I Bought a PS3 from the FAKE DKOldies… HUGE SCAM

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I didn’t know things could get worse than what dkoldies has been doing with refurbished consoles… yet here we are. Retrovgames is not only selling non-refurbished consoles as refurbished, but they are doing some other sketchy things as well… let me know what you think. Was this PS3 worth $400?
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[@jrob0021]

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[@aroundtheblockwithbrock4799]

Hell no 400 is wayyyy to much especially since it’s not cleaned 🤮

[@jrob0021]

@@aroundtheblockwithbrock4799 yeh I could have just bought it from the guy on eBay for $200 or so lol

[@roomofcybertron6380]

I cant wait for the video of DKOldies getting lawsuit

[@ibapreppie]

I got a CECHA01 (Hardware backwards compatible ps3) for 250. Was delidded and thoroughly cleaned. I'll always trust ebay over anyone.

[@KitsuneCiel]

SO, I've recently bought a Xbox Original, Wii(GameCube Compatible), Wii U, PS2, PS3(Super Slim), and Xbox 360( Slim with 250 or something i forgot) ALL for 370 dollars All of these had OEM controller and 2 each, but for the Original Xbox, and it came with a OEM and 1 generic knock off..... which is honesty better. So no

[@ZantZora]

Retro vGames having a 121 day warranty while DKOldies has a 120 day warranty is literally just that SpongeBob episode where The Krusty Krab is open for 24 hours because The Chum Bucket is open for 23 hours.

[@IBrianrish]

💀💀

[@AzumiRM]

No it's not. They are two different things all together. One is an episode of a cartoon and one is a shop. Please don't use the word "literally" if you actually mean "figuratively"

[@jamirimaj6880]

Great comparison. Both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket are sketchy, greedy companies too.

[@shaungreer3350]

@@AzumiRM you are so fun at parties!!!

[@MCRAVAGE54]

Azum read what you said again before speaking

[@caphowdy666]

I sell on eBay from time to time, and I have to be honest, if someone buys something from me and asks me to send it to anywhere other than the registered address for that account, I would refuse. Opens you up to all sorts of risk.

[@DubberRucks]

That's so sketch when they do that. Sure there might be genuine reasons but you do right to protect yourself and your eBay rep against the negative feedback 👍

[@blackmetalhead5883]

$400 for a PS3 is just insane! Who would pay that this day in age

[@DubberRucks]

Someone with an excess in money but a lack in sense lol

[@plan7a]

Well, it is a backwards compatible and original controller; so it is kind of worth more to some, I'd guess? (Not that much though, maybe; unless boxed?

[@fishguru2576]

Wasn't the ps3 $500 when it debuted?

[@LostClowder]

$400 for ANY used console is just ridiculous. Is the seller throwing in some gold and diamonds with it?

[@allxtend4005]

@@fishguru2576 599$ or even 699$ not sure but at the price of a ps5 the last years. worth the price ? no not at all, go buy a 60$ ps3 and let someone clean it for another 50/100$ then you have it 3x cheaper or do it by yourself.

[@sleep333]

if dk oldies is terrible i wasn’t expecting a knock off to be any better

[@DubberRucks]

Yeah, to be fair if you're comparing anyone to DKOldies, you're not setting the bar very high

[@xLazarusEnvy]

RIght? Like the knock off is aiming to be bad / worse than what its copying lol

[@thedude2596]

I bought a backward compatible 80GB PS3 in march. 200$, did deepclean/repaste and put a SSD in it. For less than 260$, it was an amazing deal on my side. Plus, the exterior looks mint.

[@Gecko730]

Nice !

[@jrob0021]

That’s the way to do it 👍

[@OsmanHasan98]

Nice! Any recommendations for an SSD? Got a 60GB recently.

[@katsudon2048]

All PS3 models are backwards compatible with PS1 games tho

[@TheSupermuffin12]

​@@katsudon2048Only the older ps3 models are backwards compatable with ps2 games

[@Mih-sl5gh]

Well , if they are trying to copy DKOldies I think they are doing a pretty good job .

