Local Game Stores Need to Stop Doing This

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[@pipelayer6954]

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[@reds49ers85]

The no price thing is a deal breaker for me. Makes it almost impossible to get a deal and wastes more time for everyone involved.

[@Pikmin3388]

No price tag on products should be illegal

[@NotAdachiPeople]

I’ve been to other countries where this is normal, and I completely agree that this shouldn’t happen. In the last country I visited, most stores had no price tags whatsoever except for the big brand stores. They would look at you and artificially jack up prices if they thought you were a tourist.

[@joshnewman6667]

The local game store buy me no prices , so i never go there

[@ryouhonoo5]

@@Pikmin3388depending on where you are, it is

[@lordcheesus1013]

Right? I get that it takes "time and staff" to keep everything up-to-date, but trust me. There's people looking for work. Especially there's people looking for work in video game stores thanks to youtube channels like this one. If stores are finding it hard to keep up with pricing tasks they should take on more employment help. That way no one falls behind.

[@RwnEsper]

As far as not pricing things: Just be transparent. If you have a case full of un-priced games, and price them at time of sale, just put a damn sign on the case that says so! "Due to market volatility blah blah blah, we use Price Charting."

[@lordcheesus1013]

I get that the market volatility can be a big pain. But as a professional store, who ever suffers from that problem should just bring in more employees for the job. I'm sure most stores would be able to find someone willing even to specifically price games and keep track of the markets during their shifts if they had to.

[@piercegamingnews5073]

The problem is they would've paid less anyway then what they'd sell other for so it could just price gouge when you know for a fact they paid maybe 50% of it so it's not like they'd lose money....

[@hoktang1]

@@lordcheesus1013you do understand that some of these store are just a mom and pop store. There maybe no extra money for an extra employee right. You just have to make do with what you can afford. Also a lot of people would go to store and shop around while simultaneously price check Amazon to see if it is cheaper. So it’s a waste of time for the owner to label it and not make the sale. Simple solution is just tell them what Amazon has it for. Then ask for a price match. Simple. Instead thinking everyone is trying to scam you. Or maybe that is what the store owner is trying to match the Amazon prices

[@niagarajoe4402]

@@hoktang1 amazon is notoriously high when it comes to video games, if im going to a mom and pop (or any brick and mortar store) im not trying to pay what amazon charges, or id just order from there for the convenience.

[@TeaBurn]

​@@hoktang1 That's a pretty good idea. If I were the owner, I would have also offered discounts if they bought multiple specific items too on top of price matching. Slightly unrelated, but I used to work for a popular small biz store that was constantly rotating stock, and repricing everything (hundreds of product listings every few weeks) when new stuff came...no barcodes as we produced literally everything in-house from start to finish, and so we were making custom labels that we had to cut and laminate. It got to be such a huge pain for everyone in the store because; that my boss one day asked me to figure out a portable barcode system he was willing to invest in, so anyone could just scan it whenever a customer asked for the price, with the only thing changing being the computer program that automatically adjusted the price in real time according to current market price, that could adjust for tax increases, inflation...etc, and also automatically adjusted whenever there was a sale like during Black Friday. Saved a lot of money on man-hours and overtime from having to reprice everything, as well as a lot of headache for both employees and the customers. In the end he paid someone else to do it that had more specialty in programming as it would have taken time away from my own work station. He eventually wanted to work towards having a dedicated scanner in the area so customers can just take the product up to it and scan it themselves to find out the price, similar to how some supermarkets or pharmacies have. This was many years ago, so there's probably companies that offer off-the-shelf solutions like this available catered towards small-medium sized businesses by now.

[@JaneTheDoe-id2vx]

ive walked into liquir stores without prices on their items, i walk straight out. when shops do this i assume they are going to price gouge me

[@Robato-yuh]

Maybe that’s an opportunity to negotiate prices.. in my dreams 😅

[@gomamon8439]

I typically walk out of stores that have graded items. I've worked with professional graders and have friends who are professional graders. It's so easy to buy everything you need to fake grading. I've caught many game and comic shops faking grades on items just to make extra money. Not adding a price or stating a price is also annoying.

