I went to the Best and Worst-Rated Video Game Stores
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- čas přidán 24. 12. 2022
- I visited the Best and Worst-Rated Video Game Stores in Florida to see if their online ratings were really accurate. Should I do this again in another state?
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Keeping his personal collection out in the open like that must be a massive insurance risk. Not very wise.
that's probably why he does it since it will be insured
@@F3ralghoul but would it be classed as stock if stolen or destroyed by fire or flood ect ? im sure the insurance company would get out of paying out on them.
@@F3ralghoul I bet the only thing that would be insured would be the glass cases that those things are in. Maybe not even those. It’s a personal collection that happens to be in the store. It’s not merchandise. It’s not a business product.
I hope he gets robbed
Would he also have to keep it on the books as inventory? Then pay taxes on it?
Hey! Chris here, owner of Ready. Set. Game! Thanks for stopping by and checking us out and thanks for the great review/shout out here! (Also, thanks to all the kind people in the comments!) It's pretty surreal to see my shop being known by so many people. We've been around for 7 and a half years now and not in my wildest dreams did I think we'd have so many people from all over who not only have been to the store, but loved it so much! It's an honor and it's humbling.
Please come by anytime and hang out when you're around. We can maybe do some videos together, podcast, whatever. My life is gaming and I'm down for it!
Thanks again for stopping by and I'm so glad you loved the store!
And to answer the burning questions on everyone's mind, no, we don't give away puppies or discounts for reviews. Haha!
I'm old school. We just treat people right and they do the rest. Easy peazy.
@@ReadySetGame-dx8oqI’m flying to go to your store and try to buy some childhood games I miss playing maybe with a gameboy color and SP & advance also to buy I miss those
Ready. Set. Game. is LEGEND!
Love your store! Can't wait until I'm in Florida again to head back!
Seeing your store here is the first time I've seen melbourne featured on youtube besides a few episodes of cops
The “in process of repricing” pretty much screams they want to charge exactly market all the time. Stores around me never sticker and always just price check online solds.
Sucks to be brick and mortar in an ever increasingly online world.
@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Yep, prices changes within a few months, games go on sale within a month of release, and worst of all influences and content creators can spike certain games/niches extremely hard, causing games to be 5x overnight etc.
Local store I frequent has solid pricing. Mostly near market, never seen something over market, and sometimes they decided to downprice things. Like I remember they got in a couple 32x units and decided to charge $99 instead of the $150 you'd see online. It's 100% the owner's whim lol. And, usually, they seem to just keep the prices where they are until the item is sold. Not the biggest selection, as it's whatever is brought in, but I'd say a good mix.
Nothing wrong with selling at market value
They thats a game store I wouldn’t go to.
I think Phoenix missed the point on the negative reviews of store number 1, the reason it was so well stocked was due to the owner having his personal collection out and charging at or above market price for almost everything available . It’s easy to have to have lots of inventory if no one is willing to pay the price you want to sell it for.
he missed another point as well even though thats not entirely his fault he comes in with an camera ofcourse he is not gonna act like an ass. that would be realy abd for busines. I am not saying he is an ass (1 revieuw isnt proof tio me) but people are different with an camera on them. its not that different from buying mystery boxes of games/ trading cards etc. if they know it goes to an youtuber they will in general make those mystery boxes way betetr then if an avarage person buys it.
Hey gents. I've shopped here for years. He's straight to the point about his intentions just like Caleb. Always done honest business. For anything expensive (not just rare) he pays anywhere from 60-80% cash that is why he has so many good titles on the wall, he takes care of customers so yeah he has to charge market that's business. Personal collection is very small compared to the rest of the inventory.
@@smairpare6952 I love that your only comment on this channel is defending that store 😂
@@shadowchannel4374 I mean it is this guys store, and he is charging market value meaning he is charging fair prices for these games. People getting upset he isn't letting the games go for pennies are ridiculous. This guy in the video says he's a reseller so he looks to buy and flip, unfortunately this store isn't meant for him, it's meant for a person who's growing their collection or want to play and game and not pay shipping.
"They had an amazing funko pop collection"
That takes off a star or two in my book.
That’s pretty generous of you
I would have taken off 4 minimum
Why? I don't have funko I'm just curious
@@thegreatpiginthesky3904 cause they junk up game stores space that cool be used for video game stuff. They don't belong there.
