7 Shopkeepers Who Ripped You Off, We Demand a Refund (Please?)

[@outsidextra]

Shoulda kept your receipt: These are the merchants and traders in games who deserve to lose their shop license, if that's a thing (that's probably a thing, right?) Enjoy!

[@gribbo127]

GTA 5 $250 for some underwear

[@rosielove4045]

PREMIER BALLS, that's all i'm saying.

[@shand1301]

Outside Xtra would about Parker Quinn from fallout 4 who sells you that charge card for 100 caps that's completely useless in the commonwealth?

[@LittlePinkBowser]

Outside Xtra you missed Patches from the Dark Souls series who tries to kill you for no reason, begs for forgiveness when you talk next then overcharges for everything afterward, in Bloodborn he is a spider and only appears in a PROCEDURALLY GENERATED AREA known as the Chalice dungeons

[@Girlrottingqueen]

Moria brown from fallout 3

[@NicoTheBear64]

Stick of Truth: Clyde: Would you like to hear Tips and Rumors for $2.00? *pays* Clyde: Don't waste money on Tips and Rumors...

[@NeWorldVision]

To be fair it's sound advice.

[@__S.T__]

*_AAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDD IT'S GONE_*

[@Dean-nq8so]

Ya know In hindsight...

[@300IQPrower]

I mean you get to beat the shit outta Clyde at least, unlike these guys

[@monicaclark8453]

There's a guy in Downtown Heliodor in DQ11 that does this a "juicy tip" which is just that fruit is juicy.

[@ebubbyy]

I just gotta say. Tom Nook is an amazing fellow. you come into town with barely enough money to buy a shovel and what does he do? give you a mortgage on a house with absolutely no interest, no credit, and no payment dates. you could literally not pay it for years like all of us have done at this point. and what does he do? He welcomes you back after 17 years of not paying your mortgage and smiles.He has a literal monopoly on anything you can buy and he doesn't raise prices. he doesn't play the supply and demand games. He will continue to give you thousands of bells for useless junk that you give him.

[@beardyschultz]

Plus, he canonically donates more money than he makes.

[@seajay632]

Idiots blather on about him being horrible and tight fisted cos they've never actually played the games and have no clue on what they're talking about. Meanwhile they completely ignore Redd who is actually very shady.

[@monicaclark8453]

While I appreciate his willingness to spot me without knowing me, I don't appreciate being forced to purchase a house I don't want and getting fired from a job that I wasn't paid for. If you needed to eat in those games you would be screwed. So like I get that overall he has a great deal of cannonical integrity, but the games are supposed to have a capitalist based economy and you don't get the kind of monopoly over an entire town/island/campgrounds without something shady happening. Redd is much worse though, you're right.

[@ElectricBlaze164]

Tbh..I never thought about it that way. I mean yes some of what's been said about him is true, but he's still not QUITE as bad as I thought

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

@@monicaclark8453 So what precisely was your plan when you moved to a town where you know absolutely no-one. Where exactly were you planning to sleep? As for eating… if you needed to eat in the game, there are multiple fruit trees in the town. If you need MORE food, you can plant more fruit trees. You can speculate all you like about how Tom Nook has a 'monopoly' over the town and how he got to that, but you have no actual proof of anything shady going on.

[@konaaukai5541]

Moneybags from the Spyro games should definitely be here! He charges us ludicrous amounts of money for, literally, anything we can buy from skills to items. It's highway robbery charging a dragon to teach him how to fly!

[@kurosakikun96]

Beating the ever living shit out of him in Year of the Dragon felt so good because of that

[@LordDeathwing17]

kurosakikun96 Ooooohhh yeah...

[@rebelyoot1927]

I know this vid is 4 years old but I have to say it. This channel has the PERFECT blend of personalities humor and subject matter! Absolutely phenomenal. Great balance that doesnt get tiring like most channels.

[@Adam-ox7zo]

Skyrim: Dragonborn: "Hear is the sword that I used to slay Alduin, the World Eater, the destroyer of all life and souls and the devourer of kings. I have used this sword to slay many foes, including the imperial regime that was here until I slayed General Tullius, the military governor. I have also used this sword to slay 213 dragons and somehow I also know I slayed 13,476 draugur. I'm am selling this sword to you to symbolize my retirement, the retirement of the Dragonborn, the savior of Tamriel and all life." Belethor: "I'll give you 92 gold for it. Maybe you can buy a few apples for it"

[@michaelmorton5698]

Slew. Sorry, but "slayed" is not a word in any current dictionary.

[@theflyingninja1]

@@michaelmorton5698 Maybe you should check a few dictionaries. Try that little known book, THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

[@michaelmorton5698]

@@theflyingninja1 Care to flip to the page where the past tense of "slay" is spelled with an "-ed"? "Slain" would have been correct grammar had the original poster not been a product of No Child Left Behind.

[@theflyingninja1]

@@michaelmorton5698 Slain, slayed, slew. All acceptable. I hate bad spelling as much as the next guy, but nothing to see here.

[@michaelmorton5698]

@@theflyingninja1 Touche.

[@manramen]

See Tom Nook I never felt ripped off by, since he was the only loan shark who never charged interest.

[@TheDevilRejectsNone]

How do you know that tho, maybe he already jacked your bill up.

[@weAreAll-GoingtoDie]

@@TheDevilRejectsNone do you know how much a house costs??

[@billiejojo]

See?! No rush no interest loans!

[@galladesamurai2380]

I know someone who is better at ripping you off,minecraft villagers

[@PlaystationSimmer]

Redd is the real shady shopkeeper in AC

[@CaitlinRC]

I still have nightmares about Tom Nook outside my house, demanding his bells...

[@MrTrex245]

Caitlin RC where are my BELLS, CAITLIN??!!!

[@timothymclean]

More of a crime lord or cult leader.