[@mistyknightsbionicarm]

Spoilers: "professional grader" is an oxymoron. Your friends are no better than people who "fake it" it's all fake and ruined collecting at all levels

[@christianblackmtlrlz]

So they work for PSA(Wata) or CGC, VGA!?

[@mattpace1026]

Hypocrisy does not make you look smart, pal.

[@hoktang1]

Contributing to the problem then you want to take the high ground after you already made money off of it. Hmmm. Ok

[@mrbrandonmartin388]

Theres three things that are just a deal breaker for me at games stores: -No cleanliness of either their store or the products they sell. I've seen stores be perfectly clean, but the games are never cleaned or refurbished before selling. -Displaying personal collection pieces that aren't for sale at a store. This really annoys me. If it's not for sale, dont put it in your store. Promo items and standees are one thing, but when you have a lot of desirable games on display and it's not for sale, it's just an ego move. Especially when the games that aren't for sale are way better than anything that is for sale. -No pricing is horrendous. It not only wastes everyones time, but also doesn't give much confidence in the buyer if they know that every single game will have the highest, up to date price. We come to stores to look for deals, not stand awkwardly at the counter waiting for a price to be found.

[@Mrdeniro100]

Stickers on cardboard.

[@OnBrandRP]

Displaying PC is fine, just make it obvious it's not for sale and only for display.

[@davidg1612]

Nah, I don't care about their personal collection. Keep the stuff at home so someone doesn't come in, sees it there then try to brea​k in later at night to steal it. @@OnBrandRP

[@hoktang1]

Also how you going to update the price tag as fast as the market movies. You ever go to Walmart and watch them inventory and price check their inventory. Easier said than done. While simultaneously trying to make deals with people walking in. But hey you open a store. Bc I want to see how you would do.

[@andrewcovell9692]

​@hoktang1 as much as a business wants to they can't be open 24/7 it makes sense to have times where the shop is closed if you really need time make it a whole day as long as the costumers know it's fine you also don't need to keep up with the market typically it's better to sell a small mark up of market price at the time of obtaining product speaking of course as someone who did work at a card shop pricing cards what I learned is unless it's brand new or has a really good reason for it most cards and games drop in market price over time not increase so you're most likely losing on prophet if you constantly update the prices on your product rather than doing it maybe once a month or so

[@Rhiorrha]

No prices on the case usually means You: How much is this old game? Them: One second, just gotta look it up on Ebay...

[@billyturner9930]

They do this at yard sales and estate sales now and I just walk away the second they check the phone. Either you want money for it or you want to ship it out on ebay.

[@eddieeverhart4474]

They mentioned this on a Metal Jesus video. Say a store bought the Piglet game when it was a $20 game. Maybe they paid $7 for it. It gets priced at $20. The game then jumps to $100. If they still have it marked at $20 and sell it, they aren't losing money. They are losing out on potential profit, but they aren't taking a loss on the game.

[@superj2644]

It's no different from game stores that consistently reprice too.

[@JohnnyCProduction]

If that Piglet game was sitting on their shelves for months to years they already lost money from it.

[@FabuBrik]

Stores that don't have prices on them is an instant bounce for me. If you're not going to respect your customers and their time, then I'm not supporting your business.

[@trickymarigold]

As a toy collector, there’s a store near where I live that does the “just ask us what the pricing is” thing. It drives me nuts and the guy who owns it is always a prick about asking the price. It drags the whole thing down

[@lordcheesus1013]

Not only should all game stores use price tags for games, even games behind glass counters, but EASILY removeable ones too. I don't want to damage my game boxes just because I want to remove the tags on them. Not cool to force customers to guess how much a store wants for something before they talk to someone.

[@Backintoons8515]

We used to go out to find deals ! Now you go out to find the same prices as eBay ! They all use the same excuse we have to pay rent and employees. They won’t lose no money reducing the prices ! Specially after cheap trading or rebuying collection for almost nothing. And that’s why all this stores close ! Greediness! eBay all day everything days !