[@julieboruta]

It’s not copying dkoldies it’s doing it better by drop shipping using eBay. Better in since of not having to have a console to sell in store but that’s just as bad if not worse than dkoldies. I think it’s a worse situation than dkoldies coping the idea ten times worse than dkoldies.

[@Limes_not_Lemons]

Dropshipping with no contact when it's advertised as refurbished is definitely a case for false advertising, not that anything will be done, places like this and dk oldies are starting to give retro gaming resellers a bad look. Tbh I'm sticking to Cashies and Ebay cause at least I know what I'm getting into for the most part

[@Silenc3WillFall]

lawsuit time. They were false advertising and thats grounds for a lawsuit

[@gannon_banned]

i knew there would be a day when we finally found bugs inside the consoles. today is finally that day and i'm shocked that someone could willingly sell that at that price as "refurbished" and be ok with themselves 😵‍💫

[@Gatorade69]

To be fair maybe the original seller never claimed it was refurbished ? Dropshipping is a scummy thing, especially from just random e-bay listings.

[@ralex3697]

So many are like that which is why I avoid this old stuff like the plague. Just gross

[@ParasiteAdam666]

Your videos always reinforces the dread of remembering I still need to repaste my ps3.

[@jean-baptisteminaud9164]

I would recommend to De-lid (there’s thermal paste above but also under the lid of both Cell and RSX chips) to get thermal conductivity back to normal. NSC Modz explains how to on youtube.

[@kenabi]

@@thomasandrews9355 psx-place has a nice tutorial on how to do it using cutting wire and a folded piece of aluminum that prevents the edge used to cut from going in further than it needs to. the spatula method can lead to chip death with the slightest slip. the psx-place method works a treat. that said, if your unit isn't overheating (after repasting the top of the heat spreaders), then don't delid. it should only be a last resort option. and should always be done as slowly as you can manage, to minimize any possible chance of problems.

[@Gatorade69]

@@jean-baptisteminaud9164 As someone who has built many computers and even fixed some consoles before even I'm scared of trying to de-lid a CPU. :/

[@Gatorade69]

Is that a Tomba! (or Tombi) avatar ?

[@ParasiteAdam666]

@@Gatorade69 it is

[@xXCoconutCreamPieXx]

Y'know when a store is trying to be DkOldies, y'know it's GOOD :)

[@Idk12575]

Fr

[@DubberRucks]

Yup, if someone thinks DK are a gold standard competitor they must really be aiming to succeed at business. 🤔😁

[@AsterEzell]

These videos are making me consider making my own DKOldies "knockoff" except I actually do the physical labor required to call something refurbished. I do it for fun already and feel like people would love a seller who has respect for the hardware.

[@SoulforSale]

Try it.

[@Jonqen]

You would make the retro collecting hobby a great favour. We need more passion

[@babybabu1213]

7:15 when that tail looking thing flew out I couldn't believe it haha, so many retro scam companies these days... it's such a shame

[@plan7a]

I imagined a 'free, yippee' sound effect; as per some previous videos, I must say!

[@SeekingGodGrace]

400 for a PS3!!!???

[@vizioax2]

It's insane retro gaming company's have inflated the prices so much.

[@JorshPodGaming]

that smile when Jacob saw the warranty seal intact XD "You know what that means!" 😂

[@novastorm4187]

Interesting story... I got a game from them. An N64 game... and they sent me a bootleg game with alot of the hallmarks of it being a bootleg game.

[@jrob0021]

Yikes 😬

[@ibapreppie]

TO be honest you can run a hairdryer over the warranty sticker and get it loose enough to peel it back and re-stick it later. BTW I like your foreshadowing subtitles, cracks me up lol

[@erniesdeck7550]

I hope you gave it the cleaning it deserves, i hate to see a good working console stay nasty.