Plus they are basically just the real life version of NFTs, plastic trash that destroys the planet and people only get in the hopes of reselling
@@thegreatpiginthesky3904 I assume people don't like it because it's just over produce cheap plastic that is overpriced
@@thegreatpiginthesky3904 Because pretty much every store has that now and some stores is all they have which really takes away from the uniqueness and variety overall. I remember going to a comic and anime store and I remember it used to have variety before but when I went back again 90% of the store was funko pops and the rest was comic and anime which really sucked! I pretty much walked out immediately. I like walking around stores and seeing new/unique things, it keeps me in the store longer and most likely will buy something.
The first store looked way worse than the other 2. Mall stores you would expect to be small. The first store looked like everything was in a glass case, so you easily browse their selection, and you should never have products in a store that aren't for sale. Imagine going to McDonald's and seeing a big mac advertisement but it's not for sale
I can understand a framed rare Pokémon poster. Or even a glass display piece of some rare console(with a ‘not for sale’ sign) BUT NOT that huge of a collection.
Honestly in this video, I feel like they are being suck ups to the store owners
Many boutique stores have cool stuff as decorations.
$18 for that creased/dmg Caterpie is wild..
thats what i was thinking!
@@GRZ125 LOL I was thinking the same thing, maybe MAYBE $10 if you really just wanted one but almost $20 lol
I resale a bit on ebay, and when I come across pokemon cards if they have ANY creases I just pass because they're so hard to sell lol
@@TechVuee Good thing he bought it for his collection then
Got ripped off for the video
@MY CATS COOL yea it should've been, thats why that shop got bad reviews
I was at video game galaxy once, this one cool thing they do is that if you show them what your grades in school are, they can give you some store credit depending how good your grades are. Because of that, I got The Simpsons Road Rage and Gran Turismo completely for free.
Thats really cool.
That’s cool. I remember family video would let you rent a movie for free for every A you had, also I remember I only had 3 games when I had a PS2 and the Simpsons road rage was one of them
Thats actually awesome!
The only thing is if they know who you are of course they’re gonna be nice to you. It’s the unknown people who get treated bad.
I’ve been to 2/3 stores in this video, not true, I went to ready set game and video game galaxy and they were both super nice to me.
I don’t know I think I would be extremely annoyed if half the items at the store I’m looking at are for a personal collection and then the other half aren’t priced. And a lot of stores do that so they have a reason to up charge on prices when you ask making it very difficult to know what you’re spending seems pretty shady.
You ever been to a history place? Half the items or not for sale half of them are. I think it would just be a really cool consumer experience to see some of those items in person. I think its a great idea
@@trev119 Historical/museum is different from a store front. None of his shit is priced so he can ebay you on the fly then charge 20% more
Why are people annoyed about personal collection? It is like museum or decoration. And I am sure he would sell a lot of it for the right price.
@@trev119 ya except this is not a history exam this is a store front we’ve got a place just like this with a lot more stuff the only difference is everything is marked with a price so they can’t just up charge you for the item because they know you want it and everything is for sale cus it’s you know a store. If he wants to make a video game museum that’s completely fine and you’re analogy would make sense but this is not a museum
@@ligametis the problem is this is a retail store not a museum those are two very different things it’s very unprofessional to just have a bunch of items all over the place that’s not for sale. It’s even more unprofessional and a very predatory business practice to not price items it makes it easy to just change the price and make items higher because you know the person wants it.
Haha! I was totally gonna do this video idea in the future. Glad you beat me to it. (i'mma still do it... eventually)
And I'll be looking forward to it John. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas.
Please no self-promotion is someone else's comment section; it's just in bad taste.
Personal collections shouldnt be in a store. A few things that arent for sale is fine (large display items like the statues in Rick's store) but presentation doesnt matter if a large amount can't be purchased.
yea cuz then people would keep asking if they for sale and when there not
I was in ready set game AND video game Galaxy just the other week!
Video game galaxy had prices more then I wanted to pay, but EVERYTHING is tested and that’s a huge seller.
Ready set game is actually near where my grandparents live and it’s nice
I loved my time in both stores here
Yea they test all which is nice because if the disk on the wall scratched they buff for free
I ain’t paying EBay prices in the wild if I can sit on my ass and get it sent to my house for the same price. I understand some people have to make money and don’t want to undercut themselves but you have to give people a reason to travel to your stores
True that, but personally, I just like looking at tons of videogames at one place and then buying something it feels nice. You're paying extra for an experience so to speak.
Some people like convenience of seeing product in person so they can confirm something is legit. EBay is full of fake products.
@@b4Sed1593 true but eBay is also good for buyer protection, I’m happy to gamble knowing I can get my money back
@@kieranthorburn8421 True, but at that point time is a factor. Most people are very impatient.
