Given the latest scam and subsequent fallout of Boogie2988, I'm very surprised to see him featured here, and also that he is going to be at an expo. I doubt he will show...
I have Fatal Inertia had no clue it was worth anything I have complete with manual and registration card I think I paid 50 cents for it a couple months ago. Sweet!!!!
I feel like Minty Tim is a recurring character on a sitcom. He’ll just randomly show up on the show, do his thing, and then you won’t see him again until halfway through the season. 😂
On those older lights there are LED conversion kits you can install, they are cheap, easy to install, and a much brighter and better light. Also will save you money on your electric bill and bulb costs because you’ll never have to replace them again id bet
Hey Rick. Big fan of the channel and the store! I actually run a game store that does 80% trading cards and 20% video games. And another big difference is that fact that shipping a video game is $4 minimum with usps nowadays. You can ship a trading card online that is worth less than $20 for around $1 between a top loader envelope and stamp. Hence why we buy cards worth less than $5 daily but pass on video games worth less than $10 often.
You guys don't know how lucky you are to even have this many sources/places from where u can find/buy/resale/exchange games, consoles, and stuff, here in Serbia we mostly have one of two websites from which we get those(if I'm wrong someone please, correct or tell me if I'm wrong!), enjoy collecting, can wait for an opportunity to do the same! :)
Check to make sure there isn't a substantial voltage drop on the lighting circuit. That would cause the ballasts and lights to fail. Or put in LED low-bay/high-bay lights
There are NO Batman the Animated Series toys in your store, that might be hurting your biz 🙂 My God, I miss Kevin Conroy so much. He was perfect. I got a voice acting background and have to say that his voice has been such an inspiration for me since the Batman the Animated Series. The vocal training was tough, without noticeable results for months but actors like him are a great impulse to not give up; almost the face of Leon in those new RE games :) Great video as always.
late to the show but when Rick was saying he was gonna put the games on the wall by the door i was yelling ... "Noooo they will steal them". Then he followed with ... they are empty. haha.
Not to mention a card store is just that; cards. A video game store like yours sells, various shaped games that require shelves for that specific console, you sell strategy guides, special editions, the consoles themselves, controllers etc. And then on top of that you sell toys, cards and movies. Probably more that I didn't even think of.
In regards to the lights might want to look into your power. Might want to check your fuse box. Power conditioning might fix your issue. Locally my power company has a lot of surges that set off my fuses. Destroyed a few appliances. I could see that affecting your lighting ballasts
Do you know about the new electrical codes? They require service panels to have better breakers and have surge protection in them. Please upgrade your electrical service. Retro Rick needs to do this at his store too.
I’d like to make a suggestion with getting the games out the door and into the customers hands faster. I noticed at record stores they will post on social media note worthy trade ins and higher ticketed items. This will have people message you and you can get specific items in the floor first rather than waste time on lesser value items
I clean/De-sticker every game i put on ebay. So I can def appreciate the time/effort it takes. Not to mention pricing competitively! dang 'ol hidden costs i tell u hwhat.
I don't really understand the payoff for Minty Tim. He goes out of his way far and wide to hunt and find collections people are selling. Then once he haggles the collection down, he buys it just to flip to the game store -- which Rick needs to buy for under half market value to make anything on them, especially if he'll be sitting on all the inventory for a long time. So what kinda margin is Minty Tim getting? Is it even worth his time? Is he retired? lol...
well it's either Tim sells to a pawn shop and get's ripped off, or lists it on ebay and pays for fees and shipping everything. Rick's store is probably the quicker deal. You're going to have to take a loss somewhere and not get the full value.
@@TooBokoohi I’m minty Tim. I buy collections and also Rick and me work together and mutually Benefit off way more than what you see. I hunt for the deals and also make money on the tons and tons and tons of stuff Rick doesn’t take. I make tons. I also don’t sell at 50 percent of value just an fyi. But you only see a fraction of the business I do.
Sweet trade in the the Switch collection! I love a good RPG game. In fact, quite a few of those games I've hoped either have animes to watch already or get ones soon. I thought about seeing if there's any such thing as a non-commercial disk cleaner. Do those kind of things exist? I thought it'd be nice to be able to clean up my games and movies on my own without making unnecessary trips.
Conventions look cool if you’re a RUclipsr or buying supply to sell at a store but I live 4 hours from Greenville. Factoring time, gas, hotel, food, admission, etc. I’d have spent like 300-400 dollars just to walk in the door... and then to just pay eBay prices… Too expensive.
