DKOldies ruined my life

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  • @noeldoesthings
    @noeldoesthings ปีที่แล้ว +2144

    Thx for the video, now I know what site to avoid

    • @galaxycraft2454
      @galaxycraft2454 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Austin Evans made a video about it too.

    • @PhoenIXPhantasies
      @PhoenIXPhantasies ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Alsof jij daar wat zou kopen (':

    • @PeachIceCreamy
      @PeachIceCreamy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@galaxycraft2454 so did charlie!

    • @galaxycraft2454
      @galaxycraft2454 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@PeachIceCreamy No, Charlie only talked about it but Austin Evans and Elliot unboxed their consoles.

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​​@@galaxycraft2454 and so did Jared R And ReviewTechUSA

  • @shadowedfate151
    @shadowedfate151 ปีที่แล้ว +1675

    The fact a dead insect was next to the sticker is the most Poetic and perfect visualization of dkoldies xD

    • @bleatingsheep
      @bleatingsheep ปีที่แล้ว +68

      If this was the first dead bug I had seen in a DK Oldies order, then maybe. Truth is, I also had a dead bug in a recent order I made with them. I've also seen other people reporting dead bugs in their orders.
      Price gouging and shoddy refurbishments are one thing. A bug infested warehouse is a whole other concern.

    • @dahjord
      @dahjord ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bleatingsheep thers just a huge nest in the middle of jigs hair and spiders

    • @drwombat
      @drwombat ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah this stuff is literally writing itself... It couldn't be more perfect. I hope he took a picture of that as it needs to be their new advertising logo

    • @Arcania9516
      @Arcania9516 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They had cobwebs and dead insects in a console they sent to Jacob R.
      That was prove they never refurbished the console he purchased.

    • @Arcania9516
      @Arcania9516 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@bleatingsheep
      DKO is probably infested with them.

  • @Ludanc0
    @Ludanc0 ปีที่แล้ว +919

    The warranty sticker trapping a bug is just too much lol.

    • @stevenbacon-cheddar9914
      @stevenbacon-cheddar9914 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      That’s not a bug, it’s actually a feature😂

    • @nagiuhti
      @nagiuhti ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's a sign!

    • @SulphurBorne
      @SulphurBorne ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@stevenbacon-cheddar9914 Joey threw it in as a gift

    • @twinkletoes8094
      @twinkletoes8094 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do they not have anyone looking at this stuff before they ship it ?

    • @diplosr
      @diplosr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "warranty"

  • @CrystalLaser
    @CrystalLaser ปีที่แล้ว +3097

    These guys sold a Super Mario World with a dead save battery to some poor dude and they made a video where they “heroically” sent him another one while requiring he send the original back, and then they had the audacity to tell me that save batteries are thoroughly checked and that it “probably died on the way to the customer”. You are not gonna tell me a 23 year old save battery died in the few days it took to go from your facility to the customer.

    • @xXmonsieurxgamerXx
      @xXmonsieurxgamerXx ปีที่แล้ว +382

      Of course they want the original back, how else is the next sucke... I mean customer going to get their refurbed unit?

    • @qTytan
      @qTytan ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You never know, it could be possible. Just saying

    • @tormentridden
      @tormentridden ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Some of those batteries only work long enough to test because they come mostly dead from China.. (all of them come from China) so they could have swapped it, checked it, and then it sat around for a few months and is now dead. This is a common problem with Gameboy games right now.

    • @CrystalLaser
      @CrystalLaser ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tormentridden these batteries die after decades, not months. This is why the original batteries are making it 20+ years. China has nothing to do with it and you can buy these batteries at the store. Nice try though.

    • @Win_Farming
      @Win_Farming ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Would be interesting to know, if it was the first battery still- as they seem to call working stuff "refurbished" by outside cleaning and putting a Sticker on a screwpost😂
      I would bet my a.. , it was the original one that died in stock/while shipping and they called/sold it as a refurbished game- probably they didn't even tested the remaining voltage and swap the battery as they should in that case😬

  • @ryanpooley
    @ryanpooley ปีที่แล้ว +162

    For those prices you would think they could take a picture of the actual product you purchased 😮‍💨

  • @dankhill6851
    @dankhill6851 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    Cosmetically flawed can legitimately mean someone smashed a corner out of the plastic from DKoldies

    • @NonsensicalSpudz
      @NonsensicalSpudz ปีที่แล้ว +23

      only comes an A button

    • @AZodiacCancer
      @AZodiacCancer ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Cosmetically flawed. Just the motherboard and parts it needs to work, no case at all. Slap refurbished on it and sell it for $800

    • @RighteousnessWillPrevail
      @RighteousnessWillPrevail ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It would still fit the category of cosmetically flawed. A scratch it technically part of the outer casing being gone. It's just a very very very small piece of your systems body gone. Cosmetic issues means the system will still function. Which is really the most important thing. But the prices he was discussing are high.

  • @octozach89
    @octozach89 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Hi friends, I used to work for them. I'm actually in a few of their tiktoks. What little I did in the repairs department allowed me to really see what was going on. From employees hiding the "good" consoles under desks until their time was up so they could just kinda slip out with them to co-workers telling me to allow a wii through with LITERAL MAPLE SYRUP in the disk drive. Rest assured, when I was working back there I made sure every console I said was "ok" was truly "ok" I fixed the ones I could and made sure the ones that couldn't never saw the light of day. I quit when my co-worker became my boss and he immediately moved me away from the other workers because I was "on his shit list" for doing his job better than him.

