The state of retro game collecting at thrift stores...

[@ManuTheDeath]

I find it very ironic. Every now and then I watch videos of American collectors and those who complain about no longer finding deals are the same ones who over the years have gone to these places to buy and resell, fueling the reseller market. You are basically complaining about what you have spread. It's actually very funny.

[@Dargonhuman]

"Oh no, too many people learned my grift and now it's more difficult for me to grift!"

[@RoryRezzelle]

@@ayceod And he's in a place where "curated" thrift stores are apparently more abundant. In my area we have Goodwill and that's it.

[@fantasmaatriste]

@@ayceod " In fact, you can't really call him a collector. He is a reseller who has some things he collects, which he pays for by being a reseller" 🤓lmao how do u think collectors get their stuff? if ur not doing this u are just getting BAD deals, not supporting local markets, and not meeting cool people.

[@ListWits]

@@ayceod I'm with you on this. There are a lot of fun resellers to watch, but htey're honestlyi no longer "collectors' if they're just shuffling off for more money to buy more stuff. (It was so painful for me when i _Had_ to sell stuff, that i really hated giving up)

[@FenrirFire18]

​@@ayceodI hear you, Friend

[@mombrinkley1563]

I'm sorry to say sir, but you have greatly contributed to the sad state of retro collecting. Most likely when you quit collecting and began resale and brag about the amount everything was worth as you buy it. It used to be about adding to the collection and adding more when you sold the doubles. Not making a living off selling to collectors at the eBay prices you used to speak out against.

[@DefyantFoxV2]

Just gonna say, youtube re selling killed thrifting

[@Gen10civic]

My stores have been loaded! Everyone out there buying new stuff right now for gifts, this is the perfect time to get out there!

[@piratepop7115]

And the door thing

[@luckyrockmore2796]

Manchildren

[@dakota7900]

Plus goodwill sells everything on line now

[@Gen10civic]

@ it’s crazy to see the prices people are paying for that stuff too. All it does is fuel more from goodwill to sell online

[@raygurrola2308]

resellers mined it to death.

[@FINNIUSORION]

the internet killed thrift stores. places like goodwill put the good stuff online for top dollar. I remember going to the goodwill and getting an nes in a bag with all the wires, two controllers and 3 or 4 games for $10. that was the mid to late 90s. same thing with old stereos and speakers. now its all the stuff they don't think will sell online or isn't worth the effort putting online. same with pricing, before it was some old lady randomly throwing prices on crap. they had no idea lol. whats this tv game thing worth? 50 cents? now they go by highest they can find on ebay.

[@justowordslanga]

Facts i used to CLEAN UP at goodwill now its just broken trash and and anything else is sold on the internet or those stores. Its terrible now but he's in California so im sure its always stuff floating around

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@justowordslanga I had a coworker that had worked for Goodwill and what you get really depends on what neighborhoods are nearby. The locations near the rich neighborhoods often times have really nice stuff that's being gotten rid of for a tax writeoff when they do an unnecessary upgrade. So, there can be some really cool stuff available.

[@justowordslanga]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade right on for advice

[@bagingospringo4396]

I paid 100 for an nes 2 controllers and like thirty games (all primo too like contra, super c, punch out, etc) and that was like 6 years prolly longer ago

[@bagingospringo4396]

​@@justowordslangatrash at a mark up lol

[@Clesarie]

Man I can't stand shit like shit. It hurts. It's like going around and bragging about buying good deals and robbing it from others so you can sell it for more.

[@christianescobar3209]

My area mostly has Goodwills and Salvation Armies. They dont even put out video games, they sell them on ebay.

[@spursdynasty7378]

Bastards 😂

[@stormk-1130]

Pcs too. Really normal my man. Everyone want to make money.

[@NKRetro]

Yep. They started doing that around 2014. I remember going to goodwill with my dad as a kid and they had TONS of NES SNES N64 games and accessories. When he told me they take the donations and sell them on their own instead of putting them out, it broke me😂

[@birdazoid]

Found a stack of Sega CD games for $3 each. In that stack was the cleanest copy of Snatcher I’ve ever seen. It’s still one of my most prized possessions in my game collection.

[@PSOCrocker]

Resale shops are NOT Thrift stores! Thrift stores are donation only and they sell for too much now. Try out a salvation army the clothes cost more than new clothes. $10 games for $25 untested.

