Damn. If you’d kept it wrapped, you might have been able to sell that for a LOT of money
Comment on Found a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£
TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 day agoNo I mean it literally, it was wrapped in all the factory plastics and has literally zero wear and tear. It might have been taken out of the box but maybe used once or not at all.
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Redkey@programming.dev 1 day ago
These “home pong” consoles were very common at the time. They don’t really do much, so their main value is historical interest, and this isn’t a particularly famous model. A quick eBay search seems to indicate it might go for GBP 80 at most, but probably more like GBP 20-40. So OP got a good deal, but they didn’t find a lost Vermeer. :)
TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah, it’s a cheap pong clone, it doesn’t have that much collector’s value. Also I can just pack everything back up, it wasn’t sealed just wrapped in plastic.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Check the capacitors anyway please.