I couldn’t pay him fast enough

I bought the wildest collection to date at the GameStore! Tons of super rare Pokémon games and loads of quality Nintendo titles!
#Nintendo #Pokemon #VideoGames

[@FlappableElf]

Wow this guy seems just as awesome as his collection!

[@JJJSM]

Great collection! Your store is Incredibly fortunate to receive such an awesome collection at that price point. However, i think all of us watching this video knows, to rebuild that collection again, its going to cost him triple than what he originally paid for it.

[@mronissopwnage]

$5400?! Man that is a HUGE come up for Rick… I really hope after the camera turned off he said “nvm, I’ll keep it all.”

[@Crankinthe90s]

I’m 1 minute in and I can tell you he’s going to regret it. Let’s sell now at 50% value to get it back later when it’s harder to get for more than market is now. Yeah ok

[@Gen10civic]

Instantly once he got home

[@codyrathman]

that's all I could think as well. I consider selling off some of my personal collection all the time, but I just know I'm going to want to buy it all again later, so it's really not smart to do it. Sounds like he's a good hunter/reseller though so maybe he can do it later in life as well.

[@Crankinthe90s]

@@codyrathman my guess is he sold nothing. He brought it in to show for Rick to do a video. They know each other from what he said. Probably just a staged video.

[@rschmidt9495]

I’ve made the mistake of selling/trading some things to a local game shop and I’m now regretting it. And it’s nowhere near the scale of this dude’s collection.

[@xanderklarenbeek6476]

@@Crankinthe90s the guy has a shop, why would he do that

[@gamebit9063]

Dude you will regret this so much! I sold my entire full collection of Nintendo power magazines a few years back and totally regret it now. Yes I am rebuying them back now for a way higher price, but there is something missing, they were not mine. My labels are not there, the condition is nowhere’s near the condition I had mine in. I feel the nostalgic feeling is missing.

[@twig-e6431]

I feel you. I still have most of mine, but a lot of the older mags are in poor condition. I'm not really sure if that is a normal thing.

[@oisinmckellar3046]

I don't think he had a choice looks to me he came into some financial difficulty and need some fast cash but didn't want to say it on screen. I would say he's a collector that mostly likely resell to keep collection costs down like the lot of us but need money to help support his family.

[@rgkong8783]

How much did you get for the entire Nintendo Power collection?

[@SimplyJojo]

“I’m gonna sell my stuff for half of its value just so I can buy the same things for much high prices” - smart guy

[@conheo4]

That makes no sense

[@conheo4]

Lol

[@jasonsimpkins5040]

Was thinking the same thing but doing it with his daughter will make memories. It's more of the hunt that's the fun. I like finding things rather than having them. Plus he said he's going to get things that he really wants.

[@Wheels8504]

Memories are more important than money

[@virgo4200]

lol thats what i was thinking whats the point of that unless he just has a lot of fuck you money to throw around

[@urbanfishing7085]

Rick just throwing the boxes around makes me nauseous haha 😂

[@frankie0414]

I've been watching Retro Rick for a while, and I really enjoy his videos hunting for deals at flea markets and such, but these new videos just break my heart. I recently sold my childhood mint CIB copies of Pokémon red, blue, yellow, silver, gold and, crystal for around $500 each to a serious collector. I know they will be treasured. I used the money to pay some bills and buy other retro games and collectables that will give me more joy since I know that I'll never be picking up a Gameboy again to play Pokemon. With that being said, I find it incredibly hard to believe that all of these items added up are only worth around $10,000. Complete in box retro systems go for hundreds especially in such good condition. The same can be said for CIB games. It seems like Retro Rick has now become a part of the dark side of retro collecting, the mark-up reseller. I can understand that he's running a business, and in order to make money you need to lowball the people coming in who are selling items. There's just no other way to do it as your profit is entirely dependent on how much you pay for the stock that you sell. The thing that gets me is that Rick would never pay these prices himself for those games if he went into another shop that was selling them for the same price. Sad.

[@7thangelad586]

If you ever have to shut the doors for good, you can just turn the place into a museum.

[@jodibishop3302]

Love your channel! You can feel the excitement and enthusiasm that games and collecting brings.