[@KylieSilver-o8q]

Exactly it's actually not illegal to charge less than Ebay store owners

[@lordcheesus1013]

That's the problem with game hunting channels out there now. It's a double-edged sword. Back in the day people couldn't WAIT to get rid of retro stuff because everyone's always obsessed with the latest and greatest in gaming tech. These days though, retro gaming channels like this one are proof positive that collecting is real and even kinda cool despite what the preppy people try to tell you. Worse, they're starting to wise up on how much this stuff is worth to us so now naturally prices sky rocket as a result. I'm grateful for channels like this because I love watching others hunt games and collect like I do for certain things but stores are getting wiser now because of it. It just sucks when the stores go overboard with prices because of it, especially with IP's like Pokemon.

[@Veganerd_]

@@lordcheesus1013 And on top of that, prices are still pretty fucked up across the board because of people overpaying for all of the games during the pandemic.

[@RabbiKrieg]

well if you have a good store owner, obviously depending on what they paid for a particular game, they should be able to make the same amount of money as an ebay sale, only because ebay fees are around 15%(they might have changed). So a game priced at 100 in store or on ebay, the owner gets say $85 of the sale on ebay, or could realistically give that discount in store get the same $85 and not have to worry about shipping. I think the most successful stores I've seen in person and online are more focused on inventory turn over and cash flow, than they are pure profit. Obviously they have to make profit or they won't be in business very long, but its better to flip 10k in inventory for 13k quickly, than it is to maybe sit on that same 10k and turn it in to 20k over 2 years(Obviously massive caveats to this)

[@davidfulmer5840]

I dealt with a store a few times without prices on any of the, consoles or games. Every game i had to take to the counter and it had to be looked up on price charting. Even though I could do that on my own. It was super annoying. I respect store owners and understand the time involved in pricing games. However if I don't see prices chances are I'm turning around

[@GamerAhmer]

I hate when places do not price their games. I’m less inclined to buy something. And I have a few games that are missing the barcode. Definitely wild that it wasn’t marked. 😮

[@JRPGLife]

Yeah, we likely wouldn't have bought it had we noticed 😔

[@GamerAhmer]

@ that’s terrible. :(

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

Yeah, the no pricing thing is something to be VERY concerned about because they can charge whatever they want for it, and since there’s no way to gauge off the original price it would have been recorded as, you’re just paying a random amount because the store owner says so. Yeah, that’s not my cup of tea at all.

[@matiasmorales1130]

As soon as I notice that I walk out of the store no and ifs or buts

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

@matiasmorales1130 Yeah, me too. It just pays to be honest to your customers.

[@duckgoose7449]

Having the barcode cut out of the game would have frustrated tf out of me after spending anything over 80 dollars, I can't imagine how enraged id be if I spent 400 dollars on a non-mint copy of a game. The store should've disclosed that information to you before selling it.

[@MattKeller]

They did physically look at it before buying 🤷

[@miatau8359]

When I started collecting retro games to get the games I used to have as a kid, I was looking for local stores and the few people that I asked said this store was difficult to deal with and the prices were high so I never checked them out. That ending might be a reason to avoid this place..that seemed very shady.

[@tennisace06]

That ending made me cry! Lol, loved this video, that store had some very nice inventory and I do agree with the annoyance with no prices. I also have a pyramid of NIS collectors editions

[@JRPGLife]

All hail the NIS pyramid! 🙂‍↕️

[@DevineInnovations]

This seems counter productive. If I don't see a price, I'm going to go on ebay to check how much it goes for. Then, if I decide I want it and ask how much they are selling it for, they are probably going to ask for more than ebay does and it will make me less likely to buy it from the store.

[@NCSUWolfpacker2010]

No prices is an instant pass for me. I went into a card store recently that had no prices. I looked around and left. It was essentially a museum to me. I’m not asking for prices on everything. If it’s like a game market I’ll let it slide, mostly cause anytime someone doesn’t have prices at those they typically just do price charting and then negotiate from there. A retail store needs prices.

[@SynFritz]

I'm actually surprised a game store of that size exists. If I'm ever out that way, I'll have to check them out. Still sucks they don't have prices on the games behind the glass cases though.

[@lordcheesus1013]

Have you seen Retro Rick's store on his KZbin channel? It's a pretty sizeable store in its own right and even has a "Retro Museum" with some pretty cool pop-culture related relics. His store is definitely on my own personal Bucket List to visit one day.

[@lauraloo1151]

Elisa’s face @ 7:26 😂 Always fun going into shops and places with yall like this, from the comfort of my home in pjs. And the “please subscribe” edit made me laugh.

