its simple: they buy used retro consoles on ebay or garage sales, wipe them down quick, see if they work, mark it as Refurbished (they dont even open them), and sell them for triple the cost. theyre the used car salesmen of gaming
its simple: they buy used retro consoles on ebay or garage sales, wipe them down quick, see if they work, mark it as Refurbished (they dont even open them) and sell them for triple the cost. theyre the used car salesman of gaming
Most videos made about them probably have the same mindset as I did when making this video and that is to educate some consumers who just didn't know about the situation. They wouldn't be getting exposed if they did good business.
Fun fact: they destroyed 2 fake gameboys in a video from 7 years ago. Turns out they were rare original gameboy advances made for the Chinese market. And they are worth 300 US dollars
the truth is i got a wii and a few games from DKOLDIES and the wii was in the worst condition u could imagine but ngl the games were in perfect condition so i guess their games are the only good thing?
@@idrinkalmondmilk2918 ya, from what I’ve seen the games are good and nice, but the consoles are basically trash. A former employee said Joey pooped in a PS3, although even though he says he has it, he didn’t open it because he couldn’t get it, so he might be lying.
I like to go to thrift stores a lot, and I'll often purchase old consoles i come across them. I test them, repair them if i can, and sell them, rarely ever making more than 20 dollars. I've even sold some at a loss if repair costs are high. I do this because im passionate about game preservation and accessibility. It disgusts me how people like this are taking advantage of people. I also have bought consoles off ebay and other websites, and had not once had an encounter with a dishonest seller. They usually list if something is wrong with it. I remember one buyer came over with his kids, and their eyes lit up at the idea that they can play wii again after their previous one had broke, and thats what keeps me doing what i do
Well yeah. It’s not a charity, they need to make money. Most thrift stores offer sellers 50% of what stuff goes for on Ebay and then they’ll sell it for the Ebay prices. That’s how it works.
True but you got to give credit where credits do. Most people don’t take what the hear at face value especially not from big businesses so they will probably go to a small business which gives them the ability so they can do not so much of the work and when they get called out for it they can easily lie with a sob story or show “proof” of them doing there job.
Well, they are actually a big player in the retro game business. But fair points the company's scale doesn't determine its level of evil; rather, it's the owners who are responsible for that.
Fun Fact: if you live in the U.S, Ignore any sticker that says your warranty will be void if you remove or puncture it. not only is it illegal to deny warranty from someone opening their console, its also not enforceable.
@@jacobc8036 100% factual. At least if you live in the states. A company cannot refuse or revoke warranty for you opening your device. The only exception is if the direct cause of failure is because of something you did while opening it
I bought and old Xbox 1 off some guy nn he told me he pulled the warranty sticker off so if I ever go to get it fixed they won't touch it... Is that true?
@@jeanboy9108 "The only exception is if the direct cause of failure is because of something you did while opening it" Thats exacly what they will say it happened. Everytime.
The worst thing about dko is they influence the prices. An old guy at a garage sale literally told me he was selling his sons old games based off of that websites prices. Retro game prices has skyrocketed..and dk oldies is 1 of the many factors
Well you gotta cut the old man some slack. I’m sure he’s not scrolling through eBay and knows a real deal vs fake. I’m sure he has no idea what price charting is either
I bought twilight princess on the GameCube for $60 back in 2016 from a smaller vender. Now you can’t find it for under $100 and sometimes it’s just the disc.
Well yeah. It’s not a charity, they need to make money. Most thrift stores offer sellers 50% of what stuff goes for on Ebay and then they’ll sell it for the Ebay prices. That’s how it works.
@@andreashaggstrom My man, have you SEEN their prices? I am all for someone making a profit but 4x, 5x, even more then at most of the time over asking prices on Ebay ect? That's called swindling.
Another reason a lot of collectors hate DKOldies is because one of their videos shows them destroying an extremely rare GBA SP because they thought it was a counterfeit, meaning they just destroyed a piece of history, and don't have knowledgeable, reliable people behind the scenes.
Exactly, I can’t believe they even posted it but I’m glad they did. Absolutely ridiculous how incompetent you have to be to destroy something before even opening it to check if it’s rewl
Retro collecting sucks now. I’ve been doing it my whole life. I have all the consoles I’ve had since I was a kid. I started to really collect in the mid 90s. Going to pawn shops and flea markets used to be fun. Now it sucks. You never really hit a home run anymore. The best find I’ve found lately was a 2ds for $15. But stuff like that is rare. DKoldies and grading has killed the fun
Retro collecting sucks now. l’ve been doing it my whole life. l have all the consoles l’ve had since l was a kid. l started to really collect in the mid 90s. Going to pawn shops and flea markets used to be fun. Now it sucks. You never really hit a home run anymore. The best find l’ve found lately was a 2ds for $15. But stuff like that is rare. DKoldies and grading has killed the fun
if youre talking about the ds4 light controller on pc thats not what it is. theres many games on ps4 that makes the light change depending on the character/in game activity youre playing
We ordered multiple items from DKOldies and reviewed them. We opened multiple consoles to find the same issue. Nothing was "Refurbished" just used,Dirty and some items didn't even work 🤷♂️ on top of a 3x price increase over other more reputable sellers, it's just not worth buying from DKOldies.
@@CravingGuy sure. I’m not negating the cost of a PC. A good one can be expensive. I’ve seen people make purchases from DK Oldies around that much or more. All I’m saying is with PC, the library is only limited to the amount of games of the console you’re emulating and you can do with every single one all at the low cost of $0, plus whatever modern games you want. Obviously those cost money, unless you pirate like i did TOTK because of the subpar performance of the Switch. A PC can do it all. The only thing that stops you is the lack of know how.
If you’re going to promote emulation and call people “hacks” while actually hacking lol.. at least in that same breath you should preach about providing some form of your capital towards the people who produced/created the game. We don’t want to give DKoldies our money but we should still compensate the market so it doesn’t die
@@CravingGuywith each passing year phones are getting more powerful, it's really mostly down on the emulator being optimized for the mobile architecture
I wouldn't say the 2DS is retro, it's not nearly old enough. Stores like these are just willing to resell anything because there will always be a buyer
Don’t feel bad kid I was raised in the GameCube age and I remember the playing that system religiously more than the Wii even and seeing how expensive the games I played 20 years ago is mind blowing
It shouldn't. There are people who view early PS4 games like Infamous and Bloodborne as "retro" and claim they're unplayable without a remake. The timeframe for something to be considered "retro" keeps growing shorter and shorter, and it wouldn't surprise me if by the end of the decade early PS5 games like Returnal and Ratchet are considered "too old" lmao.
I recently purchased a wavebird from DKOldies. It was my first purchase from them and I was unaware of the controversy, but was shocked by the state it was in when it arrived. I was told it was “refurbished”, but the joysticks were worn and were clearly not replaced, the “handles” of the controller had a weird sticky film I needed to take a Clorox wipe to, and one of the triggers had brown grime at the base. I ended up taking the thing apart and cleaning the pieces and board because I was so grossed out by that brown grime. But even still, the joysticks were super worn. I ended up buying replacements for those too to help it feel “new” again. The fact that I needed to put so much extra effort (and expense) after purchasing an already expensive product completely soured my experience with the company. I wouldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole, and this video helps validate my experience with them. Thank you for bringing attention to this creator and leading potential buyers to something much more worth their time
DkOldies is one of the main reasons I advocate for emulation it is absolutely outrageous people who just want to play older games are forced to pay hundreds or even thousands for old game when you can always just emulate for free
It's such a shame how the price of 3ds systems has skyrocketed thanks to companies like DKoldies, because they're one of the best systems out there for homebrew and modding.