[@onetruegamer]

I don't think I could ever get rid of everything I would have to keep something in my collection lol

[@JulianCamejo]

If he needed $5400 he probably could’ve just sold part of that collection for that much

[@Stampede215]

Hell of a collection!!!!! Great buy Retro!!! Great video as always!!!

[@Dreamlandroad88]

Amazing. It’s always good to give it to someone who appreciates the value. And retro Rick is the one. Blessings

[@thewhitepanther6052]

Man thats insane! That collection is worth wayyyyyy more than 10k

[@Retronize84]

Selling this all off one by one is a huge grind, not to mention a decent chunk goes to Ebay anyway, so it's not a bad deal.

[@RubMySweatyThighs]

Bro theres no way the dude loses more than 50% of the value lol

[@ivanvargas2425]

I’m glad you said the price. That was an awesome collection. Cool that both parties got a great deal.

[@JadenHybrid]

At triple the price he can do it again. Good luck. On the other hand, being a Dad and commiting to collect with your kids is an honorable thing. Its just way more expensive.

[@jayyaskiw582]

Typical purchasing shouldn't go above 30-35% of market value for used/thrift/pawnshop video game type purchases. It's really cool to see you paying 50% of market value. I'm not sure that's sustainable over a larger scale with more franchises but it's definitely honest business and keeps customers happy. With that said, it's a little inside baseball and I would never reveal my buy/sell margins as you do. A sale is a sale. If both parties agree on a price it's a deal. Really cool to see this KZbin channel and you have a beautiful store. I'm quite surprised to see you have only 42.4k sub. With your personality, the look of the store and the overall good nature of the content I'm convinced your subs should be between 300-500k. You should get in touch with a social media specialist and have them cut and curate the videos so add a little more virility to them and real make them pop and get those subs where they should be :)

[@jamesmincks]

He's going to regret trading all these games in. He's going to want to start over with his daughter but by then the games he traded in especially the Pokemon ones will be 3 to 4 times what he originally paid for them.

[@luigiymario2xd]

I would never get rid of my collection at all lol, I'd love to have as much stuff as he had! haha

[@yolover111]

Gonna be a sad day when his kid is like " I don't like game collecting dad" lol I'm kidding

[@enjoijjj]

Dang what a cool dude with a great collection. Hope he was happy with the deal

[@supervegeta881]

Insane collection, can't believe he just traded all that in! He might end up regretting it later.

[@volodymyrzablotsky5372]

Not the smartest move. Might want to request a paternity test to double check that he is the father!

[@Find.list.ship66]

Fake

[@MrMario995]

Yeah, he was saying that he could just get all this back later. I mean, maybe, but not for less than an arm and a leg lol. I'd never sell a collection like this if I didn't need the money.

[@tkdtrickster2]

that stuff is gonna be $54k next time he tries to buy it lol!

[@luigi386541971]

@@tkdtrickster2 I was thinking that same thing! He's gonna pay out of the ass later on lol

[@Dorien837]

I sold my huge retro collection to a local shop a couple years back. It hurt my soul for awhile 😂 then I got into pc gaming partnered with my steam deck & I just emulate everything. Literally everything in the palm of my hand now.

[@Alwayspositive28]

Most insane one yet. Dang. You getting this store has got to be a blessing and a curse. Haha

[@F.C.Sneakerfactory]

Damn this guy had a ridiculous collection. On top of that the condition of these items is immaculate. I don’t understand why would you sell it for a fraction of a price and say you are gonna try to buy it down the road. The items are already scarce and only going up in value. Unless the market tanks you will be a genius for letting this go now. Great content as always Retro. Love seeing content like this. People have some crazy collections

[@rschmidt9495]

Just wanted to say that giving 50-60% of market value is pretty good for a game store. Both retro game stores here give you around 30%.

[@xanderklarenbeek6476]

It was a very reasonable price indeed.

[@sirGnano]

I agreed until he said he was going to keep most of it for himself. Lol.

[@John_Smith_Smith_John]

He doesn’t give that much - be real.

