Chase After The Right Price Rant

#videogames #reseller #chaseaftertherightprice
Today, I discuss some recent concerns I've had with Chase after the right price and his effect on the gaming hobby.

[@JardiHardi]

Please dont stop makong these You're one of the only people that make videos about how scalpers ruin an entire industry

[@PressureFlipperZ]

Facts I think I will do a dk oldies review heckin motivates me I bought so many N64 games from dk lol 🤣

[@steviefreakinc]

I’ll keep it going as long as I can mentally stand it lol

[@steviefreakinc]

@@PressureFlipperZdo it bro!

[@JardiHardi]

@@steviefreakinc I completely understand these goobers really do give you a feeling that you can't even describe very sad see go down

[@PressureFlipperZ]

@@steviefreakinc I got you bro 😉 I will post it later this week!

[@Pikmin3388]

Video game conventions are reseller meetups in this decade

[@steviefreakinc]

so true

[@Fallen_Blade]

And it hurts the ecosystem, it’s getting to the point where only people with a lot of spare money can buy games while the people that are more frugal refuse to pay this premium created by resellers and the idiots that are ok with high prices

[@RetroHabit82]

It's one big circlejerk between the elites

[@indy5280]

@@Fallen_BladeTrue. I refuse to pay more than €50 for a GameCube game. Only time I paid that limit was for a Pokémon colosseum. Which I got lucky with.

[@Fallen_Blade]

@@indy5280yeah sometimes you gotta pay more than normally needed when the game is way overpriced as it is

[@Shawnvbrunt]

“Lookin like an 8 year old waiting at a bus stop”😂🤣👍 almost pissed myself laughing.

[@steviefreakinc]

Lmao

[@epicnessallaround5024]

When it comes to his whatnot it wouldn’t surprise me if his sky guy isn’t in the back bidding on it just to get the price up

[@steviefreakinc]

You can never tell with people online so it is totally possible

[@sparkilla]

I got permabanned from PhoenixResells whatnot channel for pointing out they were running up the prices lol.

[@Samw1seGamegee]

Doesn’t happen. I’ve been there during a whatnot stream. 🤘🏻

[@step9624]

It’s comical to me how these guys genuinely believe they’re entitled to 30 percent off everything 🤣 and then they act like they’re doing the vendors favours lol, let’s be honest all these vendors clearly cringe and sigh when they see people like him and phoenix resale walk into the place, you can clearly see they don’t really wanna sell it to them for that much of a discount but they end to just giving in because they purposely put them on the spot with the camera in their face

[@steviefreakinc]

They probably play along with streamers so they’re not shunned

[@GoGoSno]

I’ll be setting up at retro ricks con this year I can’t wait to tell several of these no discounts lol

[@ophidianmind333]

These conventions are probably going to eventually die off if they don't put a stop to practices like this. When people can go in and get games for less than the sticker price before the doors even open, they will eventually stop attending because they aren't getting the games they want. After too many conventions are a bust for game collectors, they will then turn to other sources to get the games they desire for their collections.

[@steviefreakinc]

Yep! And I touched on that a little bit in the video. The cost to attend won’t be worth the rewards for a lot of people soon if not already.

[@XtraBees]

if you think someone like this is wiping out the entire event you are crazy lmfao

[@jrm1314]

I mean, all you have to see is chase after the right price or phoenix resell attending. Then no one will show up.

[@steviefreakinc]

@@XtraBees I mentioned this in the video.

[@leeartlee915]

I stopped attending PRGE because of this very issue 😊

[@realsteel7260]

Ima call this dude out and Phoenix cheapsale next month at the SoCal game expo

[@xxbyron13xx]

Record it and Post it please

[@realsteel7260]

@@xxbyron13xxwill do and will not be going alone!

[@steviefreakinc]

Be sure to get at me so I can watch that lol

[@realsteel7260]

@@steviefreakinc idk if I asked you this before but do you have an Instagram?!

[@dopedorkmagazine]

yes, this seems overdue

[@wiedo]

Vendors dying to offload their stuff in conventions is my experience. They don’t want to wait and sit on their stuff until one random person comes to buy their high priced games. Most regular joes spend maybe 150 bucks on such a convention and the competition is crazy out there. These resellers are great opportunities for them to get some quick bunch of their investments back. There’s always good deals to be found even after resellers have been busy or you just pay sticker price if you really care about them that much. Also Chase has a business to run himself. He has employees who need to be paid. Do you think he can survive his business without deals and good inventory?

[@steviefreakinc]

I think Chase would do just fine without sniping conventions

[@wiedo]

@@steviefreakinc that might be true but I think these famous KZbinrs get invited to them 🤷‍♂️

[@JShadow6661]

Perfectly said. The lack of understanding of owning a business is why we get these types of videos lol

[@SeeknExplode]

The vendors need to be turning these people away

[@steviefreakinc]

Or negotiate back better. I mean sometimes I see a vendor who barely comes down and that's usually the one they make a big deal out of in their videos. Which in return discourages future vendors from doing that. :/

[@angrybirdbob2881]

Bro why would they turn these people away when they’re spending the most money with them. Hate the guy as much as you want but it makes 0 sense for a vendor to turn away someone who could potentially spend thousands

[@SeeknExplode]

@@angrybirdbob2881 that’s a good point but the margin is a lot smaller with these big purchases so might be more money but probably less profit in their pocket overall

[@UToobin75]

Fun fact. I heard that CATRP made an offer to buy the entire booth operated by my local video game resale shop at MGC, and they told CATRP that they own their own shop and declined their offer. And my local independant video game store (which has been in operation for over thirty years) has had consistently reasonable pricing, surely better than all of these bulk Amazon resellers.

