Glad to see so many people checking this video out, thank u for watching! But it’s been brought to my attention through the comments that this website isn’t actually a scam but more of a rip-off. And after searching the definitions I agree and wanna apologize since I used those 2 words interchangeably not realizing they had different meanings. Will likely change the title soon.
I'm going to be brutally honest here. You trash them, use them for views, and lie all while hiding your face. That's sad. You knew what you were doing. You made the title and thumbnail calling the business scam when you knew that it isn't? If anything, that makes you a scam. A SCAM is a deceptive scheme or trick used to cheat someone out of something. That's the definition. You deceptively titled your video and thumbnail to scam people into watching it where you benefit from the lie. None of your other videos have anywhere near the number of views this video does, and DKOlides is the only one you can thank for that. Expensive or not, DKOlides hasn't scammed anyone, the price on their website is the price when you add it to the cart, and it's the same price when you click to pay. They didn't price their stuff for $10.00 and then suddenly the price changes to $100.00 when you go to pay. This is why your channel wont grow. You may be able to scam clicks and views by lying in your knowingly lying in your title and thumbnail, but you won't scam long-term subscribers or engagement that way.
Just so you know, the NES' design causes the pins in the connector to bend which leads them to losing contact over time. You either need to bend the pins back into place manually, get a replacement connector, find something like the Blinking Light Win, or just get a top loader.
You're just mad at people making money. They clean and refurbish everything to like new and give a warranty and you're crying about it. If you can't afford it then don't buy it. No need to blast someone for doing better than you. That's why you block your face your a.punk
You made literally an entire video about how they are a scam, and stated it multiple times in the video. You aren't taking it back, you are fishing for views and you're rightly getting called out for it.
I'm from Mexico and the retro consoles are very cheap on flea markets. When i see the prices from DKOldies for GTA V on PS3 i have a heart attack, specially when i bought GTA V for PS3 on a flea market for about 8 dollars. And the most hilarious thing about DKOldies is when they make the "ultimate" console and they just attach a lot of random addons
Soy de méxico también, vivo en monterrey y no he encontrado muchos mercaditos donde vendan juegos lol, sólo un par. Me vendría bien, quiero regalarle un playstation 2 a un amigo
To be fair, you sound like you've got a good flea market who actually prices stuff right. GTA 5 does go for 9 bucks on PS3. The worst are the ones who price stuff up. When I have a thrift store that overprices games, it's like "bitch, I'm browing random games here in impulse, you don't get to upcharge!" -- on ebay you get to choose exactly the one you want with a money back guarantee. Brick and mortar stores basing prices on ebay is gross. But yeah, DKOldies is worse. lmfao. They are taking advantage of the people who land on their store from ads and don't know any better.
@@MrHombreLaser acá en la CDMX como esta lleno de tianguis siempre hay puestos donde se venden videojuegos. El otro día vi una NES original aunque algo descuidada por 300 pesos, el punto es buscar
@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli DKOldies is selling this things for a very high prices just because they don't know the real prices of the things. And even worse that the prices of DKOldies, is the assholes who pays this prices just because they want a Nostalgia shot, and that's a bullshit. That's the reason why nowadays buying a retro console is a fucking bullshit, just keep emulating or just buy your stuff on Ebay
When my friend came to my house with an N64 and a copy of Mario Cart, and told me he paid almost $200 ... It's like damn, man, I get nostalgia, but I have an emulator right on my PC that we could all play together, whatever controller you want, for free. 4k.
I will never get over the fact they charge almost 40 dollars for Wii sports. A game that game stores used to practically throw at you when you entered the store, and a game that came free with every single Wii. You can literally go into any charity shop or vintage gaming shop in the UK and there's a 75% chance you'll find a copy in there for a few quid.
The only wii sports game worth anything is the one that has an actual game box I'm not talking about resort there was a nintendo select wii sports that came with an actual box that's the only one of value and it's for the plastic
@@OldMateBlue that's dumb considering there's literally millions of Wii sports discs out there. When did the speedrunning get popular because they've been charging that for nearly 2 years now
I used to work for DKOlides and seeing these kinds of videos are warranted. I was on their cleaning team (and testing team for a little bit) also the guy who's all over their tiktok and Facebook is literally hired to be a personality for social media. That's all he does. Also I personally never saw anything thrown in for free when working there. I assume that's for show. Also they buy all their consoles and games from eBay or good will or auctions, they then clean them and then sell them
Also they don't "refurbish" anything, they clean it which includes using kitchen cleaning products, q tips, and magic eraser. The console is never opened unless the console doesn't work. Sometimes they don't even refurbish it
@@bjerrum4921 they had literally thousands of consoles in piles waiting to ship or be cleaned. I could clean anywhere from 120 to 600 consoles in a day
@@linusmayden8465 Cartridges are easier to take apart and refurbish than consoles. Cartridges are more likely to be opened by people compared to consoles
I never heard of this website until they started pushing their tiktoks on TH-cam and Facebook, which as a retro gamer just just kinda set off alarm bells in my head because most retro gaming stores I know of don't need to advertise their stuff that hard to get customers. So hearing that they are doing this type of crap tells me all I need to know to steer clear of them.
Nah it just means that they are capitalizing on a market that no other retro game store has done yet. Retro games have taken off since 2020 and now is a good time to take advantage of advertising. Unfortunately now a days Tik Tok is the most used platform and making videos like DK oldies is gonna rake in a lot of customers.
My experience with them is when I bought an old phat DS that was "cosmetically flawed" and when I got it, it had a few dead pixels on the top screen. I asked them to replace it or repair it because I don't think a bad screen is a cosmetic flaw, and they claimed to replace it but they sent the exact same one back
Another awful thing about DKOldies is that they put a lot of TH-cam shorts showing stuff that they make it sound like is a very obscure and unusual like a unicorn but is something that anyone with fair knowledge on videogames already knows.
DKoldies is mostly popular with older people who just want a nostalgia kick and arent aware of the games actual value, or people who dont trust ebay. They tend to justify paying so much for the "quality" and safety of these items, but lately there have been a lot of complaints about people getting dirty or faulty consoles. DKoldies is also known to remove bad reviews or complaints on reddit and other places. Their customer service also seems god awful
Shame to see them exploit people who don’t know any better or are just getting into the niche with their marketing and prices. Hopefully they improve or more people find out about their shady tactics.
I feel bad for those people I'm very weird video games about me PS2 and eBay for a great price never quick gaming either since I was younger I feel sorry for people that actually buy from them they're f****** retarded sorry but
@@KangFasho ya a lot of people are very paranoid and people who tend to play retro games are well off. They don’t mind paying the extra price it’s not a scam, if the people want to pay for it, they will if people don’t they’ll go out of business.
@@stevesharpe3370 agreed buisness is buisness employes electricity rent all these things need to be pay unlike a ebay selling from his house. now the problem i have is the online store, I work at a retro game store i gave alot of advice of what to buy and what not, console game etc just to say when you come to a store its for the service the advice the little extra your paying is for that but a online store you dont get to talk to nobody so its kinda lame just go on ebay if your already online with all the security now protecting the buyer on ebay.
@@Albatrox I love retro game stores! But a lot of people live in very small towns that don’t have them. You’d be surprised how many americans live in fly over states, in little redneck towns and have a ton of money as well
I'd never buy their products, but what annoys me most about them is they are actually contributing to the inflated prices of the retro market as a whole.
The funny thing is if you go to their website you’ll see some nice sale prices for games. But then you click it and realize that the good price is for “cosmetically flawed” and 90% of the time they don’t have those in stock so it shows you the price for the good condition one which is like 3 times the price. Which is crazy to me.
That happened from another store. First time I was fine, second time I made them honor them or I walked out. Half the games the second time did not even work, said I would not return and meant it.
Wow lmao that's like saying "hey I'll sell you a new in box ps5 for 1 dollar! But I don't have any in stock. Anyway now that I have your attention I'll sell you an opened PS5 for 9 billion dollars"
@@madaskueuchiha that’s exactly how I felt, I saw golden eye for like $30 and when I clicked it, the price shot up to $65. With tax it would cost the same as god of war ragnarok.
@@ComradeChyrk I literally was a few hours from home and meant to bring 1 of my wiis to have a guy homered it 2 years ago before I figured out how easy it was but I forgot my wii I ended up going on marketplace and bought 3 wiis with no cables for 20 Canadian had 1 modded and chucked the others in my spare console bin lol
@Andrew Chyrklund the wii is nearly 20 years old. All the resellers bought them in my town and if you find one in the wild they aren't costing 10 bucks,20 bucks anymore. They're 100 and up and usually in shit condition. A store in my town has cheap wiis that are broken and they STILL sell them for 40 bucks with a damaged disc drive or just a brick. No returns either so it's a complete gamble
I used to sell my garage sale and flea market finds for a few bucks over what I paid for retro to buddies. It was fun to share nostalgia with friends, once the retro market boomed I shut that down when apparently everyone started reselling my crap on marketplace. It was never about the money; I paid nothing for my massive collection and always offered to "buy/sell back" to keep the fun in my friend groups.
My opinion on DK oldies.... It's an upper middle class service, not at all what I'd consider a place for fair trade. You get something "guaranteed" to work and in "good" condition. I personally never paid more than $30 for anything retro and have amassed piles of everything. "Did that snes have roaches in it? Yes." But it played Kirby superstar like a boss.
Same to me I would hook them up and they would resell for double to triple lmfao but most of the time they can’t sell it anyways so Im still laughing at them and phuk dkoldies for their scamming prices
I was looking for a replacement for my NES and when DKoldies came up I was curious. Looked at their prices and pretty much laughed my balls off and ended up buying a Raspberry pie until I could find a decent deal for a NES.
Same thing happened to me while looking for games / consoles to buy. Saw DKoldies and thought "neat, I can finally start a collection instead of emulating" Just to then go on ebay and make a list of everything I wanted for literally half the price.
@@Sir_Adam it really isn't. There's tons of auctions and if you don't want to wait for auctions, there tons of listings for games with "Make an offer" as an option. As long as there are tons of pics and it's a reputable seller, its good to go. And eBay always sides with the buyer if something goes wrong.