@zilongma5067 i can respect this, though it only goes so far for me. I don't expect a huge discount, but, for example, my local store is a small store where the owner sets all prices. They do sticker them, bit it's based on the owner's whim. Sometimes, he just decides to knock $50 off a 32x unit from online price because why not?
I think if you have your personal stuff in the shop, curate it. I go to a couple toy stores that have museum quality displays and dioramas of their personal collections and it makes the visit more fun in my opinion.
Unbelievable that stores actually advertise that they are selling fake inventory. The penalty in fines and possible jail time clearly isn't worth the risk. My neighbor was caught selling fake northface inventory several years ago. He had all of his inventory taken, vehicle/trailer impounded, $10k in fines and spent some time in jail.
but they tell the consumer it’s fake
@@aces5779 That's not the point
Yea.. selling fakes is illegal - and they also charge $40 for it according to that infotag.. crazy overpriced.
I get that they got ripped off and bought repros by accident and now try to get some money back.. they are still supposed to destroy them.
I feel these are 2 very different things. One isn't sold anymore and the other is
That first place is more accurately a museum. The owner should really be more up-front about everything.
I love seeing a store owner's personal collection. It's usually stuff you never see anywhere else.
I live in Florida and the local game store I go to is Stomping Grounds Game Center in Gainesville. I have traded stuff from my collection and they give you good prices on your trades. The staff is nice and friendly. They also have a good selection of games, card games, plushe's, and other neat stuff. I would recommend it to anyone around the area
Hey man, thanks for all the informative videos on reselling, got into the business of video games last week and everything is hella cheap (even for pal) in the Netherlands, made about 180 in profits in week 1 and most of it is already in my bank account :). For anyone reading, I would recommend also scanning some pc titles every so often, didn't sell it yet but had a really lucky find for Silent Hill 2 Directors cut edition today, paid about 2 euros at the charity shop and its selling for 100 to 180 on ebay depending on condition :). Anyway thanks a lot from the Netherlands!
I was at Ready Set Game about a year and a half ago while visiting my grandpa in Florida! Great experience and was really neat to see you in a familar store of mine!
awesome video as always!!! great job!
this was a fantastic video. Merry Christmas!
Hey Phoenix I love your videos I haven’t watched your content in a while but I came back to it and I love it
I fell in love with your channel. The content is great and I love your personality too.
Dude you’re actually hilarious 😂😂 Merry Christmas 🙏
Merry Christmas Caleb!
There’s only about 3 different game stores in my entire city area, because one chain (vintage stock) basically took over the market. And of course they charge ridiculous prices. Fascinating to see the markets still competitive in other place
Ah my condolences, I don’t like them
Amazing video as always merry Christmas
Goldeneye Wii as shovelware??? :O That game kicked ass back in the day!
Dude *chefs kiss* it was so good I still play it sometimes
In my hometown, there’s a video game store called “Gamers in Control” located in Salinas, California inside the Northridge Mall where they sell new and used games from every console!
I ain’t even mad about him displaying sure it risky if someone steals but I would enjoy seeing his collection and see the things he cherishes that’s what makes collecting worth it and he wants to share it with everyone
Its store decoration - fully insured by the stores insurance
@@ForumcoldiArchon that’s dope I didn’t know you could do that. Prolly easier to insure it at the store than at home
Same. Not that i could afford those bad ass consoles anyway
I live near the last store! I was really surprised to see how clean and organized it was with the amount of different and unique things you could find there!
Great video as always keep up the great work. If you are ever in Lakeland, Florida there is a great retro Game store there called Game Attic it’s in Lakeland square mall
Ready. Set. Game! Is an amazing store. I went a couple of years ago when I was in the area. Left with some great stuff. There was a Nintendo Power Banjo Kazooie poster on the wall. I asked how much, and they just gave it to me. Everytime I go to Florida and have a chance to visit this store. I take the 3 hour road trip for it, always worth it!
“Gotta respect the big ol’ Groudon balls” fucking killed me lmao
Thank You For This Cause Now I Know Some Game Stores I Could Go To
The Rogaine is 100% working. I've noticed it looking fuller in the more recent vids man.
Merry Christmas Phoenix!
Riff Cutting off the airshot with Pokemon Red Radical Red was gold xD
That one in Port Orange is really good. I live in Volusia, that’s a really good one along with Video Game Trader in Deltona FL. Cybertron Video games in Sanford or Winter Park are good too.
In the Oviedo Mall, there is a store called Hudson's and specializes in retro and semi-modern video games, I love it there and usually trade-in my games there, there is also a game store called Gamers Inc and it is my favorite overall, the prices are exceptional and the selection they have is amazing.
