Sooooo basically, all of us needs to message you what we want to order from DKOldies, transfer the money to you, and have you order what we want and send it to us hehe.
Honestly at this point the most useful thing retro gaming youtubers can do for the community regarding DKOldies is stop giving them money and screentime
Their scammy business model works, they are getting sales from tiktok brainless idiots. Videos on TH-cam won't discourage or add to they sales in anyway sadly.
The problem with that though is that DKOldies will keep flooding their channel with videos of their “generosity” and acts of fair pricing. If it weren’t for people speaking up many would be fooled right now
DKOldies: "He is on to us! We'll have to prepare every system we send out to be tip-top, in case it goes to Elliot!" Elliot: "I find your terms agreeable."
Back when I occasionally bought things I couldn't find elsewhere from them, I got: 2 oil covered and very sticky PlayStation 2 DualShock controllers 1 copy of Mario Kart Super Circuit where the entire PCB was completely and totally corroded away, every pin, every chip, every component destroyed, and completely covered inside with still wet mud. Several Game Boy games in various states of disrepair and not working, that I had to personally repair, most of which were dirty. Every cartridge game required some level of repair, usually soldering. Etc... etc.. These were from their "good" condition stock.
ya i ordered 3 games from them gta v skyrim and saints row 3 for ps3 and gta v did not work ironically they sent me a replacement after i complained about it which this copy works perfectly fine but the weird part is the copy that worked looked worse on the shiny part of the disk than the one that didnt work!
their social media marketing is very good. Any unsuspecting person would see the friendly / fun videos they put up and think DKO is a good company worth supporting
Last year I ended up buying a bunch of wii games from them because they had a large amount of em, and the weird games I wanted were maybe $4-$15 a piece. Everything else was absurdly overpriced but I knew if I got a fucked up game disk then I had a company to yell at instead of a random dude on ebay. So unfortunately yeah even outside of the console shit they're still making some money.
I cant get past the video of the dkoldies MANAGER destroying a iQue player game boy advance by throwing it on the ground. Then denying the whole ordeal
Its extremely funny that they sent you better ones to try to manipulate it into looking like they're less of a scam than they are, but it just made them look even shadier
This isn't the first time that DKoldies has sent really clean and nice consoles. They sent good looking consoles to TH-camr to Rich from ReviewTechUSA. He only knew that they did because someone that worked or is working from DKoldies told him what he ordered in an email and said they gave him clean consoles. They said if it wasn't him but a regular person they would of sent him a non refurbished console. That would have been untouched and just sent through the mail. So they send You Tubers refurbished consoles as a marketing ploy to get people to order from them.
I can't believe people order from them... I manage an indie video game store and we sell GBAs (cleaned and really refurbished) for $80 and GB/GBP go for like a $100 CAD I can't believe what the market in the US is, these online stores really are pushing it.
@@eightcoins4401 the funny thing is that here in Canada we have pretty good business with people in the US because our money is worth like $0,70 and shipping isn't terrible between our countries. So often people order on Canadian websites.
I have to call bs at the link port cover. If that was D-gade, it's port cover would have already gone to an higher grade that needed one. The contrast between the two is pretty hilarious though, I'm just a casual collector and even I wouldn't grade those the same. 😂
It works until the contacts get corroded from the moisture of your breath... I actually don't blow into the slot. I found that reinserting the game works just as well without it.
Use a local friend or relatives name if you’re going to try it again. They won’t know who it is but if you miss the delivery they can go pick it up for you.
DKOldies appeared to be parting out complete in box games and selling the boxes and manuals separate in bulk on Ebay. I don't know why they would do this, since a complete in box game is worth more than it's parts in most circumstances. My guess is their customers are only interested in loose carts and/or won't pay whatever outrageous prices they charge for CIB games.
Retro game company owned by someone who doesn't give a shit about retro games. Every city has them, mine went under with the final owner raping underage girls.
