I bought EVERY GameStop Console...

[@stranger21077]

Can't believe Austin donated a bunch of money to GameStop

[@saeidmn]

He just learned us that keep your old systems, never sell them :) specially not to gamestop !!!!!

[@andyandroid5345]

Should've gotten quotes for trade in value then returned them under the return policy

[@C_C-]

@@saeidmn or eBay them; lesson being when you deal with other people you get a fair trade, when you deal with a company they commit fraud

[@saeidmn]

@@andyandroid5345 yes indeed, I guess In that case the youtube clipp was not as fun as now. I think some portion of the video and the decisions were Intentional.

[@lucutes2936]

sad

[@alexw6530]

the fact gamestop is still in business is beyond me

[@white6942]

You still buy games from them....

[@sonian6642]

​@@white6942nobody i know buying games from them. Digital only way to go

[@orenjirenji]

The fact that people feel bad for them is crazy

[@Nitro_BSQ]

Lol WSB community kept GameStop alive for a little longer but they are running on borrowed time now

[@mikejames6588]

It's sad Redbox is gone and GameStop is going.....

[@El_Tony_C]

17:50 Of course, Ken has a LA Dodgers x hololive shirt😂

[@A-Negative]

I hope the powerful female CEO Ryan Cohen sees this video. Please do better. Clean your shit, packaging has improved lately, but this is low end. Put someone in charge because some slight improvements in reliable refurb would go a long way.

[@Naz-s2e]

Women XDDDDD

[@fawaz16]

Cohen, does that ring a bell?

[@thebeard7512]

All the consoles that did not come with the special inserts are from stores and are just preowned, the others are "refurbished" from the warehouse

[@SwaggieSteve]

New to watching your videos but I've been pretty much binge watching ever since, haha.

[@mrmocha2k]

That's fkn insane. I worked for gamestop and I would've just refunded you because you have proof that you purchased the consoles. So the fault would have been on GS.

[@rikko47]

Precisely!

[@Musical.Holmes]

"everyone good to stay a few hours after work?" 😀 "...no..." Hahaha 😂

[@enam9000]

I feel so blessed, i bought a brand bew Xbox Series X for like £380 a year ago and unboxing a new console was so beautiful 😭 Even after a year my Series X looks brand new.

[@HaikuOezu]

Not accepting consoles because the serial numbers are missing is incredibly stupid when you can just boot the console and look at the serial numbers in the settings screen I’m also sure it’s not illegal for electronics to not have serial numbers displayed, Apple has stopped printing the serial numbers on a lot of their devices and they’re still allowed to sell them

[@KagatoAsuka]

My brother (who is mentally handicapped) traded in his Switch OLED to Gamestop last week and they CHARGED HIM $60 TO REMOVE AN ACCOUNT HE LEFT ON IT without telling him and gave him only $80 in Store Credit for the entire console because of this. I was furious to say the least.

[@byronjoel1400]

I bought a very good condition Steam Deck 512GB, With a case, charger and screen guard applied and seller decided to leave their account on, with 20 triple A games installed, for 300USD. That's got to be the deal of the century!

[@BasedFrequency]

Did they leave their CC i fo on the steam account :)

[@eliv.1033]

Question. So there's no way for previous owner to turn account off without having that steam deck. I have been contemplating on getting one .🤔

[@BasedFrequency]

@eliv.1033 i believe that xan force logout all devices but the steam deck remembers login info so if they dont have steamguard active you should be able to get back in. Steam guard generates a random code on every new login.

[@byronjoel1400]

@@eliv.1033 I don't really know. But I got it with 20 installed games , though the total games on the account is 200. I can still log in on his account and redownload games as I please.

[@dustojnikhummer]

@@eliv.1033 No. Owner could report it to Valve as stolen, but you could ask the previous owner for a receipt.

[@ShadowSlayer24]

I'm so glad I don't buy from this scam shop anymore. Last year at black friday they had a good deal on a BRAND NEW game so I got it online. Their NEW LISTED stuff is OPEN. Took it to my local shop and got a refund and never again buying from these scammers

[@donaldxhemollari8961]

Is that the same xbox series s that TronicsFix fixed in his latest video the one with the soda spilled on the wifi card 10:25 you can see kinda the same damage in the side of it

[@fayfay8148]

As a GS manager. A lot of these should have been sent back to the warehouse, and I apologize for those Cali GS low standards

[@fayfay8148]

That switch box pissed me off because we literally get the take home boxes for them with special folding dividers 💀

[@VelvetTeacake]

Wow GameStop trade in prices are even worse than CEX 😂

[@alt666]

i wouldn't even give gamestop 50 dollars for any of these used / refurbed consoles so im dam well not accepting their low balls for anything i'd want to sell

[@QuIcKeNdZ]

makes you wonder how they have a console without a serial number but sold one without a serial number lol

[@MBvictor]

I think the only thing I visit Gamestop for is their clearance shelf at this point.