[@Thesakuraharona]

Yep. That is exactly how they are here for me too, assuming any of them actually put the stuff out to begin with. Most of the gaming related stuff ends up being sold to either Gamestop or Exchange, which both price items as high as possible based on market trends. Ebay has become my friend (mostly) for a reason.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

You can blame the resellers for that. It's just an unfortunate reality that if there aren't going to be any decent clothes available for people that have little money either way, the stores might as well just charge something closer to the market rate for the items and use the money for operations.

[@ohmfly]

I bought a machete off the shelf at goodwill. The cashier asked me where I found it and was shocked. She said “someone’s getting fired today”

[@Goomies]

Found a bug-a-salt gun at the toy isle at goodwill. Pressurized salt weaponry is not what I would consider a "toy".

[@TheBloodyShadow]

Watching this just hurts my soul... It was supposed to be about hunting for stuff you want to have and add to your collection to play and so on. But now it seems to be all about the big bucks and clearing every store that tries to make/keep retro gaming affordable and sell it for profit online, just to be brag about how much you make, by reselling.... Just sad at this point, the heart of retro gaming getting pushed and punched around.

[@retropeacock386]

My biggest flex for a thrift store is my CIB Original Xbox i found in 2018. Had everything even the foam packaging. Best find to this date.

[@00CyberNinja]

Eco Tek and Eco Town are Japanese second-hand stores. They also own Book off in the US anf Hard Off in Japan. That's why you saw all the Japanese games. They are regularly imported to the US.

[@TyWashdaddy]

You are correct. I was about to say the same. They just take the stock from Japan and sell it to Americans.

[@johan1840]

Its a bit sad that those us stores seem to have better stuff then book off Japan, and believe me, ive been to alot of them.

[@selbyjohnson5986]

Yeah I was like that’s hard off lol I didn’t know they had US versions.

[@TyWashdaddy]

@@johan1840 naw, I can't believe you on that one😂. I've been living in Japan for 15 years and what you said is blasphemous 😂. But agreed to disagree

[@stevew8513]

If there were locations of Eco Town or Book Off around Texas, I'd be in the car heading there right now. I've seen all those people filming their Japanese Hard Off and Book Off visits and drool at all the cool stuff. We just don't have that kind of thing around Dallas. We do have loads of Daiso locations, though.

[@mtbelley]

My biggest flip was from Goodwill, I paid $20 for a special collectors edition of Sharpe TV series, with a replica letter opener and map. Only 1 set of the DVDs was open. Within 20 minutes of me putting it on eBay, it was sold to a lady in Tennessee for $600. My son got his Quest 2 for Christmas that year.

[@matthewschuiling7334]

Everyone’s going to say I’m lying, but I found and bought a clay fighter sculptures cut authentic from Salvation Army for $20 in 2020. Craziest thrift find I think anyone has ever had. Happy to share the story

[@NehemiahDC]

I always get lucky and find a gem at Goodwill. But about a year ago I saw a dude with a whole basket of ALL the goodies. He cleaned house. It kinda pissed me off because I won't buy everything single thing even if I kinda wanted it. It feels nice to leave something for someone else, that I don't really need, to enjoy. Since then I just assume someone like this is hoarding everything. They probably also have a hookup on the inside in sorting. Even still I do get lucky and find gold every other time I go.

[@scourdx]

You can still score some good finds at thrift stores, but they often check eBay prices and set their game prices accordingly. Just yesterday, I saw Wind Waker for GameCube priced at $99.99, Mary Skelter for PS Vita at $89.99, and Silent Hill 4 for PS2 at $129.99. The downside is that thrift stores usually don’t offer refunds, and they often don’t verify the condition or authenticity of items, which means buyers are taking a big risk. That said, I’ve occasionally found titles priced well below eBay listings, so if you’re lucky and in the right spot at the right time, you can snag some great deals.

[@JaneTheDoe-id2vx]

just take a look at the disc, thrift store games are scratched to hell

[@scourdx]

@@JaneTheDoe-id2vx yup..that is why I didn't bother with picking it up. The Gamecube Windwaker had a deep scratch and it cost $99.99. For Silent Hill 4, it was Disc and case. No manual. It shows a lot of the Thrift store don't check for condition and put out the price just because it was sold as much.

[@keggarmaker]

Thrift stores near me are a joke, they literally have Dollar Tree items marked $3.99 when you can buy them new for $1.25. That's just an example of how bad all of the items are marked.