His name is David Mitchell, and yes, he's black so of course he also had burglary charges while also running for city council and nothing ended up happening to him because there would have been riots.
I see so many vids about dk oldies, is there a uk store for retro consoles you could recommend cause postage from the states is mad dear. I wanna try get a game boy micro
Well, congrats on getting some great quality handhelds from DK Oldies! Whether they knew it was you or not, you still made out all right this time. I agree about the high prices, though. On a side note, I would swap out that D-grade back cover and put it on the mint original Game Boy that you got, since it's the only part that doesn't look bad.
Jacob R got a PS3 from DKOldies recently and he noticed that the console was actually delidded (delidding is an extremely difficult process where you use a painters knife to cut the glue between the chips and the heatspreader in order to replace the thermal paste and this has a high chance of damaging either chip)
I will say that the quality of there handheld at acceptable quality has gone up, I ordered a gameboy color in acceptable semi recently (2-3 months ago) and it was almost mint the only thing off about it was the battery cover had been replaced, there were almost no scratches on it and it read my games almost perfectly so quality has gone up the gba you got was their now acceptable quality and the dmg maybe if it was missing a battery cover and that is what they substituted it with
Life got REALLY busy haven't been hear in quiet some time sadly but this was a great video to return to because I've often wondered about this DKOldies because people talk SO much shit about them all the time so it was nice to come back to this, also you are the reason I even Ordered Solar Stryker and I still play it often I am FINALLY getting better at it
How the hell are these idiots still in business? Even if I was a millionare, i'd opt to save a few quid and buy just about anywhere else. Prices are just insane. Though I am surprised how reasonable their shipping is.
Perhaps if they are out of D grade, or whatever you order, you get the next tier up. It's not like they are going to take a loss, just less profit and it looks better to receive something good than a refund. What bothers me is the "refurbishment". To me that means replacing anything consumable or wears to the point it impacts function. If I was doing the refurbishment the button membranes would be replaced, possibly switches and very likely any cartridge ports. The PCB would be cleaned thoroughly and an optional screen replacement offered if it was sub par condition. Giving it a wipe sometimes is not a refurbishment.
For 30$ at Fleamarket I got 2 gba, psp 3k silver and 2 dsi. All working just missing battery cover. Then some dude had a bag of 8 gba and sp and gbc shells and buttons screws for 5$.
Link port connector cover... never actually seen one of those, didn't realize the DMG even came with one. That's how you know they knew what they were doing...
I just recently purchased a PS2 off of eBay for $125. It came with varying scratches but nothing that can be scuffed out. And the kicker is, it was never opened lol. I looked on DK oldies knowing full well what I was getting into and after seeing their prices I decided to go a different route. To think just 2 years ago I would have probably bought something from them but knowing what I know now I'm going to steer clear of them to the best that I can unless something is at a decent price.
Around 2009...i remember because i know where i worked....I always bought a Gameboy at flea markets, junk shops, thrift stores to clean up and give friends as birthday presents. They cost between 5 and 8 dollars. Some were in very good shape...some a little dinged up. Gone are THOSE days ....thanks resellers!! 🤢
There are 2 things I will say about DK Oldies: 1) After everything hit the fan last year, they did update their refurbishing process. I don't know to what degree however 2) They might have you listed as a potential reviewer, as they are known to send out good quality items to people who do reviews as a negative review will give them the most negative visibility. Based on these 2 things, I think that is why you got such good looking quality consoles. If you want to test them in the future, you should have them send it to a friend's address and pick it up from there.
Are we sure the "D" means the grade and not that it's "Done" as in picked and packed? Just curious if they actually came out and said they sticker orders with grades.
quarter of a million subs, the top name in gameboy youtuber, the dude is NOT underrated in any way, learn to stop saying things are underrated please, thanks
My experience with DKoldies was over 17 years ago when they were primarily selling on eBay. They sold me an obvious counterfeit Zelda Link to Past Four Swords claiming it to be new. I keep it as a reminder of getting screwed.
