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Hahahaah went right to the retro console devil himself n made a deal did ya hahaahahahhaa happy you shined some light on them their ruthless like a new gamestop 2.0 hahah
My thoughts on dkoldies pricing… I get that they offer a long warranty etc, but their pricing is typically ~2x market price (if a GameCube sells for $100 typically, they’re selling it for $200). BUT, I think buyers are mostly to blame,not dkoldies. If buyers are willing to pay 2x market value for their consoles, why wouldn’t they sell it for that much? They’ll keep selling for high prices unless people stop buying
Believe it or not, the controller is actually dirtier than it looks in the video (camera doesn’t do it justice). For a $300 refurbished console, that controller should be much cleaner imo
Their prices are outrageous. I bought a used ps2 at a local game store for $90, and it looked almost brand new and worked perfectly. It even came with all the cables and a controller.
To be fair, they do have a good bit of games that are near market price, but yeah there are some that are very high. But all of their consoles are like double market price. They sell GameCubes for $200 with a 3rd party controller
@@jrob0021 I agree on the console prices being higher since they do actually restore broken ones back to a usable state, and some games are rarer than others. But there is no reason Pikmin 2 should cost 100 dollars.
@@jrob0021 The games that they price near market value are the ones they have overstock on. They can afford to let them go for a few dollars profit because they sell a lot of them and then meanwhile they're also selling an N64 bundle for $200 USD.
They also break the law. They list items that are "on sale" but the prices were never higher than what is shown. That counts as fraudulent marketing, and is a finable offense.
You do realize that to DKoldies “refurbish” just means that Kim wiped it down with rag and called it a day.. they don’t actually clean them or anything lol
This is the most accurate comment I've seen and when Kim cleaned the DSI in one video she used a scrapper on the shell like come on! A scrapper really??? They don't give a care about the console just fast brute forced cleaning
@@corrin813 True! lol I also had a friend buy a snes off them a few years back and they claimed it was cleaned and restored.. we opened it up and the inside was filthy and had a bunch of dust everywhere! They legit only wiped the outside and called it a day.. it was probably Kim too! Lmao
@@micklucas1451 No bro, a basic PS3 controller goes for 60 bucks on their website. You can get decent ones for like 30 on eBay. And so much for that “refurbishment”.
Yeah refurbished to me means 100% clean. Opened up and dusted, if it’s an older console then new capacitors, new time battery and new thermal paste. Essentially I expect it to be near brand new. If it’s not like that then they shouldn’t be called refurbished.
Dk oldies is just like a local store near me called new super game time like if you guys want to laugh read their reviews as the people running it respond to every one very harshly
@@le1er133 Wait.. is that the one across the street from the dollar store ?! I went there once with some friends we ended up leaving cause the staff was super rude and the prices were ridiculous lol They also told us we needed to buy a membership to shop there and I thought it was a joke, but it was not ! Lmao
I actually just check out Dkoldies for the first time the other day. Saw their prices and noped out of there quick. If something is referbished and double the price, that thing better be pristine.
Did the same as I just got a psp for the 1st time in like a decade and said HELL NAH. Ended up finding the few games I wanted way cheaper after browsing around a little elsewhere
$300 is a scam for a ps3 slim. For that much money I’d want it brand new and still sealed. I see them at goodwill for around $40. I’m not surprised though I think dkokdies sells a freaking Wii for 200+ dollars. They’re shady at best.
@@dericjames2018 exactly there’s no justifiable reason for a ps3 slim to be $300. I thought that’s how much it was when it first came out back in 2009. Also this model can’t even play ps2 games, and only has 120gb. I put 1tb in my ps3, so they could have at least upgraded the storage.
I remember when I got a refurbished ps2 fat from them a year or two back. It was heavily scratched up, looked like they used it as a hockey puck. It wasn’t cleaned at all and the fan was caked in dust. Disc tray had trouble staying open, I paid for the good condition one too, no clock battery working either. They basically scammed me
@@micklucas1451 it is illegal but buyers have to take actions themselves for it to get notice. Sharing an experience on a video like is doesn't count taking action.
i bought my ps3 slim 140GB i think with a controller and it was complete in box with all inserts from a local retro game store for $150 and it came with a copy of GT 5. i couldn’t imagine
Even if it was pristine condition with a brand new fan and hard drive i wouldn't pay that much for it. I had a friend that bought a used one from Japan for 100$ and it looked brand new on the outside and inside and came along with the controller too
@@Zero.Requiem No warranty since he bought it used from somebody living in Japan. Don't really know how much was the shipping and tax cause i didn't really ask about that when he got it. The money he paid for it would mean around 100-150 in USD so idk if that was just the console or the console with shipping included. It came from Japan to Romania in 2 weeks if i remember correctly
@@Mirra2003-f9s if it's from Japan pretty sure it will cost more than the asking price as you can't buy it directly from Japan. You always have to pay a forwarder which will ship the item to you plus the shipping and tax. And for dk the $300 buy cost of dk is mostly towards the 3-m warranty and the assurance that it will work at the get go. I know he bought it from Japan and most of the time Japanese are honest about what they're selling but you still don't know. So having the assurance from a known company like dk comes at price i guess.
