The Sad Future of Video Game Vendors

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[@Anthonyk747]

I really like this channel's videos of video interviews of people who own a business, whether it be a full physical store or display cases/booths in an Antique Store. I, myself, have a Display Case in an Antique Store with $5k worth of Pokemon Memorabilia, but I also flip on eBay and I'm a Spark Delivery Driver Full-Time. The hustle is real. The sales are slow. I don't have a family, but I do have goals to reach and debt to pay off. Hope everything works out for him!

[@xrussiantacox]

Wish you best of luck with the hustle m8 me and my wife do sparkdriver/instacart/doordash but I'm trying to go to the flea market to sell once a month or so, mostly selling my stuff and haven't had the $ to buy thingsresell but thats the dream! My grandpa did flea market 2 days a weekend as his full time job so I hope I can be half as good as him haha, anyways hope the grind pays off for yah soon hit me up if you wanna talk spark driver we can swap tips or ideas would like to make a friend in a similar situation :)

[@Ephesians-yn8ux]

This is a joke. Get a real job

[@hektaah]

@@Ephesians-yn8uxlol and what do you do for a living

[@ericchan5055]

I go to garage sales every week and I almost never find video games anymore. If I do, it’s usually overpriced

[@kryptoniite_]

do you ask if they have any? the ask is key

[@smerk429]

Its because of his videos like these and other people running their mouths telling the whole world

[@NinjakX]

Yeah people are getting more and more aware of what was stored in the basement or attic. Yes many over priced stuff but they eventually go down because their inventory builds up so much they just get rid of it.

[@willnox1]

Eventually it will basically all dry up. Its not a life long business model.

[@RundbarkKonark]

Yeah this retro game ship has sailed. Just like with everything, if regular people have heard about it, it's too late to get in

[@gilbertoarellano8525]

Props to that guy he’s really putting in the leg work and getting to see the behind the scenes of everything was nice.

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

Leg work he buys off stores to resell on overpriced Amazon

[@only_one_chrisfantazzi]

He buys off people like Tim , who hustle, to sell overpriced on Amazon

[@gilbertoarellano8525]

@@only_one_chrisfantazzi Did you even watch the video? The guys has multiple locations open and sources by supporting local shops and stores and buying people’s personal collections keeping them and himself afloat.

[@labamba3011]

correct

[@HermannTheGreat]

@@only_one_chrisfantazzi And to ask for special deals from other resellers as they shift around stock. These items aren't selling because people aren't willing to pay retail prices of $5-15 a game when the titles should be $1-3 each. So they will just sit on shelves.

[@thelatenightattempts]

How nice of Caleb to unload his garbage on his “friend”. What a guy. 😂

[@Thoushaltplaymore]

And promote his app at the same time......what a doosh

[@pavy415]

Hahahaha

[@craigman7262]

The worst type of dudes. Then pretend to be solid ppl 😂

[@Triple_A_Gaymer]

Lol😂 truly amazing

[@PEPPTRO]

@@Triple_A_Gaymer Sound a little bit salty...

[@ibapreppie]

Lol Caleb's amazon store has prices higher than dkoldies

[@Thoushaltplaymore]

And he's dumping his crap on his supposed "friend" and shoving his app down our throats constantly

[@pavy415]

Hahahhahahha

[@user-wi3tc1ek8f]

Amazon is a joke overall. I stick with EBay.

[@ObsessedCollector]

Amazon gets 20% commission from sellers

[@southtexaspicker9394]

@@Thoushaltplaymore geez, man. You have free will to not watch. Geez, man, come on.

[@kdogg7882]

This is why you A: Can no longer find any games worth anything at thrift stores, and B: Why stores like Goodwill price things high now or put them online. Goodwill is wise to value of things now and they also want to make money.

[@noagendasevenseven1231]

I have ran into Tim a couple times at yard sales, very cool dude and friendly. He beat me by like seconds on a Wii U once lol

[@chocolatewheelchair]

Let him have it mane you don’t need that junk

[@mrpixelcactus6810]

@@chocolatewheelchair What's all the hate on the Wiiu?

[@chocolatewheelchair]

@@mrpixelcactus6810 I mean honestly what are you going to do with a Wii U? Clunky thing. Serious question

[@angelpassion7259]

There are plenty on eBay

[@Trollosauras]

Mod it to play wii games upscaled with free wii u games​@@chocolatewheelchair

[@OperationWojak]

"Hey these guys are all going out of business so just buy from me from now on!!!!"