@@NathanSF-qr2ds or you could get a steam deck and possibly put windows on it or dual boot if needed, its only $399 and has emu deck so I think that's the best thing you can get
DKOldies would be a great company if they priced their consoles reasonably and actually refurbished them. The "warranty void if removed" stickers are also illegal too!
Reasonable for you is 30-40$ reasonable for people who actually have know about retro consoles and how they’re barley being sold at this day and age is 1-250$ and more.
It's incredible to see how many are actually defending them, claiming that if you don't like the price just don't buy. The problem is not the price, they could charge whatever they feel to charge and the decision of purchasing is mine alone. The problem is not delivering what they promise, not opening the consoles to clean/refurbish and claim you do. That is a scam and can't be defended. Wake up.
Nah the price is fair criticism imo. It's actually bonkers how much they expect people to pay when they know they aren't even doing what they promise ( the cleaning ).
Agreed, it's nothing new when a brand with viral online presence and good PR marketing are charging higher for their name and they're definitely targetting the kind of audience who would pay higher for their "trust" and "service", but the problem is they're not even trustworthy in the first place and did the bare minimum for their service. They're priced higher for the sake of ripping off people who believed in their promises and nothing else.
The sad thing is they don’t actually target game collectors, they target their friends and family who want to be generous and give them something they love. I’ve talked to my family about some things I collect and they usually guess things are a lot more than their worth, so they guess that they are actually reasonably priced
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@@baddog6003 that’s how I play my gba-3DS Pokémon collection now. Aside from improved graphics, even the 2DS doesn’t hold a candle to an Xbox controller clipped on an Android.
@@bracedgod4505 Yep, emulation improves some of these games with certain codes. I was able to play some of my favorite games on the psp and ps vita. They run smoother than the original releases.
Stg all my yugioh and old Gameboy games I miss I play on my tablet xD I mean it'd be nice to have an old sp for some of the games cause the buttons are mapped on the screen and are a little touchy, but games like yugioh or pokemon it's great for cause it's a card duel, or like pokemon running around. Now if you wanna play something like old tony hawks American sk8land it's gonna be a little difficult 😂
I sold my entire retro collection and modded my SNES mini with thousands of ROM’s. I don’t understand people who have a problem with emulation. You gotta be off your rocker to be paying these ridiculous prices for retro games.
@@Punkpsychobilly as a German TH-camr once said: "Piracy begins where poor service ends" The Switch Online Emulator's are stupid, expensive and there keep adding old, finished games instead of giving us all the old games at once. I'm using my homebrewed 2DS XL and I mean.. i can play Doom on it xD Jk but I have a big problem with my ps2, there is no store that sells official or good ps2 controllers and I only have one who starts getting buggy. Can someone help me where to find good ones? The controller's on Amazon are scam and are a real downgrade from the classic controller, idfk what to do
This store doesn't rip off retro gamers (they know better). They rip off the friends and family of retro gamers who buy gifts for them and have no idea. Ive seen this formula with so many hobbies/collectables over the last 20 years. Once they have been exposed it is the beginning of the end
Regardless of its popularity in recent times. I’m still actively collecting and I’m still passionate about this hobby, I truly hope that’ll always be the case. Going to physical retro video game stores and conventions is *still* exciting. Continue to *enjoy* your hobby, buddy. 🫱🏼🫲🏽
I’ve been seeing these goofballs with their ridiculous prices online for years now. Never thought anyone would be dumb enough to buy from them, but that’s what they’re doing. Preying on people’s stupidity. I can’t believe they actually have established a somewhat successful business. I am so glad people are finally calling them out on their thievery though.
I had a pristine condition rare super nintendo game that they sell for around $500, and a ton of other games a few rare ones. In total it was about 30 games. They literally offered me like $90 for the lot of them, and said that if I took credit, I think it was around $110 or $120. But that one game they would have turned around and flipped for $500 dollars. So I said no deal. Put my stuff up on Craigslist, and I got $500 out of all of it, from one single buyer. He bought the entire lot. I went showed him the goods, and boom, I had Christmas money for my kids. What was I really gonna buy with $90 for 3 kids? Not a darn thing. But with $500 it was fair. He found the rare game he was looking for, and some extras, and I got Christmas. We both had a good Christmas with fair deals, and D.k. Poopies will never get my attention ever again, after knowing they were gonna rip me off, and sell my stuff for 10 times, if not more, than what they were gonna give me!! So yeah they can kick rocks imo!
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Ebay just has an untrustworthy reputation to a lot of people who don't online shop regularly (or people who only use Amazon), even though it's gotten a lot better over the last few years.
They are just gouging customers and their “refurbished consoles” aren’t refurbished. You’re paying premium for bs. Anyone new to the retro scene please steer clear.
I once bought a N64 with a copy of Mario kart from DK oldie’s and what they send was a rusty N64 that was missing multiple important components that are needed for the console to work and they gave me a smashed copy of Mario kart.
The thing is, some we call "casual gamers" who are very not into video game would buy from them. They don't know how console works, or how average prices are. I live in Korea, and we have tons of scummy sellers like this since although console gaming is not popular around here, COVID situation brought great attention to it recently.
Yep, exactly. It's not that they're discouraging people from opening up the consoles, they just know the people who are most likely to buy from them are just not gunna open up the consoles at all.
Holy crap, I just found out about DKOldies recently and had no idea they were actually scummy. How disappointing, I thought I had finally found a reliable way to get older games I grew up with...
I literally just bought an Xbox 360 slim off eBay, it smelled great, looked almost brand new, and was well cleaned. All of that for an Xbox with nothing it was console only.
I'm local to where Dkoldies is based out of and they cleaned house on the local retro scene. Can't find nothing here anymore, all flea markets, second hand shops and garage sales tend to be picked cleaned.
@@danstrikker6465 phoenixresale is also a cringe scalper taking advantage of the excessive unreasonable prices that things are being sold at, but barely anybody calls him out, it sucks how low things have fell
What I’ve learned is that illegally playing games wether it’s hacked, brewed, modded, or a fake cartridge is fun! You won’t get arrested if they don’t catch you! 👍 Jokes aside, it’s really a shame that even reasonably priced “non authentic cartridges” can range up to 70 - 100 bucks. Still probably why people are modding their 3DS’ to this day, especially with the eshop closed.
Bro you saved me, I was about to buy a retro Sega genesis from them, but this stumbled on my recromendation, and when I checked the prices myself and the call outs, I was really greatull I didnt fall to the EA of retro sellers
@@Grishuhh yeah, their videos on facebook really baited me good till I did a little research if they are really legit and wholesome, but the fact I saw was Joey was just the face of it to attract unsuspecting buyers especially those unfammiliar with the prices
@Hi my names not bob "how hard people are trying to do their best" they dont even try their hardest to bring good quality things at a good price so idk wtf is going on with you, the stuff they sell is dogtrash at a trash price, stop supporting these clown scammers and get a life, if they tried their best they would sell u actual good quality things at a reasonable price
“Under 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Feds mandated that you can open your electronics without voiding the warranty, regardless of what the language of your warranty says” - iFixit The fact these ass clowns put a sticker on these nasty consoles to make people think they cleaned it and to make you think you aren’t allowed to open your console is scummy.
I actually bought a new 3DS XL a while back for just under 300 off ebay. Keep in mind that this was just before the eshop would shut down, so there was a bit of a craze going on, and the quality of the system was basically untouched. I did happen to mod it though, so at least I don't have to spend any more on the games themselves.