@@Zero.Requiem You can get it cheap if you find a group buy offer. That's how I get to save without going on vacation to buy something. Talking about the item condition, I bought several graphics cards and consoles from Japan, and you'd think they're lying about it being used.
I love Dk oldies but their prices are outrageous. Like I understand the games are brand new games that has no issues or marks but God. Hell, a couple months ago I order from Amazon GTA 4 for my Xbox one and for $10. When I got it. It had that plastic wrap around it, the ones they put on new games. I even opened it up. Everything was there. The game with no scratches, the map, the manual and even a Xbox gold 1 month code. And it still worked lol. Now imagine how much dk oldies would sell that for if they had it.
That random trigger is a set of attachments you can buy that snap on and make your triggers longer. They also come with analog stick covers. I bought two sets for my controllers back in the day. Made by PDP if I recall.
I do hate that I bought a way over priced game from DKOldies but, the reason I still did it was because I'm less likely to get ripped off than buying from eBay
Here in Brazil, I bought a used PS3 in June 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, for R$850 (around $160 dollars), it was functional, but I had to refurbish it myself. I replaced the hard drive for a SSD, fixed the eject button, and needlessly replaced the thermal paste many times believing it would lower temps, going as far as delidding the CELL, only to go back to temps that were close to stock paste temps (it was at least unopened and surprisingly clean when I got it)... I'd say I spent at least R$300 for the whole job, but it still came much cheaper than I would have payed for a so called "refurbished" console around here. The used market here in Brazil is hideous, but I'd say it's better to risk getting something for cheap and having the trouble of fixing it yourself than overpaying for the same thing and having headaches because of shady businesses XD.
No it's not better to get something cheap and then fix it yourself. Pay a reasonable price but get a working one. Paying and then fixing it yourself is actually just as bad (or even worse) than paying double the price. Imagine putting all that hard work on top of spending your hard earned money on it
@@sharjeelahmed7913 Depends on the point of view. As an example, Game Cube controllers are extremely overpriced around here (R$250~R$300), but you can buy some janky controllers, usually only with a busted analogue stick, for around 40% of the asking price. Button replacements and sticks are so cheap, and nothing beats a good alcohol bath. Of course, you may have to do some soldering work if the sticks are completely busted, but due to the stick drift era, it's also very easy to find full stick assembly replacements. I've done something similar with PS3 controllers, which are still fairly easy to find cheap in good condition, but those that scream "refurbished", usually are not worth the extra price.
Ya man it’s been happening to most of us, it’s crazy, a lot of people, will pay top dollar for there childhood’s memories, DKoldies is taking full advantage of alot of people with there prices & bullshit promises. Thank you for making this video, hopefully they get the hint & change there business approach 😉👍🏽💯
I've always taken the term 'refurbished' to also mean something that's been checked (ie it works and all the bits that should be included in the box are there) and cleaned (surface and air vents only?). I'd then think it's been factory reset - or simply had any data or accounts deleted from the hard drive. (It might be worth checking the box to see if it's been replaced with another by looking at the serial number on the box to see if it matches that of the console?). Just my thoughts on this matter!
I bought a Sega Saturn from them about 2 months ago. The problem I have with the system is that the battery that keeps track of time is a dud. Everytime I turn on the console, it's like turning it on for the very first time. I emailed them about it, because they said it should work just fine.. but when I confronted them about it, they basically just said too bad so sad.
Removing the battery from the video card slot on the back is easy But DKOldies couldn’t even put a fresh 2032 battery in for you still before sending the console back?! Especially the pricing over the overall library of the console all things considered! I am so happy I never bought a single thing from them especially for Saturn 🪐
The virtual PS2 Memory Card that can be created on any PS3 is a feature left over from the PS2 backwards compatible models. You can actually copy save files from and to a real PS2 Memorycard with an adapter. PS2 Classics from the PlayStation store don't use this and store their save files separately and are normally not accessible.
