5 Thrifty Things: Vintage Video Games

by Melissa Massello, Shoestring Magazine

December 29, 2011 - 1:28pm

OK, I promised I wouldn't write about all swapping, all the time, but most of us do include "clearing out clutter" in our list of New Year's Resolutions (and we just got a big shout-out from Bostinno for it, along with one of my other favorite green Boston companies, Gazelle.com).

So, I decided to dedicate this week's 5 Thrifty Things to a curated collection of random awesomeness from the new Swap.com Market:

Vintage video games!

I've made my inner nostalgia freak for NES known here on Shoestring before, when (gasp) Nintendo turned 25 last year, and today I posted my first guest blog over at Swap.com. Click on over there to find out how to get the five awesomely thrifty vintage gaming items pictured in the collage above...

About The Author

Melissa Massello

Melissa Massello is an editor, start-up junkie, entrepreneur, Swapaholic, and lifelong New England girl. As a sustainable style expert, Melissa has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX news station affiliates around the country and in US News & World Report, USA Today, The Boston Globe, The New York Post, The Denver Post, The LA Times, The Dallas Morning News, MSN Money, and WalletPop, among other fine media outlets. Melissa currently lives with her husband and their Whippet mix in Somerville, Mass. -- "the Brooklyn of Boston" -- where they strive each day to save money, save the planet, and live the dream for less.

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