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@savaget2058]

3 minutes into the video and the title of the video has yet to be discussed, but I got a sponsored ad. Thank you.

[@Robato-yuh]

It seems like the reason why they didn’t have any prices listed is because they are encouraging people to talk to the staff and negotiate prices. While you did list one of the trade-offs to that that it would take a lot of time to actually sit there and put prices on things it would back up whatever staff are there from taking more customers at a time if they’re gonna sit there and negotiate prices so certainly a trade-off

[@pnx_world]

Wait did they not mentioned the damage? Putting the sticker right over it and not mentioning the condition seems a bit dodgy. Also who cuts just the barcode? Like that was surgical, why?

[@JRPGLife]

Yeah, they didn't mention it, but he clearly let us inspect the game and we just totally missed it 😅

[@jrpgwife]

My guess is either a mail away with proof of purchase or a mail in rebate requiring the upc.

[@alanbauer9959]

​@@JRPGLifeI just picked up rule of rose CIB PS2 American version for 300 cash and 350 in trade. Thought I did great as manual was perfect and disc was perfect. Sadly I missed the tiny cut in the artwork:( still pretty happy though:)

[@pnx_world]

@jrpgwife man I remember how prevalent mail in rebates use to be in the 90s

[@mattpace1026]

@@alanbauer9959 Okay, I get that you don't seem to be making a big deal of it, but is "a tiny cut in the artwork" even worth mentioning at all?

[@Kyoti]

Aw, that big Cheshire @1:26... I had 1 for years (American McGee's) until my house fire recently. It was beautiful! I'll never be able to replace it.

[@glennwelsh9784]

A store that doesn't label their games with prices is either being lazy and not bothering to maintain their inventory (while I can sympathize as a former retail worker and I know that maintaining your inventory can be an arduous and frustrating task, it's still an important aspect of your business) or they are trying to be sneaky, hoping that you'll just pay whatever inflated price they give you at checkout because you don't wanna feel like you wasted your time at the store.

[@theaustinXL1]

Yeah what's the point of going shoppin for a game if they ain't no prices I feel like people got to know not to mention some people would have the audacity to stealing things and trying to sell it on eBay for like 50 dollars

[@GunMetalJackal]

Local store in Minneapolis does the no price thing too. Its annoying when I have s stack of games I'm interested in and I have to ask for the individual prices. Its why I don't go often.

[@Benthusiastic]

It's sad too, because unnamed store has some really cool stuff, but I can't be bothered to wait in like for 30 minutes to get the price of games I want.

[@brianrotgers6354]

That store was my first experience with the no prices displayed. I was super excited to browse and see everything they had. Once I found out about the price thing I realized why they had so many cool things. It's super annoying, the shop knows how much they paid for an item, they should price it based on that. That's where gamestop does it right. When you trade something in there, as soon as the transaction is done, the price stickers print out.

[@Benthusiastic]

@@brianrotgers6354 I honestly don't even care about changing prices. I'll pay market value. I don't care. But seriously.. let me see them instead of asking like a 5 year old.

[@DaveTremel]

No pricing or multiple copies of the same item with different prices on them. That really bothers me. I've walked out of many places because of that. Though I will find the lowest priced copy of what ever I'm looking for and argue with them if they try to give it to me at the higher price. I also get super annoyed when a shop tries to change price tags on items at the register when they realize the sticker price on the box is wrong.

[@horroRomantic444]

They should consider having few search kiosks, so people could look up prices. Instead of an employee having to look up the price every single time. Then you can get away not having prices on the games.

[@damonpono8337]

I hate when stores don’t have prices and have to look up them up. It’s just lazy and a way for them to get the highest asking price incase something becomes more expensive

[@erdvilla]

In some places it is even illegal to not have prices displayed, because it could lead to discrimination as they could give different prices to customers depending on their looks (if they think they can get out more from a casual looking one rather than a savvy one). You are right when saying repricing them constantly would demand too much work, but there is a method I've seen in some locals where it not only keeps a fair ground for all customers but also protects the cases from the sticker's glue. This is, placing one or two pages with the names in alphabetical order and their respective prices inside a plastic sleeve taped to the sides of the display. This way two persons could look at the display and take the printed sheet out to look for the prices. This way when the time comes to do some adjustments they are only 2-4 black & white prints from update. Just take out the old pages from their plastic protection and add the new ones and to the sleeve they go.

