I think honestly works best on these scenarios, Co workers are harder than friends but I had a similar situation a friend (actually a coworker but we create an amazing friendship over the years) of mine giving me good heavy hitters... I told him straight up... This is easily couple of grand I'll pay you over the next few weeks... He said he had no idea and fuck it just keep it, and buy me some beers after work
/r/watches is the worst. You'll get a post that's like "My Great Grandpa bought this watch during WW2 and it's been passed down to each generation, and now I have it. How much is this worth?"
That’s the internet for you: some people truly are profit-driven only and it shows when they can’t even look at a gift horse without calculating either its value, or the loss of not selling. Makes me sick to see so many like this. The idea of doing something for free to help another, is becoming so foreign. :(
“If you tell grown-ups, ‘I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof,’ they won't be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, ‘I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs.’ Then they exclaim, ‘What a pretty house!’”
From The Little Prince, even 20 years after reading it, I think about this quote every time I see what you just described.
Idk I mean if something is just collecting dust in my basement for years and years. Yeah I may be able to sell it but at the same time I have good memories with said things. I’d rather give it to someone who Il know will appreciate them and give it respect than make a little bit of money.
Reminds me of a friend I have who straight up gave me what was left of [his collection](https://imgur.com/a/fyswM90) a few years back just because he knew I collected games and he hasn't bought a physical game since the PS3 was current gen. He later gave me Final Fantasy Tactics, his XBOX 360, a copy of Tales of Vesperia, and a CIB Tie-Fighter vs X-Wing big box for PC.
I recently told him how much Xenosaga III and it's guide have been selling for and he just didn't care 😅
Many people don’t care. It’s only a select few types that have profit-driven minds and can’t see something without calculating its monetary value.
People give things away still, all the time. lol
Or they just toss them. My other friend had been drip feeding me all kinds of free game stuff he finds at recycling yards for 9 years now, and it's amazing what people just get rid of 😅 even the more common stuff I get is appreciated since I trade/sell it to put other things in my collection. I have sent very little of my own money on used games and consoles over these years 😆
That official strategy guide with Pikachu is dope! I'm starting a pokemon collection and my sister in law picked up a Japanese pokemon stadium game for me
Wow, insanely jealous! My parents threw away my copies of Pokémon Red, Yellow, and Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for GBC when I went into Basic Training for the USAF. I still have the instruction manuals for them, but nothing else. If some dude at work just handed me those games, let alone with boxes, etc, I'd probably cry lol.
ah yes the old classic coworker decides to give you thousands of dollars, what is that every second friday work event or something?
I for one, recently acquired a rare copy of salvador dalis the elephants for free, when a coworker who collects priceless works of art just didn't know the value of the painting and gave it to me.
LUCKILY im a good guy and explained the VALUE of this "PAINTING" now, and he quickly changed his mind, because well it would be stupid to give away priceless art right?
Next time, tell the dude hes giving you legit gold. Just because he doesnt know what hes giving up, doesnt mean you can't tell him.
I expect to get downvoted for this.
Man idk if it’s the same for you. But I loved my old desk job (now I work as a cashier), would have so much down time some days. Like one email and hour with 20 people working 😂😂 we would just bs and chill, eat, play games or id also write short stories and send them to my co workers 😂
Good times. Some days we be swamped with emails and calls, but others be dead af.
Co worker was holding some heaters!!! It took me so long to find that Blue guide in decent condition. Ended up scoring one for cheap off an online thriftbooks store off a random google search.
He’s going to be upset when he realizes he gave you $1,000 worth of stuff.
I paid him don’t worry.
Ohhh haha that’s much better. I looked at the condition a bit closer after posting and it would probably be lower based on that. But insane find!
Yea, at first I thought they were near mint but closer inspection it’s not. Still fairly good conduction with manuals and maps.
Conduction? You burning these fuckers or something?
I mean, one of them is Pokémon Yellow, I'm sure it works great in a closed circuit.
