DKOldies ruined my life

[@noeldoesthings]

Thx for the video, now I know what site to avoid

[@galaxycraft2454]

Austin Evans made a video about it too.

[@PhoenIXPhantasies]

Alsof jij daar wat zou kopen (':

[@PeachIceCreamy]

​@@galaxycraft2454 so did charlie!

[@galaxycraft2454]

@@PeachIceCreamy No, Charlie only talked about it but Austin Evans and Elliot unboxed their consoles.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

​​@@galaxycraft2454 and so did Jared R And ReviewTechUSA

[@shadowedfate151]

The fact a dead insect was next to the sticker is the most Poetic and perfect visualization of dkoldies xD

[@bleatingsheep]

If this was the first dead bug I had seen in a DK Oldies order, then maybe. Truth is, I also had a dead bug in a recent order I made with them. I've also seen other people reporting dead bugs in their orders. Price gouging and shoddy refurbishments are one thing. A bug infested warehouse is a whole other concern.

[@dahjord]

@@bleatingsheep thers just a huge nest in the middle of jigs hair and spiders

[@drwombat]

Yeah this stuff is literally writing itself... It couldn't be more perfect. I hope he took a picture of that as it needs to be their new advertising logo

[@Arcania9516]

They had cobwebs and dead insects in a console they sent to Jacob R. That was prove they never refurbished the console he purchased.

[@Arcania9516]

​@@bleatingsheep DKO is probably infested with them.

[@Ludanc0]

The warranty sticker trapping a bug is just too much lol.

[@stevenbacon-cheddar9914]

That’s not a bug, it’s actually a feature😂

[@nagiuhti]

It's a sign!

[@SulphurBorne]

@@stevenbacon-cheddar9914 Joey threw it in as a gift

[@twinkletoes8094]

Do they not have anyone looking at this stuff before they ship it ?

[@diplosr]

"warranty"

[@CrystalLaser]

These guys sold a Super Mario World with a dead save battery to some poor dude and they made a video where they “heroically” sent him another one while requiring he send the original back, and then they had the audacity to tell me that save batteries are thoroughly checked and that it “probably died on the way to the customer”. You are not gonna tell me a 23 year old save battery died in the few days it took to go from your facility to the customer.

[@xXmonsieurxgamerXx]

Of course they want the original back, how else is the next sucke... I mean customer going to get their refurbed unit?

[@qTytan]

You never know, it could be possible. Just saying

[@tormentridden]

Some of those batteries only work long enough to test because they come mostly dead from China.. (all of them come from China) so they could have swapped it, checked it, and then it sat around for a few months and is now dead. This is a common problem with Gameboy games right now.

[@CrystalLaser]

@@tormentridden these batteries die after decades, not months. This is why the original batteries are making it 20+ years. China has nothing to do with it and you can buy these batteries at the store. Nice try though.

[@Win_Farming]

Would be interesting to know, if it was the first battery still- as they seem to call working stuff "refurbished" by outside cleaning and putting a Sticker on a screwpost😂 I would bet my a.. , it was the original one that died in stock/while shipping and they called/sold it as a refurbished game- probably they didn't even tested the remaining voltage and swap the battery as they should in that case😬

[@ryanpooley]

For those prices you would think they could take a picture of the actual product you purchased 😮‍💨

[@dankhill6851]

Cosmetically flawed can legitimately mean someone smashed a corner out of the plastic from DKoldies

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

only comes an A button

[@AZodiacCancer]

Cosmetically flawed. Just the motherboard and parts it needs to work, no case at all. Slap refurbished on it and sell it for $800

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

It would still fit the category of cosmetically flawed. A scratch it technically part of the outer casing being gone. It's just a very very very small piece of your systems body gone. Cosmetic issues means the system will still function. Which is really the most important thing. But the prices he was discussing are high.

[@octozach89]

Hi friends, I used to work for them. I'm actually in a few of their tiktoks. What little I did in the repairs department allowed me to really see what was going on. From employees hiding the "good" consoles under desks until their time was up so they could just kinda slip out with them to co-workers telling me to allow a wii through with LITERAL MAPLE SYRUP in the disk drive. Rest assured, when I was working back there I made sure every console I said was "ok" was truly "ok" I fixed the ones I could and made sure the ones that couldn't never saw the light of day. I quit when my co-worker became my boss and he immediately moved me away from the other workers because I was "on his shit list" for doing his job better than him.