  • @OblivionWolf
    @OblivionWolf ปีที่แล้ว +947

    I've never thought I'd see Elliot buying on DKOldies. Once I saw the title, I immediately clicked.

    • @wwefuture01
      @wwefuture01 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same

    • @matthewleblanc2451
      @matthewleblanc2451 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Word. We were properly baited n we clicked lol 😆

    • @gabekyun
      @gabekyun ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same...

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think that is what he wanted, he knows he is doing this for views...

    • @patrickwooton966
      @patrickwooton966 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats why he made a DKOldies video, because everybody is clicking on those videos. Silly

  • @bradleystone4526
    @bradleystone4526 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    When he said $200 I honestly expected him to pull out one gameboy

  • @pacsonic9000
    @pacsonic9000 ปีที่แล้ว +1224

    The owner mistook a rare IQue GBA as a fake GBA and destroyed it on camera.
    Edit: This is the most replies I've ever gotten on a TH-cam comment. Also, there's a blog post on the DK Oldies site about how they could tell that the game boys were fake.

    • @Stevethepokeface
      @Stevethepokeface ปีที่แล้ว +183

      that dude is a little bat chit scrazy

    • @Waltman13
      @Waltman13 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      If that doesn't show how incompetent DKOldies is then I don't know what does.
      It's like destroying a rare vase just because someone thought the paintjob looked sloppy. Research the damn thing first before deciding whether it gets the hammer or not.

    • @Puffypoo574
      @Puffypoo574 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      he destroyed 2 of them in fact

    • @mrtree1368
      @mrtree1368 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      You think that's bad ? Just don't forget gamestop destroyed alot of retro stuff back when they used to sell them all because they deemed it unfixable when they probably wernt

    • @Srcsqwrn
      @Srcsqwrn ปีที่แล้ว +4

      W a t ??

  • @samthekashman
    @samthekashman ปีที่แล้ว +57

    “Shipped the same day which is pretty impressive” lol they’re trying to get em out the door before you think better of it and cancel

  • @retrostashrepairs
    @retrostashrepairs ปีที่แล้ว +532

    I actually bought a lot for parts from them back then a couple of years ago on their ebay store. When they were not that popular. The prices were really affordable and fair. Times have changed.

    • @rogerarteaga2665
      @rogerarteaga2665 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Blame 2020 when everyone saw nostalgia at a high price

    • @sunnohh
      @sunnohh ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ugh, DK was a rip off ten years ago…

    • @retrostashrepairs
      @retrostashrepairs ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@sunnohh really? 🤔 maybe I just got lucky then and bought what they thought was trash or unrepairable 😅😆

    • @kevlarvest7375
      @kevlarvest7375 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ​@@retrostashrepairs Nah, I bought from them years ago and I had no complaints, even on price. We dodged the fire, but a lot of people got burned.

    • @goatpepperherbaltea7895
      @goatpepperherbaltea7895 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s a dumbass business they’re smart for squeezing as much out as they can for all that junk😂

  • @I_Am_DK_
    @I_Am_DK_ ปีที่แล้ว +23

    DKoldies say they still "refurbish" the cosmetically flawed items. At least the website still says it's refurbished when I clicked on cosmetically flawed. It's also illegal in the United States for DKoldies to call that sticker a void warranty sticker. They call it something else now. Can't remember what it is. I think it's honestly called a quality control sticker now 😂

  • @stevenmusante4681
    @stevenmusante4681 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The fact that they charge a premium without taking simple steps to clean the systems is absurd.

  • @Reman1975
    @Reman1975 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I bought an immaculate second hand "Ice Blue" pocket about 20 years ago. I had no idea that the colour was a limited edition. It was rattling about in my jacket pocket with a couple of cartridges and a small plastic containing 4x spare AAA's for about 5 or 6 years. You think yours is hideously scarred, you should see mine ! Not only has the paint wore off all the corners and edges, but a fair amount of the plastic has worn down too !
    The reason I stumbled across this video was because a few days back I unearthed this tatty GB pocket in a box of my old stuff, and (after testing that everything still worked) I decided to show it a little love. I've got parts coming to backlight and "Bivert" it, upgrade the speaker, add one of Giltesa's USB C Li-po charging kits + a 1100mah li-po, and a translucent blue shell to rehome it all in (plus some replacement coin cells for my cartridges, because all of old one I tried in my GB pocket have lost my saved games). If all goes to plan it should be better than new.