[@WholeSomeHomie]

The mental gymnastics is strong with this one **in yoda's voice"**

[@kentuckylover13]

“Really hard to find at the low price I want so I can flip it for high”

[@terryking1094]

Exactly they are scammers and it is them that are destroying thr retro game market

[@lpfan9976]

Awww I’m sorry are you hating the market you created? I have no sympathy for resellers that goto thrift stores and flea markets and fasly inflate prices

[@kdogg7882]

Have to agree with this. This is why you A: Can no longer find any games worth anything at thrift stores, and B: Why stores like Goodwill price things high now or put them online. Goodwill is wise to value of things now and they also want to make money.

[@jaredbryant8297]

Flippers help preserve high value titles by ensuring people interested the game buy it. People hate on flippers too much, that’s the used car industry. And you can still get the prices they pay, you just have to work a little harder. People don’t hate flipping, they hate entrepreneurship

[@z0m813]

@@jaredbryant8297 Are you serious?

[@ZefTillDeath8878]

While I respect what both of these guys do, I'll never understand why you would want to give your reselling secrets to thousands of people on the internet.

[@JShadow6661]

I thought the same thing but thought about it. Your area may or may not know how the market works when reselling. For example. My area (Deep South border town in Texas) everyone here are super cheapskates. They want that discount cause it’s small community. They refuse to pay market value when you sell to them. But they will turn around and sell it above market value at the flea market. Like I sold this guy my Funko pop collection when i stopped collecting. I sold the lot at a loss of 20% of what I should’ve profited by selling $5-10 depending on the type of Funko it was and what series it was. Next day saw the person post a FB add on the lot selling them above market value lol. Any tactics you learn are hit or miss just depends on your area. Yes I sold video games too. I sold had some grails and nobody wanted to buy them at market price so ended up selling on EBay.

[@pavy415]

Yes but 99 percent of us won't go out and look for stuff people these days are to lazy and would rather buy it from someone that already did the work

[@HermannTheGreat]

Lots of areas don't have stores with stock like these. It's very region dependent. At the end of the day you'll be working for $10/hr or less.

[@user-th4xf2rx4m]

its because they make their money on youtube not onvideo games

[@blakestoysurprise]

It’s not secrets

[@EliteNirvana]

I live in Louisville I have done business with Tim he bought my nes collection and PS2 collection and Xbox when I got out of collecting. He's a good dude

[@labamba3011]

correct

[@aidanmartin46]

Same, I also hit up his booths often

[@Pizzle48994]

Does he have a website Tim

[@meanmachine5598]

This snake is just looking for some ideas he may have missed

[@deniscb8329]

i think your friend could do a good channel on his own.

[@spookyhunt500]

i think a large problem withthe secondary market is, its kind of an inflated market and not enough customers that are willing to pay a premium to sustain a storefront.

[@sunspurs]

*Saturated You're right - not enough buyers anymore.

[@omegashenron8]

@@sunspurs If prices went back to what they were 10-15 years ago for retro games the market would be healthy and stores would be fine..Resellers and people willing to buy at those high prices killed it.

[@donovanbradford8231]

Given how the AAA and just current market is I do think the retro and physical market will come back because there are a number of current games that come out and within a week are just dead, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League was a big tell tale sign that the major developers are doing what Hollywood is doing and getting the same results.

[@ignaciogodoy7095]

Collectors pay a lot for old games, but mostly to collect dust in a cabinet

[@5ch3nk]

100%. That's why I don't collect anymore. I also love vinyl records but the past 4+ years I probably go to the record store once a year. You pay $30-40 for a single album then it sits on the shelf 99.99% of the time.

[@willwalk502]

Tim is the man. Always great prices and willing to cut deals.

[@chad0x]

I hate the, "I will look it up" because they will look at asking prices, not sold prices.

[@lookitskazzy]

They're usually looking at price charting, not ebay asking price.

[@cardboardboxification]

Can't stand Ebay flippers , someone would really appreciate getting a deal been to estates sales for old tube electronic equipment , every one is on their phone looking at eBay seeing what they can sell it for ....some lady had all the 3" Oscilloscope CRT in her little cart looking on eBay, I specifically went their for them , I was thinking WTF is she going to use them for she prolly don't even know what they are , Just disgust me , I didn't buy Chit just left

[@ShroomFactory]

@@cardboardboxification at least eBay flippers buy stuff. If it weren't for them, nothing would sell at the estate sale.