[@v_enceremos]

fake

[@ArizonaJoshua]

​@@v_enceremosmost likely

[@arthurbrown-jy2ez]

Wow crazy

[@therealakiyama]

Hm? Which tiktoks are you in, out of curiosity

[@jericho_953]

Fake

[@pacsonic9000]

The owner mistook a rare IQue GBA as a fake GBA and destroyed it on camera. Edit: This is the most replies I've ever gotten on a KZbin comment. Also, there's a blog post on the DK Oldies site about how they could tell that the game boys were fake.

[@Stevethepokeface]

that dude is a little bat chit scrazy

[@Waltman13]

If that doesn't show how incompetent DKOldies is then I don't know what does. It's like destroying a rare vase just because someone thought the paintjob looked sloppy. Research the damn thing first before deciding whether it gets the hammer or not.

[@Puffypoo574]

he destroyed 2 of them in fact

[@mrtree1368]

You think that's bad ? Just don't forget gamestop destroyed alot of retro stuff back when they used to sell them all because they deemed it unfixable when they probably wernt

[@Srcsqwrn]

W a t ??

[@bradleystone4526]

When he said $200 I honestly expected him to pull out one gameboy

[@OblivionWolf]

I've never thought I'd see Elliot buying on DKOldies. Once I saw the title, I immediately clicked.

[@wwefuture01]

Same

[@matthewleblanc2451]

Word. We were properly baited n we clicked lol 😆

[@gabekyun]

Same...

[@HUYI1]

I think that is what he wanted, he knows he is doing this for views...

[@patrickwooton966]

Thats why he made a DKOldies video, because everybody is clicking on those videos. Silly

[@I_Am_DK_]

DKoldies say they still "refurbish" the cosmetically flawed items. At least the website still says it's refurbished when I clicked on cosmetically flawed. It's also illegal in the United States for DKoldies to call that sticker a void warranty sticker. They call it something else now. Can't remember what it is. I think it's honestly called a quality control sticker now 😂

[@retrostashrepairs]

I actually bought a lot for parts from them back then a couple of years ago on their ebay store. When they were not that popular. The prices were really affordable and fair. Times have changed.

[@rogerarteaga2665]

Blame 2020 when everyone saw nostalgia at a high price

[@sunnohh]

Ugh, DK was a rip off ten years ago…

[@retrostashrepairs]

@@sunnohh really? 🤔 maybe I just got lucky then and bought what they thought was trash or unrepairable 😅😆

[@kevlarvest7375]

​@@retrostashrepairs Nah, I bought from them years ago and I had no complaints, even on price. We dodged the fire, but a lot of people got burned.

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

It’s a dumbass business they’re smart for squeezing as much out as they can for all that junk😂

[@samthekashman]

“Shipped the same day which is pretty impressive” lol they’re trying to get em out the door before you think better of it and cancel

[@stevenmusante4681]

The fact that they charge a premium without taking simple steps to clean the systems is absurd.

[@diegosilang4823]

I bought an original DMG Gameboy for $3 from a thrift store and spent $50 refurbishing with new buttons and screen cover. Parts are cheap, but eBay shipping is pricey, I thought I over spend, but DK Oldies makes me feel better 😂

[@Oblivion0fate]

Bought a 465 dollar game from them (I was really desperate to get it) and there was so many scratches on it!!! Man, I’m saddened to see they actually pull everyone’s leg. :/

[@PersonausdemAll]

The have to pay you 450 Dollar back lol

[@chesspunk489]

what game was it?

[@OblivionPrime]

No game is worth that much

[@Oblivion0fate]

@@chesspunk489 Dot Hack Quarantine

[@anthonytalksmovies]

I'm here for any DKOldies slander. I hate that so many people probably go to them without knowing any better and just get a bad deal.

[@cherokeekid787]

Not libel if it's true

[@MikeHunt-lz2hq]

That and they are ruining the market for all of us that grew up in the era of these systems . If I wanted to buy my son a gbasp or a 3dsxl or both it's gonna run me almost 1000 dollars I can buy him two ps5s or a ps5 and a decent tv for the price of those two handhelds and a couple games or extras.. like if I sold a gbasp i wouldn't be able to get more than 40-60 bucks for it and a 3dsxl o wouldn't be able to get more than maybe 100 bucks it's getting ridiculous

[@CommanderWiggins]

​@MikeHunt-lz2hq Yeah they have definitely played a part in how much prices for retro stuff has inflated in the past few years. They are hy no means the sole reason but I definitely blame them in part.