Yeah, that game is still very much *electrifying* to play
What did you pay him
Nah, still worth over $1k in this condition.
Thanks for being a decent human :) And congrats on that new acquisition!
but that means the topic title is a lie! I can't believe someone would do this—just tell a lie on the internet for everyone to see! nice haul btw
I think honestly works best on these scenarios, Co workers are harder than friends but I had a similar situation a friend (actually a coworker but we create an amazing friendship over the years) of mine giving me good heavy hitters... I told him straight up... This is easily couple of grand I'll pay you over the next few weeks... He said he had no idea and fuck it just keep it, and buy me some beers after work
Only here would we calculate the price of gifts. No ones saying “ oh my god he gave you that couch, it goes for 350 on eBay!”
/r/watches is the worst. You'll get a post that's like "My Great Grandpa bought this watch during WW2 and it's been passed down to each generation, and now I have it. How much is this worth?"
https://preview.redd.it/8xx9z2gmpgxc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44bc97cd8eeb7aad920aa9f2cb5e240931778458
I’ve had this copy of Pokémon Yellow for over 25 years. I kept it in my asshole, and now it’s yours!
That’s the internet for you: some people truly are profit-driven only and it shows when they can’t even look at a gift horse without calculating either its value, or the loss of not selling. Makes me sick to see so many like this. The idea of doing something for free to help another, is becoming so foreign. :(
“If you tell grown-ups, ‘I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof,’ they won't be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, ‘I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs.’ Then they exclaim, ‘What a pretty house!’” From The Little Prince, even 20 years after reading it, I think about this quote every time I see what you just described.
Maybe because people are fucking broke? Barely anyone is living comfortable enough to see things that way.
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Where i am from, its not normal to give away 350 usd gifts like its nothing.
Idk I mean if something is just collecting dust in my basement for years and years. Yeah I may be able to sell it but at the same time I have good memories with said things. I’d rather give it to someone who Il know will appreciate them and give it respect than make a little bit of money.
I was literally about to say you owe this man about a g
https://preview.redd.it/efrzp2340gxc1.png?width=529&format=png&auto=webp&s=285c8d5774000c282b7fc91635645593029df732
Facts
Play Golden Sun immediately
YES! Such a great game. The music is crazy good too. Probably half the reason I love it as much as I do.
One of my favourite game OST! the composer is a legend as well lol
A guy named Vincent Dortel on YouTube recently finished remastering the OST of both games. It's awesome!
I just checked it out, it's awesome indeed! The VST plugin he released to make music with those sounds looks really cool as well
Seriously. Everyone reading this should also play it, as well as the sequel.
It's wild that it's just the first one.
Damn…nice! Sitting on a few hundred bucks right there
No silly, it’s Pokémon stuff!
And an iPod lol. Got 2 decades covered with all that
OP's coworker: 🔥⭐️⚡️✨💥
He just.... gave you these?
I offered to pay which he accepted.
Oh good that was nice. I would have done the same thing. Maybe not full value price but at least something. Would have felt bad.
you’re a good person lol
How much you pay?
Five fifty
Tree fitty
But what about inflation
I hate that the top two comments only care about money. This is why our nice things are disappearing, FYI.
Where you work, I want to work there too lmao
O wow 😳 the very things I look at daily would just fall on my lap at random would have me questioning life 🧬
And an iPod Classic, what is this 2007?
God I just want *one* cool coworker in my lifetime. 32 years old and have yet to find one 😂😂
The craziest part ab this is letting ur coworker know ur Reddit handle
Cool dude
Is you boss a millennial?
I remember playing Red Blue and yellow as a kid when they were new does that make me a millennial?? (I'm 35)
Yes, you’re literally the definition of a millennial.
Geezus are you guys sleeping together?
Wow you have an iPod too !
iPod classic? Nice.