[@jaredbryant8297]

@@cardboardboxification that sentiment you’re expressing I agree with I think greed and a lack of experience has lots of people trying to flip things they think are “niche” When really they only have value to a small group of people who appreciate them

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@cardboardboxificationyeah people suck

[@Spectral69]

bro really offered 45% even though tim shilled the oneup app so hard bruh i cant even my local store (video game connection in cleveland) does like 60% atleast in trade credit like smfh how cheap will caleb stoop too bro

[@zentran2690]

Wait he really only offered 45% after practically saying aww man I gotta give you a good deal because you shilled for me

[@lookitskazzy]

Sleazy. Had a local game store offer me 40 percent on a NES lot that included some heavy hitters and solid commons. Turned him down, went to another store nearby that offered me 55 percent, got a call almost at the same time from the other guy offering me 60 to come back, I politely declined. Should be pretty obvious who gets my business going forward

[@CustomGames-wg9gv]

Yep, bad time to be a seller And bad time to be a buyer.... time to just play games that we have!!

[@ozzy6994]

These over priced games is why people rather emulate their own games

[@firecrest3325]

Flips Thrift and yard sales finds video tapes it, laughs to thr bank. People find out, copies this method and increases prices 10 fold. Cries when it back fires

[@craigman7262]

lol fr why shouldn’t they make money. Customer still ends up paying the same.

[@ultimatefoe]

You ever wonder why he stopped hunting? He's scanning his competition and finding out weaknesses to where he's only buying from vendors. Vendors find the games out in the wild and sell to Caleb. Doesn't even need to hunt anymore. But yall love supporting him, make it make sense

[@barkter]

Ive just bit the bullet and started emulating. If i find a copy of something for cheap then thats awesome. But if not then i can still play the game.

[@kingforaday8725]

Around here we have a street that is probably about 8 blocks long. The stores along this street were originally hardware stores, drug stores, appliances stores, apartment buildings, etc from the 1930's to 1940's. The interiors have been gutted and divided up to small connected rooms. Venders rent one of these rooms and stocks it with their merchandise. Each vendors merchandise has a tag with their code. There is a central register to pay for everything. The gaming merchandise in these places is usually Ebay plus pricing!

[@cardboardboxification]

I find it funny how eBay is the price book , eBay was to auction you stuff off

[@raymundochavira8853]

Goodwill stores in my city suck, you cannot find a single video game.

[@titansrule72]

there to swoop in and reap the benefits like jimmie moore from 'the wedding singer' when robbie loses his mind.

[@mr.hondamods]

You can tell Tim has been waiting to do that videogame flip at the end for years 😂 (Legend)

[@TheOddOddish]

That little golfing bit was hilarious!!😂❤

[@tropicalbeach9225]

This video reminds me of myself, except I was a collector and hunted video games to keep. Not to flip or resale. I remember my rarest finds were Shadow tower (Ps1) and God Hand (Ps2) got both complete mint condition for $2 at a thrift store. I remember back in 2015, I saw Kuon (Ps2) complete mint condition at a pawn shop selling for $1 ( at the time, had no idea it was rare). It sat on the shelves for 4 months straight and was always there when I would come into that specific pawn shop 3x a week. Nobody wanted it and I myself was not too interested in it. Then finally after 4 months; it ends up selling and I felt like I should have got it. Anyways one year later, someone decides to sale me Kuon ps2 complete mint condition for $50 and I can’t complain after it was going for $300 at the time. Then another situation, I ended up getting Rule of Rose (Ps2) complete for Free. I will tell you how it happened. The game was selling for $750 on Ebay, I ended up making an offer to the seller for $500. I paid $550 after taxes and everything for the game ( I paid for it). Then all of a sudden 2 weeks later, I receive a notification from Ebay that my $550 has been refunded to my account ( I am assuming the seller made a mistake, or forgot; I didn’t say anything…. I just kept quiet). So I ended up getting to keep the game ROR ps2 and got full money back for what I paid for it. And NO, I didn;t complain nor demanded a refund… I was completely unaware about it until Ebay refunded my bank account, but I never said nothing to seller and just played along with it. So therefore, I got Rule of Rose (PS2) for free and Kuon for $50 complete mint. The video game Gods really blessed me. I don’t collect ps1, ps2 games anymore… I already own 4000 video games and that is enough for me. I buy and play Ps4/Ps5 games now. I appreciate this seller in the video hustle, but I will be honest with you video game hunting and flipping is basically a dead business… If you want to hunt and collect for fun then great! But you will not find nothing rare anymore in flea markets, garage sales, pawn shops, estate sales, church sales, or thrift stores because everyone looks up the prices online and if it is rare or worth a lot of money, then people will pocket it and flip it, sale it themselves. The only thing you really find in thrift stores now is just sports games. Plus piracy is killing the video game industry because of all them plug in plays such as pandora boxes or hyperspins where they can load up 100K games on the system and it has everything such as NES,SNES, dreamcast, Saturn, SEGA CD, master system, genesis, arcade, ps1, ps2, PC, Amiga, Atari, PS3 (PC version of the ps3 games) and PS4 (PC versions of the PS4 games) since Ps3 and ps4 emulators do not exist. So Yeah video game hunting and flipping is basically dead.