Happy new year Caleb
Hey Caleb! Question, how do you like the radical red cartridge? Does it save properly as a normal Pokémon cartridge would? I’ve been watching people play it on CZcams and didn’t learn till this video that you could get a physical cartridge lol
“Game Boss” in Cerritos Mall (Los Cerritos Center, CA) is one of the worst video game stores I’ve ever seen. $1300 PS5, $1400 Xbox series X, $60 used copy of MW2 on PS3 ($5 on eBay), stolen artwork, etc! The reviews online are terrible!!! I got off easy by not buying anything. The owner is rude and sells bootleg games and accessories too
The hair is looking good bro!! Keep it up man 💈🔥💯
You should've visited Game Attic in Lakeland. That store was my JAM as a teen.
Not only does having the games facing out make it easier to browse, it also makes things look fuller.
Merry Christmas phoenix resale fam!
Ready. Set Game is my local gaming shop. I love going in there and picking up singles for
Pokémon. Alittle high on their sealed stuff but I get it it because they don’t have a distribution contract with pokemon. I purchased a lot from them
Over the last couple years. My fiancé and I even bought her mom a wii from there for her bday and it works very well. Plus, when I showed them my massive sealed collection of Pokémon the employees got a real kick out of it. Definitely, recommend them when you want some awesome video game products
Not a fan of the first shop keeping every single thing behind glass it seems. I go to a game shop to browse, to physically inspect the items and be able to hold them so it's got to be a bit annoying to constantly ask an employee to look at something. Also, having his personal collection has to make his insurance be even more expensive plus, I wouldn't want my personal collection to be on display, no need for that and, it takes up space that could be used for inventory.
items behind the glass by itself are not a problem. First I check the titles and if I am interested, I will ask them to show it and then I inspect in full detail. Of course cheap games have way less reasoning to be locked like that. So there is that.
what do you think about E3 pulling the big 3? Love the the video btw! Subbed!
I’ve been in the first store. I live maybe 35 minutes from Port Orange. It’s OK. We went there a week after they first opened and nothing was priced. And a lot of stuff was not for sale. But the girl that was working for Jose was actually very very nice. The few things that were marked were actually not that bad. I walked away with two switch games and my fiancé got a small stack of game gear games, we went back there a month ago for the first time since that visit on a random Saturday morning. Google showed they were open but everything was locked up. We assumed they closed up shop for good. Will have to give it another chance when we go back down to that area in two weeks. While down there, we always visit the video game dungeon in the Volusia/Daytona flea market. He has excellent prices and a ridiculous selection.
The store has been going under renovations. It's on its last stage
Oh my god I was not expecting to see ready set game, Love that place!
Merry Chrysler
Great vid man first time watcher
how did you get scarlet and violet a month before they came out? since you said they came out 2 months ago
There's a very infamous store in my state, Michigan, that is routinely lauded as one of the worst game stores ever. To even get inside the store and shop, they take a photo copy of your license/ID. The store is also cash-only, they sell repros as real games, and also they don't actually follow their price tags. They literally have a sign on the counter saying "We reserve the right to modify/change/adjust any/all pricing labels and stickers". They also ink-stamp consoles, and discs for "their protection plan". It's insane.
When you brought up the hair line, I was expecting to see a sponsored segment for Keeps. LOL
Merry Christmas Everyone !
I went to video game galaxy after work about a year ago. The guy was really cool and the collection of games was really good. i was looking at n64 games and asked him about the price of a few. he looked up the prices to match it basically. tried to offer a little lower but didnt budge. i understand though, we all gotta make money. plus, its convenient to buy in person rather than online and you can actually see what youre getting. overall, i thought the store was really good.
Merry Christmas!
If you find yourself back in the central Florida area, may I recommend the Lakeland Antique mall? It is just a lot of fun and you never know what you will find!
Thats odd the store that is on the thumbnail on the right is a picture of a Game store in Wilkes Barre PA, its a nice store in Down town Wilkes Barre, and has some rare boxed copies of stuff.
Can already tell the 5 star store before waiting to see was ready set game. Great stores you went to bro.
If you are still in FL, go to Gamers Hut. They have 2 locations. One is in Stuart and another in Vero mall. About 1.5 hours from the game store in this video.
He Caleb great video, I live in Florence ky and I’m near 2 video game stores. One is nostalgic video games and IDS. I don’t think that they have terrible prices but I think you should check them out and who knows I might see you 😊
Not sure how I feel about having a personal collection at the store, not because we can't buy it (everything is for sale if the price is right), but because if someone breaks in and robs you, they also get your stash. Not sure how that would play out with insurance since it technically wasn't merchandise... not the mention any sentimental value.
