We CAUGHT A SHOPLIFTER in Our Game Store

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

Something I didn't clarify in this video. The reason I was able to film the 2nd guy coming in, is because Ariel recognized the same exact items, and told me they were the ones the other guy brought in, so I set up my phone on the back counter to film just for safety or whatever, and then we confronted him about having the stolen stuff. Watching the video myself, it MIGHT seem staged because "why would you randomly be filming?" But I knew we were about to confront him, so I set up my phone first.

[@MrOboylives]

I hope you called the police on the second guy with the stolen games & stalled him till police arrived.

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

Nothing the 2nd guy had was stolen from us, as far as we could tell. He just had the REST of the stuff the first guy had (minus the games with our custom artwork). We can't call the cops every time we suspect someone has stolen stuff, we just pass on it. If he had OUR stolen stuff, we would have taken it, and called the cops for sure.

[@MrOboylives]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames Oh, I see now. The way you told the story in part 2, made it sound like they tried again to sell your & other stolen stuff that you recognised back to you guys again. I'm just glade that all of you guys are ok. 👌🤠

[@xjayfromva7730]

Sorry you have to deal with shoplifters. Really lame! Don’t let a few bad apples bum you guys out though. Just remember all the cool customers 👍🏻

[@Pikapika77731]

Hope all those shoplifters are put in jail where belong

[@firechild7497]

I had a buddy who was a serial shoplifter. Dude would steal from any store he could and he often stole absolutely stupid shit. I stopped going to any store with him and the final straw was when he stole from a game store I was checking out with a group of my buddies. This was a mom and pop shop that had an amazing selection of board games, cards and whatever you wanted. After that I just stopped answering his texts and calls cause I got so tired of him stealing from people who are just trying to make a living and put all of us at risk of getting in trouble bc he couldn’t help himself.

[@beverlyarcher546]

Brothers friend wife is like that and when she got caught she would say she was planning to buy them 🤨 uh huh brother wasn't a shoplifter the store owners were right where they could see they saw him put stuff in his pockets but knew he was just keeping his hands cleared to get more as they didn't have shopping baskets to put the stuff in and he always paid and always did the pulling the pockets out to show he didn't steal any nice Vietnamese ppl you could talk to their son took over about 14-15 years ago

[@chrisspike3282]

@@beverlyarcher546 Please learn to use . and ,

[@XxTayC94xX]

@@firechild7497 sounds like a kleptomaniac. Sorry you had to deal with that man

[@Iccccyyyyoneeee]

There’s a game store in my town, and instead of selling the games outright, they put the cases on the shelves and if you want to buy it you take it to the front, pay for it, and while you’re paying they put the disc in the actual case so if someone wants to steal anything it’s just gonna be a case

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

We don't do this because we take our inventory to sell at conventions, and it doesn't work to either put the games in the cases for the weekend, then empty them back out, or take our entire disc storage with us. Too much extra work unfortunately

[@drunkin12Many]

I don't like that. Once opened you can't return a lot of new games. I went to a game stop that did that for new games. You opened it, its used and it should reflect that in the price.

[@lauramlpfang4g5]

​@drunkin12Many here gamestop and best buy do that

[@mikewebb7807]

@@drunkin12Many im pretty sure that is illegal to do.

[@silentvalue]

Reminds me of my days working at toys r us. The wooden Thomas the train engines were notorious for being stolen bc they were easy to conceal and they would come in for non-receipt returns in bulk all the time. It's easy to say not to judge a book by its cover, but when you work in retail for 20+ years, you really do build an intuition.

[@holdyourbreathandswimunder]

You guys are incredible...I know everyone is talking about the shoplifters in the comments, but I cannot tell you how jealous I was watching the way you packed that mystery box at the beginning...you taunted "Secret of Mana" IN BOX, and then you pulled it for em, such a damn cool move...it's one of my favorite box arts from any game ever, it's simply a beautiful inclusion that this person probably lost their mind when they got it...You're all awesome.

[@MrNicholas7]

If you didn't, I would have banned the 2nd guy too, because he could have been the original one who stole from you. They're could even be 5 or 10 people in their little group of thieves. One person steals an item, while another person sells it. That way, if people are on the lookout for the original thief, they may not pay any attention to a completely different person selling the items. Plus, you create reasonable doubt that you knew the items were stolen if you ever get caught during the sale.