  • @megamix5403
    @megamix5403 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    The dead insect carcass had my sides lmao XD
    Thanks for looking out for us, Elliot. :)

    • @RitzyBusiness
      @RitzyBusiness ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the jumpscare warning

    • @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es
      @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dkoldies is a great company jabroni

    • @nonWhites_have_to_go_back
      @nonWhites_have_to_go_back ปีที่แล้ว

      A carcass is dead… You don’t need need to point out that an insect carcass is dead. Carcasses are always dead. ZOOMER BRAIN

    • @megamix5403
      @megamix5403 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es lmao come up with a better insult XD

    • @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es
      @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es ปีที่แล้ว

      @@megamix5403 you seriously need a life bro🤣 dkoldies is a family small business. We need to support small business. Dkoldies does nothing wrong

  • @diegosilang4823
    @diegosilang4823 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I bought an original DMG Gameboy for $3 from a thrift store and spent $50 refurbishing with new buttons and screen cover. Parts are cheap, but eBay shipping is pricey, I thought I over spend, but DK Oldies makes me feel better 😂

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering ปีที่แล้ว +109

    I'd guess the DMG is more expensive because it's the "original", and therefore better. Sites like DKOldies are targeting people who just want that nostalgia hit from their childhood, so they can charge through the nose for nostalgia.

    • @SidNightWalker
      @SidNightWalker ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The people who don't know what eBay is obviously.

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@SidNightWalkerOr people who understand buying refurbished is always risky and want to deal with a company with a well documented and easy to access returns system.

    • @SidNightWalker
      @SidNightWalker 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SineN0mine3 yes. Defend the fucking shitty, lying company for some reason why don't you. You cannot be fucking serious at this point. For real. Hell you sound like a sock puppet anyway. Which I would not put past such a terrible company one bit. 😉

    • @IsaiahPerez-du3kn
      @IsaiahPerez-du3kn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SidNightWalkerI order from eBay and some Game Boys are usually used on eBay but they’re not for a bad price unlike DKOldies if I’m making sense here

  • @Oblivion0fate
    @Oblivion0fate ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bought a 465 dollar game from them (I was really desperate to get it) and there was so many scratches on it!!! Man, I’m saddened to see they actually pull everyone’s leg. :/

    • @PersonausdemAll
      @PersonausdemAll ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The have to pay you 450 Dollar back lol

    • @chesspunk489
      @chesspunk489 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what game was it?

    • @OblivionPrime
      @OblivionPrime 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No game is worth that much

    • @Oblivion0fate
      @Oblivion0fate 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chesspunk489 Dot Hack Quarantine

  • @DispensableGamer
    @DispensableGamer ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Even the "cosmetically flawed" products they sell, they claim to refurbish

  • @Fawncookielive
    @Fawncookielive ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I will say that almost two years ago I did buy a gameboy color on there and it was in extremely good condition, but about 2 months ago I bought a gameboy advanced and it was not nearly as good as the color. I think part of the problem is how big they’ve gotten.

  • @gagebreaux9840
    @gagebreaux9840 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My experience with DK Oldies was actually pretty good. I ordered Kung fu and final fantasy for the nes, both "cosmeticly flawed." Kung fu was immaculate, light scratches on the underside only. Final fantasy was slightly yellowed when held against a pristine cartridge, had a small tear on the label and a dead save battery (to be expected.) 9 dollars on the jungle site and a quick Soldering jobh meant I was now playing two of my all time favorites on original hardware!

  • @talatunde8292
    @talatunde8292 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I used to work at DK on their cleaning team. We all hated it, but company policy doesn't let us open anything to clean. I got a GBC from them, and it's been great tho

    • @Roadent1241
      @Roadent1241 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Seems a bit of a crap system if you can't actually clean the thing then?

    • @flyingchicken33
      @flyingchicken33 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I got a gbc from them. I live in canada so it was $217 CDN. So its kind of insane, but i didnt know any better because i thought “pay a premium, get a premium gbc”. How wrong i was. Gbc came super dirty, games didnt work, and they replaced the lens but there was shit in between.

    • @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
      @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      If you can't open to clean it then how can they call them "refurbished"? That's just buying used stuff wiping it off and marking up the price.
      Sounds more like the place is being run by Slothful Greed, do little or no work and make all the money.
      That's that's awful shit of them to do.🤦‍♂️

    • @smolmuffin
      @smolmuffin ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A very bizarre policy in my opinion, if they are charging so much for a "refurbished" system, most would expect it to be clean inside and out, and if anything was replaced or restored it would be done responsibly without any cut corners. But from what I've seen none of that is happening... or if so its rare. Are they that scared of you all breaking something by accident? Or just trying to cut corners in greed?

    • @J_Nephilim
      @J_Nephilim ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@flyingchicken33 did you keep it I would’ve been highly upset

  • @SavingPrivateBob
    @SavingPrivateBob ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for doing what you do, my man. You inspired me to make my own custom GameBoy Colors. Very grateful that you shouted out the site we buy the GameBoys from, because that was the real struggle for me the past few days since I've gotten serious about it. I was almost willing to spend close to what you spent on these GameBoys. Definitely tested my will to actually go through with it all. Plus, it's awesome to watch an entertaining guy who's talent for making them is unreached. Something I could only ever aspire to. I haven't sanded anything since TD in high school lol I got the basic C in that and called it a day, if only we did this in school I'd have paid full attention

  • @anthonytalks95
    @anthonytalks95 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    I'm here for any DKOldies slander. I hate that so many people probably go to them without knowing any better and just get a bad deal.

