Owning a business is no joke, wishing your store success man. People should try to support their local game stores if possible
@RideRedRacer5 ай бұрын
id rather not supprt resellers that make this more expensive for us... these guys ruin it for everyone else. id rather buy someones old collection from ebay
@maxinsano73765 ай бұрын
Man that was a nice chat - no need to apologize for this- it definitely opens up the eyes to how things are in a game store. And I appreciated you saying to not lowball customers and for a $1000 you need to give them like at least 600 or 700. That's doing the right thing.
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank u
@cakehoarder5 ай бұрын
Nice video bro, pretty chill listen as I cleaned some games myself 🤝
@mariomtz66365 ай бұрын
Love your videos man! You should definitely check out his stores when you’re in Houston. I’m from the area and love shopping there
@jesses72445 ай бұрын
Everyone thinks its sooooooo easy but nobody signs up for the struggle. Thank you for this RAW and unfiltered look at what it is really like. I've never seen your business before this video, but I will happily stop in and buy some stuff if I'm ever back in Houston.
@gnarleytarley38705 ай бұрын
I will say some of the hardest things about owning a store like this, 1. All those gems you want to buy for your collection but need to resell! 2. Trade ins while great can't be your only transactions. ( I dealt with that owning a MTG store). Even with that said it's worth it to have something you love! Keep up the good work!
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank u
@GravyDavy785 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I totally understand the stress and the struggles! It’s absolutely not easy, but you’re doing what you love owning your own business. You are your own boss and call the shots. Keep it up, brother!
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@artmusicliterature98595 ай бұрын
Not boring! Thanks for the genuine info!!
@BlakeBickerstaff5 ай бұрын
Thanks for being honest with us. I wish you nothing but success
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank u
@Argentavis4 ай бұрын
Thanks for these videos, really cool to see the real side of things!
@Progressive.G5 ай бұрын
Customers can be very difficult sometimes, but as long as you have good intentions and try to stay respectful, you'll usually avoid or de-escalate customer drama.
@GamingTaylor5 ай бұрын
Love your video and how genuine you are, keep making videos man you'll get a lot more views if you talk about games and the positive sides of owning a store. Some video ideas / questions... How often do you get large or highly collectible trades? If the customer clearly doesn't know what they have, do you low ball them to make a large profit? Do you sell online or all in your store? Have you thought about diversifying into other collectibles like trading cards? Could you give us a breakdown of how much you typically earn a month? How much more business do you get near Christmas compared to other times of the year? What's the best trade-in you've had, or can remember? How often do you deal with theft or break ins (any stories?), How can you possibly afford to pay employees? Is it really possible to pay rent, utilities, taxes, yourself, and employees? Do you still find time to play and enjoy video games personally or has your fire died out a bit since opening a store? How often do you have to adjust prices? Is it hard to compete with online prices? Do you ever offer deals? (Example, someone asks for a discount on a group of games, or someone wants a bit more trade-in credit), Are you afraid of the future, considering everything is moving to digital only / subscriptions? Let me know if you ever open a store near Dallas 😀
@ThisIsDjYigytugd5 ай бұрын
Not boring at all. Love seeing the in depth process of game stores and your store specifically. Keep doing good work
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@CTMoney75 ай бұрын
Love to see the trade ins bro. I used to work at a gamestore before and would see all type of trade ins too. Hope you keep at it. Things get really hard before a huge good surprise.
@Metsfan72325 ай бұрын
Owning ANY small business where dealing with random general public (especially face to face) is often worth quitting….My heart definitely goes out to those involved.
@LarryHeggs5 ай бұрын
Nah don’t quit, just do it from your home with a garage inventory setup and sell online. Keep it going man!
@user-gz6gb5mw8w5 ай бұрын
You should change your business model. Shrink the size of your space and use your smaller physcal storefront to get inventory. Sell more games online. You could probably afford to pay 50% of pricecharting and sell for 80% of pricecharting and still do good while moving a lot of games.
@LawrenceGSD5 ай бұрын
This was really interesting to see and to hear from your perspective. Really like the video!
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank u
@isaacdavis12045 ай бұрын
I Also own my own store in Cedar Rapids iowa it is hard and yeah wish somebody would of told me all those things to. I did take some classes but that wasn't until after even with them it's hard out there not everybody wants to buy you will get alot of I'm just looking or killing time until x and I completely understand what you were saying alot of good notes about it's not easy you get people that think it is or think we are rolling in money . small game stores unite is what I say by the way we are called turtle power games.
@MrCoffinz5 ай бұрын
Dude i feel you on that , Its the down time that kills you . i own a tattoo studio and 10 years of 6 days sitting all day waiting for walkins. on book it looks fine but just the doing nothing get old fast
@HectorHernandez-km5mc5 ай бұрын
U got this bro Everyone say we’re not gonna last ,shit is more than two years 👊🏼
@LordVader.665 ай бұрын
My only suggestion, is more vintage/reproduction neon signs that trigger nostalgia in people my age at 36.
@KevinField-yv6tb5 ай бұрын
No way! You have to pay taxes, have slow days and mad customers?, wow that never happens in retail. You're the first ever!!
@mvsfunhouse5 ай бұрын
1st time to the channel! Thanks for the honest perspective as a multiple video game store owner. Having owned multiple businesses, I've learned success in any business takes time, money, motivation, dedication and above all the will to succeed! Having multiple streams of income via selling on different platform (ebay, amazon, whatnot, fb marketplace, craigslist, etc) i believe is the key in order to stay in for the long term! Stay strong, positive and blessed bro!