If I'd be that much into retro gaming, I'd probably get one or several systems from eBay and refurbish them myself. But since I am more for convenience than the absolute original retro feel, I simply emulate everything on a modded Switch. Ultimate comfort level and mobile gaming of all the good stuff.
Still would have been interesting to see if they had done a proper refurb on these and not just a shell swap. 🤷♂️ but yea Elliot, i think you need someone to order on your behalf 👌🏻 to get a true idea of what DK Oldies are sending out. Personally i would rather find better deals on ebay like you said. Great video
Are GB systems really hitting those prices? They are expensive where I live but doesn't reach 100€, not even close, and I found them in good condition overall, I already have a duplicate of all models lol
I have yet to buy from DKOldies....sort of just really hadn't had the need. But I bought an original Gameboy from a local retro shop back in December....besides just a touch of yellowing it was actually in really good condition and worked very well it just needed new batteries. I'd say I paid roughly $90, no cables, no AC Adapter, no multiplayer link cable, just the console itself. So that would be I dunno 72 pounds your cost? Truthfully I don't see myself buying consoles from them, maybe games. The majority of consoles I've bought I've gotten off sites like ebay and goodwill and at conventions....the majority of those consoles needed work and I would take them somewhere for repairs, and in some cases I've cleaned up myself. But their console prices, way to high. They've gone down on game prices, but consoles, nah I don't think I'll ever buy from them in that area.
"this isn't working!" *blows lightly into system and game* "ah now it's working" Honestly, I wouldn't have even tried it without breathing the breath of life back into the system and games first. You know those run on the spirit of God
Obviously, the prices from DK Oldies are ridiculous. It's understandable though, as they have an operation there with rent, bills, staff and overhead. It makes sense that their stuff would cost more than Johnny SixPack who found his old GBA in his basement and is selling it with no overhead. Their business model is: Ok, we know it's more expensive, but it comes with a warranty, guarantee and service options, and has had a half dozen different sets of eyes on them before they ship. There is value in that to entry-level enthusiasts and outsider purchasing. For us collector's we know the best prices are at garage sales, thrifting and flea markets, with some good deals to be had on eBay with some time dedication. For the people that aren't getting up early to go searching, staying up late crawling eBay or braving their local game store, there's DK Oldies. My biggest gripe I have with them though is wrapping $600 worth of games raw against each other in the wrap! Wrap individually for god sakes, those poor labels
THis is a bit silly .. it's not that they had a steady supply of vanilla condition retro device. Of course one has to expect spread. And as long as they don't instead seperate into three or more condition classes, there are huge differences to expect between the existing two classes, as that is how retro devies come..
Huh, I didn't know GBAs were going for less than the originals. I mean in some way it makes sense with it being older/more scarce, but the GBA just seems like a better deal to a casual observer like me.
I'll take a crack at the sticker being that messed up. Tight pants. Running around. Sweat and heat ruined it. You'd probably hate me Elliot. I took the barcode and Nintendo repair stickers off my SNES/N64/GB/GBC/GBA's. They where all ugly the way they did them. Til they integrated the barcodes into the main sticker on the SP.
I went to a brick and mortar DKOldies when I lived in PA, and they let me browse all their stock for what I wanted. I didn't get a bad price, but I also got to see what I was getting first and choose what was the best.
I saw Joey from dkoldies atva Momocon a couple of years ago. We were chatting and he seemed pretty friendly. We happened to be staying at the same hotel so i met him at the bar for drinks. I got a little tipsy so i followed him unto his room. He came out of the bathroom naked, greased up wearing a piggy mask and he chased me around the room trying to fit a wiimote up my bum.
Honestly, the difference in price between good and acceptable isn’t crazy. It’s only about $50. That’s not a real high number. Plus, it’s much harder to source nice cosmetic condition systems these days.
