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.
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
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.
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.
@@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.
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😬
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Man, glad to see you finally own one of the Ice Blue pockets! That's the gameboy I had as a kid. Ok, story time: I have a brittle bone condition, and as a kid I had an original DMG gameboy. Which was wonderful for me to play in the hospital. The problem was, my hands were so tiny, and when I had an IV in with all the IV tape, I couldn't hold the gameboy properly. So when the pocket came out, my mom gifted it to me, and it was my best friend while laid up after an operation while in a body cast! (Or any cast for that matter). That ice blue gameboy was so gorgeous! I still regret getting rid of it in my teens... I now no longer get rid of my systems, especially if it's a special edition! I hope to get another ice blue some day.
@@masturbates Aw, thanks! I was lucky to have a mom with the same condition, so she knew how to handle all the quirks that come with my condition. And a grandmother that dealt with three generations of it. (My grandpa, my mom, and now me.)
I'm so sorry you had to go through that condition, but hey, not only did your Game Boy help pass time and entertain you, it helpes make memories, and that's wholesome
@@zachatck64 Ah, just the cards life dealt me! No biggie. And for sure! I miss my Ice Blue pocket. I could kill teenaged me for selling it AND it’s OG box for 20 bucks at a yardsale! UGH!
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 😂
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.
@@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.
@@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. 😉
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
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 😂
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...
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. :/
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.
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
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 :).
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.
@@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).
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
@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.
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.
Thanks to you, I've bought Doa units and were able to fix them and get them up and running again! I love your vids, they help be more confident when attempting to save old hand helds
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.
The nostalgia from holding a game boy must be awesome, I’ve personally only ever owned a gameboy flip, and to be honest I’d love to have one to hold again. But in my honest opinion, I’d much rather go for a retro handheld device that emulates GB games on it. Will run smoother, normally has shortcuts like fast forwarding, save states, etc, easier to find support for as these devices are being made today, not a device discontinued years and years ago. I love my miyoo mini it looks just like a gameboy with extra buttons and I’ve got all of my Pokémon games on there available to play at any moment, loaded all my cartridges onto an SSD so they’re all at my fingertips instead of a big case full of cartridges. Love the nostalgia but I feel you can have the nostalgic feel with QOL features and I’m enjoying my time on it. Still wish I had something with hinges though to replicate my gameboy flip
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.
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.
I had that Ice Blue Game Boy pocket when I was kid. I had the DMG as well and later the Color, but the Pocket was the best Game Boy form factor in my opinion. Lots of good memories with that system.
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
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.
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.🤦♂️
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?
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
@@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.
You know what'd be positively orgasmic? A class action lawsuit against DKO. Fixing your consoles with fake aftermarket parts like that screen lens, not telling the customers it's a fake replacement, and charging over full price for "refurbishing" while not even confirming the damn thing works strikes me as legally risky, and I'm pretty sure someone could wiggle in a lawsuit. Just sayin. Personally, I'd rather have my device have an OEM scratched screen than a new glass fake one that looks crap under scrutiny and doesn't even fit the fecking LCD panel correctly...
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?
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.
I still have my extreme green pocket from when I was a kid. Man I loved that thing. I got a color later on as a birthday present and still rocked the pocket because the screen felt so much bigger and clearer. Still have the color as well. And of course my sp from when it first came out. Sitting right next to my neo geo pocket color. Man it was a good time to be a gamer
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.”
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.
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! 👀
I also live in the UK. How were the Shipping times for the consoles. Not that I would ever buy anything for DK Oldies, but I buy a lot of stuff from eBay and some stuff you just cannot get over here or it works out a lot more expensive to buy them over here, even with the US Shipping charges. I was also thinking about things like import duties and Customs etc. Thanks.
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
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.
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.
I love you so much the retro future, it was because of you that I decided my career on university, you awakened in me that curiosity in me to see what is inside electronic devices, especially retro ones 🙏🙏
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.
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!
I saw a DMG Gameboy in a shop window the other day for 150 euro. Condition was middling. I hadn't a clue what they were going for these days if you can still get them for a tenner that's pretty mad.
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.
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
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.
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?