They're not hated per say, I also ignore the people that mostly make it about Joey, he's just the social media guy doing his job, it's their prices and lack of actual knowledge about the products that they ask so much for, not to mention they don't open a console unless it's not working but they still slap a stupid sticker on it and call it refurbished, I had bad vibes from them from the moment I saw DK Oldies but they have good videos so maybe they will eventually stop scamming people and just make online content for money.
"i also ignore the people that mostly make it about joey, he's just the social media guy doing his rat thief job that has been assigned to by him by the thiefs", nah you gotta be a clown if you support somebody that wors at dkscamdies, if hes part of dktrash then hes part of the problem, dont give him slack.
@@serily4524 It's a job dude lol, at the end of the day paying your bills and supporting your family and doing your job is more important than people's opinions over video games. Just sayin.
I was thinking of buying from there a Gameboy Advance sp with Super Mario Bros Deluxe and Pokémon Red and Gold and for that I was gonna pay almost $500 and I said oh hell naw gtfo of here
I commented once on a video why their prices were so high, they replied saying "well, because we make sure are console are 100% working and completely refurbished and clean." Luckily I didn't cave in and buy
I bought a wii from DKoldies and I remember when it first came it didn't even work. I ended up calling them and asking for another one and they sent it in a day. I should have asked for my money back but I just now seen this. I appreciate this video a lot Grishuh, most def gonna sub
Throwback to when I bought pokemon platinum from DKOldies and when I got it and popped it into my 3ds, played it for a bit and saved & left to eat. The second I reopened the game, my save was deleted. Lost what is effectively $198 because DKOldies doesnt properly test for phony copies.
Congrats on a good deal but anyone with a brain knows they could sell a PS2 for far more than 30 and the price still be perfectly fair. I was in the market for a PS2 just a week ago and couldn’t find anything online less than 150 but found a PS2 at my local game shop for 100$ which seemed like a steal compared to online. Just because they’re charging what it’s worth doesn’t make them scammers lol
I'm glad I have my games to where I can say emulation is for Archival purposes. As in the physical copies are around and probably still work, but I don't want to damage the consoles or the DS hinges.
I have heard that multiple lawsuits have been filed on DK oldies for false advertisement, but I have just heard that they have been filed nothing on if they have finished up or if they’re even real
Two years ago I bought in local analogue of ebay old 3ds in good condition for $100, and it was the average market price, if you search and wait, you could buy it even for $80. 180$ is totally an overprice.
The funny thing about this is that my dad is the kind of person that is freakishly obsessed with getting the best deal, often scouring the internet for hours if it means he can save a couple bucks, and he gladly paid double for an NES.
I bought a copy of Pokémon emerald off of eBay over a decade ago and it was for $25 and it was a legit one too. Just needed a battery change. Dkoldies is just absurd.
DKOldies actually does battery changes for game cartridges. In fact, people don't really complain about the games they sell. It's the consoles that are the primary issue.
over a decade ago you could get stuff for cheap. A big problem with the retro game market is all the youtube channels doing free advertising for modded consoles, so everyone is buying them to throw in backlit screens, and destroying their consoles because they shouldn't be modding after seeing a single youtube video. Every day more consoles are destroyed because of people doing this, and it will only make retro consoles scarcer and scarcer.
Well yeah. It’s not a charity, they need to make money. Most thrift stores offer sellers 50% of what stuff goes for on Ebay and then they’ll sell it for the Ebay prices. That’s how it works.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but I was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before I started. i found way better deals in my local stores.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but l was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before l started. i found way better deals in my local stores.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but I was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before I started. i found way better deals in my local stores.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but I was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before i started. i found way better deals in my local stores
I felt the same as you after I was enterntained by their youtube shorts content I checked the price and they were crazy And I'm saying this as someone that has no idea what actual prices should be like
I think you forgot to mention that one of the people that dkoldies reposted a video about their review They soon realized it was a scam and made a whole video a day afterwards and I still think the video is still up to this day, correct me if I’m wrong
You are correct. Ive seen several people that dkoldies used in their videos as a "good review" and found that alot of those users had made updated videos on their youtube channel after the fact when they realized it wasn't actually refurbished or cleaned
I really do miss the years of 2014-2017 in terms of retro video game collecting since that’s when it peaked in my opinion, I would go to the flea market’s every weekend with my dad and find old gems for the SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, N64, PSX and 360 for some of the best prices I’ve seen in a while at that time and it was just a joy for me to bring them home and play them and brag to my buddies at school about them who also enjoyed the same collecting passion as me. Now since grading and stores like DKoldies have hit the market, it’s not fun to buy Dreamcast games anymore since they’ve doubled in price and you almost have to take out a loan just to get such things in your collections. I miss when things used to be better, and god knows we’re not going back to that period of bliss any time soon or maybe even ever.
Back in 2013, I got a Nintendo 64 from a gaming stand at a swap meet for $45, came with everything - the console, cables, an official controller, and the seller even let me pick two free games, which I picked "Pokémon Snap" and "Toy Story 2". At that same stand, I believe my brother got a complete copy of "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door" for the same price (granted, it was "Player's Choice", but still). And the last thing I remember buying from that stand was a Game Boy Color for $25. Those days are gone now...
@@regis_c You just gotta know where to look, but it's definitely gotten harder. I got a Wii for $5 last year with a free copy of Mario Kart in it, and a Sega Saturn for $50 with controllers and cables. It's all about garage sales and gaming events these days, as well as unsuspecting ebayers who sell cheap.
I would go to the nearby record store and they'd have untested consoles without cords for $5. I bought 4 wiis, 1 xbox 360, xbox original for $5 each. I just had to buy the cords which each probably came around an extra $15 each. Then I'd sell the consoles I already had for like 10 or 20 dollars more. Then the pandemic happened and what I was selling for $40 now cost over $100 thanks to people like them.
I started collecting at a young age(8-9), with the little money i had, i was still able to have fun with my niche hobby, my first purchase was a gamboy advance with Ice Climbers, Mother 1+2 and Pokemon Red and Yellow in Japanese, all for $60. Nowadays its probably like $200 and on DKoldies probably $350
10 year eBay game + console seller here with 5000+ confirmed purchases and 99.7% rating. I would never order from DK Oldies. I believe that their consoles are mostly not cleaned inside, but they are claiming to be working on this. They claim now you don't have to worry about the warranty if you take off the sticker. The prices are too high. But I will say, I UNDERSTAND why the prices are higher than the rest of the market, as I started and failed to open my own video game store. It's a totally different scenario if you are joe sixpack selling your 3DS you found in the basement. You take a few pics, spend 20 mins on an ad, ship when payment arrives. When you have a brick and mortar store, rent, utilities, shipping, upkeep, parking lot, business license, employees, employee healthcare, furnishings, etc. etc. etc. It makes sense why they would have to charge more, for the overhead. Their reasoning being that yeah it's more, but you have a place you can turn to when the 30 year old electronics they sold you suddenly fail. Like Grishuh said, it's found a market for people too scared to use eBay, and not wanting to get up early to go to garage sales and flea markets to hopefully get lucky and find exactly what you were looking for. For those prices though and that staff you would hope they would at least open up every console.
