The BIGGEST Video Game Trade-In EVER

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • This was a crazy one folks, one of my favorite videos I've filmed recently. Hope it brings you all as much joy as it's brought me!
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Комментарии • 548

  • @johnathanscalfani1707
    @johnathanscalfani1707 2 года назад +39

    The fact that he offered on average almost $2 per game is impressive. In my area most shops would look at all that and either not make an offer or offer 10 cents ea.

    • @jeanrenetournecuillert2449
      @jeanrenetournecuillert2449 2 года назад

      yes because they don't understand the market, they low ball everything and hopes they get on their feet

  • @PackCracker66
    @PackCracker66 2 года назад +289

    Meanwhile, every other game store: “Yeah, we’d be willing to take your copy of Pokémon SoulSilver off your hands. How’s $3?”

    • @robertraine1248
      @robertraine1248 2 года назад +4

      Sounds good

    • @joshhinkle5723
      @joshhinkle5723 2 года назад +10

      *proceeds to resell it for $45*

    • @junkyardgaming99
      @junkyardgaming99 2 года назад +6

      @@joshhinkle5723 try $100 in Virginia. Sold heart gold for about $45 $50 and they sold it for $100 or $110

    • @stevenmartell2289
      @stevenmartell2289 2 года назад +10

      I traded yellow to GameStop for 50 cents as a kid

    • @redgamr27
      @redgamr27 2 года назад

      Yeah ok nookling twins....

  • @RetroMoments
    @RetroMoments 2 года назад +53

    Saving up all the cheaper games for trade-in's. Thats a good one, thanks for the tip!

    • @Garcia14-y3v
      @Garcia14-y3v 2 года назад +3

      Yeah but It’s so embarrassing walking in With a bunch of games it’s like he’s going to laundry

    • @zackruff4633
      @zackruff4633 2 года назад +10

      @@Garcia14-y3v got to much life to live to let things like that embarrass you. Just shows you try to fit in with the people you don't even know and THAT is embarrassing.

    • @grandpaontwitch
      @grandpaontwitch Год назад +1

      @@Garcia14-y3v lol definitely grew up privileged if you think carrying laundry is embarrassing

  • @jbiegen
    @jbiegen 2 года назад +67

    Ryan just exudes that Monday morning energy vibes 😅

  • @FigsyGames
    @FigsyGames 2 года назад +55

    Man he’s the most chill dude, love it

  • @rarevideogames
    @rarevideogames 2 года назад +67

    It’s great that he almost gave you half of what it goes for compared to market value. So it ended up with $4 per game for the trade in value. Which seems he is super generous guy :)

  • @v.alvena.v
    @v.alvena.v 2 года назад +126

    I wish we had shops like that around here. I just have Pawn America's on every corner that are pricey as hell. I think my closest decent game store is a decent 6h drive 1 way.

    • @zerothehero3426
      @zerothehero3426 2 года назад +3

      Living in Italy there's nothing quite like this here and buying older games always ends in a bloodbath.

    • @bigd7545
      @bigd7545 2 года назад +2

      Pawn America is the worst. All pawn shops are horrible. Worked in pawn business for 8 years.

    • @soup_pigeon
      @soup_pigeon 2 года назад +2

      luckily in the uk there is a couple game shops per city as well as a load of cex shops (basically game stop in the uk)

    • @theStepFamm
      @theStepFamm 2 года назад

      he drove from kentucky to tennessee tho

    • @ckhound1
      @ckhound1 2 года назад

      @@theStepFamm Not a long drive since hes in Lexington. Pretty quick to get to knoxville from Lex. (2 hrs). Looks like he went to Clarksville which is around 3 hrs.

  • @HairyTornado
    @HairyTornado 2 года назад +198

    there are at least 10 games in total.

    • @denniselgatoblanco824
      @denniselgatoblanco824 2 года назад +1

      LOL

    • @gregkareem9824
      @gregkareem9824 2 года назад +1

      Holy crap its hairy Tornado big fan man

    • @hawmehgio3570
      @hawmehgio3570 2 года назад +1

      wait aren’t u the IGN a guy?

    • @chxc
      @chxc 2 года назад

      Hmm, i dunno though,

    • @chxc
      @chxc 2 года назад

      Maybe close to 10, could be less though

  • @MSUHitman
    @MSUHitman 2 года назад +15

    Those WoF & Jeopardy (also on PS360) were made right before THQ went out of business when THQ still had the license, & are the last games in the series to have the likenesses of Pat, Vanna, & Alex.

