Did I Get Scammed by DKOldies AGAIN?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
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DKOldies has quite the reputation for "premium" refurbished retro game consoles, but are they worth it?
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0:00 DKOldies Round 2
1:32 Original Xbox
3:41 Does the Xbox Work?
4:38 Inside the Xbox
5:15 Nintendo DS
7:28 Inside the DS
9:05 Game Boy Advance
10:39 Inside the GBA
11:27 Game Boy Color
13:34 Inside the GBC
15:06 Wii U
16:54 PSP 1000
18:28 Inside the PSP
19:58 PS3 Super Slim
21:36 Inside the PS3 - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
The price of Gameboys being that high is utterly ridiculous. Take me back to 2019 when Gameboys were like 10 dollars
I think that's the only place changing that much for one.
The worst part is that as people on TH-cam talks about old devices on new videos the demand for them goes up so the price goes up also.
I found a Gameboy Advance agb-001 at a goodwill not too long ago for $5, they said it wouldn't turn on and the terminals needed cleaning. she's in a new shell, new lcd screen and plays beautifully.
A PowKiddy V90is $40 and plays everything up to PS1. There are more powerful handhelds for retro gaming if you want to pay more. There is zero reason to play any of the old handhelds on original hardware. You aren’t giving anything up w/ emulation.
but but "1 year warranty" 🤡 - also as we now know from dkoldies all other 3rd party sites selling counterfit & broken games
For that price range, giving you third-party accessories is insane.
I don't understand what kind of people are buying from DKOldies. You'd think anyone who would be interested in a retro console would know their prices are insane and they can get the same thing elsewhere for much cheaper. Who are paying these crazy prices and why?
@@HerecomestheCalavera it's crazy, there are even people defending them
@@alomon7738 well it's demand and supply. If people are interested and buying off them it means there is probably a lot of casual gamers wanting to revisit and buying off a company that (sort of) guarantees them a good quality used product and their marketing is spot on to provide this sense of "security"
@@HerecomestheCalavera they’re paying for the one year warranty duh. No one else offers that. They’re a big shop with a huge inventory and a lot of employees. Other small shops charge less because they have less overhead. It’s simple mathematics if you can think for yourself
@@BigBear_91 Has anyone had any experience with their warranty? Has anyone had a console stop working after 6 months and actually got them to replace it?
I got a GBA, GBA SP, and GBC...ordered new shells, buttons, glass screen lens, and ips displays for all 3... and each one was still less than what DK Oldies charges. They're priced egregiously and engage in shady business practices. Don't give your $$ to them.
Where did you get them?
on their social media, they mis-ID'ed a rare gameboy as fake, and broke it in a video. they're scalpers that don't understand what they sell.
@@sonicmoth8340 🤣 I forgot about that whole debacle... That was the owner of DK Oldies who did that too! He smashed it in the street on video! 🤦... Also, as someone who has a deep knowledge and love for the hobby of handheld gaming and Game Boy mods, I take a great deal of care whenever doing any mod. I really respect each unit as a piece of gaming history. I'd NEVER voluntarily and willingly smash any Game Boy for any reason, regardless of it's rarity. And I think anyone who knows their stuff would likely feel the same way. So DK Oldies are definitely just scalpers and nothing else. They only care about it turning a profit, yet they present themselves as a passion driven operation. It's all transparent BS.
The fact is: it IS a scam again. For 2x the prices of normal purchasing, the issues - though small - are still 100% unacceptable. You can’t send a faulty disc drive, a bad charger, a bad screen lens, a secondary market battery door, etc when you’re charging luxury prices for this kind of stuff.
Even with the 1-year warranty, none of those products should cost anywhere near those prices.
Exactly. I got my og xbox in great shape with a 1 year warranty from a mom and pop retro game shop near me for only $80
Ungrateful ahhs
@Nonya_Concern well that clearly is a very one-off shop. I mean, I should would price houses the same way. I got a killer deal on my house at 250k. It was evaluated at 400k.
@@epic_errors You "should would" indeed.
