Who Pays the Most for 100 Video Games?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มี.ค. 2022
- I have officially answered the age-old question: Where is the best place to sell crappy video games?
Hope you guys enjoy!
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Spends an hour scanning the games: “I can do $65”
“Aight ima head out”
“That’s fine”
*it wasn’t fine*
Your mom is fine.
@@drake.707 drake is not a fine artist
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Crazy to think these were $59.99 at some point
From 60$ to 50 cents there's no way it's an investment lol
@@vvvvel as things are becoming digital, it's not as smart but today retro gaming is booming. some early Nintendo and playstation games go for like $2-300
@@domso1o earthbound be like
$49.99
That’s why I only buy the games I really give a crap about cause I know I won’t get rid of em.
It blows my mind that each game cost $40-$70 when they release & they’re offering you $60-80 on 100 games 😂
They we'll pushed retro games for 40 dollars and more
@@ruthiekest3218 English?
You live in the past. We have emulators.i have all those games and more on an emulator ibpaid $199
@@paulbradley705 Pretty sure the Dolphin emulator and alot of roms are free. All you need is a somewhat average laptop or pc.
@@paulbradley705 emulators are trash
I freaked out when I saw Star Wars demolition . I remember playing that as a kid so much on my ps1.
Wa sup TheProfessional liking your sniper elite playthroughs
Lmao
The hours of enjoyment you could likely have playing those 100 games….it’s insane how far the value falls over the years.
I love it get to play all the gen games for super cheap . I don't pay more than ten bucks for a game .
Sports games are so boring....
Hours of enjoyment or wasting your precious and short lifespan away, depends on how you look at it
@@SK8R43 not really you are kinda dull my friend.
@@bobwiley9447 Not at all. All sports games are literally the same. There is no fun in them. You pick your team and play against another team...thats the whole game.
The look on the first cashier's face when she saw you stacking games.
Hahhaha😂😂
The same look she had when he walked up and said it
@@DrifterThrifters yeah but if youre the only employee working, it could get tough trying to price out all those games to come up with an offer all while trying to help other customers
@@8830wjs you nailed this one. I own and operate a retro game store and it's tough to balance all of that.
She probably didn't like that camera on her.
Just to think a lot of these games cost $40-60 bucks at some point in time . Crazy
Phoenix Resale: "These games are trash, I cant sell them"
Also Phoenix Resale: "man, why are people only offering me 1-3 bucks each for them?"
It’s really cool to see these smaller stores that actually take the time to look through and actually value everything, like it came out as a lower total but the actual excitement the person who worked there had seeing all of it was cool, and it showed how much some lucky few people get to enjoy their jobs
Bundle them up of 25-30 games. Start it at $24.99 and let the bidding go. Priority large flat rate box and I’ve gotten $40-$70 per box every time worth it
You on eBay?
That’s how I do it as well, but as buy it now. I’m in no hurry to sell so price them a tad on the higher end (but still a good deal). Sometimes I even get buyers wanting a number of the games, so I do a custom listing for them.
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@@gregkareem9824 ? It really isn’t, do you know what a bot is.
where do you sell?
Love when the people truly love what they are working with like the dude in the one store was so hyped that you brought in old games, true gamers right there, love to see it
Am I missing something…? The first pawn shop he went to at the beginning didn’t have a limit on taking games and was willing to give him a dollar per game regardless of how crappy they were. Why didn’t he just go back there at the end..?
It's the first place he went too, and he ended at his local place. Maybe it's super far away from where he lives
Spanky is the perfect addition to the channel. He’s like a friend that goes with you to video game stores and has no idea what anything is.
He is the comic relief without even trying to be the comic relief
@@aidetund6263 lol fr
Yay for Spanky 😂
He actually found someone nerdier than himself!
Was literally just thinking this haha. It’s like when I take my friends video game hunting. Love it!
I actually tried to do the same thing with my local retro game store, just a bunch of bargain bin games (around 100 of them) that I tried to sell and make some money. They offered me $100 store credit and didn't take around 30 of them. Not bad.
Store credit tho. Obviously they will sell the games you will now buy there with a higher price 🤣 not really a steal unless you find treasure there
Was the store credit worth using in their store?
Just curious. 🙂
@@rockeruss555 Phoenix actually went there for a video. I'd say its pretty worth it. th-cam.com/video/Y5QolavYbqI/w-d-xo.html
@@rockeruss555 well kind of yes and no
@@aaron-gz Yes, that is essentially how Gamestop, Pawn shops, or ANY shop with a buy and resell model stays in business.