I remember a friend of mine used to be a retro collector and he was trying to buy a Nintendo 64 from them, at first i told him to search up the regular price and was shocked at how crazy expensive they tried selling it to him it was like almost $80 when other retailers sold it for like $50, i myself tried to buy a ps2 with a couple of games and the total came out around $150 luckily i found one on ebay that came with 5 games for $20
Whew that was good timing I'd say! I was about to bloody buy some stuff from DKOldies but then decided to see if I had any youtube notifications and this video was recommended to me! Probably should have just been detoured by the prices.. uh so thankbs!1
This is what I imagine DKO’s refurbishing process is: Step 1: wipe dust of the surface of the console with your hand Step 2: make sure it has power. Doesn’t matter if it actually boots up and works properly or not, just make sure it actually has power. Alright, you’ve refurbished the console! Now sell it for twice what it’s worth
I held DKOldies in a positive light until I got a scratched copy of Super Mario Galaxy that wouldn't make it past the health and safety screen before asking for the disk to be inserted. They did send a second working copy for free, but that did change my views on them.
RetroV Games is the EXACT SAME WAY.. My "refurbished" PS1 with original PS1 controller and AV jacks came with dirt/crumbs all in the disc tray, dust all inside, a 3rd party PS2 controller that was broken and AV jacks that were burnt and mishaped to the point where could not plug in.. I didn't "qualify" for return, event though I had a 121 day return guarantee.................
Listen I understand his prices. He has a small fleet of employees and equipment to pay for while running a business. The main problem is the quality and the inconsistent "refurbished" or "cosmetically flawed" items. They keep their items in thrown in boxes together
The old guy in the red hat at the beginning is how I feel when I remember being 9 years old opening up my Sega Genesis on Christmas day in 1989. Where has the time gone
I'm an 80s kid, so i grew up with all these "retro" games... i will never understand why some people will spend so much money when you can just buy a raspberry pi and get whatever you'd like.
I did a trade deal with them in 22. They opened my items in a live unboxing video. Had one game disc that wasnt working, they immediately sent me a replacement and return envelope. After that, I stumbled on all of the hate forums and videos. Im not sure what to make of all that but I personally did not have a bad experience with them.
I almost bought a game on DKoldies until I looked around and saw what people were saying about them. Gave them a hard pass and found the same game elsewhere for almost half the price DKo was charging.
its simple: they buy used retro consoles on ebay or garage sales, wipe them down quick, see if they work, mark it as Refurbished (they dont even open them), and sell them for triple the cost. theyre the used car salesmen of gaming
exactly lmfao
The founder even confirmed he worked at a Car dealer
its simple: they buy used retro consoles on ebay or garage sales, wipe them down quick, see if they work, mark it as Refurbished (they dont even open them) and sell them for triple the cost. theyre the used car salesman of gaming
@@Theunicorn2012 did you copy and paste the comment?
@@Spongetaniouslooks like a bot, all their comments are just replies of the original comments
DKOldies says that people were hating on them because of envy but it's actually people exposing them.
Most videos made about them probably have the same mindset as I did when making this video and that is to educate some consumers who just didn't know about the situation. They wouldn't be getting exposed if they did good business.
DKOldies says that people were hating on them because of envy but it's actually people exposing them.
@@Grishuhh DKoldies says that people were hating on them because of envy but it's actually people exposing them
@@cachanilla1375 bro you copied the main comment
@@cachanilla1375 Are you a bot?
Fun fact: they destroyed 2 fake gameboys in a video from 7 years ago. Turns out they were rare original gameboy advances made for the Chinese market. And they are worth 300 US dollars
the truth is i got a wii and a few games from DKOLDIES and the wii was in the worst condition u could imagine but ngl the games were in perfect condition so i guess their games are the only good thing?
@@idrinkalmondmilk2918 ya, from what I’ve seen the games are good and nice, but the consoles are basically trash. A former employee said Joey pooped in a PS3, although even though he says he has it, he didn’t open it because he couldn’t get it, so he might be lying.
@@Random_Username001yeah, i got wii sports with the original case and everything for 15$. At amazon its 40 used. DKOldies is only good for games
The way they celebrate it, too.
Just sorta feels like they want to be hated at this point.
@@wumpus976 but really the games are the only reason i use DKOldies
I like to go to thrift stores a lot, and I'll often purchase old consoles i come across them. I test them, repair them if i can, and sell them, rarely ever making more than 20 dollars. I've even sold some at a loss if repair costs are high. I do this because im passionate about game preservation and accessibility. It disgusts me how people like this are taking advantage of people. I also have bought consoles off ebay and other websites, and had not once had an encounter with a dishonest seller. They usually list if something is wrong with it.
I remember one buyer came over with his kids, and their eyes lit up at the idea that they can play wii again after their previous one had broke, and thats what keeps me doing what i do
Well yeah. It’s not a charity, they need to make money. Most thrift stores offer sellers 50% of what stuff goes for on Ebay and then they’ll sell it for the Ebay prices. That’s how it works.
You do not 😂
Maybe to give to a family member but that's it lmao
You craving attention huh
@@angrycheetos2112what
@@rusty-button I was saying the post was just the guy looking for attention.
We will break you and turn you into a video game villain one day, gloodgy2774
They made me pay $100 bucks for an N64, it looked as if it was thrown down the stairs and it was rusted inside.
hey, because you order got picked im throwing your n64 down the stairs for free! 😂
I’m glad i cancelled my nes order then
What a ripoff! 😡😡😡😡
DKoldies is proof that a small company can be just as evil as big ones
True but you got to give credit where credits do. Most people don’t take what the hear at face value especially not from big businesses so they will probably go to a small business which gives them the ability so they can do not so much of the work and when they get called out for it they can easily lie with a sob story or show “proof” of them doing there job.
Explain your ignorance
They are starting to get bigger though, the scam spreads
Well, they are actually a big player in the retro game business. But fair points the company's scale doesn't determine its level of evil; rather, it's the owners who are responsible for that.
I wanna say I don’t condemn what they do I just recognize the business plan
Fun Fact: if you live in the U.S, Ignore any sticker that says your warranty will be void if you remove or puncture it. not only is it illegal to deny warranty from someone opening their console, its also not enforceable.
For real? Please tell me this is the truth?
@@jacobc8036 100% factual. At least if you live in the states. A company cannot refuse or revoke warranty for you opening your device. The only exception is if the direct cause of failure is because of something you did while opening it
@@jacobc8036 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
I bought and old Xbox 1 off some guy nn he told me he pulled the warranty sticker off so if I ever go to get it fixed they won't touch it... Is that true?
@@jeanboy9108 "The only exception is if the direct cause of failure is because of something you did while opening it"
Thats exacly what they will say it happened. Everytime.
The worst thing about dko is they influence the prices. An old guy at a garage sale literally told me he was selling his sons old games based off of that websites prices. Retro game prices has skyrocketed..and dk oldies is 1 of the many factors
I wouldnt sell it at DK Scammies Price I Sell it based on Release Price or same price where i bought it
Well you gotta cut the old man some slack. I’m sure he’s not scrolling through eBay and knows a real deal vs fake. I’m sure he has no idea what price charting is either
I bought twilight princess on the GameCube for $60 back in 2016 from a smaller vender. Now you can’t find it for under $100 and sometimes it’s just the disc.
Retro games being expensive has nothing to do with dko tho. Retro games were well expensive before dkoldies. Dkoldies just marked them up even more
not lying, halfway through the video, I got an ad... FOR DKOldies!!!
That’s funny 😂
How the fu-
Okay, hear me out, I **ALSO** got an ad for DKOldies at 7:30! Oh my goodness 😅
Lol
The price they sell stuff at vs just going to Ebay is INSANE.
And people still buy it. Bizarre.
Well yeah. It’s not a charity, they need to make money. Most thrift stores offer sellers 50% of what stuff goes for on Ebay and then they’ll sell it for the Ebay prices. That’s how it works.