Well anyone can always buy products elsewhere maybe you want to do that but a lot don’t
Some of those prices are absurd for some of these consoles, even the sale prices are a bit criminal.
Honestly, the price is relative to the quality of the product (consoles in this case).
So your state is correct, but if it's fully refurbished, really clean, works well, it's kinda worth it.
I know we can find cheaper, but cheaper may hide something shady.
These consoles are really old too, so the price will derail with the quality
@realdaa "fully refurbished" "really clean" that's one of the main problem people had with DK oldies. They claim to refurbished them but once taken apart you can see they didn’t touch it or refurbished it or clean it. For such high prices the "quality" should match the price. For the high price they don't even come with the original controller. You have to pay extra for it. People are better off buying stuff stuff from eBay where the prices are WAYYYYY cheaper and you can see what you're getting and can choose to return it with a refund. DK oldies have ruin the retro game market by selling their stuff at a high prices. People see how high they sell their products and adjust their products based off DK oldies prices. I've seen DK oldies sell games at a higher price than in Amazon where, despite the game being old, they still sell them brand new. A USED kingdom hearts 2 is the same price as a brand new kingdom hearts 2 on Amazon. In conclusion, DK oldies don't clean, refurbish, or touch, their products despite claiming and making videos of them doing so. There's been several people AND videos that have come out exposing DK oldies. The fact that they're still running after about a year of controversy is surprising (I'm assuming the lawsuit went nowhere).
They are not worth the price and you are better off buying from other places.
@@realdaarather save half the price and test my luck on eBay, bought a gameboy for $50 that works fine, just needed cleaning
Agree, but as realdaa stated it is also relative to the current market. It's a shame that so many outside influences have shaped the retro market to be the mess it is now. With DkOldies you at least know you have a warranty with them. Having followed the saga with JacobR their prices beforehand were ludicrous lol. The prices now at least seem a bit more reasonable with the knowledge of having a warranty. Still seems scummy when the law has been changed to allow consumers to open up products that they put their stickers on the screws to block people from opening the consoles, and would probably still try to claim to the unknowing consumer that they can't take back consoles that the customer themselves have opened.
in early 2022 i purchased black ops 2 for xbox 360 and still hasnt come to this day 💀
My old Xbox had the same problem with the disktray, a small tap on the top was all it needed for it to pop out. Only problem it had in 10 years. Loved that console man
For $85 I basically got a new GBC on ebay that came with 2 games and a carrying case. The seller told me his wife only played with that Gameboy no more than 10 times. Thing is basically mint.
@@DSBOY33bros bidding at goodwill oh no
For This Christmas I got all the kids in my immediate family (6) Nintendo Switch Lites from some deals I found on offerup. I paid $90 for 2 still unopened ones and 4 other ones I paid $100 each brand new condition because a local shop was closing down. They are going to be so excited.
@@michaelcooper8013 nah some thfrift stores have fr auctions for some of theyre more expensive items i assume thats what he means
I have the atomic purple one and they offer 45? This good deal?
@@pauliewalnuts6977 my best find (and only find) has been a 5 dollar gamecube in mint shape with the gba reader and disk, insane luck considering I never look around at thrift stores and seek this stuff out haha
if i ordered any of that stuff for those prices, I would be pissed for what I got
somehow people are VERY happy, but 99% of those people buy the cheap games that are priced same as the local / auction sites
@@user-uu9up5fe5t yeah if I got a system with scratches on the screen I’d be livid lol
Lmaoo you’re fucked. Those consoles looked great
Not if you're a TH-camr with money who can then make a video and earn that money back instantly. To these people, they're basically spending what we would on an actual refurbished consoles from Cex or somewhere better. TH-camrs are keeping Dkoldies in business
I can say from experience, if you take apart the ps3 super slim improperly, it is nearly impossible to get those side panels to stay secured.
Joey says no.
Austin: Is DK oldies still scamming people?
The whole internet: ...yes, yes it does
And he keeps giving them money lmao
I mean some of these were pretty good. that Gameboy advance and Pokemon game were actually really good deals. They were well refirbed and came with a year warranty for 20 bucks extra. Guaranteed genuine copy is hard to find on ebay for pokemon games, lots of fakes out there and a lot of them def don't have a fresh battery.
