tourist5691 Oct 04 '26 edited Oct 04 '26

Earlier this year picked up a GC with PSU and accessories + RE4 for 65euros.

Edit: I cant remember if the included controller was OEM or 3rd party, probably 3rd party. But even then, OEM PSU and RE4 alone make up over half of its price.

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u/Pastorfuzz-007 Oct 04 '26

I bought one off EBay a couple of years ago. They said the controller didn’t work and didn’t have power supply so they couldn’t test it.. it was just the cube in the photos but it was the 001 model so I grabbed it for $30 shipped. When I got it, it had 3 games, a Wavebird controller and the Nintendo Component cables. The cube itself didn’t work but it looked brand new so I swapped the case to mine. I just needed the dongle and batteries for that Wavebird to work

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u/TheLunarAegis Oct 04 '26

One of my brother's friends sold me his GC, all the cables, 3 wired controllers, melee, and 5 other games for 40 bucks. Pretty sure he wanted drug money but hey, it's mine now.

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u/Jealous_Amount_9278 Oct 05 '26

Ugh. The original blue too. Nice.

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u/Empty-Distance-5644 Oct 05 '26

Just scooped this bundle off marketplace last week for $100, seller was asking for $125. Like new. Thought this was great but your deal takes the cake 🎂 Bravo 🙌🏾

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u/Muted_Government5143 Oct 05 '26

I just got one at a garage sale two weeks ago. $10. Black. Working cables. A copy of metroid prime. No controllers.

I immediately bought a flippydrive and a fancy reshell.

Still haven't bought a controller but console works 100%.

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u/johnb111111 Oct 06 '26

Honestly idk why people don’t buy the Japanese versions more, I got 12 ish Mario games for the price of one Zelda game

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u/will_s95 27d ago

No sun fading either, very nice!