[@Steelebourne]

Seeing that dead bug fall across the base actually scared me too! I'm not good when it comes to things with more than 4 legs. :)

[@Octolicia]

Drop shipping is perfectly legal. The problem is when it comes to things that might get dirty... like a video game console. What if the console you're drop shipping doesn't work? Who's gonna take the blame?

[@slerplederp6655]

I bought a 360 Slim from Ebay because I was interested in refurbishing consoles, and it will filled with black dust (it was mainly on the plastic cover inside). My first assumption was that it was inside a building that was on fire but the strangest thing is that it didn't smell or anything. The funniest thing is that it worked, I had to change the thermal paste which is expected but I had no idea what that black dust was from.

[@ralex3697]

Dirt accumulation

[@theglassarrow_]

bothering to get 40gb hardrives is probably not worth their time so they probably hope people select the 80gb option at the least and pay a bit more. who has ever complained about having a bigger hd

[@vigilantbruiser1119]

Maybe some employees Dkoldies broke away from the store and got a bit of inventory to set up another shop across the street without joey's influence.

[@DubberRucks]

Toxic workplace much? 🤔 You never know lol

[@vigilantbruiser1119]

@@DubberRucks Family is involved too I bet, I wouldn't tarnish my relationship with them for joey's meager restitution.

[@SolidSonicTH]

$404?! BC PS3s are pricey but I wouldn't expect to see them over $350 (usually closer to $300).

[@davc6879]

The website "error" of stock is just probably a scam of low stock. So someone will hurry and buy. Not illegal(maybe) but morally wrong

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Reasons I've never wanted to open old electronics:

[@mmz77]

Drop shipping is usually good until one time a stolen credit card was used to make the product purchase and ship the product to me. Talk about a mess makes an innocent buyer look guilty. Took months to resolve.

[@anonymousdogg1559]

Honestly I think most KZbinrs milked the “refurbished” but actually not console vids, but I still enjoy watching them since it’s entertaining during my lunch break. I also prefer hearing Jacobs ASMR type voice over my co-workers 😂

[@ultraxfo5664]

Jacob is gonna have some new disease no one has ever heard of from opening all those consoles.

[@plan7a]

I apologise for my the following comment; Specialist Doctor: 'It's a bug of *some* kind! How did you get it?'.👾👾👾👾

[@ultraviolet2497]

Thanks Jacob R for risking your lungs and respiratory system to give us this content

[@jrob0021]

😳

[@mattshark7665]

How is not illegal to claim something is refurbished when it isn’t? Surely there should be consumer protection laws to prevent that?

[@rspaced]

Personally the whole warranty sticker is *very* sketchy, and basically is there to make sure you can’t open the console, find that they scammed you, and then get your money back because of the fact you voided their warranty. Absolute bull****.

[@coltonwilkie241]

I got my PS3 and PS4 with 6 games total from a retro store for less than $500. They work great, granted they sound like trains but an effort was made to keep them in as good a shape as possible. The PS3 was also listed as 120gb but is about 240gb instead so that's a bonus point.

[@Easygoated3418]

hey Jacob, do you know if xbox 360 servers shut down, can i still buy discs and play them if they require internet connection?

[@ScottOSaurus]

I live about 10 minutes from DK Oldies, all of us in the greater Philly Metro know this place is a scam we’ve known for years. Crazy how big this got out of nowhere

[@notdragosndefootball]

Jacob I really appreciate that you reviewed this console risking your lungs and health

[@gerakx]

Why would anyone pay $400 for this??? I love the new trend where people pay a lot for "vintage" consoles from resellers and then review them on camera while acting surprised that they are being scammed...

[@frankiebojangleswest1902]

This is just a scapegoat by DK Oldies. Joey himself set this up. Just so he and DK Oldies can say things like “Hey guys, we’re not trash. Just look at DiddyK Newies here and their scams!”

[@cangrimmcaldero8524]

Great content Jacob, and at 7:20 what came out of your ps3 was one of the legs of a centipede. Crazy lol

[@chicosuave2966]

I’d wear some rubber gloves opening those consoles.