They're at least working to improve their processes... But those prices are obscene.
Nah, half the internet defends them
@@KingVulpesyou mean 10%. Because on every dkoldies short and video 90% of the comments call them out lol
You would think they would check the charger as part of the referb process to make sure it works before shipping
nah dkoldies would still say: fake unboxing youtubers -> all just haters. everyone loves us!
At least it was the charger, not defending them but I had the same thing happen from Amazon once. Got a Ds lite in reasonable condition but the charger port wouldn't work so the ds couldn't charge. Got it replaced but it was really annoying.
i got a cib gba clear colorway for 100$.
@@MoonlightBelladonna Had the same thing happen to me before. That's when I stopped buying game consoles from Amazon.
The fact that they can afford that 20% tells you everything you need to know. I really hope they go under. And they don't ship proper restored material, the warranty thing? Yeah, they just don't want you to open the consoles so you can't see they DID NOT do the job. they're basically scammers.
I'm sorry for the workers. But the owners are just greedy assholes.
I still pop these videos out every once and a while comparing their prices to other places and how much WAY more they are. Check out prices for PSP and stuff. Its freaking crazy
There's a pin-hole right next to the original xbox tray, if you press into that pin-hole while you press the eject button, the tray will eject every time. It's a manual way to open the xbox tray
Works with all disk drives. I've had to do it with DVD, CD, and Blu-ray drives also.
Some older disc drives were slot-based where you'd need a pen to move the actual component.
that's not an xbox thing, any tray loading cd/dvd drive were like that on pc too. it's a standard feature for 5 1/4 drives. In fact you can replace the xbox hard drive with a pretty large variety of standard old pc disc drives.
You have to replace the drive belt, it's cheap and easy to do.
@@coltmcclish5181 It's too bad they didn't do that with the refurbished console they sold someone.
Ken was right that is a old known way to get Xbox CD-tray to open up.
I’m honestly surprised DK Oldies didn’t spend the $5 to get a pack of drive belts to replace the old one.
they cut costs on everything just a bunch of gay bozos
@@EvilTurkeySlicesSeriously
Same thing works up to the Falcon v1 360s as well. I was so used to doing it before I swapped over to a Trinity Slim
It‘s not only the belt. The Magnet in the dvd Drives Case is pulling in the spindle. If the Drive Case is to much bend the magnet is stronger than the Motor pulling the spindle down. If a Disk is Inside, the magnetic Force is not that Strong on the spindle.
Just give the top dvd case a little Push up where the Magnet is and with a new belt also you fixed it. Also grease all the rails 🤓
The Scream I let out when that Xbox disk tray came out turned me back into a child again. 😂😂😂😭. Wild
Imagine being that guy who caused that one specific piece of damage on a console just to watch it years later be trashed by Austin 😂
I'm curious if DK oldies actually changed the thermal paste, that got to be one of the most important parts of a console refurbish.
So if I'm reading the beginning statement right, they no longer claim that they open the consoles, its only when the system is non-functioning. Its only opened when repairs are necessary and I imagine then they do all the internal bits and bobs and hopefully repaste
@@hiRyan329329 If true that's a horrible policy, thermal paste is only good 3 to 5 years. Pisses me off how this company continues to rob people. The owner of DK oldies has such a punchable face, I would love to lay him the hell out.
I mean, on the OG Xbox it's not that big of a deal because they didn't generate a whole lot of heat (but if you've already got it opened up, might as well do it). But anything after, especially the 360, you def want to repaste. The biggest thing you need to watch for on the original Xbox is the clock capacitor, because those were all made during the capacitor plague of the early 2000's and all of them WILL eventually swell and leak and corrode your motherboard (if they haven't already). Any refurbishing outfit who is concerned with quality will spend the 5 minutes of time it takes to desolder that capacitor and replace it with a new solid state cap that they can buy in bulk for around 50 cents each or less
@elbeetlebeasto Shoot yeah with the OG Xbox apart from the launch build they didn't even put a fan on the cpu heatsink. Just a nice aluminum block and a single case fan
@@elbeetlebeasto Yeah I was hoping we would get a look at the xbox capacitors because even if they look good, they should be changed out because they are ticking time bomb, and like you said it's a cheap fix. Between pricing and quality I'll never order anything from DK oldies.