I remember seeing DKOldies on TH-cam. I thought “wow, this looks like a really professional retro company.” Then I saw the price of Pokémon Emerald and said “yeah screw them.” Lol
Yeah and the worst part is that you’re competing with DK if you wanna buy it anywhere else as seen by the shit ton of Pokémon games they have in stock.
The thing about their "sales", it's that they are simply a marketing tactic. If you go to the wayback machine on their website, their prices have ALWAYS been like that. Those "Sale" prices have been like that for years. As for their bs excuse for their prices, they always go for "It's because the shop is at the slow season. So they have to up the prices" and if it's not that one you get another along the lines of "We have very little in stock so we don't want to run out of stock". It's either one or the other, You always get different people giving you a different answer. Which doesn't even add up, they make it sound like the world supply of mario bros games are running out or something.
everytime i see their prices i remember buying a nintendo 64 and an extra controller for 20 dollars at my local disc replay. it is INSANE they think this stuff holds that much value
@@johndodo2062 nah, 360, wii, and basically any 2000s game are mostly not marked up if not really low. was able to buy rdr2 for ps4 for 16 dollars on dkoldies
Another thing that they removed/changed on their page recently was the switch oled... before they changed it they were charging over $600 canadian for a REFURBISHED switch oled (they are normally $450 canadian brand new)... there were a bunch of comments on that, so now they lowered the price to around market value and said it is complete in box, however it is still not in new condition... if you want proof that they had it like that, look at the switch oled reviews.
The reason you’re NES was grey screening is because the cartridge reader has gone bad but the good news is you can get them fairly cheap and it’s very simple to install. Hope this helps out.
My buddies recently got me into anime and I can’t get a hold of anything physical, I don’t mind digital but in most cases I prefer physical, but I am realizing it’s not possible due to what you mentioned.
@@bndtx3 this is why I get classy merch and buy some collectors editions here and there but even that's getting eaten up by people wanting to sit on it for profit.
@@irregulargamer1352 yeah I been noticing everything that is pre ordered isn’t even available most of the times everything being being scalped now it’s sad
TBH that is common practice for any business. Just like when grocery stores drop something $1 for a week, then when the sale ends, the items only go back up 50 cents. Walmart will slowly raise prices of TVs over a span of a few months, then on black Friday mark them $200 off. But it' the same price, if not more than it was a few months ago. That's how they get rid of all of their old stuff every year.
It seems a lot of companies that are also viral on social media are a rip-off that charges way too much, some even legit scamming people. I feel skeptical of any of these businesses when I see their channels.
They just take advantage of the “give me convenience or give me death” side of our society. See AD Want product 3 clicks That’s why videos like this have a place.
@@Hellnolongerawaits I kid you not going by todays prices with retro games I would have had around damn near 2000-4000$ I had a lot of rare games on the Gamecube, and DS. Games like all the Pokemon, Paper Mario TTYD, Fire Emblem etc. I would have had all of them still to this day but my Dad made me sell them if I wanted a new game console. I've been trying to slowly build up my collection for Gamecube and DS again and it hurts seeing these prices for the more "popular" games.
I was really bored around quarantine and decided to go retro again. Dkoldies was the only website at the time but way overpriced. I loooked for my consoles at yard sales at swap meets later on where my collection costs me around 200 total whereas dkoldies I would’ve paid at least 5k for what I have now.
This shit is why I emulate, yes it's not the true experience, but it absolutely will not stop until everyone else starts doing this, it's called "Voting with your wallet"
That and I also buy ever drives. I have 2 so far. Just for the times I want to play 1:1 on a CRT, but most of the time. I emulate using glorious 8bitdo controllers or use my bliss box that have adapters for most system. I find the Wii classic controller gives me the feel I enjoy with retro style games!
I just got every gamecube game I owned as a child. I'm now 25. I'm ordering a gamecube USB controller tomorrow. Emulation keeps my inner child alive so I'm not having to fork out for games I USED TO OWN to fucknuts like this who prey on nostalgia. Fuck DKoldies.
I remember walking into GameStop, 2011, buying a mint editition game boy advance SP, and used Pokémon leaf green for 40$, around 55$ with inflation these days, still good deal. Those were the days fellas!
The moment I saw them on shorts I knew it was fishy. Anyone recording their sales to show how "good" they are immediately turn on red alarms in my head. Edit: To those that were defending them in the replies, I wonder if you still have that opinion with everything that has come out now.
There's nothing wrong with the company I've even bought from them this guy is just throwing a temper tantrum like a child every company has to make money society is just entitled these days and wants to trash everything by calling a business a scam because their prices are higher than the guy wants
@@rickdiculous420 l mean if you are fine paying more than twice or thrice the price of something, I get you want to justify the money spent. Anyway I got some land on the moon interested in buying?
I used to work for DK games the amount of plain right stealing we did was crazy we would pay about 10-20$ for a NES, 25$ for n64 and about 1-5$ per game
I discovered these guys when I was looking to buy an old PS2 game, The nearest store that had it was still an hour away from me so I decided to try and find an online store. I see DKOldies and click... Search for the game I'm looking for... A PS2 game, The store that was selling it an hour away had it listed for $10, I was down to spend that. And then I see that DKOldies is selling that exact same, used game for 70 DOLLARS. A Playstation 2 game.
I love how they have a “is DK Oldies a scam” video on their own channel. Of course they would say they are not a scam or their business would be taken down
theyre not scamming tho overpriced ,yes but they able to sell it with marketing, its not a scam ,if you wanted to get more profit then do marketing like them, how is it a scam? lol
also, you cant just compare business like dkoldies to a person just selling their own stuffs of course the price would be different lol ,why are this a huge issues?
@@crist3809its not ok to use deceptive marketing bs to hawk a product that you inflated the price on and did not build/create in the first place. They’re parasites, and whether or not it’s illegal has literally nothing to do with that assessment.
@@TheViper4Life don't blame em. They probably saw a spike In sales and noticed their own stuff selling for 50 percent more. At that point you can sit there and watch potential profits going to scalpers or play the game even if you know it'll piss of real enthusiasts and make the market less sustainable.
There’s this antique store in my hometown that frequently sells retro games and one day I saw an orange zapper with duck hunt/Mario and it was priced at like 23 dollars. To me this seemed like a good price for me to have it right now so I went to purchase it. After having small talk with the owner he decided to give it to me for $2. Obviously I took that price and I still visit him to this day. And yes it’s original I cracked it open already to check.
Man that's sweet! I remember getting an N64 and about 20 games with it for 2 dollars back in 2003 and getting XD Gale of Darkness for Gamecube a few years ago for 30 dollars...now everything is insanely expensive (150 for Emerald is wild)
I was in the market to replace a bunch of GameCube games I lost when my family was forced out of our house when I was younger, and ofc Dkoldies was the first site to pop up and HOLY SHIT, they were selling 007 night fire for like 70 bucks and I got it from a local comic shop with the case and manual for $17
At this point when I see a business that is more social media oriented than anything else I am very skeptical. Plus Ebay is my go to for old stuff like games and toys.
dkoldies has some of the lower end prices on snes. i dont shill but im totally happy. and also they sent me a garbage cart, i make a story about it on tiktok and they responded and made it right INSTANTLY. these guys will go the length to do you right. they will even give you cab fare in the morning ;)
100% agree on the console pricing. It’s absolutely ridiculous. I’ll never purchase any console from them. However, I will say with my experience buying mainly OG Xbox and 360 games they’ve been fair as far as price. Now I’m a huge Pokémon fan and have been since Gen 2. Since the Pokémon boom during Covid, those games are priced astronomically high. So just taking advantage of the trend. It sucks but at the end of the day at least we have eBay for some of the ridiculous shit.
I managed to get some Xbox 360 games there for a decent price yet again though I purchased games that are very very common and only meaningful to me so yeah everything else on there is overpriced as shit lol
I have mixed feelings about DKoldies. You can complain, but as long as people buy from them, they'll continue to charge what they want. It's actually quite genius how they can make more money then most resellers. As far as games go, at least from what I heard they're usually in really good condition. So paying a few bucks more for a game you're sure it's going to be in really good condition, is not the end of the world. As far as consoles go, yea they charge way too much for those. If you're patient and don't mind dealing with people, Facebook Marketplace or local game stores are for sure better options then online stores.
Personally I find more scams/over charging sellers on FB Market place since it’s more of the Wild West. OfferUp and EBay are what work best for me. I trust Craigslist more than Facebook martketplace
I’m a seller on eBay. One of my buyers is the owner of DK oldies himself. I knew because the buyer was Drew Steimel himself. He bought my game for half the price he’s reselling it for. I would never buy from them and I don’t feel sorry for anyone who does. Flea markets private sellers eBay Mercari itself is more competitive and more honest
The absolute best part about all of this… you can play all of the old games for free. You can also buy a knock off retro controller and a pair of Rose colored of sunglasses if you’re jonesing for nostalgia.
i would say that its better to extract the original game files from a copy of the game you own, but we are dealing with companies that don't sell the old games anymore and might go out of their way to fuck you over for trying to get them. emulation is infinitely more convenient than getting the original consoles and you can even emulate a ps2 on your phone if its powerful enough (rest in peace aethersx2)
There's a retro store that has Klonoa for ps1 for nearly $1000 and Dragon ball z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for about $250 near me so dkoldies isn't the only scam retro store. Correction: $350 for the dbz game.
@@ForeverChiIIin normies didn’t buy retro games until 2020 when everyone started scalping to make a living I remember going into classic game store in 2016/2017 & it was a peaceful place without scalpers walking around
I went to school in Senatobia, MS which is a shitty, small ass, country town. In its “downtown” area, this old woman opened a game store. I always went to GameStop at the time (2011) and I thought I’d try this new store. My grandmother took me there after school one day, and the store used to be a boutique, and the old woman kept it looking that way. She had an insane amount games in this store. I got super excited seeing how many games were there. I walked up to one of the rows/aisles and noticed all the games were either og xbox, nes, ps 1 & 2, gameboy, Nintendo 64 or PC games. She had 1 row of 360 games that were all games you’d never see advertising for, like Saw, Naughty Bear, and hunting games. Every single game there was priced at $45, for obviously used games. ALL of them. She had the related systems behind like a jewelry store glass display countertop. All systems were $250-$300. And she told my grandmother that she has a store rule that kids must have a parent with them in order to buy T or M games. I left super disappointed. The store was open for 5 months and closed. All my friends went there, and no one ever left with a game or system.
