Yeah that's absurd. They'll tell you "SUPPLY AND DEMAND!!!" We are literally a niche community. Who do you know in real life cares about retro games? It's not supply and demand, it's collectors hoarding these games for their shelves collecting dust for years instead of just recirculating them around and around, you play a game, finish it, sell it to someone else, and so on. Games are meant to be played and appreciated not put up for display collecting dust. I can't say it's the youtubers to blame, it's just people not using their judgment. What are you going to do with your collection when you're 80 years old? Bury it with you? No games are meant to be passed on, and if you don't plan on having kids to share these games with why even hoard them. These companies should be doing reproductions too.
@@Valstrax420 Hey I collect games so i don't agree with that part however you make a good point it's a very niche community i don't know anyone in my friend circle who cares about anything besides "PC PS5!!" The supply of Wiis and PS2 are definitely extremely high yet they charge prices as if they were some rare collector's console.
@@shae1547 Yeah exactly. You can collect as a hobby but not collecting in hopes to sell them once their price skyrockets, basically just using it as an investment.
@@Valstrax420 Yeah that's dumb, I've sold some of my stuff before especially when I moved but i never buy something expecting to make a profit. Basically i support whatever makes people happy, some people love sports, stamp collecting, fishing etc retro gaming hobby is just unfortunate because flippers/resellers, influencers, and DK Oldies are milking it for everything it's worth.
Remember when you were a kid and took your new SNES game to the 2nd hand game shop because you played the shit out of it and got bored, they said you can have any game you want in trade. I remember giving in earthworm Jim and them saying take your pick, I picked pinball dreams and the guy said are you sure, the newest most expensive games are on the top shelf, and I said nah I like pinball, that's how these small businesses should make money, with a mutual agreement, not like this.
Man the retro market is crazy but there are still deals to be found. I went to this one pawn shop that had all the games behind glass, had to ask the guy to get each one for me, nothing had stickers on it (red flag should've left at that point) And the ones that did have stickers on them he said "oh that's the outdated price need to update those" never again
I live in the UK, by the way. My local game store, which has sadly closed during the pandemic, was so good for pricing. Some of the gems I have had from them include an OG XBox and 2 games for $47. Bully for $11 when the other store was charging $25. I converted the prices to USD.
I get companies have to turn a profit, I’ve worked retail but the retro market is INSANE. Even local mom and pop shops are charging more then they’re worth and they’re not even in mint condition. It’s ridiculous.
I actually have traded with dk in the past, they used to be like a typical store giving about 50-60 % game values from price charting, the last few times I’ve checked they are down to giving 10% game credit compared to value. Now the values they show are for cash and you get 20% more for store credit but the overall value doesn’t make it worth it
I laughed when I seen a person in my city trying to get 145$ for a busted purple GameCube, no remote, cables, or region unlocked. Actual crackheads in the retro community
I would be fine if something is not region unlocked, but if it’s fucked up like that without a controller and the cables needed to use the console, there’s no way I would want a GameCube for 145$, that’s a straight up scam.
i live close to these guys, southern PA. They swooped and have boughten out every vendor and local place out of retro games. Also they get clean out any local flea markets and garage sales. Its pretty annoying i used to be able to find old games regularly and now its a desert.
Steve, I totally agree with the prices are crazy but in my opinion, I’m a perfection collector and $80 difference would definitely be worth it on a product over 200 if it was to have a perfect one
Social media powerhouses lol I can’t get away from there advertising! Would never buy anything from them but I do like laughing at the terrible gift they give people for spending 300$ on a XBOX 😭😭
For gameboy, nes, snes and sega, emulation is the best option. In a lot of cases, the games are remastered on roms and you can play pokemon at 2× speed.
You make excellent points. I wanted SEGA CD and a Genesis 32X but I didn't even want to spend the money on the new mini. So I just watch long plays here on TH-cam (NintendoComplete is the best one with a huge variety) and it scratched that itch real fast. Same with 3DO and CD-i. Just watch those games on TH-cam (most of them are FMV anyways). Saves me so much money and space! My only weakness is PlayStation. I have every console in box and most are new/open box. I was smart though and scoured eBay for a long time to get some of them. I can't imagine paying these prices for junk used stuff. Those are close to what I paid for brand new. I got a brand new fat PS2 for $350 and a brand new PlayStation TV Lego Movie bundle for $100 not long ago.
I'm glad someone agrees with me. If you get a hit of nostalgia, look it up online for a bit and see if it calms you down. Most of the time you can save all types of cash that way!
@@steviefreakinc Oh hell yeah. There's nothing easier than putting a long play on while you're doing something else. Nowadays it's just more convenient to do that and I don't feel I miss out.