[@ScottofOakland]

1:53 I picked up Signalis for $60 on ebay but I saw it at a local shop for $100 for a Switch hard copy. Its an incredible game and I hope that it gets another physical release so the price goes down. Also we need more merch for that game. I'd sport a T-Shirt and pick up a poster for my wall. I loved it so much.

[@JRPGLife]

I believe FanGamer has Signalis merch 🤔

[@ScottofOakland]

@@JRPGLife I picked up their lenticular pin. Gonna get a shirt when I get paid as well!

[@MrVosgy]

I got the sound track on Vinyl, that set me back some dollars, shipping out of Europe was not cheap.

[@PeperonyChease]

It just got reprinted

[@Eagleknight815]

Edit: No.....y'all didn't?!? Drooling over that Dragon Slayer! That's a grail item for any Trails fan.

[@JRPGLife]

😅

[@Lithium_82]

If I have to ask for a price, I'm not coming back. The only reason I still go to brick and mortar is the excitement of finding a cool deal in the wild.

[@namexIess]

Yeah I won't even deal with Retro stores that don't price stuff, My local one said they do it since prices change all the time.

[@jonnybegood8181]

If it didn’t have the prices on it I don’t think I could shop there. I don’t want to waste my time or an employee’s time asking them to look up prices on all the games I’m looking g at

[@FullMetalWeirdo]

JUST CASUALLY HAVING THE CHESHIRE STATUE IVE WANTED FOR YEARS ON DISPLAY-

[@SuzuiChan]

yeahhh it super annoying when they dont have prices, i might buy something if i know the price but if i dont i might not have to courage to ask, especially if i dont know anything about how much the game usually goes for

[@MrAlextisi]

New subscriber here. Yalls voices give me asmr tingles. Good stuff.

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@MANNYSARCADE]

No prices on games at the game store drives me nuts, like dude I don't want to keep asking you the prices on stuff.🙃

[@Lord_Mangoat]

I agree on both that they need more things priced, without needing to asking staff all the time, but also having the time and staff to always be updating those prices + buying new price stickers does also add up. One possible "easy" solution would be to label the glass shelved items at a price range and then just shift items around as they adjust in price. Then customers have a ballpark idea of what on the shelf is worth and also won't require new stickers all the time. I've mentioned this on Retro Rick's videos before, but someone needs to come up with a software for these stores to list their own inventory prices vs price charting &/or eBay prices. Then from there they could maybe find big price changes between what they have vs the other markets. I wouldn't bother price changing pennies in adjustments, but when it turns to a few dollars, they should consider a price change.

[@kittyanya]

I was lucky and got Lunar 2 on Sega CD as my rental store was transitioning over to new systems. The box is cracked to hell, but the instruction manual was intact.

[@clairetastic]

Oh but not pricing games is where I enjoy testing the seller’s patience. 😇 How much is that? And that? And that? And that..

[@JRPGLife]

Haha that's a great idea 😅

[@sunshinem.7741]

The Thinky Blinkies was a great cut. Sometimes you just gotta think things over before going for it lol

[@mikekanner2156]

Punisher is on PS4 Nintendo Switch it comes with marvel Vs capcom collection it’s the arcade version the NES was trash just made me buy arcade machines instead you can easily hack the entire NES games on your NES classic mini no need the cartridge you get every game for free

[@allisongonemac]

Amazing video guys I look forward to them weekly. Dragon slayer is an amazing game. I bought a turbo duo this year and that was the first game I bought and I’ve beat it twice it’s such a comfort rpg. Enjoy it :) and thanks for the great content. Keep it up!!

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks so much for the kind words ☺️

[@leongonzales2697]

Just finished watching this episode another amazing video . I also agree about the prices not being on the games in the glass cases.

[@pixelsandwich4104]

Whenever we go to Vegas I have to stop at this place. I agree it's got problems but it's so fun to browse their amazing inventory.