[@taylormoss9020]

20 percent where I'm from unfortunately

[@georgecastillo2428]

Dude straight told me we offer 40% and I was damn I’m not a crackhead and give me my games offered 60 bucks on like 250 dollars of n64 games I’m not that desperate but some people are…this guy will regret it

[@kevinford0001]

Retro friends and business partners! Great Dads and memory makers! So awesome! Pokemon stuuuff!

[@deang5386]

I couldn't sell off collectables thinking "oh I'll just buy this stuff again later".

[@mariokart8715]

This reminds me of Tyler Esposito collecting games with his Dad back in the day. His Dad passed away in 2007. He sold his collection in 2018 (a decade after that). Tyler now collects games with his daughter Hallie (she’s about 10 years old).

[@oisinmckellar3046]

Always sad to see to a passionate collector having to sell off their collection I've had to sell my collection many times it sucks. Good luck trying to buy it back it can be done but will takes a lot of time of reselling to not break the bank.

[@goblindumper69]

he said he wasn’t strapped for cash, rather just starting over. Sometimes the excitement of collecting is finding the item again.

[@Brooks0511]

5400 seemed like less that 50% of just the items I seen lol

[@JammyOtter]

Way less

[@Lastseengaming]

straight robbery but its what he wanted

[@shannonrainey5603]

Wow, great episode! Thanks for sharing 💯

[@PicklesBrie]

he's gonna be paying so much more for that collection thats for sure lol

[@megamob5834]

Dude… it actually hurt to watch you sell that collection 😅 man, there is some nice stuff in there.

[@zevvez]

The very end the look he had was like, you ain’t ever gettin this shit back again it’s mine lol

[@jasonwoods7802]

I have a 3 year old son. I would def not sell my entire collection, just to build it back. What my son and I do is add to the collection together now. Selling it just to track it all down again seems a bit crazy and very costly. I bet it will be an instant regret.

[@MrGnomerdoom]

So love your store videos, Rick, I hope it is doing very well for you. Great video.

[@atomiswave1971]

A shop where everything is mint or sealed that is traded in. No scrunched up boxes, or ripped labels. Everything glitters like gold lol.

[@goldo87]

This is legit the best content on KZbin lol

[@dustyhughes1049]

when this costumer showing his retro and Modern things to Rick and Rick act like a little kid in a candy store

[@marcusarelius]

If you aren’t hurting for money…keep the collection!

[@JimBob-vg2og]

That guy is going to watch this back with his daughter and be like “damn daughter, I wish I never sold any of that. I sold so cheap too!”

[@James-wk5mj]

“ I couldn’t pay him fast enough” yeah before he comes to his senses

[@racingtegnsilver8909]

Great collection. Makes me want a game store to get these amazing trade-ins at great prices.

[@Goozen7881]

Dude looks like Steve-O if he had never done drugs. lmao Awesome collection!

[@lazaroalvarez7764]

Should've 100% kept the rarer retro items & re-bought the more common items. The Gameboy & DS Pokemon Boxed Collection was probably worth around $2,500-$3,000+ in itself especially for the condition it was all in. Kind of tough to see a collection to this degree sell for $5,400 with the condition everything was in & nostalgia being one of the stronger driving forces for investments.

[@Joker-fd4uw]

Yea this hurt to watch.

[@artisan_james]

wow... that collection looked 15K + worth of stuff... scored big time..

[@davidj7828]

what an awesome haul. these videos are so rad

[@JammyOtter]

That was a 15-20k collection easily, dude got ripped off

[@duplotraci]

When you can tell the thrill of the hunt is the biggest reason you collect. I totally get wanting to do that with your kids. I would have saved a few of those rare pieces though

[@yungpopcollection]

Uffff!!! That's tough , dope collection forsure

[@frankm4158]

I would cry having to sell those... but they end up in very good hands

[@YeahRightMCD]

I sold everything to get through Covid. Every Pokémon game with working original save batteries (files from when I was a kid), and I had the cleanest used GBA and SP that I've ever seen. Most of the stuff I let go of I don't regret in the least bit, but clean gameboys and the original R/B/Y games were a mistake. I hope he finds them again!