Damn , I would have bought all those COD on Xbox you have. My wife would love to have those, we met online playing FPS and she’s a die hard COD player. Almost 14 years later, we’re still challenging each other on console.
It must be nice
I’m tryna be like you my boy
That's really sweet
A better love story than 'twilight'
Great job PHOENIX RESALE It’s great to see all the differences from going to multiple stores and great to see your goals. I wish you all the best in accomplishing your dreams and making them true especially purchasing your dream home.
Man our kids would love those 360 games! It's crazy how little value they hold but the hours of happiness they could provide.
I'm an adult and still have hours of fun playing great 360 games. 🙂👍
360 is still one of my biggest sellers.
I bet you all would love to play madden and fifa 13
I’ve still got a stack of PS3 games I bought for peanuts when most of the mainstream games stores stopped selling them that I don’t think I ever played!
Other good thing about 360 games is a lot of them run on the new Xboxes
At this point i'm think the only value in most old sports games is for the cases as replacements for games with actual value 🤣
Except for Madden 08 that game is perfection
Most sports games have a silver sticker on them thst is notoriously hard to remove without leaving residue due to how it was made...so they aren't even great for that. 😆
@@aidetund6263 a man of culture I see
Any sports games or wrestling games in the long run are worthless, full price or even 50¢. Just a quick cash grab from the company that makes them
@@dwarfboy9996 and that's why we don't call racing games "sports games" despite racing being a sport. Because racing games are typically worth more than like 3 bucks
Spencer seems like a real stand up guy, "go to town" those are the friends I love to surround myself went and hope everyone is having a great day and since it's today, happy Thanksgiving.
The thing I love about videogame stores is how friendly the staff is. I haven't ever been dissatisfied about my experience at every single store
Idk, 2012 my sixth grade year. I had a GameStop manager sell me a copy of Xbox 360 MW2 that had a ring around it. It was used of course, but still. Couldn’t return it and had to take the L.
I’ve had many bad experiences and my bar is pretty low. As long as the person has good energy, I’m happy. But a lot of people do not possess that unfortunately
@@chvIry understandable. I seem to have great experiences aside from the fact that most GameStop's will give you like 5 percent of what the item is worth😅
@@hubnhinhi8232 it's been one year and this peasant is arguing with me. like stfu
I am willing to pay up to $4 for any non sports game I don’t have that I find in the wild. So selling these at $1 is sweet. I wonder if you have a flea market you could sell at? Even at $2 a piece, might be worth a day’s work. Anyway love the content as always.
flea markets are a great way to lose money
I got alot
So true
Yeah, I'd probably just throw money at him if I saw this at a flea market
A lesson that I learned alnost immediately is knowledge is power. Know the value of what you are selling and what the market will yield. This was a great moment for you and I saw the other video you had sent in to another channel asking about where you should put your focus for selling and selling what. You are doing great and I wish you the best of luck in your goals.
It is interesting to see how time changes the cost of an item. Once, a person had to pay $40-$50 for a new video game, but now, that game only costs a few dollars as we see from the first offer.
It’s how I feel about EVs in the future. They will not hold their value compared to gas powered cars.
Those game x change employees seem to be awesome human beings that are truly passionate about their jobs. The world needs more people like them!
Man what a great video. Along with renix psale and videos like this I'm enjoying the behind the scenes and goal oriented content. I love the support your local game store message...I always tell people local mom and pop shops always seem to pay out best. So good to see the proof in visual form. Can't wait to see you fill all the balloons and get the dream home and warehouse office space you deserve my dude. Great video and spanky is pretty awesome too, love these recent videos caleb.
It also depends on what kind of Games you have . If they are sealed , rare , Nintendo Games usually have great value cause they hardly go on sale .
All the best of luck with your guys dream. My wife and I are fixing up our house our way. It's been tough but worth it. We're starting to see our big picture. Blessings!!!
Love this content. I live in winchester ky so I know a lot of these places you go to. Thank u for the content
This video gave me so much nostalgia, some of the old games and seeing you go into these old game stores just made me relive my childhood.
“These are all awful game”
Me: sees half of my childhood favorites in the pile
Just discovered your channel through Retro Rick. Awesome stuff! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for doing this. Considering what these retail for, it’s sad that places lowball so much
GameStop is the worst, confirmed lol. Thank you for taking the time to commit to this experiment in the name of science.
GameStop is the worst for OLDER games, it has pretty decent values for newer stuff pretty much exclusively lol.