[@steviefreakinc]

I bet Chase didn’t include footage of that in his video. He likes to portray all wins

[@UToobin75]

@@steviefreakinc No he most certainly did not 😄

[@PressureFlipperZ]

Damn I do not want to spam the comments but I really enjoyed this video especially @ the end where you say @ THE CORE ITS DAMAGED THE WHOLE HOBBY 🎯

[@steviefreakinc]

Thanks for the comments man. It helps the algorithm!

[@PressureFlipperZ]

@@steviefreakinc thanks for the video’s honestly you’re doing a great service & are not disingenuous it’s great 👍🏻

[@CardboardCabin]

"I'm just guessing based on past math experiences" had me rollinnnnnnn. Your game shelf is coming along great dude

[@steviefreakinc]

I calculated it later and I was spot on lol. And thanks man! I'm having a lot of fun buying and playing these old classics :)

[@CardboardCabin]

I'm at a similar spot with restarting an older collection. Keep up the content ya legend.

[@nickpapagiorgio2253]

Buying all those childhood games and says he's giving them away, only to find out you have to purchase something in order to be entered for the giveaway

[@steviefreakinc]

Oh yeah that’s his signature move

[@stevenwalmsley3468]

Buyers giveaways on whatnot. That’s what you need to do. But hey you don’t have to understand everything

[@stevenwalmsley3468]

No one pays sticker price.

[@TnCouponer]

The vendors think they are getting free advertising by selling to the influencers for cheaper but we know they ain't benfiting from this.. Keep up the amaxing channel, my friend..

[@DP12321]

Plus how many viewers would buy from a vendor? Even when I see them get a shout out, I'm never going to look up their specific name to maybe find an online store. If I want something specific, I usually go to eBay or a larger reputable online retailer like eStarland.

[@TnCouponer]

Exactly..

[@steviefreakinc]

I’m sitting here now thinking about the vendors in that video and honestly I couldn’t tell you one of their names. Not even ONE lol

[@Toomuchnitro]

How exactly is he taking money from vendors if they agree to sell to him? The people who say no to chase aren't making the video. Anyone who's bought a booth at a convention, and priced all their items, knows exactly what they have. If to them it's more valuable/worth their time to sell large portions of it to another very obvious reseller then who cares? Doing volume > sitting on tons of product just happened to be worth it to them. Making one big sale vs 100 small sales is going to be worth a 30% cut to most people. Clearly this vendor isn't taking the time to sit on stuff and list it all on Amazon. I get why you'd dislike a guy who's driving up the price of your hobby - so focus on that. You're complaining that chase is making profit, but upset that the other reseller at the event isn't making profit? what?

[@steviefreakinc]

The vendor still makes profit, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm trying to do is reverse psychology with the vendors.

[@JShadow6661]

lol yeah dudes coping on people making money for themselves.

[@adamsteiger9999]

Steve, I suggest an idea. Invite Chase to a KZbin podcast, and hash out your issues with him. But here’s the caveat: keep it civil. Definitely be firm with your views on regards to how he resells, but treat him with respect, as a person, at the same time. Might make a good video.

[@steviefreakinc]

I feel like if I extended the invitation, he’d big time me. Phoenix Resale was a one time random occurrence lol

[@Great-Beard-of-Zeus]

I 100% hit that Subscribe button. F*cking Epic! I'm dying over here 🤣. I used to watch him and Phoenix resale awhile back because I thought they cared about the games. Turns out they just care about profits. You're spot on!

[@steviefreakinc]

Thanks homie. Welcome to the channel!

[@thagerdorn2009]

I miss the days when you could go to conventions and yard sales and thrift stores without dickhead resellers and KZbinrs

[@steviefreakinc]

It’s pretty amazing how these dudes can make a shit ton of money off of just filming something boring like a yard sale. I think anyone would want to do that over a real job. Which is exactly why we have a reseller culture now on KZbin. People want to make the most amount of money with the least amount of effort and they don’t care who it harms to obtain that goal

[@TB-TheGoldenAgeGamer]

ive been a vendor at one of the conventions in my hometown for the last 5 years. i havent seen youtuber resellers like chase yet, but im sure they will soon. its not just the youtubers that snipe stuff early at conventions. Every year there are retro stores and other resellers that try to snipe stuff while your setting up your table, its gotten to the point where i wont open my booth till the vips can come in. i wont sell to other retro stores or resellers till the doors open. The thing is these retro stores do the same thing chase and others are doing they set up the earliest they can so they walk around and snipe 2-3 hours before the show starts. ive given out discounts without knowing some were other retro vendors or stores and later i would walk around the convention and these same people i gave discounts to refuse to budge on price at all

[@steviefreakinc]

Oh yeah, that’s an issue too. And I don’t think most people even consider that there are non-KZbinr resellers doing the same thing. It’s gotta be some wild statistic now. 1 out of every 10 gamers is a reseller. lol maybe even worse than that.