3:05 They cannot void your warranty if you live in the United States based on a tamper sticker, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act makes this illegal.
These are likely not for warranty (although they could potentially be a reason.) but rather for the repair technicians to know that somebody has been in it, which if they find out you damaged something, they can refuse a warranty, but these stickers can be easily taken off if you have any kind of alcohol based solvent as well, so, take that info with what you will.
No idea how they’re even still in business. A class action lawsuit needs to happen asap
I think what DK oldies is doing here is fixing the item to where it's "useable" so if you have a Wii that doesn't turn on, they'll probably fix that. They'll probably not clean it and leave everything like a disk tray that makes a clicking noise every once and a while the same because it still works.
I'm surprised Austin didn't know about the patented 'Fonz' method of owning an Xbox with a faulty disc tray. It's just a rubber band that needs to be cleaned or replaced, making it even more egregious that it shipped that way.
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Its insane that, not only, do they see a giant order like this and don't take the extra time to actually refurbish and test these consoles, but they don't immediately assume its a review youtuber and try to go the extra mile. They just don't care. You can also get a backlit modded GBA or GB for less than $150, completely refurbished
4:08 The technical "tap" xD
And also they can enforce that warranty:
When buying from a store or seller (including a business online), consumers have the same legal refund rights with second-hand items as they would with a new item. However, they cannot claim a refund for problems that: the store or seller told them about. they should have noticed when examining the item.
Who in their right mind would pay these exorbitant prices?
Exactly. It is because of stupid people that shady bussines like this exist
I’ve seen comments where people say DK is preying on soccer type moms that don’t know any better and just want a one stop shop with no hassles . But they don’t know they are getting played , i wouldn’t call them stupid people maybe just uninformed about other ways to purchase these items
@@THEKLEVER187 i understand, but can't we say that not informing yourself is just stupid?
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Idea for an Austin Evans video
-buy another box of "refurbished" DK Oldies consoles.
-buy the same box of game consoles from a reliable local game store (i.e. pink gorilla or the closest game store)
-compare between the two and see which has done the better job.
Done!
No reason to do that. Every time a video like Austin is made, they’re giving them money and publicity.
Stop giving money to scammers and they will go out of business
I must have gotten really lucky. I got my used DS this year from a Pawnshop, at 40 dollars. With the stylus.
But it was missing the little GBA slot cover, other than that, it was in good condition. (So I bought a 5 dollar GBA game and used that as the replacement)
Love the video. Btw I love the capcut
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I guess their prices are elevated to "cover" the cost of a warranty. But how much is that warranty really worth
Considering half of this video would've been sent back for warranty, assuming they actual dealt with the problems it could be worth a lot.
Plus it only cover one year, so I can’t fathom it being that much, unless they’re just flat out ripping people off(they are).
I would just assume that their warranty is sending you another unit in the same condition, and considering that they don't pay much for these systems, they'll still make a profit and likely send a console in the same condition, then take the returned system, and flip it onto another online order.
That’s actually very common for the disc tray to not open up on the original Xbox. You just have to clean the little black rubber band on the inside of the disc tray and it’ll work every time after that.
You'd think that would be included in the refurbishment process.
Nah they need replacement ones they stretch out over time like the same thing happens in all belt driven things
Drive belt failures are so common on OG Xboxes that I would've overlooked it
4:10 My brothers Xbox had that same issue and we used to solve it exactly the way that Ken did it 😂😂😂
The fonz style will always work lol 😂
@DontReadMyProfilePicture.185stop your not funny
You can take the sticker off there's nothing they can do about it.. they have to honor the 1 year Warranty with or without it... as long as you prove you bought it from them
Yeah, seal of warranty does not apply on refurbished items
@@thunderarch5951It doesn’t apply in the US period.