You'll be glad you even have Gamestop. In Europe where I live since Gamestop closed down there is no video game store at all anymore period
While it may be the worst, this isn't a good way of showing that.
Gamestop sucks for not doin retro Games anymore retro games are so much better then new games they used to do retro alot idk why they changed
@@theo5675 some actually still do. The website still sells retro stuff too, though they run out of stock of all the good stuff pretty fast because they sell them really, really cheap.
Spencer is hilarious LOL 🤣 awesome to see him in the videos, Caleb! :)
PS awesome video as always! Also those Woodwick candles are amazing!! I have a few of them myself! :)
I figured out the pawn shop awhile back. Good place to buy games too, at a flat rate, you can find good deals. Iv found several $50 games for $10 at pawn shops.
2:19 Gooftroop soundtrack from the super nintendo...thats a troweback..goddann lovely
So excited for you both. Love your content!
Congrats Caleb! Wishing you all the best of getting into the bigger home to grow the business!
THAT GOOF TROOP MUSIC THOUGH!!! OMG YOU UNLOCKED A WHOLE STREAM OF MEMORIES!!
Going to Matt's game shop today, I used to live in Lexington for 4 years, driving 3 hours to go there today. Didn't know that place was there lol. Thanks.
They be cappin. They know damn well they gonna be pricing them games $10 each at minimum.
You gotta take into account how long they will sit on the shelves. Not everyone is looking for a Spiderman 2 for the ps3. Lmao
Getting the feeling the games were changed at the last store due to the huge difference in totals to help get a good name for the game store…
Yup
100%. Zero chance he offered $260 for the initial 100.
Yep nobody is paying over 100 for junk.
Haha! Always stoked to see Neil show up XD
Amazing video entrainment , the drawing dope 👌🏽
I like this idea. It was a great video. People get quotes from contractors all the time that end up not getting the job because the bids are too high.
Ive only watched two minutes... I know this is gonna be a big episode! Loving it Pheonix!
I appreciate the work you put into this
Loved the drawing. Good luck man!
As a former GS employee. I’m wondering how they had a PS1 game for sale in store. We always had to ship those to warehouse after trade .
Wait so all of the older games are shipped back to the manufacture?
@@coffeelink943 probably just back to a GameStop distribution center not back to a manufacturer
I used to run a Gamestation store in the UK (similar to gamestop, owned by GAME at the time, which is VERY similar to gamestop lol). When GAME bought Gamestation from Blockbuster Video they had acquired all of Gamestations stock in the deal and had to transfer everything over to the GAME till system.
GAME hadn't sold ps1 or mega drive etc etc in years, and instead of letting Gamestation carry on selling them, they didn't want to pay tax on all of that inventory, so they did a company wide order to smash the lot.
Every single Gamestation store had to smash and dispose of all retro games, everything up to the PS2 as ps2 they were still selling, AND take video/photo evidence of it all smashed in a dumpster. Couldn't even give them to staff. They didn't want any trace of this stuff as they were writing it off for tax reasons.
When Gamestation went under (GAME is still going btw) I started my own business then, and the skull logo is about trying to bring retro back from the dead or to keep it still going today.
@@coffeelink943 I’m guessing they only sell them online or as bundles.
@@Retrobution that's f**ked up.
My local gamestore would've laugh in my face, last time I contacted them to sell a bin of a 100 games they went hostile on me😅. Times are hard for them I guess..
To be fair it is pretty sus to bring in a bin full of over ten copies of the same AAA games.
Why would they get mad at someone bringing them business?
@@-HughJass- 🤷♂️ I think the reality (even tho Caleb says otherwise) is that they don't like resellers. I live in Quebec, Canada... maybr things are different in the US
next test is to compare selling in a lump vs individual/small groups. might get quite a bit more as you can barter over certain titles rather than having them get lost in the shuffle and sometimes they arent in the mood to play so theyll just give you a flat rate unless you have an obvious standout shiny charizard sticking
I’m normally one for championing smaller stores, but the last local games place I had near me was actually a nightmare for lowballing you for literally anything
Love your channel man. I really hope you and your wife get the house of your dreams, you deserve it
honestly I value the cases themselves at more than a dollar a piece if they're in good shape, especially the for ps2 or gamecube
I like the super Nintendo goofy game song y'all played on the video! That was my favorite game growing up.
Man. This sounds like so much fun but yet nerve wracking. I would enjoy doing this.