[@Keith12363]

Being a game collector as well.. watching this just made me want to cry.. I have way more stuff then what that dude has and I can't imagine me ever selling all my stuff.

[@davidj.9432]

If you can get 50-60% of a return on a trade, that is a killer deal, when factoring in the hassle of selling on eBay, 15% eBay fees, and of course now getting taxed on anything past $600 in yearly sales. As others have said, I'm sure this was more of a friends deal - I doubt someone without connections is getting this kind of a value just walking into a game store.

[@eloratings]

My goodness! All the good Nintendo stuffs. I can dig in some Pokemon games that I don’t have..

[@kestasgimbickis6917]

Love these type of videos Rick 👍🏻 so cool to watch them old jews just come knocking on your doors. Please keep them vids with retro sellers going. Love your content so much love❤

[@TheIllwill24]

007 music playing in the background during negotiations! 👍🏽

[@ReinatakaharaVT]

57 percent is a insanely good trade rate most stores only do at Max 30 percent wish my locals did that.

[@francisnowak11]

you just know the dad's a good dude

[@jasoncoates82]

Damn! That’s a steal, he’s definitely going to regret this decision

[@JesusHernandez-to1jy]

Dang speechless great collectable stuff in package still in great condition

[@tonydavis6487]

I would of never sold that stuff.... What a SOLID collection!! He is probably gonna end up regretting some of those trades... What an awesome collection!!!!!

[@oisinmckellar3046]

I suspect he and his came into financial difficulty and needed the money other wise he could of sold his collection piece by piece and got top $ for it if he just wanted to sell it but judging how passionately he was talking about the games I think the sale was out of necessity to help support his family. I think that would be that hardest thing owning a game store seeing collectors having to sell off their entire emcollection due to financial reasons.

[@tonydavis6487]

@@oisinmckellar3046 He said in the beginning that he wasn't in a bad financial spot and didn't need the money

[@MrMario995]

@@tonydavis6487 I mean he did say that, but what other reason would he sell? He said he's going to try buying it all back again, so its just an overall loss.

[@tonydavis6487]

@@MrMario995 I mean.. I agree but who knows. He might not be that attached to the actual items and enjoys the thrill of the hunt. Me personally, I would love to have some of those items, especially considering the condition of them

[@andrewcrouch2362]

Good channel m8 enjoyed the video looks a amazing store amazing collection he was happy with the price thats the main thing I've got gell of a lot of Retro items like figures in boxes and the most things I collect is the 80s and 90s hand held games ive got about 109 hand helds now very hard to get now days a lot of them are one or 2 boxed mint as well took me about 3 years to collect them up ide neaver sell my retro games to hard to get most of them now days ive got 2 different tomy tromics games that you look though boxed I payed 1 pound for 1 of them and 1.60 pence for the other from a charity shop years a go ive got the saga game gear good condition paid 20 pound for that years a go to and the original game boy in the carry case with loads of games and magnifier glass only cost me 20 pound as well years a go it goes on and on matey ok 👍

[@KenzGamesCollection]

Amazing collection but the idea of recollecting when his daughter is old enough while sounds cool I fear he’s going to be paying triple the price to get some of those gems back

[@anthonycastillo5852]

love your channel makes me want my own store

[@giovanniperez1594]

"If he did it once he can do it again".(haha lol 😆)

[@josephamoraz7990]

Anyone else have the feeling he is going to start doing the whole "rust valley" thing and be the guy that buys alot more then he sells, then is hesitant to sell anything lol.

[@FragRev]

I have thought that after watching these videos. Or he gets so many trade-ins that he cannot sell it all and it will just sit on the shelf.

[@isaiahmcclure8894]

That boy done lost his mind :0

[@jacobleatherwood4190]

You and the gang inspired me to try Whatnot after 10 years selling on eBay. My first live stream is going to be tomorrow, Gamerinsane is my whatnot name. Thank you for keeping reselling alive in me

[@Tora_Dj]

Tbf if he wanted to sell it all individually it would take so much time and shipping. So he will take a small loss but overall instead money is better if that’s what he wants. As long as both parties happy nobody can bad mouth the deal :)

[@jhcreativemedia]

As being this guy. I definitely agree!