[@TB-TheGoldenAgeGamer]

@@steviefreakinc your right its a subject no one talks about. im a long time collector and i do resell. i just want to be transparent. i dont sell alot, but at this last convention the vips were allowed in at 10am. my wife and i showed up at around 9:30am and i kept the lids on my tubs. i still had people looking in my tubs from the outside, its crazy since most are retro stores in the area. i give 30% discount on every thing more than 15 bucks so people dont have to haggle with me. and buy 2 get 1 on cheap games. i personally want to be cheap for younger and new collectors looking to expand their collection.

[@DrifterThrifters]

The 'haters are just jealous' comments drive me crazy...thats how they justify themselves, and deflect criticism. Anyone hating is just jealous 🙄

[@steviefreakinc]

Yep!

[@mjesus850]

convention vendors prob dont mind it because if you think about it they sell it quick and give it to some reseller thats gonna jack up the price and jacking up market too. then vendors can sell for more later down the line, also they get publicity and more are gonna come and pay an even higher price at future conventions

[@steviefreakinc]

It's the circle of bulls*** lol

[@sleepykaito4348]

I used to be a big time viewer of resellers, glad I found ur videos Its changed my views a lot on resellers/scalpers. They are a plague to the gaming community

[@steviefreakinc]

Thanks dude! Resellers are like ranch dressing. Sometimes it’s good sometimes it’s bad. Depending on the place lol

[@DeeGee2009]

I’ve never been to a convention before. This is one of the reasons why I avoid going because as a collector & one who plays their shit, how the hell can I get a deal when most of the deals are taken? 😞 Thanks videos Steve. 👍🏻

[@steviefreakinc]

Conventions for gaming used to be much better before the reseller culture on KZbin took off. The prices were always high though lol

[@DeeGee2009]

That’s what I’ve heard. I’m curious about how much they’ll charge for the heavy hitters for PS1 (I’m going for the full set). My butthole hurts just thinking of the prices. 😅

[@radio2rancid]

you had me at “Ef these guys”

[@steviefreakinc]

My man!

[@alwhitney-muskoka]

This is ridiculous. Nobody should be blaming this guy for trying to get the best deals and best titles he can. He’s reselling so of course he has to do this to be as profitable as possible. It’s not his job to worry about other people. That’s not how business works. You buy product as cheap as you possibly can and resell for as much as you possibly can. That’s how it works, supply and demand. I’m not a reseller and don’t do conventions. I do buy games to play, and even I know there’s nothing wrong with the way this guy does things. Also, the fact that he gets in early on things is also a good perk for his business. Again, all the power to him. The guy is not ripping anyone off he’s giving vendors exactly what they are willing to sell for, and buyers exactly what they’re willing to pay.

[@steviefreakinc]

You miss the point

[@alwhitney-muskoka]

@@steviefreakinc I have not missed any of your points, what I said stands against all the points you made. There’s nothing more to say, this video is stupid. Find some of your own original content and quit creating content making fun of other people just making yourself look stupid. If you lack that much creativity you can’t come up with your own thing then I suggest quitting KZbin.

[@KylieSilver-o8q]

People shouldn't be allowed to pay more to get in early. That's whack.

[@alwhitney-muskoka]

@@KylieSilver-o8q you do when you’re a vendor or connected with vendors that are in there. It makes total sense to me. He’s not the regular clientele attending the event. I have zero issues with him getting in early. These events are massive and product is plentiful. Has no effect on me as somebody who’s attending.

[@KylieSilver-o8q]

@alwhitney-muskoka we don't need people like him reselling so yes I do blame leeches like him

[@c64konami96]

I was checking out one of his Whatnot shows awhile ago. There was a SNES game called Cliffhanger. His caretaker was talking about Sylvester Stallone being on the cover. Chase was like I never heard or seen him before. The caretaker was explaining a bunch of movies he was in. I was thinking like he’s been doing this since you been 8 years old and never saw him before or heard of him. Like he’s just being a snob or something to pretend you never heard of him. All the video games he was in? Rambo or Rocky games? He was even in Immortal Kombat 11 you can download Rambo and 2 other characters on some pack. He even wrestled Hulk Hogan in Rocky III.

[@steviefreakinc]

That is pretty ridiculous lol. Stallone is iconic.

[@vintagegamecrazy]

I'm really glad I did not attend the Midwest gaming classic this year. This is really sad to see how cheap he gets stuff by intimidation whether he even means to do that or not. The majority of these vendors every time I have went if price their stuff far more than standard retail and when I ask for discounts or for breaks just for myself many of them will not budge whatsoever so it's really unfair to see him go and get 30% under retail on everything when sometimes the stuff is 50 to 100% over for individuals. I'm really glad I don't collect the silver price stuff. I will only buy it when I find it dirt cheap as I tend to collect 16-bit stuff and earlier and specialize in 8-bit. There is a silver lining to all of this. I know a lot of people and have a massive collection myself, I can't give all the details away but I will let everybody know that majority of the very high end rarer highly sought after stuff is privately sold 10 to 1 over eBay and conventions. All of the kind of stuff he buys is very overhyped pied Piper kind of stuff. Very tenured collectors know all of this so all of the rare better stuff is privately sold at much better rates and deals keeping it out of these resellers hands.