[@definitelynotacriminal]

Nearly me 😅

[@MarkFendy-sw7hn]

​@knucklesmcgirk7190well you can have problems too on eBay you never know

[@Reman1975]

I bought an immaculate second hand "Ice Blue" pocket about 20 years ago. I had no idea that the colour was a limited edition. It was rattling about in my jacket pocket with a couple of cartridges and a small plastic containing 4x spare AAA's for about 5 or 6 years. You think yours is hideously scarred, you should see mine ! Not only has the paint wore off all the corners and edges, but a fair amount of the plastic has worn down too ! The reason I stumbled across this video was because a few days back I unearthed this tatty GB pocket in a box of my old stuff, and (after testing that everything still worked) I decided to show it a little love. I've got parts coming to backlight and "Bivert" it, upgrade the speaker, add one of Giltesa's USB C Li-po charging kits + a 1100mah li-po, and a translucent blue shell to rehome it all in (plus some replacement coin cells for my cartridges, because all of old one I tried in my GB pocket have lost my saved games). If all goes to plan it should be better than new.

[@megamix5403]

The dead insect carcass had my sides lmao XD Thanks for looking out for us, Elliot. :)

[@RitzyBusiness]

Thanks for the jumpscare warning

[@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es]

Dkoldies is a great company jabroni

[@Deport_All_nonWhites]

A carcass is dead… You don’t need need to point out that an insect carcass is dead. Carcasses are always dead. ZOOMER BRAIN

[@megamix5403]

@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es lmao come up with a better insult XD

[@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es]

@@megamix5403 you seriously need a life bro🤣 dkoldies is a family small business. We need to support small business. Dkoldies does nothing wrong

[@SavingPrivateBob]

Thanks for doing what you do, my man. You inspired me to make my own custom GameBoy Colors. Very grateful that you shouted out the site we buy the GameBoys from, because that was the real struggle for me the past few days since I've gotten serious about it. I was almost willing to spend close to what you spent on these GameBoys. Definitely tested my will to actually go through with it all. Plus, it's awesome to watch an entertaining guy who's talent for making them is unreached. Something I could only ever aspire to. I haven't sanded anything since TD in high school lol I got the basic C in that and called it a day, if only we did this in school I'd have paid full attention

[@MuchWhittering]

I'd guess the DMG is more expensive because it's the "original", and therefore better. Sites like DKOldies are targeting people who just want that nostalgia hit from their childhood, so they can charge through the nose for nostalgia.

[@SidNightWalker]

The people who don't know what eBay is obviously.

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@SidNightWalkerOr people who understand buying refurbished is always risky and want to deal with a company with a well documented and easy to access returns system.

[@SidNightWalker]

@@SineN0mine3 yes. Defend the fucking shitty, lying company for some reason why don't you. You cannot be fucking serious at this point. For real. Hell you sound like a sock puppet anyway. Which I would not put past such a terrible company one bit. 😉

[@IsaiahPerez-du3kn]

@@SidNightWalkerI order from eBay and some Game Boys are usually used on eBay but they’re not for a bad price unlike DKOldies if I’m making sense here

[@austenlangford]

This is why I got out of collecting. I used to find these items in this condition. The fun was paying a low price to make something old look new again and keep it working for the future generation. They took away the joy of low prices and finding burried treasures. Now, they send you the stuff you use to find with such joy. All you have to do is just pay a premium price? All because they found it? Oh well... vinyl is still pretty cheap at least... FOR NOW! 👀

[@DispensableGamer]

Even the "cosmetically flawed" products they sell, they claim to refurbish

[@Fawncookielive]

I will say that almost two years ago I did buy a gameboy color on there and it was in extremely good condition, but about 2 months ago I bought a gameboy advanced and it was not nearly as good as the color. I think part of the problem is how big they’ve gotten.

[@DreamDaddie]

Thank you, Elliot for making sure people know about these shenanigans that happen with DKOldies

[@gagebreaux9840]

My experience with DK Oldies was actually pretty good. I ordered Kung fu and final fantasy for the nes, both "cosmeticly flawed." Kung fu was immaculate, light scratches on the underside only. Final fantasy was slightly yellowed when held against a pristine cartridge, had a small tear on the label and a dead save battery (to be expected.) 9 dollars on the jungle site and a quick Soldering jobh meant I was now playing two of my all time favorites on original hardware!

[@NeonSonOfXenon]

Man it sucks that folks are trying to do the community dirty like that. We have so much more to gain when we work together😢

[@blankblank4949]

not to mention, with everyone realizing their bs; so many amazing systems that could've given people so much joy are going to this corporations warehouse to basically die or be given to some speculative nutjob who will lock the system away in a plastic box in hopes they can make money of it some day.

