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Please tell me how all these people are rip offs, that no body is making you buying there items. Everything on Amazon is higher then eBay! Amazon is the rip off not the sellers trying to just make a living. You are just a big baby! People can buy there games anywhere they want. Now DKoildes is a ripoff with out a doubt. They are nothing but a scam.

Great video, I’ve always wanted to see inside those SNES repros. Both those sellers are really good. Which vendor did you get those Sonic games from.

Bought some official Repros and they look worse than those. Edit: As an Example Wild Guns (PAL), it doesn't even fit properly into the Super Nintendo, it am feating to break the Plastic of the Super Nintendo when puting out, as it is so tight.

Overall these repro's are a pṛetty nice option if you're looking for a physical version of a very expensive game.

"If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing"

Comparing current prices to those at a piece of hardwares release is kind of an apples and oranges argument to make. When the consoles were released, they were new, readily available, and were about 30 years away from the market demands of nostalgic collectors. There are far fewer of the consoles now, hence adding being subject to the law of supply and demand to the equation. I will grant that some resellers are slimeballs in terms of how they acquire their supply, but at day's end, a game, console, book, or whatever you are selling is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it. I resell now and then, and I tend to charge only enough to profit while still being under market value because that is how you build good will with your customers, but not everyone shares that approach.

This guy is definitely on the spectrum

And case after the right price is also a ripoff because they make so much money that they go to conventions buying all the Mario and other games people want most they get to go in one hour before the General Public has a chance at a fair price

Enjoyed the video man! Keep it up

by the way my new series will be showing me reselling games for the purpose of giving them away to people that think they cant get games.. I wouldnt be able to do it if I wasnt saavy enough in getting deals.. Should the collectors complain when I can find deals and give them away? No everyone wins.. I still think your video was very fair even though I disagree with some points but you showed humility and strived to be honest

I feel some of what you are saying. However Reselling got me into the hobby. ALso I love the concept of trading, reselling, etc to build my budget for expensive games.. Some collectors were happy when prices spiked because they sold their games they collected but did not play and made alot of money. Also some that are into collecting anything arent hoarders and also like to flip stuff they collect for profit so increase in prices creates competition in the market and builds money on items. Alot of this just depends on how you look at it and how you navigate it. The only games I collect seem to be expensive ones because I like obscure and RPG. Im not wealthy at all but I love the journey of flipping games for profit to eventually get the games I want. In fact in my newest series where Im going for Panzer Dragoon Saga it has increased by 200 dollars since it started and Im not complaining and to me it doesnt make the hobby a problem rather it makes the hobby more valuable and exciting to be a part of. Once again this all depends on how you look at things

Was shocked to see my comment in your video :D keep up the great work

The one good thing i can say about DK Oldies is that although their prices are ridiculous, they generally will pay you the most for things you want to offload.

This is a rerun of the same video you already did in order to gain views and make money. Doesn’t that mean you are making money out of overpriced game sellers now too? When Retrogames started back in 1995 (were you born then 😆) I predicted that games collecting would become the same as toy collecting, and I was right. You lay into games sellers, but what about vintage toy sellers, pushing Star Wars toys up to crazy sums, or comic dealers, or baseball card sellers. It’s quite simple, as things get older, they get harder to find. As things get rarer, values rise, doesn’t matter what it is, from c64 games to David Bowie LPs, it’s just how things have always been. Despite me disagreeing with you, I still wish you’d shown our site on your video, not just as we were the first vintage game seller, but cos we’ve got some super rare stuff at crazy prices that would surely blow your mind 😂😂😂

Selling fees are much higher with amazon not to mention its usual a lot faster for the buyers to buy from there then ebay not to mention amazon is strikecked on limiting sellers who are allowed to sell on amazon under media which is entirely buissness sellers ebay its everyone's market

LMAO ""Regular people can't afford these prices." I mean, how fucking stupid are you people? The prices are HIGH because people are paying it. Collectors are not just rich people but also those with basic expendable income and mental illness.