[@CaitlinRC]

MrTrex245 IM SORRY I NEED MORE TIME

[@tywarren6810]

what do you mean nook gave you a home for free (since you technically never have to pay this off) he then lets you remodel your house something no other character in the series get. also since I love doing shoddy math by taking the most basic sofa in the gcn being the cream sofa witch is 2000 bells and going onto ikea and trying to find a average sofa and finding that a decent price being about 300 dollars so then we can say that 2000 bells equals about 300 dollars so by taking 19800 divide that by 200 witch equals 9.9 then multiply that by 300 to get a grand price of 2970 but that number is shoddy at best but we could take this a new way witch is using an apple by doing a quick google search you can find the average apple price in the usa to be about 1.50$ witch in animal crossing gcn sells for 100 ( I'm using sell since you cant buy apples) so 100 bells equal 1.50$ so by taking the mortgage price and dividing that by 100 and multiplying that by 1.50 you get the grand total of your first mortgage to be 297$ so about the price of a console but since some one is going to complain here's the math for the sofa's sale price 19800 divided by 200 = 99 x 300 ( since using the price for the sofa being 300 we can equate 200 bells to 300 dollars) = 29700 IN conclusion just with just about 30 minutes of math and google we can say that the first mortgage is about the price of the average car witch you could pay of any time. tho this math is quite flawed being that both the sofa price and the apple prices aren't concrete and if I were to improve this I would use the goverments average apple price but currently I cant since it requires excel. so basically stop bitching and moaning that your so crushed by tom nook when he gave you a house for the price of a car that you don't even have to pay of and even then the entire economy would be completely fucked with out nook and don't tell me that no other animal could run a store. but if you were to take the grand total of 1,411,800 bells that you pay for all your debt equals 21.177 dollars with the apple example and for the second sofa example we get 2,117,700

[@saphirafox4995]

Considering Tom Nook gives you a house and then lets you pay it off whenever you want over any amount of time you want(which can be never), plus he never actually says anything to you about you having to pay him except when he gives you the cost for remodling, I'd say he's one of the most generous businessmen in gaming... Surprised he hasn't gone bankrupt if he treats all clients like this.

[@dallydaydream]

Joja Mart in Stardew Valley qualifies, I think. Apparently the local general store is losing customers to them because of their cheap deals, but it's actually more expensive to buy things there? Really the only thing they have going for them is that they're not closed on Wednesday's like Pierre's is, but I refuse to patronise them on principle. I came out to the country to escape that capitalist nonsense, dangit! Right on the money-- um, bells?-- with Tom Nook though. We have a saying about him: "I have stared into the void, and I owe it money."

[@eddmario]

To add to this, Joja was the company you were working for before you moved out to the valley.

[@dallydaydream]

@@eddmario Yep! Like I said, I came out to the country to *escape* it!

[@speedypichu6833]

Yeah, I have bought their once, technically the prices can be cheaper, but that requires destroying the community center. No.

[@acciodance]

I know he's not really a shopkeeper per se, but the guy selling the Magikarp in the PokéCenter on Route 4 is what immediately popped into my head.

[@eddmario]

But it's worth it because it's an earlier Gyarados

[@michaelbaker3868]

I always buy the magicarp for the reason stated above lol

[@gutstheundefeated4980]

Skyrim: Dragonborn - here is the sword that steals souls of its victims. Belethor - yea how about 76 gold my friend.

[@kazumablackwing4270]

Guts The Undefeated even at legendary quality with two enchants..the most you'll ever get is maybe 4 grand? Then it appears in their inventory for 20 grand? I get that shopkeepers gotta eat..but wtf? Also, why are all the general goods stores owned by a smarmy Breton?

[@banaroklionrage9536]

well it all depends on how much you reduce the prices i think the maximum you can sell stuff for is 90% of it's value or something like that and the most cheaply you can buy it is at about 100%. i think to start with you sell for 1/4th the price and things cost 4x as much, so yea haggling can be nice but it's seldom actually useful due to you drowning in cash in skyrim and perks can be better spent elsewere.

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

Kazuma Blackwing hey man no need to bring race into this

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

Kazuma Blackwing and i don't wanna hear any of that "oh but i've a Breton friend" or "no it's cool my half cousin is Breton!" Bretons have it tough enough as it is, and imo it's impressive that they can set up shop in foreign Skyrim and still make a name for themselves amongst the Nords

[@donkeymanusa6364]

I want more Argonian shopkeepers!

[@lucasm.3864]

#8: Gamestop.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Lucas M When I buy a game from Steam that’s 25% off and minutes later it’s 75% off.

[@martaperlicka183]

DoctorWeeTodd that’s why you wait for summer sale... or winter sale if you are that impatient.

[@Grim_Sister]

"Luke, you're clearly a Hufflepuff." "How DARE YOU?!" What's wrong with Hufflepuff? It's the nicest house in Hogwarts!

[@bubblesbubbleton2747]

HUFFLEPUFF PRIDE!!!! We are not the potato house! We are kind, understanding, and hardworking. We are also forgiving, but if you even LOOK at our friends wrong, we badgers will RIP you to shreds, and then promptly cuddle said friend to make sure they’re okay.

[@mollsgreys5827]

@@bubblesbubbleton2747 We are the BEST HOUSE! It's only my opinion, though.

[@ForrestFox626]

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think your house might be cursed.

[@GhostBear3067]

Gryffindor- jocks Slytherin- goths Raven Claw- nerds Hufflepuff- stoners

[@masonlambert1614]

It’s magical canada

[@Zeno11Salazar]

The line of, "The customer is always right," made me go from completely calm to ready to rip some heads off.

[@PedoBearNomsLoli]

Zeno Salazar Agreed. That is the bane of any (retail) customer service rep/employee's existence...

[@darkamora5123]

I have always lived by the rule "The customer always THINKS they are right...and it's loads of fun when policy allows you to tell them no, or even better to get out."