[@bababoy6331]

Yep and you know what sucks even more? Some people are actually defending them I can't even express the emotion i have when i see someone like that😂 Like why are you defending them tell me a single thing that is worth from them (except the KZbin videos and advertisment I'll give them that theu knownhow to do that)and if you think about it these ads are kind of luring costumers in and if you don't know anything about retro stuff you'll just get ripped off

[@TheBananaManana]

Dkoldies isn't a bad company, people have always charged higher for games that aren't for sale anymore and the prices aren't going down anytime soon. Games like earthbound have always been expenensive but I ordered three games from them and they were in pristine condition and for my copy of Sonic Spinball they included a Sega ad with a Jurassic poster in the back and a Aladdin ad too. Stop hating on dkoldies and touch grass man :).

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

Everything retro related has skyrocketed in price, and they can get away with it too just because people still pay the ridiculous prices so they always get rewarded for their immense greed.

[@MrDiegoc16]

​@@blankblank4949 that is me except that i just want it for nostalgia. I buy consoles in mint condition to just put it in a shelf. I emulate to play the games i want. Will most likely buy second ones to mod and play with. Im not doing this to get money in the future but a hobby of collecting(just got started).

[@DanielleAlek]

"Could you imagine if Apple was selling cosmetically flawed phones on their website for significantly more than you could buy a second-hand one on Facebook Marketplace?" Kind of a weird brand to choose for that analogy seeing as Apple's entire business model is selling flawed phones at significantly higher pricepoints than is humanly possible to excuse lmao

[@talatunde8292]

I used to work at DK on their cleaning team. We all hated it, but company policy doesn't let us open anything to clean. I got a GBC from them, and it's been great tho

[@Roadent1241]

Seems a bit of a crap system if you can't actually clean the thing then?

[@flyingchicken33]

I got a gbc from them. I live in canada so it was $217 CDN. So its kind of insane, but i didnt know any better because i thought “pay a premium, get a premium gbc”. How wrong i was. Gbc came super dirty, games didnt work, and they replaced the lens but there was shit in between.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

If you can't open to clean it then how can they call them "refurbished"? That's just buying used stuff wiping it off and marking up the price. Sounds more like the place is being run by Slothful Greed, do little or no work and make all the money. That's that's awful shit of them to do.🤦‍♂️

[@smolmuffin]

A very bizarre policy in my opinion, if they are charging so much for a "refurbished" system, most would expect it to be clean inside and out, and if anything was replaced or restored it would be done responsibly without any cut corners. But from what I've seen none of that is happening... or if so its rare. Are they that scared of you all breaking something by accident? Or just trying to cut corners in greed?

[@J_Nephilim]

@@flyingchicken33 did you keep it I would’ve been highly upset

[@ParasiteAdam666]

I got lucky with my ice blue then. I think I only paid like 30-40 for it. Only downside is it has screen cancer around the edges (covered by the lens), and I think the previous owner tried gluing the original sticker down at some point. Label wasnt salvageable and took way too long to get the glue clump off and the scrub the cigarette smell out of the inside.

[@KoutenMusashi]

Living in Japan I’ve mainly only bought from Amazon jp(most expensive, but I always pick sellers who with pictures of the gameboys), Yahoo auction or mercari, which isn’t bad, and then book off, which is immensely cheap, though the quality of games seems to be higher than handhelds, but maybe I’ve just been unlucky. It’s been baffling to me how insane the retro gaming market has gotten in the US in recent years, if you can I think it would be cheaper(and you’ll be getting better condition) to order from Japan, even with the shipping cost if you buy in bulk.

[@bahamutbbob]

He has been sponsored by, and often buys from, Sendico.

[@BeefJerkey]

I think you're right about the prices of these things in Japan. I've been looking for a decent GBA SP, and I've found that I could probably get one imported from Japan and pay for the shipping, and _still_ pay less than what it would cost for me to get one from a US seller. And it would probably be in better condition. And don't even get me started on the cost of retro games, such as SNES/Super Famicom. The Japanese cartridges are incredibly cheap compared to the absurd prices of the American ones. Even a retro game store that I've been to here has a few Japanese N64 games on the shelf, and they are priced noticably lower!

[@A-ID-A-M]

Thats why Elliott always uses Sendaco. It is absolutely cheaper if you buy in bulk from Japan. And Japanese people are known for being clean and taking care of their belongings. I have several consoles and accessories I have bought secondhand from Japan. Absolutely worth it AND I can get rare JP only release consoles. Or like my DS Lite which is an EU/Asia exclusive.

[@smolmuffin]

I've used sendico in the past for aibos for that reason. Yea you get a Japanese unit you can't send to Sony for repairs if you grab the newest model used but there's those knowledgeable in repairs here and there. Didn't want to get into another expensive hobby but if I do decide to grab some retro consoles I'm hunting down auctions on sendico to at least save a little bit.