The markup on Nintendo consoles by these scalpers (yes they're scalpers not retailers) is insane. They're cashing in on nostalgia. Wish people would just check out their local game shops and Goodwill stores. I got an N64 with a copy of NBA Hangtime for 30 bucks.
I hope this gets more attention, honestly their prices are absolutely ridiclious. A 150$ overhead average on consoles and seeing from other peoples videos some of these have been never dissasembled, meaning they didnt even bother to replace the thermal paste....
I am so glad you mentioned this, after watching a 30 minute marathon of dkoldies shorts a few days ago the whole time I'm thinking holy cow how are people getting ripped off this badly
I had seen their account on tiktok, and as someone who is largely a Nintendo fan, their prices + shipping costs are absolutely inflated, and in my opinion, a scam.
I understand charging 30% more to cover taxes and fees. However, 50-200% is just ridiculous. There are a couple stores near me that do the same pricing. All the owner does is complain that no one buys from his store.
@@Bensor999 when you include places like GameStop yes, but this by itself is pure capitalism. The free market baby. There is a desire for something they got and people will pay that price. The guy making the video found his answer to this by going on ebay. So this is more of a warning than a rant.
very well said. i bought some stuff off of dkoldies a while ago and only just realized ebay has things for like, twice as cheaper. also idk how they’re getting away with their “discounts”, i bought an nes a while ago for 110 and it was still on discount then
I've actually had 2 friends that worked there. Said it was completely ass. One of them was straight up fired for not doing orders correctly but the boss never told them. Just straight up fired him. It's crazy that this giant business is only like 20 minutes area from my rural area. Too bad their prices are trash
Yeah the whole market got silly. I quit collecting about 2 years ago. Never bought from dkoldies. Usually ebay. Now I just emulate. A few of the shops I'd visit shut down during COVID. It's getting harder to get into retro collecting. I think those prices are too high, but if someone is paying them they make em valid. The bad thing is this usually spreads.
Thank you for letting us know, I've been seeing their videos nonstop, and now I know not to get a poorly refurbished console from them, or retro games for that matter. There's a few game stores near me with much lower prices going in person.
It was fun collecting a few years ago. Now i cant go in to any retro store without seeing ridiculous prices. Theres a few that still have decent prices but i feel like most are not even worth going to anymore
DK oldies gives off the same vibes as the game store somewhat near my house. They would sell all the DS games for the exact same price, aside from a few titles that were jacked to around 200 - 300 plus depending on if they had a box or not, or if they were litrally any of the pokemon games, but you could get like barbie princess adventure for the same price as a mariokart ds at around 35 bucks after tax canadian, or 60 - 300 dollars for a nintendo 64/snes/nes ect. game which is absrud. On top of that, the store itself was just was ran kinda sketchily. the workers just kinda intimidated you, the overall atmosphere was just kinda dark, and unsettling almost, and they would practically follow you around the store and were overly nice to you to the point where you felt bad about leaving without anything, and they almost made you feel obligated to pay their arbitrary prices for a crummy game on a near 20 year old console.
One thing I found unsettling about their videos is that everything is somehow neatly organized and the guy finds everything with minimal effort. Also, the selection of the items shown in videos, doesn't seem to translate over to the website. Meaning, they show items that aren't even on their website.
@@JakobeOG I noticed that stuff when I first saw their videos. At first I was like "Wow that's a huge selection they have." Went to their website, "So where are all the games I'm interested in? Oh look, sold out. Out of stock. Oh wow wow wow, those prices are way too high for that game." I then read several comments on other videos pertaining to these guys and they said that most of it is just for show, and to draw people's attention to their website. I will never do business with these guys.
I recall going on their website a few weeks ago and nearly puking from looking at the prices, I wanted to buy a gameboy and I noticed that I could get a custom modded gameboy with an IPS screen for the price they're selling a "refurbished" unmodded gameboy
"the way they advertise is top notch" I assume it doesn't take much to impress you. Also those 2 things being "the only problem" is pretty major. Like not a thing that slides with most.
I actually recently bought from them a couple of PS2 games that were around the prices of ebay listings and had a coupon for 10% off but they forgot to mention that these PS2 games may not be the original print run of that game but the greatest hits version which pissed me off cause I wanted CIB original runs with the black spine
I would hate to tell this guy Starbucks sells high priced coffee that you can get for a fraction of a price at your local coffee café. Oh wait that's true you can. But Starbucks still sells the most coffee in the world. Point is it's a business and no one forces anyone to spend money there.
Man they let this social media thing go to their heads...Just a few years ago I got a n64 for my son there and it was dirt cheap like I got everything, 4 original Nintendo controllers and all the cords, Mario 64 and wwe no mercy for like 140....Damn it sucks to see little businesses get big egos
PERSONALLY - the biggest issue with DKOldies is the lack of pictures of the stuff they sell on their site. Not only does EBay typically have lower prices, sometimes actual steals from people underselling the market - they also have fucking pictures so I can gauge the quality more easily. If I order from DK - I just have to take them on face value that the product will not suck ass. If you are going to spend hundreds of dollars on a product not worth that - you'd at least expect the quality to be out of this world or at least have PICTURES TO SHOWCASE IT. Just buy from ebay or local sellers. Their videos are at least fun so I guess thats nice.
In my opinion, the fact they ships you a third party controller as DEFAULT with the console is even worse than their pricing, if possible. You have to MANUALLY select a first party controller with the console you want to purchase, which of course costs more. That’s pure madness and I honestly don’t know what to say.
I remember watching a DKOldies short of "Most Rare GameCube Games Everrrrrr!" And it was just some generic GameCube games that anyone can get for around 40 bucks at most. ALWAYS do your research when you're looking into buying retro games! Price Charting is a great way to see the actual current value of retro games!
I've seen only on video where they said they have to make their prices high due to the kind of company they are or some shit. It was total bullshit they said something along the lines of the prices are high because we take a fix the consoles ourselves with our own tools and such plus they don't make any big dollars on games which is obviously a fuckin lie and they have to be able to pay their employees. I get the employee thing I suppose but I feel like they'd make more sales from everyone rather than desperate fat dudes with spending problems if they lowered their prices
@Retro Rewind ya ive seen them "shipment clips." I get it they're a business but nothing beats going and talkin to the owner behind the counter and chatting games and console repairs. One of my fav spots in town
@@AlmostCoolGuys yea im friends with the guy who runs my local game shop. been going there for like 8 years at least and we have a good relationship going. I donate all the time and they give me free stuff or discounts all the time
Agreed, mom and pop shops are the best. Had some great conversations with customers and workers at my local game store, such a fun environment for people into gaming and most of the time super generous prices.
One of the most ridiculous prices on their website is the Wii balance board. $50 for one of those guys. Literally every goodwill I've ever been in has one of those things going for $10. My local retro game stores stacks them up like a deck of cards on the floor. They're worthless.
I once ordered a wii remote and NSMBW. The wii remote’s battery holder was REALLY dirty, and the game box wasn’t red. The box not being red takes away SO much life from the box.
Don’t end up getting sued over your accusations. There’s a BIG difference between a “scam” and a customer agreeing to pay for a product/service regardless of if the product/service is overpriced.
This video really does show all my gripes with DKOldies. It's frighteningly easy for someone to get scammed using this website, especially for someone who doesn't know all that much about retro gaming. Just this summer, i was looking into buying one of those old wiis with the GameCube ports since my own childhood one did not and I was really looking for some clean GC controller functionality and another shot at enjoying the Wii's titles. When I searched online, I found that DKOldies had Wiis sailing for far over $80-$100 if you want all the wires and some games included when I ended up just buying a simple lot which came with the console, all the wires, 2 nunchucks (no wiimote unfortunately but I already had that covered) and a copy of Wii Play totaling to only $40. And even then I increased my own value of the Wii way more since I filled it with homebrew so now it's my ultimate retro machine for only $40! Please spread the word of DKOldies and help guide people away from these scammers
The controllers they sell are also deceptively named. I was in the market for a new Gamecube controller, and they had two similarly named listings, one called "Gamecube controller" that was $20 and showed a stock image (no mention of it being an Old Skool brand aftermarket one) and one for "Official Gamecube controller" that was $50. I bought the aftermarket one only to find out when I tried it out that it has no rumble feature, something never disclosed on the website.
I love how they sell console bundles as ‘Player Paks’. It gives me the impression that they treat selling a console bundled with its *own* controller as a privilege, not a basic consumer right.
You didn't mention if you try to trade in a game they dont have or if its not black label, they'll offer you literal change for it. Like I had a bunch of games worth around $130 value, and they offered me $18. And that's because one of the games was on their list for $7 and the rest werent, including a couple that were rare.
I prefer emulating but it is nice having a system with a few games so when you have buddies over you can play smash, double dash or something else and have some drinks without needing to set up an emulator or have a cheap PC dedicated to multimedia/emulation in the living room
I wouldn’t call this a scam at all. Yes it’s expensive but it’s tough out there to stay afloat. Overhead of running a business is insane. This is like saying that a restaurant selling a burger for 15 bucks a scam when you can make the same thing at home for less than five bucks. You paying for the staff wages the electricity the gas prices etc.
It’s definitely a scam. They advertise everything as refurbished which has been proven to be a lie, with some people receiving broken consoles or consoles that only work half the time. They also make you pay extra for a first party controller
Yes the sale is perpetual. I've worked at walmart hq, best buy hq, and another major retailers hq I won't name cause I currently work there and value paying my bills. They all employ that strategy. They have a revolving list of things they keep marked down then take it off sale for one week then put it back on sale for 6 months so they can say it's marked down. They fit just inside the regulations to keep it from being "fraudulent marketing". The one I work at currently only does it with some things and isn't nearly as bad as walmart and best buy and other retailers I've studied but in my experience this is something a lot of retailers do.