I just modded my first system for this exact reason. I personally wouldn’t pay that amount for anything if I know I can get it for less somewhere else. If you really want to play some of these retro systems, look into homebrew, it would probably save you a lot of money
its kind of funny looking at what they're willing to give you for modern stuff, they're paying just slightly higher than gamestop would for switches to make it seem like theyre the ones to go to.
PSP parts can still be purchased on Amazon and Ebay. You can get a whole new faceplate on Amazon for like $10-$15 bucks. Get you a small screwdriver and pop it on. Takes all of the scratches and scuffs from the screen immediately most of the time. Because it's usually the plastic over the screen that's messed up.
I get companies have to turn a profit, I’ve worked retail but the retro gaming market is INSANE. Even local mom and pop shops are charging more then they’re worth and they’re not even in mint condition. It’s ridiculous.
It really just depends on the game. A lot of time its as good as eBay minus fees to sell them the games they have the buylist. I wouldn't sell them any games not on the buylist though, because most of the time its just a bulk rate. As someone that has sold to them, its generally pretty easy. They can screw you over though if the label is damaged they just mark down the game to half off the quoted price.
The first time I sold to DKO, I felt that they gave me a fair deal. They paid over 50% of pricecharting. Saved me a lot of time so I was happy. I contacted them again to sell even more, and they offered me about 10% of pricecharting. I passed and I'll never sell to them again.
Probably not worse than GameStop in terms of what they'll give you. My ps3 slim for example. DK oldies will give me about $60 for it, GameStop will give literally a single penny
I actually bought 2 GameCube games from them and they came to me in mint condition. I also got smart and started going on EBay and Mercari and using pricecharting and most likely will not return to them.
i'm that one dude watching movies on his psp lol. got a GoW NA-3001 for like 100 bucks about 2 years ago on ebay. Got all my friends Japanese models and switched the buttons via homebrew. Very easy.
Couple months ago I sold them 234 ps2 games pricecharting value of $3400. They sent me a check for $2000. Which I thought was more than fair. If I sold on ebay considering fees and now getting a 1099 for anything over 600 bucks and the time and hassle of shipping I figure I lost maybe 4-500 bucks. How long would it take to sell that amount of games, plus they had free shipping to them.
The prices are crazy. But I also blame the losers who pay these crazy prices. Ain't no way I'm paying $30 for Wii sports, a game that came with one of the most sold systems in the world.
I went to their site a few days ago and I was shocked. Psvita 1000 for 220 ? I bought one 4 years ago for 90 and it came with 4 games and a 8 gb card. I looked locally for vitas and they go for like 80-100 dollars, with games. I found one for 90 that was already modded. I also bought a 360s 4gb 3 years ago, it came with the console, controller, kinect and like 15 games for 120 ish dollars. And they are selling it for like 160 flawed.
@@SoulProphet Nah, they don’t do any kind of checks or cleaning or anything. Even if you pay extra and buy the “good condition” consoles, you’ll still get dirty consoles that probably haven’t had their thermal paste changed by DKOldies at all and the consoles themselves may not have even been opened at all by them. Just look at Jacob R who bought a “good condition” Xbox 360 from them and it was dirty as hell and hadn’t had its original thermal paste changed. And then there’s ReviewTechUSA who bought a “good condition” Nintendo Entertainment System and it had a big chip in the plastic at the front of the console & its original screws at the bottom were replaced with crappy Phillips heads which can cause issues with the front loading cartridge mechanism. Then RTU also bought a first party NES controller and it was SUPER dirty and sticky. Then he bought Super Mario 2 and the contacts at the bottom of the cartridge were dirty. I think I’ve made my point.
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Yeah man, be sure to get what they're worth. A N64 is definitely worth more than $40. I would only sell my N64 for 40 to a good friend or something as like a hookup.
Ahh so this is how Dkoldies works. You sell your power cord for 2 bucks and they throw it into a box with a piece of bubble wrap on it and sell it for atleast 10 bucks.