@@thunderarch5951it doesn’t apply at all
How much you want to bet they wouldn't honor their warranty without the sticker in place and undamaged though. I'd be willing to bet their response would be, "sticker damaged/removed. no warranty" even though that would not be legal. They are most likely going to bet that you aren't going to be willing to spend the money to actually take them to court over it.
@@ram89572I'd bet a lot, their entire companies net worth, in fact, that they'd honor the warranty even if you opened it. Especially if you opened it on video. Not saying they wouldn't try it, but it only needs to get push back one time before it's highly publicized.
That "wear" you kept noting was from magic eraser. They tear up the plastic to expedite their cleaning process.
That light tap on the empty disk tray for the og Xbox was gold….
So much nostalgia, mine had the exact same issue. lol.
the only thing i can say about the PSP is.. make sure you dont mix up the screws.. i knew a kid in highschool who took his apart to paint it gold and he didnt keep track of the screws.. put one that was too long in the bottom of the PSP logo and ended up being long enough to ruin the screen.. back then new screens were around the 50$ mark for a decent one or one from a parts only console.
No shit i never understand the point to even paint your PSP and gameboys in the old days. People sometimes were successful in the first try but most of the time they end up breaking something for me i was too afraid to break something so never tried color swapping and whats the point? after 2 days you would be bored of that color
On my original Xbox I used to have to do the same HIT on the top to get it to open. 😂
they ALL do that after about 8 years there is a rubber band that gets bad
If you can open it, either buy a drive belt for it online (they are cheap as chips) or take the belt out and drop it into a cup of hot water for a few minutes. The hot water activates the rubber memory and tightens it up a bit
The fact they charge you extra for the first party controller that originally came with the console is insane
Hitting the xbox to open the disck tray brought back so many memories. I had to do that on my xbox AND xbox 360, after about 3 years of ownership each.
04:10 To be fair, it's been a long, long time since the days of physical abuse on electronics fixing things, so I'm not too surprised that Austin forgot that sometimes you just gotta give these things some physical discipline for them to work.
Yup, there was definitely a time where a little concussive maintenance was necessary from time to time
I remember having to put mine on a diagonal to get it to work 🤣
It really hasn't been though. Anything with mechanical parts that can get bound up is still potentially benefitted by the old redneck reset, although you should use a much softer touch on newer tech. Sometimes it's as simple as a single-finger tap to the side of the housing of the disc tray to jar the motor and displace a tiny bit of dust, that takes it from stuck to fully functional. It's just that more often than not these days, the electronics fail long before any mechanical aspect of the machine. They don't build them to last anymore.
I had a wii that used to throw disc read errors and occasionally even hard crash, mint out of box way back in the day. Because it had been bought via a layaway program and nearly a year prior to me getting it, there was no real warranty, so it was on me to deal with it. Pretty sure one of the 'guides' for the laser/disc tray wasn't in it's home properly. Solid whack (Not hard, but firm and without letting it bounce in response) to the top of the machine 'bounced' it back into it's track properly, placing back in place for the laser to work properly. Never had another unexplained disc error or crash after that.
It’s like how there was once upon a time people right click refreshed their desktop on startup
@@kevincorbat7084"Concussive maintenance" 😂 I'm using that one
the prices are nuts, but that broken battery clip on the original GBA was very common, im still rocking a functional, perfect screen GBA...... with a broken battery clip that snapped within MONTHS of owning it back in the day
I was gonna say even with a diff battery clip it's still good condition that shit looks mint other than that one thing that doesn't make a difference when using the system.
with my experience of og xboxs the disk drive always likes failing if there's no disc but if u leave a disc it more consistently opens
I always find myself wishing i had a friend like matt, he seems like a genuinely awesome dude
I remember even at my local videogame place before prices became out there, they made me pay extra to have an official controller with the console but it was free to have the knockoff. Those used to always break, and I remember for the original Xbox particularly the official alternative would be the Duke controller.