[@jackshikikunt3042]

While considerably lower than what the rest of the world charges, recently the "retro game hype" has seemed to affect japan, for example I bought a complete in box minty new2dsll for ¥8000 in 2017, now one scratched, without box went for ¥25000. That's prices in the Akiba area tho, if you look online they'll be cheaper, but still kinda worse than before

[@richardmcgowan1651]

$109 for something they bought at a junk yard sale for $5 at most..... Disgusting company and site.

[@Dr_Nick_]

Has anyone ever spotted their old system on your channel? I can imagine some folks could recognize unique wear marks on systems they used extensively.

[@james312]

It really is very important that people keep exposing them and not stop. People are still buying from them, which means their ripoff prices will be eventually normalised if this continues, and they’re going to screw up the entire pricing for retro consoles, and they’re going to go the way of sneaker sales. People are going to buy up all the consoles for their real market value and start reselling for DKOldies price, the market could very well adjust to that and ruin vintage collecting forever. Then we’re going to have to rely on emulators, which none of us that actually like retro gaming for the reasons that we do, want to be stuck with. Hopefully everybody keeps their attention on DKOldies until their business literally cannot survive anymore. Their employees will find new retail jobs making the same money, and as it is they’re an active participant in potentially ruining video games for us all as it is. Don’t stop exposing DKOldies.

[@Luurangi]

DkOldies is the saddest company in existance

[@antonydandrea]

You are the saddest person

[@Jun.Suzuki]

theyre sad sure but far from the saddest

[@Monhamd1000]

They're pathetic

[@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es]

Wrong. At dkoldies, they're a small business trying their best to stay afloat. I'll always be loyal to joey and dkoldies

[@juandiegocalderonwurth8379]

​@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es what?

[@777superlightwater]

Finally someone reviews the handheld section of DK Oldies. We need more videos like this!

[@jennika753]

The thing that gets me is they sell these as "refurbished" and they're all *dirty*. Someone put a screen lens on the DMG -- one that doesn't even fit correctly -- and called it job done.

[@fullmetaljoker666]

I was at the mall the other day and went into one of those retro gaming stores. They had a bunch of NES's, gameboys of all varieties and a few gamecubes all for a fairly decent price. Still way marked up but nowhere near the level of dkoldies. Like I think their refurbished gameboy colors were going for $90-$130.

[@StEeF7-YT]

That’s why I love a local company we have here in the Netherlands, they upload pics of the system on their site so you’ll know exactly what you’ll get when buying it.

[@VolatileHunter2]

Heey welke winkel is het?

[@Lellenetti]

WELKE WINNKEL

[@christianmiller5818]

What the website

[@andreysegura2510]

Oh, yes. Jumping on the dkoldies bandwagon. I guess making quality content isn't an option anymore. It's just better to do what everybody else is doing for the clicks.

[@Marc_Araujo]

...and DKOldies is getting a crap-ton of sales from them (and multiple purchases from each KZbinr to boot).

[@Nic5Cyprus]

I was introduced to Dkoldies by watching Elliott's shorts on youtube. He would make videos about random unknown facts about Nintendo hardware and so did Dkoldies, so youtube started recommending them to me. Even back then I could kinda pick up that they were a shady company

[@thegooseshow2691]

Dkoldies feeds off of youtube shorts its their best form of marketing

[@fryke]

"even back then". :P (KZbin shorts is a feature that came about in 2020.)

[@Nic5Cyprus]

@@fryke yeah I wrote it like that because this happened long before the controversy

[@thegooseshow2691]

@@fryke youtube shorts weren't a thing until july of 2021

[@fryke]

@@Nic5Cyprus I know, I was just kidding. Because we're talking retro tech from '89 and the 90s in this video, it just tickled a laugh. :) ... And TheGooseShow: I had the same feeling, just looked it up, and apparently the feature was introduced in 2020, although it might have become a 'thing' (an abomination to me, personally) only later on.

[@snowsensei]

When the title said "DKOldies ruined my life" I was expecting him to open the box and see cockroaches or bedbugs scurry out into his house. Definitely not "this one will be mint with some retrobrighting" and "I'll definitely be playing with this one a lot," but I get it... algorithms and all...