[@DubberRucks]

And a face mask at this rate lol

[@06twar]

Ok let's talk about that ad read though. That transition was pretty amazingly thought out though!

[@Windows98R]

I thought knockoffs are meant to be based off of desirable products/brands. Not brands undesirable and unattractive to consumers.

[@kennethharris4147]

Thank you so much. I was going to buy a Vita from these guys but after I watched the DKoldies videos I was skeptical. I looked for videos and there wasn’t any till now. Thank you

[@Gatorade69]

Just buy one from eBay.

[@ralex3697]

Just emulate and avoid old technology

[@GRAMMAN112]

Jacob R: *gets package thats slightly dented* Jacob R: "I hope this console works"

[@Fickets]

All that dust seems to transfer heat fairly well.

[@AR_Comics]

LOL I’m from Allentown and I’ve only heard bad things about them. Cool to see them get called out on their bullshit

[@cameronnorlock6992]

Seller should have also ran the fan test to kick some extra dust out. For these E models, turn the console on it's side (warranty sticker facing the sky), then power the console on and hold it for 1 minute.

[@plan7a]

You can put the fan on max for a short period; that could help to clear a bit, perhaps? [I forget how it works, at the moment, but it does].

[@rodneyevans3848]

To be fair he was selling as is condition.

[@ryanjenkins4388]

I agree, absolutely disgusting and shameful.. (company even more than the console.) After seeing a few of your videos, I definitely feel the console conditions are worse in the US than the UK after the years (probably different climate w/ bugs etc.) with preowned consoles, unless I've gotten really lucky and the consoles I order second hand and from shops have been looked after by previous owner. The listing says "discounted" (idk) but turns up in nice condition.

[@minderoded2383]

I purchased a genesis game from them a few months ago for what I thought was a good price for the game. Apparently so did they because they decided to cancel my order after purchase/refund me and re-list it at a higher price. At least I was refunded. Great business practices, all around

[@MenAreNotOk]

Lol its like an mmo trade channel move. They probably had 10000s of hits on that one console and knew it was worth more than they asked.

[@cyrus3055]

I don't think these companies know what "refurbished" means

[@Twenty_Six_Hundred]

A big issue with consoles and they still do it to this day is negative air pressure for cooling. No matter how hard you try to keep the house and console clean, when they're using a pull method rather than a positive push, you will end up with caked dust everywhere. It pulls air from every little gap rather than pushing through one inlet

[@Mchenrygames]

Way worse than DKO. Really, really scary, the amount of disease contained in that console.

[@geekzer713]

They took the crown from the DKOldies like it's nothing

[@PowerSynopsis]

Anybody who continues to buy from these companies who claim to refurbish their consoles is crazy. If you wanna collect or play older systems you really need to learn to refurbish and upkeep your own electronics.

[@Mad_Medz]

Their knock off brand is actually DkFraudies

[@zurao]

Crazy theory : dkoldies made retroVgames to take the hate away from them

[@jrob0021]

[@rodneyevans3848]

Dropshipping in this case is illegal as they are stating you are reciving a "refurbished" product but they have no way to verfiy if it is actually been refurbished by the seller which they are buying then reshelling to you.

[@SirAthiro]

"One of its legs flew out." Bruh. ☠️

[@systemmonitor5295]

Dropshipping isn't illegal. Calling a product refurbished when you've blindly picked it from eBay SHOULD be illegal though.

[@bigman2352]

That’s just ridiculously bad, it’s DKScamies all over again! 😮

[@user-gb5vg9rp2n]

So that retro video games store just do dropshipping huh ???

[@K9arcade]

This behaviour and business practice just hurts me so much

[@sorehammer]

I just cleaned out a 3000 ps3 and it was 200% more clogged than that one.