Remember when gamestops motto was "power to the players" but never helps gamers with deals instead tried scamming em
Oh my god I love that UP mortgage plan. I came here for games, not for my heart to warm 😭. Rooting for you guys!
10:07
“Alright folks here’s the game plan”
great pun 😂😂
Just realized every single store was looking really weird like my hometown stores, and then when you showed where the GameStop is I realized, you are in my hometown!! That’s crazy first time seeing you and this happens lmao
“They are paid by the hour” what a great thing to say to a retail employee. Bless your heart.
They are paid by the hour 🤣
He spittn facts.
Lmao what and are you a 60 year old female because who says bless your heart anymore lol
Is he wrong
Yeah and the amount of work and effort they decide to put is the only trade they are allowed to have and forcing their hand to consistently work "for an hour" straight is pretty lame. It's cool he did this but being more humble abt the work you're making people do should probably be considered more imo. But that's just me.
@@dallasbryant5246 not always. I sit in my store 7 hours a day. I make what the store makes as it's sole proprietor. If my time is wasted by someone looking for an appraisal of their game hoard then I make nothing.
I sold all my video games on ebay. I usually get 50% to 60% of what the game is exactly worth when I bought them. I sold 10 games and got about $300.
In my experience, GameStop will sadly usually give more cash, but other game or electronics stores will usually trade more stuff. To clarify I wasn’t trading poop, the last thing I traded was a barely used ps2 with the hard drive and adaptor and a bunch of unopened games like armored core and a bunch of others I didn’t know were worth a lot. GameStop wouldn’t take most of it, but one of the local game shops/electronics stores traded me a brand new 360s and a small tv and a 3ds and a bunch of games I wanted. (Needed the small tv cuz roommates were complaining that I was using the tv in the living room for gaming) I had a ps4 at the time and that’s what I had been playing on the tv.
Bro as soon as I saw the game exchange on the outside I knew exactly where you were. You live in my home town!! Holy crap! I'm in that game exchange at least 3 times a week.
I don't wanna say the city for privacy purpose but I'm at the mall all the time lol that's crazy.
You should have went across the street from game exchange to half price books, they have a big section of games too. But they won't give you as much as Matt's
Very happy to see you both having an amazing target! Sending all the luck, you can do this!
Of course we do! I've been saying it for years! I'm gonna have to get a sign or something for the store.... "Matt's Games pays more than anyone in town for used games" - Caleb, Phoenix Resale! Thanks for coming in!
i really hope that these games go up in value later in the years
Ahhh a fellow lexentonian. Hats off to you sir. I immediately thought something was up when I saw Dan's Discount
Absolutely love the pawn shops for buying video games, when I was in middle school I would take my little money and buy almost new game for next to nothing.
Also get the best deal, don't settle for low-ball prices that's nonsense the game if brought new weren't cheap.
Thanks for sharing the price differences. Provides a good perspective. Also, Spanky on the videos is great!! Can't wait for big things to happen in the future
Love the old super Nintendo TMNT theme that you played when you brought all the bins into Matt's. Memories.
I just subscribed. Great video dude
Hey Caleb, out of curiosity, how do you approach games that you see are rising in prices but aren't really worth it to pick up yet when at stores? How do you decide when to take a risk or not?
I used to buy games but as I got older I changed my hobby to coin collecting I noticed how the price of my coins go up in price every few years.
9 is really a 6 thumbs up for the sicko demonic lieng loser devil humans is being deceived by evil !!!
@@achosenone44 yeah ok. 😆
I went to a local pawn shop here after I got divorced. I actually turned a profit on a good amount of games by going to the local gamestop store, buying all the cheapest 25 cent to 99 cents games then going to the pawn shop and selling them for $1.50 a piece. I eventually ran into a manager who caught on to how much they were losing on the games I had already sold to them and cut me off, but I made a good $100 profit before that point.
about 5-6 years ago, there was a game store in my town called gamerz planet. i had a ps2 and would buy a game for like 15-20 bucks (at the most) then come back in and re-sell it for the same price and since i was coming in so often they would sell me brand new games for the price of used ones and give me like 5$ extra if i could beat a game or level in the store. i was maybe 10-11 so it was really cool to get so much free stuff. then we got like 3 game stops and gamerz planet went out of business. now there’s only 1 game stop left in my town
After seeing these makes me realize how little you can get for older games. They don't even try to be competitive when they know some games are worth more than others but yet they see them at the same price when buying.