[@apathyinc.7534]

I used to be able to find entire Vinyl record collections in very good shape at thrift stores. Now the employees raid those things and flip them. All you can get is garbage Christmas records from people you've never heard of, now.

[@aeipee13]

I blame youtube hipsters.

[@ColinHutchins-e2q]

Honestly I am so offended by 97% of resellers. So grossed out that I don't want to give these bums for retro games.

[@bradyobrien544]

5.99 violin goodwill ended up being an early 1900s original. Sold for 500 to local shop to fix up same day, worth 2k after refurbishing.

[@the_vintage_reserve]

Biggest find at a thrift store is actually a 3 way tie between a vintage Carhart arctic parka for $20, 14k gold Hamilton watch for $50, and a Hamilton khaki field LL Bean manual wind watch for $6. Each item is worth somewhere around $700

[@Wj22514]

Biggest flex ever at a thrift (Goodwill) was when I found an NES Top Loader with about 5 games (commons) with 2 controller and the hookups for 10 bucks back in 2019. The same trip they had $1 N64 games: Super Smash, Mario 64, Mario Kart, Goldeneye, and several others

[@jackofallgamesTV]

Probably the three biggest events that affected my thrift store collecting where is follows: When I bought Eternal Champions CD from a video game exchange I asked seriously they're still selling NES games by the time of the Sega CD at your store but you don't touch ColecoVision or anything other than NES and today's stuff. Where do I go for that. They recommended one of the original true retro stores that touch the those pre-crash brands video game connection Cleveland and then said in general look for goodwills salvation armies and other thrift stores and yard sales for video games cheap. I found Lots of retro consoles and games and controllers with lots of games for 5 bucks a piece in the '90s . That was my collecting only phase when I was just acquiring and didn't know what to do with extras. The second event that affected me was Rush Limbaugh advertising for eBay as one of the first spokesmen for eBay. (At least the spokesman locally on his radio show. Not for media outside his radio show.). That was actually a positive change cuz now I have a market to dump this off at other than hoping some crazy collective buys it. And then the third event which ruined their shopping was ironically the song Thrift Shop by Macklemore. When that hit number one suddenly the secret was out on Thrift shops even though none of the lyrics contained any mentions of old video games. People thought I'd be cool to go there and then they saw these old video games that are like wow that's amazing Three bucks for $50 game on eBay. pick it up. The Secret of Thrift stores was going to eventually come out anyway at least it came out in a cool way with Macklemore's song

[@felix-ve8jk]

Must not be in any major city because I've lived in Atlanta, Tampa and now LA in the last 10 years and they've not had those prices in a long time.

[@Wj22514]

I was living in the Central Valley California area at the time, near Sacramento. But this was 6 years ago. All California Goodwills aren’t worth game hunting anymore. They send all video games to their online stores or sub stores

[@cristiansegui2613]

I feel like it honestly comes down to where you live because here where I live we just have a few Goodwill's and they barely ever put anything cool out. I've found games before but rarely but overall I never find much or anything, watching this video wherever he's from has so many amazing thrift stores and videogame stores so of course he's going to find a lot but it literally comes down where you're from and what stores you have around you!

[@xanderfoley6641]

I’m high-key jealous of you for going to the second store. That place looked like a dream😂

[@sonictoast]

My best thrift store find was two $3 Dreamcast controllers with VMUs inside.

[@garciaR159]

Retro liberty you guys got me back into my gaming hobby a long a time ago, being a hoodlum for so long and forgetting what made me happy, I remember watching your channel and it making me happy, remembering how much I loved video games that was over 12 years ago and I'm still gaming thanks for the memories of your old channel and new channel as well 🖤

[@NunyaBeeez]

My best was an in box Sony Walkman that wasn't working for $7. I opened it up, replaced a single drive band, and flipped it for $600.

[@huskerschaben]

Game related: NIB original xbox console for $30, sealed gba metroid fusion and castlevania circle of the moon for $5 each, about 100 early Nintendo Power magazines for $0.50 each. Non game related: Nakamichi Dragon cassette player for $15, Beatles Butcher album for $0.49, bunch of 80s/90s hip hop concert tees (biggie, tupac, dmc) for $3 each

[@suicidesamuraiz]

I'm in Oregon, and they still have what I understand is the last Goodwill Tech store, but everything is super over priced. I grew up in the flea-market/garage sale/antique shop/thrift world, and one day my mom found 4 books of 12 (or 16) ,1 oz. National Park coins marked $4 each. She tried to tell the woman they were EXTREMELY underpriced, but the woman cut her off to say, "NO BARTERING," so she bought 48+ oz of .995 coins for $16.