[@cardboardboxification]

I hate flippers , someone would appreciate getting a good deal at a yard sale

[@donvergon2158]

I also noticed the piracy, I think this will make brand new sealed worth more since the market would be more driven by pure aesthetic since the piracy bypasses the experience of using the physical game to play

[@jonathannoble9465]

This vid is jam packed with knowledge. Thank you guys

[@phonegamer86]

Like always, entertaining video especially when you interview other resellers and show us how they run their business. On another note, I think it's true that it's getter harder to find games cause their are more collectors, more than ever, and companies are making less and less physical media.

[@rikachiu]

Man retro game selling is a passion hustle. You have to absolutely love what you are doing otherwise it can never work. Does Tim have a channel? He's probably crazy busy, but would be amazing to watch his hunting.

[@Poke_Garage]

Great video and appreciate the behind the scenes! Congrats with the twins!

[@pumpkinking446]

Sourcing at thrift/pawn shops really isn’t worth it when you take into account the amount of time it takes to find inventory there.

[@sevartt9046]

Up until the last year or two thrift stores were great. Not so much now.

[@cardboardboxification]

@@sevartt9046 everyone and their grandma is scouring the thrift store to flip

[@ShroomFactory]

working a job isn't worth it when you take into account the amount of time it takes to get there and how much they pay you

[@holnugget]

This is one of the best videos yet. Great job!

[@LegoLover117]

So Tim is the reason I never find anything good at that Goodwill 😂

[@labamba3011]

correct

[@NinjakX]

Shop goodwill is what destroyed me

[@labamba3011]

@@NinjakX correct

[@WholeSomeHomie]

Nothing is stopping you from going before him you literally have the same access as him, but cry more 😢

[@LegoLover117]

@@WholeSomeHomie hey pal, there's this brand new concept that just hit the market. Not sure if you've heard of it, but it's called a "joke". Difficult concept to wrap your head around, I know.

[@tylerpeck9754]

enjoyed the video.. enjoyed Tim opening up to the audience on his struggles and success!

[@retroscavenger3090]

Y’all hit all of my old routes bro that’s awesome! I miss the hillview area lol!

[@Scarletpanda17]

I’ve been running a vendor market game and anime stuff shop for several months now and it’s definitely a lot less overhead and required just time to source, price and package and sort/reorganize the store shelves.

[@Lastwill1189]

Caleb! This is awesome, love the inside look on retail for videogames

[@damienhawthorne8864]

This was a good one! Appreciate the honesty and different take.

[@DavidReyes-tw7oc]

Very informative and interesting. Great video!

[@victorblas3483]

Awesome video for sure, and yay congrats Tim on the twins!!!

[@tonyhell234]

honestly Reselllers on youtube ruined the thrift store, the managers and ceo caught on so now they get employees to do ebay searches for prices and charge a few bucks under the average price.