  • @scoony68
    @scoony68 2 года назад +11

    That version of Wheel of Fortune is the only one I've ever seen that has Pat Sajak in it. He is a very private person and doesn't put himself to be in anything you can buy other than the actual show DVDs, etc

    • @texastoast7514
      @texastoast7514 2 года назад

      I used follow him on Twitter and he post's just the funniest stuff sometimes. He'd be in my top 10 celebrities I'd like to have a conversation with.

  • @PixelGameSquad
    @PixelGameSquad 2 года назад +20

    Shout out to Riff at Pixel Game Squad for his awesome editing
    👁🧠👁

  • @jaderabbit8726
    @jaderabbit8726 2 года назад +49

    The cat checking out the games was the best.

    • @TSears2010
      @TSears2010 2 года назад +1

      That's what had my attention the most

  • @UltimatelyEverything
    @UltimatelyEverything Год назад +1

    Honestly he's the most chilled guy i've heard he was ok with pretty much every offer Phoenix made.

  • @dylancahill3923
    @dylancahill3923 2 года назад +5

    If he went to Gamestop instead,
    Gamestop: "Hmm 350 games....that's about 10 dollars store credit"

  • @willy7369
    @willy7369 2 года назад +6

    Caleb all your videos are excellent and seeing you able to do this for a living is incredible. i need to cut my collection down more so I can invest in more Switch games. It's just hard trying to decide what to part with. Cheers to all your success

  • @texastoast7514
    @texastoast7514 2 года назад +8

    That's awesome man, to the people that give you hell. They don't realize that what you do is hard work. Oddly, I sell most of my low end games at CD Exchange. I dunno about gamestop...they sometimes make me feel like a criminal. Feels like im selling my plasma to get beer or drugs

  • @beth7467
    @beth7467 2 года назад +17

    I've been noticing lately that several channels I watch intersperse good content with "funny" video clip reactions. Really not my style. I'd prefer to watch a video "straight," without all the fluff. (Maybe that's just me.) Take this comment for whatever it's worth, Phoenix.

    • @rochellepaws
      @rochellepaws 2 года назад +8

      Those meme clips are really annoying, not sure why so many channels have started using them lately 😭

    • @CorderoXVI
      @CorderoXVI 2 года назад +6

      I think it’s fine a few times but it’s pretty excessive throughout these videos lately

    • @XtraBees
      @XtraBees 2 года назад +2

      It’s really to keep retention up. He doesn’t have many ways to switch up the video in one setting the entire time so he’s kind of stuck doing just that.

    • @beth7467
      @beth7467 2 года назад +1

      @Hayzink that's what I was thinking. They all have the same "style" lately. Channels should have their own voice; not sound like the editor.

  • @lucasflores8095
    @lucasflores8095 2 года назад +1

    I just wanted to mention that you inspire me to try out reselling games locally cause where I live reselling internationally is impossible, and its coming out very well and I enjoy it a lot, thanks bro!

  • @kylemerriman4443
    @kylemerriman4443 2 года назад +5

    Loving the edits by Riff! So damn good 👍🏻

  • @Wolfstanus
    @Wolfstanus 2 года назад +5

    Its weird how a bunch of youtuber resellers recently got huge lots of games for a fraction of the price in a short period of time out of the blue

    • @leejoshua5610
      @leejoshua5610 2 года назад

      u know too much we're watching you

  • @hartlas
    @hartlas 2 года назад +3

    OMG I USED TO PLAY THAT ZOBOOMAFOO GAME AS A KID 🤯🤯 Seeing that brought back so many memories!!

  • @domboboy1997
    @domboboy1997 2 года назад +8

    does he really know prices of all his games ? or does he just tell yea good , perfect xD ?

  • @hypnosprojecthq3519
    @hypnosprojecthq3519 2 года назад +1

    Ryan in Clarkesville... I think this is the Ryan who was buying in bulk from me on Mercari! Awesome to see his store!!!

  • @genthreegamer4547
    @genthreegamer4547 2 года назад +2

    Zaboomafoo on the gameboy color was my very first ever video game that I personally owned lol. Huge nostalgia wave when you pulled out that ps1 game

  • @grill_dad
    @grill_dad 2 года назад +4

    Would love to see an overview of the spines of the games at the end

  • @brettsadler4211
    @brettsadler4211 2 года назад +3

    More videos like this. Love to see that you tell us the prices. Bravo!

  • @tilledlizard857
    @tilledlizard857 Год назад +2

    Nothings better than telling the seller how much money your going to make off of things you just bought.