[@Team_BaM]

Lol, back when I worked at Blockbuster (old arn't I?) I had a guy ask me for a copy of Region of Fire. Having never heard of that title, I said I would be happy to check the computer. When it yielded no results I told him I was sorry but that title wasn't in our system and so wasn't something we carried at any of our locations. He grumbled something and walked off into the store. About 10 minutes later he comes up with a box for a movie and slams it down in front of me practically shouting, "So are you an idiot or just a f***ing liar?" Feeling embarrassed I looked down at the box and in a confused tone reply, "Sir, that's a copy of Reign of Fire." His face turns bright red and he screams "Look moron! R! E! I! G! N! If you think you spell rain with a G I weep for your generation!" With the store dead quiet I check out his rental, and he storms off. Soon as the door closes a little old lady behind him in line goes, "What a fucking idiot."

[@Wilmpadang]

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[@LordDeathwing17]

Home Depot Cashier here. Can relate.

[@mutantmaster1]

Numerous fantasy games that don't seem to understand the worth of rare or relic items. Oh you have a rare ring that regenerates health and is named after a famous hero? That you cleared a whole cave full of foes to get at? How about 50 units for it? And they wonder why players go nuts and massacre a whole town...

[@sandymangamin7159]

oh is that a common ring with no buffs? 3000 units

[@margaret_adelle]

Don't forget the bike salesman in Pokemon Fire Red that wants a million dollars for one bike. And yet a ton of people in-game have one. Conclusion: Kanto is full of millionaires.

[@dustwarewolf5532]

Actually, Poke is equivalent to Yen, which, unlike the vast majority of currencies, has no equivalent to dollars, with Yen actually being equivents to cents. One yen is worth about one cent. $10,000.00 is still a ludicrous price for a bicycle of coarse. Is it gold plated or something like that?

[@darkamora5123]

Dustwarewolf 55 not even a penny only about .9 cents. Still 9 grand for a bike, that sucker better pedal itself.

[@ninjamaster9094]

Why Tom Nook? Why not Crazy Redd? He sells you counterfeit paintings! And they're really expensive! How am I supposed to complete the museum if you keep giving me counterfeits?

[@jessicamochizuki962]

Labelle sell the most expensive item in game the Royal Crown for 1 200 000 Bells.

[@ninjamaster9094]

Well of course that's going to be expensive. At least she's giving you what you paid for.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

NinjaMaster909 At least you have the option to not buy. Nook just gives you shit you never asked for and makes you pay for it.

[@ninjamaster9094]

Fair point. At least he gives you the house before you pay off the mortgage rather than just leaving you homeless.

[@MamaMOB]

NinjaMaster909 I'd rather be homeless then forced to work for free to pay a mortgage on a house I was forced to take by my employer. We normally call that slavary.

[@WilliamAbelXIII]

Chet Rippo in the original Paper Mario. He charges a crap load of coins for his items, but won't tell you what the item is until you buy it.

[@crowsenpai5625]

Ravio from Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. He charges a absurd amount of Rupees for you to own a item, but it's ok because for less (still quite a bit though) you can rent the item and should you even fall in battle, instead of helping he just sends his pet bird to mug the rented item off your bleeding out body. (And that's not even touching the fact he made his shop by taking over your house without your permission)

[@TheGauges420]

Crow senpai i fucking love that whole game though honestly. Just a treat to play.

[@HemborgerChariotsUploadMess]

Not only is that game my favourite Zelda game ever and Ravio is cute, but you get so many fucking rupees that it doesn't matter. Besides, it doesn't even compare to Wind Waker's infamous Triforce Hunt which costs 8 seperate payments of 398 rupees.

[@danhjnny]

Don't forget the shopkeepers of Skyrim who 1) not only buy your legendary - enchanted items for a handful of septims 2) if you accidentally sell an item and immediately buy it back, it's four times the price!

[@arekkrol9758]

like in irl pawn shop

[@galladesamurai2380]

Do you know who is the best at ripping you off? Minecraft villagers You can trade 15 stone blocks for 5 emeralds but you can trade 20 terracotta blocks (which are rarer) you may only get 2 emeralds!? That's a load of bull!!!

[@heresthadude1080]

You really gotta raise your speech/mercantile skill when trading with Skyrim merchants. Nords don't part with their septims very easily.

[@jonathancommentar1150]

Kecleon from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, if you don't have the money he hunts you down and kills you.

[@sarahsims7706]

Ah, I spent many a childhood afternoon trying to rob those shops.

[@dweebicusmaximus]

and occasionally your partners will steal accidentally and just destroy your whole team

[@Jetfox967]

Yep

[@ShadowE1]

Yep

[@quiethere45]

with A ARMY TO BOOT

[@TheFloRence]

Tingle in the wind waker, pay a small fortune every time you want a bloody map

[@raoul5714]

in the reworked version it got a lot less, thats maybe a reason why he's excluded

[@StriderOwO]

finner 4433 Remember in Majora's Mask when he actually sold maps at decent prices?

[@TheFloRence]

stride99 yeaaaaaaaaa, no

[@PixelPuppy2004]

When Luke gets offended by Hufflepuff: "Well, maybe us Hufflepuffs would be offended if you joined us too! Hmph!"

[@co1293]

We are however way too nice to say such a thing. Lucky him.

[@akuraproductions3550]

No, the reply would be more like this, and this is coming from a fellow Hufflepuff: "Hey, we have cookies and an endless supply of blankets! We are the best by default, loser. Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean that, do you need a hug? Hot chocolate? Cookies?!"

[@NeithCassMainPage]

The kecleon brothers from the PMD series. Who will happily thank you for your services but will never reward you. Also if you steal from one I'm a dungeon they will summon an unending army of super fast and super powerful kecleon that will hound you until you either get KOed or you escape, and magically let any Pokemon who need your help that you're a criminal preventing a quick escape

[@GrizzlyTheIrishman]

I used to like Luke - then he was horrendously offended at being a Hufflepuff. I'll have you know, Luke, that Hufflepuff if the best house. It's definitely in the top four.