[@riversgahnahn1727]

They make adult size shorts for going out in public lol

[@roadhawk5932]

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[@ufcfan3940]

Yep

[@MrChristianDT]

The issue isn't as much that thrift stores don't have good deals anymore, it's moreso that one physical store that specializes in retro entertainment has cornered the local physical market to the point where they bought out what all the other local stores had already & they decided to exit & corner a different, more lucrative type of market. In my area, we had 6 thrift & used media stores & an indoor flea market. A couple of the thrift stores closed, one moved because the city it was in wanted the whole street redone with more lucrative storefronts & came up with a deal to buy them all out & one of the other used media stores decided to no longer accept trade ins. This is, of course, excluding Gamestop, that mostly specializes in more modern stuff, anyway. Anything corporate kind of ruins their own selection to focus on what is lucrative. But, the one guy left in the indoor flea market has an insane amount of product from nearly every single generation of gaming, plus tons of used DVDs, Blurays & VHSs & some other related merch.

[@markfloyd1338]

Found a Jeff Philips Breakout complete skateboard at Goodwill for $3. Some have sold for thousands on eBay. Thrift stores are hit and miss just like the flea markets around me but it’s all about the thrill of the hunt!

[@Family-Knas-Games-retro]

Thanks for another great video Riff :) My best thriftstore find was a vintage Playstation sign for 10 bucks 😍❤️.

[@ericdelee7661]

Best three finds at thrift stores: Atari 2600 game that was a prototype. CIB Atari 2600 Qberts Cubes Milton Bradley Dark Tower Board game in box.

[@benjaminharris9933]

This is one of your better videos Riff. Keep doing stuff like this! I'm a big fan! Great work!

[@PixelGameSquad]

Working on more like this! One about GameStop will be released the day after Christmas 🎄

[@the_blue_dragon_bd]

The only good deals I ever see is at pawn shops because I've seen loads of ps2 games for like 2$ each, Gameboy color for 50$ and ps1 for 60$ but I've passed them up because for 50$ you can buy a handheld emulator that plays ps1 and below easily

[@MAGNUMMU5TACHE]

It all depends on whether the thrift store you go to is sending all the video game items online for sale.

[@jessesshow1]

Ricky’s wife didn’t let him out this day 😢😂

[@LUMBEEPHENOM2012]

😂😂😂😂

[@rickyretroliberty243]

😂

[@theillegitking1304]

Hey pro tip, I'm not like making a living out of selling stuff yet, but one tip thats really helped me narrow down prices, is going over to the filter in ebay listing, and you can actually filter by only recently sold listing, giving you a way better idea of prices people are actually paying! Hope that helps someone

[@j0hnb1aze]

Thanks for stepping out of your comfort zone and putting yourself out there, Riff! We appreciate you, fam!

[@PixelGameSquad]

Thank you very much! I felt all….tense hahah

[@Sir......]

14:00 that store's supply and logo appear to be a USA branch of the 'Hard-Off' stores in japan

[@00CyberNinja]

You are correct. They own Book off, hard off, eco tek and Eco Town.

[@e102gamma]

i found the cartridge used to distribute the mythical Pokemon meloetta in Pokémon black and White for 10€, resold it for only 100€ but that was 10+ years ago, it's worth way more now

[@vintageads6684]

Found a Big boss man wrestling buddies for 1.99 at Goodwill, found a 2 super rare Pyrex bowls for 2.99 each and sold for 400 each. Found a bag full of Hotwheels redlines for 2 bucks and sold them all for around 300. Don’t sleep on Goodwill I catch them slipping all the time.

[@invicta6110]

Last spring I found the Pokemon Colosseum bonus disc for GameCube at Goodwill of all places for $5.99. Complete and minty. I was extremely surprised because the local stores are notorious for sending EVERYTHING out to the online store. They even charge $5.99 for Blu-rays! I think the only thing that kept it from getting snatched up before I found it was the price tag was covering the GC logo on the spine.

[@BadmanReviews]

In the area I live in used to work at a retro game store and the owner of that was friends with the owner of our local thrift/pawnshop chain. He told us that all the thrift stores these days only put the cheap stuff they get on the shelves. Anything actually good they resell on ebay. I find when it comes to video games you won't be walking in and finding any crazy great deals anymore, the only time I've found that to happen these days is when I go hunting through yard sales now.