Nothing wrong with that, they're all Alkaline batteries. What's wrong is using Alkaline batteries at all! There's no need for disposable batteries anymore, NiMH rechargeables are really reliable these days and work just as well in standard consoles. I even saw a video of a DMG running on less than 2 volt the other day! And in case of voltage-hungry mods, internal battery mods or rechargeable Li-Ion AA/AAAs with integrated VRM are the way to go, cause those modded consoles burn through Alkalines way too fast! Disposable batteries are a massive waste and completely obsolete!
Sooooo basically, all of us needs to message you what we want to order from DKOldies, transfer the money to you, and have you order what we want and send it to us hehe.
Actually b/c of the shipping name it's reversed and he'll have to send it back to us after reviewing with channel goodies upon transfer.
No, because then you would still be overpaying, and you would be paying double shipping to get it from Elliot.
@@TheFriskySquidwould be worth it
Not at their prices...still ain't worth it
I'm sorry some ppl took your comment seriously lmao
Honestly at this point the most useful thing retro gaming youtubers can do for the community regarding DKOldies is stop giving them money and screentime
agreed
And other channels need to stop 'hate-watching' woke movies, it only gives said movies more relevance.
They've been awful for a long time. I'm surprised they're still in business...
Their scammy business model works, they are getting sales from tiktok brainless idiots. Videos on TH-cam won't discourage or add to they sales in anyway sadly.
The problem with that though is that DKOldies will keep flooding their channel with videos of their “generosity” and acts of fair pricing. If it weren’t for people speaking up many would be fooled right now
There's something really funny about an Ebay seller thinking his original GBA's screen is broken because it doesn't have a backlight.
Shows how little they know or care lol.
Sounds like a win to me
god that makes me feel old/
DKOldies: "He is on to us! We'll have to prepare every system we send out to be tip-top, in case it goes to Elliot!"
Elliot: "I find your terms agreeable."
All i got from this video is to order under Eliott's name
hahahahahaha
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This is really not a bad idea. Maybe find some subtle way for them to "catch" you.
They'll go crazy over fulfilling every UK order they get.
Back when I occasionally bought things I couldn't find elsewhere from them, I got:
2 oil covered and very sticky PlayStation 2 DualShock controllers
1 copy of Mario Kart Super Circuit where the entire PCB was completely and totally corroded away, every pin, every chip, every component destroyed, and completely covered inside with still wet mud.
Several Game Boy games in various states of disrepair and not working, that I had to personally repair, most of which were dirty.
Every cartridge game required some level of repair, usually soldering.
Etc... etc..
These were from their "good" condition stock.
ya i ordered 3 games from them gta v skyrim and saints row 3 for ps3 and gta v did not work ironically they sent me a replacement after i complained about it which this copy works perfectly fine but the weird part is the copy that worked looked worse on the shiny part of the disk than the one that didnt work!
Bros being using Goldmine grading „good“
For vinyl record conditions „good“ means „in bad condition but playable“
Blink twice if they have you at gunpoint
HAHAHAHAH
There’s not a lot about DKOldies I can’t believe
DK Oldies impregnated my dog.
"i didn't even know i owned this game"
"oh it's fake" best part of the video
Really made me laugh XD
People complain about DK Oldies, but apparently people keep buying their crap because they're still in business.
I think there's still not enough people that know they're a scam
@TheMessiahPraiseMenobody is buying from DKOldies for their branding
their social media marketing is very good. Any unsuspecting person would see the friendly / fun videos they put up and think DKO is a good company worth supporting
Last year I ended up buying a bunch of wii games from them because they had a large amount of em, and the weird games I wanted were maybe $4-$15 a piece. Everything else was absurdly overpriced but I knew if I got a fucked up game disk then I had a company to yell at instead of a random dude on ebay. So unfortunately yeah even outside of the console shit they're still making some money.
No one buys from them, its a money laundering scheme made to look legitimate to stay under the radar
I cant get past the video of the dkoldies MANAGER destroying a iQue player game boy advance by throwing it on the ground. Then denying the whole ordeal
Its extremely funny that they sent you better ones to try to manipulate it into looking like they're less of a scam than they are, but it just made them look even shadier
here here😀
I have no idea how DKOldies is still in business
Their target market is the kind of people who wants to relive the memories they had 20-30 years ago as a kid, but who are scared of eBay.