[@EnemyN7]

This is why i like you, Hufflepuffs. Such a great sense of humour.

[@karimhenry8214]

GrizzlyTheIrishman I'll give it to you that Hufflepuff is in the top four, but Griffindor is clearly the best. Have you seen the sword that comes out of the sorting hat? Not only is it cool, it's totally overpowered!

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

GrizzlyTheIrishman Hufflepuff's the underdog. Everyone loves an underdog.

[@timothymclean]

+Karim Henry But Helga Hufflepuff had a fancy cup.

[@karimhenry8214]

Id think the rankings would be griffindor, slytherin, hufflepuff, and then ravenclaw. So give hufflepuff bronze. Enjoy! :)

[@fentanyl-induced-coma]

I love how in Skyrim a merchant offers me 90 gold for the bow the the elven god Auri-el

[@dustwarewolf5532]

That should be worth at least 10,000 gold. Although, I suppose that most merchants would not be able to afford to buy it then.

[@liamwells7953]

you also have the worth of an item for a certain merchant. A fruit merchant never wants your hundreds of iron daggers......

[@Draeckon]

@@liamwells7953 You _can_ sell anything to any merchant after you get the right perk from Speechcraft.

[@samualwatkins]

90 gold? Sir this bow is the celestial weapon of a god. It technically doesn’t even exists. Shop keep: ...100 gold.

[@heresthadude1080]

Par for the course for a Skyrim merchant; Nords don't have the best opinion of Elven culture

[@pist0l937]

Mike: hey Jane I need your shoes for a joke.

[@tiacat11]

Exactly what I was thinking XD

[@darkmessiah-minecraft9272]

i think they were ellens

[@riceeatr4205]

13:56 he literally tells you not to say in front of lynels for too long while wearing the lynel mask because they are smart enemies and will probably see right through them

[@tiacat11]

Uh, excuse you, when was the last time YOU had a landlord who told you you could just pay off your debt whenever, and was willing to house you despite the fact that you had barely any money and no credit? He took a deposit of 5%, for god's sakes! I think you owe Tom Nook the TANUKI an apology, Outside Xtra.

[@DisKorruptd]

well, in OX's defense, as soon as your debt is paid, he adds an annex you didnt ask for, and charges you for that too

[@kiadavis8655]

What happens if you don't pay him if that's possible

[@ymari100]

Kia Davis you get your knees took see what happened to Luke?

[@wadeconroy3467]

@LTNetjak so basically, you are always in debt to the darn Nook

[@canadiandee6342]

It’s called indebted slavery. I’ve been in a version. Not as great as it sounds. You’re at the mercy of the person who is “helping you out”

[@antonywood8953]

How in Various Pokémon Games you meet a guy selling what he says is a awesome super rare Pokémon. You pay 500 for it to be a Magikarp then when u go to the next town some guy gives you a rod for free where you can catch a Magikarp at more likely a higher level than yours.

[@Linlinstellaluna]

Never said Magikarp wasn't worth it; just that you can get a better deal not taking the offer.

[@maxvel0city906]

Anyone want to buy a broken barometer? "No Pressure!"

[@Bug_Bait]

That should not have made me laugh. Why did I laugh?

[@katatonickkatastrophe3539]

Hah! I see what you did there! XD

[@Intr0vertical]

Every Skyrim merchant ever!Here is this godly sword that has been hand crafted and enchanted by your prophesied saviour how much for it?60 GOLD DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT IT TOOK TO GET THIS WEAPON FORGET THIS!Whatever I want to buy minor healing potion how much 248 GOLD HELL TO THE NO!

[@mr.hankeythexmaspooteamhea6136]

+Prodigy Gamer To be fair your prices *can* get better as you increase your Speech & invest the right perks in it, which makes your character a better barterer & more of a smooth talker. Not that you actually need to become a better haggler, since you're gonna be drowning in money anyway...

[@Pyrithe]

Well that's your problem right there, the real money is in potion crafting, you screwed up and got into blacksmithing. It's even right there in your example, potions are vastly superior to enchanted god swords.

[@mr.hankeythexmaspooteamhea6136]

+Pyrithe Wheat, Giant's toe & Creep Cluster. 'Nuff said.

[@yoshitotem]

That last bit must be exaggeration, i've never seen a minor healing potion cost that much. Maybe extreme and above, but minor? No. Also, You DO know the merchants of skyrim don't actually have infinite gold, like merchants in other games seem to have. Thats why your "godly sword" often doesn't net you all that much, the merchants of skyrim CANNOT pay more gold than they currently have, its physically impossible. Besides that, if you spent all that time making your sword super overpowered, why the hell would you sell it? Just selling something like that PERIOD is wasteful.

[@Torthrodhel]

This is why I like for my character to be a weapons merchant, and basically ban myself from selling potions outright. It just makes the game wayyyyy too easy. At least if you're selling weapons and armor, there's a high encumberance and a low return and it actually feels like some kind of progress is going on as you become gradually better at it. Not just knowing the right ingredients to unlock a million small inheritances...

[@quinlynnnelson5030]

everybody gangsta till you see tom nook at your front door at 4:27 a.m. demanding you give him all of your bells

[@julianmcconnie7827]

How has no one mentioned the kecleons in Pokémon mystery dungeon! One wrong move and your mobbed by the over powered cheaters into submission

[@HorusDeathtouch]

That dude selling water in Fallout 3 Broken Steel as some kind of special tonic. Oof.

[@ryanfrounks]

What about Moneybags from Spyro 3 Year of the Dragon.... charging us to buy our own Dragon eggs?.... HE'S A EVIL DRGAON NAPPER AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING HIM?

[@greenliongirl07]

Ryan A Frounks let's not forget he made you pay to open bridges and portals and the like in the 2nd Spyro forward. The bad part is your trying to save his world! Hmm. . . Could he be the true hidden money hunger villian of the series?