[@YoungMrBlue]

The fact that after 5 years their return money is lower than last time with probably an even higher initial total is definitely gonna go down well

[@Brando68933]

I got my series s 6 months ago. $200 with the controller it’s supposed to have, as well as a charging dock for batteries, the rechargeable batteries, and an Xbox brand wireless headset. 👌🏼 you should do a Facebook marketplace video. 😊

[@JackPenmanVideos]

I got mine for £100 with a good controller on market place too, people are way more trustful than these companies

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Maybe to spice it up instead of a straight up Facebook marketplace video he should do another vs setup with Ken. They both get the same amount of spending limit and compete to see who can get the better deals ( Facebook vs Ebay. Which side has more people willing to negotiate and / or offer better deals).

[@CountDuckula83]

Oh, and uh. Ludex card scanner. That thing is amazing.

[@SameerN23]

Ken doesn’t trust Austin’s driving

[@quinnmulvaney7842]

4:12 The end scene in Read Player One

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I'm no fan of trade ins at gamestop, but they are probably the only reason we still have physical games. It will be a sad day when they die and MS, Sony and Nintendo can force us into digital only then decide when to pull the plug and revoke your license (ubisoft) and basically steal from you.

[@ohitsray]

Ah, Ken is a fellow Holofan who stood in line at Dodgers Stadium with us lol.

[@chawa623]

I'd have tha same face reaction when he opened the Xbox One n saw that they actually well packaged it

[@T_Rav27]

Clicked on the video knowing full well they were going to get scammed.

[@Dragonairkanto148]

By the way good luck trying to get ahold of customer service. You’d find 2 pac sooner than someone to help you at GameStop

[@theshadowman1398]

Seriously who in their right mind buys consoles at DK oldies or GameStop.

[@narutoX0000000000001]

Not all GameStop have as high standards for how they take their consoles in and how they clean them. 😅

[@TheVery1stTime]

GameStop is really just a Pawnshop for games this the outrageously low buy back prices

[@adityabindra01]

Now I feel good about that $200 dual IPS 3DS off sendico 😂

[@blondie1484]

Did you ask them why they selling consoles without serial number when they dont take it in as trade? seems litle bit odd.

[@Retrodan680]

Great video this is why I always recommend Local game stores

[@bluewave2432]

I'm shocked gamestop is still even open

[@greenerell484]

9:02 to be fair if the person who sold it to them sold it with that controller then what were they meant to do?

[@Akeldama626]

😂game stop won’t even take it if it’s not the right controller.. that means it was to good to go with the console and they sold it separately 😂

[@allengarcia00]

@@Akeldama626Or the worker didn’t even notice it was the wrong controller. GameStop didn’t even clean the damn thing, clearly they don’t care. They could’ve thrown in a used Xbox series s controller or something. They’re already ripping people off, it’s the legit very LEAST they can do

[@LordGZeus]

Just for reference the serial number is in the settings just like any other smart device . They can still purchase it they are just to lazy to be bothered to look for it

[@AndresLopez-sk4bt]

i actually went to game stop the other day and its just a sad store already they have nothing like back on the day

[@SnowRaver-p2v]

Holy hell, that packing on the ps5... I'd return that instantly

[@CaptainDareD3vil]

Can see why GameStop didn't last in the uk

[@greenerell484]

27:40 you have to give a random retail store you thumb print to sell second hand stuff to them that's a massive invasion of privacy, and a security risk.

[@timeverhartofficial]

This is why i never buy or sell anything to GameStop. More like ConStop.

[@douglasdeguzman7729]

How are they selling stuff without serial numbers to begin with? Aren't tye supposed to scan a serial number when they sell seomthing? Otherwise what's going to stop anyone from ordering a system, and either swapping out the insides or just sending back a defective uint?

