The Revenge of Card Shop Life Episode #1 = A New Beginning
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 2017
- It's back everyone...The Return of the loved series from a different era.
Lets bring Magic The Gathering and Pokemon into the modern Card Shop Life.
Special Thanks to Derium's for providing Intro's/Theme Song and his original idea for "CSL"
Derium's CCGS - Old Channel
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Derium's Pokemon
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Rudy's Magic Store
10950-60 San Jose Blvd.
Box # 139
Jacksonville, FL 32223)
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so many problems with this video, no inventions box, no greed monster, no Serra angel, the boxes didn't fall, and Rudy is wearing pants. this is clearly green screen. nice try rudy
on a more serious note this is an amazing idea, I'm really looking forward to seeing the updates for this and how you go about opening the business without it being all "Hollywood" and fake like TV shows tend to be. Rudy, my respect level for you is over 9000, keep up the good work
I want to see Rudy sign the lease with no pants on.
Imposter Rudy
My main problem with this vid is when it was filmed.
Kyle Worthington is it a must that Rudy signs the lease in just his boxers, with greed monster, and an assortment of booster boxes?
Jesus Rudy even rides around in the car with boxes of magic...
dam strait
andriod3000 its usually his Fallen Empire Doll so he can use the carpool lane. ;-)
Truck, but yes.
andriod3000 What would happen if Rudy got pulled over with Magic boxes? Would he have to open them to prove he's not just trafficking drugs?
That would actually prove he is.
Never heard of the Card Shop Life series before this. My God though, that intro and song made me feel so nastolgic. Like a wave of bittersweet for something I never got to experience.
Timmy's Card Shop, you have to call it Timmy's Card Shop. It doesn't matter that you're Rudy, you're also Timmy.
Great idea, looking forward to seeing how it all works out.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS
Timmy's Emporium
"We only hose you once!"
TIMMY'S EMPORIUM
Posted this before i had reached the point in the video where you actually said it. lol.
THIS!
WoodenShark "We only hose you once" lol
Rudy, you should also open like a small coffee shop in the smaller option, so that you can capitalize on your customer's need for beverages and snacks.
... and washrooms.
lol! There's definitely a good percentage of the MTG community that could benefit from washrooms...
In the years I've been playing MTG, I've only met one guy who needed a washroom !
And it was a Yu-Gi-Oh player.
+arenkai amen
have the same guy run both counters, just with a fake mustache on
Both of my favorite shops either have vending machines inside or literally had a coffee shop IN STORE. It was sweet being able to go between two games of magic and grab a coffee or whatever. But like, the vending machines are great, even if I have to pay more than a dollar for an Arizona tea...
The beginning of this video is the first time MTG has made me cry. Well done...well done...
I was really hoping that you were in your car, outside Deriums, and just continued vlogging into the store...a man-child can dream.
Shawn McBride • From the title I thought Destructive Rudy was about to go inside DeriumsCCG and start throwing some shit around.
I was hoping for that too, as he carried a torch in to the store and lit the Pokemon cards on fire.
I would like to see all marketing processes such as grand opening advertising. Seeing the negotiation process with the landlord as well as companies you buy your product from would be cool too. (understandable if this is not possible)
Even the hiring process could make for some good entertainment.
Alex Neuendorf it would be fun to see the hiring interviews, if he can get the applicants to consent.
Daniel Brooks
Yeah there's a lot of cool aspets to this I would love to see but i feel like there is a lot of hoops to jump through to get recording rights.
Alex Neuendorf People might get a bit freaked out if Rudy starts filming the interview process and think they've stumbled on to the set of Fake Casting Couch... Especially of 80's porn 'tache Rudy is calling the shots haha
Lol agreed but it's a huge part of the process, and I'm assuming most of this process will not be filmed like the negotiations. However it might be a topic he could talk about at the very least.