[@stuff31]

Sorry for the sad news, hope you're able to recover from this terrible encounter with dkoldies, best wishes man

[@suyashkumar420]

Good video, the DMG was pretty good, and I'd probably use that Pocket a fair bit considering the wear. DKOldies seem to be getting so much bad press that I'm sure they'll end up having to either shut down or massively reduce their prices, $100 for a DMG is absolutely ludicrous. I thought CEX were the apex of shitty prices but guess not lol

[@velvetrooster5569]

Thank you for buying handheld systems. I’ve seen people talking about this particular store and they’re always talking about the Xbox or the PlayStation or another home consoles but no one is talking about what quality that they ship their handheld consoles.

[@ronniebaskin]

Oh man I have an ice blue GBP that has a really cool backstory. This gave me some serious nostalgia. A buddy who served in Afghanistan took his GBP with him overseas. While there he had an IED go off near him, close enough that he threw him backwards onto the ground. His GBP was in his pocket, and while it got pretty beat up, it still works to this day! He gave me that gameboy a few years ago and I've always been too nervous to restore it myself. I don't want to ruin it! Videos like yours inspire me to try one day...

[@DarkLatexKing]

*Thats Why I Never Buy From Dkoldies Again*

[@BlackLotusFlame]

Again? I'm sorry for your wallet's loss

[@Sangral101]

Why did you buy in the first place? How drunk have you been? Who held a gun to your head and forced you?

[@jamesmc4249]

Silly me. I've been cleaning, testing, and retrobrite-ing for less. Guess I'll just toss junk in a box and hike up the price. 😂

[@Cool-Spot]

A DKOldies video from Austin and Elliot in the same day? This is going to be good. Probably not for Elliot though.

[@StormEagle0083]

Just saw the same thing as well.

[@AtoManPL]

Same day, same time lol

[@linusmayden8465]

Which Austin?

[@Tweetycher]

@@linusmayden8465 Evans

[@BrianFo]

Thanks for your video! However, putting a warranty stick on resold items is the first reason to be suspect of a companies now.

[@XenoEnthusiast13]

Great video Elliot! Been wanting you to check out this whole DK oldies situation. Cant believe people buy from them.😂🙌🏼

[@Stevethepokeface]

litterally

[@f937r]

Well they take advantage of people who haven’t been in the hobby long and know they can charge a premium for nostalgia. That and their marketing works really well. Their target consumer is the adult who grew up in the 90s and wants to grab some of that childhood nostalgia even if it costs them $50 more than eBay because they feel like they can trust the company because they show their faces as a way to “connect.”

[@J_Nephilim]

What’s worse is people defending & supporting their nasty deeds

[@TheRealBoloci]

For that price I bought a Black Nintendo Wii with GameCube compatibity💀

[@heartgrenade8359]

This is probably going to be the last DK Oldies video I ever watch. The topic is so tired BUT it was still worth hearing you talk about it this once.

[@Claydood]

Topic is incredibly old and tiring, been going on for months now. I guess when they say retro content creators being out of ideas is true.

[@NerdyWeaponXGames]

@@Claydood the fact he titled it as “they ruined my life” but ended the video saying it’s not too bad, made it a total eye roll.

[@CPoston420]

I had that Ice Blue Game Boy pocket when I was kid. I had the DMG as well and later the Color, but the Pocket was the best Game Boy form factor in my opinion. Lots of good memories with that system.

[@Bendilin]

To be fair, the way they painted the GameBoy Pockets, that paint came off just by touching the thing. I have a golden Nintendo Power anniversary GameBoy Pocket, a good third of the gold paint has come off just from a few years of holding it. I imagine the Ice Blue pocket was painted the exact same way, just blue instead of gold.

[@joshnickerson83]

As someone who does own a ice blue gbp, I can confirm that is indeed the case.

[@goclunker]

If you washed your hands before using it, the paint didn’t come off. Source: my mint ice blue gbp. Always washed my hands. The oils from your hands wear the paint super quick. Same goes for anything painted or plastic. First it turns glossy, and then it comes off.

[@rickysawyers7532]

The nostalgia from holding a game boy must be awesome, I’ve personally only ever owned a gameboy flip, and to be honest I’d love to have one to hold again. But in my honest opinion, I’d much rather go for a retro handheld device that emulates GB games on it. Will run smoother, normally has shortcuts like fast forwarding, save states, etc, easier to find support for as these devices are being made today, not a device discontinued years and years ago. I love my miyoo mini it looks just like a gameboy with extra buttons and I’ve got all of my Pokémon games on there available to play at any moment, loaded all my cartridges onto an SSD so they’re all at my fingertips instead of a big case full of cartridges. Love the nostalgia but I feel you can have the nostalgic feel with QOL features and I’m enjoying my time on it. Still wish I had something with hinges though to replicate my gameboy flip

[@ZonicMirage]

The Ice Blue Pocket is one of my absolute favorite variants, which makes this that much more disheartening. Ahhh, DKO strikes again.