I’ve some of those consoles at thrift stores for less than $70. There was a Gameboy Color for $50, an original PS1 for $5, Xboxes go for almost nothing bc a lot of them break, and so on
I got my og Xbox recently for the price of free... As a trash man I found it complete in box. Outside in was completely clean. Only issue was it couldn't read discs. Not sure how the inside wasn't dusty as you could tell it never was opened until I got it
The thing with the xbox disc tray is actually pretty common. I used to smack the top of the console to get it to open when mine started acting up
17:43 *takes long drag from cigarette* “Star Wars battlefront renegade squadron… now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a loooong while.”
The og Xbox is notorious for the drive not popping out to the point where they have a little hole that’s about the width of a paper clip that will force the disk drive open, it has to do with the cheap rubber band they used as a gear belt that would slip on the gears and if you replace that (or sometimes just clean it) it will resolve the issue until you need to do it again
You do know that regular cd drives had this manual eject hole waaaaaaay before any xbox?
Yep it is an extremly common issue you can replace the band with out opening the xbox and a new one cost less the 25 cents. Why DKOldies didn't replace it seems liek pure lazy ness.
You do know the Xbox uses a completely standard 5.25in PC drive, right? And that hole is completely normal on every single one so you can open them when the power's out if you need to, right?
If you put the rubber band in hot water it'll normally rejuvenate it enough to work for quite a while. Also as stated above, most the components in the OG xbox are standard PC components
My OG xbox drive does the same thing. I've learned over the years where a very gently tap on the top of the box opens her right up.
I think the screen lens on the GBA was one for a modded IPS screen, which is why you could see the borders
The lens is correct when comparing against my OG GBA. I think the case itself is aftermarket, which also would explain the "now that I have the shell removed the shell, both [shoulder] buttons are clicking a lot better."
i love your channel and your reviews keep up the good work
Thank you for this because I will never forget anything from them
The issue with the Xbox DVD drive is 2 fold. The first issue is the magnet over time becomes too strong for the drive belt to overcome. The 2nd part is the drive belt itself tends to get worn out.
There are some old school fixes involving those hole page protector stickers (hole reinforcement?) to weaken the magnet connection or tape. Replacing the drive belt helps as well. The other option that I use to use was to put the clear plastic dvd coaster from the bottom of the dvd-r packs (using an actual disc works also).
The original Xbox is by far one of the most user serviceable consoles out there.
Also for anyone that may say something about the “white” stuff on the Xbox power supply, it’s supposed to be there. It’s used to keep components in place.
Is it just me or who else loves watching Austin spend all his money for content 😂😂
he wanted to spend his money so bad
I don't think you understand how much money he makes if you think he's spending "all his money"
AKA Investment
@@moe504 I know that I’m not that dumb. I didn’t mean to say all of his money lmao. I’m just saying that I like watching him spend money whilst being scammed so then we don’t buy products from these websites and we don’t get scammed
I miss seeing his 2 Friends throw packages at Austin from off camera . 🥳
interior car detailers spray is what they use to clean up the plastic and why it smells good
20:07 reminds me of "Jingle all the way" movie when Arnold finally got the Turboman action figure and it broke and the Con-Men tell him "Well some assembly is required." 😂
After seeing the device , near the end, come apart with with rusted screws I literally lolled .
I wonder where DKOldies gets their refurbished items from ? Several years ago I worked in Restorations and another group in our area worked on electronic recovery items (after water,fire,electrical damage) . The item may have water damage. The nice smell @AustinEvans mentioned on some refurbished devices might be a mitigation cleaning chemical used for electronics. I rememo' really liking the smell of one of the mitigation sprays the 'tronics guys used .
I assumed they got their consoles from people like us who sell it to them for 100x less then they are gonna sell it for.
They buy from sellers on eBay, or take trades just like Gamestop. They also know that most people who are desperate enough to pay ridiculous sums of money for retro gaming will settle for the poor quality they receive because they're too ignorant to look for bargain deals at second hand stores or eBay.