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

They are all effectively banned either way, whether we told them to their face or not. Hopefully they just don't try to come back anyway.

[@truthseeker333-id7ex]

dude gets caught, so his only reaction is to flip you guys off lol

[@blackbibletv]

Worked in the same area you guys are at. See a lot of those same guys stealing from grocery stores etc. Basically anything they can try to sell off to buy drugs. If someone ever comes into your store with a suitcase like that and multiple bags, they're 100% up to no good lol.

[@truthseeker333-id7ex]

pray for them bro, they need to get off the drugs and get out of that street life. 🙏

[@rguevara9915]

Thank goodness everyone is okay and yall handled the situation perfect 👍🏼 😁

[@kylesympson6037]

Cool halo story. I knew a guy in college days, like 05ish, and he grew up in various japan places because his pops was the vp for fedex global. So we were obsessed with halo, anyway he was crazy good at halo and we actually got to play with and against the bungie guys that were on The development team for halo!! They were insane good! Like my buddy used to one shot guys across map, and make people quit routinely. Well the bungie guys would beat us like 25-3 😂 id spawn in after a kill, think about taking a step and thered be plasma grenade stuck to my forehead kinda good!!!! Theyd make silly rules like i could have the sword and rocket launchers, and theyd only use the pistol and destroy me 😂. It was a lot of fun playing them 😂

[@bodhiswayze1892]

If I see someone shoplifting food, baby formula or tampons etc from a large store-I saw nothing. Stealing from a place like this just because you want something? I’m snitching!

[@mattheawcavallaro8902]

I'll admit, I used to be a pretty avid shoplifter, several thousand dollars at least over a couple years. I did inevitably get caught and pay the consequences, as greed is every thief's weakness. Once or twice, and you'll most likely get away with it. When you get cocky, is when you get caught. But I would NEVER steal from a family business, or even small chains. Only walmart, best buy, etc. Anywhere with insurance, where no one person was personally affected. These people really are scummy and have no regard for others.

[@SJohnTrombley]

It wouldn't surprise me if the guy that originally stole from you just flipped them for a few bucks to the first guy, who just looked up "where to sell retro games," came to your store (and went to GameStop), and when he realized he wouldn't be able to sell them, just flipped them for a few bucks to the next guy who did the same thing.

[@markmurray5214]

Good for you for calling him out on the wwe cover art game...people always say they would say something, but in the moment it's not easy

[@MicheleRaquel1]

Need better cameras and no blind spots. You live in a state that loves letting thieves off the hook. Protect yourself. Stores are leaving left and right.

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

We have 4k cameras, and plenty of them.

[@TheColehabo]

need better parents [not u]

[@wolfrig2000]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames 4000 cameras, where do you put them all? 😜

[@markmurray5214]

The 2nd guy that came in dont even talk to him...soon as he starts lying say get tfo!

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

@@markmurray5214 He says in the video that the first shoplifter used swear words and that he was concerned because there were kids in his shop, so he definitely wouldn't do that.

[@madgigahz]

I was a menace in the late 90s with that Ascii fight stick for the Super Nintendo. I couldn’t play killer instinct without it.

[@MediCali951]

Invest in glass cases with locks. IKEA has them for cheap

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

All of our glass cases are locked

[@MediCali951]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames how did they get items out and you didn’t noticed they were stolen? I hate to be that guy, but sometimes it’s an inside job I don’t trust anyone

[@fluxie31_old]

​@@MediCali951 I've been in the store numerous times and they only lock more expensive stuff in the glass cases.

[@michaelhillier6178]

@@MediCali951 people check to see if they're unlocked and there are millions of ways to get into them that people do everyday to steal from stores

[@RetroModernFanboy]

Gas Station Encounters does this all the time

[@FPSCarrbrook]

You guys look like you have so much fun at work. I love it!