I just hope for their sake they made a crap ton of money before everything starts crashing down because more of these types of videos and complaints keep coming in. Good job.
You can still find NES consoles on eBay for only $80-100, and despite the 1 year returns from DK Oldies, on most eBay listings, eBay offers 1- and 2-year Allstate protection plans for only 15 bucks or so. They're just looking to convert the 0.01% of viewers who don't know any better. To give an example, on my tiny little eBay page, I get the same clickthrough rate (0.3% of impressions turned into actual page views) and the same conversion rate (1.5% of clicks result in 1 unit sold), regardless of me having 1, 3, or 5 *_million_* impressions. It's all a numbers game. It doesn't matter if you're overpriced, so long as you get the traffic. This is why dropshipping sites and Amazon scams work. It doesn't matter that you can find that Bulbasaur plushie on eBay for 5 bucks. The single-item Shopify store that just sells that one Bulbasaur plush for $25 just paid Facebook/Instagram for ad placement, and the rest is history.
I looked into getting an Atari from them, but when I saw the sale price and clicked on it for the cart, the price shown then didn't even match the sale price shown on the previous page. I thought it was maybe the USD to CAD exchange rate but after a quick Google of that current days exchange rate, it wasn't even close. No idea what was on the go there. I didn't buy anything in the end.
Overpriced, but not scam. You know the prices so you know what you are going to pay for. It's on you if you pay the price they charge and you think it's not worth it.
This is why I'm so....scared to start collecting retro games and really get into it like I want. Sellers like this upsell these things so fucking much. And it's wild asf
Ah. It's actually not that bad. I still collect alot of older games and have built up a pretty large collection over the last few years. I can tell you right now, either get into emulation or start collecting because the prices have steadily increased over the last 20 years. In 2001 you could buy NES games complete with a box and manual for about 30 bucks, now its around 100 bucks. Pretty much any GOOD games you can think of will go for atleast 100 bucks in very good condition. Ebay is the best bet. You need to haggle too. If you see a dude with ALOT of sales and has some classic games in nearly new condition, haggle with him. He'll drop down maybe 20-40 bucks, even offer to buy two, bite the bullet and spend the extra money and see if he'll cut you a deal. If he's got alot of stock chances are he'll do it. But you also gotta recognize the other types of ebay folks; older folks selling off old stuff they kept in good condition for years. I like to honor these people's prices because they don't have several games, typically they have one game in really good condition that's hard to find. You also can't be afraid to email folks. I've found alot of CDs that are out of print, some bootlegs from other countries, etc. just from asking around. You gotta get into the community and really dig in. Always look for a cheaper price. I personally always look for sealed copies of... anything but sometimes you gotta realize it's just not worth it. 200 bucks for Oracle of Ages complete with box and manual in mint condition... perfect. 120 bucks for Pilot Wings same condition... well... maybe pass.
personally, i dont feel like its a scam. they never claimed to have the cheapest prices, they never claimed to be competitive with ebay. its a free market, so anyone can offer whatever at any price. and if you are uncapable of opening a second tab and looking what this stuff costs on ebay, well, you deserve to be "ripped off"
What a fanboy. You don’t understand anything. But if you want to spend $200 bucks on Conker’s Bad Fur Day, go right ahead. Or you can be smart and get the Rare Replay.
Yeah it’s not an actual scam. Scams are illegal. It’s extremely expensive and unfair though. They’re artificially inflating the prices of retro games in order to sell games to people who don’t know any better. That’s not illegal, but it’s definitely unethical and immoral. It’s bad for the entire industry to be selling items at such unfair prices. It gives people unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for how much their own products are worth, causing them to to attempt to sell at the same prices online, driving up prices even further. Now sure, if there’s so much demand for certain products that people are actually paying that much, then the market is what the market is. But if you look at eBay then you’ll see that it’s not a fair market price at all. So yeah, it’s not a scam, they’re just ripping people off
The worst thing about this situation is that Facebook mom's and casual eBay sellers are going to think they're sitting on a gold mine because they found a box with a PS2 and a Wii in decent condition 💀💀
I’ve been seeing them advertised a lot and have almost been suckered into going through them. Thankfully I was smart enough to go on eBay instead and snag a pokemon blue version for about $40
Dont let this distract you from the fact that a dollar in 1927 is worth $17 in 2023. No matter what you're paying, everyone is dirt poor today even when you think you make or spend lots of money. DK Oldies can sell an old NES system for $500 and it is still pennies, because we are all just too poor to notice.
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Glad to see so many people checking this video out, thank u for watching! But it’s been brought to my attention through the comments that this website isn’t actually a scam but more of a rip-off. And after searching the definitions I agree and wanna apologize since I used those 2 words interchangeably not realizing they had different meanings. Will likely change the title soon.
I'm going to be brutally honest here. You trash them, use them for views, and lie all while hiding your face. That's sad. You knew what you were doing. You made the title and thumbnail calling the business scam when you knew that it isn't? If anything, that makes you a scam. A SCAM is a deceptive scheme or trick used to cheat someone out of something. That's the definition. You deceptively titled your video and thumbnail to scam people into watching it where you benefit from the lie. None of your other videos have anywhere near the number of views this video does, and DKOlides is the only one you can thank for that. Expensive or not, DKOlides hasn't scammed anyone, the price on their website is the price when you add it to the cart, and it's the same price when you click to pay. They didn't price their stuff for $10.00 and then suddenly the price changes to $100.00 when you go to pay. This is why your channel wont grow. You may be able to scam clicks and views by lying in your knowingly lying in your title and thumbnail, but you won't scam long-term subscribers or engagement that way.
Change the title when. The moment you get enough views?. Come on Man you are as greedy as them
Just so you know, the NES' design causes the pins in the connector to bend which leads them to losing contact over time. You either need to bend the pins back into place manually, get a replacement connector, find something like the Blinking Light Win, or just get a top loader.
You're just mad at people making money. They clean and refurbish everything to like new and give a warranty and you're crying about it. If you can't afford it then don't buy it. No need to blast someone for doing better than you. That's why you block your face your a.punk
You made literally an entire video about how they are a scam, and stated it multiple times in the video. You aren't taking it back, you are fishing for views and you're rightly getting called out for it.
I'm from Mexico and the retro consoles are very cheap on flea markets.
When i see the prices from DKOldies for GTA V on PS3 i have a heart attack, specially when i bought GTA V for PS3 on a flea market for about 8 dollars.
And the most hilarious thing about DKOldies is when they make the "ultimate" console and they just attach a lot of random addons
Soy de méxico también, vivo en monterrey y no he encontrado muchos mercaditos donde vendan juegos lol, sólo un par. Me vendría bien, quiero regalarle un playstation 2 a un amigo
To be fair, you sound like you've got a good flea market who actually prices stuff right. GTA 5 does go for 9 bucks on PS3.
The worst are the ones who price stuff up. When I have a thrift store that overprices games, it's like "bitch, I'm browing random games here in impulse, you don't get to upcharge!" -- on ebay you get to choose exactly the one you want with a money back guarantee. Brick and mortar stores basing prices on ebay is gross.
But yeah, DKOldies is worse. lmfao. They are taking advantage of the people who land on their store from ads and don't know any better.
@@MrHombreLaser acá en la CDMX como esta lleno de tianguis siempre hay puestos donde se venden videojuegos.
El otro día vi una NES original aunque algo descuidada por 300 pesos, el punto es buscar
@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli DKOldies is selling this things for a very high prices just because they don't know the real prices of the things.
And even worse that the prices of DKOldies, is the assholes who pays this prices just because they want a Nostalgia shot, and that's a bullshit.
That's the reason why nowadays buying a retro console is a fucking bullshit, just keep emulating or just buy your stuff on Ebay
A mi siempre me gusta buscar juegos en el tianguis, una vez encotre metroid fuzion por nomas $25 dólares nada comparado aqui en los Estados Unidos
Who else remembers walking into GameStop in the early to mid 2000’s and being able to buy a N64 for $20
5 dollars when I was a kid
When my friend came to my house with an N64 and a copy of Mario Cart, and told me he paid almost $200 ...
It's like damn, man, I get nostalgia, but I have an emulator right on my PC that we could all play together, whatever controller you want, for free. 4k.
I had an N64 so... no I don't remember because mine was bought a year after launch. D:
@@jesserogalski1402*kart 🤓🤓
Paid $40 for mine with 2 controllers in 2020
I will never get over the fact they charge almost 40 dollars for Wii sports. A game that game stores used to practically throw at you when you entered the store, and a game that came free with every single Wii. You can literally go into any charity shop or vintage gaming shop in the UK and there's a 75% chance you'll find a copy in there for a few quid.
Wii sports and resort both got very popular because of speed running. The price shot up pretty high after
The only wii sports game worth anything is the one that has an actual game box I'm not talking about resort there was a nintendo select wii sports that came with an actual box that's the only one of value and it's for the plastic
They charge one hundred fucking dollars for Mega Man. A game that you can get on the Nintendo Eshop for the virtual equivalent of $2.50
@@Syrus_Priest yh, and the one they sell is the disc only
@@OldMateBlue that's dumb considering there's literally millions of Wii sports discs out there. When did the speedrunning get popular because they've been charging that for nearly 2 years now
I remember seeing them for the first time like 6 months ago thinking "wow how convenient" but then slowly saw how much they're actually charging
I used to work for DKOlides and seeing these kinds of videos are warranted. I was on their cleaning team (and testing team for a little bit) also the guy who's all over their tiktok and Facebook is literally hired to be a personality for social media. That's all he does. Also I personally never saw anything thrown in for free when working there. I assume that's for show. Also they buy all their consoles and games from eBay or good will or auctions, they then clean them and then sell them
Also they don't "refurbish" anything, they clean it which includes using kitchen cleaning products, q tips, and magic eraser. The console is never opened unless the console doesn't work. Sometimes they don't even refurbish it
@@Cammotto Give me a ballpark on how many total consoles you think there are/were there. I can never get a good perspective.