[@cockroachdeloach5093]

We’ve got an unbelievable selection ….. because our prices are so damn high! 🙄

[@Nintendoandsegagod6400]

What a hard working experiencing the game store. 3ds, Wii U and ps vita are my favorites

[@garymapes6955]

No pricing that I can see means I'm not spending money there. I feel like they can just make up a price, at least if it has a price tag you know that's what it is or has been. It's annoying to have to go ask prices especially if you want multiple things. I just don't trust a store who don't price stuff and I'm sure other feel the same. Great video guys always look forward to your videos.

[@zooks808]

Whenever i'm in vegas, i do make my rounds at all the retro stores and I agree that this place has a lot of gems, but the no pricing does turn me off. By the 2nd ask for pricing on a game, i felt like i was bothering them and it made me not want to inquire anymore.

[@TheBoricuaKnife]

No wonder the store employee was holding the $400 game the way they were, they didn’t want to let you see the missing bar code. It wasn’t a coincidence that the price tag was oddly placed on the back of the game. Those store owners should be ashamed of themselves, they were caught being shady on KZbin, hopefully they go out of business for deceiving customers.

[@JRPGLife]

I'm unsure if there was any intentional deception, but I do believe that he wants to be very careful just showing/handing over a $400 game

[@ultimatezed8177]

With wii play games, I played tcg at this store years ago. Kind of sad how the play area just became another storage area. At least thats how it looked last time i was there.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

*When I was a kid (gen X), no North American-born kid knew any of the anime or Japanimation games or shows/characters. When this started, is beyond me. When you guys said Death-Man and Miku, I said "Who TF is THAT?!?"*

[@JRPGLife]

Chainsaw man, Death Note, and Miku are all awesome 😊

[@jeezycreezy4220]

So there's a good psycological marketing reason for not displaying prices on certin things. If you have to ask about the price, it creates an interaction between you and the staff and makes it more likely that you'll buy something, even if it's not the thing you asked to look at.

[@JayImahara]

Love that place. Try to stop by everytime we visit Vegas

[@munchkincatdadGamer1976]

That would absolutely drive me nuts cause I only buy copies that are mint condition and I always get into arguments with sellers because I always have to ask for the condition back of the disc , registration card, etc. And that would drive me nuts because I would have to buy another copy again. I would return that game and get my money back to me it’s actually like not even having a copy that’s really shady and I can’t do business with people like that love your channel keep up the good work

[@AFBasketball3]

zero issue with not pricing volatile items just because a customer wants to try to find something for less than market value

[@trotgun1563]

Prices change on collectables so often pricing all your stock can be bad for business . They would have to be changing sticker prices every few days on things like . star wars , pokemon , marvel , 80s toys and figurines .

[@noireisbest6786]

This makes me miss going to my local Slackerz. My problem has been cost for both the games and consoles, especially now. It'd be cool to collect physical games but at best it's gonna be games that mean a lot to me and I can't just boot up on PC.

[@Lemuel928]

It’s called safety.😒

[@garymapes6955]

I commented before the end and they are definitely dirtbags for putting the label over the cut arcade. 100% they did that on purpose, never go back and spend another dollar there and I hope no one else does either. I'd be so pissed and take that back that's bs and people wonder why these stores are going out of business.

[@garymapes6955]

*barcode stupid autocorrect lol

[@LatashaMorra]

May this Sunday be a time of relaxation and joy 😊 😃 😄 ☺️

[@Sarumaru]

I just started watching this video and before i even watch it, im pretty sure you guys are gonna mention how they don't price many of their games. I really dislike stores that do that. Also, great coverage of vegas the stores guys! 😊 EDIT: So after finishing the video, I figured the price thing was gonna be that one gripe. Their other store does this as well. And man, that Dragon Slayer with no UPC should have been a bigger discount! That game is super rare though so still a good find 😀 great content you guys. Been subbed since we met at gane on but i am bad about leaving comments. Your Retro City Games videos were great.

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks for stopping by Sarumaru! ☺️

[@GrandMasterLynx]

Best way to stop this practice is have a ton of people go 1 at a time grab a ton of games ask them what the prices are and once they check each prices then be like sorry that’s too much and leave then wait a bit then send the next person to do the same thing over and over till they learn they should be prices on the games or put a sign saying they go by price chart

[@Wompratz]

It's a riot seeing you guys mention Gear Works. I snagged a copy of it from the '2 for $5.00' Game Boy bin at the local retro game store about 3 years ago. I had never heard of it and it looked like a real oddity so I figured, what the heck. Square Deal was another one that threw me for a loop.