[@steviefreakinc]

Conventions will never be the same man. RIP

[@jimmygotsoul13]

I went to Midwest gaming convention this year with hopes of finding a sega cd. Cheapest one I found was 360$ only to find out gaming on the grid went there and bought one for 180$. Juat found your channel and def subbing

[@steviefreakinc]

Wow man $360 is jacked. I actually own one Sega CD game but I’ll probably never play it if the system cost more than an OLED switch lol

[@steviefreakinc]

Also welcome to the channel bro!

[@ericpaladin]

You need to be smart when you enter any auction, and completely leave emotion and fomo out of the mix, which can be hard to do. Before I bid I already know my max bid based on the comps from price charting and other websites, and how much I'm willing to pay...and I stick with that. Does that mean I lose a lot of auctions...yes, but I don't overspend.

[@steviefreakinc]

There's always another sale and I think a lot of people don't believe that. But having a limit is a good thing. I personally don't participate in auctions much. I'm not interested in winning an item, I'm interested in buying an item.

[@mjesus850]

dont even need a gameboy player disc anymore, you can do it now with a memory card. its pretty hilarious people still buy them

[@steviefreakinc]

Really? Like natively?

[@dominictrofa4156]

Great video, Steve. These frauds ruin the fun of gaming and collecting. I miss the days of collecting before KZbinrs screwed it over for the genuine gamers.

[@steviefreakinc]

thanks man. I guess looking back we didn't know how good we had it but at least we had it at one point. lol

[@E-Z_Gamerz]

Day One White started the 5 dollar game collection…he’s been and always will be a biter.

[@E-Z_Gamerz]

As soon as your end song came on my son ran out of his room and started singing it lol

[@StankMask]

Damn. White is my boy. Throwback

[@E-Z_Gamerz]

@@StankMask I tell the truth, him and Fanta started that shit.

[@mattfisher1916]

Underrated video. Need more people to stop supporting the reseller price jacking

[@steviefreakinc]

Thank you bro!

[@pmcfarlin7]

Guys like chase are the reason why i learned how to mod systems. All my retro consoles are those classic minis and actual hardware that play off of the HDD.

[@steviefreakinc]

Shit yeah, I’d say the best way to game today is either through emulation or only playing new consoles. Thats the most affordable routes to take.

[@phoenixasheslevelup]

The funniest part is he resells the same as Phoenix Resale . He sells Refurbished on amazon so he is price gouging on amazon.

[@steviefreakinc]

Absolutely. He’s a devoted Phoenix follower

[@nathanmorrison1830]

I was selling games at a car boot (A gathering of people in cars and vans in a place to sell their stuff) I had a ton of games that were ps2, xbox 360 etc. I was selling a majority of them for 50 pence each. One reseller came along and passively aggressively wanted me to sell them all, i said £60 due to some discs missing or damaged. I wanted to say no and give other people a chance to buy my stuff, but he was very desperate so i decided to sell the lot. Resellers don’t give chances for anyone other than themselves.

[@CjE-d4s]

You were mad someone wanted to buy what you were selling? Sounds like a terrible experience. Im sorry you had to go though so much horror. You truly are a hero. ❄️❄️❄️

[@nathanmorrison1830]

@@CjE-d4s I wanted to give other people who had little money to buy something for a good price and could enjoy , instead of just one scumbag reseller buying the lot. You clearly misunderstood what i’m saying which is a reflection of what little brain tissue you have.

[@steviefreakinc]

I admire you for wanting to share the games with multiple sellers as opposed to helping a reseller. The other guy that commented here clearly doesn't understand what the problem we have with resellers is. We love our fellow gamers.

[@nathanmorrison1830]

@@CjE-d4s You haven’t got a ounce of brain tissue based on what you said, you’re probably so inept you didn’t even read what i said.

[@nathanmorrison1830]

@@steviefreakinc He’s probably got pictures of Phoenix Resale on his bedroom walls.

[@falldownbear]

A reminder that Chase canceled an eBay auction on a buyer for Akalabeth after it was done and paid for so he could relist it after hawking it to his youtube audience.

[@steviefreakinc]

Sounds on brand for him

[@LOTTAPSP]

I never understood the whatnot app. It's just eBay with the live events when its like 15 sec to bid up what your looking for instead of a week like regular listings. Resellers ruin collectors like me. Glad i dont feed into thier bs buying one game for $100.

[@steviefreakinc]

whatnot is a disease.

[@LOTTAPSP]

@@steviefreakinc I sometimes get these ads when I watch your videos or randoms. KZbinrs spend $100 supposed money to buy but, it's all Bs and how many things you've actually spent $100 on.

[@steviefreakinc]

@@LOTTAPSP Hmm that's odd.

[@UltimateCarnagez]

As a collector, this sucks man like i'm doubtful im gonna find anything on my list that im making for Socal gaming expo... Rip 🙏 Great video steve! 👌👏

[@steviefreakinc]

Best of luck man. When you go, you should try to negotiate like Chase without a camera then come back and tell me how that shit doesn't actually work lol.