[@JimParshall]

GameStop is basically anti customer service at this point. Please don't take it out on their employees though generally their employees are pretty good folks it's not their fault their company is evil and they gotta make some money and the employee generally isn't evil but the company absolutely does not have the customer's best interest at heart not even close

[@saeidmn]

I am happy Gamestop closed in Sweden for couple of years Ago :)

[@xnamkcor]

"Borderline illegal to purchase electronic goods". Maybe in California... Maybe you're thinking of guns or cars?

[@rikaus9273]

That advert for the Pokémon scanner is bullshit... Not on the fold 😂

[@MinorLG]

Not an original Xbox One as all original Xbox One's were black. The fact that it's a white Xbox One means it's at least a gen 3 Xbox One.

[@MatWilson2612]

The PS4 controller shows exactly why removable batteries are better then an internal battery and hence why the Xbox controller is better long term.

[@BrodyYT-m9q]

Suspicious, white, Stain

[@Hexedbydaylight]

I got a ps5 from a pawn shop, and it was cleaner and in better condition than game stop. Even spent less for it.

[@rlspencer73]

I know you did this video for experimental purposes but never go to gamestop and buy used consoles they do not clean them at all take it from a person that took his nearly dead ps3 slim into them as trade in credit and all they did 8s wipe the memory and boxed up for resale I told the guy that was in line getting a ps3 slim I pointed to the one that was being boxed up and told him do not buy used if you do don't buy that one cause it's on its last legs and like I said they boxed up and put on the floor for sale trust me when I say they don't check to see if it needs to be cleaned they don't do any of that so if they claim it's refurbished it's not they just box it up or bag it up and resell it

[@SlytherinReviews]

Hey Austin, I bet you don't have the EB Games Promo Cards for Pokemon

[@kalebnolan8343]

I still use the shoulder rail things on date nights when we finish the night by driving up to a look out to play mariokart 😏 I still very much use those stupid things

[@slowlanegamer]

Surprise GameStop sucks 👁️👄👁️…. Edit: Why on earth are you all still using the pro discount pricing? Normal people are not buying enough consoles and trading enough to GameStop for that to make sense. Personally I think if you’re going to add the pro discount you should also show what it would be without that and how much you have paid over time for that monthly membership. Also like dude these prices are egregious for how horrible the condition these consoles are in!! There is no reason things like that switch should cost $230 with the pro discount. ITS $250 FOR THAT BLACK SWITH WITH OUT PRO!!!! You can literally get OLED switch all day on eBay and other places for $215-230 …. Or just buy a new switch with a discount

[@Steve30x]

About three or four years ago I went into our local GameStop store and asked for a Thrustmaster tx. He said there's a store with a brand new one on sale and he got it shipped to our local store. He claimed it was brand new. When I brought it home it was a used wheel with missing packaging and everything floating around in the box. He refused to cover me with a warranty for the wheel he claimed that was brand new when I showed him pictures of what he sold me.

[@renofumi28]

16:59 no context at all 🤣🤣🤣

[@Miransi]

Oh hey he actually bought the consoles.

[@dakotabell3358]

Why wouldn’t you just return them and get all the money back after being told what youd get back

[@AFKGamingQueen]

It's a pre owned console, what do you expect.. it to look brand new?

[@ultram2561]

I'll buy that Xbox Series S from you Austin for the GameStop trade in value

[@ohmykay]

just seeing the PS4 sitting on the table looks so fake its trippy

[@Lovell93]

People need to consider that Gamestop is also considering how easy and quickly an item will sell when they are buying used gear.... Obviously some things are going to sell quicker and for more than other things. But still, they do kinda wax you lol.

[@ORBIT9224]

to be fair if people trade thing in with out the box or the original controller you can not expect them to some how make a box and the original controller appear out of no where. But i would exspect them consoles to be taken in for less money so they can be sold for less money which is something game stop is not doing. If you look at a company in the uk called CEX they have on there website unboxed, unboxed discounted if there that bad, box and boxed discounted all at different price's because they buy them at different price's. They also do not take consoles with after market controllers so that xbox they might have taken at a lower price because it was an xbox controller but if it was a nock off controller they would not. There prices are still high like £380 for a used boxed ps5 slim digital when you can buy a new 1 for £390 is not worth getting a used 1 if you ask me.

[@michaelbohon2937]

I find it funny that they bought a series s from gamestop and got a xbox one controller and I got a series x controller when I ordered my xbox one x from back market

[@gingerasassin100]

the xbox that had good pacvkaging came from the warehouse the other are just straght tradeins from the store.