This is a pretty stupid video. Here are the reasons. First, this is so boring already. We get it, prices are high and you are angry. How many of these moronic videos are going to be made? Second, you don't seem to understand the words you are using. You say "It's not the market" setting prices over and over again, but you then go on to confirm that yes, it IS the market keep prices high. Do you understand that WE make up "the market"? "WE" meaning buyers and sellers? Let's make it easy for you: consumers are PAYING the prices set by re-sellers=setting the market value. Are re-sellers basically useless scalpers? Yes. But YOU, the CONSUMER, are paying these prices. YOU are trying to scratch that itch that is collecting, which for many is basically an addiction. You don't HAVE to pay those prices, but you choose to do so because you have a mental illness.

Here in Australia re-sellers have bought up everything maybe a few years ago. There’s literally nothing in second hand stores or garage sales anymore. eBay prices are way too high and the retro stores here are expensive too. Every now and again resellers here will come across a treasure trove of games but still they want the seller to drop their prices even more, that’s a crappy thing to do but that’s how they feed there own gaming addiction. Again this is why I buy repro games and if people want to say that I’m a fake collector then go for it coz end of the day I’m saving heaps of money.

For someone who likes to criticize people for reselling video games, funny how for that Mario Kart 64 sold ebay comp you used a listing that is an obvious fake copy to compare to Phoenix Resale Amazon's price.

Yeah, I had to stop game collecting 'cause of these douchebags.

Phoenix resale made an app to sell games on and he spent over 100k to make it, this is why he has been raising his prices to help cover the price of the app.

If these games are so fking special to you then why can't you take pride in paying a premium for smthing that isn't for sale by the distributor anymore? These are discontinued items not just regular games. The hobby isn't being ruined because who the fk do you think is buying the games ? Why don't you just quit complaining , save your money to buy something special from someone that went out into the wild to find it because you're too lazy to. Yes, resellers make a profit. They are trying to feed families while you're crying about a game you don't fking need being too expensive. retro game enthusiasts all have this problem, they have an issue with people making money and jacking up prices on products that SIMPLY AREN'T PRODUCED ANYMORE meaning they will NATURALLY become more rare and more VALUABLE therfore EXPENSIVE. Such fkin babies all of you

It's kind of sad that these scum bags jack up prices and are a horrible part of gaming that can't be gotten rid of

Ahh the consequences of unfettered capitalism

Cry about it. All these games can literally be played for free on an emulator these days. If you want to play classic games on console via a licensed physical copy, get out your wallet. These are more than just video games. They are history and collectible items that are out of production. This naturally increases their value.

I always try to find any game below CIB or at best CIB and preferably i wont get the same game twice cause i want to collect the games but im not really into getting profits and i do want to play em. A few decades from now if i am lucky to be alive by than, il probably might sell as i would be getting old and i wont be able to take em to the grave. I think pretty much any game i collect now will increase in price and i will make my money back and than some regardless. currently i am focusing on getting ps3 games as we are at that threshold before they all spike(some already have). ps1 and ps2 i can find an occasional deal but that ship has long since passed (thanks to these guys ^). ps4 is probably the cheapest you can get right now with the ps5 out and about. as for ps5...yeah this gen sucks.

Videogame Resllers are all man size children that feel they are entitled to make a profit. No one says they want to grow up to be a videogame reseller when they are younger because its not a REAL job. No one in their sane minds is jealous of a reseller. Gamers like me hate someone ripping people off. Video game reseller just don’t rip you off they record and broadcast it on youtube. Thats the equivalent of a cop making a joke about a suspect they just shot on police body cam. It’s true you don’t have to buy from these scumbags but it’s a free country and we can rip into these assholes all we want for ruining our hobby not our livelihood

He cant afford a game thats why he bashes collectors lmao

I cant understand about 70% of what your saying, mush-mouth. Nobody cares about your opinion.

Hit it right on the nail my friend

you find these at swap meets for 5$ each

same people saying stop crying about a 20-30 year old game priced at $60 or higher will be the same people crying about AAA games being way to expensive nowadays. Make it make sense.