[@antdue1018]

I'm also a collector too. When I try to negotiate, I at least try to make it fair for both parties

[@mjesus850]

i about teared up when you said zelda twilight princess when thats actually wind waker

[@steviefreakinc]

Damn it man I couldn’t tell for sure. Take me out back and put me down I failed the gamers. :(

[@angrybirdbob2881]

Bro almost every vendor haggles. Obviously Chase is different with a large wallet and KZbin crowd, but anyone can haggle down sticker prices. Haggling is a way of life. Don’t know the last time I paid sticker price at a convention, yet everyone’s still happy

[@Siouxpreme1979]

Long story. When I was first learning how to golf I bought a bunch of chit off Facebook marketplace locally, I'd keep what I like and Sell what I didn't. Now golf is an industry like technology new shit is being pumped out every year but certain brands hold their value fairly well after a couple years. I generally only bought stuff that was good to great condition and that went for the stuff I resell. Man some people would be relentless calling me saying I can get it for this much online, I would tell them well by all means get it online. Buying from me you get to hold it in your hands and see the quality. Long Story short I quit selling because I was tired of dealing with people in the same situation as what these resellers are doing but from a sellers perspective. And I must say I never price gouged or anything like that I always kept my prices reasonable. I was very lucrative for me for a side hustle. But now you got these online resellers in every Hobby Genre doing this shit.

[@steviefreakinc]

It was much better when reselling was a small group of people. But now 1 out of 5 gamers is a reseller.

[@PonziGamingStudios]

I understand the gripes, but at the end of the day, each one of those vendors makes the choice to sell, and the collectors the choice to buy. As the saying goes, you vote with your wallet. He also offers more money to those that don't know what their games are worth instead of taking it for base price as well. So it isn't like he is out ripping people off. Just my opinion as a fellow collector.

[@steviefreakinc]

I've covered past videos of his where he does lowball some people pretty bad. Not sure if you've seen those but it's worth diving in the back catalog.

[@DP12321]

Steve mentioned this at 2:35 that it could be intimidating with a camera on them. I know there was a video recently where Chase got a deal on some GameCube stuff that the guy clearly didn't want to do. He felt uncomfortable but did it anyway. Why? That's anyone's guess. However, while it is his choice to sell, but at what point is it crossing the line into manipulation and coercion? It's a long way from asking for a better deal at a garage sale. This is methodical, cold-hearted, systematic inventory acquisition AKA greed. GameCube stuff sells like hotcakes. It makes no sense why anyone would sell for less early on! The outlier is the camera and the clout and from my POV it seems like Chase is taking advantage of smaller vendors.

[@yourstruly4641]

So you don't like when he buys games from yard sales for cheap or when he buys games from video games vendors. When is it okay for him to buy games? They might be doing deals for him because he spends hundreds at a time?

[@steviefreakinc]

He doesn't need to use a convention as a source. That's the ultimate point that I wanted to make with the video. That is a place for fans to buy games for their collections.

[@cashmerefire7335]

Everyone including regular customers at these shows try to work bulk deals and get a % off. Vendors are okay with that because they dont have to pay selling fees like on ebay and get cash in hand.

[@steviefreakinc]

Yeah but most people aren’t trying to buy every Pokemon game they can find or every handheld they can find for sport.

[@TheNintendoDScollector]

I hate chase like Ned Flanders hates the devil.

[@steviefreakinc]

If he was here right now, I’d be like “Hey! Get the hell out of my house” lol

[@derpydashdjblazekin]

I remember back in the day in 2010 I bought melee on Amazon only cost me $50 inflation has hit the hobby hard

[@steviefreakinc]

Was it new for $50 in 2010?

[@timboslice5597]

I would like to see a breakdown of his new $10 business bs. They are so full of shit and unrealistic.

[@steviefreakinc]

I think they already decided to cancel that lol

[@sparkilla]

It's basically them buying stuff then instantly selling it to their friend for instant profit....really totally BS and unrealistic, then they sell what he don't want to buy on their overpopulated whatnot. They haven't sold anything realistically on eBay in the videos so far like a normal person would and even then they are selling it on their already known eBay instead of making a complete brand new one.... "*f* you I got the connections you don't" basically

[@GenXX1976]

dude gotta have a team to help rip off single parents trying to have a small side business selling video games. Way to go.

[@steviefreakinc]

Lol yeah, he's terrible.

[@penguinjay]

retron 5 used to bug me, as did multipacks. Whatever gets people actually playing the games is fine with me at this point!

[@steviefreakinc]

I already have so many systems plugged up, it made sense to get it for my Retro setup. :)

[@randomdubs6789]

At one point gaming conventions will only have resellers and the vendor's will finally need to stop giving discounts to these scumbags.

[@steviefreakinc]

It’s like this meme I saw a long time ago. It said “What if we all become doctors like our parents wanted” and then it’s just this huge crowd of people asking their neighbor “are you sick?”

[@Hotwheelsman97]

Steve on the hunt again thanks mate doing gods work

[@steviefreakinc]

Thank you big dawg!

[@PressureFlipperZ]

Heckin Steve the goat lol now that I have 1,700 s u b I might do a dk oldies review I bought so many N64 games off them 😂

[@steviefreakinc]

Yes yes yes!