    • @Twoand86
      @Twoand86 Год назад

      I was cringing so hard whenever he was telling the camera how much he was going to be reselling this crap for, how does the guy at the store tolerate this?

    • @tilledlizard857
      @tilledlizard857 Год назад

      @@Twoand86 no hate to him tho. I love this channel but like. You just don’t do that. I wouldn’t want to sell him my stuff

  • @chuysensai8235
    @chuysensai8235 2 года назад +1

    Zaboo Mafoo and arthur were my pbs shows as a kid. Now my kids watch the animated show they gave now.

  • @marshadow13
    @marshadow13 2 года назад +2

    I 100% enjoy this kind of videos, I also like the guy who owns the shop

  • @retrojunkss
    @retrojunkss 2 года назад +2

    Adding Clarksville to my road trip list. That store is always loaded with inventory!

  • @68-And-I-Owe-You-NONE
    @68-And-I-Owe-You-NONE 2 года назад +3

    Maybe before you trade in all the low end games for $1-3 try to trade bundles or a lot of them local for systems or higher end stuff.

  • @kannalols1513
    @kannalols1513 2 года назад +1

    Hey man! Not sure if you know this but Crisis Core on the PSP goes for 40 to 50 dollars on amazon and the Japan import goes for around 170.

  • @Lancaster22
    @Lancaster22 Год назад

    It’s insane how good the retro video game market is wherever you are. I know I live in a smaller market but dang you have so much more there.

  • @2-..818
    @2-..818 Год назад

    I like how the cat was counting the games🤣🤣🤣

  • @AFJojo
    @AFJojo 2 года назад +1

    17:47 Ryan wasn’t ready

  • @danstearn7697
    @danstearn7697 2 года назад

    Awesome video. Great to see you found someone that will work with you. There was a lot of games / work involved with that trade / purchase. A lot of stores wouldn’t have wanted to have to put the work in.

  • @InncaseAce
    @InncaseAce 2 года назад

    I love the guy in the background “that’s good” “that’ll work” “perfect”

  • @isuapig6705
    @isuapig6705 2 года назад

    The amount of times I’ve passed this place when I lived in Clarksville is remarkable! I didn’t know their collection was so big

  • @warlockmagic3416
    @warlockmagic3416 2 года назад +2

    He's like yep, yep, perfect, okay,👌. $,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$. Cause you can guarantee he paid basically nothing for his that he's selling to you lol. Instead of 10, why not 8 and instead of 15 why not 12? You could get yourself even more money by asking him to sell for lower even if it's a few bucks.

  • @Keybladestrike
    @Keybladestrike 2 года назад +2

    20:48 Guy looks pretty confused

  • @regannnnn1
    @regannnnn1 2 года назад

    I like how you are helping local businesses while running your own business.

  • @Raratoman
    @Raratoman 2 года назад +2

    First video I watched of yours was the Gex vid. So I’m glad the second has another Gex joke. Also lemme know if you ever run it on Warzone 😉

  • @kiwibirdwillson7189
    @kiwibirdwillson7189 2 года назад +1

    Not sure if I am too late to guess but I am guessing you have 425 games. I will now go back and see if I am right lol... Love the intro you always make me laugh!

  • @carljepp
    @carljepp Год назад

    Champions of Norrath is one of my favorite games of all time. I hope it gets ported to switch some day

  • @forwardflips
    @forwardflips 2 года назад +1

    Jeez thumbnail is crazy. Watching the vid now 🙌

  • @gorytarrafa
    @gorytarrafa 2 года назад

    3:11 Give a name to the kitty ,? Yeah i´m down for that !

  • @jmao20
    @jmao20 2 года назад +6

    do you ever get nervous you traded in top dollar game by mistake?? or do you just triple check before you trade lol i would have anxiety 😭

  • @athenacronberg8524
    @athenacronberg8524 2 года назад +1

    This was fun to watch and I don't even know video games! Learn a little here and there from you, thanks!

  • @joebnco6617
    @joebnco6617 2 года назад +3

    You should look into the guy game on xbox and ps2 that game has great value cause it was pulled from shelves due to a legal issue. Also leisure suit Larry games also sell very well and playboy the mansion. All games that have some controversy to them have great resell value. Also if you can find copies of gta San Andreas for xbox and ps2 with the AO rating those are kinda rare.