I was curious about something with your store. Understandable that certain games you can move quick, but I was wondering about the slow paced stuff. Have you ever considered listing slow moving products on places such as eBay? I know eBay gets a % cut of sales though, but I think all online stores do. eBay, Poshmark, and Mercari all take cuts.
If you wait to resurface the disk until the person buys it. That would cut your time down a lot. Then you are not resurfacing disk that may sit for months or a year
This is something that really annoyed me. A guy local to me was selling a bunch of DS games he bought from a local game store. He bought them in bulk because they were going out of business. They all had the cases when he bought them, but they were inside a binder because of space constraints in the game store. Instead of him, putting them right in the cases immediately, he misplaced the cases. I bought the games and I spent three days removing stickers off the back of each one of them and cleaning them up so there was no residue. I put them up for sale, not holding my breath on getting the cases and as soon as I sold them, he calls me and says he has the cases. if I was closer to you, I'd bring them over and see if there was anything you needed lol People don't realize genuinely how long it takes you to clean and remove all stickers and residue. It took me three days to go through 500 games and it was a nightmare.
Pokemon card shops know they have have to give a bigger percentage anyway. Most card collectors who know what they have won't even entertain a small percentage number because they know someone on FB or Ebay will pay 80%+ or the full price. Percentage is if you're trying to move something immediately
Given the latest scam and subsequent fallout of Boogie2988, I'm very surprised to see him featured here, and also that he is going to be at an expo. I doubt he will show...
The scam just happened so he was already booked for the convention. Drama on the internet happens way faster than event planning.
@@TooBokoo ya dude, it’s disgraceful.
He had the longest line out of anyone at SEGE. It was crazy. I was able to walk right up to Riggs, Siccoper and Squarepegs who had no line at all.
@@outdoorsjoe lol. People are such fools.
minty tim is a good guy !
agreed, i'd also like to get some minty games from tinty mim's collection. You know he's got some rare bangies
It wouldn’t sit right with the other sellers if he goes there and sell cheap
Really digging your videos, keep it real!
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I have Fatal Inertia had no clue it was worth anything I have complete with manual and registration card I think I paid 50 cents for it a couple months ago. Sweet!!!!
Minty Tim is like a retro character from the 80’s. Bringing the 5 finger discount heat. lol
Congrats on the deal with microtel. I think that’s a great idea for all the tourists coming to see y’all. 🤙🏻
I feel like Minty Tim is a recurring character on a sitcom. He’ll just randomly show up on the show, do his thing, and then you won’t see him again until halfway through the season. 😂
It was really great getting to stop by this store this past week and chat with you while my family and I were down in AR!
Why dont you take a stall at your own convention and just get rid of some of the overstocks in the store at crazy low prices?
Ricky Wonka, Part 2
He would have to ship or bring the inventory when I would guess he is flying in for the event.
@@FuelHauler48 I mean the convention he's putting on in Arkansas. Presumably it's close enough to the store they could drive it
It's great that you're collaborating and not competing! :)
On those older lights there are LED conversion kits you can install, they are cheap, easy to install, and a much brighter and better light. Also will save you money on your electric bill and bulb costs because you’ll never have to replace them again id bet
I love your store Rick!
Hey Rick. Big fan of the channel and the store! I actually run a game store that does 80% trading cards and 20% video games. And another big difference is that fact that shipping a video game is $4 minimum with usps nowadays. You can ship a trading card online that is worth less than $20 for around $1 between a top loader envelope and stamp. Hence why we buy cards worth less than $5 daily but pass on video games worth less than $10 often.
You guys don't know how lucky you are to even have this many sources/places from where u can find/buy/resale/exchange games, consoles, and stuff, here in Serbia we mostly have one of two websites from which we get those(if I'm wrong someone please, correct or tell me if I'm wrong!), enjoy collecting, can wait for an opportunity to do the same! :)
When light/ballist get installed it’s normally at the same time that’s why their all going out at the same time
Check to make sure there isn't a substantial voltage drop on the lighting circuit. That would cause the ballasts and lights to fail. Or put in LED low-bay/high-bay lights
It was great meeting you guys tonight, see you tomorrow at SEGE!
Minty Tim redemption arc 😂
You can’t spell “minty” with out Tim
There are NO Batman the Animated Series toys in your store, that might be hurting your biz 🙂 My God, I miss Kevin Conroy so much. He was perfect. I got a voice acting background and have to say that his voice has been such an inspiration for me since the Batman the Animated Series. The vocal training was tough, without noticeable results for months but actors like him are a great impulse to not give up; almost the face of Leon in those new RE games :) Great video as always.