@@andreashaggstrom My man, have you SEEN their prices? I am all for someone making a profit but 4x, 5x, even more then at most of the time over asking prices on Ebay ect? That's called swindling.
They cost more than the games and consoles did at release lol
“When life gives you lemons, call them ‘refurbished’ and sell them for double the price”
-DK Oldies, probably
Fire comment - I’m glad Grishuh liked it lmao
underrated comment, yt needs to give it some love
"Double" is putting it cheaply
Rotten lemons*
And they're probably bruised lemons...
Another reason a lot of collectors hate DKOldies is because one of their videos shows them destroying an extremely rare GBA SP because they thought it was a counterfeit, meaning they just destroyed a piece of history, and don't have knowledgeable, reliable people behind the scenes.
it was the official iQue SP and i was furious, even the description says "how to spot counterfeits".
Exactly, I can’t believe they even posted it but I’m glad they did. Absolutely ridiculous how incompetent you have to be to destroy something before even opening it to check if it’s rewl
Seeing that hurt my soul
Wasnt that the owner who did it.
I saw that. What a 🤡
Retro collecting sucks now. I’ve been doing it my whole life. I have all the consoles I’ve had since I was a kid. I started to really collect in the mid 90s. Going to pawn shops and flea markets used to be fun. Now it sucks. You never really hit a home run anymore. The best find I’ve found lately was a 2ds for $15. But stuff like that is rare. DKoldies and grading has killed the fun
Why I stopped trading card games. It's about prices not trades like back in the day.
You can also blame the internet because it creates a FOMO situation
You can blame the internet for 80% of our social problems today
Retro collecting sucks now. l’ve been doing it my whole life. l have all the consoles l’ve had since l was a kid. l started to really collect in the mid 90s. Going to pawn shops and flea markets used to be fun. Now it sucks. You never really hit a home run anymore. The best find l’ve found lately was a 2ds for $15. But stuff like that is rare. DKoldies and grading has killed the fun
I heard dkoldies is using bots to scalp consoles from ebay...
0:06 I can't believe it. Stock footage that actually had the DS4 turned on?
lmao, you don’t find those that often
what?
if youre talking about the ds4 light controller on pc thats not what it is. theres many games on ps4 that makes the light change depending on the character/in game activity youre playing
@@Kurokii6 yes, but stock footage normally have the controller off
We ordered multiple items from DKOldies and reviewed them. We opened multiple consoles to find the same issue. Nothing was "Refurbished" just used,Dirty and some items didn't even work 🤷♂️ on top of a 3x price increase over other more reputable sellers, it's just not worth buying from DKOldies.
Oh yes
This is why emulation is important and needs to be embraced for the preservation of all video games. These hacks prey on people’s nostalgia
Probably with an $800 pc, you can play almost every console, obviously not counting PS4-5 and Xbox one-series S/X.
@@CravingGuy sure. I’m not negating the cost of a PC. A good one can be expensive.
I’ve seen people make purchases from DK Oldies around that much or more. All I’m saying is with PC, the library is only limited to the amount of games of the console you’re emulating and you can do with every single one all at the low cost of $0, plus whatever modern games you want. Obviously those cost money, unless you pirate like i did TOTK because of the subpar performance of the Switch. A PC can do it all. The only thing that stops you is the lack of know how.
@@bullymaguire4234 Sorry, i made myself understand that $800 was a lot of money, but i meant the whole opposite, considering all you can do with it.
If you’re going to promote emulation and call people “hacks” while actually hacking lol.. at least in that same breath you should preach about providing some form of your capital towards the people who produced/created the game. We don’t want to give DKoldies our money but we should still compensate the market so it doesn’t die
@@CravingGuywith each passing year phones are getting more powerful, it's really mostly down on the emulator being optimized for the mobile architecture
the fact that a 2ds is now available at a retro video game store makes me feel old.
I wouldn't say the 2DS is retro, it's not nearly old enough. Stores like these are just willing to resell anything because there will always be a buyer
Don’t feel bad kid I was raised in the GameCube age and I remember the playing that system religiously more than the Wii even and seeing how expensive the games I played 20 years ago is mind blowing
It shouldn't. There are people who view early PS4 games like Infamous and Bloodborne as "retro" and claim they're unplayable without a remake. The timeframe for something to be considered "retro" keeps growing shorter and shorter, and it wouldn't surprise me if by the end of the decade early PS5 games like Returnal and Ratchet are considered "too old" lmao.
To be fair retro game stores sell PS5's now.
@@raidenvakarian9362 Yeah. It is defined within 2-4 decades in range. So that means the DS will soon be retro and the Xbox 360 is on the way.
Man I was going to buy something from them until i saw their prices
Exactly 🤣🤣
@@Grishuhh bruh it’s insane
Don't
Came here due to @Billsyt suggestion. Excellent video
I suggest buying from eBay or Mercari; the sellers know the prices I have bought game consoles through both sites and have been happy.
I recently purchased a wavebird from DKOldies. It was my first purchase from them and I was unaware of the controversy, but was shocked by the state it was in when it arrived. I was told it was “refurbished”, but the joysticks were worn and were clearly not replaced, the “handles” of the controller had a weird sticky film I needed to take a Clorox wipe to, and one of the triggers had brown grime at the base. I ended up taking the thing apart and cleaning the pieces and board because I was so grossed out by that brown grime. But even still, the joysticks were super worn. I ended up buying replacements for those too to help it feel “new” again. The fact that I needed to put so much extra effort (and expense) after purchasing an already expensive product completely soured my experience with the company. I wouldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole, and this video helps validate my experience with them. Thank you for bringing attention to this creator and leading potential buyers to something much more worth their time
DkOldies is one of the main reasons I advocate for emulation it is absolutely outrageous people who just want to play older games are forced to pay hundreds or even thousands for old game when you can always just emulate for free
It be a pirates life for me!
One bad thing about DKoldies is that it influences the market and makes cheap consoles super expensive even if it is used like the new 2ds XL
It's such a shame how the price of 3ds systems has skyrocketed thanks to companies like DKoldies, because they're one of the best systems out there for homebrew and modding.
@@CommanderWigginsjust snag a PSP, they're way cheaper and one of the best handhelds for homebrew and hacking it.
@@NathanSF-qr2ds or you could get a steam deck and possibly put windows on it or dual boot if needed, its only $399 and has emu deck so I think that's the best thing you can get
@@xdinorun that too
@@xdinorunalso, it’s made by valve
DKOldies would be a great company if they priced their consoles reasonably and actually refurbished them.
The "warranty void if removed" stickers are also illegal too!
In the USA they r illegal in most other countries they are legal but it's not illegal to put them on its illegal to enforce the void warranty
Reasonable for you is 30-40$ reasonable for people who actually have know about retro consoles and how they’re barley being sold at this day and age is 1-250$ and more.
Also if they… you know… tested the consoles before selling us them.
no shit "if they weren't a bad company they would be a good company"
they arent "illegal" but they arent enforaceable either @@zacharybecker8228
It's incredible to see how many are actually defending them, claiming that if you don't like the price just don't buy. The problem is not the price, they could charge whatever they feel to charge and the decision of purchasing is mine alone. The problem is not delivering what they promise, not opening the consoles to clean/refurbish and claim you do. That is a scam and can't be defended. Wake up.
100%
Nah the price is fair criticism imo. It's actually bonkers how much they expect people to pay when they know they aren't even doing what they promise ( the cleaning ).