[@joeybianchi337]

Why has he made this exact video like 6 times

[@dmitriytechmix1665]

We should have a 3DS Cellphone! 😊

[@terrymcdonald7610]

Gamestop went to pound town with no lube on Austin

[@connorsecrist]

no way thats how they got you that ps5 that thing is nasty

[@kuyache2]

This is why I love Japan and its recycle stores!

[@RipMichael]

its so funny how 3Ds are getting popular again.

[@RipMichael]

oh btw i got a 'New' 3DS XL for $115 but its a japan version which is cool

[@ChickenNuggies]

tldw: austin gives alot of money to gamestop

[@Justanotherinvisible]

Why wouldn't you just get them to tell you what they would pay, and then not sell them?

[@thebeard7512]

former gamestop employee here, the refurbishment center is the bane of the companies existence. Ive sent back so many consoles that they say they refurbished but look like it was just tested and thrown back into a box. Also never and i mean NEVER get the refurbished controllers, its like they actively try to give them all stick drift and say "it happened during shipping"

[@shakeyoulikehaiti]

Your controller advice is spot on. Half the used/refurbished controllers I've gotten from GameStop have had or gotten stick drift within a week lol.

[@thebeard7512]

@shakeyoulikehaiti worked there for 5 years, the shit I've seen could have a whole youtube series go on for a year lol

[@lTWASNTAPHASEM0M]

bro my used dualsense already has stick drift😂

[@thebeard7512]

@@lTWASNTAPHASEM0M I told everyone to spend the extra and just get new with a warranty, not to help the company but to help the guest

[@HanCurunyr]

Thank God I live in a country where the seller has to take responsability until the delivery, if something happens during shipping, that's on the seller, the costumer shall not be harmed because of it

[@thumbsarehandy.]

I'm more astonished that anyone would sell their console to GameStop for these prices, than I am that anyone would buy a console from them.

[@Thehotdogman]

I imagine make people are doing store credit. Maybe put it toward a ps5 or some new game. Especially now that they have that retro angle they're trying to launch. My one friend sold off his entire wii collection for like 300 bucks of in store credit that would otherwise just have been a hundred bucks cash.

[@Theunicorn2012]

I'm more astonished that anyone would sell their console to GameStop for these prices, than I am that anyone would buy a console from then

[@tylergibson7185]

GAMESTOP ALWAYS Scamming the customers be like 😬😬😬😬

[@Theunicorn2012]

GAMESTOP ALWAYS Scamming the customers be like 😬😬😬😬

[@owenmahorny3450]

I tried selling my brand new, almost never used switch lite to gamestop and they offered me 20 dollars. sold on marketplace and got 115

[@Theunicorn2012]

I tried selling my brand new, almost never used switch lite to GameStop and they offered me 20 dollars. sold on marketplace and got 115

[@BwareOfKoko]

As a former employee, the trade in value is scummy at......and taking stolen systems is the norm

[@CaptainDareD3vil]

Like cex in the uk

[@Theunicorn2012]

As a former employee, the trade in value is scummy at…and taking stolen systems is the norm.

[@drno-xc1yt]

When he started taking that nasty PS5 apart, I was sure he was going to find cockroaches inside. Oh well.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Maybe the design isn't as bad / or good depending on how you look at it as the PS4 lol. Also I am not sure if anything was wrong with the PS4 as from my experience any OG PS4 is going to sound like a Jet Engine lol.

[@johnpark1135]

You'll get more donating to goodwill and write it off in taxes 😅

[@biscuitboi9478]

Lmao 😂

[@heyjustj]

100% true.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Shhh!!! Don't give Austin any more questionable ideas. Next video will be "buying refurbished consoles from Goodwill and donating them back for tax write offs" lol.

[@kuebby]

No you won't, there's no itemizing on most people's taxes anymore.

[@BerryFunChannel1]

@@kuebby "most peoples" so some people? so why the hard "no you wont" imagine not even knowing what you're talking about in your own message.

[@itsarubiks]

I can tell you as a former gamestop employee (SGA) we don't get paid enough to care. 20 cents more than minimum wage as a keyholder is not enough. I often would tell people to go across the street to the retro game store as they would likely give you more than our pitiful options (someone came in with pokemon pearl in box and gamestop wanted to give $20 for it) this was, like, 2 years ago.