[@ryanfrounks]

greenliongirl07 true but it disturbed me more because he made me pay for our poor cute baby dragons.

[@ryanfrounks]

PrototypeKnuckles I won't lie that was pretty fun

[@katiehunter6877]

He didn't try to sell it to Spyro, he said he was going to take somewhere else to sell it.

[@callumdonington2227]

He charges you to learn how to climb ladders. LADDERS!

[@BYERE]

"The customer is always right" is BS. It has been twisted by greedy a-holes who thing they can treat shop staff like garbage while they're treated like royalty... and most of the times, the customer is VERY wrong and needs a slap in the face! Can you tell I work in retail?

[@michaelmorton5698]

Tell it. 16 years in retail and I still want to slap an entitled mook for trying to get over on me.

[@LordDeathwing17]

Michael Morton Greetings, my brother. Home Depot Cashier.

[@LaDyLuCk2900]

Agreed. Customer service is NOT customer servitude

[@yahyachothia]

Most of the times? I get you face the occasional ass-hole but a lot of them?

[@singrmaster101]

Agreed, I used to work detail so I understand

[@zacmassey7791]

"I had to cooperate with strangers, online." Mike you understand me

[@phamthienphuc3951]

i always think that those vending machine in Bioshock series are ripping us off. Think about it, they sold stuff that lying everywhere at sky high price, and when you did able to hack 1 of those, it only discount you 50%. I OWN YOU NOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST STRAIGHT UP GIVE THEM UP TO ME >:[

[@joshstyles8535]

Anyone mentioned Kecleon from the Red and Blue Pokémon Mystery dungeon games? One wrong step and you have infinite waves of the horribly over powered chameleon beating you down, God forbid every trying to add one to your party.

[@seawright2307]

Tom Nook is a good guy! He donates all of his profit to a local orphanage, he provides homes for the homeless AT COST, gives you an unlimited amount of time to pay it off, and doesn't charge interest! And then he accepts cherries and random trash as payment

[@magnum567134]

Ravio from A link Between Worlds definitely rips you off. You give him a place to live and run his shop out of, free of charge, and he has the gall to charge for renting items! On top of that, if you lose a fight, he retrieves the items and charges you again!

[@nightcoresisters4820]

Plus if you buy the items from him, instead of just the rental price it's like 2x more expensive.

[@magnum567134]

NightcoreSisters Exactly! And he's one of the few video game shopkeepers that definitely has other customers, but still takes Link's hard earned rupees

[@animeflo1361]

I think there are better options for this list like Kecleon from pokemon mystery dungeon and the shopkeeper from a links awakening

[@ponchobosque5019]

AnimeFlo At least with kecleon prices are relatively the same as the shops outside and inside the dungeons, but I never use them cause I always have a full bag

[@Richforce1]

How about the shopkeeper in Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening? 980 Rupees for a bow and if you decide to steal it you have your character's name changed to THIEF forever or he zaps you dead. Seriously where were you when I was fighting Ganon? Hyrule would be saved in ten seconds flat.

[@jotarokujo4727]

Imagine if a shopkeeper does the same thing IRL

[@mp5wes]

Ellen's face when Luke says, "how dare you?!" 🤣

[@ThorKAH]

Runewright in Witcher 3, you need to spend 30.000 crowns to get his full enchanments, then on top you have to buy /craft the Runes/glyphs

[@andymcp4752]

How about Medigoron and The Giants Knife from Ocarina of Time. It costs 200 Rupies and takes six years to forge.. Once you get it, it breaks after about 5 hits..

[@mikeirrelevant668]

5 hits? In all my playthroughs I dont think its ever lasted me more then 2

[@timmyteaches7663]

That's why you do the quest to make it unbreakable..

[@mikeirrelevant668]

Except the long confusing quest doesnt make it unbreakable, it forges a separate better one, dont even need to buy the crappy one in the first place to get it

[@zacharywolf5666]

He gives you a weapon from Breath of the Wild

[@entropiCCycles]

To be fair to Griff, he is working with a wanted man and could have easily had a word with the Dunwall City Watch.

[@NastyLittleBagginses]

How about GameStop? Buy a game from them for $60, then they'll try to pressure you into spending another $25 for DLC that won't be out for six months, and another $15 for "insurance" in case you scratch the disc, and the next day they'll grudgingly buy it back from you for $11... if you're lucky.

[@97dusk]

I don't know what Gamestop you've been to, but my local Gamestop doesn't do that.

[@98loud]

"Pressure you" like they do more than ask if you want it.

[@brendenjt]

And the scratch coverage is only like $1

[@ambre7509]

$11 is a high estimate, my friend. More like $2.73 in-store credit and a cold handshake.

[@aromaladyellie]

Yeah my GameStops (there are two near me) are also pretty fair. I brought them a used game I bought from them and they were willing to give me the price on the sticker that I bought it for. Brand new game prices does go down if you open it though, but that's the same *anywhere* except online. I've never been pressured by them into anything and the one year warranty thing is like $6. What cutthroat GameStops do people go to for them to have such a crap reputation?

[@juliettereyes8244]

It gets worse in New Horizons, at that point he becomes "president" of your new island

[@koenhartholt7033]

Well, he is called "the great leader" In the Dutch version.... so Tom-nook-un? (Kim young un joke)

[@ucalove10]

Kecleon in Pokemon mistery dungeon... I FORGOT THAT APPLE IN THAT BAG! HOW ARE ALL OF YOU STRONGEER THAN THE LEGENDARIES POKÉMONS??

[@900Deathwish]

You also forgot how Nook puts you back into debt, after upgrading your house.

[@Sableagle]

Did he do that to everyone else in the whole village too? If he did, narrowing the list down to anyone with a motive won't help, and there won't be any witnesses to anything except you being at least half a mile away at the time. (Half a mile away from him *and* from that rifle, I mean.)

[@Hermititis]

Aggressive Gay Meme , When he asked if I wanted to enlarge my house, I said no. He laughed at me and upgraded it anyway. I remember risking Resetti and power cycling to see if there was a way to keep my starter home.