Agreed, it's nothing new when a brand with viral online presence and good PR marketing are charging higher for their name and they're definitely targetting the kind of audience who would pay higher for their "trust" and "service", but the problem is they're not even trustworthy in the first place and did the bare minimum for their service. They're priced higher for the sake of ripping off people who believed in their promises and nothing else.
Your literally forgetting the fact that (some) of these consoles and games and inobtainable. THATS WHY THE
PRICE IS SO HIGH. Now, YOU need to wake up.
@@valixishere you clearly didn't even understand my post, I was not going against the price, I was defending it. Learn to read
The sad thing is they don’t actually target game collectors, they target their friends and family who want to be generous and give them something they love. I’ve talked to my family about some things I collect and they usually guess things are a lot more than their worth, so they guess that they are actually reasonably priced
Don’t forget, they smashed a one of a kind Gameboy because they had no clue what iQue was
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And this is why Emulation is sometimes the best way to go for most people. The prices for older consoles and games is ridiculous.
Emulation in 2023 is just better anyway, if you know what you're doing at least.
@@baddog6003 that’s how I play my gba-3DS Pokémon collection now. Aside from improved graphics, even the 2DS doesn’t hold a candle to an Xbox controller clipped on an Android.
@@bracedgod4505 Yep, emulation improves some of these games with certain codes. I was able to play some of my favorite games on the psp and ps vita. They run smoother than the original releases.
Stg all my yugioh and old Gameboy games I miss I play on my tablet xD I mean it'd be nice to have an old sp for some of the games cause the buttons are mapped on the screen and are a little touchy, but games like yugioh or pokemon it's great for cause it's a card duel, or like pokemon running around. Now if you wanna play something like old tony hawks American sk8land it's gonna be a little difficult 😂
Thank God someone else is on the same page as me with emulation
Dkoldies is the reason why I emulate
I sold my entire retro collection and modded my SNES mini with thousands of ROM’s. I don’t understand people who have a problem with emulation. You gotta be off your rocker to be paying these ridiculous prices for retro games.
Same 💀
@@Punkpsychobilly as a German TH-camr once said: "Piracy begins where poor service ends"
The Switch Online Emulator's are stupid, expensive and there keep adding old, finished games instead of giving us all the old games at once.
I'm using my homebrewed 2DS XL and I mean.. i can play Doom on it xD
Jk but I have a big problem with my ps2, there is no store that sells official or good ps2 controllers and I only have one who starts getting buggy. Can someone help me where to find good ones?
The controller's on Amazon are scam and are a real downgrade from the classic controller, idfk what to do
They are the reason why games are getting expensive
Welcome to The Pirate Channel! You are free to get any game you want if you have storage for them.
This store doesn't rip off retro gamers (they know better). They rip off the friends and family of retro gamers who buy gifts for them and have no idea. Ive seen this formula with so many hobbies/collectables over the last 20 years. Once they have been exposed it is the beginning of the end
DKOldies is so hated that even Plainrock124 had to parody it.
I miss retro game collecting during the 2000s because it was non-existent and was an niche hobby.
Regardless of its popularity in recent times. I’m still actively collecting and I’m still passionate about this hobby, I truly hope that’ll always be the case. Going to physical retro video game stores and conventions is *still* exciting. Continue to *enjoy* your hobby, buddy. 🫱🏼🫲🏽
BRUH, THEY'RE SELLING THAT GOD OF WAR GAME FOR MORE THAN RETAIL PRICE
What the actual fuck...
I’ve been seeing these goofballs with their ridiculous prices online for years now. Never thought anyone would be dumb enough to buy from them, but that’s what they’re doing. Preying on people’s stupidity. I can’t believe they actually have established a somewhat successful business. I am so glad people are finally calling them out on their thievery though.
I made a Facebook post back in 2017 about how over priced their SNES was. 6 years later, it aged well.
Why is everything a grift now? It feels like as the yers went by I have seen more and more scammers. What happened to working HONESTLY
Wow you’re so smart for not buying from DK oldies I bet all your friends and family admire you for that very reason
DK Oldies are Liberals basically Biden Supporters
It was True that too much envy can kill.
Hahaha i have no comment on this argument
I made a Facebook post back in 2017 about how over priced their SNES was. 6 years later, it aged well.
I went and bought a DSI recently for $50. DKOldies be charging $12,082, a kidney, and ten pounds of pure cocaine for it.
I had a pristine condition rare super nintendo game that they sell for around $500, and a ton of other games a few rare ones. In total it was about 30 games. They literally offered me like $90 for the lot of them, and said that if I took credit, I think it was around $110 or $120. But that one game they would have turned around and flipped for $500 dollars. So I said no deal. Put my stuff up on Craigslist, and I got $500 out of all of it, from one single buyer. He bought the entire lot. I went showed him the goods, and boom, I had Christmas money for my kids. What was I really gonna buy with $90 for 3 kids? Not a darn thing. But with $500 it was fair. He found the rare game he was looking for, and some extras, and I got Christmas. We both had a good Christmas with fair deals, and D.k. Poopies will never get my attention ever again, after knowing they were gonna rip me off, and sell my stuff for 10 times, if not more, than what they were gonna give me!! So yeah they can kick rocks imo!
I genuinely don't even know how they exist when Ebay exists.
Agreed 100% 🤣🤣
Also so dope that you commented on the vid brotha, I remember watching you in middle school years ago, your Pokemon theories were some of my favorites so this is so cool. Thank you fam
Ebay just has an untrustworthy reputation to a lot of people who don't online shop regularly (or people who only use Amazon), even though it's gotten a lot better over the last few years.
Exactly, I bought a refurbished GBA SP from EBay a few years back and it works very well for me
They're aren't half scamming people, they're scamming people to the max.
They're aren't half scamming people, they're scamming people to the max.
@@Theunicorn2012 Bro, stop copying comments.
They're aren't
@@lilnoggin7601 the owner of that bot couldn’t even set it up correctly
@@Theunicorn2012 can you stop copying someone's comment
They are just gouging customers and their “refurbished consoles” aren’t refurbished. You’re paying premium for bs. Anyone new to the retro scene please steer clear.
100%
The worst part about it is that they'll buy these consoles for example a 3ds from old people for like 10 dollars then sell it for 200 to 300
I once bought a N64 with a copy of Mario kart from DK oldie’s and what they send was a rusty N64 that was missing multiple important components that are needed for the console to work and they gave me a smashed copy of Mario kart.
Remember they charge 300 for a refurbished console, but they will chuck in a free key chain. 😂
"refurbished"
Most of the time the stuff they send is not in good state or broken
DkOldies got sued recently, that's what they get.
Did they lose?
@@mattfortheguinn4037 no
The thing is, some we call "casual gamers" who are very not into video game would buy from them. They don't know how console works, or how average prices are. I live in Korea, and we have tons of scummy sellers like this since although console gaming is not popular around here, COVID situation brought great attention to it recently.
진짜 중고 ds시리즈들 헐값상품 고가에 파는 애들 ㅈㄴ 많음
Yep, exactly. It's not that they're discouraging people from opening up the consoles, they just know the people who are most likely to buy from them are just not gunna open up the consoles at all.
Holy crap, I just found out about DKOldies recently and had no idea they were actually scummy. How disappointing, I thought I had finally found a reliable way to get older games I grew up with...
I literally just bought an Xbox 360 slim off eBay, it smelled great, looked almost brand new, and was well cleaned. All of that for an Xbox with nothing it was console only.