Where do stores get their singles from mostly. Do they buy from some poor sucker wholesale or open a ton of boxes to get initial inventory for cases. Sealed product is easy I am more interested in the single stock and what do you start with in initial singles/commons/uncommons
Yes. I'd love to see this. I want to open my own card store in the future.
Mark Jake good luck at that m8
Same thing with me- I'm getting experience by being employed by my LGS.
The Intro feels so 90s Community Life! This is what this was about...Friends and Family!
Love it! Lets bring this back!
Hey Rudy! I use to manage a shop for 3 years, What people liked was a good shop front,good parking. In house specials for local restaurants for delivery. the people loved having singles available and in open sight, a dedicated menu for events, loyalty program and in house lockers with a annul or by-quarterly fee. Drinks and snacks in stock and longer hours on the Thursday through Sunday nights. I hoped this help!
Where is the nearest greasy food outlet? Because if it isn't immediately next door then you are doomed to fail. You should have a Live 24/hour Twitch cam in the store that your viewers can control.
Poemaster He could lease the place next door as well and just convert it lol
There is a Jimmy John's in the parking-lot next door and a Taco Bell in the parking-lot by that.
Chinese Food and/or Pizza are mandatory for any location...
well with panda express in the same parking lot i think hes covered on greasy shit food.
I wish Rudy had explained why he picked the location that he picked, and what other places he had considered.
Nice dude. Good luck. I know you will do it right! I look forward to seeing this new series too.
i was into MTG pretty well back in the day, however i think the primary thing which kept my stays brief at actual card stores was the "clicky" feeling that the regulars gave off to anyone they didn't recognize coming in. they weren't specifically _rude_ or anything, but they of course had no need to do anything more than look up for a sec at the door-ding, see it wasn't their friend, and continue exclusively talking to their _other_ friends. this DOES affect the mood of incoming ppl, 'cause they get this *instant* feeling of being shunned just for walking in! the shop personnel generally spent the most efficient time possible serving the "randoms" who'd come in, giving off the feeling that any possible indecision on the part of the potential customer was a burden to their precious time due to them standing near perfectly in silence as one would "gaze at the wares" (i.e. nice rares or whatever), then after sale or answering questions they'd prove you really _were_ a burden by promptly going to the back, or perhaps continuing their conversation with the huddled regulars by the playing tables. unless they're coming to the shop 'cause their friend invited them, these circumstances lead to a near-impenetrable aire for newcomers to *want* to become regulars themselves. are you able to somehow fix this situation where *everyone* from ALL races, genders, cultures, sexualities, religions (or not), experience levels, geek 'concentrations', FINANCIAL situations, etc. can *implicitly* feel perfectly comfortable and welcome to hang out, buy some cards as they're able, and play at your store and have FUN?!
Just when everyone thought Rudy couldn't push the envelope any further with content...He goes ahead and blows away all expectations (that's what she said). Because he's the hero TH-cam deserves but not the one it needs right now. Because we will watch him. Because he can take the Taco Bell troll comments and pin them.
For the love of God and every single one of us subs, please put an huge Greed Monster poster inside your shop when you are done!
Rudy,
What I'd want to see from you as a fan, magic player, and future business owner:
1. Monthly financial breakdown of renting-related expenses.
2. Cost of staffing your store and hours of operation, with commentary why you structured as such.
3. Pie chart of monthly income, yes a fucking pie chart, they're awesome, they're colorful, need I say more?
4. Advertising expenses, renovation costs, initial inventory costs.
Keep it creepy bro,
Dane
I don't even play Magic anymore and I still watch your videos.
This channel just keeps getting better, i'm super excited to watch this unfold.
Spreadsheets, maybe not necessarily in depth on video but linked in comments for us to poke at would be awesome
danny1111105 second this
This would be amazingly interesting to watch what would happen
I had this exact thought as well.
Breaking out on-going costs and revenue as well as the upfront costs which obviously includes initial order to distributors and fixtures/cases/tables/chairs etc..