[@rexrabbiteer]

A cool shop similar to yours called Ratnest in chino California was broken into a few months ago, thankfully nothing of high value was stolen but unfortunately that’s the problem with setting up shop in California the thrift capitol of the USA. Forgot to mention that the community chipped in to help the shop ratnest and they now have those little gate things to keep the ship safe after close.

[@rexrabbiteer]

Shop**

[@beverlyarcher546]

You mean the theft capitol who allows ppl to steal

[@jacobmalone5296]

I love coming to the shop by 164th! Y’all are awesome!! Secret of Mana is my favorite! So fun with 2 people!

[@carterconway7272]

What is up with people breaking into Retro game stores,like one time in 1UP Games in Arizona someone broke into the store and he grab a big Rock and smashed the glass door it was terrifying.

[@WaltHeisenberg-b4h]

Curious, what's the most expensive thing you've had stolen? I think most stores it ends up being internal theft sadly

[@carlospark865]

How can someone shoplift a n64 and an xbox?? Guy is like a wizard

[@DionysosDrinker]

Nice shop. I dont have a such shops near my german village and I dont know if we have a lot in Germany to begin with. It is always cool to see shops which sell specific stuff the people love.

[@antonyjames4698]

I love Ariels VARIANT loki shirt, thats sickk

[@Retrocidal]

be safe man people crazy make sure you can defend you store and people

[@EvolvedAura]

“And I would’ve gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling kids” 😂 I hate seeing this stuff happen. But I really respect how you guys handle things. “Yeah uh not cool. We know what you’re doin’. You aren’t welcome back into the store” I just have to laugh at the audacity of bringing in stolen games back to the store then having a buddy or something try some days later 😆

[@sumcondor2105]

Hey I have the same pop rocks shirt! I love Honey Revenge

[@sgtfumblesii6838]

@@sumcondor2105 I just started listening to them and then saw his shirt in this video. 😆 Funny.

[@yesxplain5965]

Thieves are just a part of all brick-and-mortar stores.

[@raistlinmajere7149]

I'm sorry to hear that you guys have to deal with this I hope at the very least you prevented more stuff from being stolen and ensured he can't do this to other local game stores.

[@CarlosXPhone]

I cannot believe the audacity of some people.. WHY would you go back to the same store that you stole stuff from? And WHY on earth would you dispatch your buddy or band of thieves to do the same exact thing?? Are they trying to get arrested??

[@joeyisabsb1]

More than likely they didn't think the store would notice because ppl who run operations like these tend lack common sense. Most criminals are also on the lower end when it comes to intelligence so if you combine the two they do things that make you think to yourself: "Are these people idiots?!" 😂

[@CbassMajor]

Sucks that this happens to local shops like you guys, stealing is wrong but I understand that some people are in situations where they feel like they have to steal just to get money but if youre gonna steal dont go for local shops, they already struggle enough.

[@JaapioNL]

I’m a bit confused. The boxes on your shelves have the disks in them? All of the stores I know keep the disks either in the back or in a locked tray.

[@Aerialslayer]

Stupid shoplifters. The team did very well handling the situation.

[@Mikumikku]

3:18 clearly showing 2 hp bars at the top. That’s not an action/adventure that’s a fighting game

[@Dushan-o8w]

Wow videogame shops still exist

[@LatashaMoore-y7r]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 🙏

[@albekayl041]

Wait so they come into your store! Steal items then come back in and try to sell those items! Lmfao that’s a “good one” smart thinking 😂😂😂

[@lonegrimo6098]

I saw that happen at Gamestop once. They stole an empty case came back like 10 minutes later to sell it back to the store. 😅

[@ralphramsey82]

I pray for peace and protection for you all. No excuse for stealing.

[@pageup213]

Not that I'm giving tips, but you can't be too bright to try and sell items you stole from a stole, back to them and have them not realize - generally stores keep an inventory of stolen items, once they scan them back in for the trade, they'll be flagged as stolen. Either this person stole it from you directly, or bought it from the person that did (particularly if they were stolen only a few months back, highly doubtful they would have passed through more than 1 set of hands at that point).

[@Heyzachary]

"Did anyone like halo reach?" WHAT?! You mean arguably the best halo game???

[@madness3795]

Sorry for the problems. Things are looking good tho. Thanks for the video DJVG krew

[@silverian]

Thank you for info!