Yeah probably for only like 50 bucks too
@@subzeroeclipse it was actually like $40 I think
I'm local to where Dkoldies is based out of and they cleaned house on the local retro scene. Can't find nothing here anymore, all flea markets, second hand shops and garage sales tend to be picked cleaned.
wow thats tough
So they're scalpers too...lovely
@@danstrikker6465 phoenixresale is also a cringe scalper taking advantage of the excessive unreasonable prices that things are being sold at, but barely anybody calls him out, it sucks how low things have fell
@@serily4524 Thanks for the heads up
What I’ve learned is that illegally playing games wether it’s hacked, brewed, modded, or a fake cartridge is fun! You won’t get arrested if they don’t catch you! 👍
Jokes aside, it’s really a shame that even reasonably priced “non authentic cartridges” can range up to 70 - 100 bucks. Still probably why people are modding their 3DS’ to this day, especially with the eshop closed.
It is always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games 👍
I have an r4 card with HeartGold and I'm planning on using it for the gen 5 games
@@CommanderWiggins No it isn't
@@ethanparr8955 it is always morally correct to pirate nintendo games
@@ponchopeck Ok, if you ever work hard and make a game I hope people pirate it and steal it :)
Bro you saved me, I was about to buy a retro Sega genesis from them, but this stumbled on my recromendation, and when I checked the prices myself and the call outs, I was really greatull I didnt fall to the EA of retro sellers
Glad to hear it fam, I would definitely be cautious
@@Grishuhh yeah, their videos on facebook really baited me good till I did a little research if they are really legit and wholesome, but the fact I saw was Joey was just the face of it to attract unsuspecting buyers especially those unfammiliar with the prices
@Hi my names not bob "how hard people are trying to do their best" they dont even try their hardest to bring good quality things at a good price so idk wtf is going on with you, the stuff they sell is dogtrash at a trash price, stop supporting these clown scammers and get a life, if they tried their best they would sell u actual good quality things at a reasonable price
>"Retro games"
>Shows Pokemon Black
That game is 12 years old, most 7th graders are that age!
you are old now
Mr Beast promoting scamming? Nooooooooo
“Under 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Feds mandated that you can open your electronics without voiding the warranty, regardless of what the language of your warranty says” - iFixit
The fact these ass clowns put a sticker on these nasty consoles to make people think they cleaned it and to make you think you aren’t allowed to open your console is scummy.
I actually bought a new 3DS XL a while back for just under 300 off ebay. Keep in mind that this was just before the eshop would shut down, so there was a bit of a craze going on, and the quality of the system was basically untouched. I did happen to mod it though, so at least I don't have to spend any more on the games themselves.
They're not hated per say, I also ignore the people that mostly make it about Joey, he's just the social media guy doing his job, it's their prices and lack of actual knowledge about the products that they ask so much for, not to mention they don't open a console unless it's not working but they still slap a stupid sticker on it and call it refurbished, I had bad vibes from them from the moment I saw DK Oldies but they have good videos so maybe they will eventually stop scamming people and just make online content for money.
Yea I don't think its too late for them but first step would be an actual public apology and for them to ACTUALLY start refurbishing consoles
@@Grishuhh I doubt that.
We’ll have to see in the future, and now we just wait.
"i also ignore the people that mostly make it about joey, he's just the social media guy doing his rat thief job that has been assigned to by him by the thiefs", nah you gotta be a clown if you support somebody that wors at dkscamdies, if hes part of dktrash then hes part of the problem, dont give him slack.
@@serily4524 It's a job dude lol, at the end of the day paying your bills and supporting your family and doing your job is more important than people's opinions over video games. Just sayin.
@@austinreeves9112I wonder if you think the same about phone scammers stealing thousands from elderly and vulnerable people.
"Hur dur it's a job" 🤡
The dirt filter over the video had me thinking my phone screen was grimey asf for half a sec
I like how they put Joey out there to gaslight us with a wide smile. "We refurb everything and removing our stickers *_never_* voided the warranty😃"
Thank god I never bought a console there from now on I’m using eBay & other game stores thank you for helping me save my money ❤
eBay goated, glad I was able to help some people be more careful with their purchases
DKOldies always scalps actual good deals from eBay but sell it at least 5 times the original amount
Thank god l never bought a console there from now on l’m using eBay & other game stores thank you for helping me save my money ❤
I was thinking of buying from there a Gameboy Advance sp with Super Mario Bros Deluxe and Pokémon Red and Gold and for that I was gonna pay almost $500 and I said oh hell naw gtfo of here
I commented once on a video why their prices were so high, they replied saying "well, because we make sure are console are 100% working and completely refurbished and clean." Luckily I didn't cave in and buy
I bought a wii from DKoldies and I remember when it first came it didn't even work. I ended up calling them and asking for another one and they sent it in a day. I should have asked for my money back but I just now seen this. I appreciate this video a lot Grishuh, most def gonna sub
Thank God we have game stops every where so we don't get scam
Throwback to when I bought pokemon platinum from DKOldies and when I got it and popped it into my 3ds, played it for a bit and saved & left to eat. The second I reopened the game, my save was deleted. Lost what is effectively $198 because DKOldies doesnt properly test for phony copies.
I saw a ps2 with 1 controller on their store for like $150 and bought the same console that works perfectly with 4 games for $30
Congrats on a good deal but anyone with a brain knows they could sell a PS2 for far more than 30 and the price still be perfectly fair. I was in the market for a PS2 just a week ago and couldn’t find anything online less than 150 but found a PS2 at my local game shop for 100$ which seemed like a steal compared to online. Just because they’re charging what it’s worth doesn’t make them scammers lol
I heard they have a lawsuit against them. I heard it yesterday.
Yup. A law firm based out of NYC
GOOD. Make these assholes hurt
watching this video makes me happy i’ve held onto all my gba, gamecube, ds/3ds, wii games and all those consoles
I'm glad I have my games to where I can say emulation is for Archival purposes. As in the physical copies are around and probably still work, but I don't want to damage the consoles or the DS hinges.
DKOldies would be a great store if they didn't have as high prices and advertise their products as refurbished
I have heard that multiple lawsuits have been filed on DK oldies for false advertisement, but I have just heard that they have been filed nothing on if they have finished up or if they’re even real
Two years ago I bought in local analogue of ebay old 3ds in good condition for $100, and it was the average market price, if you search and wait, you could buy it even for $80. 180$ is totally an overprice.
I agree, patience is key
I bought the 3ds launch day
I bought one for 65€ in Germany
The funny thing about this is that my dad is the kind of person that is freakishly obsessed with getting the best deal, often scouring the internet for hours if it means he can save a couple bucks, and he gladly paid double for an NES.
@Cosmic Yeah, he bought it for me.🙂
DKOldies should be shut down for good.
Finally yes
I was curious so I went to their website. I looked at the prices and that's all I needed to see. The prices are absurd, I'll never buy from them.
*TLDR:* DKOldies lack of accountability and teenagers having too much fun bullying Joey.
I bought a copy of Pokémon emerald off of eBay over a decade ago and it was for $25 and it was a legit one too. Just needed a battery change. Dkoldies is just absurd.
Found a copy on ebay for 175 usd while dkoldies is charging 300+, the people who buy these games for more than 200+ are idiots.
DKOldies actually does battery changes for game cartridges. In fact, people don't really complain about the games they sell. It's the consoles that are the primary issue.
over a decade ago you could get stuff for cheap. A big problem with the retro game market is all the youtube channels doing free advertising for modded consoles, so everyone is buying them to throw in backlit screens, and destroying their consoles because they shouldn't be modding after seeing a single youtube video. Every day more consoles are destroyed because of people doing this, and it will only make retro consoles scarcer and scarcer.