While I agree the way they go about acquiring their shit is shady, the way they go about selling things isn’t (unless you’re DK Oldies). Most of them just sell on established marketplaces, but it’s deceptive ways they get their stuff that’s the issue. However that doesn’t drive up cost alone that merely hurts the individual they did shady shit to. DK oldies doesn’t represent market price and uses shady practices like fake sales prices and paying for advertisement to trick people before they’ve had a chance to find cheaper prices. I feel like your point would’ve come across better if you separated them better. Criticizing the CZcamsrs for acquiring their stuff in really shady ways makes total sense but the prices they sell their stuff at doesn’t. They don’t sell like DK Oldies and half of the time they’re comparable to the platform they’re on. The CZcamsrs also don’t contribute to rising prices as let’s be honest the collectors buying this stuff up are telling them with cold hard cash they’ll pay. I collect games too, I refuse to pay some of these stupid prices but as long as people on the internet are willing to pay $250 for a loose copy of Pokemon emerald you can’t be mad at the dude selling it for $250, he’s just tryna to make his money and get by.

Im about to buy my first modded switch. Is there any app like the pkgj for vita or hshop for 3ds?

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You make no sense, they are running a business, they have cost to cover , stop crying brother

This logic is the dumbest thing ive ever heard. comparing famicon to US. lol just stop.

They are running the business you don't have to buy anything from them

You do realize that reseller inventory accounts for likely less than .1% of all available copies of a game available on the market right? Like you're yelling at a cup of water being thrown in the ocean for the sake of clicks and it's pretty sad.

Im out too, im emulating, theres a few things im still collecting for, like imports but sadly those prices are skyrocketing as well cause its about the $ not about the gameplay. As well its a cult mindset with these people literally do some research. Can you imagine someone like phoenix saying "Well im actually helping the hobby...." then insert some made up reason that doesn't even make sense. These people are sick in the head. Im just out of it alot of deception and mental illness in the hobby as well and not putting up with it anymore.

I think this is a bit naive, as the world’s first retro seller, who originally sold vintage rarities for pennies, I’d say these days it is eBay that defines average prices, if buyers are prepared to pay 250 dollars for a 32x, then a seller would be crazy to list their own for a reasonable 100 dollars, because a scalper will just buy it and take that profit for themselves. When it comes to game values, the cat was out of the bag years years ago. These days I have to price super rare items high just so they stay around on the store, but I also miss the early good old days, when games were everywhere super cheap. That was exciting, but I didn’t realise how exciting it was at the time 😂

Sadly getting out of retro game collecting was one of the best decisions I ever made. It truly is a scumbag hobby though I wish that were not the case.

You don’t want to be a drama channel yet this seems to be the second call out video. I do agree as and eBay and Amazon seller that I’ve seen some crazy prices. I do thrifting, wholesale, Retail and Online arbitrage. When I sell something it is at market value. Many times I have undercut my competitors because they had it too high and guess what? I got the sale because it’s a price people are willing to pay and it still makes my business grow and I take care of my family. It’s the same for brick and mortar. You buy low and sell for market. It’s crazy how some stuff sells for 100’s or thousands yes.

Scalpers are ruining more than just game collecting. It really sucks, but that’s why Ive turned to emulation 🙃loved the video btw

Many resellers have "crook vibes" and arrogance on them. Meeting them at a con they mostly cannot look you into the eye, some even do not give you the mandatory receipt. I had several resellers change the price mid conversation as their "son" or some other dude there looked up the prices. Best to call criminals out.

Store owners have overhead and put time into cleaning and testing (if they're any good, anyway). Somebody's got to pay for that.

would you pay $2 for something that might not work or $4 for something that's sure to work?

Everyone wants everything for free. Fb market is the worst. I just ignore them

I've seen local high street retro stores here get ransacked by American tourists who buy our cheap games and resell them on eBay for 10× as much. Shenmue 2 for Dreamcast was only £25 here. Found the same one with the "Once Was New"(the store name) price tag on it on eBay US for $410 + shipping and the influx of US tourists only died down after two of the stores shut due to lack of stock. N64, Dreamcast and Saturn games disappeared overnight so they could ruin a hobby for us, and make money for them. Supposedly Japan has had it bad with US resellers too, stores like Bookoff, HardOff, etc. losing all their NES, N64 and SEGA games to the US tourists who sell them on for profits in the tenfold margin. They're ruining everything for those of us who just want to enjoy our hobbies.

No one makes you buy anything. I think people forget that their money speaks for people like this, that is, if they let it. If I'm going to collect anything old school, I'm hitting up yard sales and privately owned mom and pop shops. If I ask how much something is, and they tell me to hold on while they check eBay, I'm walking. These scumbags don't deserve my money, even if it was smeared in dog crap, and rolled in butt sweat.