    • @cherokeekid787
      @cherokeekid787 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not libel if it's true

    • @MikeHunt-lz2hq
      @MikeHunt-lz2hq ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That and they are ruining the market for all of us that grew up in the era of these systems . If I wanted to buy my son a gbasp or a 3dsxl or both it's gonna run me almost 1000 dollars I can buy him two ps5s or a ps5 and a decent tv for the price of those two handhelds and a couple games or extras.. like if I sold a gbasp i wouldn't be able to get more than 40-60 bucks for it and a 3dsxl o wouldn't be able to get more than maybe 100 bucks it's getting ridiculous

    • @CommanderWiggins
      @CommanderWiggins ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@MikeHunt-lz2hq Yeah they have definitely played a part in how much prices for retro stuff has inflated in the past few years. They are hy no means the sole reason but I definitely blame them in part.

    • @definitelynotacriminal
      @definitelynotacriminal ปีที่แล้ว

      Nearly me 😅

    • @MarkFendy-sw7hn
      @MarkFendy-sw7hn ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@knucklesmcgirk7190well you can have problems too on eBay you never know

  • @james312
    @james312 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It really is very important that people keep exposing them and not stop. People are still buying from them, which means their ripoff prices will be eventually normalised if this continues, and they’re going to screw up the entire pricing for retro consoles, and they’re going to go the way of sneaker sales.
    People are going to buy up all the consoles for their real market value and start reselling for DKOldies price, the market could very well adjust to that and ruin vintage collecting forever. Then we’re going to have to rely on emulators, which none of us that actually like retro gaming for the reasons that we do, want to be stuck with.
    Hopefully everybody keeps their attention on DKOldies until their business literally cannot survive anymore. Their employees will find new retail jobs making the same money, and as it is they’re an active participant in potentially ruining video games for us all as it is. Don’t stop exposing DKOldies.

  • @DreamDaddie
    @DreamDaddie ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Thank you, Elliot for making sure people know about these shenanigans that happen with DKOldies

  • @DanielleAlek
    @DanielleAlek ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Could you imagine if Apple was selling cosmetically flawed phones on their website for significantly more than you could buy a second-hand one on Facebook Marketplace?"
    Kind of a weird brand to choose for that analogy seeing as Apple's entire business model is selling flawed phones at significantly higher pricepoints than is humanly possible to excuse lmao

  • @NeonSonOfXenon
    @NeonSonOfXenon ปีที่แล้ว +337

    Man it sucks that folks are trying to do the community dirty like that. We have so much more to gain when we work together😢

    • @blankblank4949
      @blankblank4949 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      not to mention, with everyone realizing their bs; so many amazing systems that could've given people so much joy are going to this corporations warehouse to basically die or be given to some speculative nutjob who will lock the system away in a plastic box in hopes they can make money of it some day.

    • @bababoy6331
      @bababoy6331 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yep and you know what sucks even more?
      Some people are actually defending them
      I can't even express the emotion i have when i see someone like that😂
      Like why are you defending them tell me a single thing that is worth from them (except the TH-cam videos and advertisment I'll give them that theu knownhow to do that)and if you think about it these ads are kind of luring costumers in and if you don't know anything about retro stuff you'll just get ripped off

    • @TheBananaManana
      @TheBananaManana ปีที่แล้ว

      Dkoldies isn't a bad company, people have always charged higher for games that aren't for sale anymore and the prices aren't going down anytime soon. Games like earthbound have always been expenensive but I ordered three games from them and they were in pristine condition and for my copy of Sonic Spinball they included a Sega ad with a Jurassic poster in the back and a Aladdin ad too. Stop hating on dkoldies and touch grass man :).

    • @mrsuperheatran2794
      @mrsuperheatran2794 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Everything retro related has skyrocketed in price, and they can get away with it too just because people still pay the ridiculous prices so they always get rewarded for their immense greed.

    • @MrDiegoc16
      @MrDiegoc16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@blankblank4949 that is me except that i just want it for nostalgia. I buy consoles in mint condition to just put it in a shelf. I emulate to play the games i want. Will most likely buy second ones to mod and play with. Im not doing this to get money in the future but a hobby of collecting(just got started).

  • @awesomeferret
    @awesomeferret ปีที่แล้ว

    How the heck did they not realize that the lucky dip business model requires a LOWER than average price, not a higher one?

  • @Dr_Nick_
    @Dr_Nick_ ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Has anyone ever spotted their old system on your channel? I can imagine some folks could recognize unique wear marks on systems they used extensively.

  • @austenlangford
    @austenlangford ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is why I got out of collecting. I used to find these items in this condition. The fun was paying a low price to make something old look new again and keep it working for the future generation. They took away the joy of low prices and finding burried treasures. Now, they send you the stuff you use to find with such joy. All you have to do is just pay a premium price? All because they found it? Oh well... vinyl is still pretty cheap at least... FOR NOW! 👀

  • @Luurangi
    @Luurangi ปีที่แล้ว +547

    DkOldies is the saddest company in existance

    • @antonydandrea
      @antonydandrea ปีที่แล้ว

      You are the saddest person

    • @Jun.Suzuki
      @Jun.Suzuki ปีที่แล้ว +35

      theyre sad sure but far from the saddest

    • @Mohammed1000real
      @Mohammed1000real ปีที่แล้ว

      They're pathetic

    • @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es
      @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wrong. At dkoldies, they're a small business trying their best to stay afloat. I'll always be loyal to joey and dkoldies

    • @juandiegocalderonwurth8379
      @juandiegocalderonwurth8379 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ​@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es what?