Well yeah. It’s not a charity, they need to make money. Most thrift stores offer sellers 50% of what stuff goes for on Ebay and then they’ll sell it for the Ebay prices. That’s how it works.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but I was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before I started. i found way better deals in my local stores.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but l was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before l started. i found way better deals in my local stores.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but I was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before I started. i found way better deals in my local stores.
i once consider buying from dk oldies but I was lucky and smart enough to compare prices to my local retro games stores and ebay before i started. i found way better deals in my local stores
I felt the same as you after I was enterntained by their youtube shorts content I checked the price and they were crazy And I'm saying this as someone that has no idea what actual prices should be like
Pirate everything
Joey looks like an old man's face on a gen z kid's body.
I think you forgot to mention that one of the people that dkoldies reposted a video about their review
They soon realized it was a scam and made a whole video a day afterwards and I still think the video is still up to this day, correct me if I’m wrong
You are correct. Ive seen several people that dkoldies used in their videos as a "good review" and found that alot of those users had made updated videos on their youtube channel after the fact when they realized it wasn't actually refurbished or cleaned
I really do miss the years of 2014-2017 in terms of retro video game collecting since that’s when it peaked in my opinion, I would go to the flea market’s every weekend with my dad and find old gems for the SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, N64, PSX and 360 for some of the best prices I’ve seen in a while at that time and it was just a joy for me to bring them home and play them and brag to my buddies at school about them who also enjoyed the same collecting passion as me. Now since grading and stores like DKoldies have hit the market, it’s not fun to buy Dreamcast games anymore since they’ve doubled in price and you almost have to take out a loan just to get such things in your collections. I miss when things used to be better, and god knows we’re not going back to that period of bliss any time soon or maybe even ever.
No one asked for your life story lol
Back in 2013, I got a Nintendo 64 from a gaming stand at a swap meet for $45, came with everything - the console, cables, an official controller, and the seller even let me pick two free games, which I picked "Pokémon Snap" and "Toy Story 2".
At that same stand, I believe my brother got a complete copy of "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door" for the same price (granted, it was "Player's Choice", but still).
And the last thing I remember buying from that stand was a Game Boy Color for $25.
Those days are gone now...
@@regis_c You just gotta know where to look, but it's definitely gotten harder. I got a Wii for $5 last year with a free copy of Mario Kart in it, and a Sega Saturn for $50 with controllers and cables. It's all about garage sales and gaming events these days, as well as unsuspecting ebayers who sell cheap.
I would go to the nearby record store and they'd have untested consoles without cords for $5. I bought 4 wiis, 1 xbox 360, xbox original for $5 each. I just had to buy the cords which each probably came around an extra $15 each. Then I'd sell the consoles I already had for like 10 or 20 dollars more. Then the pandemic happened and what I was selling for $40 now cost over $100 thanks to people like them.
I started collecting at a young age(8-9), with the little money i had, i was still able to have fun with my niche hobby, my first purchase was a gamboy advance with Ice Climbers, Mother 1+2 and Pokemon Red and Yellow in Japanese, all for $60. Nowadays its probably like $200 and on DKoldies probably $350
This is why I got hShop. If these games were accessible and someone whose parents are afraid to use eBay or Amazon I have to resort to pirating.
yarr harr me maties
10 year eBay game + console seller here with 5000+ confirmed purchases and 99.7% rating. I would never order from DK Oldies. I believe that their consoles are mostly not cleaned inside, but they are claiming to be working on this. They claim now you don't have to worry about the warranty if you take off the sticker. The prices are too high. But I will say, I UNDERSTAND why the prices are higher than the rest of the market, as I started and failed to open my own video game store. It's a totally different scenario if you are joe sixpack selling your 3DS you found in the basement. You take a few pics, spend 20 mins on an ad, ship when payment arrives. When you have a brick and mortar store, rent, utilities, shipping, upkeep, parking lot, business license, employees, employee healthcare, furnishings, etc. etc. etc. It makes sense why they would have to charge more, for the overhead. Their reasoning being that yeah it's more, but you have a place you can turn to when the 30 year old electronics they sold you suddenly fail. Like Grishuh said, it's found a market for people too scared to use eBay, and not wanting to get up early to go to garage sales and flea markets to hopefully get lucky and find exactly what you were looking for. For those prices though and that staff you would hope they would at least open up every console.
DKOldies literally pooped inside my “refurbished” N64.
the ds being considered retro makes me feel old 😭
I remember a friend of mine used to be a retro collector and he was trying to buy a Nintendo 64 from them, at first i told him to search up the regular price and was shocked at how crazy expensive they tried selling it to him it was like almost $80 when other retailers sold it for like $50, i myself tried to buy a ps2 with a couple of games and the total came out around $150 luckily i found one on ebay that came with 5 games for $20
Whew that was good timing I'd say! I was about to bloody buy some stuff from DKOldies but then decided to see if I had any youtube notifications and this video was recommended to me! Probably should have just been detoured by the prices.. uh so thankbs!1
The owner of dk oldies and GameStop should go have a beer together
This is what I imagine DKO’s refurbishing process is:
Step 1: wipe dust of the surface of the console with your hand
Step 2: make sure it has power. Doesn’t matter if it actually boots up and works properly or not, just make sure it actually has power.
Alright, you’ve refurbished the console! Now sell it for twice what it’s worth
I held DKOldies in a positive light until I got a scratched copy of Super Mario Galaxy that wouldn't make it past the health and safety screen before asking for the disk to be inserted. They did send a second working copy for free, but that did change my views on them.
I purched a gba for $80 bucks and a 3ds for $120 in person from a local game store.
0:06 I’m at that weird place in life where I’m both. It’s scary
1:11 I remember one time they smashed one of the rarest game boys saying it was fake
They corner the open market by buying up everything from every garage sale, collector, and eBay leaving the supply minimal.
Honestly i trust ebay more than some retro game stores…just make sure you know what you’re buying
RetroV Games is the EXACT SAME WAY.. My "refurbished" PS1 with original PS1 controller and AV jacks came with dirt/crumbs all in the disc tray, dust all inside, a 3rd party PS2 controller that was broken and AV jacks that were burnt and mishaped to the point where could not plug in.. I didn't "qualify" for return, event though I had a 121 day return guarantee.................
Listen I understand his prices. He has a small fleet of employees and equipment to pay for while running a business. The main problem is the quality and the inconsistent "refurbished" or "cosmetically flawed" items. They keep their items in thrown in boxes together
I highly doubt the ridiculous price margins are going back to the employees primarily
The old guy in the red hat at the beginning is how I feel when I remember being 9 years old opening up my Sega Genesis on Christmas day in 1989. Where has the time gone
They need to give their games to real gamers instead of trying to charge outrageous prices and kill the hobby like many of these retro game sellers.
I'm an 80s kid, so i grew up with all these "retro" games... i will never understand why some people will spend so much money when you can just buy a raspberry pi and get whatever you'd like.
I did a trade deal with them in 22. They opened my items in a live unboxing video. Had one game disc that wasnt working, they immediately sent me a replacement and return envelope.
After that, I stumbled on all of the hate forums and videos. Im not sure what to make of all that but I personally did not have a bad experience with them.
This might be a bit late but PLEASE do not send any death threats to anybody involved with DKoldies. It’s just not right in any circumstance.
I bought a new 2ds in good contdition, working with minor scratches, with 6 games, and a charger for 20 dollars at a garage sale. 20 DOLLARS!
I almost bought a game on DKoldies until I looked around and saw what people were saying about them. Gave them a hard pass and found the same game elsewhere for almost half the price DKo was charging.