Lol I just posted a video not that long ago named "Best Buy's Trade In Value is Worse than GameStop's" and then this popped up. I'm not accusing you of anything. I just think that it's funny is all. Nice video Btw. :)
I don't get it if they charge to much why do you guys keep buying from them?the stupid one here are the ones buying from them.its a business they need to charge a lot I'm guessing you guys never have ran a business befor..
idk people keep harassing dk Oldies and their prices...they are a business they are not like your homie collector..... people complain about them not refurbishing and cleaning stuff but then you wanna bitch at how much they are willing to pay as a small business. if you are expecting them to take apart consoles clean and repair circuit boards and ship shit for free then they can NOT pay alot up front or they will have to raise the price. this guy is claiming that they are making 250% profit but that is necessarily true. it's called the cost of doing business. you bitch about them selling for too much but then complain that they aren't paying enough.... take a minute and learn some simple economics. they have a base line they will pay take it or leave it...then they will take you dirty broken system and clean it up and repair it....but after like 5 employees have touched it they need to charge a certain amount. if you are uncomfortable with paying to much and not getting paid enough then you clean the consoles, put them up on your own stores web site, warranty it your self and make sure you don't charge too much. lol. these stupid TH-cam people crack me up
This video is from like 11 months ago bud. Either way, they can charge whatever they need to for their systems to be profitable but they need to actually do what they promise and clean every system.
The people complaining about dk oldies pricing are the same people that buy the new iPhone every year and wouldn't bat an eye just because it's apple.stop hating if it's to expensive for you then don't buy it simple
@@steviefreakinc nah my point is if you can't afford Ferrari then buy a Honda I have had lots of people say I charge to much for repair and my response to them is the other guys down the road have it cheaper what one person won't spend the other will
i just bought a gamboy advance from mercari for like 80 dollars and this place is selling it for 150$ this place is a scam figure out how to find fakes out and buy real ones of ebay and facebook marketplace
They're literally charging what these consoles cost when they were new in stores 😂
Yeah that's absurd. They'll tell you "SUPPLY AND DEMAND!!!" We are literally a niche community. Who do you know in real life cares about retro games? It's not supply and demand, it's collectors hoarding these games for their shelves collecting dust for years instead of just recirculating them around and around, you play a game, finish it, sell it to someone else, and so on. Games are meant to be played and appreciated not put up for display collecting dust. I can't say it's the youtubers to blame, it's just people not using their judgment. What are you going to do with your collection when you're 80 years old? Bury it with you? No games are meant to be passed on, and if you don't plan on having kids to share these games with why even hoard them. These companies should be doing reproductions too.
@@Valstrax420 Hey I collect games so i don't agree with that part however you make a good point it's a very niche community i don't know anyone in my friend circle who cares about anything besides "PC PS5!!" The supply of Wiis and PS2 are definitely extremely high yet they charge prices as if they were some rare collector's console.
@@shae1547 Yeah exactly. You can collect as a hobby but not collecting in hopes to sell them once their price skyrockets, basically just using it as an investment.
@@Valstrax420 Yeah that's dumb, I've sold some of my stuff before especially when I moved but i never buy something expecting to make a profit. Basically i support whatever makes people happy, some people love sports, stamp collecting, fishing etc retro gaming hobby is just unfortunate because flippers/resellers, influencers, and DK Oldies are milking it for everything it's worth.
Yeah! And even above for some. Don’t they pay half of what they sell them for if you trade your old systems in?
Remember when you were a kid and took your new SNES game to the 2nd hand game shop because you played the shit out of it and got bored, they said you can have any game you want in trade. I remember giving in earthworm Jim and them saying take your pick, I picked pinball dreams and the guy said are you sure, the newest most expensive games are on the top shelf, and I said nah I like pinball, that's how these small businesses should make money, with a mutual agreement, not like this.
Man the retro market is crazy but there are still deals to be found. I went to this one pawn shop that had all the games behind glass, had to ask the guy to get each one for me, nothing had stickers on it (red flag should've left at that point) And the ones that did have stickers on them he said "oh that's the outdated price need to update those" never again
I live in the UK, by the way. My local game store, which has sadly closed during the pandemic, was so good for pricing. Some of the gems I have had from them include an OG XBox and 2 games for $47. Bully for $11 when the other store was charging $25. I converted the prices to USD.
I get companies have to turn a profit, I’ve worked retail but the retro market is INSANE. Even local mom and pop shops are charging more then they’re worth and they’re not even in mint condition. It’s ridiculous.
I actually have traded with dk in the past, they used to be like a typical store giving about 50-60 % game values from price charting, the last few times I’ve checked they are down to giving 10% game credit compared to value. Now the values they show are for cash and you get 20% more for store credit but the overall value doesn’t make it worth it
I laughed when I seen a person in my city trying to get 145$ for a busted purple GameCube, no remote, cables, or region unlocked. Actual crackheads in the retro community
I would be fine if something is not region unlocked, but if it’s fucked up like that without a controller and the cables needed to use the console, there’s no way I would want a GameCube for 145$, that’s a straight up scam.
i live close to these guys, southern PA. They swooped and have boughten out every vendor and local place out of retro games. Also they get clean out any local flea markets and garage sales. Its pretty annoying i used to be able to find old games regularly and now its a desert.