  • @snowsensei
    @snowsensei ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the title said "DKOldies ruined my life" I was expecting him to open the box and see cockroaches or bedbugs scurry out into his house. Definitely not "this one will be mint with some retrobrighting" and "I'll definitely be playing with this one a lot," but I get it... algorithms and all...

  • @StEeF7-YT
    @StEeF7-YT ปีที่แล้ว +32

    That’s why I love a local company we have here in the Netherlands, they upload pics of the system on their site so you’ll know exactly what you’ll get when buying it.

  • @ronniebaskin
    @ronniebaskin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh man I have an ice blue GBP that has a really cool backstory. This gave me some serious nostalgia. A buddy who served in Afghanistan took his GBP with him overseas. While there he had an IED go off near him, close enough that he threw him backwards onto the ground. His GBP was in his pocket, and while it got pretty beat up, it still works to this day! He gave me that gameboy a few years ago and I've always been too nervous to restore it myself. I don't want to ruin it! Videos like yours inspire me to try one day...

  • @KoutenMusashi
    @KoutenMusashi ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Living in Japan I’ve mainly only bought from Amazon jp(most expensive, but I always pick sellers who with pictures of the gameboys), Yahoo auction or mercari, which isn’t bad, and then book off, which is immensely cheap, though the quality of games seems to be higher than handhelds, but maybe I’ve just been unlucky. It’s been baffling to me how insane the retro gaming market has gotten in the US in recent years, if you can I think it would be cheaper(and you’ll be getting better condition) to order from Japan, even with the shipping cost if you buy in bulk.

    • @bahamutbbob
      @bahamutbbob ปีที่แล้ว

      He has been sponsored by, and often buys from, Sendico.

    • @BeefJerkey
      @BeefJerkey ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think you're right about the prices of these things in Japan. I've been looking for a decent GBA SP, and I've found that I could probably get one imported from Japan and pay for the shipping, and _still_ pay less than what it would cost for me to get one from a US seller. And it would probably be in better condition.
      And don't even get me started on the cost of retro games, such as SNES/Super Famicom. The Japanese cartridges are incredibly cheap compared to the absurd prices of the American ones. Even a retro game store that I've been to here has a few Japanese N64 games on the shelf, and they are priced noticably lower!

    • @A-ID-A-M
      @A-ID-A-M ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thats why Elliott always uses Sendaco. It is absolutely cheaper if you buy in bulk from Japan. And Japanese people are known for being clean and taking care of their belongings. I have several consoles and accessories I have bought secondhand from Japan. Absolutely worth it AND I can get rare JP only release consoles. Or like my DS Lite which is an EU/Asia exclusive.

    • @smolmuffin
      @smolmuffin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've used sendico in the past for aibos for that reason. Yea you get a Japanese unit you can't send to Sony for repairs if you grab the newest model used but there's those knowledgeable in repairs here and there. Didn't want to get into another expensive hobby but if I do decide to grab some retro consoles I'm hunting down auctions on sendico to at least save a little bit.

    • @jackshikikunt3042
      @jackshikikunt3042 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      While considerably lower than what the rest of the world charges, recently the "retro game hype" has seemed to affect japan, for example I bought a complete in box minty new2dsll for ¥8000 in 2017, now one scratched, without box went for ¥25000. That's prices in the Akiba area tho, if you look online they'll be cheaper, but still kinda worse than before

  • @AlexEarMusic
    @AlexEarMusic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have to say that the patina of the ice blue color looks incredibly cool to me. Someone really loved the hell out of this system and it ages really nicely. Of course it is kind of a hefty price tag, but I think the one you found on eBay looks WAY worse than this one.

  • @jennika753
    @jennika753 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    The thing that gets me is they sell these as "refurbished" and they're all *dirty*. Someone put a screen lens on the DMG -- one that doesn't even fit correctly -- and called it job done.

  • @richardmcgowan1651
    @richardmcgowan1651 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    $109 for something they bought at a junk yard sale for $5 at most..... Disgusting company and site.

  • @Cool-Spot
    @Cool-Spot ปีที่แล้ว +32

    A DKOldies video from Austin and Elliot in the same day? This is going to be good. Probably not for Elliot though.

    • @StormEagle0083
      @StormEagle0083 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just saw the same thing as well.

    • @AtoManPL
      @AtoManPL ปีที่แล้ว

      Same day, same time lol

    • @linusmayden8465
      @linusmayden8465 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which Austin?

    • @Tweetycher
      @Tweetycher ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@linusmayden8465 Evans

  • @archibaldc.1833
    @archibaldc.1833 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a dead bug right on the quality control sticker.
    That sums up DK Oldies to an absurdly accurate degree.

  • @Nic5Cyprus
    @Nic5Cyprus ปีที่แล้ว +132

    I was introduced to Dkoldies by watching Elliott's shorts on youtube. He would make videos about random unknown facts about Nintendo hardware and so did Dkoldies, so youtube started recommending them to me. Even back then I could kinda pick up that they were a shady company

    • @thegooseshow2691
      @thegooseshow2691 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Dkoldies feeds off of youtube shorts its their best form of marketing

    • @fryke
      @fryke ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "even back then". :P (TH-cam shorts is a feature that came about in 2020.)