[@adratts]

goodwill started listing stuff online since the early 2000s these corporations aren’t dumb it’s not really fair to blame a reseller

[@tonyhell234]

@@adratts True but it's had a large resurgance after 2020 when people started going to thrift stores again and more and more people posted about the deals they made and profit from reselling

[@JoeFpoc]

There is so much competition out there. Everyone is flipping and reselling video games, the weird thing is why people who do this for a living make videos telling everyone else to do the same thing. Just raises the prices when everyone is fighting for the same items to sell

[@Beardblade]

People keep overpricing shit. Look at Pokémon games just as an example

[@cashmerefire7335]

Supply and demand

[@Jfscloud723]

It's mostly kids that keep buying everything Pokémon got a few in my family.

[@RaysResale]

Well i do agree pokemon is ridiculous it’s also because the pokemon bank is closing

[@snarleycat]

Phoenix resale doesn't help either, resellers in general are spiking the market and overpricing things.

[@lordcheesus1013]

Pokemon's problem is its popularity, not so much any kind of scarcity. It's such a huge IP that just about anyone trying to be a vendor can price gouge and most people won't bat an eye. If we could even just get a handful of popular youtube streamers to down-price pokemon games when reselling, the market would slowly drop as a result. It'd be a trickle down effect, sure, but it'd get there.

[@shortbriefandfun]

there is no way he didint know it was nezuko from demon slayer

[@Gnik4144]

Tbh most game stores are just asking way too much money for video games. It’s almost temping to buy a modded console with 150 plus games on it.

[@PLRAHAPL]

Wtf are theses notes, rules and demands. No wonder they losing money because you can tell how shitty customers are treated there.

[@bigman2352]

23:45 this is really interesting, I wish we had places/display booths like that here in the UK, we literally have nothing like this here at all.

[@vastneon]

as soon as switch 2 drops, the second hand market will be flooooooded with switch stuff. you can already see it in the console itself, switch or switch lites.

[@williamRRR]

Yea just got a first gen switch for $75 from goodwill of all places.

[@vastneon]

@@williamRRR will go lower too. all those pandemic-purchased consoles and people playing “cozy” games

[@williamRRR]

@@vastneon hope so It’s hard to find a copy of first party Nintendo exclusives for under $40 and I’m cheap 😂

[@spursdynasty7378]

Looks like I’m taking advantage of that situation to build my collection 😂

[@KingYote]

I think the main lesson to be learned from this video is to diversify your portfolio in reselling. Figure out how to sell multiple types of items and that will let you typically make more money than sticking to just something like Videogames.

[@labamba3011]

correct

[@themediamarauder1582]

Spot on!!

[@JadesOfGrey]

Man his profits are so small I’d be afraid to live like that

[@puppethound]

The keys to take away from this video is: Hustle, if you want to make money, do the work. The more you put in, the more you get out.

[@iinfamousblaze021]

Maybe I missed it but what I wanted to know was how do the payments work, like who is selling the stuff for him like an employee of his or someone who works in that building and does he trust them and how does he know what sold cause it seems like he stuffs them but I don’t see any type of sale system or inventory system.

[@javasnaps]

The building has their own staff - they have keys to all the showcases. It’s up to the vendor (like Tim) to price things and include his unique vendor code and those things are typed in at the register. Sometimes that employee will also type what the item (game, plush, movie, etc.) are. You can also create unique inventory numbers for items, but logging that is pretty time consuming. Source: I’m the friend he mentioned who started and stopped 😂 what he didn’t mention was that I stopped because I too had twins on the way and no time lol

[@travisw6378]

every spot is different, i sell records in this way at a record store, I pay a set amount of rent per month plus 12%, I hand them a printed excel spreadsheet and each item has a number on that list, they check it off when sold. It seems like with these antique malls most sellers don"t have a system like this, I can check my inventory and see if something sold that wasn't crossed off. And its not that time consuming creating a list, takes me an hour and half to log 200 records into my spreadsheet, way better to have a detailed list, with a number for each item.

[@kevinclear4007]

​@@javasnapsdude what they putting in the water there? Why is everyone having twins?

[@javasnaps]

@@kevinclear4007 idk my wife and I are transplants and after we had ours, two of our friends did as well within a year and a half lol

[@playwithmilygool]

I like these videos more than your old hunting ones I stopped watching this channel but this new format got me back in !

[@t-dawg1161]

I live in Clarksville Indiana I didn’t even know that place was there 😂

[@malphusmclerius9455]

People like this ruin game collection for kids. I'm glad hes going out of business.