[@marioelialex86]

Like these types of videos thanks riff n ps love that lil dance you do in between 😄

[@mechaotakugamer]

The best score at a thrift store is a 20 dollar black gamecube with a gb player, but it didn't come with startup disc and instead had Mlb baseball 2002 and only had av cables

[@matthewlivingston6635]

I’m a videographer/photographer I once found an Manfrotto Avenger combo stand worth $500 listed for $75! The cashier and workers were asking me what it is. In the film industry world these stands are built for grip and lighting. It was at a Savers store in NM.

[@Retro_Game_Craze23]

My son found Silent Hill and Resident Evil for the PS1 last year at a thrift store for 1.00 each in the CD section. Less than 2 months ago, I found Battletoads, Double Dragon 2 CIB. Sonic Adventure NFR, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Shuffle, Worms Armageddon, Xbox Green Halo ( Red Ringed) when i got home to look at it. This was at the same thrift store my son found Silent Hill and RE.

[@Coopanimates_]

I remember finding a then sealed copy of Rayman for ps1 for a dollar. I eventually opened it because I legit wanted to play it but It was such an amazing surprise to see it in the wild in that way

[@ronharness8612]

I've been hitting thrift stores consistently since 2020 for games and all kinds of vintage goodies! St. Vinnies,Value Village, ect.... they all got stuff if you got the keen eye for it. Also it never hurts to build relationships with the workers there because then they'll possibly hold stuff for you or give you the inside scoop on what hasnt hit the floor yet,Never stop hunting! NEVER!!! Best finds are: 99. Cents for Ncaa Football 14 PS3 and Pokémon Collesum for $2 at St. Vinnies

[@taylorc.duncan6235]

Are you in the Atlanta area? We've got St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores here... games are kinda hard to come by here though...

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@taylorc.duncan6235 They're national, if not international, although around here there aren't really that many of them.

[@ALfillups]

Glad I was doing it 7 years ago and built a serious collection then. I found Chrono trigger for $3 at Goodwill in 2018, that would never happen nowadays. :( the pandemic was a blessing and a curse for the Retro market

[@austintaylor5683]

Pandemic and social media

[@cozzy4447]

Na what's killed bargains is the internet in general because people can quickly identify how much something is roughly worth now and then mix in scalpers and sites like eBay all that has effectively wiped out bargain hunting across the board. You can still find stuff out there it's just got and is getting alot harder

[@ALfillups]

@@cozzy4447 100% agree, there’s a lot of factors. I still hunt tho 😂

[@DoinThatRag]

A lot of the imported Japanese games could have more demand for speedrunners cause some regions play slightly faster then other regions (beyond just the PAL/NTSC stuff).

[@donovanbradford8231]

Not only that but depending on the title and how savy the buyer is they could mod it. First Pokemon Crystal I bought was Japanese and when I did sell it, asked the buyer saying this is cheap because it is a different region, and buyer flat out said he was getting it on the cheap to mod it. So hey to each their own.

[@victornuno1591]

My wife found a super Mario 2 double sided store display. We paid 8$ for it. Our best find.

[@og1463]

You make very cool videos. I like your self awareness about filming in public it’s funny lol. Been watching you every once in a while for about 2 years keep up the good work happy hunting.

[@ScorpioAmaya]

7:21 i downloaded the app but it keeps crashing and it won't open on android. Is anyone else have this problem?

[@dpgw81]

I found a prosthetic leg at goodwill for fifteen dollars. I resold it on ebay for five hundred dollars. Hands down the strangest and most profitable item I've found at a thrift store.

[@ImClassix]

@@ayceodhe didn’t rob a disabled person for their leg lmao

[@CirnoBush]

@@ImClassix only a racoon could do something like that.

[@83KJack]

Oh my biggest flex at a thrift store is the time i found a bunch of Adventures in Odysee vhs tapes and a bunch of McGee and Me tapes, all rare and worth big dollars. Paid 50 cents for each tape. All tapes worth $30+ each! Filled 2 bags

[@blaiseoffury4866]

This dude is a reseller that does fasting, literally the root of the problem

[@PixelGameSquad]

Yea intermittent fasting is killing the hobby for sure

[@shanesandford9661]

Great pick-ups,.once again...sum good stuff found... Thank you Pixel Game Squad,.for the amazing content in every episode....you guys are the Best.