[@extendo......500]

I'm sorry this keeps happening to you guys, i hope you put some cameras always recording signs up to at least scare some of these thieves away.

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

We have so many cameras, but theres only so much we can do :/

[@Scarletpanda17]

Dragonball keeps getting released and rereleased and repackaged smaller and cheaper (not unlike Naruto more recently). A lot of them are showing up recently at Walmart and Target also so their value is dropping significantly sadly.

[@neilarnold5506]

I get it will never completely detour people from doing sketchy and sleezy stuff like this - but man how dumb to you got to be to not only steal something from a store, but also try to sell it back to the SAME store. Like come on dude. Hope things work out and you get back/compensated for the stuff stolen, and at the very least bring awareness to other businesses around the area to be on the look out for this person.

[@CannibalChxrry]

That was NOT an assassins creed statue. It was obviously a disney princess.

[@ThatPersonK]

I would have taken all the games and say you want your manager to look at them outback and then keep the games and phone the cops

[@AmTrashLmao]

Never played secret of mana, but secret of evermore was a fav as a kid.

[@Sharkboykun]

Is that an Albedo plush?!

[@cjisawesome3686]

That's Crazy to Here About 😒!

[@MrAndresm900]

Those big yellow stickers really make it a nice touch. They really pop 5:00 eye catching

[@rexrabbiteer]

One way to know someone is likely a shoplifter, they are always going to try to conceal their identity as much as possible usually wearing a hat or hoodie, baggy clothes and they tend to carry a backpack. Now, why would anyone walking into a store with a backpack on? I would never allow anyone into my store if they have a backpack on

[@pypy9202]

Well, I can only speak from my experience but I don't have a car. I tend to either take uber or walk everywhere and carry a backpack to carry stuff in. I have no problem giving my backpack to the owner or manager behind the counter which is done in places like Family Dollar. This isn't the case most of the time anyway as I get it from the manager's perspective.

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

​@@pypy9202 Same here. Didn't have a car for years and often went to our local electronics shop before I went shopping, since they were both in the same mall.

[@back2the80s]

@@rexrabbiteer some people don’t have cars dude

[@beverlyarcher546]

It would be years before I was comfortable to carry my bag in a store drove mom crazy cause I always felt like I was going to steal something if I did I wear hats because my eyes are sensitive to bright lights even more after that 20 extra long minutes wait when they were widen the highway but I would happily let someone check my bags if they were suspicious and don't complain when someone asks for ID before mom passed I actually looked like a 15 year old even in late 20s especially with long hair short aged me up more by a few years lost mom year turned 29 to cancer

[@dracoorian3029]

Question for you do you have a PSP? Either used or new? I know it’s unrelated to the video I’m still looking for that particular system mine broke and died I’m sad.

[@dylanherron3963]

AHAHAHAHA your mate around 14:40 doing the "incorrect pronunciation" thing about Halo "Reesh" and Halo 5 "Gaurd-eeans" is the same shit we used to do when we were making fun of something. "ITS PRONOUNCED PURR-SUNNA, NOT PERSONA" (we're fans of the Persona titles) MAN IT SUCKS that you guys are on the opposite side of the country! (VA east coast here) I'll just have to enjoy your digital content (we don't talk about digital...)

[@Z_SquaredGaming]

I was just thinking why would you go back to the same store you stole from and try to sell the same games back and then you said it Coop. Criminals are not the smartest people out there. I'm sure there are more people that steal from you but you just don't know about it. It's just a part of owning a store. If I were you, I would do inventory more often.

[@blakemccraven3726]

For the mystery box I hope he purchased that for the sake of collection otherwise he should just emulate.

[@TrapgazmYT]

may i ask what is your site name so can look? plus do u ship international?

[@LITTLE1994]

Funny editing

[@vinylreckoning]

Zero tolerance for thieves….boils my blood.

[@Justin89125]

Guys that bag looked heavy what else did he get 😮

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

I watched him open it, and he had clothing, toiletries, etc. I think he is living out of that bag.