[@jesusfollower0717]

I wonder if he pays these guys or if the promotion on the channel is payment of itself

[@NaveenAlpha]

maybe it is a give and take relationship. He promote the stores. He gets content. Maybe mutual agreement and respect among resellers.

[@Alpha-Daddy]

The latter

[@brookechandler6265]

worked with him before and no hes does not pay the stores its free promotion basically

[@jesusfollower0717]

@@brookechandler6265 thanks! did you like working with him?

[@mieteegg]

Knowing this guy I could see him asking the store owners to pay him.

[@IVAN2233]

How do you find places like this that have these displays ? I would like to go check them out here in California LA area

[@ObsessedCollector]

This hobby has become MAJORLY TOXIC in 10 years. KZbin/tiktokkers have ruined it to the point little old ladies are fighting over games. I rarely hunt games at yard sales and thrifts anymore. I have the games I want. (Had them since the early 80s on)

[@chrisandedina]

Really good video and love the hard work that not everyone sees

[@user-vd9bs9sy4d]

Shopping isn’t hard work.

[@SickNote93]

Is there a good UK version of Phoenix Resale on KZbin? I've resold a few video games here in the UK but the US market is totally different.

[@BhoyCon1]

im on the same boat, ive been looking for a UK version of Phoenix

[@ASMRKlotz]

That vendor's village place is cool. They have old retro arcade games set up in the front to play for free.

[@DerkuiDerkui]

Sega GT 2002 is an under 5 dollar game. I got mine under 5 bucks with Jet Set Radio included.

[@SmithBeatZ1]

I'm a reseller, too. To be 100% honest, the internet and sites like eBay and Amazon have completely ruined selling as a whole. It has gotten so competitive and anyone with a phone and ebay thinks they're a seller. I get so annoyed when people think ebay is the "Be All End All" for pricing and selling things other places than ebay. I wish I could have a store location back before the internet, with real in person negotiations, and no loser checking ebay and trying to offer me what the lowest outlier sales price is.

[@aidanmartin46]

I go to peddlers mall looking for a deal, not same price as reseller stores

[@brucewayne2955]

We know where we can find his physical stock but what about his online store? Is there a link?

[@charleskuss8428]

Fantastic video. Very interesting to see the different sides of the retro game world

[@DeborahDeBoer]

Wow! I haven't seen a video from you in 4 months !😢 I don't know what happened today but glad you are back in my feed!

[@FranklinSninsky]

One question I have when you have a booth at a small shop like that do they sell the items for you or do you have to be there to make a sale yourself? thank love the content considering the fact that I am in Southern Cali looking to get into the retro gaming re-sale market! thanks!

[@andreastenberg855]

Having a booth is really fun, much more fun than listing on eBay in my opinion!!! Great video!!

[@tryingtolearnthis]

It’s all a rat race to the bottom

[@theretrosaberguy]

Please elaborate on this

[@tryingtolearnthis]

@@theretrosaberguy markets with saturated products begat a negative moving price trend. Other wise known as the rat race to the bottom.

[@jonathannoble9465]

@@tryingtolearnthisthe thing is, it’s these items are getting more scarce by the day - especially retro games. They’re either in collections no one wants to sell or they’re getting snatched up by guys like these.

[@labamba3011]

@@jonathannoble9465 correct

[@swiftxrapid919]

@@jonathannoble9465 Emulation makes gamers hard to rationalize spending money on a physical copy and hardware.

[@s4mpson]

I absolutely LOVE when rent-chasers cry that they can't chase rent as well as they did in the past. Good, your ilk is WHY the entire thing is collapsing, if you didn't know this by now.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

I wish we had these in the uk, most of the retro stores have closed down now, and we don't really have flea markets here in the uk, but you can sometimes get lucky at car boots, they're just not as accessible as shopping centres in america.

[@karinamorales7777]

I loved the Mr krabs voice “money”

[@DoubleO7-11]

One of your best episodes… solid businessmen right here

[@jackyack7850]

I don’t understand how people find what they want when the shelves are packed like that?

[@mikeanderson9266]

Michigan State Spartans hat!! That is cool! Super cool store.

[@ryandickey2577]

Go Green!!! Badass hat indeed

[@ihasnothing404]

Will you be at classic game fest this year if so will you make a video about it

[@anthonypham640]

What is Tim's Ebay link if I did want to buy and support him.