That audition video on ur channel, is that you??
Honestly the Whole DCAU was so great.
It was nice meeting you and Michael at pinky’s revenge tonight. Both of you are super nice and I hope to run into you again sometime tomorrow.
Just visited your store for the first time, amazing setup will for sure be a returning customer!
Oh god, not boogie
Is he in this video? Where at?
@@Smodlee Hes one of the panel members at the convention mentioned early in the video.
Minty Tim! I love how he's constantly a salesman.
Minty Tim and the Bangers
Minty Tim the GOAT
Always dig your videos, watching here i Norge. Seems like your quality of videos keeps going up, keep up the great work.
I would love to visit your store one day!! Thanks for the great videos
I've learned from just collecting, gotta maximize the space, sometimes you just have to go vertical!
Try avoid getting near Boogie2988 while your at the game convention, dude is nothing but trouble and will leech off you in a heart beat.
If the organizer a smarty tell Boogie to stay home that dude is straight-up toxic anymore
Bro who would have thought boogie would be more respected then the doc.... Mind blown
Chill it's Retro Rick we're talking about here not Mr Beast, I think he'll be good.
That’s a rude comment to make, do you know Boogie personally?
@@crobinson2624 aww a rude comment about someone who scammed people
I love that you don't put game discs in paper sleeves.
If you don’t mind sharing, what inventory system do you use/recommend. I do mainly eBay and not everything has a UPC.
late to the show but when Rick was saying he was gonna put the games on the wall by the door i was yelling ... "Noooo they will steal them". Then he followed with ... they are empty. haha.
Not to mention a card store is just that; cards. A video game store like yours sells, various shaped games that require shelves for that specific console, you sell strategy guides, special editions, the consoles themselves, controllers etc. And then on top of that you sell toys, cards and movies. Probably more that I didn't even think of.
If you're having that many issues with the fixtures, it might be worth looking into LED conversions that bypass the ballasts.
I must've missed you guys at SEGE on Saturday. Hope you enjoyed Greenville
Not a perfect solution, but most of those Data East games in that collection are available digitally now on PlayStation & Switch.
In regards to the lights might want to look into your power. Might want to check your fuse box. Power conditioning might fix your issue. Locally my power company has a lot of surges that set off my fuses. Destroyed a few appliances. I could see that affecting your lighting ballasts
Do you know about the new electrical codes? They require service panels to have better breakers and have surge protection in them. Please upgrade your electrical service. Retro Rick needs to do this at his store too.
Looked for you all day Saturday at SEGE but never saw you. Son and I were hoping to meet you. Maybe next time.
I need those Xenosaga strat guides
take it all in the guy is living his best life
I’d like to make a suggestion with getting the games out the door and into the customers hands faster.
I noticed at record stores they will post on social media note worthy trade ins and higher ticketed items.
This will have people message you and you can get specific items in the floor first rather than waste time on lesser value items
It has a Mario base and a closing top lid .It's a n64 in a case.
I clean/De-sticker every game i put on ebay. So I can def appreciate the time/effort it takes. Not to mention pricing competitively! dang 'ol hidden costs i tell u hwhat.
Hi guys! Are we going to get a schedule for retrofest? We were planning to go one of the two days, but weren't sure which to choose.
That was a minty trade!
We like michael, he seems legit.
Can't wait for the Minty Tim spinoff series
Going to be starting my RUclips at ricks convention. I’ll be meeting everyone too!
Tim is great, He could sell ice to Eskimos 😂
Or a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves
Convert your ballast to LED. No more ballast and the tubes last longer and don’t change color over time. Incredibly easy. RUclips it.
15:46 I was eating and almost choked when Tails was suddenly on screen.
Spiderman Tim picking up web of shadows for $10 is crazy
Minty Tim rocks 🪨 Glad he is getting some love from the community. He seems like a great guy
Heat can f up electronics that are on.💜
The family Truckster is a dream boat car 😂
How bout you make a binder with pics of the special edition and keep them in back and set binder on the display cases
I don't really understand the payoff for Minty Tim.
He goes out of his way far and wide to hunt and find collections people are selling.
Then once he haggles the collection down, he buys it just to flip to the game store -- which Rick needs to buy for under half market value to make anything on them, especially if he'll be sitting on all the inventory for a long time. So what kinda margin is Minty Tim getting? Is it even worth his time? Is he retired? lol...
well it's either Tim sells to a pawn shop and get's ripped off, or lists it on ebay and pays for fees and shipping everything. Rick's store is probably the quicker deal. You're going to have to take a loss somewhere and not get the full value.