[@SleepySquib]

They never even raised my pay when I got a key, nahhh there’s a reason I quit 😭

[@Hippo574]

Austin is single handedly keeping gamestop afloat

[@Theunicorn2012]

Austin is single handedly keeping GameStop aflot

[@josephpeters2619]

GameStop is really circling the drain. I thought it was bad a decade ago but this is really embarrassing.

[@Retrogaming-AI]

I know damn well there will be a part 2 since GameStop is now selling retro video games. But only time will tell.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Thought they left the retro market for the NFT market which they have also left lol.

[@dangychoice7800]

ya he needs more low quality content anyways he cant make good videos like before 2017

[@SpiritMolecule777]

29:31 I smell a lawsuit

[@gabest4]

I bought EVERY HACKABLE GameStop Console and UPGRADED THEM...

[@devski1556]

Here is an idea for a video: buy the same consoles from eBay then sell to GameStop to see if you can turn a profit

[@NovaMaster375]

Ain't no way you partnered with that hack Leonhart. Dude's a joke to most collectors I know, and any product he puts out is almost always a scam. I really thought you guys were smarter than that.

[@dangychoice7800]

and i thought people were smarter than thinking Austin Evans isn't a hack guess it cancels out

[@cletp758]

I clicked just to write this. I won't watch the video because I don't support you'll (youtubers) buying items to make money just to return them...

[@jayg339]

I purchased a Steam Deck refurbished from Gamestop in store(after persuading the employee to let me take a peak at the condition). The condition was excellent and pretty close to looking brand new. I've been very happy with it so far with no issues(and in general, the Steam Deck is awesome).

[@zwenkwiel816]

what? you have to persuade them to look at it?! like if I'm going all the way out to a store to get it I'm not gonna buy it sight unseen :S

[@jayg339]

@@zwenkwiel816 They are technically not allowed to let a customer look at a refurb unit in the box before purchase. The employee was cool about it because I told him I’m probably not going to purchase it if I can’t at least get a quick look at it.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Haven't checked prices to confirm, but I would assume for an OG ( first model) switch the value would be seen as pretty high because they have the hardware defect that makes them easy to hack ( get into dev mode).

[@Revoc]

Y'all got scammed

[@Nizzle89]

I'm sure that's the point of the video lol

[@renofumi28]

That's the point, exposing them. They don't really mind as they got the money back via the sponsor and youtube ads.

[@Trixcy]

@@Nizzle89 Give him a break, hes giving it all

[@TehBoaz]

That's literally the entire point of the video, genius.

[@wingman-1977]

Boy, we’re dealing with a real mind here.

[@bobydon6000]

make a vid reviewing the nex player

[@fo76guides]

i used to work at gamestop back in early 2023 and we never cleaned the consoles at all, all we did was turn them on download a game test it for 5 mins try a video on youtube and turn it off and box it up. if a console comes in and is too dirty they wont take it because they never clean anything, they have to be somewhat clean for them to even take it.

[@bigmanolo26]

Some people need to learn how to take care their stuff... it's not hard to clean something up just pass a wipe on it... I wouldn't take a dirty console either

[@projectd1006]

Eww bro rare candy is such a big scam. There products rip people off there mystery boxes are shit.

[@gearheadtechnology]

the money tho...

[@devin2156]

All mystery boxes are shit. It’s just how companies get rid of shit they can’t sell any other way. 😊

[@somenormie]

Austin is no stranger to bad sponsorships. I mean, just look at ASUS.

[@boink666]

Rare Scammy

[@BOT_JERRY]

Thats funny. Because Austin is an investor in the company. 😂😂

[@BrianWood74]

Our local GameStop just closed it's doors.... Can't imagine they have many years left, as far as actual stores.

[@GLegend]

Mine did too. Literally on the 20th was their last day

[@cozyisland16cozy98]

I’ve bought a Xbox one X around November 2023 and i got it in store because i didn’t trust the online buying. Employees actually told me yes online has horrible reviews bc you buy form a where house not a retail store, in store consoles are tested heavily heavily cleaned and they will even check it again before you buy it controllers and everything. So buy in store consoles with game stop not online. (I paid $250 for Xbox 1 x 1 used controller all cords and everything included and it still works perfectly not even a little but of stick drift and everything is incredibly clean👍)

[@vicaslan]

So now people starting to regret saving gamestop huh