@@bjerrum4921 they had literally thousands of consoles in piles waiting to ship or be cleaned. I could clean anywhere from 120 to 600 consoles in a day
@@linusmayden8465 Commenter said consoles. :p
@@linusmayden8465 Cartridges are easier to take apart and refurbish than consoles. Cartridges are more likely to be opened by people compared to consoles
I never heard of this website until they started pushing their tiktoks on TH-cam and Facebook, which as a retro gamer just just kinda set off alarm bells in my head because most retro gaming stores I know of don't need to advertise their stuff that hard to get customers. So hearing that they are doing this type of crap tells me all I need to know to steer clear of them.
Nah it just means that they are capitalizing on a market that no other retro game store has done yet. Retro games have taken off since 2020 and now is a good time to take advantage of advertising. Unfortunately now a days Tik Tok is the most used platform and making videos like DK oldies is gonna rake in a lot of customers.
My experience with them is when I bought an old phat DS that was "cosmetically flawed" and when I got it, it had a few dead pixels on the top screen. I asked them to replace it or repair it because I don't think a bad screen is a cosmetic flaw, and they claimed to replace it but they sent the exact same one back
I hope you charged back your credit card
Another awful thing about DKOldies is that they put a lot of TH-cam shorts showing stuff that they make it sound like is a very obscure and unusual like a unicorn but is something that anyone with fair knowledge on videogames already knows.
"CAN YOU BELIEVE THE PSP COULD DO THIS?! 😱😱😱" and then it's just UMD Video or something.
DKoldies is mostly popular with older people who just want a nostalgia kick and arent aware of the games actual value, or people who dont trust ebay. They tend to justify paying so much for the "quality" and safety of these items, but lately there have been a lot of complaints about people getting dirty or faulty consoles. DKoldies is also known to remove bad reviews or complaints on reddit and other places. Their customer service also seems god awful
Shame to see them exploit people who don’t know any better or are just getting into the niche with their marketing and prices. Hopefully they improve or more people find out about their shady tactics.
I feel bad for those people I'm very weird video games about me PS2 and eBay for a great price never quick gaming either since I was younger I feel sorry for people that actually buy from them they're f****** retarded sorry but
@@KangFasho ya a lot of people are very paranoid and people who tend to play retro games are well off. They don’t mind paying the extra price it’s not a scam, if the people want to pay for it, they will if people don’t they’ll go out of business.
@@stevesharpe3370 agreed buisness is buisness employes electricity rent all these things need to be pay unlike a ebay selling from his house. now the problem i have is the online store, I work at a retro game store i gave alot of advice of what to buy and what not, console game etc just to say when you come to a store its for the service the advice the little extra your paying is for that but a online store you dont get to talk to nobody so its kinda lame just go on ebay if your already online with all the security now protecting the buyer on ebay.
@@Albatrox I love retro game stores! But a lot of people live in very small towns that don’t have them.
You’d be surprised how many americans live in fly over states, in little redneck towns and have a ton of money as well
I'd never buy their products, but what annoys me most about them is they are actually contributing to the inflated prices of the retro market as a whole.
The funny thing is if you go to their website you’ll see some nice sale prices for games. But then you click it and realize that the good price is for “cosmetically flawed” and 90% of the time they don’t have those in stock so it shows you the price for the good condition one which is like 3 times the price. Which is crazy to me.
Good condition is probably just not on fire or a bare PCB
That happened from another store. First time I was fine, second time I made them honor them or I walked out. Half the games the second time did not even work, said I would not return and meant it.
Wow lmao that's like saying "hey I'll sell you a new in box ps5 for 1 dollar! But I don't have any in stock. Anyway now that I have your attention I'll sell you an opened PS5 for 9 billion dollars"
@@madaskueuchiha that’s exactly how I felt, I saw golden eye for like $30 and when I clicked it, the price shot up to $65. With tax it would cost the same as god of war ragnarok.
I’m surprised DKO hasn’t come into the crosshairs of Nintendo’s lawyer ninjas with their name alone.
I remember finally checking out there site only to shit bricks laughing at how much they charge for everything. Who pays for that?
Almost me the when I started getting into this stuff 😂
@@KangFasho they are charging 130$ for a wii... A FUCKING WII... the system that sold 100 million and collects dust in every person's home nowadays.
Lil Yachty
@@ComradeChyrk I literally was a few hours from home and meant to bring 1 of my wiis to have a guy homered it 2 years ago before I figured out how easy it was but I forgot my wii I ended up going on marketplace and bought 3 wiis with no cables for 20 Canadian had 1 modded and chucked the others in my spare console bin lol
@Andrew Chyrklund the wii is nearly 20 years old. All the resellers bought them in my town and if you find one in the wild they aren't costing 10 bucks,20 bucks anymore. They're 100 and up and usually in shit condition. A store in my town has cheap wiis that are broken and they STILL sell them for 40 bucks with a damaged disc drive or just a brick. No returns either so it's a complete gamble
I used to sell my garage sale and flea market finds for a few bucks over what I paid for retro to buddies. It was fun to share nostalgia with friends, once the retro market boomed I shut that down when apparently everyone started reselling my crap on marketplace. It was never about the money; I paid nothing for my massive collection and always offered to "buy/sell back" to keep the fun in my friend groups.
My opinion on DK oldies.... It's an upper middle class service, not at all what I'd consider a place for fair trade. You get something "guaranteed" to work and in "good" condition. I personally never paid more than $30 for anything retro and have amassed piles of everything. "Did that snes have roaches in it? Yes." But it played Kirby superstar like a boss.
Yep
I use to collect for fun
Now people that raise the price take the fun out of it for me
Same to me I would hook them up and they would resell for double to triple lmfao but most of the time they can’t sell it anyways so Im still laughing at them and phuk dkoldies for their scamming prices
@@YourPrivateEyeyeah because people like dk scammies
@@YourPrivateEyeSo scam people, great…
I was looking for a replacement for my NES and when DKoldies came up I was curious. Looked at their prices and pretty much laughed my balls off and ended up buying a Raspberry pie until I could find a decent deal for a NES.
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@NateZurlent doesn't hit the same
Your channel is under rated as hell! Expected you to have at least 100k. You'll definitely get there someday ur doing great 👍
Same thing happened to me while looking for games / consoles to buy.
Saw DKoldies and thought
"neat, I can finally start a collection instead of emulating"
Just to then go on ebay and make a list of everything I wanted for literally half the price.
Ebay is now just as bad. Its very hard to find an actual good deal on Ebay for things like LEGO or Video Games.
@@Sir_Adam it really isn't. There's tons of auctions and if you don't want to wait for auctions, there tons of listings for games with "Make an offer" as an option. As long as there are tons of pics and it's a reputable seller, its good to go. And eBay always sides with the buyer if something goes wrong.
@@Irraptured Its still rare to find something affordable
@@Sir_Adam Really? I've gotten so many good deals the past couple years alone. Takes patience sometimes but it's my go-to for retro
@@Irraptured I haven't really looked for retro video games other than some NES cartridge sleeves and they were overpriced.
I remember seeing DKOldies on TH-cam. I thought “wow, this looks like a really professional retro company.” Then I saw the price of Pokémon Emerald and said “yeah screw them.” Lol
I suppose the benefit of them is they actually have what you want maybe
Pokemon is too damn expensive everywhere you go. The retro store near me has it for 150. Yeah, nah. To the high seas I go.
@@ps3beatswii emulator’s are free bro x
Yeah and the worst part is that you’re competing with DK if you wanna buy it anywhere else as seen by the shit ton of Pokémon games they have in stock.
@@ps3beatswii W Sumire pfp 🗣️
The thing about their "sales", it's that they are simply a marketing tactic. If you go to the wayback machine on their website, their prices have ALWAYS been like that. Those "Sale" prices have been like that for years. As for their bs excuse for their prices, they always go for "It's because the shop is at the slow season. So they have to up the prices" and if it's not that one you get another along the lines of "We have very little in stock so we don't want to run out of stock". It's either one or the other, You always get different people giving you a different answer. Which doesn't even add up, they make it sound like the world supply of mario bros games are running out or something.
Isn’t that literally illegal?
@@Cam_Can_Play yes it is illegal, you cannot create a fake discount sale on your store front. Without ever selling it in the original price.
I love how an excuse is that they don't want to run out of stock, that's exactly what any person selling anything wants!
It’s bait and switch
@@zenigata3887 yet they keep insisting on that story 🤣👍
everytime i see their prices i remember buying a nintendo 64 and an extra controller for 20 dollars at my local disc replay. it is INSANE they think this stuff holds that much value
Discovered DKoldies few months ago, Instantly laughed and said to myself you'd have to be absolutely brain dead to pay for their asking prices.
Some of the games are aight, but the consoles are a bit nutty
Same here
@@bondsmatthew every game they sell is between 50% and 2,000% markup
@@johndodo2062 nah, 360, wii, and basically any 2000s game are mostly not marked up if not really low. was able to buy rdr2 for ps4 for 16 dollars on dkoldies
A lot of people do sadly.
its about time someone starts talking about this. hopefully DK recognizes their greediness and lowers their prices.
The problem is that dkoldies is a company not a individual, they have employees. So how can you pay them if you don't make profit?
@@abztrackt they can still make a profit without ripping people off , i think you missed the point .
@@linzaaay how?
@@abztrackt exactly just broke people whining about games they can't afford
People buy their stuff though or they would be lower already.
Another thing that they removed/changed on their page recently was the switch oled... before they changed it they were charging over $600 canadian for a REFURBISHED switch oled (they are normally $450 canadian brand new)... there were a bunch of comments on that, so now they lowered the price to around market value and said it is complete in box, however it is still not in new condition... if you want proof that they had it like that, look at the switch oled reviews.
Reviews are gone they got rid of em
Such scumbags
@Garrett Ramsey I still see them, there is one calling them out about charging over 100 dollars over market price
They definitely are also refurbishing it less and putting some no-returns or exchanges policy after that
@@irregulargamer1352 Is this even allowed ? i mean here in germany they are not allowed to say "we dont accept returns" but i dont know about US law.
The reason you’re NES was grey screening is because the cartridge reader has gone bad but the good news is you can get them fairly cheap and it’s very simple to install. Hope this helps out.