That sucks. I figured they were buying out places though. When they charge so much, they can pay regular prices at other shops lol
I choose to emulate what I can. Retro gaming is insane
Steve, I totally agree with the prices are crazy but in my opinion, I’m a perfection collector and $80 difference would definitely be worth it on a product over 200 if it was to have a perfect one
That’s a fair point
Social media powerhouses lol I can’t get away from there advertising! Would never buy anything from them but I do like laughing at the terrible gift they give people for spending 300$ on a XBOX 😭😭
For gameboy, nes, snes and sega, emulation is the best option. In a lot of cases, the games are remastered on roms and you can play pokemon at 2× speed.
Dk oldies you will never be funcoland
You make excellent points. I wanted SEGA CD and a Genesis 32X but I didn't even want to spend the money on the new mini. So I just watch long plays here on TH-cam (NintendoComplete is the best one with a huge variety) and it scratched that itch real fast. Same with 3DO and CD-i. Just watch those games on TH-cam (most of them are FMV anyways). Saves me so much money and space!
My only weakness is PlayStation. I have every console in box and most are new/open box. I was smart though and scoured eBay for a long time to get some of them. I can't imagine paying these prices for junk used stuff. Those are close to what I paid for brand new. I got a brand new fat PS2 for $350 and a brand new PlayStation TV Lego Movie bundle for $100 not long ago.
I'm glad someone agrees with me. If you get a hit of nostalgia, look it up online for a bit and see if it calms you down. Most of the time you can save all types of cash that way!
@@steviefreakinc Oh hell yeah. There's nothing easier than putting a long play on while you're doing something else. Nowadays it's just more convenient to do that and I don't feel I miss out.
I just modded my first system for this exact reason. I personally wouldn’t pay that amount for anything if I know I can get it for less somewhere else. If you really want to play some of these retro systems, look into homebrew, it would probably save you a lot of money
An Snes no yellowing goes for around 150 with original controllers.
its kind of funny looking at what they're willing to give you for modern stuff, they're paying just slightly higher than gamestop would for switches to make it seem like theyre the ones to go to.
When I see the price of that PSP, I realised how much I need for my PSP to get repaired...
PSP parts can still be purchased on Amazon and Ebay. You can get a whole new faceplate on Amazon for like $10-$15 bucks. Get you a small screwdriver and pop it on. Takes all of the scratches and scuffs from the screen immediately most of the time. Because it's usually the plastic over the screen that's messed up.
I get companies have to turn a profit, I’ve worked retail but the retro gaming market is INSANE. Even local mom and pop shops are charging more then they’re worth and they’re not even in mint condition. It’s ridiculous.
A snes at my local game stores retail at around 90-110, so 93 trade is pretty good out here, but they charge more than double when they sell it
6:05 "and you know that mother f'n disc tray is gonna stick" LOL truer words have never been spoken
It really just depends on the game. A lot of time its as good as eBay minus fees to sell them the games they have the buylist. I wouldn't sell them any games not on the buylist though, because most of the time its just a bulk rate.
As someone that has sold to them, its generally pretty easy. They can screw you over though if the label is damaged they just mark down the game to half off the quoted price.
the billions of employees they have has a big effect on the price
The first time I sold to DKO, I felt that they gave me a fair deal. They paid over 50% of pricecharting. Saved me a lot of time so I was happy. I contacted them again to sell even more, and they offered me about 10% of pricecharting. I passed and I'll never sell to them again.
Probably not worse than GameStop in terms of what they'll give you. My ps3 slim for example. DK oldies will give me about $60 for it, GameStop will give literally a single penny
I actually bought 2 GameCube games from them and they came to me in mint condition. I also got smart and started going on EBay and Mercari and using pricecharting and most likely will not return to them.
i'm that one dude watching movies on his psp lol. got a GoW NA-3001 for like 100 bucks about 2 years ago on ebay. Got all my friends Japanese models and switched the buttons via homebrew. Very easy.
has no one mentioned or going to mention the $280 pokemon emerald?
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Couple months ago I sold them 234 ps2 games pricecharting value of $3400. They sent me a check for $2000. Which I thought was more than fair. If I sold on ebay considering fees and now getting a 1099 for anything over 600 bucks and the time and hassle of shipping I figure I lost maybe 4-500 bucks. How long would it take to sell that amount of games, plus they had free shipping to them.
The prices are crazy. But I also blame the losers who pay these crazy prices. Ain't no way I'm paying $30 for Wii sports, a game that came with one of the most sold systems in the world.