[@TRJ2241987]

It's crazy how DMG Game Boys have leaped in the last 10 years. I sold one to a friend in 2012 for $15 in flawless shape with a screen replacement and that wasn't even much of a loss for me to do that for him

[@marklowery8193]

That blue does look better than the Teal of the Pocket and the Color. Very cool. Sad about the price to condition rate :(

[@cujoking87]

I still have my ice blue Gameboy pocket from back in the day. It came as a bundle exclusive with Zelda link's awakening from target. Even mine got scratched easy it was the paint.

[@James_D.]

I‘m so sorry you have to experience this. 😔

[@geetarbube]

“have to”? He purposely overpaid for subpar items to make a video.

[@wiznova7053]

i would imagine they had to start putting their own warranty stickers on to deter customers from opening them up and posting about how dirty they are online

[@babaliboon9323]

And because DKOldies got picked to be filmed, I'm throwing in a like and a comment!

[@kamm3021]

🔴 Nothing can beat PizzaBoy on an OLED phone

[@Luigi64]

KZbinrs are funding dkoldies lmao they keep buying from em to expose em

[@RemmiGT]

As i'm a collector myself i got some of those videos from DKOldies on my tiktok account where they packed some orders for the customers. And i always thought: Who the hell is going to buy this overpriced stuff? I mean yeah...collecting retro consoles and games is getting more and more expensive. But those prices are (in relation to the condition) way too high. And what's even worse: All those comments on their tiktok videos were like "Wow that is awesome...i'm gonna order on DK now as well!".

[@hanktank45]

Personally, if I'm paying top price for a console, I'd want to see it before buying it instead of just getting a random condition.

[@topherd1011]

People are insane to buy from them now knowing what they should know at this point. That’s really all I’ll say. They’re not doing what they say they’re doing and charging a premium on top of it. At least in the US, you would do better to go to a pawn shop, take it home, clean it up, and at a 1/4 of the cost. All of my best finds have been at flea markets and pawn shops. And if you have the gift of negotiation - you’re golden.

[@Zero_x]

Yep, that's some DKOldies "cleaned and refurbished" quality right there.

[@AzuraeLyonheart]

if your dumb a55 listened, they did not state it this guys order was cleans and refurbished.

[@YoYoknots]

I purchased my first PSp from a second hand seller on Ebay, and it was in need of a bit of love, including a new battery, but after switching the language over to English from Japanese, giving it a deep clean and replacing the battery, it was good to go, and I got it for a fraction of what it might have costed elsewhere. Self-service really helps!

[@noooname2568]

Dk Oldies marketing is genius. Get everyone to talk about them, drive people to the site and hit a million subs 🤷‍♂️

[@rashira9610]

Yeeaaahhh....I don't think Drew is that smart, honestly. It's a fluke, and they'll all be confused when it comes crashing down since they refuse to better themselves.

[@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6es]

Dkoldies is An amazing company, don't bash them. You're a jabroni

[@Robbnlinzi]

Hitler had more followers and didn’t succeed

[@BlackBeltGamers88]

As someone who worked in a retro game store for the better part of 8 years recently, DKOldies prices are absolutely absurd. Their quality control is lackluster at best. We had a rival store in town with very similar ambitions. Selling reproduction carts as authentic, damage, not working or defective games as fully tested among many other things. The simple fact of the matter is, with self taught methods I am able to thoroughly test a system and clean it and diagnose issues usually within 20-30 minutes and give it a full clean on average. Each game is usually about the same for a thorough test and clean. Obviously there can be exceptions like blockbuster stickers or homemade stickers, permanent marker, some people engraved their info into the cartridges which obviously cannot really be fixed without a shell replacement etc. Needless to say, a LOT of retro stores just don't put as much effort into the quality of their resale as they could and as a personal collector before I started working at the store, I had an elevated level of quality I strived for. I treated just about every game and console for my entire 8 years as though it was going into my personal collection. That quality however got abused a little by the employer but when you work at a video game store you kind of don't care lol. I worked luckily at a Ma and Pa shop so I didn't mind putting in the extra effort as I was generally rewarded for it.

[@bahamutbbob]

My one experience with DKOldies, they took forever to ship it. I swore off of buying from them again, then allllll this shit comes out, and yeah. I hope you didn't get a GBA that they broke with a baseball bat.