[@jds433]

My wife found a CIB Dark Tower board game at Goodwill Outlet... so it was maybe $2

[@jasonc2784]

Woah! The remake is worth playing. The original though...

[@jeffreyscarbroughboardgame2822]

I've found some old vintage board games even modern ones at thrift stores usually 5$ or less and sometimes there worth up to 100s of $

[@MrDrowzy1]

I found a clear tapped up container of madballs (85-87) for 7.99, kept my favorite and made well over 1000 doll hairs

[@POLO9999]

In regards of Eco Tek, they're basically just the US Affiliate of Hard Off/Book Off which are the Japanese #1 Second Hand market. Thiss is why they do have like 10 Mario 64 games in a single store because it's just littering everywhere in Japan for less than 1000 JPY ($7). I just wish they do open affiliates in continental Europe (however, we have some kind of local variants which are sometimes cool but they do price-chart)

[@thepickinpreacher]

favorite video yet my friend. Love the style.. more story telling and following you as a personality.

[@markg155]

Here in the Netherlands, workers at the thrift store themselves pick out the retro stuff at arrival and re-sell online for their own profit. It is totally pointless going there anymore.

[@bobowon5450]

basically any time something becomes an influence trend, it dies. used to be that you could pick up an old dell optiplex for 100-200 dollars, it would have a solid processor in it, you could install an ssd and a gpu and have a high end gaming pc for 500 bucks. Now those same computers go for 500-600 dollars. Thrift stores and pawn shops used to be full of cheap old video games but now they all just sell on ebay for top dollar. Even yard sales rarely have any sort of good deal.

[@retrosmodernlife8705]

My best find was a lot of 26 vintage 70s/80s Star Wars figures with some accessories in a vintage Darth Vader case for $30!! It was in 2021, and I still really can't believe it!!

[@joeeatsgames]

It was a local thrift store in Brockton, Massachusetts. I found Marvel vs Capcom 2 on PS2. No manual, but it was only $4

[@gary1134]

My best find was mighty final fight for the nes for $.99 in a thrift store.Great pickups!!👍

[@tionik06]

Out here in AZ, we have none of that. Best thrift deal i got was a full wardrobe of suits just weeks before my consultant job for about $100.

[@awesomatic2]

Best thrift find for me was a cartridge only Pokémon Soul Silver for $3.99. Absolutely wild.

[@ufcfan3940]

Fake fake

[@julesschoony812]

My best find just came last week at Goodwill. Found 5 sealed pokemon booster boxes, 4 battle styles and 1 fusion strike, all priced at 12.99 a box. Opened 1 battle styles box that was damaged and sold the rest. Sold the 4 boxes for over $500

[@FenrirFire18]

Thx for being a part of the problem?

[@genos_vacuum]

What an awesome wholesome video. Thank you once again.

[@thetechbuzz]

It 100% depends on where you live. Because I can show you as far as video games only, there is nothing in my area at goodwills.

[@retrod8bit158]

same thing happens at flea markets.. there was a time i would find tons of games and toys really cheap.. now i cant find anything or some times i find toys really worned out and extremely expensive.

[@kerorogunso961]

13:15 what app is this? Is it just the ebay app cause I need this function

[@darby2314]

In my area, I'm pretty sure any game worth anything now gets sold in online Ebay auctions. When I first moved up here it was a little better, I even managed to snag an original full in box copy of Space Quest IV. But even at that time anything on a console was being price checked to the online market place. I still see occasional games, but it's mostly mass market sporting titles for Xbox 360 and the Wii.

[@seanjenkins2188]

2 Best Thrift Finds my family found; -$700 Leather Bomber Jacket for $30-$40. -$2,000 Double Rotary Fan Ceiling Fan with the remote control for $100.

[@HHog]

Seeing as I live in PAL territory (Netherlands), this flex is probably not gonna sound as as impressive as it would from someone in the US, but a long time ago I picked up (loose) cartridges of Little Samson and Ufouria for NES. I don't remember the exact price I paid, but it had to have been somewhere in the €20-30 range for each.