[@nesjames341]

To those saying he'll regret it. I sold my CIB retro game collection in 2017 for close to 15k and used it to get into a brand new house. I kept all my fave Pokemon, Kirby,and TMNT stuff and don't regret it one bit. Although I'm well aware that prices have increased over the years, and I had some hella rare stuff.

[@TheGamingCrib75]

I think Rick should have all the items he deals with in store put back for sale in store. Otherwise his customers will never get the really cool rare stuff if he just keeps it in his collection.

[@ryandavidson3769]

Amazing collection. I would pay 60-75% value on easy flips, but I understand he has a brick and mortar store.

[@MetalChefDel]

I love to see God blessing you continuously for your generosity and hard work.

[@paulperez590]

Always waiting for a video update regarding the game shop. Its addictive.

[@Reignz2k6]

Rick I love watching ur vids man ❤

[@DK-BayBay]

I would have easily given this guy $5,500 cash right now for all that. Some of those items are not only rare, but in near mint condition. By the time he wants to dive back in, those Pokemon games will have increased again. This is one of those regrets down the line, because you could have kept this as your collection, and collected new stuff with your daughter. Things she likes and relates too.

[@rgkong8783]

The fact that he gave Leaf Green to a customer for free was really nice of him ❤️. Pretty sure the customer was a kid too.

[@brandonm6052]

I always got into each console later in its life for price. I remember getting Pokémon yellow and upgrading to a game boy color then n64 Pokémon stadium

[@paulgoodwin3640]

My guess is this guy makes bank at his day job, he clearly understands how to collect it all again, and enjoys the hunt. So its probably not a big deal to sell it off for HIM. Sad thing to me is the guy couldn't spend a few days on ebay and get 85% of value, but also good to nurture those collector connections.

[@chris19873]

Following for long time Rick it’s my birthday today nice video bro

[@puppy14]

All of the people saying he’ll regret it doesn’t realize this dude already gets it. Memories spent with his child is better than fawning over his collection.

[@tommygun7299]

Memories spent with his daughter playing his amazing collection of games and not selling it. Isn't that the point people. Him saying selling it and starting over buying all.this with his daughter is selfish and a front. Shame on him to use his daughter for his own greed.

[@jhcreativemedia]

Okay so!! I'm the guy who traded it in! Can promise am real person and this is not staged.

[@ioanniskritsotakis1228]

He's gonna regret it soon. All that stuff is gonna be super expensive(already is).

[@joe2825]

Do you ever sell? How do you support everyone? Ebay?

[@DynastyWarriors6]

Very questionable for him to sell such a stellar collection. I've been collecting for a long time, and with the way the market is on retro collecting I would only sell if I absolutely had to

[@JUniverseChannel-juc]

Awesome video man 😎!

[@lucasklingberg9551]

dude is gonna have a remorseful ride home

[@adventurecoats]

I couldn’t believe that Jordon traded in all that’s stuff! I love the idea of building it back with his daughter though!

[@zacharyagler3007]

Here is the kicker she doesn’t like video games.

[@adventurecoats]

@@zacharyagler3007 she’s my niece so I beg to differ 😁

[@andrewwilson4733]

dude needs to keep some of it lol, pls make him

[@TheClosetGamer]

What an awesome collection. Good price too!

[@MichaelMashpotato]

This makes me incredibly happy to see.

[@dannyyarbrough5938]

Wow what a loss Jordan took! Why would you not sell this stuff on Ebay and get your moneys worth… that’s a big price to pay just to be on KZbin. Congrats Rick you hit the Jackpot Buddy! Making Money hand over fist with that collection! I’d rather have that stuff than gold Anyday. Theres a lot less of that stuff than gold in the world. It will appreciate a lot more over time than Gold.

[@kevinjohnson9929]

Wow Thats a great Collection

[@macguichan8629]

This man will regret the decision he made this day for the rest of his life!

[@Oxmosh]

So I saw his shop was shipping, is there an online store somewhere?

[@edwinsvideogames]

Cool stuff! 😊

[@emwenterprises6669]

that's a lot of cleeean stuff...good luck finding it again

[@x4486xx]

Kid just got MAJOR ripped off