I've done some of the research in the past and have a bunch of links saved off for the best prices I could find, let me know if you are interested Rudy and I will send my spreadsheet your way.
I also use booster boxes to use the carpool lane.
Tanx for doing these series. I've been thinking about opening a card store myself for a while now, and these series have been most inspirational! Greetings from the Netherlands
Awesome! This will be fun to watch unfold. I look forward to all the behind the scenes activities that a customer wouldn't know about. The interactions between the employees of CSL was always a big part of its success to me. It's not just a business, it's the people that work there.
From someone who worked at a card shop that failed miserably - I'd love to see how you maintain a net profit once you saturate your regulars with product. We had plenty of people coming in and out, but the product just didn't sell once everyone finished their decks, armies, etc. We were starved until the next big magic release, and we're forced to sell singles online to try and close the gap between release sales.
Thoughts?
Zachary Taylor that's what every shop does. if they have a small player base. bigger player bases means you can host your own events more often and also offer different products
Zachary Taylor If you don't sell online, you're doomed to fail. Derium specifically said that.
Were you hosting tournaments or game nights?
While I agree that you need to sell online nowadays to keep afloat, the idea of some inside financial knowledge of how the process goes would be very interesting.
yo my brother from another mother lol
I love this video Rudy! i cannot wait to follow you on this adventure! I want to see it step by step. :)
this is such a great idea! fully support this! actually excited and hyped for this series!!!
I'm totally new to this concept! Never saw the old videos, so am REALLY excited for this!
Things I'd like to see would be, how to set up/display your store, how you place orders/manage your books (like how you decide how much product you want), when you get deliveries in, how you decide what stock you want/need, running events and keeping regulars.
Man this is gonna be awesome! From Blank to BANK!
My heart cried when I seen this! Amazing!
I love your Husband 4 ever
sucks that your hubby screwed his MTG fans and told them to fuck off....
Interesting definition of "screwed" when you include not providing free entertainment on the internet as "screwing" someone.
Get a grip.
sqrlmonger Lol, you clearly dont know about what happened with how he screwed over the patrons and people who bought grab bags.
Derium's property, get an identity.
Call it Creepy Rudy's Hose Shop
Creepy rudie's pokèmon house of hosing. Or hoser's anonymous
This sounds really great! I would love to watch this unfold. Sounds super cool!
I am so hyped for this series!
It was fun seeing the co-worker shenanigans of CSL, but what I really enjoyed were the one person, just chill work vlogs, where they would show what they were working on at the time. Really interesting seeing the various jobs involved with running a card shop.
I wanna see Rudy in his battle gear with his business tie on wearing a top hat and monocle greeting customers for the grand opening lol
and a free 3 floppy tacos for each person in the first FNM event
Rudy, I don't have much interest in opening a store, so my biggest hope for this series is that you show other owners how to make their stores better.
Giving other owners tips and tricks, telling them what to avoid... telling them what mistakes YOU made (even/especially during this series)... that could have a positive impact on the industry.
This is a great idea Rudy! love the entire idea and it's great for people looking to open a business
Thanks. Reading the video title, children started singing in my head with a high pitched voice.
"It's a card shop life, for us."
Awesome stuff! It's so fuckin' cold up here you have no idea how nice 95 degree heat would be right about now.
Agreed, but I think anyone who lives in extremes wishes for the other. The grass is always greener. I miss CSL, so I hope Rudy really does bring this kind of thing back.
youtubasoarus 90+ degree weather for all but 2 weeks out of the year isn't all cracked up to be as you think. I look forward to the random upper 20° weather Florida gets now and again. Don't get me started on the damn humidity either, haha.