[@JoNev1]

For both new and used, I truly try to shop only local brick and mortar myself. While recommending to others to shop local mom and pop stores to help support local small businesses. Use them wallets folks. 👍😎 #TrueGamingForever

[@steviefreakinc]

Yes, I love my local shops

[@ekahnoman7331]

Never trusted Amazon for used games, but I do use eBay for my retro game shopping. I want it 100% complete and like new condition. That's hard to come by in the wild. Really don't see any other options. Flea markets and yardsales are a gamble, and from my experience: a waste of time and money. And besides Facebook marketplace, I don't use social media. 🤷‍♂️

[@steviefreakinc]

Yeah I find myself having to decline games from my small amount of trusted resellers I use because there’s just a lot of poop quality games floating around now.

[@ohiograssman1564]

I just found .50 cent ps2 games at a pawn shop. I missed a local convention at the start of may though. Never been to one.

[@steviefreakinc]

Winning

[@ohiograssman1564]

You too brew

[@livingsignTV]

He's not selling this stuff on Amazon anymore. It's almost all Whatnot. He gets like 100-150% of comps there and I have not doubt that he's paying very low (maybe 0%) in fees. I do not know why people pay so much but they do.

[@steviefreakinc]

People pay up because it’s Chase or because they don’t wanna lose a bidding war. Some people have way too much money to spend and not enough common sense. And the poor gamer is the one that suffers the wrath

[@livingsignTV]

@@steviefreakinc To be clear I don't mind Chase - I used to really enjoy his early videos. My issue now is that he's become completely unrelatable. His business model is selling on Whatnot (where he has negotiated probably sub 5% fees) to his subscribers who are willing to pay at or over comps for any Pokemon or Mario game. I saw a GameCube system (one I have in my collection) sell for over $1200 on one of his whatnot auctions and there was one sitting on eBay for $900 at the exact same time. And I think it was in better shape than the one Chase sold. And he has people fighting to sell him their collections at 45% of Pricecharting. He's not even a relatable reseller anymore. I don't begrudge him for using these advantages, but it's not as much fun to watch because it's just not normal. They pretend to teach people reselling on the channels, but they really haven't been normal resellers in these last few years. What they are doing is just not replicable for 99.99% of people and they are totally out of touch with reselling reality.

[@bthojh9849]

I swear being a friend or fan of these “resellers” and “flippers” means you gotta spread your buttcheeks WIDE!

[@steviefreakinc]

Lmao cheeks so wide they could fit a steam deck in there.

[@danielfowler9553]

So do you hate all resellers or just specific chase? I personally enjoy their channels and retro Rick a ton.

[@steviefreakinc]

I like a lot of resellers but some of them are doing a lot of damage to the hobby or lowballing people too much and overcharging the next guy.

[@rickodemilo]

"I don't give a fuck about none of this". That is false.

[@steviefreakinc]

I do care about the fans yeah. You caught me

[@Jaguar64]

Cant argue with any of what you've said here mate. Its clear this dummy Chase is just chasing the coin with little or no regard with how his actions are so damaging to the retro gaming scene. Good work for putting this video together, Steve!

[@steviefreakinc]

Thanks man. :)

[@vysedyne644]

This is why I stopped going to conventions in my area bunch of resellers just selling to each other no reason to pay parking fee, entrance fee etc just to find gta vice city or madden cause that’s all there is left

[@steviefreakinc]

Yes! This is what I’m saying. Conventions are a bust these days 90% of the time

[@emacsterm2949]

I still have the same question for all these resellers. Who is buying their overpriced crap on Amazon?!!

[@steviefreakinc]

Certainly not me

[@angrybirdbob2881]

Parents and grandparents who couldn’t care less bout a gaming market

[@codyboothe]

"Your not that guy. Your not that guy." Yo Steve, where's 1 video every day, dude? You make me laugh. Let's bust a nut and pump more videos out on the daily. Nah but seriously, you and Dumpy seem to be the only channels that are worth watching anymore. Keep up the content bruh 👍

[@steviefreakinc]

Everyday would be a tough schedule lol

[@MarkPedler]

why are you hating.. hes spending money to make money, its his business

[@steviefreakinc]

$@&% his business

[@kentonbanyai7917]

account claims to be satire, speaks the truth for 24:36 minutes

[@steviefreakinc]

lol it’s a formality

[@Real_Sgt_Tom]

The only time I'll buy from amazon used is either the Warehouse or lately Goodwill's actual used listings.

[@backwardsdave]

Most vendors at a convention come ready to negotiate. You don't have to be a reseller or a KZbinr, you just have to have the balls to ask. Most will cut you a bit of a break, especially if you're buying multiple items. Moving product is more important than squeezing every last dollar out of an item, and if someone comes prepared to drop thousands of dollars, it stands to reason they'll get a better break. As far as resellers go, I can understand some of the hate. But at the same time, they didn't create the game, they're just playing it. Amazon sets the prices for their games, not the resellers. And with other outlets like eBay and Whatnot, the market sets the price. So all this outrage just feels misplaced. But maybe I'm missing something.

[@steviefreakinc]

I’ve pointed out plenty of times that there is blame on both sides of the coin. I think I did that in this video as well

[@requiemwolf3289]

Chase is an absolute scumbag, especially after the CPAP machine. Love your channel, and your beard. Keep up the great work.