That GBA screen protector looks original, as in, this was an original screen lens that never had the film pealed off it. I managed to buy a silver GBA with it's screen film still on it, and I instantly regretted removing the film, as the mint condition screen lens became scuffed almost instantly
This is why i've made it a point to never ever remove a screen protector from anything until you have a replacement in your hand ready to apply. I learned the hard way lol
No, they didn't come with the film on it, it's a new IPS replacement, that's why the screen looks too small for it.
@user-pv2yq9xy5l That was not an IPS screen, it was just a new lense.
@@austinkoeppen6122 Yes... a lens for an IPS screen, thus it was a replacement lens...
To be fair and accurate, the disc door is probably sticking due to the case torx screws being just a bit tight. Whenevery opening an OG Xbox you have to be carefull of how tight you torque the torx screws ajacent to the CD disc door. By the way, if you keep pushing the disc tray in by hand you're bound to have issues eventually. Don't do that!
I’m literally not even halfway through the video and there’s been almost 20 add commercials already
the fact that they are still in business is crazy
Honestly, quality wise wasn't a scam given what was replaced/cleaned. As for the PRICE, definitely a scam. The LGS I used to work at had GBAs priced no higher than 100 depending on the color (because some were harder to find).
Yes! for the $150 price I’d expect something like a SpongeBob gba sp or the Pokémon gbc. Never would I pay that much for a basic green gbc, even with their new refurbishing routine. It sucks that most people wouldn’t know any better and would pay those prices for “nostalgia”.
Everything shown was overpriced by a hilarious margin. $175 for a Wii U? Mine was $80, even during the pandemic when the retro market was going crazy thanks to increased demand and idiots like WATA and Heritage driving prices through the roof.
I can't imagine spending over $100 for a GBA that doesn't even have a matching battery cover. I don't know if the new lenses they applied to the GBC and GBA were glass, but if they weren't, that's not cool. They'll just end up scratched beyond what's reasonable soon enough. I can't say for sure if they are, but still, over $100 is too much for either of those handhelds whether the lens is glass or not.
Ultimately, the increased cost is most likely *just* to give the consumer peace of mind, which is kind of funny when you consider how ugly and dirty the internals of the hardware they sell tends to be.
I've sold some of these things on eBay and seeing the prices you're paying for each one is absolutely unreal. Double, Triple, or even more on some of those.
this video was hilarious, between the screw and the full disassembly only to find out it was a new lens. Fun watch.
would love to see you sell them back the stuff and see what they offer vs what you just paid them.
well, they're a for-profit business, so you'd only get a fraction of what you paid for it. They'd treat it like any other item they buy
I was gonna sell them my 3ds,2ds xl, and my Super Nintendo and they offered me like $50 for all of it lol sold it on Facebook marketplace all to the same dude for like $250
@@elbeetlebeasto true but there is for-profit make a reasonable amount then there is for-profit ripping ppl off.
You should test the battery life of handheld with internal rechargeable batteries! IMO if you buy a refurbished device the battery should be brand new.
That tray issue tapping it is actually super common
The ref to donut had me lol, mo "powwa baby"
So overall, you spent $100 on the PSP since a new case/shroud for it goes for around $20 and that'd probably take care of the screen scratches if they're only cosmetic
i so loved that when the disk drive wouldn't open the other guy hit it with his fist and it worked! so satisfying to watch!
I love that dko is like oh we always respect customers warranties while they didnt do that at all unless you were a youtuber blasting their bs.
Or when they post on social media how they clean only 1 console and do actual refurbishment, then claim they do it for all the console. When we all know it's only that one console they used for social media
0:50 Sometimes a long warranty period isn't good. It can mean they don't trust their own work.
I once worked a construction job for a small outfit, where we raised sunken concrete. The owner touted his year and a half warranty and promised that if it sank in that time, he'd basically extend the warranty.
He did honor it, but nearly half the jobs I did were warranty calls.
Was the DS reshelled? It looked like the nintendo badge on the top cover was missing.
What’s funny is I went to a collectors show about a year ago, got a DS Lite for 70, good condition, a GB Color for 60, reshell, and a GBA for 90 with backlight mod. Like bruh these prices are ridiculous compared to what’s out there
Ah sh!t here we go again
I’m surprised I haven’t been getting dk oldies shorts anymore lol
“But I’m also not gonna cut them any slack”
I love you Austin😂
You just can't help it can you. I love your content ❤
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Is DKOldies a scam?? ........................ Yes.