The 72-pin connector. My dad and I replaced it when I found his old NES, good memories
Eh just stick a game genie in it and it’ll work 😂
Alot of my childhood hobbies such as video games and anime have been ruined by scalpers etc lol
My buddies recently got me into anime and I can’t get a hold of anything physical, I don’t mind digital but in most cases I prefer physical, but I am realizing it’s not possible due to what you mentioned.
@@bndtx3 this is why I get classy merch and buy some collectors editions here and there but even that's getting eaten up by people wanting to sit on it for profit.
Ruined by capitalism tbh
People do this shit exclusively for profit
dkoldies are basically scalpers, the amount of stock they have is proof of that
@@irregulargamer1352 yeah I been noticing everything that is pre ordered isn’t even available most of the times everything being being scalped now it’s sad
Their "sale price" is just the actual price with a falsely inflated price to make you think you're getting a deal.
The sale price Is even too fucking expensive, they are useless fucking scammers
Which is illegal
TBH that is common practice for any business. Just like when grocery stores drop something $1 for a week, then when the sale ends, the items only go back up 50 cents. Walmart will slowly raise prices of TVs over a span of a few months, then on black Friday mark them $200 off. But it' the same price, if not more than it was a few months ago. That's how they get rid of all of their old stuff every year.
@@cooldudeplanet5779 only in Canada Australia and the EU
@@cooldudeplanet5779which literally every other reselling company does lol. Like if someone falls for that they’re just slow
It seems a lot of companies that are also viral on social media are a rip-off that charges way too much, some even legit scamming people. I feel skeptical of any of these businesses when I see their channels.
If you are buying anything from TikTok then maybe you should be the one banned from social media
They just take advantage of the “give me convenience or give me death” side of our society.
See AD
Want product
3 clicks
That’s why videos like this have a place.
@@BMPK 100% man. I mostly see these people on youtube shorts because I don't wanna give my phone cancer by getting tiktok
It’s at times like this that I’m glad as a kid I held onto all my retro games like gold 😭
I sold all mine to GameStop…. I regret it, I was young and dumb
Rip PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and ps3 I’ll miss y’all
@@emma6648 daaammnnn even went to the worst ones I’m so sorry 😭 my collection for my ps2 and 3 are my favorite so I couldn’t imagine selling any of it
@@Hellnolongerawaits I kid you not going by todays prices with retro games I would have had around damn near 2000-4000$ I had a lot of rare games on the Gamecube, and DS. Games like all the Pokemon, Paper Mario TTYD, Fire Emblem etc. I would have had all of them still to this day but my Dad made me sell them if I wanted a new game console. I've been trying to slowly build up my collection for Gamecube and DS again and it hurts seeing these prices for the more "popular" games.
Retro games stores have turned into what is essentially a pawnshop for games.
I was really bored around quarantine and decided to go retro again. Dkoldies was the only website at the time but way overpriced. I loooked for my consoles at yard sales at swap meets later on where my collection costs me around 200 total whereas dkoldies I would’ve paid at least 5k for what I have now.
This shit is why I emulate, yes it's not the true experience, but it absolutely will not stop until everyone else starts doing this, it's called "Voting with your wallet"
It's the true experience for me, especially when you can play games at 60FPS and even get adaptors for original controllers
Emulation isn't bad at all. Without emulation and ROM dumping, we'd lost a ton of gaming history due to stingy collectors and pure old age.
That and I also buy ever drives. I have 2 so far. Just for the times I want to play 1:1 on a CRT, but most of the time. I emulate using glorious 8bitdo controllers or use my bliss box that have adapters for most system. I find the Wii classic controller gives me the feel I enjoy with retro style games!
to me its as close as im gonna get without paying scumbags my life savings
I just got every gamecube game I owned as a child. I'm now 25. I'm ordering a gamecube USB controller tomorrow. Emulation keeps my inner child alive so I'm not having to fork out for games I USED TO OWN to fucknuts like this who prey on nostalgia. Fuck DKoldies.
I remember walking into GameStop, 2011, buying a mint editition game boy advance SP, and used Pokémon leaf green for 40$, around 55$ with inflation these days, still good deal. Those were the days fellas!
The moment I saw them on shorts I knew it was fishy. Anyone recording their sales to show how "good" they are immediately turn on red alarms in my head.
Edit: To those that were defending them in the replies, I wonder if you still have that opinion with everything that has come out now.
It’s not to show how good they are it’s for extra revenue though TH-cam.
There's nothing wrong with the company I've even bought from them this guy is just throwing a temper tantrum like a child every company has to make money society is just entitled these days and wants to trash everything by calling a business a scam because their prices are higher than the guy wants
@@rickdiculous420 l mean if you are fine paying more than twice or thrice the price of something, I get you want to justify the money spent. Anyway I got some land on the moon interested in buying?
@@vintageoriginallegit It’s probably more for marketing
@@yesnt8907 yeah mainly for marketing and then they got a little revenue coming in from TH-cam maybe.
I used to work for DK games the amount of plain right stealing we did was crazy we would pay about 10-20$ for a NES, 25$ for n64 and about 1-5$ per game
Really ? Were they working console or Junk ?
@@MegaShingo97 working
How is that stealing if your customers were intelligent they could do that as well
@@noahsexton612 thats why
Lets rob these resellers you’re right
I discovered these guys when I was looking to buy an old PS2 game, The nearest store that had it was still an hour away from me so I decided to try and find an online store. I see DKOldies and click... Search for the game I'm looking for... A PS2 game, The store that was selling it an hour away had it listed for $10, I was down to spend that. And then I see that DKOldies is selling that exact same, used game for 70 DOLLARS. A Playstation 2 game.
I love how they have a “is DK Oldies a scam” video on their own channel. Of course they would say they are not a scam or their business would be taken down
theyre not scamming tho
overpriced ,yes
but they able to sell it with marketing, its not a scam ,if you wanted to get more profit then do marketing like them, how is it a scam?
lol
also, you cant just compare business like dkoldies to a person just selling their own stuffs
of course the price would be different lol ,why are this a huge issues?
Well it’s misinformation atleast. They say that they clean and refurbish their consoles but their consoles are shown to be not clean.
@@crist3809its not ok to use deceptive marketing bs to hawk a product that you inflated the price on and did not build/create in the first place. They’re parasites, and whether or not it’s illegal has literally nothing to do with that assessment.
Legally They couldn’t be taken down, even if it was a scam
I had a great experience with DKOldies years ago. I’m saddened that they are doing things like this now.
Same, the prices used to be far more reasonable and at least for me every NES game I got from them was near mint.
yeah me too. I usually compare prices at other places before I buy from them.
Sounds like they were a humble company that absolutely took off, so they thought "what the hell? they'll pay anything. Raise those prices!".
They are greedy Trump supporting scammers! Everyone needs to boycott them and get them shut down once and for all!
@@TheViper4Life don't blame em. They probably saw a spike In sales and noticed their own stuff selling for 50 percent more. At that point you can sit there and watch potential profits going to scalpers or play the game even if you know it'll piss of real enthusiasts and make the market less sustainable.
There’s this antique store in my hometown that frequently sells retro games and one day I saw an orange zapper with duck hunt/Mario and it was priced at like 23 dollars. To me this seemed like a good price for me to have it right now so I went to purchase it. After having small talk with the owner he decided to give it to me for $2. Obviously I took that price and I still visit him to this day. And yes it’s original I cracked it open already to check.
Man that's sweet! I remember getting an N64 and about 20 games with it for 2 dollars back in 2003 and getting XD Gale of Darkness for Gamecube a few years ago for 30 dollars...now everything is insanely expensive (150 for Emerald is wild)
I was in the market to replace a bunch of GameCube games I lost when my family was forced out of our house when I was younger, and ofc Dkoldies was the first site to pop up and HOLY SHIT, they were selling 007 night fire for like 70 bucks and I got it from a local comic shop with the case and manual for $17
At this point when I see a business that is more social media oriented than anything else I am very skeptical. Plus Ebay is my go to for old stuff like games and toys.
dkoldies has some of the lower end prices on snes. i dont shill but im totally happy. and also they sent me a garbage cart, i make a story about it on tiktok and they responded and made it right INSTANTLY. these guys will go the length to do you right. they will even give you cab fare in the morning ;)
100% agree on the console pricing. It’s absolutely ridiculous. I’ll never purchase any console from them. However, I will say with my experience buying mainly OG Xbox and 360 games they’ve been fair as far as price. Now I’m a huge Pokémon fan and have been since Gen 2. Since the Pokémon boom during Covid, those games are priced astronomically high. So just taking advantage of the trend. It sucks but at the end of the day at least we have eBay for some of the ridiculous shit.
I managed to get some Xbox 360 games there for a decent price yet again though I purchased games that are very very common and only meaningful to me so yeah everything else on there is overpriced as shit lol
No point buying. You can literally emulated these games for free
@@Ryanlexz Because people want to own things and Emulation doesn't equal piracy.
@@RyanlexzSome people just want to own physical copies or collect consoles 🤷🏻♂️
@@Ryanlexz there is a point of buying; having the actual game is worth way more than emulating “for free”.
I have mixed feelings about DKoldies. You can complain, but as long as people buy from them, they'll continue to charge what they want. It's actually quite genius how they can make more money then most resellers. As far as games go, at least from what I heard they're usually in really good condition. So paying a few bucks more for a game you're sure it's going to be in really good condition, is not the end of the world. As far as consoles go, yea they charge way too much for those. If you're patient and don't mind dealing with people, Facebook Marketplace or local game stores are for sure better options then online stores.
No reason to give more money, period, to the scam that is DKOldies, gold plated condition or not.
Personally I find more scams/over charging sellers on FB Market place since it’s more of the Wild West. OfferUp and EBay are what work best for me. I trust Craigslist more than Facebook martketplace
I’m a seller on eBay. One of my buyers is the owner of DK oldies himself. I knew because the buyer was Drew Steimel himself. He bought my game for half the price he’s reselling it for. I would never buy from them and I don’t feel sorry for anyone who does. Flea markets private sellers eBay Mercari itself is more competitive and more honest
this is why emulators have grown on me over the years
The absolute best part about all of this… you can play all of the old games for free. You can also buy a knock off retro controller and a pair of Rose colored of sunglasses if you’re jonesing for nostalgia.