[@JRPGLife]

It looks like it would be a fun game 😅

[@Wompratz]

@@JRPGLife LA Machine Guns double pack is fantastic as well. Definitely add it to your collection at some point. The Wii light gun games are a joy to play together.

[@timmadone8930]

I have "MAJIN & THE FORSAKEN KINGDOM" for the PS3 & XBOX-360. The game feels like a predecessor to "THE LAST GUARDIAN". At 5:35 I noticed a box for the home version of "TAC/SCAN". I always had the highest score on that game in the arcades no matter where I played it. My highest score (so far) is 438,200. As for the 3DO, I had to have one just to play all the import games from Kenji Eno (console is region free by design). It's a pain to remove price stickers, it's good they don't use them. Nice store & good video.

[@Chronis67]

Elisa looks like she is being held against her will during that Encore ad read.

[@jrpgwife]

😂 I'm so bad at theses 😅

[@ghouli1950]

I recognized the game case immediately from the thumbnail. I love Wii Play games !

[@PerezEditingCo]

It looks like some of the shelves they have there are from the old ToysRUs store.

[@CabooseBlueArmy]

Vegas local here and I can vouch that the Wii Play Games on Rainbow and Sahara (West Location) Does indeed price a good majority of their items. I do not condone not pricing items like this, but will say the West location is better about this.

[@cholo21491]

Thor on the DS is a hidden gem . It plays diff than the 3ds version. Side scrolling Metroid hacknslash

[@1989red13bfc]

That was a CRISP edition of the Last Story. Damn

[@josegurrola9021]

No prices def a bummer. I usually ask prices right away if i notice that. Depending on their qst iffer i can usally gauge whether or not they will give a deal or are just giving first price they see on ebay

[@TheMidwestRetro]

i’ll be honest, i price EVERYTHING, however i don’t have a LOT of inventory, i do my best to offer what i can.

[@miatakid2]

Yeah, it sucks that stores are doing. But it only because of resale channels like pheonix resale going out and blasting say looking cought the store slippin and buying all of their inventory. Big bow stores don't price everything individually, and ofter time, the price on the shelf doesn't match at the scanner

[@JRPGLife]

I would argue that stores that display their products without prices have been doing it for longer than Phoenix Resale's channel has even existed. It tends to simply be a convenience so they don't have to constantly reprice things as the market fluctuates. 🙂

[@miatakid2]

@JRPGLife so you do not think that owners/ management's feeling get hurt on the losse of potential profits and getting shown your mistakes on an international level. Phenix resale whole thing is base on potential profit which mean the store has a potential losses. Caleb put out a video how I made millions flipping and not think that capitalism would find / think of a way to prevent this potential losses and looking like a fool be cought slipping .

[@JRPGLife]

I think that stores everywhere try to capitalize on profits and make as much as they can on video games. I also challenge you to ask your local game stores about their thoughts on resellers, you might be surprised that the majority of them either don't care, or are barely affected by it. We recently made a video on that exact question and the answers were enlightening ☺️

[@miatakid2]

@JRPGLife I asked and talk about it with all the game stores as I live in Kentucky. He works and dose his thing. But most say he's a nice person but can be difficult when it comes business and meeting "margins "

[@erdvilla]

First time I've seen a Robotech collection on YT. I've had that same one since 2001.

[@ThyGreenKnight]

The best thing about this video is Hero Quest!

[@davidtobin1]

No prices is bizarre! Would never pass muster in the EU.

[@BLiNKx86]

I searched for "jrpglife" on the app for encore (under the sellers tab) and couldn't find you. Someone named "pixel game squad" kept showing up?

[@JRPGLife]

Try again, we are there ☺️

[@BLiNKx86]

Weird. I found you under "giveaways". But still not under "sellers". Thanks!

[@xdendeavordx6561]

i understand the glass cases not having prices some games prices change weekly some have changed within days for the more expensive games or rare games i personally dont see a issue with it

[@undamned]

That L.A. Machineguns and Gunblade N.Y. on Wii is a blast!