[@zalotordslayer3996]

Btw the condition of the console or product does not matter. According to DKOldies themselves ALL products are refurbished

[@8BitBruche]

The problem I see with the whole situation is that regardless of their quality, unless they honor refunds and customers/creators are actually going through with them, they just keep making money.

[@TVRust]

When dkoldies started they had pretty good prices, but now that they are growing a big audience, probably thanks to YT shorts, they started selling these pieces of garbo for a ton of money.

[@EriolGaurhoth]

I will say, I've seen so many Game Boys on eBay priced much higher in significantly worse condition. These Game Boys may or may not be selling at those prices, but I consider $110 for a Game Boy that looks that good to be pretty in line with what the market is doing these days.

[@DeathByKonami]

Those stickers are meant to keep people out of the system and typically removing the sticker means the warranty is voided

[@siroglethorpe311]

How did they ruin ur life tho…

[@Somerandomnamex]

By stealing a ton of money from him for overpriced crap

[@CasualConsoleGamerGuy]

I had actually considered buying some stuff from DK Oldies a little while ago. Glad I found this video - I'll be avoiding them from now on!

[@RestoreTechnique]

Good video 👌 DKoldies obviously have no attention to detail, or pride in their "refurbishing"

[@Githrog]

I still have my extreme green pocket from when I was a kid. Man I loved that thing. I got a color later on as a birthday present and still rocked the pocket because the screen felt so much bigger and clearer. Still have the color as well. And of course my sp from when it first came out. Sitting right next to my neo geo pocket color. Man it was a good time to be a gamer

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

I saw the video where dkoldies tried to fix a n64 controller and failed to calibrate the joystick. It was still drifting and they said they did a good job. Dkoldies how is a joystick that still have drift a good jod when refurbishing a controller?

[@duck_man1048]

I saw that too! It was clearly off center lol and they still posted it as if people weren’t gonna notice

[@AlexEarMusic]

I have to say that the patina of the ice blue color looks incredibly cool to me. Someone really loved the hell out of this system and it ages really nicely. Of course it is kind of a hefty price tag, but I think the one you found on eBay looks WAY worse than this one.

[@archibaldc.1833]

There's a dead bug right on the quality control sticker. That sums up DK Oldies to an absurdly accurate degree.

[@foirey]

0:24 my mom has that green game boy and said she bought hers for only 90USD! What the hell man.

[@lowrider6217]

The dead bug stuck to the DKO sticker is the most ironic thing ever.

[@rjbourgeois5490]

I don't blame them for scratched covers/cases. It's not new and they don't claim for it to be such. It is pre-owned and especially for a limited variant, you really don't want to screw with the paint job. What I do it for, is the fact that they cant be bothered to clean the damn thing, or for matter testing to make sure it even works. TBF, from a reseller's perspective. $80 for a gameboy to sell to the end buyer isn't bad at all. Handhelds can range from 60-200+ depending on make and model.

[@awesomeferret]

How the heck did they not realize that the lucky dip business model requires a LOWER than average price, not a higher one?

[@agamemnon8163]

“I’m not going to go into all the politics and drama of what’s going on” Proceeds to make a drama cash in video 😂😂😂

[@mccrash_0]

I love you so much the retro future, it was because of you that I decided my career on university, you awakened in me that curiosity in me to see what is inside electronic devices, especially retro ones 🙏🙏

[@healthbeauty7853]

Retro collecting is like going back to using typewriters when we have modern computers.

[@allthegoodnamesweretaken3965]

I spent $80 each on a Gameboy Advance and a Gameboy Color at a local flea market, and the only thing i had to do to them was clean up a little sticker residue on the advance, and both are in gorgeous condition. $80 for something so dirty is a horrible deal

[@LosChalesdeJorge]

When you said you bought 200 dollars worth of game boys I was expecting only one unit and probably a game

[@Megamon0001]

It would be morally correct to steal from their warehouse given they charge prices that are highway robbery

[@sodaft1]

Been looking forward for this video for a looong time, no better person to check the gameboys on that siete than you! 👀

[@yaBoyRome]

this guy expects a console that came out 40 years ago to look abosutely new?? lmaoo

[@kattriella1331]

This is why I've just opted to spend the $100-$150 on tools to be able to fix and refurbish stuff myself. It's still less than what I'd pay buying from them.

[@CthulhuGOS]

I used to work for DK oldies up until a couple months ago. I even still have the shirt they gave to us for when we were in a new broadcast on Hulu.

[@CthulhuGOS]

@otdreamer193 Helped with a bunch of them too, Mostly liked messing with Hunter though.

[@KingHenryVR4]

Someone gave me a DMG in excellent condition with a copy Ducktales 2 that they found in a big box of misc stuff.