They prey on ignorance and blind support of bleed hearts, and survive off the insane profit they make from selling shit grade product
They rely on the naivety of others and people who don’t know better and survive of the insane profits
Because some people are actually defending them and buying from them
@@MuchWhittering The kind of people who refer to eBay as "evilBay" but are some how cool with "Dick Kicked oldies"
This isn't the first time that DKoldies has sent really clean and nice consoles. They sent good looking consoles to TH-camr to Rich from ReviewTechUSA. He only knew that they did because someone that worked or is working from DKoldies told him what he ordered in an email and said they gave him clean consoles. They said if it wasn't him but a regular person they would of sent him a non refurbished console. That would have been untouched and just sent through the mail. So they send You Tubers refurbished consoles as a marketing ploy to get people to order from them.
Genius when you think about it.
elliot getting scam by dk oldies again
Not quite, other than maybe overpaying.
I can't believe people order from them... I manage an indie video game store and we sell GBAs (cleaned and really refurbished) for $80 and GB/GBP go for like a $100 CAD
I can't believe what the market in the US is, these online stores really are pushing it.
Honestly, i feel like its only *mostly* not as bad in Europe just because retro game collecting isnt as popular as in the US
@@eightcoins4401are you sure about that? i'm curious how you came to that conclusion
@@eightcoins4401 the funny thing is that here in Canada we have pretty good business with people in the US because our money is worth like $0,70 and shipping isn't terrible between our countries. So often people order on Canadian websites.
I have to call bs at the link port cover. If that was D-gade, it's port cover would have already gone to an higher grade that needed one. The contrast between the two is pretty hilarious though, I'm just a casual collector and even I wouldn't grade those the same. 😂
Bruh they still sell gameboys at ridiculous prices?? Nahhh dkoldies's still the same as i saw years ago
Get a job. They are for the right price 😊 just got 4 right now off of them in amazing condition 😊
Nintendo for all eternity: Never blow in the cartridge slot!
Everybody: *blows in cartridge slot*
Works every time.
It works until the contacts get corroded from the moisture of your breath...
I actually don't blow into the slot. I found that reinserting the game works just as well without it.
Use a local friend or relatives name if you’re going to try it again. They won’t know who it is but if you miss the delivery they can go pick it up for you.
I like the idea they catch onto that, and anybody within a 50 mile radius of elliot gets beautiful gameboys
"still works*"
Mmm nothing gives me more confidence than putting an asterisk after telling me it works
😂
DKOldies appeared to be parting out complete in box games and selling the boxes and manuals separate in bulk on Ebay. I don't know why they would do this, since a complete in box game is worth more than it's parts in most circumstances. My guess is their customers are only interested in loose carts and/or won't pay whatever outrageous prices they charge for CIB games.
That is criminal
Retro game company owned by someone who doesn't give a shit about retro games. Every city has them, mine went under with the final owner raping underage girls.
His name is David Mitchell, and yes, he's black so of course he also had burglary charges while also running for city council and nothing ended up happening to him because there would have been riots.
@anustart989fg and blaming it on his skin color rather than him just being a crook makes you a racist
I see so many vids about dk oldies, is there a uk store for retro consoles you could recommend cause postage from the states is mad dear. I wanna try get a game boy micro
Well, congrats on getting some great quality handhelds from DK Oldies! Whether they knew it was you or not, you still made out all right this time. I agree about the high prices, though. On a side note, I would swap out that D-grade back cover and put it on the mint original Game Boy that you got, since it's the only part that doesn't look bad.
'I bought these two Game Boys from DK Oldies'
Well, there's your problem, son.
Poor Elliot getting scammed with free upgrades. Thoughts and prayers to Elliot. Darn those monsters!