[@lpsmanglecrybaby4ever793]

That was a dead house centipede in it I'm pretty sure, but I would call this Desert PS3 2

[@Ilikemeatballz]

6 left with uncharted checked off... 15left with no game checked off...

[@YuProducciones]

I have a question, and its something that always gets me and I bet I'm not the first: WHY DONT YOU HAVE VACUUM CLEANER NEARBY??! pleeaaaseee show us a quick effort on the video man, its so easy!!

[@J.Wick.]

You know it's a top tier establishment when they send you your gaming console in a Delta Sink box.

[@duuke4618]

Their games are super overpriced, last of us for $30 when it sell everywhere for $10, same thing with their other games, extremely over priced, literally complete RIP OFF!🤬🤬

[@sunderwire]

That bug in there is disgusting!

[@Wingsoficarus90]

It’s a DKOldies store but with a different name to cover up their scams.

[@ccricers]

Guess people are making money off that brand, huh. Time to start my own shop called Diddy's Classics.

[@rottenapple_]

You should really be wearing a dust mask and gloves while opening these things. Just to be safe.

[@DubberRucks]

Exactly. We don't want him passing out due to unforeseen bugs

[@paulheap1982]

"Plenty of good cases for drop shipping" I'd love to hear at least one for a customer unwittingly paying more than they should for an item.

[@BruceNIvy]

A tad bit off topic, but I went through this drop shipping one time while looking for an aluminum ladder on ebay and thinking I was purchasing from an individual who had the item on hand but when I got the package it was fresh from Home Depot. Kinda pissed me off. 🤨

[@jrob0021]

Many businesses have drop shipping agreements in place. It’s not always predatory like you see in this case. For example… Manufacturer is good at making product, bad at marketing and selling. Manufacturer makes agreement with a business that is good at selling products. Then Business sells product to customer, but manufacturer ships straight to customer. There you go, drop shipped. You’re forgetting about an entire segment of the market.

[@BruceNIvy]

@@jrob0021 Appreciate the clarification. 👍

[@mobility_criteria]

@@jrob0021 Solid response 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@Brongo111]

I've had to dropship a few times in the rare case that something doesn't work on my end, but I've always been at a loss as I want the consumer to still get something that I sold to them. Sometimes it makes sense, but a lot of the time, it's just someone trying to make some money without any labor.

[@okilladmityouarerightbut4827]

I always wondered what my ps4 looked like inside. I owned it for 6 years and smoked bud and dabs all day while playing. The vents had stuff that looked like fur in it before I sold it lol

[@bizzybee3021]

The very first consoles that were 40 gb , 60 gb and 80gb came later, there are 3 models that have tbe 4 usbs in the front that run ps1 and ps2 games.

[@Alex-bn9xx]

False advertising is illegal and that console is in fact not refurbished they should be sued

[@CarsandCats]

My Fat BC 60GB has NO scratches. I used car wax on it since it was new and a microfiber towel.

[@Th3DarkCanuck]

As a Canadian. I'm sorry.

[@qasimthegamer2005]

omg. i have never seen this before at all. the worst dusty console i have ever seen. keep up the good work. your dkoldies videos are so intresting to me along with your i bought a something series. keep it up

[@nein_to_5]

7:20 my eyes about bulged out of my head when I realized that looked like a Scorpion tail

[@williamb223]

Is it me or did backwards compatible PS3's used to be more expensive? I'm looking right now on ebay and they seem to be floating around the $200 mark, which has me pretty suprised tbh.

[@nickypoundtown9568]

And strangely the new owner posts on Reddit saying they got it for 40

[@WadeNixon-zw4kw]

I don’t even wanna imagine what it would be like if this RetroVGames sold iPhones. I would have wasted $300 on a bent iPhone 6 with activation lock.