Hey buddy, awesome channel 🙌. Need advise on what ags-003 battery you recommend for the SP? Seems to be a few dodgy batteries out there, even on Amazon. I want to assure it won’t explode in my hands 😅
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Reminds me of when I got my iPad (home of my main account ‘Edcola’) repaired, the job was quite half-assed, the home button didn’t work 90% of the time and the case was held together apparently with fucking duct tape.
Thx for the video, now I know what site to avoid
Austin Evans made a video about it too.
Alsof jij daar wat zou kopen (':
@@galaxycraft2454 so did charlie!
@@PeachIceCreamy No, Charlie only talked about it but Austin Evans and Elliot unboxed their consoles.
@@galaxycraft2454 and so did Jared R And ReviewTechUSA
The fact a dead insect was next to the sticker is the most Poetic and perfect visualization of dkoldies xD
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.
@@bleatingsheep thers just a huge nest in the middle of jigs hair and spiders
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
They had cobwebs and dead insects in a console they sent to Jacob R.
That was prove they never refurbished the console he purchased.
@@bleatingsheep
DKO is probably infested with them.
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.
Of course they want the original back, how else is the next sucke... I mean customer going to get their refurbed unit?
You never know, it could be possible. Just saying
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.
@@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.
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😬
The warranty sticker trapping a bug is just too much lol.
That’s not a bug, it’s actually a feature😂
It's a sign!
@@stevenbacon-cheddar9914 Joey threw it in as a gift
Do they not have anyone looking at this stuff before they ship it ?
"warranty"
For those prices you would think they could take a picture of the actual product you purchased 😮💨
Cosmetically flawed can legitimately mean someone smashed a corner out of the plastic from DKoldies
only comes an A button
Cosmetically flawed. Just the motherboard and parts it needs to work, no case at all. Slap refurbished on it and sell it for $800
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.
I've never thought I'd see Elliot buying on DKOldies. Once I saw the title, I immediately clicked.
Same
Word. We were properly baited n we clicked lol 😆
Same...
I think that is what he wanted, he knows he is doing this for views...
Thats why he made a DKOldies video, because everybody is clicking on those videos. Silly
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.
fake
@@v_enceremosmost likely
Wow crazy
Hm? Which tiktoks are you in, out of curiosity
Fake
When he said $200 I honestly expected him to pull out one gameboy
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.
that dude is a little bat chit scrazy
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.
he destroyed 2 of them in fact
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
W a t ??
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.
Blame 2020 when everyone saw nostalgia at a high price
Ugh, DK was a rip off ten years ago…
@@sunnohh really? 🤔 maybe I just got lucky then and bought what they thought was trash or unrepairable 😅😆
@@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.
It’s a dumbass business they’re smart for squeezing as much out as they can for all that junk😂
“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
Man, glad to see you finally own one of the Ice Blue pockets! That's the gameboy I had as a kid.
Ok, story time: I have a brittle bone condition, and as a kid I had an original DMG gameboy. Which was wonderful for me to play in the hospital. The problem was, my hands were so tiny, and when I had an IV in with all the IV tape, I couldn't hold the gameboy properly. So when the pocket came out, my mom gifted it to me, and it was my best friend while laid up after an operation while in a body cast! (Or any cast for that matter).
That ice blue gameboy was so gorgeous! I still regret getting rid of it in my teens... I now no longer get rid of my systems, especially if it's a special edition! I hope to get another ice blue some day.
You poor thing. Glad you had a mom who took such good care of you. Hope life has gifted you some easier times.
🥂
@@masturbates Aw, thanks! I was lucky to have a mom with the same condition, so she knew how to handle all the quirks that come with my condition. And a grandmother that dealt with three generations of it. (My grandpa, my mom, and now me.)
I'm so sorry you had to go through that condition, but hey, not only did your Game Boy help pass time and entertain you, it helpes make memories, and that's wholesome
@@zachatck64 Ah, just the cards life dealt me! No biggie. And for sure! I miss my Ice Blue pocket. I could kill teenaged me for selling it AND it’s OG box for 20 bucks at a yardsale! UGH!
The fact that they charge a premium without taking simple steps to clean the systems is absurd.
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 😂
How did they ruin ur life tho…
The dead insect carcass had my sides lmao XD
Thanks for looking out for us, Elliot. :)
Thanks for the jumpscare warning
Dkoldies is a great company jabroni
A carcass is dead… You don’t need need to point out that an insect carcass is dead. Carcasses are always dead. ZOOMER BRAIN
@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es lmao come up with a better insult XD
@@megamix5403 you seriously need a life bro🤣 dkoldies is a family small business. We need to support small business. Dkoldies does nothing wrong
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.