That tap on the disk drive was always an issue on the OG Xbox after a decent amount of use. They always got stuck and needed a tap once in a while
Those prescription glasses lol, he missed the screw and he missed the film cover on the screen 😅
A modded Wii U is super underrated. Playing GBA/NGC emulation from the gamepad is fantastic.
i think the reason dkoldies prices are a bit higher than sellers on amazon or ebay is because dkoldies is a corporate business, they have employees, they have office
so probably the upcharge that they offer is to pay those employees and office
but that doesnt excuse their practice of giving third party controllers and sometimes dirty and barely working game systems/games
From what I’ve read in others comments they are also offering close to ebay prices when you sell them your console which if they’re actually refurbished and warrantied justify the price. They just need to do better refurbing and making clear what each condition means. Good for most refurb electronics means light signs of use including scratches visible from more than 8 inches away. Excellent usually means you can still have a scratch only visible from within 8 inches.
There are a lot of inconsistencies but if you go looking hard enough you’ll find something wrong with anything, especially when you’re biased.
Kinda funny that after this video came out, a few days later they made a video stating they will not include the warranty sticker anymore.
The fact that all these TH-cam channels are literally feeding this scummy company thousands of dollars boggles my mind. DKOldies has already been proven time and time again to be a shady business and what do people like this do? Buy more garbage consoles from them knowing damn well what the outcome will be and essentially keeping them afloat. Great job guys 👏. You really showed them with the $500+ you shelled out to show that once again that they’ll send you a less than desirable retro console. But hey, at least you got your video made to get views right??
Whats wild to me is back in 2018 the best deal I got on a used console was from gamestop online. For $100 I got a gamecube with 2 oem controllers and a copy of melee. This was right after smash ultimate came out and you could not find oem gamecube controllers anywhere for under $70 The fact this came with 2 of them was worth it alone. Sure the controllers were fairly used but I enjoy controller modding so I got them cleaned up easily. They took the deal down not long after I ordered it. But I still can't believe it was real.
That’s impossible today ;(
I think what should have been done the first video from way back when before doing any videos on DKOdies, was to order with the name of the company and Austin's name, see if they cherry pick the best of the best for you, then do a 2nd video or order a 2nd box concurrently as anonymously as possible and see if there is a difference. But now it'll be difficult since this is the 2nd video? If they see your name, it wouldn't be a fair comparison
at 4:00 I was already in my head saying "My old xbox purchased from xbox, I played to the point that I had to push in the original disk tray to get it to come out... ps2 was the same. Something about the gearing needing oiled (not normally done by half-assed refurb shops) or the gears were simply worn.
It does appear that they replace screens... which isn't too terrible, but the prices are insane.... for any tech savvy person anyway.
Lol man Austin screwing up on the Gameboy with the screen thing was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
I love how dkoldies fell off after everyone publicly exposed them
They haven't fallen off and it was Jacob R trying wage a war against DK Oldies....he still is.
Unfortunately people still buy from them so they haven't really fell off
I wonder if these guys ever plan to start a repair service cuz' I know all of us trust them and they can seemingly repair anything on this channel. Austin, start a repair service for us. Repair our broken shit. We trust u.
Around the later Wii U/ 3DS era, it was when console bundles would start having digital games.... and I remember the black Wii U later would come with MK8 Digital
my cellphone came with a really good skin protector too which I've never noticed it was there until a year, then removed it and looked brand new again
Stop giving them business dude
actually i was really interested if they did improved as they claimed but i was not willing to pay that amount just to know it. nobody did any "proof" videos to confirm it. and it seems they improved. most of them are cleaned & refurbished but prob so is the wallet u have after ordering ur stuff - clean & empty
Hola
the green game-Boy part made me laughing hard, so funny 😂😂😂
That trick with the xbox tray i used to do it all the time it usually means theres gunk in the tracks