Ashley

Yeah I would just donate them now as they'd only give you like 10p. This was around 2012 I believe.

I've often gotten rid of stuff just because I don't like things cluttering up space. It's why I was never into amiibo. I tended to sell when moving and as I've moved a lot it resulted in me often getting rid of stuff. Can still remember taking all my DVDs to CEX and coming out with a kindle.

I try not to ban people for petty reasons but sometimes it's difficult

One by the one the Pokémon regions are falling

Thanks. I'll let you know but I'm currently leaning against simply because I barely have time to play anymore.

Cheers @Julius and @Hero-of-Time ordered one, still yet to decide if I'll get the console though.

No wonder, they're getting the cheaper Japanese language only model.

You can tell it's been years since I traded anything in as I had no idea this was a thing.

I will admit I thought this was for the GameCube version before I went looking and realised it was the N64 one but whatever... One little touch I like about the Japanese box art is how it's made to look like a postcard The stamps are the most obvious of course, but the little red boxes for the postcode is a neat touch.

Ah no it's cool. I do want to try the game, but I don't want to pay what CEX would have given you. It's just a pipe dream really. Yes actually. I remembered that you kept moving cities every time I moved but had forgotten this part. Cheers. Got the stuff I'd already want from there... Somewhere. My mom's probably.

If you have some GameCube stuff let me know as I might go the opposite direction! But yes you can sell to them. If you're not already a member you'll need to take some ID in case they later find out they're stolen or whatever, but turn up and sell. And from someone that used to work at game; try and avoid busy times and also don't turn up 5 minutes after opening and expect us to have £100s in the till to give to you.

Plus I seem to recall there was a price drop just before the console launched here too right? Imagine...

Yeah if I had already moved in I would have groused, but just feels like it's a sign. I only briefly looked at the parking area but I also can't imagine what would cost what must be nearly 100k at a rough estimate from what I can tell of the number of properties. My interpretation is the normal service charge is the basic maintenance, insurance and shared utilities kind of thing but seems they don't have the "sink fund" as I've heard it referred to. And given the building is about 15 years old now I guess they'd maybe need a new roof within the next 15 or so and if they pull the same trick that's not great. I did think if I go for the usual "offer 10% below price" that would pay for it but I guess part of the problem is there's two different parties involved; the person trying to sell the place and the building owners. If it was something to do with the flat itself the owner might be more inclined to help, but I would suspect they'd just go "well you know it's a thing, if you don't like it tough". Looking Solihull way. This one was just a bit further past the hospital. I hadn't been there before but it is actually nice, one of those areas that were developed recently (2010 apparently) and I guess nothing really there before but now a spiders web of small roads. But there's green space and near the canal which I would appreciate. Requested viewings at some other places in that area.

So I've decided to give this a try. Went to see my first one today and it seemed okay except when I went to the estate agents to ask questions and the service charge is expected to increase to £3000-4000 for a few years (double to three times the current amount depending on what it is) to pay for some work on the car park. Given I don't drive it seems like a waste of money for me to move into a place knowing that. So I've fired off some more emails and will see. Problem is I'm not looking for where I am at the moment (it's about 12km away) so will make organising viewings a pain.

You could even say that it activates a switch.