The people who don't know what eBay is obviously.
@@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.
@@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. 😉
@@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
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
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 😂
Even the "cosmetically flawed" products they sell, they claim to refurbish
DkOldies is the saddest company in existance
You are the saddest person
theyre sad sure but far from the saddest
They're pathetic
Wrong. At dkoldies, they're a small business trying their best to stay afloat. I'll always be loyal to joey and dkoldies
@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es what?
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...
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. :/
The have to pay you 450 Dollar back lol
what game was it?
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😢
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.
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
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 :).
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.
@@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).
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.
He has been sponsored by, and often buys from, Sendico.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Not libel if it's true
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
@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.
You would have better luck buying all that on ebay
Nearly me 😅
Thank you, Elliot for making sure people know about these shenanigans that happen with DKOldies
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.
Thanks to you, I've bought Doa units and were able to fix them and get them up and running again! I love your vids, they help be more confident when attempting to save old hand helds
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.
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.
Heey welke winkel is het?
WELKE WINNKEL
What the website
The nostalgia from holding a game boy must be awesome, I’ve personally only ever owned a gameboy flip, and to be honest I’d love to have one to hold again. But in my honest opinion, I’d much rather go for a retro handheld device that emulates GB games on it. Will run smoother, normally has shortcuts like fast forwarding, save states, etc, easier to find support for as these devices are being made today, not a device discontinued years and years ago. I love my miyoo mini it looks just like a gameboy with extra buttons and I’ve got all of my Pokémon games on there available to play at any moment, loaded all my cartridges onto an SSD so they’re all at my fingertips instead of a big case full of cartridges. Love the nostalgia but I feel you can have the nostalgic feel with QOL features and I’m enjoying my time on it. Still wish I had something with hinges though to replicate my gameboy flip
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.
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.
A DKOldies video from Austin and Elliot in the same day? This is going to be good. Probably not for Elliot though.
Just saw the same thing as well.
Same day, same time lol
Which Austin?
@@linusmayden8465 Evans
I had that Ice Blue Game Boy pocket when I was kid. I had the DMG as well and later the Color, but the Pocket was the best Game Boy form factor in my opinion. Lots of good memories with that system.
Thank you for helping us know which websites to avoid. I really appreciate it because I usually don’t have the time or patience to research sellers 😅
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
Seems a bit of a crap system if you can't actually clean the thing then?
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.
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.🤦♂️
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?
@@flyingchicken33 did you keep it I would’ve been highly upset
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
Dkoldies feeds off of youtube shorts its their best form of marketing
"even back then". :P (TH-cam shorts is a feature that came about in 2020.)
@@fryke yeah I wrote it like that because this happened long before the controversy
@@fryke youtube shorts weren't a thing until july of 2021
@@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.
You know what'd be positively orgasmic?
A class action lawsuit against DKO.
Fixing your consoles with fake aftermarket parts like that screen lens, not telling the customers it's a fake replacement, and charging over full price for "refurbishing" while not even confirming the damn thing works strikes me as legally risky, and I'm pretty sure someone could wiggle in a lawsuit. Just sayin.
Personally, I'd rather have my device have an OEM scratched screen than a new glass fake one that looks crap under scrutiny and doesn't even fit the fecking LCD panel correctly...
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?
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.
Sorry for the sad news, hope you're able to recover from this terrible encounter with dkoldies, best wishes man
Been looking forward for this video for a looong time, no better person to check the gameboys on that siete than you! 👀
I still have my extreme green pocket from when I was a kid. Man I loved that thing. I got a color later on as a birthday present and still rocked the pocket because the screen felt so much bigger and clearer. Still have the color as well. And of course my sp from when it first came out. Sitting right next to my neo geo pocket color. Man it was a good time to be a gamer
*Thats Why I Never Buy From Dkoldies Again*
Again? I'm sorry for your wallet's loss
Why did you buy in the first place? How drunk have you been? Who held a gun to your head and forced you?
"Bought 200 dollars worth of gameboys" okay, so 1?