    • @Nic5Cyprus
      @Nic5Cyprus ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fryke yeah I wrote it like that because this happened long before the controversy

    • @thegooseshow2691
      @thegooseshow2691 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fryke youtube shorts weren't a thing until july of 2021

    • @fryke
      @fryke ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Nic5Cyprus I know, I was just kidding. Because we're talking retro tech from '89 and the 90s in this video, it just tickled a laugh. :) ... And TheGooseShow: I had the same feeling, just looked it up, and apparently the feature was introduced in 2020, although it might have become a 'thing' (an abomination to me, personally) only later on.

  • @woogaloo
    @woogaloo ปีที่แล้ว

    Considering that they added a board for the voltage regulation or whatnot shows me that they should have cleaned it while it was already open. Weird.

  • @stuff31
    @stuff31 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Sorry for the sad news, hope you're able to recover from this terrible encounter with dkoldies, best wishes man

  • @KingHenryVR4
    @KingHenryVR4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Someone gave me a DMG in excellent condition with a copy Ducktales 2 that they found in a big box of misc stuff.

  • @velvetrooster5569
    @velvetrooster5569 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for buying handheld systems. I’ve seen people talking about this particular store and they’re always talking about the Xbox or the PlayStation or another home consoles but no one is talking about what quality that they ship their handheld consoles.

  • @YoYoknots
    @YoYoknots 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I purchased my first PSp from a second hand seller on Ebay, and it was in need of a bit of love, including a new battery, but after switching the language over to English from Japanese, giving it a deep clean and replacing the battery, it was good to go, and I got it for a fraction of what it might have costed elsewhere. Self-service really helps!

  • @Bendilin
    @Bendilin ปีที่แล้ว +44

    To be fair, the way they painted the GameBoy Pockets, that paint came off just by touching the thing. I have a golden Nintendo Power anniversary GameBoy Pocket, a good third of the gold paint has come off just from a few years of holding it. I imagine the Ice Blue pocket was painted the exact same way, just blue instead of gold.

    • @joshnickerson83
      @joshnickerson83 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As someone who does own a ice blue gbp, I can confirm that is indeed the case.

    • @goclunker
      @goclunker ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you washed your hands before using it, the paint didn’t come off. Source: my mint ice blue gbp. Always washed my hands. The oils from your hands wear the paint super quick. Same goes for anything painted or plastic. First it turns glossy, and then it comes off.

  • @TRJ2241987
    @TRJ2241987 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's crazy how DMG Game Boys have leaped in the last 10 years. I sold one to a friend in 2012 for $15 in flawless shape with a screen replacement and that wasn't even much of a loss for me to do that for him

  • @DarkLatexKing
    @DarkLatexKing ปีที่แล้ว +33

    *Thats Why I Never Buy From Dkoldies Again*

    • @BlackLotusFlame
      @BlackLotusFlame ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Again? I'm sorry for your wallet's loss

    • @Sangral101
      @Sangral101 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why did you buy in the first place? How drunk have you been? Who held a gun to your head and forced you?

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didn't even talk about how they destroyed an iQue GBA SP

  • @heartgrenade8359
    @heartgrenade8359 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is probably going to be the last DK Oldies video I ever watch. The topic is so tired BUT it was still worth hearing you talk about it this once.

    • @Claydood
      @Claydood ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Topic is incredibly old and tiring, been going on for months now. I guess when they say retro content creators being out of ideas is true.

    • @NerdyWeaponXGames
      @NerdyWeaponXGames ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Claydood the fact he titled it as “they ruined my life” but ended the video saying it’s not too bad, made it a total eye roll.

  • @ParasiteAdam666
    @ParasiteAdam666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got lucky with my ice blue then. I think I only paid like 30-40 for it. Only downside is it has screen cancer around the edges (covered by the lens), and I think the previous owner tried gluing the original sticker down at some point. Label wasnt salvageable and took way too long to get the glue clump off and the scrub the cigarette smell out of the inside.

  • @hanktank45
    @hanktank45 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Personally, if I'm paying top price for a console, I'd want to see it before buying it instead of just getting a random condition.

  • @zalotordslayer3996
    @zalotordslayer3996 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Btw the condition of the console or product does not matter. According to DKOldies themselves ALL products are refurbished

  • @ZonicMirage
    @ZonicMirage ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Ice Blue Pocket is one of my absolute favorite variants, which makes this that much more disheartening. Ahhh, DKO strikes again.

  • @foirey
    @foirey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:24 my mom has that green game boy and said she bought hers for only 90USD! What the hell man.

  • @marklowery8193
    @marklowery8193 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That blue does look better than the Teal of the Pocket and the Color. Very cool. Sad about the price to condition rate :(

  • @LosChalesdeJorge
    @LosChalesdeJorge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you said you bought 200 dollars worth of game boys I was expecting only one unit and probably a game

  • @Luigi64
    @Luigi64 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    TH-camrs are funding dkoldies lmao they keep buying from em to expose em

  • @stellarkym
    @stellarkym ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've bought a PS2 on them that didn't even worked. I opened it up and found that it's dirty beyond recognition.
    They won't let me replace it because they said I've removed the warranty sticker.