@@TooBokoohi I’m minty Tim. I buy collections and also Rick and me work together and mutually Benefit off way more than what you see. I hunt for the deals and also make money on the tons and tons and tons of stuff Rick doesn’t take. I make tons. I also don’t sell at 50 percent of value just an fyi. But you only see a fraction of the business I do.
Sweet trade in the the Switch collection! I love a good RPG game. In fact, quite a few of those games I've hoped either have animes to watch already or get ones soon.
I thought about seeing if there's any such thing as a non-commercial disk cleaner. Do those kind of things exist? I thought it'd be nice to be able to clean up my games and movies on my own without making unnecessary trips.
I'd look at the little things you could do to shrink that processing time. 30 secs here and there can be hours saved over time
Well it’s different cuz u sell higher then market+ on products
Yes aware, overhead, employees ect.
But that is the difference
Dude! Awesome sonic shirt 👕!
see you in hartford.
lol boogie going to be scamming everybody there
Boogie man
I’m at 974 games in my collection, with about 25% of it being OG XBox/360/XB1/Series S.
microsoft is not a real gaming platform you must be gates' son
This one's an OG.
4:01 "we got some ncie cuby cube"
Hold up! That OOT Master quest disc is WORTH A LOT
Do you offer gift certificates, or ever have customers use gift certificates?
I would love to find those xenosaga strategy guides in the wild. Been trying to find them decently priced for a while.
Conventions look cool if you’re a RUclipsr or buying supply to sell at a store but I live 4 hours from Greenville. Factoring time, gas, hotel, food, admission, etc. I’d have spent like 300-400 dollars just to walk in the door... and then to just pay eBay prices… Too expensive.
Stuff and time is not free! some people don't see that , they also don't see that repairs cost money !
How much do u want for the need for speed most wanted
“Gets it from his dad”. Classic Minty Tim.
"MANUAL'S"!!!!😆😂
I love Lumines!
I was curious about something with your store. Understandable that certain games you can move quick, but I was wondering about the slow paced stuff. Have you ever considered listing slow moving products on places such as eBay? I know eBay gets a % cut of sales though, but I think all online stores do. eBay, Poshmark, and Mercari all take cuts.
i think it might be getting close to move the business to different building
"That's gonna be a pricey pricey." 😂
If you wait to resurface the disk until the person buys it. That would cut your time down a lot. Then you are not resurfacing disk that may sit for months or a year
That’s one big thing with pinball man. Unless your really lucky those things break often
If you want to save a ton of cash get rid of those lights and switch to led strip lights.
Can you do a top 10 all time game video? Love the videos brother!
Id like to see the buffer work.
Buy LED bulbs…you bypass the ballast altogether
I've got a Mario Cement Factory game & watch (CM-72) That I've been tempted to bring down and sell... now I think it may be worth it
On a Tuuuuesday 🎉
Upgrade all your lights to LED your power bill will be cheaper!
And solar panels on the roof of his store.
I want the whole store 😅
This is something that really annoyed me. A guy local to me was selling a bunch of DS games he bought from a local game store. He bought them in bulk because they were going out of business. They all had the cases when he bought them, but they were inside a binder because of space constraints in the game store. Instead of him, putting them right in the cases immediately, he misplaced the cases. I bought the games and I spent three days removing stickers off the back of each one of them and cleaning them up so there was no residue. I put them up for sale, not holding my breath on getting the cases and as soon as I sold them, he calls me and says he has the cases. if I was closer to you, I'd bring them over and see if there was anything you needed lol
People don't realize genuinely how long it takes you to clean and remove all stickers and residue. It took me three days to go through 500 games and it was a nightmare.
Call it the vault.
Minty Tim @ 3:24..."For my Son"...lol
It’s the Peppa BandAid for me!
Hi Rick just saw a crazy n 64 on Facebook market place. It costs $500. Been watching all your videos and pixel gs never seen one before. 😊
It's in oconomowoc wi fb market place.
It's under rare n64.
You should just switch all your lights out LEDs
Minty Tim's the Ski Man Rickory.
Pokemon card shops know they have have to give a bigger percentage anyway. Most card collectors who know what they have won't even entertain a small percentage number because they know someone on FB or Ebay will pay 80%+ or the full price. Percentage is if you're trying to move something immediately
Boogie > Dr. Disrespect
Who would have thought.
Those are steel cabinets.
I saw Jacob R was in your store recently!
If he wore those glasses indoors would have made the video 100x better
You need to collab with "Joe's Classic Video Games" to do an arcade/pinball repair video.
Yes🔥