Yeah, for free. If you wanna go the emulator route.
@@NoxWyatt Emulation for the win!
I played through a GameCube game fully using an emulator and a DualShock 4. Worked out perfectly.
i would say that its better to extract the original game files from a copy of the game you own, but we are dealing with companies that don't sell the old games anymore and might go out of their way to fuck you over for trying to get them. emulation is infinitely more convenient than getting the original consoles and you can even emulate a ps2 on your phone if its powerful enough (rest in peace aethersx2)
@@corktail7900 wait what happened to aethersx2? did it get butchered?
There's a retro store that has Klonoa for ps1 for nearly $1000 and Dragon ball z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for about $250 near me so dkoldies isn't the only scam retro store. Correction: $350 for the dbz game.
The retro bubble is going to pop eventually and nobody is going to be paying for this shit anymore
@@ForeverChiIIin all thanks to a certain corporate name that started the trend after purchased super mario Bros game for thousands of dollars.
I remember seeing an advert in a gaming magazine here for a shop that sold some PS1 games for about £50
@@ForeverChiIIin normies didn’t buy retro games until 2020 when everyone started scalping to make a living
I remember going into classic game store in 2016/2017 & it was a peaceful place without scalpers walking around
Ya I seen Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for 300
I went to school in Senatobia, MS which is a shitty, small ass, country town. In its “downtown” area, this old woman opened a game store. I always went to GameStop at the time (2011) and I thought I’d try this new store. My grandmother took me there after school one day, and the store used to be a boutique, and the old woman kept it looking that way. She had an insane amount games in this store. I got super excited seeing how many games were there. I walked up to one of the rows/aisles and noticed all the games were either og xbox, nes, ps 1 & 2, gameboy, Nintendo 64 or PC games. She had 1 row of 360 games that were all games you’d never see advertising for, like Saw, Naughty Bear, and hunting games. Every single game there was priced at $45, for obviously used games. ALL of them. She had the related systems behind like a jewelry store glass display countertop. All systems were $250-$300. And she told my grandmother that she has a store rule that kids must have a parent with them in order to buy T or M games.
I left super disappointed. The store was open for 5 months and closed. All my friends went there, and no one ever left with a game or system.
The markup on Nintendo consoles by these scalpers (yes they're scalpers not retailers) is insane. They're cashing in on nostalgia. Wish people would just check out their local game shops and Goodwill stores. I got an N64 with a copy of NBA Hangtime for 30 bucks.
I hope this gets more attention, honestly their prices are absolutely ridiclious. A 150$ overhead average on consoles and seeing from other peoples videos some of these have been never dissasembled, meaning they didnt even bother to replace the thermal paste....
I am so glad you mentioned this, after watching a 30 minute marathon of dkoldies shorts a few days ago the whole time I'm thinking holy cow how are people getting ripped off this badly
I had seen their account on tiktok, and as someone who is largely a Nintendo fan, their prices + shipping costs are absolutely inflated, and in my opinion, a scam.
We feel the SAME EXACT WAY! Saw them on TikTok but their prices are outrageous. I understand there’s overhead and team member salaries but damn.
That's capitalism for ya.
I understand charging 30% more to cover taxes and fees. However, 50-200% is just ridiculous. There are a couple stores near me that do the same pricing. All the owner does is complain that no one buys from his store.
@@aswukman no, thats corportism
@@Bensor999 when you include places like GameStop yes, but this by itself is pure capitalism. The free market baby. There is a desire for something they got and people will pay that price. The guy making the video found his answer to this by going on ebay. So this is more of a warning than a rant.
@@aswukman nigga so we should do communism, even if you don’t need this wii game you must buy it so everyone has it
very well said. i bought some stuff off of dkoldies a while ago and only just realized ebay has things for like, twice as cheaper. also idk how they’re getting away with their “discounts”, i bought an nes a while ago for 110 and it was still on discount then
I've actually had 2 friends that worked there. Said it was completely ass. One of them was straight up fired for not doing orders correctly but the boss never told them. Just straight up fired him. It's crazy that this giant business is only like 20 minutes area from my rural area. Too bad their prices are trash
Warning!!!!! Joey shits in all the consoles before they ship them.
Yeah the whole market got silly. I quit collecting about 2 years ago. Never bought from dkoldies. Usually ebay. Now I just emulate. A few of the shops I'd visit shut down during COVID. It's getting harder to get into retro collecting. I think those prices are too high, but if someone is paying them they make em valid. The bad thing is this usually spreads.
Thank you for letting us know, I've been seeing their videos nonstop, and now I know not to get a poorly refurbished console from them, or retro games for that matter. There's a few game stores near me with much lower prices going in person.
Another flawless victory for pirates and emulator users
THIS so much
Yeah people just need to get hip to emulators..indirectly it will get rid of things like this in the video
@WØBBUFFĘT "BUT IT'S NOT THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED" as they blow on their cartridge for the 3rd time to work on their 4th NES console
@@finkamain1621 I mean if you do blow on the nes cartridge it probably won’t work
@@shawnpatrick1877 They’re good to have but not if they’re overpriced
It was fun collecting a few years ago. Now i cant go in to any retro store without seeing ridiculous prices. Theres a few that still have decent prices but i feel like most are not even worth going to anymore
DK oldies gives off the same vibes as the game store somewhat near my house. They would sell all the DS games for the exact same price, aside from a few titles that were jacked to around 200 - 300 plus depending on if they had a box or not, or if they were litrally any of the pokemon games, but you could get like barbie princess adventure for the same price as a mariokart ds at around 35 bucks after tax canadian, or 60 - 300 dollars for a nintendo 64/snes/nes ect. game which is absrud. On top of that, the store itself was just was ran kinda sketchily. the workers just kinda intimidated you, the overall atmosphere was just kinda dark, and unsettling almost, and they would practically follow you around the store and were overly nice to you to the point where you felt bad about leaving without anything, and they almost made you feel obligated to pay their arbitrary prices for a crummy game on a near 20 year old console.
One thing I found unsettling about their videos is that everything is somehow neatly organized and the guy finds everything with minimal effort. Also, the selection of the items shown in videos, doesn't seem to translate over to the website. Meaning, they show items that aren't even on their website.
Hmm almost like they.... prepared for the video they were about to make? This isn't a conspiracy theory lmao
@@JakobeOG I noticed that stuff when I first saw their videos. At first I was like "Wow that's a huge selection they have." Went to their website, "So where are all the games I'm interested in? Oh look, sold out. Out of stock. Oh wow wow wow, those prices are way too high for that game."
I then read several comments on other videos pertaining to these guys and they said that most of it is just for show, and to draw people's attention to their website. I will never do business with these guys.
@@narnian19 I'm sure they'll be fine without your business lol
@@JakobeOG they will be. I could care less as I have heard that line myself so many times.
@@JakobeOGkeep riding that corporate dick bro 🤣
I recall going on their website a few weeks ago and nearly puking from looking at the prices, I wanted to buy a gameboy and I noticed that I could get a custom modded gameboy with an IPS screen for the price they're selling a "refurbished" unmodded gameboy
It's very simple if you think it's too expensive then don't buy it
You probably need to re-tension the connector pins, get a small hook/pick to reach behind them. Also, don't push the cartridge down.
The way they advertise their products is really top notch
The overpricing and customer service are literally the only problem
... that's two problems.
What is wrong with their customer service? Have you personally had an issue with them?
If you consider TikTok shit eating grin icons as “top notch advertising” then ur not very bright
That's uhh, 2 pretty big problems 😂😂 like wtf
"the way they advertise is top notch"
I assume it doesn't take much to impress you. Also those 2 things being "the only problem" is pretty major. Like not a thing that slides with most.
I actually recently bought from them a couple of PS2 games that were around the prices of ebay listings and had a coupon for 10% off but they forgot to mention that these PS2 games may not be the original print run of that game but the greatest hits version which pissed me off cause I wanted CIB original runs with the black spine
I would hate to tell this guy Starbucks sells high priced coffee that you can get for a fraction of a price at your local coffee café. Oh wait that's true you can. But Starbucks still sells the most coffee in the world. Point is it's a business and no one forces anyone to spend money there.
Man they let this social media thing go to their heads...Just a few years ago I got a n64 for my son there and it was dirt cheap like I got everything, 4 original Nintendo controllers and all the cords, Mario 64 and wwe no mercy for like 140....Damn it sucks to see little businesses get big egos
PERSONALLY - the biggest issue with DKOldies is the lack of pictures of the stuff they sell on their site. Not only does EBay typically have lower prices, sometimes actual steals from people underselling the market - they also have fucking pictures so I can gauge the quality more easily. If I order from DK - I just have to take them on face value that the product will not suck ass. If you are going to spend hundreds of dollars on a product not worth that - you'd at least expect the quality to be out of this world or at least have PICTURES TO SHOWCASE IT. Just buy from ebay or local sellers.
Their videos are at least fun so I guess thats nice.
That’s crazy I just saw the dko channel for the first time 2 days ago and kept getting him recommended to me and then I see this video
Hopefully I saved u from a potential scam
@KangFasho i was this close into buying from dkoldies to buy a wii but i ended up going on ebay and finding a wii for $15 which was a nice deal
@@__yuyu__ Xbox consoles and games are the only worth it
In my opinion, the fact they ships you a third party controller as DEFAULT with the console is even worse than their pricing, if possible.
You have to MANUALLY select a first party controller with the console you want to purchase, which of course costs more. That’s pure madness and I honestly don’t know what to say.
I remember watching a DKOldies short of "Most Rare GameCube Games Everrrrrr!"
And it was just some generic GameCube games that anyone can get for around 40 bucks at most.
ALWAYS do your research when you're looking into buying retro games! Price Charting is a great way to see the actual current value of retro games!
I remeber watching this short where they talk about their business and why they do what they do, but they never even mentioned their pricing.
Oh yeah, they 100% avoid anything to do with prices. They don't even show them on their "customer order" videos.