[@Justin89125]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames sorry this happened guys double up on some cameras maybe 🤔 love the channel and store makes me so mad that people have a chance to actually go there yet they do this kinda stuff and I cant even go there and support in person 😞

[@m4dh4dd3r]

Ah… that’s why 360 prices are surging… the store was closed. Doesn’t impact me - I collect for PS3 but good to know. They’ll close the PS3 store at some point.

[@Astro_Zombie92]

Pretty sure I sold my complete GameCube re4 chainsaw for like $100 about 12 years ago

[@bjjzombiemonk]

Much respect for Ryan and losing weight. We notice the hard work you have been putting in.

[@proto204n4]

"I'll give you a dollar for each item"

[@maxdewey2691]

Man it sucks I live in the uk I’d love to come and browse

[@SorryDaSlayer]

Reach is probably the best game in the series shame on you Cooper !

[@angelmares8601]

Halo reach was one of the best games out of all of them

[@gimmicklessnews6047]

That sf2 game was my life as a teen...

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

Would it be allowed for you guys to take their ID and set the stuff in the back for "testing" and call the cops if there's a lot of suspicion that it's stolen?

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

suspicion I dont think is enough to call the cops, because then its really bad if you're wrong. If we are suspicious, we just turn stuff away.

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames that's fair, I wouldn't hesitate to call if there was a reason to believe the stuff was stolen, just so they know what's going on, the type of people who do this aren't usually just doing it at one store, so odds are the police might already know about them.

[@ibapreppie]

LOL for 400 bucks for that CIB SNES and its yellowed...

[@rexrabbiteer]

You guys should carry pepper spray or anything that you guys can carry for self defense. You just never know with these weirdos

[@BlaizeV]

there are a few anime in this video i'm quite interested in but can't find on the website

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

check back soon, still working through some issues to get them up

[@fidelsoccer00]

What yellow dragonball z (called dragonbox) volumes do you have? I have been looking for volume 4 and volume 7

[@rietzhu]

Sad no one respects or talks about the panasonic 3do these days.. Was a fun system for a hot minute.. literally. 😅 I do Loss prevention and security and sadly I literally know what you guys went through.. dealt with that exact scenario a dozen or more times a easy tell-tell is, well, he’s carrying all his personal possessions.. either steals and resells for drug money or something else… Also you cant really warn people cause you blurred out his photo If it was me I would have posted that full on lol.. people should know when you enter a public place of biz you ARE being recorded.. we post photos all the time.. warning other stores.. dont feel bad about it.

[@caleb2002]

Im sorry this happened to you guys this world is really full of them and it really does make the business side of things hard you guys are so nice. Love the videos

[@mjdf122]

Mortal Kombat Double Jump Edition the games or your life choose your destiny

[@thebodybeatdownDiTi]

Im not gonna play like im perfect and never done something wrong myself..BUT i also grew out of it, I wasnt an adult either. Having said that, Adults that shoplift are the bane on society. Heaven forbid they get jobs and earn their way...Hurting the little guys out there especially like your store. BUT technically hurting everyone because the more the shoplift the higher the prices go..AND also in some cases the more stores that close down..

[@Overdoneacorn]

You bricked Colton

[@elricmon2099]

A guy has to be really stupid to try to sell stolen items TO THE STORE HE STOLE THEM FROM

[@PotbellyPunch]

I worked loss prevention at a major retailer for a while and in the training one of the most common things they see is people shoplifting items and then bringing them back in to return them for cash or store credit. This was at a time when receipts weren't required.

[@playalot86]

Yikes! $180 for The Secret of Mana!!!! I got 聖剣伝説2 for $4… thank God for Japanese! ❤

[@Dinodax1776]

I am sad you guys are only in Washington

[@mmuutwo]

Do you have DBZ bt3 for Wii ?

[@vidgamarr5126]

My guy must be pretty strong to lift an entire shop.