[@Bighomie39]

Luckily in New Leaf, Tom has become purely a home-based store and money comes easy with the Recycling Shop. Though the amount you have to pay for the world's smallest rennovation is triple the amount you pay after you get the house in the first place, brand-new.

[@carltonroberts7174]

Aggressive Gay Meme tom nook is America the animal. Lil man need to get a pistol and lay his annoying ass out

[@raymondv.m4230]

How is Patches from Darksouls 3 not on this list? He's literally the only merchant in all of souls games that sells RUBBISH! Literal Rubbish! Not to mention that before you can even enlist his services, he has to attempt to kill you first!

[@egoshOOter14]

It's Patches. I would be on my toes if he doesn't try to kill the player. It's his hobby really.... actually a rather sad hobby when i think about it.

[@Skaitania]

Everyone complains about Skyrim's traders, but how many shopkeepers do you know that allow you to dump all the dirt on their desk and then give you actual gold coins for it (as little as it may be)? They probably have to sell the magical sword just to cover the expenses for disposing all the dull Iron Daggers, bowls of Troll fat and Burned Books you keep bringing them, not to mention paying off the guards to keep quiet over all the Human Flesh, Daedra Hearts and soul-eating Swords that cross his counter.

[@arekkrol9758]

yea, this is totaly this same thing when you go to irl pawn shop, that old phone what used to cost 100$ in the store? what about 15$? and then sells it for 60$ or something if he finds buyer at all

[@Zeno11Salazar]

What I think is great about Tom Nook is the fact that he never hunts anyone down to pay mortgage. He gives you all the time in the world and gives upgrades to your house as a reward for completing the bill, then gives you the bill to that upgrade and so on.

[@mr.chimichanga6947]

Basically anybody in the elder scrolls series. Not only do they all claim to have "the best" prices in whatever country your in but will buy a sword that that's on fire and steals souls and is literally used by demons for 100 gold

[@ozonesense9169]

I you want overkill protection, how about the kecleons in Pokemon mystery dungeon who will call an army so you can't steal that one berry

[@wajihrashid9305]

What are you buyin' stranger?

[@Ranger_4878]

kaneki ken an engram that gives me good gear

[@heraldenggorias9750]

Resident Evil 4 merchant?

[@hamstsorkxxor]

Stranger, STRANGER! now that's a fine item.

[@heraldenggorias9750]

Stranger, stranger! Now THAT's a weapon!

[@wajihrashid9305]

Asyraf Ahmad Yes that was a reference to the resi 4 merchant (My most fav resi game of all time)

[@andresrincon752]

The Big Goron on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, he sells you this sword that breaks after a few swings, and then he makes you go to a ton load of chores to actually make a better sword.

[@diamondbandit8385]

Can't believe Moneybags from Spyro the Dragon wasn't on this list. He even admits he's ripping you off and still doesn't care. Scoundrel.

[@enigma-sama2509]

"Roses are red your engram is purple, just kidding its blue now. Have a good day!" -Master Rahool

[@not3kidsinatrenchcoat18]

What about the psychic in persona 5 who sells you a lump of salt for ¥100,000?

[@FriendB]

She did admit it was a scam, didn't she?

[@animegirlamy4008]

It is a scam, but at least she gives the money back to you if you max out her social link.

[@timothymclean]

Wait, you bought that? She must have been psychic to expect that!

[@Puddincess]

Atleast you can romance her. its worth it, I swear

[@tiacat11]

Still, 88 dollars for a lump of salt that breaks from the walk home is not what I'd call lucky. But at least she makes up for it in exp bonuses and social stat buffs.

[@bobboberson9999]

Tom Nook is not a raccoon... He's a f**king a tanuki! I'm sick of everyone getting that wrong. (Don't worry I still love you guys)

[@deathbykonami5487]

Do you know a tanuki is also known as a raccoon dog because of its color markings

[@soupepictrek1397]

What about the PokeMart at the start of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald?? While they may not directly rip you off, They have such poor customer service. NO MORE POKEBALLS YOU SAY?? Every other PokeMart in every other game has A. Every item that is available to you at the moment, and B. An unlimited amount of it! Seriously, look at my 999x Max Repels, Poke Balls, and Potions. Why don't I set up a store and do the same? EDIT: It may also be the case in some other games, but I don't remember.

[@maynase]

SoupEpicTrek AGREEEEEED

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

That's the case in every game up until you complete the professor's first quest.

[@petelee2477]

SoupEpicTrek because silph co can do whatever they please, seriously it wouldn't surprise me if they funded the gyms and the entire elite 4

[@darkohgrubb17]

I'll take your premier ball!

[@yoshitotem]

I... don't ever remember that happening in a pokemon game, i've never seen ANY pokemarts run out of stock, and i've been playing since pokemon yellow.

[@RainbowAJ]

Aaaah yes, the infamous Tom Nook.

[@WitheredFreddo]

Tom nook: "Now you must pay 700,000 Bells Before you can Pay your Det. :>"

[@jessicamochizuki962]

Muffet in Undertale who is trying to support her community with the Undergrounds only Bakery and she'll even spare your life saving you a half the work of her boss battle if you were nice enough to buy some of the baked goodies such as Spider Donut and Spider Cider both of which is 9999G.

[@timothymclean]

Supply and demand. Besides, there's a discount for people who aren't suspected humans.

[@openaardvark419]

You can get them in the ruins for 5-18 gold

[@UnPokemon]

You can just buy one donut in the Ruins for 10G and eat it during the battle for it to stop.

[@avalockwood4868]

Temmie as well

[@HunterX05]

Sans the skeleton hOi!!!!!!! *tEmMiE ViBrAtIoN InTeNsIfOiS*

[@Raiga0310]

Kecleon from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon while you are in the dungeons

[@lanabanana8265]

What about the Merchant in Castlevania 64? If you're a loyal customer and keep buying from his shop the fine print on the contract he doesn't tell you about says he gets your soul, turning him into a boss fight.