I bought my snes with 2 control with smw at a pawn shop and got it for $110 cad so it would be 81.90 usd
And the prices you're quoting are probably all just store credit
I went to their site a few days ago and I was shocked. Psvita 1000 for 220 ? I bought one 4 years ago for 90 and it came with 4 games and a 8 gb card. I looked locally for vitas and they go for like 80-100 dollars, with games. I found one for 90 that was already modded. I also bought a 360s 4gb 3 years ago, it came with the console, controller, kinect and like 15 games for 120 ish dollars. And they are selling it for like 160 flawed.
Offered them 70 games worth about $500 total and they offered me $39
I'm surprised they not sued because they images look ripped off it's not actually pictures of there consoles 😂
they do several checks and clean ups so thats where the cost come from. They gotta pay their workers.
No they don't😂
Never bought from them and probably wouldn’t start
@@SoulProphet Nah, they don’t do any kind of checks or cleaning or anything. Even if you pay extra and buy the “good condition” consoles, you’ll still get dirty consoles that probably haven’t had their thermal paste changed by DKOldies at all and the consoles themselves may not have even been opened at all by them. Just look at Jacob R who bought a “good condition” Xbox 360 from them and it was dirty as hell and hadn’t had its original thermal paste changed. And then there’s ReviewTechUSA who bought a “good condition” Nintendo Entertainment System and it had a big chip in the plastic at the front of the console & its original screws at the bottom were replaced with crappy Phillips heads which can cause issues with the front loading cartridge mechanism. Then RTU also bought a first party NES controller and it was SUPER dirty and sticky. Then he bought Super Mario 2 and the contacts at the bottom of the cartridge were dirty. I think I’ve made my point.
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I have every Nintendo console in my closet from N64 to the switch. Looking for a good place to sell them cause screw DK oldies
Yeah man, be sure to get what they're worth. A N64 is definitely worth more than $40. I would only sell my N64 for 40 to a good friend or something as like a hookup.
Can i purchase anything? Looking to outfit my content and chill pad/room with some nostalgia for the homies and studio goers.
You need to learn the difference between profit and gross sales
Ahh so this is how Dkoldies works. You sell your power cord for 2 bucks and they throw it into a box with a piece of bubble wrap on it and sell it for atleast 10 bucks.
not bad, a flipper would want to pay $20 with 10 games and would be offended if you didnt accept lol
Lol I just posted a video not that long ago named "Best Buy's Trade In Value is Worse than GameStop's" and then this popped up.
I'm not accusing you of anything. I just think that it's funny is all. Nice video Btw. :)
Dk buttqueers
so sell the games yourself, it's not rocket science. you get less trading games in because you're being lazy.
The video is more about how little they give you vs how much of a markup they sell it for.
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I don't get it if they charge to much why do you guys keep buying from them?the stupid one here are the ones buying from them.its a business they need to charge a lot I'm guessing you guys never have ran a business befor..
idk people keep harassing dk Oldies and their prices...they are a business they are not like your homie collector..... people complain about them not refurbishing and cleaning stuff but then you wanna bitch at how much they are willing to pay as a small business. if you are expecting them to take apart consoles clean and repair circuit boards and ship shit for free then they can NOT pay alot up front or they will have to raise the price. this guy is claiming that they are making 250% profit but that is necessarily true. it's called the cost of doing business. you bitch about them selling for too much but then complain that they aren't paying enough.... take a minute and learn some simple economics. they have a base line they will pay take it or leave it...then they will take you dirty broken system and clean it up and repair it....but after like 5 employees have touched it they need to charge a certain amount. if you are uncomfortable with paying to much and not getting paid enough then you clean the consoles, put them up on your own stores web site, warranty it your self and make sure you don't charge too much. lol. these stupid TH-cam people crack me up
This video is from like 11 months ago bud. Either way, they can charge whatever they need to for their systems to be profitable but they need to actually do what they promise and clean every system.
shut up
The people complaining about dk oldies pricing are the same people that buy the new iPhone every year and wouldn't bat an eye just because it's apple.stop hating if it's to expensive for you then don't buy it simple
Your logic is flawed.
@@steviefreakinc nah my point is if you can't afford Ferrari then buy a Honda I have had lots of people say I charge to much for repair and my response to them is the other guys down the road have it cheaper what one person won't spend the other will
@@steviefreakinc DkOldies fans can’t ever make logical arguments to why they are “good”.
This is why i have everdrives..
i just bought a gamboy advance from mercari for like 80 dollars and this place is selling it for 150$ this place is a scam figure out how to find fakes out and buy real ones of ebay and facebook marketplace