[@Amadeus_]

Take a shot every time Timmy says "correct".

[@cauahenrique4254]

Hi, where are there PlayStation 2 games in downtown New York?

[@Chicago48]

It's all about streaming. I've got a bookcase of DVDs that I never ever watch. Is Tim in a booth? He doesn't have a regular retail store?

[@jerrylongoria1173]

I liked this video! Good Knowledge…

[@Gamefit28]

Dude thanks for the 15$ credit!! On whatnot I got my mario vs donkey switch game your the best video game channel on here!! Love ya man!!

[@kntwing23]

how do u take a pic it show u how much it cost & the info of the item? what app do u use?

[@garrettfrancis7157]

do you have a website? how do you buy stuff?

[@bennystratton7734]

4:05 there is my favorite word Diversify! i started full time reselling in 98' just started college prior to that i was setting up at flea markets and shows and i learned the best piece of knowledge i ever got from a very wise reseller he told me to get a white board draw diversification in big letters on it and then a circle around that word he said make diversification the center of your reselling biasness i drew branches out from that circle and wrote different aspects of the reselling biasness so Sourcing, Inventory, Platforms/venues, price points all of these things within a reselling business should be diversified! if you can diversify all those things in your reselling business it will never let you down and i'm 100% serious it will always keep your business afloat so diversify where you sell (on and off line) diversify WHAT you sell (inventory don't niche down niche up) diversify were you source (source both online and offline) Diversify your price points (sell low medium and high dollar items so you cater to all buyers) also diversify STR (have long tail and short tail items or Low and HIGH STR items)

[@HCHecxz]

Not worth it to hunt for retro games anymore because these folks are hoarding the places the true charm of collecting would be. Finding games at reasonable prices to score a nice gem. Now it’s barren flea markets & Goodwills with unwanted sports titles & folks like these selling them at eBay purchased prices, thinking everyone coming through is going to pay that same price. Only the desperate do. The peak of Retro collecting was 2004-2010. Just not the same anymore with that market cornered with speculators. Just like the Video Game Market will crash again, so will the resellers. It’s inevitable as you can see here.

[@WhatAHorribleNight]

Markets move in response to many different factors and thats what is happening in game sales. I casually flipped retro games and consoles for about 15 years - the sweet spot as a seller was from 2005 to 2015. Sellers tended to be people not as familiar with the internet who were just happy to get, for example, $20 for a decent condition NES which you could flip online for upwards of $50. By about 2015 in my view, games and equipment worth owning had mostly found their way into the hands of people who knew they could get higher prices and the margins became razor thin. Its rare to see decent video game stuff at a yard sale or Craigslist, etc - and if it you do find it, its probably priced to match what they see online. Bottom line, sellers have more information now. There's nothing wrong with that, it was bound to happen - but it does mean that the days of casually buying and selling games is over. You have to engage in serious, focused hustle now.

[@Neoncollects]

Honestly, that big at 4:55 would be a cool purchase if you wanted to build a cool resin coffee table or something lol.

[@xtruthx]

Used games "business".. If you can call it that, is not viable long term.

[@DakotaKennedy-eb7ee]

What’s the app you’re using to price check things, that also tell you the fees

[@malphusmclerius9455]

Pricecharting

[@jimmaury9161]

Collaborate and don’t compete sounds like a pyramid skeem quote….

[@KyonKirisaki]

Probably cause he charges too much for his games so it is what it is

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

but its like selling hats when you know the world has already stopped manufacturing hats. you have less and less hats to sell and theyre in worse and worse condition. so you kinda need to ask more and more but people are less and less willing to do it. the people who buy games, play them and sell at fair price are very far and between. mostly its speculators buying games hoping to profit or hc collectors who never sell their games. and looking at modern games, this retro business is just becoming more niche because no one will hunt for physical ps5 games since theyre just paperweights and most dont even have a manual for collectible value. only the cover art has any value in case someone would want to show off

[@ASMRKlotz]

It's cool to see someone who shops in the same goodwills as me.

[@bigblue1287]

Most Collectable work in CYCLES... Watch out what you wish for💰💸 Great CHANNEL!!!

[@TylerHilyard]

Randomly played this video and i thought the display looked familiar. Turns out we are both in Louisville lol.

[@aboutstuff2738]

Is the app on the App Store?