[@steviefreakinc]

You're too kind sir. Kind to me with the nice things and kind by calling Chase only a scumbag haha. Thanks man

[@macsflips]

This guy might be the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever seen in my life. Throwing shade at guys who actually are out there working their asses off to be successful in a difficult to profit industry. Shameful.

[@steviefreakinc]

Working hard to gatekeep a hobby and extort the hobbyists. Yeah I throw shade at that.

[@putridabomination]

The resellers are shameful but they have no shame. Stop kissing their greedy asses.

[@cynical4843]

Good to see this video, ive watched a couple CATRP videos. They have a really weird vibe, they are all overly happy all the time i actually find it a bit unsettling. It feels like the start of a cult.

[@steviefreakinc]

Lol yeah or just fake.

[@nickschade9245]

Keep it going bro don’t let these guys get away with this

[@steviefreakinc]

thanks, I will do it for as long as I can stand it.

[@loganglenn817]

Backyard Burger Football would be a banger game.

[@steviefreakinc]

Lol

[@clashclans9988]

As someone who has watch CATRP since he was a small channel by himself hunting at garage sales to now you can just tell the difference. He used to be someone you could relate to more or less and just watch a video of his and enjoy. But, ever since his business exploded he just seems to be less and less genuine. I don’t necessarily hate him (just my opinion) but it is getting tiring of him and other resellers getting discounts that “regular people” wouldn’t be getting. Also, the bs from selling on Whatnot is ridiculous, I will never understand why people are willing to spend more money for something on that app. Good video overall 👍🏻

[@DP12321]

Well said. Chase used to come across as a nice guy. Garage sale hunting with Gran was a wholesome video. But now it's just like: "let's stick a camera in this guy's face, lowball him, and clear out the gems from his inventory so we can make Jeff Bezos a little bit more rich while padding our own pockets."

[@FullBeardSk8]

gentlemen its called 'sellout', selling your soul to the devil for a dollar

[@steviefreakinc]

I believe that’s the way it goes for everyone when you excel past a certain point in business. You start dehumanizing your clientele and only see them as income sources

[@Rexicojone]

conventions like these should not have these VIP passes for scalpers, its almost as if they made it for them only to get a quicj bucj themselves.

[@ibapreppie]

Doing God's work, Steve. Keep it goin

[@steviefreakinc]

Thank you! Speaking out for my fellow gamers is worth it to me

[@Mike-n6u9t]

I feel the same way about resellers

[@steviefreakinc]

Good! :)

[@Ruodnoc]

8:45 🤣 Facts

[@steviefreakinc]

Lol I was cutting a promo there.

[@c64konami96]

Hahahaha! I watched that part a few times.

[@mightymaxx1]

Let me blow your mind for a second. I live near Caleb....he is a local business for me. What do I do!? *head explodes*. I love your videos cause they make me laugh, but your arguments could be applied to any person who resells anything ever.

[@steviefreakinc]

He’s an influencer, that’s why I focus on him a lot. Trying to stop the bleeding as much as possible

[@michaellack5826]

I would love to set up a booth at a convention and when these gays come to low ball you, I would raise the price. Let's get together and go to some convention they all are at so we can make them look bad!

[@FullBeardSk8]

id do more than make those gays look bad, id takes what i wants

[@steviefreakinc]

That would be awesome but I bet they wouldn’t film it. They be like “can I have 30% off” and you’re just like “no” lol

[@Dretroz]

Some people will pay a fortune for a game but, you never know why. You gotta think bro that some people might have a very special core memory with that game. For me Digimon World is it, I have my childhood copy & another. My uncle gave it to me before he passed away. He walked to my moms in the freezing cold to make sure I could have it. Im not hating I like you dude I just acknowledge that some memories are more important to people than paper.

[@steviefreakinc]

I agree with you. I’ve got a couple games like that. Thankfully for me, most are affordable.

[@sparkilla]

Love you keeping it real his "channell" has become the "*f* you I got the connections to sell fast and quick you don't" lately its so ridiculous how he claims anyone and everyone can do it and they fall for his BS lol.

[@steviefreakinc]

He has snowballed into a big time player within the scene. Nothing he makes now should be considered relatable

[@Thectpicker]

No one is holding a knife to anyone’s throat. Vendors can counteroffer or decline. Setting up as a vendor can be expensive and very time consuming. You are there to SELL STUFF. The more you buy the better the prices. This is a general rule of business in any buy sell trade type business. Why is this so confusing…

[@steviefreakinc]

You missed the major point of the video here.

[@RawB_P]

Im going to SoCalGamingExpo next month which is thrown by pixel squad and there could be a huge chance that all these scumbag youtubers will wipe the floor clean with huge bulk buys before the con even opens to the public leaving us with nothing. So excited for that...

[@steviefreakinc]

Be sure to leave a comment on how it went when you come back from the expo so we can all confirm that it was bull lol

[@danserrano2251]

I'll be there and I'll definitely keep you posted

[@leelenwhite9410]

One retro video game store I go to 1up games meet phoenix resale and wanted a 3ds system and he try to lower them alot but 1up games said no. It is gaming expo every year in phoenix Arizona. Anyway chase used Nintendo games to get Nintendo fans to buy from him for to much money for a game

[@steviefreakinc]

I’m familiar with 1Up, I was supposed to do a Hangin’ With episode with Nick but he ghosted me lol

[@leelenwhite9410]

Sorry to here that Steve but they are good people. So you like that 3rd person shooter from Nintendo splatoon 2 and 3 my question to you?