    • @nickbishop2329
      @nickbishop2329 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you live in the U.S that’s illegal those warranty stickers hold no weight

  • @XenoEnthusiast13
    @XenoEnthusiast13 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Great video Elliot! Been wanting you to check out this whole DK oldies situation. Cant believe people buy from them.😂🙌🏼

    • @Stevethepokeface
      @Stevethepokeface ปีที่แล้ว +2

      litterally

    • @f937r
      @f937r ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well they take advantage of people who haven’t been in the hobby long and know they can charge a premium for nostalgia. That and their marketing works really well. Their target consumer is the adult who grew up in the 90s and wants to grab some of that childhood nostalgia even if it costs them $50 more than eBay because they feel like they can trust the company because they show their faces as a way to “connect.”

    • @J_Nephilim
      @J_Nephilim ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What’s worse is people defending & supporting their nasty deeds

  • @kreep3r
    @kreep3r ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You mean to tell me that Gameboy sitting in my closet is worth 108$????

  • @HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman
    @HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I saw the video where dkoldies tried to fix a n64 controller and failed to calibrate the joystick. It was still drifting and they said they did a good job.
    Dkoldies how is a joystick that still have drift a good jod when refurbishing a controller?

    • @duck_man1048
      @duck_man1048 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw that too! It was clearly off center lol and they still posted it as if people weren’t gonna notice

  • @jacksonarmstrong
    @jacksonarmstrong ปีที่แล้ว

    Just a note, that DMG doesn't have the USA style serial number sticker on the back, so it either came from the EU/UK or more likely japan. That most likely means they bought it in a Sendico or similar service for cheap and the resold for $110. Its a scam.

  • @James_D.
    @James_D. ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I‘m so sorry you have to experience this. 😔

    • @geetarbube
      @geetarbube ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “have to”?
      He purposely overpaid for subpar items to make a video.

  • @allthegoodnamesweretaken3965
    @allthegoodnamesweretaken3965 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spent $80 each on a Gameboy Advance and a Gameboy Color at a local flea market, and the only thing i had to do to them was clean up a little sticker residue on the advance, and both are in gorgeous condition. $80 for something so dirty is a horrible deal

  • @Zero_x
    @Zero_x ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Yep, that's some DKOldies "cleaned and refurbished" quality right there.

    • @AzuraeLyonheart
      @AzuraeLyonheart ปีที่แล้ว

      if your dumb a55 listened, they did not state it this guys order was cleans and refurbished.

  • @rjbourgeois5490
    @rjbourgeois5490 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't blame them for scratched covers/cases. It's not new and they don't claim for it to be such. It is pre-owned and especially for a limited variant, you really don't want to screw with the paint job. What I do it for, is the fact that they cant be bothered to clean the damn thing, or for matter testing to make sure it even works. TBF, from a reseller's perspective. $80 for a gameboy to sell to the end buyer isn't bad at all. Handhelds can range from 60-200+ depending on make and model.

  • @babaliboon9323
    @babaliboon9323 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And because DKOldies got picked to be filmed, I'm throwing in a like and a comment!

  • @BlackBeltGamers88
    @BlackBeltGamers88 ปีที่แล้ว

    As someone who worked in a retro game store for the better part of 8 years recently, DKOldies prices are absolutely absurd. Their quality control is lackluster at best. We had a rival store in town with very similar ambitions. Selling reproduction carts as authentic, damage, not working or defective games as fully tested among many other things. The simple fact of the matter is, with self taught methods I am able to thoroughly test a system and clean it and diagnose issues usually within 20-30 minutes and give it a full clean on average. Each game is usually about the same for a thorough test and clean. Obviously there can be exceptions like blockbuster stickers or homemade stickers, permanent marker, some people engraved their info into the cartridges which obviously cannot really be fixed without a shell replacement etc. Needless to say, a LOT of retro stores just don't put as much effort into the quality of their resale as they could and as a personal collector before I started working at the store, I had an elevated level of quality I strived for. I treated just about every game and console for my entire 8 years as though it was going into my personal collection. That quality however got abused a little by the employer but when you work at a video game store you kind of don't care lol. I worked luckily at a Ma and Pa shop so I didn't mind putting in the extra effort as I was generally rewarded for it.

  • @777superlightwater
    @777superlightwater ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Finally someone reviews the handheld section of DK Oldies. We need more videos like this!

  • @pestydesperado8771
    @pestydesperado8771 ปีที่แล้ว

    can you take apart a Gameboy to treat the yellowed shell? ive seen people clean other types of yellowed plastic, not sure if it would work the same way

  • @fullmetaljoker666
    @fullmetaljoker666 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was at the mall the other day and went into one of those retro gaming stores. They had a bunch of NES's, gameboys of all varieties and a few gamecubes all for a fairly decent price. Still way marked up but nowhere near the level of dkoldies. Like I think their refurbished gameboy colors were going for $90-$130.

  • @cujoking87
    @cujoking87 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still have my ice blue Gameboy pocket from back in the day. It came as a bundle exclusive with Zelda link's awakening from target. Even mine got scratched easy it was the paint.

  • @noooname2568
    @noooname2568 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dk Oldies marketing is genius. Get everyone to talk about them, drive people to the site and hit a million subs 🤷‍♂️

    • @rashira9610
      @rashira9610 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeeaaahhh....I don't think Drew is that smart, honestly.
      It's a fluke, and they'll all be confused when it comes crashing down since they refuse to better themselves.