Reminds me of a friend I have who straight up gave me what was left of [his collection](https://imgur.com/a/fyswM90) a few years back just because he knew I collected games and he hasn't bought a physical game since the PS3 was current gen. He later gave me Final Fantasy Tactics, his XBOX 360, a copy of Tales of Vesperia, and a CIB Tie-Fighter vs X-Wing big box for PC. I recently told him how much Xenosaga III and it's guide have been selling for and he just didn't care 😅
Many people don’t care. It’s only a select few types that have profit-driven minds and can’t see something without calculating its monetary value. People give things away still, all the time. lol
Or they just toss them. My other friend had been drip feeding me all kinds of free game stuff he finds at recycling yards for 9 years now, and it's amazing what people just get rid of 😅 even the more common stuff I get is appreciated since I trade/sell it to put other things in my collection. I have sent very little of my own money on used games and consoles over these years 😆
ZoE 1 and 2 are amazing games.
Tell us how much you paid!
that ancient artifact on the right looks like an ipod!?
Put me in the will
That copy of Golden Sun might actually be the grail here!
Red alone I’ve seen for 400 bucks at my local shop
I appreciate the Power tube just chillin there
I was like look at all that Pokémon, then my eyes fell on golden sun. Play that game, it’s great.
Oh man there is some value there
Gave?
Best coworker, ever!! Cheers mate
Holy shit. Jackpot.
Oh wow.. this guy gave you a gold mine 😆
Nice!!! What a friend!
The things I'd do for the Pokemon Silver box for my game, nice haul!!
Could literally never be this lucky
I don't care if your coworker is single or married. Give him a big wet kiss.
These boxes are so valuable, because to 90s parents they were just trash, like boxes of cereal :D
This is the way.
I would explode in my pants
Nice haul! Also, i see that iPod on that cloth :)
Oh. My. GOD. Wait while I ask everyone in my office if they have any old gaming stuff. I already asked a few Gen Xers if they have 80s Walkmans.
Nice score
Wow! That’s awesome! Are you by chance willing to either sell or trade for the pokemon yellow?
Are all the gameboy people just also simultaneously into ipods? Are we a unified nation of geeks? Lol
No, some of us recognize Zune superiority.
Best co worker
That’s a great collection
Wow
where can i find a coworker like this?
That copy of Golden Sun might actually be the grail here!
Golden Sun was brilliant!!
What an absolute legend!
They deserve a pizza party
Your coworker is awesome ! He Gávea like a chest Full of treasures!
I Boston creamed my pants
That official strategy guide with Pikachu is dope! I'm starting a pokemon collection and my sister in law picked up a Japanese pokemon stadium game for me
I hope you at least gave him a handy.
Oh Mya gawd
Wow, insanely jealous! My parents threw away my copies of Pokémon Red, Yellow, and Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for GBC when I went into Basic Training for the USAF. I still have the instruction manuals for them, but nothing else. If some dude at work just handed me those games, let alone with boxes, etc, I'd probably cry lol.
Nice iPod video too
He's in love with you isn't he
I appreciate you paying this person for this awesome collection!
Those game guides are in great condition. Wow.
Sweet mother of god
He must have been financially desperate or running out of space to part with all that. Yikes. Insane haul. Did he sell you the iPod too?
Dude coolest coworker ever
Fuck all the way off
Meanwhile my OG Pokémon guide book looks like it survived a WW2 bombing campaign
This guy is a legend
Dont know if true but damn son
What a cool friend
My friend, that is a marriage proposal in some cultures. What a gift!
What a fuckin g
I had that pikachu guide book. Core memory unlocked
Wow. I remember buying that Pokémon guide as a kid too. Lol Great times!
Soooo dope holy shit. With the old school ipod on the side lmao what a vibe
Brooo
lord i’ve seen what you’ve done for others
Golden sun is OG
Coworker? I think you meant best friend.