[@Camadian]

$160 for those 4 controllers that had a tag of 180.. twenty dollar discount from a vendor who he's done business with countless times and he always buys in bulk from. Are you in connection with multiple vendors? Do you do deals with them often and if so that's two parties making $ over and over. Whether or not you have connections with vendors - why don't you ask for a couple dollars off asking price? I dare you to post anything on marketplace, every single person who responds is going to be asking for 10 bucks off, it's added into the asking price, and if you're not asking for it you're paying up anyways ..

[@steviefreakinc]

My least concern was the controllers. lol

[@CelineOcean1]

Chase after the right cluck

[@steviefreakinc]

Sky guy is the cluck

[@CelineOcean1]

Lol him too ​@@steviefreakinc

[@brosyouknow5013]

What’s your thoughts on KodyWithak

[@steviefreakinc]

Meh honestly. At least his videos are edited great

[@CbassMajor]

I really don't get why they give these greedy KZbin resellers such good deals when it would make more sense to give the best deals to someone that actually really wants the items.

[@rickodemilo]

Because they paid nothing for that stuff themselves. They are also resellers.

[@steviefreakinc]

Ya know, I can understand a vendor wanting to offer a bulk deal. But on the first day of the convention, they're selling all of their eye candy for their table to one dude. It's really hurting them in the long run.

[@mannyh6915]

This resellers suck i use to collect videogames in los angeles but now theres lil crews of resellers in all the swapmeets 🤦‍♂️ around here

[@steviefreakinc]

Yeah and they’re so fake at being nice that it just seems like a customer service voice. Lol I was thinking specifically about the Pixel Game Squad

[@mannyh6915]

@@steviefreakinc u meen the pixel cuck squad lol 😂

[@Philip-ny9wk]

Whatnot... More like buttnot... 😎 *** Fuhqing nailed it***

[@steviefreakinc]

Haha

[@leeartlee915]

I wouldn’t let a reseller lick the poo off my shoe

[@steviefreakinc]

haha get that poo of your shoe tho!

[@leeartlee915]

@@steviefreakinc Yeah, I’ll make sure to take care of it. I just don’t want to get shafted by a reseller. They’d probably try and sell the poo to someone for $86.

[@AJTComicsBrand]

Why do these KZbinrs do type of things for views? I don't buy games from scaplers con.

[@steviefreakinc]

They get paid to do it. lol

[@Ry-Guy702]

These resellers just do not care and ruin the hobby. You can bet for a fact both Phoenix resale and chase don't care about games or playing them, they care about showing off

[@steviefreakinc]

Oh yeah for sure. And you know to add to that, Chase already has all of these games so he doesn't care if he makes games more expensive.

[@Ry-Guy702]

@@steviefreakinc so he can sell hem at a higher price even though some of them aren't rare. Overall the man seems like a scummy guy who doesn't care who also has a dad bod

[@_justyne_fife_]

I got only 2 games off Amazon: Link Between 2 Worlds (3DS) and Mario Odyssey (Switch and that was on Mario Day Sale digital only) that’s it. Only thing I would think I would get is European exclusives from Amazon (I haven’t done so yet). I always go local or out source at Conventions for most of my Physical Games unless Japan Exclusives.

[@FullBeardSk8]

knock it off

[@_justyne_fife_]

@@FullBeardSk8 I didn’t say anything wrong

[@steviefreakinc]

As long as you get a good price on Amazon then my advice in the video does not apply to ya. Also because you’re my buddy!

[@_justyne_fife_]

@@steviefreakinc I make sure it’s good prices even if it’s on sale. I like that we’re buddies.

[@deancolbird2240]

Love your videos Steve But I got to admit I watch chase after the right price videos just like Phoenix resale but I don’t buy there stuff on eBay or what knot, Amazon the shit is way too High!!

[@steviefreakinc]

Thanks for being open minded and watching the channel. I'm sure you get a kick out of the stuff I say lol

[@thepinkchungus]

These resellers are wild af, they think the world revolves around them. Doesn't help less known and wanna be resellers suck up to them to get that bit of fame of publicity, absolutely disgusting. Funny af vid made me roflmao kek

[@steviefreakinc]

Yeah dude, there are so many reseller channels popping up. I've been watching these types of videos for a while and now it's nearly double the channels out here.

[@thepinkchungus]

@@steviefreakinc yep, and because of them we have these ridiculous ahh prices like common af games going for hundreds, just mind boggling

[@Consolerepairstore]

I get my best deals on eBay. I also get my games form wither GameStop or retro stores but no to often.

[@steviefreakinc]

Same

[@KennethPNielsen]

Reseller's ruin everything 😢 - Video Game Conventions are not worth going to anymore, Literally everyone there are garanteed to be a reseller. ( i think ) - Real Gamer's out there hunting games don't stand a chance at these conventions.

[@steviefreakinc]

Oh yeah just get in with a local shop and send them all of your business. Eventually you’ll see better deals for your loyalty. Within reason of course