Because everyone wants to make maximum profit. The person trying to sell the game. The person who bought the game to resell at a profit. If you find fault with this practice then you should have a problem with phoenix as he stated just this when in GameStop of looking for games cheap that he knows he can sell for more. It’s how you run a business
Because you can find most of the games anywhere. Not like they are limited game this is why I don't collect them. And I doubt they care about the how a game is worth.
😂 I remember back when GameCube had came out. My nephew had a used one with 20 GameCube games with it tried to sell it to game stop. After tallying up everything. They offered him 5 dollars an told him to think about it. Lucky I was there told them no way. I ended up giving him 80 for all it an enjoyed the heck of that GameCube myself.
Jesus fuck gamestop I went there recently and they were selling left 4 dead 2 for 40 dollars just because it's backwards compatible I saved money going online and buying one for 12 dollars free shipping
@@caelvm133 You must be a GameStop employee
Ever heard of something called supply and demand?
@@Yeshua_is-Cool you could also buy it in Xbox 360 games online
@@caelvm133 im sayin lmao. ppl be comin up with paragraphs of str8 bullshit for whatever reason
Remember, you literally don’t have to sell it to them. They aren’t ripping you off, your decision to sell to them, rips you off.
With that logic, nothing is ever a rip off hahaha. No one can ever force you to buy or sell anything, so its all your choice.
my advice - dont sell games by the tub load or bag load. just a handful of games at a time. it makes it easier to break down the price for individual games so you can challenge the price.
a large tub of games can be annoying for staff to go through and check each disc, not all staff are passionate about a load of games, for an independent seller or whatever they would take more interest. but for just someone working at the till.. not so much so they may low ball you with a low price just to take the lot off your hands. as not everyone is prepared to hump a big tub of games around town. they have seen this before many times so often would low ball. just seeing a tower of games their immediate thing to do is treat them like a stack of any old games. you could have a nicer limited edition sleeve version but when they are just all stacked like that they dont get that individual treatment as they would if you had a handful of games.
if you try to challenge them on the price to perhaps offer more, all they are thinking of then is.. we already have loads of these, or, id have to file all of these away and price them individually.. take the price or leave it XD
smaller bundles is a nicer transaction as well
Just started collecting and would be more than happy to take them all at $1 each 😁
I'm definitely going to make myself a house being lifted by a balloon. That's such an awesome idea❤️
Omg.... At 10min.. That audio background is from UN Squadron on the SNES. All time favorite childhood game. You triggered my nostalgia
ive been watching for so long and im just realizing you live in my home city and that matts games was literally 5 minutes away from my house,i hope i can meet you one day.
Matt's Games is great! They always pay way more than anywhere else I have tried!
I was so close with GameStop. My bet was 12 dollars and I even told myself they probably won’t even take all the games.
Honestly the other 3 were based on corporate and what they can do, so still really great offers. But if you're selling to a guy who owns the place, then that's really good marketing on their part. 1. You're getting stock items even if it's not the greatest seller. 2. You just gave a returning customer store credit to spend in your store. Yes, store credit is that they don't have to pay. However, the customer is 10x more likely to come back and spend more based off of the relationship that was built. But keep in mind the longer you have known the boss then that may play into the greater the deal.
I grew up with Rugrats search for reptar on the ps1. Hours of fun with my cousins. The golf course was my favorite. What a game back in the day. Nickelodeon for life!!!
A ton of those games I'd love to buy for my collection oh boy
Just give it to charity, kids will love these.
SaGa Frontier 2 is the kind of game I would be excited to find. That's a decent game with really nice sprite work and music.
Subscribed and best of luck with the dream dude
So happy you guys are working towards your goals and I’m so happy I can help
How come they say 2-3$ a piece when you're selling a total of 100 games, and yet they STILL give you lower than 100$?
“We sell them for 2-3 a piece “ so they can’t pay more then a buck
Stores need to make profits to survive. If they sell products for the same price they bought it for, they'll be selling at a loss.
your game stores and pawn shops are really nice
So funny, I grew up with a “Matt’s Game Exchange” - super combo of the stores!
You should do mystery boxes for each different console
Hey Caleb I’ve just started re selling video games on eBay a couple weeks ago and it’s so fun! Your videos have helped me know what’s good to get and there so fun to watch so thanks so much and ignore all the hate because your amazing.😎
Good luck on the sales!
Good luck
Thanks guys!
2:00 minutes in I TOTALLY recognized the Goof Troop snes soundtrack!!! 💕💕💕
Dude Crackdown 360 is an amazing game and so I checked, it’s selling fur about $14 used on Amazon, surprised no one caught that