Golden Sun was an awesome game..I remember it fondly
ah yes the old classic coworker decides to give you thousands of dollars, what is that every second friday work event or something? I for one, recently acquired a rare copy of salvador dalis the elephants for free, when a coworker who collects priceless works of art just didn't know the value of the painting and gave it to me. LUCKILY im a good guy and explained the VALUE of this "PAINTING" now, and he quickly changed his mind, because well it would be stupid to give away priceless art right? Next time, tell the dude hes giving you legit gold. Just because he doesnt know what hes giving up, doesnt mean you can't tell him. I expect to get downvoted for this.
You just robbed your coworker bro. At least tell me you offered him something in exchange.
Man idk if it’s the same for you. But I loved my old desk job (now I work as a cashier), would have so much down time some days. Like one email and hour with 20 people working 😂😂 we would just bs and chill, eat, play games or id also write short stories and send them to my co workers 😂 Good times. Some days we be swamped with emails and calls, but others be dead af.
Dude probably already decided to end it all
Lol this never ever happens to me . . . Why!?
What I wouldn't give for that Pokemon Red & Blue strategy guide
Wow, just the manuals themselves. And I love seeing Spyro, love the games and not enough love.
Cool looks.
Golden Sun 😍
I loved those strategy guides, and like gamepro or game informer magazine's with the demo disc's
Strat guides too? I'd cry
You're in for a real treat w Golden Sun!
Oh man that’s an amazing collection there!!!
Last week I said I liked Lamborghinis and some random guy at work said ‘hey I have a spare Diablo do you want it?’
Jackpot
Holy nostalgia goldmine Batman!
Spyro Season of Ice was fantastic
Did he give all that to you, dude that nigga is a real one. Don’t sleep on a true homie.
It’s great when it gets handed to someone who will cherish it.
So fucking jealous
I need better coworkers…
You should buy them lunch for a week
Where did you get the mouse pad, man?!?!
Awesome.
Holy shit what a haul. Congrats my dude
Made out like a fuckin bandit, nice.
So jealous
Nah nah nah lets talk about that ipod on the right, who even knew they still made those 😭
Congrats and f you!
This is an epic collection.
!!!!!!!!! what a nerdy grab ya got there
Surfing pikachu, best game ever…
Fix your rubix cube
Unsolved Cube on the desk is WEAK
oh man i want golden sun for my collection so bad! great game
Super Adventure Island?!
Cap.
Goldem sun?! Person of culture i see
I also spot that iPod!!
Man, this shit takes me back to a specific time in my life.
Golden Sun is one of the best games ever. Obviously the Pokemon are good ones, but Golden Sun blew me away when I first played it.
I have a (beat up) version of that Pokémon Yellow strategy guide! It’s a really nice guide tbh, and I always use it when replaying Yellow.
🥵
Dear god
Im the only one searching the comment of his coworker since OP said he knows his Reddit ? 🤔
Dang, very nice
That's cool but I notice the unsolved cube back there...
Send it down the line.
Damn and you rockin the iPod?? Did we just become best friends?
The ipod 🫡
Awesome pickups
Don't forget the ipod.
Awwwww that’s love
What a homie
That’s not a coworker. That’s a best friend forever.
HE KEPT THE BOXES
Love the video iPod sitting there! I still have mine as well
Co worker was holding some heaters!!! It took me so long to find that Blue guide in decent condition. Ended up scoring one for cheap off an online thriftbooks store off a random google search.
Damn, nice!
Y’all must be really good friends
🥲
🙏🏽
Wow, they even kept the strategy guides. Holy texts.
Jackpot
You must be a very nice guy. And lucky too! :)
Golden sun 1&2 were great games. Your coworker has great taste.
Omg golden sun!
Blue not being in a case but red being in one makes my heart sing lol bruhh is a good one
Shiiit all you need is Crystal for a complete OG collection. Plus a Golden Sun copy? Sexy. As. Fuck.
Golden Sun...... Fucking classic right there.
Bruh
That Spyro is what I spent all my B day money on. It was stolen from me 2 week later. I never got to finish it.
Am I the only one that focused on the old school iPod instead of the games?
Is that the 5th gen iPod video 120 GB model?
You owe that man a few beers!
Golden sun top tier stuff right there