    • @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es
      @CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es ปีที่แล้ว

      Dkoldies is An amazing company, don't bash them. You're a jabroni

    • @Robbnlinzi
      @Robbnlinzi ปีที่แล้ว

      Hitler had more followers and didn’t succeed

  • @TheRealBoloci
    @TheRealBoloci 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For that price I bought a Black Nintendo Wii with GameCube compatibity💀

  • @bahamutbbob
    @bahamutbbob ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My one experience with DKOldies, they took forever to ship it. I swore off of buying from them again, then allllll this shit comes out, and yeah. I hope you didn't get a GBA that they broke with a baseball bat.

  • @pavy415
    @pavy415 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you cleaned the shell of the blue one would it look better ?

  • @8BitBruche
    @8BitBruche ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The problem I see with the whole situation is that regardless of their quality, unless they honor refunds and customers/creators are actually going through with them, they just keep making money.

  • @keithbiz85
    @keithbiz85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    _"Since you got picked to be filmed, I'm throwing in this dead spider carcass for free!"_

  • @EriolGaurhoth
    @EriolGaurhoth ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I will say, I've seen so many Game Boys on eBay priced much higher in significantly worse condition. These Game Boys may or may not be selling at those prices, but I consider $110 for a Game Boy that looks that good to be pretty in line with what the market is doing these days.

  • @healthbeauty7853
    @healthbeauty7853 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Retro collecting is like going back to using typewriters when we have modern computers.

  • @suyashkumar420
    @suyashkumar420 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good video, the DMG was pretty good, and I'd probably use that Pocket a fair bit considering the wear. DKOldies seem to be getting so much bad press that I'm sure they'll end up having to either shut down or massively reduce their prices, $100 for a DMG is absolutely ludicrous. I thought CEX were the apex of shitty prices but guess not lol

  • @wiznova7053
    @wiznova7053 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i would imagine they had to start putting their own warranty stickers on to deter customers from opening them up and posting about how dirty they are online

  • @andreysegura2510
    @andreysegura2510 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh, yes. Jumping on the dkoldies bandwagon. I guess making quality content isn't an option anymore. It's just better to do what everybody else is doing for the clicks.

    • @Marc_Araujo
      @Marc_Araujo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...and DKOldies is getting a crap-ton of sales from them (and multiple purchases from each TH-camr to boot).

  • @DeathByKonami
    @DeathByKonami ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those stickers are meant to keep people out of the system and typically removing the sticker means the warranty is voided

  • @RestoreTechnique
    @RestoreTechnique ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good video 👌 DKoldies obviously have no attention to detail, or pride in their "refurbishing"

  • @upsidedownsundae4763
    @upsidedownsundae4763 ปีที่แล้ว

    " For your order today im going to throw in some sand paper with that ice blue game boy pocket "

  • @siroglethorpe311
    @siroglethorpe311 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How did they ruin ur life tho…

    • @Somerandomnamex
      @Somerandomnamex 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      By stealing a ton of money from him for overpriced crap

  • @judojamie379
    @judojamie379 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recently learned that it's not a quality control sticker it's a """"warranty""" sticker which is why they put in on a screw, since they don't want you to open the console and repair it

  • @lowrider6217
    @lowrider6217 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The dead bug stuck to the DKO sticker is the most ironic thing ever.

  • @RemmiGT
    @RemmiGT ปีที่แล้ว

    As i'm a collector myself i got some of those videos from DKOldies on my tiktok account where they packed some orders for the customers. And i always thought: Who the hell is going to buy this overpriced stuff? I mean yeah...collecting retro consoles and games is getting more and more expensive. But those prices are (in relation to the condition) way too high. And what's even worse: All those comments on their tiktok videos were like "Wow that is awesome...i'm gonna order on DK now as well!".

  • @Mogg_king
    @Mogg_king ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey brotha I have a Nintendo factory sealed Nintendo Gameboy pocket in red do you by any chance have an idea of what the cost of it is??? I have no idea with how the internet states costs very loosely.

  • @requiett
    @requiett ปีที่แล้ว

    Less than $30 for shipping to the UK isn't so bad. I live in the US and Analogue wanted $60 to ship me a damn Analogue Pocket.

  • @siroglethorpe311
    @siroglethorpe311 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly my switch is in similar condition to those gameboys

  • @beavis4763
    @beavis4763 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought a beat up GameBoy Color for £5 and a replacement translucent orange shell, new buttons and screen cover all for £15.
    Works perfect and looks like new.

  • @OrlandoMagic23
    @OrlandoMagic23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a quick question regarding a Pikachu Gameboy SP I purchased. I’m not sure if it’s a real copy or a replica. What I do know is that it’s from Japan, but I’m not sure of the authenticity of it. How would I be able to tell the difference?

  • @thefrogwizard
    @thefrogwizard ปีที่แล้ว

    i once ordered a gba sp from dk oldies, listed as being a refurbished ags-101 model in good condition, and priced as such-when i got it, it turned out to be an ags-001, in HORRIBLE condition. i paid premium price for a gba sp that i could have gotten at a garage sale for $5... never shopped there again lmao