You'te not the brightest, are you? 🧐
Jacob R got a PS3 from DKOldies recently and he noticed that the console was actually delidded (delidding is an extremely difficult process where you use a painters knife to cut the glue between the chips and the heatspreader in order to replace the thermal paste and this has a high chance of damaging either chip)
I will say that the quality of there handheld at acceptable quality has gone up, I ordered a gameboy color in acceptable semi recently (2-3 months ago) and it was almost mint the only thing off about it was the battery cover had been replaced, there were almost no scratches on it and it read my games almost perfectly so quality has gone up the gba you got was their now acceptable quality and the dmg maybe if it was missing a battery cover and that is what they substituted it with
DK Oldies putting bread in so many youtubers tables. 🙏🙏🙏
Elliot, if you find your self a package with some gameboys, send it back to my adress
Life got REALLY busy haven't been hear in quiet some time sadly but this was a great video to return to because I've often wondered about this DKOldies because people talk SO much shit about them all the time so it was nice to come back to this, also you are the reason I even Ordered Solar Stryker and I still play it often I am FINALLY getting better at it
Why are people still messing with DKOldies? We get it.
this guy gets off on being scammed.
@@JimmyRaptis how is it a scam?
How did you get dkoldies to convert to gbpounds
Imagine being so blessed that DK oldies sends you there best conditioned consoles while everyone else is getting rubbish
How the hell are these idiots still in business? Even if I was a millionare, i'd opt to save a few quid and buy just about anywhere else. Prices are just insane. Though I am surprised how reasonable their shipping is.
Could that dmg be a replacement shell with an old battery cover?
It definitely is.
@@777superlightwater no it isn’t😂
I would be shocked if that gameboy hadntbeen re-shelled.
The back is certainly a re-shell. Not sure bout the finger grease stains on the front though... 🤔
@@LRM12o8 no it’s all authentic. Back is not a reshell
Perhaps if they are out of D grade, or whatever you order, you get the next tier up.
It's not like they are going to take a loss, just less profit and it looks better to receive something good than a refund.
What bothers me is the "refurbishment". To me that means replacing anything consumable or wears to the point it impacts function. If I was doing the refurbishment the button membranes would be replaced, possibly switches and very likely any cartridge ports. The PCB would be cleaned thoroughly and an optional screen replacement offered if it was sub par condition. Giving it a wipe sometimes is not a refurbishment.
For 30$ at Fleamarket I got 2 gba, psp 3k silver and 2 dsi. All working just missing battery cover. Then some dude had a bag of 8 gba and sp and gbc shells and buttons screws for 5$.
Link port connector cover... never actually seen one of those, didn't realize the DMG even came with one. That's how you know they knew what they were doing...
It’s a reshell
It's hard to say. It might depend on the quality of the inventory they get in at the time.
The “GBP$” is stressing me out so much lol
Elliot please, could you do a tutorial video of how to use Sendico properly? 🙏 Is there any way of browsing European games only etc.?
"Hey, we got an order from someone on an island called "Jersey", gee I wonder who that could be?"
Hes moved from there, keep up lol. 😉
Get a trusted friend to buy it for you, problem solved. Thanks for the video.
Hey man. I'm still waiting for my signed and numbered copy of EliTetris™
Dkoldies is something else for sure
Rush of Orders to DK Oldies under Elliot Coll incoming
He thinks DKoldies been looking for his name and holding good quality systems of every kind just incase he ordered them 😂😂😂
I just recently purchased a PS2 off of eBay for $125. It came with varying scratches but nothing that can be scuffed out. And the kicker is, it was never opened lol. I looked on DK oldies knowing full well what I was getting into and after seeing their prices I decided to go a different route. To think just 2 years ago I would have probably bought something from them but knowing what I know now I'm going to steer clear of them to the best that I can unless something is at a decent price.