[@beanface7408]

I think nearly every merchant from Skyrim could be on this list "And here I have a priceless artifact, created by the prince of destruction. It can kill with a single cut, it looks really cool too." "Hmmmm, 1000 gold sounds good." "What?! Thats stupidly cheap!" (Saves to see what happens if you sell it) "Here it is." "1000 gold" "Sure" "If you want to buy it back you have to pay me 40,000 gold"

[@Fanimati0n]

Tom Nook is not a bad shopkeep. He gives you an out of pocket loan on a piece of prime real estate for no money down with a zero percent interest rate. Also, the reason he's so eager to get his hands on money is because he donates most of it to an orphanage. Tom is a good person.

[@blakebeltonbailey]

Chudley's Fine Goods and Fancy Trinkets Emporium from Zelda: Twilight Princess. He won't even let you in unless you shine your shoes. After a waste of 10 rupees to get your shoes shined he has such exorbitant prices that you literally can't carry enough rupees to buy the cheapest item ( not to mention the 100,000 rupee magic armor). Thank goodness Malo bought the store and dropped the prices.. even though he is literally a toddler.... It's better to not focus on the details in Zelda.

[@jessicamochizuki962]

If you Thought Tom Nook in Animal Crossing Wild World was bad you should play Animal Crossing New Leaf, you would think as the newly appointed Mayor that Tom Wouldn't try to force you into a lifetime of Debt not with having to fund the city's economy re stock the museum, etc however Tom Nook will, he's also handed over his old store to his twin sons who are equally greedy, then there's the other merchants the worst of which is Gracie who will sell both clothing and furniture ridiculous prices and insult you if you dont have the bells to pay for them however her it is her apprentice Labelle who stocks the games most expensive item Royal Crown (has red fabric between gold slits, a cross on top), which is 1.2 Million Bells. The Spelunky shopkeeper has competition in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon ((Red, Blue, Explorers of Time, Darkness, Sky. Super Mystery, Gates to infinity)) Kecleon Bro's, these guys will happily sell you and your enemies goods. However if you're on a job that has a npc client, the as aforementioned client will auto pick up stuff or as i learnt if your standing on a reviver seed and die you will instantly save your self with the item even if you dont have the poke cash to do so and enrage the dungeon shopkeeper who is highly trained and it's only after you have survived an encounter that if you extremely luckily choice to join your guild.If you're not luckily and really want this over powered Gecko on your payroll you have to deliberately steal from the Bros dungeon based stores escaping with your life until they cave. Plus the Kecleon Bro's have family every where and will take it out on you if you fail to get them to join you after the first incident. Then their is Muffet in Undertale who is trying to support her community with the Undergrounds only Bakery and she'll even spare your life saving you a half the work of her boss battle if you were nice enough to buy some of the baked goodies such as Spider Donut and Spider Cider both of which is 9999G.

[@VIofCaffeine]

I like how everyone forgets about Red or what's his face from Animal Crossing. You can't tell which is real or not. You literally have to look very closely at each thing you buy. I remember him being a fox, notorious for being a con artist (people still buy from him however), and being a rival with Tom Nook. All I got to say is: At least Tom Nook has morals.

[@angelitabecerra]

Jessica Mochizuki Or Kecleon Shops in later Mystery dungeon games. Steal from them (which includes Trawl Orbs) and they get hyper speed and chase you around the map. Further more, they spawn a bunch of Kecleon to help track you down. In some later games getting to the next floor will save you (make sure you stock Pure Seeds if you're gonna steal from them), and in others you are attacked on every floor by them until you leave the dungeon. Basically stealing from the Kecleon Bros is insta death.

[@Koenna99]

Nook in New Leaf is not as bad as City Folk (don't have the other games to know how he works in those), in New Leaf he won't charge you unless you decide to upgrade your home yourself, while in City Folk he upgrades your home again without asking until its maxed out.

[@RockyKido]

Not to forgot, Labelle says after buying something from her ‘’Yes, I’ve recieved the (Item cost) Bells.

[@RockyKido]

Then we’ve got Pascal, once you find a Scallop, he pops up and asks to give it to him for some furniture, wallpaper and flooring, if you get a Scallop for the first time, you might get manipulated by this monster, and you get some crappe furniture.

[@MatthewDoel32]

How about the shopkeeper in Link's Awakening that kills you with lightning if you steal something from him?

[@MatthewDoel32]

Also, Luke seriously needs to have some knee insurance. First Bud Fensler, now Tom Nook, who's next?

[@aqeel0262]

That's not a scam since your S T E A L I N G

[@yoshitotem]

Hey, he's just protecting his goods, you didn't have to steal from him. The only one to blame there is you.

[@skippiks23]

Admittedly you had to steal from him first, but the merchant from Link's Awakening would insta-kill you if you went back into the shop after stealing. The internet wasn't around when it came out on the original Game Boy so when I first heard about this through word of mouth, I had to go check it out for myself. Yep, he zaps you good.

[@liammaps2700]

Whatcha sellin? Shopkeeper: actually, I’m taking today. Give me your hard earned cash.

[@warandpoetry9542]

What about No Man's Sky?! Oh wait this is a list of *in game* merchants, not just straight up games

[@raymondv.m4230]

Lissy Loo Meh, it wasn't very good.

[@thewanderer5506]

I, for one, think its an amazing game

[@SentientFalcon]

But I love that game :(

[@kaigh2001]

The games gotten much better since the update m8

[@fondajames]

I enjoyed it when it was new and it's only gotten better

[@foilcladshadows]

You missed GAMESTOP

[@Carbonated__Milk]

Worth watching this channel purely because Ellen is a gorgeous person.

[@TwentyTwoSigma]

Same. I'd pay to watch her.

[@Rabbit-the-One]

Agree.