Tedurbin202 I disagree entirely. I live somewhere with both extremes, leaning more on the cold, and I'd take negative 15 degrees over 95 degrees any day. Nothing you can do about hot weather but be hot and miserable. You can always wear more layers for the cold
+newslime
That's fine you disagree, but I live in Maryland, which goes to both extremes as well (it's below 30 tonight, and it was above 60 just yesterday), so I'm not just pulling people's legs when I say that when "it's too cold, I'd rather it be really hot, and when it's too hot, I'd rather it be really cool."
This is just my experience, but I doubt I'm the only one who's ever felt this way.
Tedurbin202 I'm with you man I'm from mass and I work outside a lot so fml but dude is totally right about the humidity I don't envy that at all but it would be nice to be warm for the first time this year sorry about lack of punctuation as it is very early in the morning
Rudy2017: "This is how you open a card store". Rudy2019: "Don't be Timmy and open a card store"...
Did u see him wave to those people He said *look theres people we can wave to them*
Why did HE do that.
Love the idea. Video ideas:
1. How did you find this place? Why did you pick this location? What factors are you considering in your decision.
2. What did you negotiate in your rental agreement? Do a complete breakdown of expected costs (recurring and up front).
3. Coverage of up front costs. Include furniture, inventory, inventory management.
4. Hiring. Who, how, when, how much? What role do you play in the first couple months of a new branch?
5. Marketing. How are you bringing customers in? How are you handling price support for events? Are you using a rewards program?
6. Review. How did your expected costs match up with actual.
probably missing some steps there. Good rough draft.
Please legit show everything you can. This is so awesome! Thanks for doing this
Is this filthy frank in the future
Rudy, awesome idea, but one thing though, you should back up and start even before showing the location and explain the process of choosing a location, what homework you need to do before choosing your place. Will the place see the traffic it needs to stay in business? or How long did the last business last there and why they are gone?
I too would be very interested in this potion of the process.
Yes, there are a lot of steps in opening a LGS, the planning stages specifically, that I think would be cool to know - not just for those who want to go about that path, but for those who are just curious, and want to know what goes into creating a business like this.
THIS.
Should back up and show the factors involved in the decision of this location, including what other gamestores are nearby, what their Magic or Pokemon presence is, etc.
This location looks like more of an office park than a retail location, and there looks to be very little drive-by traffic or customers that would be walking/driving by looking for retail stores.
was totally wondering these exact same things myself. i have to assume it would easy to have failed already at this step if you chose a terrible location with no demand for a card store, i wonder what his thought process was for this specific location
Agreed
Hi Rudy, this is Megan from Card Shop Life. I didn't know you watched our channel until my sister told me!! I'm such a big fan. I think you are doing a great job picking up where we left. Proud to be part of the 3.69%
Love it!!! Great idea man, I'd love to watch this!
Timmy's Emporium! This is the best name for the shop. Period!
You should name the store Alpha Investments. You've got a great brand name. I'm so happy to see card shop life return!
Just heard your comment about Timmy's imporium. I like that much better =)
Man. Hit me right in the feels. Thank You Rudy.
I WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS. This is a tremendous idea, and one that is relevant for me personally as I have no clue where to start.
Look forward to seeing more!
NAME IT "TIMMY'S CARDSTORE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Ma2 great idea. Holy shit i hope Rudy does that
iam not saying i dont like the idea
im totally down for watching something like that, sounds beyond neat, ive helped my LGS move to a different location so i get the "holy crap, there is so many more items that i could of fathomed"
and yes, show the paper work, the math behind overhead, do it very "how its made" style, where they speak briefly but insight-fully on Every step but knowing how to keep it sweet and short without cutting anything off
loving the idea and can't wait to see how this progresses. a few things i would like to see, would be where to start, and everything that goes into starting from nothing and having a functioning shop.
I wanna everything! This is a brilliant idea. Look forward to seeing updates each week.
alright HERE WE FUCKING GO BOYS
wanna see all of it
I'm so psyched for this! I was a huge fan of Derium's Card Shop Life series and have missed it dearly. I'm looking forward to where this will go.