[@NivexGameplays]

The best deal I got at a thrift store was the first deal that made me start collecting. I bought a nes with controler + super mario bros for 10€ + megadrive with 2 controllers + 6 cool games for 25€ + dreamcast with 2 controlers and 1 memory card + 5 games for 20€. In the middle of the dreamcast games was not only Sonic adventure 2 complete in box but also one of the rarest dreamcast games also complete in box: project justice 2 rivals schools 2 who costs 200€+

[@lukelichty4119]

8:32 …Riff, great taste man! I order the Spicy Italian every time I go to Subway! 😆

[@Goomies]

As long as people declutter, get evicted, get divorced, lose loved ones, etc; there will always be finds out there. Sad but true.

[@Esk8Nomad]

As a video editor and i can respect that went into this video

[@catwizard9x968]

i got a gameboy color for $5 a couple years back. i was cometely blown away that they go for $80 now. nothing would have stopped me from getting the dragon ball skate deck OR the spawn action figures! :)

[@billybobsagget]

lol when you feel awk gotta remember you doing it for us big dawg ! If they look let them ur a character ! Keep up the good work sir

[@russell11fitzgerald]

Warriors of virtue was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I remember seeing the preview for that movie come on TV and I was in love instantly I had to go watch it in the movie theaters I had to have all the toys growing up. I love that movie.

[@xboxnangable]

You can 100% still find good stuff in charity shops (thrift stores) here in the UK. Always helps to get friendly with the staff as well to get access to the back rooms early 😊

[@superstarichiban]

My old genesis collection kicked off because of a dirt mall run. This booth had milk crates full of boxed Sega games, but they were behind the counter. So I inquired about them to the owner, he told me the booth owner hadn’t been back in a while and was gonna put them out eventually. I said - let me look at them, find what I want and call him for a price. I was loaded at the time and craving a nostalgic hit, and he said okay. It was a GOLD MINE. I ended up snagging 9 games for 10 dollars apiece (the guy even called the dude, told him each title that I had picked and that was the price he returned with). Friends; the value of the 9 games I picked at the time was $800 bucks. I was ecstatic. I went back there for several weeks after that and cleaned house. It was a great run, indeed. I made money in the long run and got to enjoy some of the best titles that the Genesis had. A month after that find, in Columbus, IN, I found a CIB chrono trigger in snes for $175. This was in 2018. Those were good times.

[@Flip_side_games]

What's going on with the Encore giveaways? I downloaded and followed you guys, but don't see them live on the app. Thanks in advance!

[@bravewzr]

Bought a copy of Western Samurai for PS2, MINT, at a habitat for humanity store for $1.99..... retails for $200+.... was super stoked.

[@Tony-r3e6g]

Back in 2012 when I started game hunting it was something special that few did. I remember going to my local Goodwill and thrift stores almost daily to find donated GameCube, PS2, PS1, Xbox Gameboy, and GBA games selling for $1 dollar per games. Some of my biggest score was finding a lot of ps1 jrpg games along with Tron Bonne in cd bin at Goodwill. My second biggest score was finding GB and GBA Pokemon games in a Value Village toys bag. Nowadays, there are only sport games if I'm lucky at my Goodwill and thrift stores.

[@kurisu7885]

I don't have nearly as cool thrift stores near me, but it got me looking now. I found one in my state called Ecotopia that sells Japanese imports. And if you're every in Southeastern Michigan I suggest Game Pawn in Waterford and Retrotaku in Walled Lake. I had never gotten to so much as look at a Famicom disk until I went to Retrotaku.

[@donovanbradford8231]

Definitely a fun store I wouldn't mind going through a game store like that a seeing what they had because some times unlocking those memories are the best.

[@VladlustTV]

Great video! But I got a bit of a silly question if you notice this comment by any chance. How did you remove yourself from the background for certain effects?

[@letsplayclassicgames5024]

All depends on who’s working there, out of a couple hundred trips over the past 4 years, my best finds were two wiis, one PS2 Slim and one Phat, and a model 2 Genesis. That was all in one weekend. My father’s previous employer paid an employee of a certain thrift chain to hold valuable items for her as they came in the back. She made a quarter of a million on eBay in one year, and never even had to dig through anything.

[@kuruptein]

I appreciate that you found the hookups deck. Skater since 1990.. well I was 4 so. Rode since I was 4 lol. Also memories of getting every system in Xmas. I was lucky enough to already have an NES when i was born in 86. Love the CIBs dude. Great video

[@weezymo4456]

This was agonizing to watch. I couldn't even get beyond 10 minutes because you were just overplaying the garbage that you found there pretending like it was worth your time or money. This is the problem. You are the problem.