A $100 Switch Lite With Super Mario Bros U Deluxe? WUT?!?

I'm always looking for a deal or an angle if I can find it. What can I say, my old man instilled the importance of getting a great deal! Well, my youngest daughter has taken to have an appreciation for video games, specifically Mario Kart and Animal Crossing. She continues to play on my wife's Animal Crossing island and moves stuff around. I had considered getting her a Switch Lite to play but just didn't want to spend $200 and another $60 on a 4-year-old. Then I discovered a Facebook Marketplace ad for something that could potentially suit my needs.

The listing was for a blue Swutch Lite and a copy of Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, with the box for the system but no case for the game. The listing had been revised down, from $160 to $120. This was a good deal for sure, but could I do better. I reached out to the seller to see what we could do:

Me - Any flexibility on price? Would you do $100?
Seller - Yeah I can sell it for 100
Me- Would you happen to have the box?
Seller - The box for the switch yes, but no for the game

We made a plan to meet the next afternoon, I checked everything out and it was great. But I knew deep down I didn't want that copy of Mario Bros U Deluxe, we had one. I checked Live Action Games' Website to see if he had any preowned copies of Animal Crossing but he didn't. But our local Disc Replay did, and there was one with a good-looking box for $42. Ok, we're in business I thought. I talked to them to see what they could give me on a loose Mario Bros U Deluxe, and they said $31. Ok, awesome, so with tax I was into this Switch Lite and the copy of Animal Crossing for around $115, right where I wanted to be!

I know for some they'll poo-poo the fact that my 4 year old will be opening a "used" Christmas gift. I don't care, I think she'd going to love it and I am going to enjoy getting her outfitted with a grip and case she'll love. It'll be a good test of her responsibility and if she can handle it. And if she breaks it, well, I have a system I can mod then I guess!!

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