This is a fantastic idea. It is genius because it hasn't been done on the level you are doing it! 💜
Yes! Yes! Yes! YES!!!
This! Is what I want to see.
Every detail man. Give me hours of footage. Show the progress.
I am excited to see what will become of it! Excited for you to make this challenge in your life work.
Better have sinkhole insurance
Tyler Haller and Stone Rain insurance
Tyler Haller meteor ins.
and Garbage Fire insurance
this is pretty hype! this is a really fun and interesting idea cant wait to keep up with the series
Thanks for making this video! I'm planning to open a video game store in the nearish future, so this is inspiring. Look forward to more videos!
I was a fan of this channel until I see how unsafe you let those boxes of cards be in the passenger seat. Where is the seatbelt and car seat? Next time I better see a car seat.
Omg yes please call it timmys. that would be amazing
This idea is awesome! I'm really exited for the series. Go Rudy go!
Love this idea! So excited to see how it plays out
Super excited to see this series man.
What would you even use that front triangular area for though? Seems like it's wasted pace for a card shop. The only thing I can think of to put in there would be those 25 cent candy machines but I'm guessing those can't make a ton of $. Do they normally let you knock down walls etc.?
You should have a contest and let chat or your patrions name the store.
nebulamask81 It'd be a lobby, obviously. Tournament sign-ups, pre-orders, card orders, card trade-ins, and then yeah maybe novelty items like stickers, candy, figures, maybe some deck boxes, sleeves, dice, playmats, etc etc.
Is there really that much use for a small lobby in a card shop though?
Wouldn't the space be better if it was open and you could just use it for whatever instead of being limited to sign-ups?
I would think you would want to do things like pre-orders, tradeins, and the buying/selling of stuff at the counter which would be behind that in the main store.
It seems to me that putting anything for sale there would be a bad idea just because there are physical barriers there and that might encourage theft. It would be harder for employees to pay attention to a separate area like that where some one could easily pocket something. Even if they saw, it's doubtful that the employees could get to some one fast enough before they would be able to take off with merchandise. Sure it might only be dice and such, but card shops do attract kids... and kids are stupid some times. It's just something I don't think you would want to deal with.
nebulamask81 My LGS has a space like that. Parents use it to hang out and use their laptops and phones while their kids are inside.
The LL should let him knock those walls out so long as they aren't load-bearing.
I just put the cash register out there and all the magic packs behind it...things like dice and what not. Have all the singles in binders behind the register too and maybe some chairs so people could look through the binders. Then you just make the entire other room all tables. Find a place to put a cooler and then get a buncha candy and snacks.
Timmy's Emporium is becoming a reality!!!! This demands a floppy taco celebration!!
I love this idea! Good luck with everything in the future!!
I really like your vids rudy. they are so awesome. i just want to say thanks for all that you do by putting your time and effort into this content that i look forward to more than most tv shows. thanks man
I never watched Card Shop Life before, just browsed it a bit. I want to see more of the business side of it. What's your day-to-day problems and issues and almost treat it like a tutorial for beginners wanting to start a business in general.
I miss CSL so much. It's really sad how things went down. Kevin just got too obsessed with TH-cam subs and revenue and went crazy, wasting thousands of dollars opening old sealed product and pushing out like 10 videos a day of openings. When his channel didn't grow as a result of that, he just shut everything down.
amazing. been wanting something like this. Rudy you're the greatest.
This is really cool behind the scenes stuff. Valuable stuff for any inventory style business. Gonna be great!
DUDE I am so ready for this. There's a location I want to put a card shop in. its steps away from a main street in my town, it'd be sandwiched next to two food places so peeps can get their grubs on when doing prereleases or FNMs and its in the eyeshot of a Toys R Us so we can maybe fishnet suckers who were already primed to spend money on plastic bullshit.
I am a broke ass motherfucker who works at Walmart though. I understand a business owns you, not the other way around, but I have the vision, I just don't know the way. So I am super hyped for this future series. YES!!!