  • @ghostking433
    @ghostking433 Год назад

    I learned that if you lot up a bunch of lower dollar games on eBay, you can get around $5-7 a game. People love lots for collections

  • @macorourke2222
    @macorourke2222 2 года назад +1

    Totally awesomeness of a video Thanks for sharing Brother 😀 👍♥️🇨🇦🇺🇸🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯

  • @donovanbradford8231
    @donovanbradford8231 2 года назад +2

    Love that cat. I would say 750 for trade in. Also I would love to get Bugs Bunny Lost in Time and Smackdown Here comes the pain back in my collection.

  • @AlexanderSzymanski
    @AlexanderSzymanski 2 года назад +4

    I'd guess 965 in value. That's a massive amount of games.

  • @SetAlecFree
    @SetAlecFree 2 года назад

    Dude the game store owners voice . That’s puuuuuuurfect

  • @XxMurvayxX
    @XxMurvayxX Год назад

    :18 coulda swore “hater hank” was just I dubs

  • @YGGamingOfficial
    @YGGamingOfficial 2 года назад +1

    it's always awesome to see Caddicarus appear in a youtube video in some way

  • @Pepsi_Gremlin
    @Pepsi_Gremlin 2 года назад +1

    First game store you showed was Anything Gaming! They’re great!!!

  • @lcnevius
    @lcnevius 2 года назад +3

    I loved zoboomafoo as a kid. The show was honestly really good. Also code lyoko, another great show.

    • @nickh9977
      @nickh9977 2 года назад +2

      I had totally forgotten about Code Lyoko until he mentioned it

  • @Mellotracks1
    @Mellotracks1 2 года назад +1

    My favorite video so far. Appreciate you man

  • @personalemail9187
    @personalemail9187 2 года назад +3

    bratz rock angelz is such a good shoverlware game 😭

  • @rkotitan10
    @rkotitan10 2 года назад +3

    GameStop: yeah, we can give you $15.28

    • @user-je7cu6rv1z
      @user-je7cu6rv1z 2 года назад

      WhatsApp>>>me❤️

    • @js8430
      @js8430 2 года назад

      GameStop actual gives pretty good trade in value and have now for the past year

  • @patrickmcgavin2245
    @patrickmcgavin2245 2 года назад +1

    I'll say 400 games i liked watching the process of what you do.

  • @mercwithayoutube
    @mercwithayoutube 2 года назад +1

    I’m crying he just letting def jam fight for ny sit there and here comes the pain , both of them together prob could have net you 300 on eBay

  • @LinktheChicken
    @LinktheChicken Год назад

    13:35 Same scenario I’m playing forza horizon 2 when that was mentioned in the video just like it was on a previous video with forza horizon 1

  • @penguin2362
    @penguin2362 2 года назад

    Urbz is such a nostalgic throwback ❤️

  • @jmao20
    @jmao20 2 года назад

    you know what it is? i have so much clutter to get rid of thats why it feels so good and productive to watch you get rid of stuff with trade in lol

  • @raystroud
    @raystroud 2 года назад +2

    Thats gotta be at least 750 games.

  • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
    @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 2 года назад

    I buy low titles like that for console bundles I sell online. People are more likely to bid higher on huge bundles, especially modern consoles like PS4 and Xbox.

  • @daltonwarnerTV
    @daltonwarnerTV 2 года назад

    This place is 1 hour from me, never been though. For sure going now , hope the gba selection is good

  • @LordsOfSkulls
    @LordsOfSkulls 2 года назад +1

    I was guessing $1,000 to $1100 just by seeing the bags. ;) glad to see i came close.

  • @sagegrookey5220
    @sagegrookey5220 2 года назад +2

    Really enjoy these videos they help a lot I am just starting getting into game flipping I am Pokémon card collector but also will be flipping some toys and stuff as well 😁

  • @turbovirgin4841
    @turbovirgin4841 2 года назад

    Over here the closest game store is 50 minutes away others are much farther and there's only one pawnshop within 50 minutes

  • @N83Gaming
    @N83Gaming Год назад

    Quick question phoenix! Why didn't you just have a video game yard sell? That would be very interesting to see how it goes, and how much you sell in a day or so.

  • @davidunger1173
    @davidunger1173 2 года назад

    Treasure planet was one of my favorite movies back when it first came out.

  • @R.L._Stine_88
    @R.L._Stine_88 2 года назад

    Holy shit that store is nuts! So many games! and so many games with tons of doubles! Dude must pay close to nothing in rent or something and use it as mostly a storage spot and sells tons of games online all day.

  • @omarvalderrama1314
    @omarvalderrama1314 Год назад

    So 4$ worth the sales man sounds so happy wow his like yeah go for it 😆

  • @ClearanceCollector
    @ClearanceCollector 2 года назад

    I have 8 of those so called high value games. RPG/Strategy games were so undervalued back in the days.