[@razacorwrayth1629]

My favorite terrible shopkeeper-like NPC is the Goblin Tinkerer in "Terraria". For atrocious prices, he'll either upgrade or downgrade your equipment randomly, but almost never give you the exact upgrade you want, and is easily the biggest money hole in the game.

[@Dark_Mishra]

I’m shocked the merchant from RE4 wasn’t on here. Leon must be his only customer, but he still charges crazy high prices for some of his wares - not to mention how he holds out on some items until specific points in the game! Has he had that Striker the whole time, or did he really happen to find it in the castle since the last time you met him?

[@ThePonz87]

basically, every trader in every rpg

[@resdraon]

The fact money bags from spyro isn't on here just proves how wrong it is.

[@BrawlerClaws67]

How about the Merchant in Resident Evil 4? For one, he seems to always be behind a door that's locked for you. Couldn't he just open it? And second, he's clearly loaded with guns and ammo. Couldn't he sell you some ammo, or at least help you fight?

[@Momlovebabycharline]

What about every merchant in skyrim. If you sell them something you only get about half of it's worth, and if you buy something you pay 3 times its actual value

[@kiophoenix]

In TESV Skyrim, I accidently sold one of my swords for 400 Septims just to learn that trying to buy it back would cost me 8600+ Septims. Great, right?

[@SniperSpy10]

what about that guy at game who sold me the latest COD for £60, Come on, that is the most expensive fish ever

[@denaldinios3566]

What is with the shop owner in Legend of Zelda Links Awakening? If you steel something he will murder you and tell EVERYONE (even the owl) about it, so from now you will be known as "thief"

[@tiacat11]

That's not really a rip-off, that your fault for stealing. Shouldn't have been stealing from a "helpless" shopkeeper.

[@denaldinios3566]

tiacat11 I think, to kill someone because he stole an arrow for 10 bucks is a little bit overreacted

[@insertnamehere1621]

All of the fable 3 shops after you bought them like I OWN THIS STORE CAN I AT LEAST GET 50% OFF?!

[@toby-wankenobi8225]

I'd suggest Moneybags from the Spyro series. He keep the good guys locked up, impedes your progress and charges you a fortune. Not to mention he insults you at regular intervals.

[@angelitabecerra]

Toby-Wan Kenobi All I ever want to do when playing Spyro is killing Money Bags. Though, I've always enjoyed the end when he gets beaten and I get ALL my gems back...only to have the credits roll and nothing to use them on :( Curse you Money Bags!

[@demonprincess9680]

Midori in Hometown story. Watch the vase cutscene that introduces her. She tries to sell her vase and ups the price every time she mentions it until you can finally buy it for 20,000 g, if I remember correctly. Then, when you try to sell the vase yourself, you can only sell it for 300 g and can't change the price in your shop

[@gamingfedora7866]

Marcus Kincaid. One of those names is the one I use. Also where'd she get that axe? Quickly every man for himself!

[@RazorO2Productions]

Gaming Fedora Ellen's Creed.

[@gamingfedora7866]

Yes I'd buy the DLC for it

[@Color_Splsh]

Seriously? No shady neksdoor shopkeepers from miitopia? They try to sell you an mp candy for multiple times the normal price. I bet the dad isn't even sick.

[@ConkerTheCat]

I remember few of these shop scammers, anyone else buy a Magikarp in pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow for 500? I did. Also the seller in Paper Mario 1000 year door who will sell you mystery items for over 70+ coins, some can be old mushrooms. I hated that guy.

[@LLT8]

The shopkeepers in Fallout 4. Do not know about the other Fallout games but I bought a gun from him that was like 250 caps. Sold it back later. I had to sell it for 100 caps. SO FRUSTRATING!!! I am the the one who did all detective cases, mercenary work, got a marriage between man and bot. I DESERVE A DISCOUNT!

[@hopewec]

how about the vendors from the Mass Effect series! "I'm commander shepard and this shop is ripping me off while I'm fighting a war to save civilization from eminant destruction"

[@Torthrodhel]

Monopoly in its original form was meant to have a 2nd part to it which forced players to actually deal with the negative consequences of impoverishing your tenants - a board game essentially designed in order to teach an economic principle. Being a board game sold in consumer capitalist regimes, however, that inconvenient part got quietly dropped in favour of it being only about the fun of getting rich and owning all the things.

[@nemesisgrime8990]

Baro Ki'Teer in Warframe. Worst deals ever.

[@g.ggaming7645]

plus he only comes every two weeks and he has an monopoly on most primed mods and prisma weapons

[@yahiaaymankamaly3518]

The Real Soundwave waaaaaaat I wait for him all the time ..... I still want that prime serration T_T

[@kiophoenix]

*WHEN BARO? INTENSIFIES*

[@MrSmilingDeath]

Avesha Darkwalker Everyone's over here saying "When Baro," meanwhile I'm just over here asking for Clemframe. Clem is God.

[@DisKorruptd]

or the Darvo Deals

[@synthraofficial5366]

The Merchant from Resident Evil 4. Enough said.

[@HeroSword_P]

Well he IS the only Merchant in a region that's entirely hostile to Leon...

[@synthraofficial5366]

True. But your also one of his only customers. He should try harder to not get mugged, lest you go to wherever he's getting all those weapons from.

[@timmyteaches7663]

Whatcha buyin?

[@xthe_nojx5820]

I forgot how well done the Window Sequence in Fable 2 was. A pair of Epic slow-mo shots of the throw, an Epic wide shot of the falling and then an unimportant impact in the snowy alleys below. It could've been a sack of potatoes or a bag of laundry. Not bad.

[@luplun614]

Renon, the shopkeeper from Castlevania 64, has good merchandise for fair prices, but his customer loyalty program leaves much to be desired. There's no coupons or freebies for repeat customers, instead your reward for spending 30,000 gold is a super-hard boss battle against him for possession of your immortal soul. Which you already have and aren't too keen on giving up.