So one thing I think you might want to do another preliminary video on, is business loans. How does a broke SOB go from having nothing to being able to afford to open a business?
I would like to see a majority focus on the accounting aspects.
balance sheet etc
I'd love to see you putting the store together. It's always interesting to see how the layout develops. Very happy for you btw.
I've always wanted to see this! Best of luck Rudy!
I just think Rudy likes saying bigger unit a lot
Hire Megan !!
biszkopt78 I'm already employeed but I'll keep my options open
this is awesome, cant wait to see updates and its interesting to see how a business is set up and run etc.
Excited to see how this pans out! Good luck Rudy!!
Card shop life totally died the moment Megan left the shop. After that, it was full of arrogant dudes clickbaiting. Hope this helps.
Aye hello friendo how and what are U doing?
Where are u?
What is the name of his stores?
Target, pretty obscure but still a chain store
I think this is a great idea. I'm currently looking at trying to open a store myself and hearing from someone who knows the ins and outs would be a huge help to me (and hopefully others). I'm really looking forward to seeing more on this and you should have earned my sub months ago!
never got to see CSL in its heyday, but this looks even more amazing. Kudos to you for doing it, it's gonna be a great ride.
found you!!! 30.162961, -81.633401
So you rip off 2 big TH-camrs in one video? I think you missed a huge opportunity by not starting with "Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question: is it worth it to open a new card shop?" :D
As a casual viewer who watches your videos here and there, this has got me really excited to stay tuned. Amazing idea, keep it up!
This is a great idea Rudy. Keep up the good work.
fuck deriums and csl.
Smoke MassTree not at all. I live in falls about 3 feet away from Kevin's store. 2 things happened.
1) Aaron's now ex wife was a bitch (the girl with the glasses in the video intro) and drove a lot of the regulars from the store.
2) Kevin stopped play magic and didn't show much interest in it at all anymore. He had product, plenty of it; but it's not good for customers to show up and not have direction.
3) Biggest of all... customer service suuuuucckkkkeeeddddd. it's a lot better now, but customer service was awful for the longest time. You'd go in to get cards, and it'd take maybe 10 minutes just to get singles, cause everyone would dick around.
This. Fuck Derium he's a conman. He's exploiting little kids in Pokémon now and literally shit on the MtG community he had.
red ryno Agreed. I trusted Kevin and he fucked us over.
You got some proof there buddy?
Joffrey Bieber Underhill over charges for board games by WAY too much and won't ever see my business. Most of us go to Gamers Keep in Barberton now. Those guys are super chill and the place is huge, only draw back is its a drive and it's kinda in a shitty area, but no one bothers us
Love this idea Rudy keep up the great work honestly.
You're just the guy to get this opens and running! Wish I was back stateside when it opens and come there!
This is a fantastic idea for a weekly or bi-weekly series. Would love to see this side of the MTG business. People always talk big about opening their own "card shop" but I would imagine they fail even more often and faster than restaurants do. I would love to see some commentary during the videos about what pitfalls to avoid and what is needed to make a shop not only survive, but thrive. Look forward to seeing more of these videos!
This is an awesome idea, I feel like you will easily pass 100,000 subscribers! Rooting for ya rudy!
great idea. I'm looking forward to this. thanks Rudy!
this is awesome. I demand full tour videos for pre opening and once it opens. Rudys card shop, so sweet
this is gonna be actually really really cool! this is dope! good idea
thank you very much for doing this Rudy. i followed csl for a few months near the end(sadly i was a latecomer to their fan base and was sad they stopped filming them)
THIS IS THE BEST IDEA FOR A SERIES YOU HAD BY FAR! GOOD LUCK WITH THE STORE AND HOPE TO LEARN A THING OR TWO :)
this is an awesome idea.. super excited and can't wait!!
This is awesome can't wait to see it all come together