  • @R.L._Stine_88
    @R.L._Stine_88 2 года назад

    WoW! dude just let go of the 50 Cent game Blood on the Sand for $15! That game is over $100 to $200 ever since it became back compat for Xbox a couple months ago!!

  • @SmashPastor
    @SmashPastor 2 года назад +1

    Holy freakin moly - My Disney Kitchen was my JAM as a kid, I played it on PC and actually found a copy like 6 years back, tried it out, maybe some games are better off as how we remember them lol You get literally no tasks at all, you just click stuff around until you get bored its a horrible concept lol

  • @robertholt3909
    @robertholt3909 2 года назад +1

    Love the channel I never miss an episode. The gamecube gambit is awesome as well. Keep up all the amazing content thx for everything Phoenix

  • @Wingzero69
    @Wingzero69 2 года назад

    Love how the kitty has no name lol

  • @12tippettm
    @12tippettm 2 года назад +1

    That zaboomafoo game blew my mind

  • @lock.mp3
    @lock.mp3 2 года назад +1

    i love these video's getting to learn what games to look out for

  • @elijahramirez1843
    @elijahramirez1843 2 года назад +1

    Caleb lookin like a snacc ngl

  • @brand342
    @brand342 2 года назад +1

    I wish we had game stores like this in my area, also wish i had a Caleb around as well that would pay high dollar for games lol

  • @JordanAdlerJMan
    @JordanAdlerJMan 2 года назад

    This is GREAT!!!!!! I say my guess is 430 games? I remember going to GameStop and trading all my 200 PS2 games and my PS2 for a PS3 and Uncharted game ❤️ Zoboomafoo game??? No way!!!!! I didn’t know that existed

  • @chrispennington6890
    @chrispennington6890 2 года назад

    These ships just started popping up out of nowhere in my suggestions so I follow along from time to time even though a lot of these are older videos I enjoy those PG insults like suck a lemon

  • @montropoly
    @montropoly 2 года назад +1

    he saying yes to anything you say lmao you coulda low balled him and he would say perfect

  • @mjdf122
    @mjdf122 2 года назад +1

    Pretty cool retro video game store insane amount of trade ins and not bad to only pay for all those games for around 700

  • @b4u2nv01
    @b4u2nv01 2 года назад

    I live like 5 minutes from that Shop actually lol. Didn’t know you were that close

  • @dereklogsdon6411
    @dereklogsdon6411 2 года назад +1

    Just curious of when you went to game hub, I was there a few weeks ago, and was looking for Kirby 64, didn’t know if this was before or after my trip to game hub. I believe I was there October 25th around noon

  • @justinmelanson5843
    @justinmelanson5843 15 дней назад

    The guy that works at the store is really reasonable

  • @William47345
    @William47345 2 года назад +1

    Ill still make and send you a custom cube if you want. I dont need it to be in a video I just think it would be cool as a gift, I plan to make them for people like retro rick in the future too.

  • @sleazywednesday1
    @sleazywednesday1 2 года назад

    And there's a cat 😭 *take my money. Hahaha

  • @noahreagh29
    @noahreagh29 Год назад

    I’ve been trying to find those two Godzilla games in the game stores in Arkansas but we only have game exchange and GameStop

  • @Syldar
    @Syldar Год назад

    Shop seller does not even care.
    « Good, good, OK, whatever, don’t care. »
    - I’ll do this.
    - good.
    - and your wife too.
    - good.

  • @JacaboBlanco
    @JacaboBlanco 2 года назад

    That's the coolest store I've ever seen. What a collection.

  • @maximusstorie6090
    @maximusstorie6090 2 года назад +1

    I neverrr knew there was a Zaboomafo game!!

  • @jacytodd
    @jacytodd 2 года назад +1

    I always like when you go and see Ryan!

  • @SethWistful
    @SethWistful 2 года назад +3

    Out there question, but why doesn't the store owner sell his games outright on Amazon/ebay like you? Obviously not for the lower end titles, but the others?

    • @Dchybrid
      @Dchybrid 2 года назад +2

      I'd imagine that the store owner doesn't want to deal with fees, shipping or returns.

    • @SethWistful
      @SethWistful 2 года назад +1

      @@Dchybrid that makes sense - just an expansion to the business he isn't interested making. As I was thinking about it, the owner makes money on the lower end games that flippers can't due to fees all because of foot traffic