[@JohnnyCProduction]

I don’t understand why everyone uses pricecharting when pricecharting is usually never accurate compared to just looking at recent sold listings on eBay. There have been making times I’ve looked at pricecharting and they would have loose copies calculated in their complete prices. Reason why prices are so under on pricecharting compared to looking at eBay sold listings.

[@JRPGLife]

Pricecharting is used because it has an API that gathers data directly from eBay sold listings only. Next time you go to pricecharting.com, take a look at where the program shows it's getting the price data from, they are all eBay sold listings ☺️

[@JohnnyCProduction]

@JRPGLife yeah I use Pricecharting many times but when I compared it with searching for eBay sold listings by game title with condition and or using the upc code, I see much different results at times. Especially for cartridge based games. People are usually paying more than what PT is giving as their average price so it’s giving people a false price. I work at a game store and I have dealt with customers that will only look at PT and if the price is not exactly the PT price, like even a dollar higher they won’t be interested especially for cartridge games that have a huge variety of condition of cart, box and if manual and inserts are available. The complete price on PT is messed up since they are counting complete in box prices even if the box is destroyed and maybe doesn’t even have the manual and inserts. I have also need complete price use loose listings at time.

[@dancypants1023]

What music is playing at 2:25?

[@gamefiendz]

Alright I will subscribe, I like your channel

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@griner65]

surely you could have a system that scans in the game you have at the price you want to sell it at. Then the system runs a check each morning through the inventory vs something like price charting and lets you know if the price is over/under 5% or something??? If you can run a report on the games you could just put that into an excel and have formulas highlight differences? Then you know you can adjust price stickers just on ones that went above or lower your own set %

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

That barcode stunt goes beyond caveat emptor. That's deceptive, and the seller should have disclosed that or moved the makeshift store barcode to make the cut out UPC obvious. I would call the store. Despite you living in a different state, you could state that you are upset about not being told. The store owner may give you some discount the next time you visit. This happened to me with a game I bought while visiting my parents and the store owner honored his word upon my return months later, though I had to remind him. Being prompt will cache you some legitimacy, though you care more about having a fair purchase.

[@zuniga89122]

There is a decent initial d following here in Vegas like 20 years ago

[@superj2644]

The no price thing is a whatever deal to me. Makes sense that they do it with more popular titles.

[@DitchDr101]

I just acquired a CIB copy Of Gear Works for the DMG. It’s the first time I’ve came across it since I started collecting in 2016-17. It’s been a tough one to find for sure! Yall will find one though! 🙌🤟

[@ethanklein8406]

I think the one thing that irritates me the most is the refusal to respect the fragility of the games and their cases. Writing, stamping and stickering on the most sensitive parts is highly inexcusable. There's absolutely no reason to put labels on paper covers or stamping discs.

[@mattpace1026]

Oh, you mean that thing that's done when the product is first released anyway? Of course, as it soon as it's a resale, suddenly it's inexcusable.

[@guyinapandasuit2691]

I'm a vegas local and have been to this store a couple of times. but last time was just after covid so its been a while. I just remember not having a good experience with the store associate. I was asking about a PS1 game and his tone and response were as if I offended him by asking at all. lol Can confrim Inital D is big in Vegas. Vegas car culture and nerd culture cross over a lot. most of the time, any events in town having to do with nerd stuff (LvL up, EVO) usually have a bunch of car guys there.

[@TimothySmiths]

Speaking from someone who collects comics and sports cards, when at a show or at a store my pet peeve is no pricing, if you are having to look it up i am done, first i know you are looking for very top dollar and i could do that anywhere .. and you are taking time away i could be at another booth searching or what have you .

[@CartridgeChronicles]

5:56 Reproduction copy of Castlevania Legacy of Darkness. Hope they listed it as a repro!

[@christianblackmtlrlz]

I'm all for no price tags on games as it slows down the Flipper/Resellers

[@techton3406]

Do you guys have Yo Kai Watch 3 for the 3ds? If so do you have any advice about doing so, the ebay prices are kind of ridiculous....

[@JRPGLife]

We do have it, but we picked it up YEARS ago, so it was very affordable ☺️

[@animatsuri]

I brought that Dragon Slayer game a long time ago. I didn't know $400 or so was the going price for it nowadays. i think I only paid $40 or so for it at the time.