[@HaloinfiniteEternal]

It’s mind boggling that after all these years and decades of Consoles we’ve never seen a PlayStation, Nintendo, and or Xbox designed with something so simple as basic dust filters for the fan intakes and then we’d never have dust inside Our Consoles as we’d simply remove the dust filter every few months wipe it off and put it back in ! Many Pc cases have had dust filters built in for a long time, and even some power supply units have dust filters and you’d think that Console manufacturers would wanna go the extra mile for Us and design the systems with dust filters

[@MaxLittleBuddy]

Imagine paying more than ebay just to find out the quality RNG is the same as theirs

[@jamiec9019]

Why would anyone want to rip off DKOLDIES?

[@ketchup7867]

That’s not a business that straight up crime

[@IggyHitokage]

That tail that came out of the PS3 was definitely a scorpion tail. Wonder where the rest of it went...

[@MrMonkeyJimm]

I wonder how dirty my dads day one ps2 is

[@SimonJones265]

How does a console get that dirty? i opened my 2009 PS3 yesterday (i removed warranty sticker) and it had the thinest layer of dust imaginable.

[@nicjames1396]

Some folks simply do not clean their spaces.

[@nickypoundtown9568]

Mine was from 2012 and same story, I didn't exactly go easy on it either

[@TheBlueDsc]

Some places are just particularly dusty to live in. I'm in Texas and my car will get a small coat of dust if I don't drive for a couple days.

[@rangers5576]

Untill I found your channel I didn't even know about thermal paste or opening up consoles. I would have just checked the outside and made sure it ran. Now I inspect everything, so thanks for that. This PS3 is absolutely vile

[@MoonlightBelladonna]

Wow they make DK Oldies look legit.

[@FauxFaFox]

What if they are DK Oldies making fake competition to make themselves look better to argue that they aren't a scam company because they're better than the other companies?

[@DubberRucks]

Fr 😁

[@joffy8289]

If DKOldies sent you a desert PS3, these guys just sent you a graveyard. Only thing to call a PS3 with a dead bug in it...

[@h4msandw1ch]

Why wouldn’t he rub off that dust on the hard drive before putting it in 😣

[@Gecko730]

You should try dkoldies wii u, 1 wii u out of 3 has a faulty nand (storage) chip from the brand hynix that has a very hight failure rate, if they send a faulty one that should definitely be considered a scam because all hynix wii u have a limited lifespan. It would be really interesting if dkoldies at least checked the nand, and in order to do this you either need to take it apart or mod it, and since dkoldies are "refurbishing" them they should know the brand. At the very least they should clarify if the console has the faulty chip and discounting it.

[@TheOpisGhey]

$400 ?????!!!!!! THAT IS INSANE WTF THATS A NEW CONSOLE!!

[@Trabbled]

can we just apreciate how much work he does for us: most said comment of 2022

[@jrob0021]

Guess I don’t work hard enough because I’ve never seen that comment on my channel lol

[@Trabbled]

@@jrob0021 ok ill go lick some dirt on mycapret now :3

[@THE_CARBON]

​@@Trabbled what dee hell

[@jrob0021]

@@Trabbled what 🤣

[@Trabbled]

@@jrob0021 thanks for the 20 bucks

[@Marl56674]

Thank god I saw this video I was almost about to buy a new 3ds from there

[@uchiharyuuka34]

Ok so I've been here in person. I live 30 mins away lmao. They were hiring and I had applied only to find out that they pay very little compared to the area, the hours are terrible, and when I went in and browsed around the shop, which is very very small, the prices were all over the place. I picked up final fantasy tactics for the gba for 20 bucks which at the time was about standard price, but they were offering 30 bucks for copies of pokemon fire red, and selling them loose for 150. Emerald loose for 250 same with crystal. It was a very odd place with prices just all mucked up.

[@parrotyparth]

It looks like a tail got me 😂😂

[@parrotyparth]

Actually? I didn’t even notice.

[@purpletigerracing7087]

I rhink all these companies suck. I buy from local stores. Thryvusually haveva decentvreturn/refund policy. The prices are usually fair market. The consoles work. The games work. And I know most of thecpeople in the stores. This crap is insane. Doing the Ebay dropship and claiming its refurbished.