Around 2009...i remember because i know where i worked....I always bought a Gameboy at flea markets, junk shops, thrift stores to clean up and give friends as birthday presents. They cost between 5 and 8 dollars. Some were in very good shape...some a little dinged up. Gone are THOSE days ....thanks resellers!! 🤢
Get a game bundle of a good child hood memory I've watched dk oldies for a while
The DMG has a link port cover??? Lmao. Ive see quite a few of those and never even knew that
"Oh it's fake" caught me off guard
whats a good alternative to dkoldies?
There are 2 things I will say about DK Oldies:
1) After everything hit the fan last year, they did update their refurbishing process. I don't know to what degree however
2) They might have you listed as a potential reviewer, as they are known to send out good quality items to people who do reviews as a negative review will give them the most negative visibility.
Based on these 2 things, I think that is why you got such good looking quality consoles.
If you want to test them in the future, you should have them send it to a friend's address and pick it up from there.
I wonder what would happen if you ordered the consoles with the name Jacob R or Rich from review tech USA as your recipient name .
Who the hell would be okay with buying D graded items esp at that price😂
Use a box opener , that knife scares me man ! Great video though x
If only you had a reliable nobody who could be a middleman for you in this situation.
He could probably ask a friend to order one for him. I know I'd certainly help him out with that if I lived in England.
I just recently paid 40 quid for a gba with a modded ips screen
To test them you should let someone else order something and see if the condition is comparable to your shipment.
Are we sure the "D" means the grade and not that it's "Done" as in picked and packed?
Just curious if they actually came out and said they sticker orders with grades.
I think its the QC seal, its pretty standard that you get a QC engineer/packer to sign off on product for shipments. Maybe 'D' is just who packed it?
This guy is criminally underrated
quarter of a million subs, the top name in gameboy youtuber, the dude is NOT underrated in any way, learn to stop saying things are underrated please, thanks
@@Dominicn123 I'm sorry, I just think he's doing great and he deserves more
I got my Gameboy pocket for $60 at a flea market. Makes you wonder...
My experience with DKoldies was over 17 years ago when they were primarily selling on eBay. They sold me an obvious counterfeit Zelda Link to Past Four Swords claiming it to be new.
I keep it as a reminder of getting screwed.
"I actually didn't even know I owned this game" "Oh it's fake" HAD ME DYING HAHAHAHAHA
If I'd be that much into retro gaming, I'd probably get one or several systems from eBay and refurbish them myself. But since I am more for convenience than the absolute original retro feel, I simply emulate everything on a modded Switch. Ultimate comfort level and mobile gaming of all the good stuff.
Gonna try ordering under the name, "Corps, Retro"
Still would have been interesting to see if they had done a proper refurb on these and not just a shell swap. 🤷♂️ but yea Elliot, i think you need someone to order on your behalf 👌🏻 to get a true idea of what DK Oldies are sending out. Personally i would rather find better deals on ebay like you said. Great video
Title should of been No Answers! 😂
Bro they sent you reshells 💀 that’s why they look brand new
I can’t belive it either elliot!
DKOldies more like DKDumbDumb.
love ya vids elliot!
Are GB systems really hitting those prices? They are expensive where I live but doesn't reach 100€, not even close, and I found them in good condition overall, I already have a duplicate of all models lol
ive never paid more then $60 usd for an original gemeboy in good condition 😦
I have yet to buy from DKOldies....sort of just really hadn't had the need. But I bought an original Gameboy from a local retro shop back in December....besides just a touch of yellowing it was actually in really good condition and worked very well it just needed new batteries. I'd say I paid roughly $90, no cables, no AC Adapter, no multiplayer link cable, just the console itself. So that would be I dunno 72 pounds your cost?
Truthfully I don't see myself buying consoles from them, maybe games. The majority of consoles I've bought I've gotten off sites like ebay and goodwill and at conventions....the majority of those consoles needed work and I would take them somewhere for repairs, and in some cases I've cleaned up myself.
But their console prices, way to high. They've gone down on game prices, but consoles, nah I don't think I'll ever buy from them in that area.