The reviews that didn't get high remarks at ready set game were probably people going in during the pokemon tournaments held there. It can get chaotic but that's my Pokemon place to go in Brevard county. It's next to Walmart in Indian Harbour Beach.
Caleb! LIFE CHANGEING ADVICE- I hope you see this - do NOT do rogaine if you are not prepared to do this for the rest of your life. Also, it doesn’t target the front part, it only is the crown of the head. Start taking finasteride NOW. Also you can get topicals, but it varies from person to person. If you are really concerned about it and kinda pricey, you can do platelets. Do all of this instead of rogaine. My wife is a doctor. Btw. Just stumbled onto your context and binge watching for the past few weeks. Great stuff!
Totally random and prob not worth it. I live in Charlotte uptown and have my old video games that I definitely sell you. I live near many game stores actually 10 mins away from the Goodwill The Grid. I have a few really nice airbnbs you could stay at for free. I used to flip video games in 2008/2010 when I was in college.
Daytona has more than a few good game stores. The Video Game Dungeon at the flea market out there has nearly the same stock as VGG and the prices are great; owner is hands on and he and the staff are awesome. Been buying from Greg there for years.
Loved this video.. Your hair looks great 💙
There is this store in Indiana Pennsylvania called Game and go, everything is filthy but they charge around $7 per game and $80 per console. The prices are very bad, I asked about a dsi that was in bad shape and it had been scribbled on in markers and crayons and he still said $80 even though it was practically falling apart. Ginormous selection of games though just you have to haggle about prices.
Crazy to see ready set game on here. Local store by me and always have great deals on stuff
4:08 I cried bro you put me in tears 😅😅
As someone who from Daytona/Ormond Beach Area A good shop from my youth is a shop called Blue Dragon Its pretty close to holly hillish I went a lot when I Was younger
I go to Hudson's all the time. They have the most fair prices and are really nice to me when I go. I'm constantly getting stuff for at or below ebay prices for really good condition cib stuff.
I’ve been to ready set game and I will say it was incredible
When you were reading the reviews I thought you were talking about Retro Rick :D :D
the first store i’ve personally been too and the owner was not as friendly as you describe he was rube when i asked about items and over just seemed like he wanted me out of the store while his “friend” i assume is eating chips with no shoes on blocking half the store
Where can you buy the Radical Red? Is there somewhere online I can get this and emerald Kaizo?
lol this is what I was wondering as well if you just want them online then it’s just a matter of setting up an emulator on a computer.
@@Idk-tl6jq exactly, I would love this because I could pop It into my DS and take it anywhere
i live by this place gotta say he easily has some of the best stuff in the area at good prices good choices :)
I noticed a difference! It seems to be working for you. I’ve been rogaining for the past year as well and have noticed a difference too. My students think I wear a wig now 😂
When you price your games do you match the prime price or the buy box?
I love the store video game galaxy. I always enjoyed when I go and visit
I've been to the video game galaxy in Daytona and I've had a much different experience. I purchased a used copy of Pokemon Sapphire with a replaced battery. The battery died in just a couple of days so I spoke with the owner and he agreed to replace it.
Fast forward a couple of months due to the pandemic (this was mid 2020) and the owner was verbally upset with me for not coming in earlier. Sorry, but no one was going out peek COVID.
His vids are getting more interesting, he deserves over 1m subs by now
please lemme know where you got that radical red cartridge! been looking all over for it
How did you start up your amazon seller account? It seems to be impossible to do now after the update 😢
the game store in the thumbnail that says 2 stars is actually my local game store. the people there are super nice and the selection is also great. nothing about it is two stars
You need that Keeps sponsorship
you know they overcharge when they have a stack of gamecubes, my local games stores sell out the same day they get them in lol
Fuds Muncie Indiana. You would love it
your video quality is so much fun since Riff started helping. hey, no offence to your presence on video. you have good energy and its a lot of fun watching
Haha yeah I started Rogain a couple months ago. Got some stuff from Keeps too.
Could you link where you got your game boy it look awsome
I got an nes from that store in the right of the thumbnail it came withall of the corners cracked for like $100 7 years ago
Hairline looks good man don’t stress
I have a game store with 3 locations near me. The selection is good and the prices are good I suppose. The issue is the customer service sucks. The 2 locations I go to the staff always make it seem you are a bother when you go in the store.
4:00 here I was expecting the Keeps ad