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank u
@jayceethechamp5 ай бұрын
i just sub bro, thank you for this i needed to hear this. Thank you for those words of inspiration deff opening one up soon. not to get rich but for the vibes i always loved video games.
@doubllechief69265 ай бұрын
Wouldn't it just make more sense to go run it out of your home and sell online? Keeping up with a store just seems like an inefficient use of your resources...
@mvsfunhouse5 ай бұрын
The cost of overhead on physical store ownership is outrageous in comparison to profit margins on video games, generally speaking. Unless of course you have a strong brand following on social media such as KZbin, Instagram, TikTok, Whatnot, etc...
@onyx6105 ай бұрын
No one's gonna go to your garage to trade in /impulse buy.Youre just a reseller at that point not a business owner.
@Gameaddict2o95 ай бұрын
@@onyx610 so you're saying chaseaftertheriprice doesn't have his own business?....
@onyx6105 ай бұрын
@@Gameaddict2o9 I don't know who they are....
@piratepop71155 ай бұрын
No
@steviegrafx16165 ай бұрын
With everyone going digital, emulators getting better, and physical prices being so high I can't see game shops surviving much longer.
@RabidBeave5 ай бұрын
I'm 1 year in up in DFW. People and trade expectations is something I didn't expect to have to educate folk on. Like you said, people see it on eBay and expect that. Most get it, but the ones that don't make the day a struggle, for real.
@DoubleTGameHustle5 ай бұрын
Best of luck man!
@phile68895 ай бұрын
From an outside perspective: You rarely look happy or excited in the store. Im sure there are times where you are, but is just seems like you you go from store A to B, do some trade ins and thats it.
@UltimateInkling5 ай бұрын
I wish they would get rid of the taxes thing, its so dumb to have to do it every year or whatever.
@thepickinpreacher5 ай бұрын
bro you said boo boo trade!! hahaha thats amazing!! Gotta love them boo boo trades hahah I love that
@LegallyInsaneGamer5 ай бұрын
Great vid bro! Would love to see more talk on this subject
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank u
@GamersAtticshow5 ай бұрын
This video is great good to know the in and out of having your own video game store .
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@noel_g985 ай бұрын
This is some good knowledge bro ! This a good one !
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@clopixelgamers5 ай бұрын
Love the Comix Zone Theme Music! Just Subbed
@bnicks55995 ай бұрын
More videos man!! They are great
@retrotournaments31295 ай бұрын
Retail is always stressful...I had a dm who used to say..its not about the numbers yesterday...Its what you have done today....
@PicMus5 ай бұрын
For those who have games or TCG stores, please answer this one: Why don't you limit the trade ins per game? My local second hand game store won't say no to the thousand Fifa game. Wouldn't be ok to say to the costumer "I'm sorry but we don't have interest in these games once we are overflowing. Hope you are able to sell them through other ways or you can always try again in X days"
@jesusalvarez91605 ай бұрын
Bendicones jefe. Hope God blesses your business.
@Rod-bp8ow2 ай бұрын
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@Subgeta3 ай бұрын
Quick question, where do you get the display case from? Like the case in 4:47
@PhoenixResale5 ай бұрын
Baller thumbnail man
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@bowmangames5 ай бұрын
I want to open my own store one day, however I feel like as a store owner everything in the store should be for sale. Even if you way OVERCHARGE I would sell anything in the store, should've told the lady you'd sell it to her for $50 if she really wants it, then you can buy a couple to replace it lol
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Lol
@earlusmcdivett5 ай бұрын
You’d have to be a complete fool to run a video game store in today’s economy. It’s just a short matter of time before software is 100% digital anyways.
@sinchman15 ай бұрын
Do you do repairing consoles because that would help you out as well.
@bossf1ght1695 ай бұрын
I know you cant really speak on it... but I wish I knew if the profit is worth opening a game store. I hear from some store owners they do really well and others are like its tough.
@4dchessplayer5165 ай бұрын
Having a store front like real-estate make it 100 times harder to profit. You got Rent/Taxes/Utilities/Security/Insurance on top of razor thin margins. I can't see how it's profitable in 2024. Unless your foot traffic is jam packed and pull a gamestop where you give them 5 bucks for a game and resell it for 50.
@Eric-dp3wr5 ай бұрын
I think maybe close 1 store and change location maybe that will help. What do I know it's just my 2cents.
@hotdogmanful5 ай бұрын
i was playing a CS2 match with a cheater listening lol
@bboyproduction55 ай бұрын
Store has pro. Cause you don’t have to go hunting for games they come to you. Con just more fees and bills. But should have kept to one store.
@ih8youintheface6985 ай бұрын
You seem sad, I hope things get better for you!
@King_Kass5 ай бұрын
Owning a store doesn’t sound exciting at all. Never realized there needed to be a video about it
@josephvake93045 ай бұрын
Made over 5k selling video games and comics and cards 🃏
@thelastdragon55515 ай бұрын
Everyone who first own a store always think it’s “I’m about to be rich!” Until they own one. Me and the wife own a nail salon and it’s hard work. Just like a rollercoaster. Ups and downs. Struggles and cash flow. YT algorithm got me here. Didn’t know you’re right around the corner from me. Well not exactly. I’m in Spring. Might drop by sometime in the future. Good luck buddy.
@RARENCLASSIC5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Gameguys69825 ай бұрын
Hey bro u got any more games for me lol
@walterwhite12 ай бұрын
COVID PRICES ARE OVER DUDER
@Anonymous__Prime5 ай бұрын
Everything is going online and so should you
@Polarbearden5 ай бұрын
Good luck with your store but work on your editing and scripts
@targetrender95295 ай бұрын
Too much overhead owning a game store. Sell online.