There’s a lot about DKOldies I can believe
"this isn't working!"
*blows lightly into system and game*
"ah now it's working"
Honestly, I wouldn't have even tried it without breathing the breath of life back into the system and games first.
You know those run on the spirit of God
This one's going out to Elliot I'll throw in a Keychain
Id bet on mislabeled rather than cracked alias. Especially since those D's could pass for a sloppy lowercase a
Elliot, you know you have to blow the cartridge and game slot to make it work..
How can an original game boy be in that good condition, where has it been all these years?
Obviously, the prices from DK Oldies are ridiculous. It's understandable though, as they have an operation there with rent, bills, staff and overhead. It makes sense that their stuff would cost more than Johnny SixPack who found his old GBA in his basement and is selling it with no overhead. Their business model is: Ok, we know it's more expensive, but it comes with a warranty, guarantee and service options, and has had a half dozen different sets of eyes on them before they ship. There is value in that to entry-level enthusiasts and outsider purchasing. For us collector's we know the best prices are at garage sales, thrifting and flea markets, with some good deals to be had on eBay with some time dedication. For the people that aren't getting up early to go searching, staying up late crawling eBay or braving their local game store, there's DK Oldies. My biggest gripe I have with them though is wrapping $600 worth of games raw against each other in the wrap! Wrap individually for god sakes, those poor labels
So did you order DK oldies to the UK? I didn’t know this was possible!!
I dont mind higher prices if the quality of work refurbishing it is justifiable.
How DKOldies is still in business is surprising.
DK Oldies is a Genjutsu of a store
DKOldies’s offices are about an hour away from me, in Morgantown Pennsylvania. You should pay them a visit in person!
I’m just over 30 min from them. Let’s all meet up over there! Hahahaha
THis is a bit silly .. it's not that they had a steady supply of vanilla condition retro device. Of course one has to expect spread. And as long as they don't instead seperate into three or more condition classes, there are huge differences to expect between the existing two classes, as that is how retro devies come..
I thought we were done with them.
I should potentially try to compete with them.
Huh, I didn't know GBAs were going for less than the originals. I mean in some way it makes sense with it being older/more scarce, but the GBA just seems like a better deal to a casual observer like me.
I'll take a crack at the sticker being that messed up. Tight pants. Running around. Sweat and heat ruined it. You'd probably hate me Elliot. I took the barcode and Nintendo repair stickers off my SNES/N64/GB/GBC/GBA's. They where all ugly the way they did them. Til they integrated the barcodes into the main sticker on the SP.
Are you Autistic?
Next time order through a friend as a proxy
So if I use your name on the order, I can expect to get a mint system? Life hack discovered.
I went to a brick and mortar DKOldies when I lived in PA, and they let me browse all their stock for what I wanted. I didn't get a bad price, but I also got to see what I was getting first and choose what was the best.
I saw Joey from dkoldies atva Momocon a couple of years ago. We were chatting and he seemed pretty friendly. We happened to be staying at the same hotel so i met him at the bar for drinks. I got a little tipsy so i followed him unto his room. He came out of the bathroom naked, greased up wearing a piggy mask and he chased me around the room trying to fit a wiimote up my bum.
Honestly, the difference in price between good and acceptable isn’t crazy. It’s only about $50. That’s not a real high number. Plus, it’s much harder to source nice cosmetic condition systems these days.
Very abrupt ending there.
Uh oh: mixed batteries.
Nothing wrong with that, they're all Alkaline batteries.
What's wrong is using Alkaline batteries at all! There's no need for disposable batteries anymore, NiMH rechargeables are really reliable these days and work just as well in standard consoles. I even saw a video of a DMG running on less than 2 volt the other day!
And in case of voltage-hungry mods, internal battery mods or rechargeable Li-Ion AA/AAAs with integrated VRM are the way to go, cause those modded consoles burn through Alkalines way too fast!
Disposable batteries are a massive waste and completely obsolete!