Thanks for your video! However, putting a warranty stick on resold items is the first reason to be suspect of a companies now.
Finally someone reviews the handheld section of DK Oldies. We need more videos like this!
And because DKOldies got picked to be filmed, I'm throwing in a like and a comment!
Great video Elliot! Been wanting you to check out this whole DK oldies situation. Cant believe people buy from them.😂🙌🏼
litterally
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.”
What’s worse is people defending & supporting their nasty deeds
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.
There's a dead bug right on the quality control sticker.
That sums up DK Oldies to an absurdly accurate degree.
That blue does look better than the Teal of the Pocket and the Color. Very cool. Sad about the price to condition rate :(
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.
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.
@@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.
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! 👀
I also live in the UK. How were the Shipping times for the consoles. Not that I would ever buy anything for DK Oldies, but I buy a lot of stuff from eBay and some stuff you just cannot get over here or it works out a lot more expensive to buy them over here, even with the US Shipping charges. I was also thinking about things like import duties and Customs etc. Thanks.
TH-camrs are funding dkoldies lmao they keep buying from em to expose em
The Ice Blue Pocket is one of my absolute favorite variants, which makes this that much more disheartening. Ahhh, DKO strikes again.
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
When you said you bought 200 dollars worth of game boys I was expecting only one unit and probably a game
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.
As someone who does own a ice blue gbp, I can confirm that is indeed the case.
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.
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.
I love you so much the retro future, it was because of you that I decided my career on university, you awakened in me that curiosity in me to see what is inside electronic devices, especially retro ones 🙏🙏
How the heck did they not realize that the lucky dip business model requires a LOWER than average price, not a higher one?
I‘m so sorry you have to experience this. 😔
“have to”?
He purposely overpaid for subpar items to make a video.
DKOldies is kinda becoming a trend now not sure for their refurbishments or their ridiculous prices, First penguinz0, then Austen now you
The dead bug stuck to the DKO sticker is the most ironic thing ever.
It's good to know this. But if I wanted to buy an OG GameBoy in good condition, where would currently be the most recommended site?
Dk Oldies marketing is genius. Get everyone to talk about them, drive people to the site and hit a million subs 🤷♂️
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.
Dkoldies is An amazing company, don't bash them. You're a jabroni
Hitler had more followers and didn’t succeed
Damn, Austin Evans and Elliot.
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!
I saw a DMG Gameboy in a shop window the other day for 150 euro. Condition was middling. I hadn't a clue what they were going for these days if you can still get them for a tenner that's pretty mad.
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.
Yep, that's some DKOldies "cleaned and refurbished" quality right there.
if your dumb a55 listened, they did not state it this guys order was cleans and refurbished.
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
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.
Over the recent weeks I have been seeing other people doing videos on DKoldies. Every single order for those youtubers went wrong.
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?
I saw that too! It was clearly off center lol and they still posted it as if people weren’t gonna notice
Hey buddy, awesome channel 🙌. Need advise on what ags-003 battery you recommend for the SP? Seems to be a few dodgy batteries out there, even on Amazon. I want to assure it won’t explode in my hands 😅
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.
Anyone else heard the random sound at 2:45? :)
me.
Funny part is it should be refurbished even if its cosmetically flawed
I had actually considered buying some stuff from DK Oldies a little while ago. Glad I found this video - I'll be avoiding them from now on!
Silly me. I've been cleaning, testing, and retrobrite-ing for less. Guess I'll just toss junk in a box and hike up the price. 😂
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
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.
I would like to rip apart stuff and put it toegether too.Can you tell me your tools set so I can try too?
" For your order today im going to throw in some sand paper with that ice blue game boy pocket "
Im just glad lot of the youtubers are getting into dkoldies and having similar experiences
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.
...and DKOldies is getting a crap-ton of sales from them (and multiple purchases from each TH-camr to boot).
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
Those stickers are meant to keep people out of the system and typically removing the sticker means the warranty is voided
Good video 👌 DKoldies obviously have no attention to detail, or pride in their "refurbishing"
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.
Reminds me of when I got my iPad (home of my main account ‘Edcola’) repaired, the job was quite half-assed, the home button didn’t work 90% of the time and the case was held together apparently with fucking duct tape.
I'm slowly rebuilding my handheld collection and I was wondering what model of Gameboy is theabsolute best to purchase?