I've seen only on video where they said they have to make their prices high due to the kind of company they are or some shit. It was total bullshit they said something along the lines of the prices are high because we take a fix the consoles ourselves with our own tools and such plus they don't make any big dollars on games which is obviously a fuckin lie and they have to be able to pay their employees. I get the employee thing I suppose but I feel like they'd make more sales from everyone rather than desperate fat dudes with spending problems if they lowered their prices
I'd much rather spend DK oldies price at a local "Mom and pop" shop to keep the money in town. THANKFULLY THEY DON'T. But support local!
Funny enough DKO scoops up stock from local shops to resell on their website
@Retro Rewind ya ive seen them "shipment clips." I get it they're a business but nothing beats going and talkin to the owner behind the counter and chatting games and console repairs. One of my fav spots in town
@@AlmostCoolGuys yea im friends with the guy who runs my local game shop. been going there for like 8 years at least and we have a good relationship going. I donate all the time and they give me free stuff or discounts all the time
@Retro Rewind bro that's awesome. That's how a community is SUPPOSED to work. Keep supporting. Becuz mainstream video games HATE gamers.
Agreed, mom and pop shops are the best. Had some great conversations with customers and workers at my local game store, such a fun environment for people into gaming and most of the time super generous prices.
One of the most ridiculous prices on their website is the Wii balance board. $50 for one of those guys. Literally every goodwill I've ever been in has one of those things going for $10. My local retro game stores stacks them up like a deck of cards on the floor. They're worthless.
I once ordered a wii remote and NSMBW. The wii remote’s battery holder was REALLY dirty, and the game box wasn’t red. The box not being red takes away SO much life from the box.
If the battery older is dirty its usually damaged, shit store.
@@jdcp8976 I cleaned it, and it works. The only thing is that the batteries ran out too quickly. They were at 4 lines, and suddenly it was at 1 line.
@@chili675 shitoldies
Don’t end up getting sued over your accusations.
There’s a BIG difference between a “scam” and a customer agreeing to pay for a product/service regardless of if the product/service is overpriced.
U can't if it's true besides the game market is gonna collapse soon
@@darioperez5084 source: trust me bro
@@TitoValcrist my source layoffs at my work I build semi trucks less trucks less good less ppl less money more things pawned an sold for cash
@@darioperez5084 but there will always be rich people
@@ilbez true
Everyone they show on their videos come across as genuine and “local” business store vibes ..
So I don’t blame people for getting sucked in ..
This video really does show all my gripes with DKOldies. It's frighteningly easy for someone to get scammed using this website, especially for someone who doesn't know all that much about retro gaming. Just this summer, i was looking into buying one of those old wiis with the GameCube ports since my own childhood one did not and I was really looking for some clean GC controller functionality and another shot at enjoying the Wii's titles. When I searched online, I found that DKOldies had Wiis sailing for far over $80-$100 if you want all the wires and some games included when I ended up just buying a simple lot which came with the console, all the wires, 2 nunchucks (no wiimote unfortunately but I already had that covered) and a copy of Wii Play totaling to only $40. And even then I increased my own value of the Wii way more since I filled it with homebrew so now it's my ultimate retro machine for only $40! Please spread the word of DKOldies and help guide people away from these scammers
The controllers they sell are also deceptively named. I was in the market for a new Gamecube controller, and they had two similarly named listings, one called "Gamecube controller" that was $20 and showed a stock image (no mention of it being an Old Skool brand aftermarket one) and one for "Official Gamecube controller" that was $50. I bought the aftermarket one only to find out when I tried it out that it has no rumble feature, something never disclosed on the website.
Gamecube controllers dont have rumble
Homie dressed like he's a Seattle molly dealer on Drugs Inc
This is why I'm glad I kept my old childhood consoles
I love how they sell console bundles as ‘Player Paks’. It gives me the impression that they treat selling a console bundled with its *own* controller as a privilege, not a basic consumer right.
You didn't mention if you try to trade in a game they dont have or if its not black label, they'll offer you literal change for it. Like I had a bunch of games worth around $130 value, and they offered me $18. And that's because one of the games was on their list for $7 and the rest werent, including a couple that were rare.
How.. HOW IS THIS WORSE THAN GAMESTOP
"Maybe the pins are laced with gold"
It would be funny if they advertised this as a selling point, as they actually are gold plated pins
U know what’s a bigger scam? Buying from eBay when you can emulate retro games on nearly any hardware
I prefer emulating but it is nice having a system with a few games so when you have buddies over you can play smash, double dash or something else and have some drinks without needing to set up an emulator or have a cheap PC dedicated to multimedia/emulation in the living room
I love emulation and have a ton of them with tons of games but I honestly enjoying have some consoles like a DS or switch lite
I wouldn’t call this a scam at all. Yes it’s expensive but it’s tough out there to stay afloat. Overhead of running a business is insane. This is like saying that a restaurant selling a burger for 15 bucks a scam when you can make the same thing at home for less than five bucks. You paying for the staff wages the electricity the gas prices etc.
It’s definitely a scam. They advertise everything as refurbished which has been proven to be a lie, with some people receiving broken consoles or consoles that only work half the time. They also make you pay extra for a first party controller
Yes the sale is perpetual. I've worked at walmart hq, best buy hq, and another major retailers hq I won't name cause I currently work there and value paying my bills. They all employ that strategy. They have a revolving list of things they keep marked down then take it off sale for one week then put it back on sale for 6 months so they can say it's marked down. They fit just inside the regulations to keep it from being "fraudulent marketing". The one I work at currently only does it with some things and isn't nearly as bad as walmart and best buy and other retailers I've studied but in my experience this is something a lot of retailers do.
I hope DKNewies sue them
Im here for it, DKNewies vs DKOldies
I just hope for their sake they made a crap ton of money before everything starts crashing down because more of these types of videos and complaints keep coming in. Good job.
Why would you hope they ripped off enough people to make a crap ton of money?
You can still find NES consoles on eBay for only $80-100, and despite the 1 year returns from DK Oldies, on most eBay listings, eBay offers 1- and 2-year Allstate protection plans for only 15 bucks or so.
They're just looking to convert the 0.01% of viewers who don't know any better. To give an example, on my tiny little eBay page, I get the same clickthrough rate (0.3% of impressions turned into actual page views) and the same conversion rate (1.5% of clicks result in 1 unit sold), regardless of me having 1, 3, or 5 *_million_* impressions. It's all a numbers game. It doesn't matter if you're overpriced, so long as you get the traffic. This is why dropshipping sites and Amazon scams work. It doesn't matter that you can find that Bulbasaur plushie on eBay for 5 bucks. The single-item Shopify store that just sells that one Bulbasaur plush for $25 just paid Facebook/Instagram for ad placement, and the rest is history.
I looked into getting an Atari from them, but when I saw the sale price and clicked on it for the cart, the price shown then didn't even match the sale price shown on the previous page. I thought it was maybe the USD to CAD exchange rate but after a quick Google of that current days exchange rate, it wasn't even close. No idea what was on the go there. I didn't buy anything in the end.
Overpriced, but not scam. You know the prices so you know what you are going to pay for. It's on you if you pay the price they charge and you think it's not worth it.
This is why I'm so....scared to start collecting retro games and really get into it like I want. Sellers like this upsell these things so fucking much. And it's wild asf
Ah. It's actually not that bad. I still collect alot of older games and have built up a pretty large collection over the last few years. I can tell you right now, either get into emulation or start collecting because the prices have steadily increased over the last 20 years. In 2001 you could buy NES games complete with a box and manual for about 30 bucks, now its around 100 bucks. Pretty much any GOOD games you can think of will go for atleast 100 bucks in very good condition. Ebay is the best bet. You need to haggle too. If you see a dude with ALOT of sales and has some classic games in nearly new condition, haggle with him. He'll drop down maybe 20-40 bucks, even offer to buy two, bite the bullet and spend the extra money and see if he'll cut you a deal. If he's got alot of stock chances are he'll do it. But you also gotta recognize the other types of ebay folks; older folks selling off old stuff they kept in good condition for years. I like to honor these people's prices because they don't have several games, typically they have one game in really good condition that's hard to find. You also can't be afraid to email folks. I've found alot of CDs that are out of print, some bootlegs from other countries, etc. just from asking around. You gotta get into the community and really dig in. Always look for a cheaper price. I personally always look for sealed copies of... anything but sometimes you gotta realize it's just not worth it. 200 bucks for Oracle of Ages complete with box and manual in mint condition... perfect. 120 bucks for Pilot Wings same condition... well... maybe pass.
It's really not that bad. Just look for sellers on ebay with positive reviews and lots of pics of the game/console.
personally, i dont feel like its a scam. they never claimed to have the cheapest prices, they never claimed to be competitive with ebay. its a free market, so anyone can offer whatever at any price. and if you are uncapable of opening a second tab and looking what this stuff costs on ebay, well, you deserve to be "ripped off"
What a fanboy. You don’t understand anything. But if you want to spend $200 bucks on Conker’s Bad Fur Day, go right ahead. Or you can be smart and get the Rare Replay.
Yeah it’s not an actual scam. Scams are illegal. It’s extremely expensive and unfair though. They’re artificially inflating the prices of retro games in order to sell games to people who don’t know any better. That’s not illegal, but it’s definitely unethical and immoral. It’s bad for the entire industry to be selling items at such unfair prices. It gives people unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for how much their own products are worth, causing them to to attempt to sell at the same prices online, driving up prices even further. Now sure, if there’s so much demand for certain products that people are actually paying that much, then the market is what the market is. But if you look at eBay then you’ll see that it’s not a fair market price at all. So yeah, it’s not a scam, they’re just ripping people off
I can't take anyone serious that still wears a mask, in a video by themselves none the less.
The worst thing about this situation is that Facebook mom's and casual eBay sellers are going to think they're sitting on a gold mine because they found a box with a PS2 and a Wii in decent condition 💀💀
I’ve been seeing them advertised a lot and have almost been suckered into going through them. Thankfully I was smart enough to go on eBay instead and snag a pokemon blue version for about $40
Why wear a mask in this video?
Why 😮 stop this now 😂
Dont let this distract you from the fact that a dollar in 1927 is worth $17 in 2023. No matter what you're paying, everyone is dirt poor today even when you think you make or spend lots of money. DK Oldies can sell an old NES system for $500 and it is still pennies, because we are all just too poor to notice.