[@CarpetCloser]

come on man what’s with the xbox hate why everyone hate on xbox

[@degeneratecollector9950]

@@CarpetCloser think about it man not that hard to realize

[@synistersydofficial]

People like that just hate on stuff to make themselves feel better. Sometimes they’re just repeating someone else, due to a lack of original thoughts, and ideas. There are clear comparisons to be made between PlayStation and XBox, but PC will always be better- I mean you can mod games in so many ways, and add things that make it more fun for you, or friends. I don’t have a PC yet, but one day, then gaming will never be the same (and I’m using a controller, screw a keyboard/mouse) As a kid I had PS1 & 2, but as a teen I had an Xbox360: the special shiny black one, with the chrome bits - yeah - I powered it on one day, and everything was reset as if I had never used it before. 7+ years of gaming and content, gone in one night. Went back to PlayStation and never looked back. Xbox has better processing speeds in some cases, but I’ve never had a PlayStation crap out on me, especially like that XBox did.

[@stankyyboi]

all the halo games and every other Backwards Compatible 360 game can still be purchased on XB1 and Series X|S stores

[@MSUHitman]

There are a few exceptions like Batman: Arkham Origins, Sonic Generations, 50 Cent Blood in the Sand, & Enchanted Arms that are BC but not sold digitally.

[@mikhayloikaros5909]

Yeah I own one of those 360 games and I bought it back in the day for 40 I played in a few weeks ago again and they're definitely was selling digitally for 15 Xbox so I feel bad for the person that bought the game physically for almost a hundred bucks

[@dylanherron3963]

....I won't lie bud, it's a bit weird seeing you guys peddle mystery boxes. I haven't yet seen a company that doesn't use them to just offload horsesh*t that doesn't sell. Mystery boxes always fall into the company's favor.

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

Us. We are the company that doesn't do that. Watch any of our videos where we show the mystery box. Watch anyone's unboxing. Its literally catered to what they request.

[@dylanherron3963]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames I have responded several times but I think because of my use of adblockers (sorry not sorry YT) that the reply function doesn't work as intended. I've changed my stance watching the whole video, I hope you see my other comment lamenting how I'm sad a shop like yours isn't around my area on the east coast.

[@BillyBlankenchip]

FIRST RULE OF THUMB, when you see a sketchy person that's clearly a drug addict who has his worldy belongs in a rolling suitcase wearing a black hoody and a dirty knapsack the WRITING is on the WALL! Moral of the story be more vigilant of who is entering your store and make sure to greet everyone so you can gauge the situation better. That way you can stop it before it even starts!

[@atomiswave1971]

I think you'll see more of this kind of stuff but probably not as brave as a guy trying to sell product you already own back to yourselves. A nice little RPG bundle you made there. I boycott Xbox/360>, don't see the point of them for myself. Probably would have bought the Mario RPG snes game myself. I should go to your website more.

[@JUANISG]

Don't give curtesy to people who are literally taking from you and still trying to con you. Don't blur the faces; your community and the gaming community in general shouldn't take this. Also when speaking to these thief's, don't put them on game on how you know its stolen. Tell em "This is stolen and give it back or Im calling the police". No bargaining and explaining how you know (your stores artwork on it). Ill respect how you handle your store. Its your name and your money but these people are cold and sometimes desperate. THEY DO NOT CARE THEY ARE ON CAMERA OR CAUGHT. They just want the up on you. Nonetheless, enjoy the vids :)

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

We blurred the faces because we didn't actually see who stole the games, only who brought them in. Obviously we think the first guy stole them himself, but we can't know that 100% for sure.

[@JUANISG]

@@DoubleJumpVideoGames I get you. Hes not the theif. Maybe. LOL but hes for sure the scammer.

[@bleepleglorp]

usual suspect

[@SSStopSSStealingSSSniper]

I keep noticing an annoying loud super high pitch sound in my ears when i watch the video.

[@RandySchmitt]

you can rip on xbox all you want but 360 shat on the ps3

[@bleepleglorp]

16:40 melanated individual

[@OfficialBo420]

Everybody knows god of war is better than ass creed

[@lupetastic16]

Just get some cameras man!

[@DoubleJumpVideoGames]

? We have plenty of security cameras

[@achroous2]

If shoplifters just move to san francisco, they could enjoy a safe and lucrative career without the law enforcement hassle, duh.

[@Lovely_lovez]

First

[@Fixyonyoutube]

No one cares

[@Lovely_lovez]

I’m trying to goon

[@Lovely_lovez]

Shhh