I’ve heard about DKOldies, apparently there prices are absolutely crazy, I once checked their website and even in UK prices it was still very expensive, cheaper getting one from Japan and that includes postage
Buy from Facebook marketplace in the UK they are cheapest by far getting this exact console boxed with 1 game 5 mins from me for £40 in fact this one is only 120gb the one I'm getting is 160gb for 40 quid is crazy I also got few weeks ago on there 2 wii's one was the red wii mini with wii fit board 4 controllers and a controller with motion plus and 15 games 256gb sd card all boxed 45 quid. Facebook marketplace is crazy cheap
I bought my ps3 slim CIB from Japan eBay for $170 and couldn’t believe how good the condition was, especially the DualShock3. It felt like buying a ps3 for the first time, all the packaging and manuals were included. Whereas this dkoldies store looks like a rip off.
@Forza Exactly I buy all my Sony products from Japan on ebay. Ps3 final fantasy 13 model. Then a ps vita lcd model which looks like it was barley touched. They tend to take care of their things compared to other countries.
I've seen a handful of their shorts, and I don't think they even have the staff capable of properly servicing and refurbishing consoles. Like I've never seen them take out the motherboard from the chassis's of consoles to clean them. Just seen them give consoles a once over with a toothbrush and IPA on the outer shell. But thats just based on my limited viewing of their content.
I’ve seen them as well I do a better job I always buy “for parts/not working” ps2s from eBay and so far only two out of the 9 I’ve bought were completely dead I salvaged those two for parts
You're right . The only flaw with them is that they fall off a lot . I think that I have the exact same ones on one of my PS3 controllers and they're super glued on 😆
Saw the website of this channel. Yikers. Old technology didn’t become cheap… All I want in this world is a good PS2 controller, like actually real good.
The original 320GB was at the time (when I got it) like $350 why would you pay for less storage and it’s not even new for almost the original price of the top end model …
Some of their pieces are reasonable, some are flat out outrageous. I did buy a GC Wavebird controller from them, because it was $75 in good condition. Which is on par with eBay if not cheaper. I did a fair amount of comparing between their prices and eBay prices when I was rebuilding my childhood PS2 collection. Some games were on par or even cheaper than eBay. But, some were also $10-$20 more than ebay prices as well. You really gotta double check their prices vs other outlets. But yeah don’t buy consoles from them. $200 for a GameCube with a bootleg controller is robbery.
@@orlandoduran2766 absolutely wouldn’t say I got “mugged”. A clean Wavebird goes pretty consistently on eBay for $75 to $100. After their discount code I think I paid $68? I however will not buy from them again. They claim in videos they clean everything before it goes out to customers. Well this Wavebird showed up, not in a box but a bubble mailer mind you, and hadn’t been cleaned, ever. The screws had some kind of corrosion on them, the thumb stick was yellowed and dingy, and it was covered in the former owners grime. Luckily I know how to take stuff like that apart and properly clean them so I replaced the thumb sticks and cleaned the whole thing with isopropyl alcohol. It’s a great condition controller now, but it wasn’t as it was from them.
Jacob as a LONG time collector and reseller myself i would never buy from a DKOldies, I have read so many stories and it would go against my religion to pay that much for anything. And yes I get that you're doing this for a video but the quality should be "like new" on everything for that price. And for what you paid you should not once have to say you are being nitpicky, your expectations should be high. Every console or controller I ship I clean everything and I also wrap all cords up either zip tie, or fold them in a way they are all tight when they come out of the box for the customer and I dont charge half that much.
Just checked and yes they never packaged HDMI cables with any PS3 SKU. Not even the Super Slim which is weird knowing that Sony were the first with a HDMI port.
I think DKOldies got their influence and sales from the TikToks/Shorts they have made. I follow them and actually enjoy their content. I do think their prices are crazy. From what I heard, you can trade in your consoles and I heard they pay pretty well for trade-ins. Again, could be wrong. I dont blame you for being nitpicky I think anyone else would too. However like one of your comments said, the buyers are at blame for this as well for paying the prices. If that is what people want to pay, then that's that.
300 dollars??? The last PS3 I bought was the blue super slim with the manual disc tray with 250 GB from a Walmart for 199.99 CAD and it’s still running today. It also came with one of the NHL games.
When a company sell refurbished items, they should always grade it "A,B or C" that will let the buyer know and manage expectations of the condition of the item.
Yes they’re prices are ridiculous! They’re also smart and know how to get ppl’s attention! When filming buyer’s orders thats a smart sales tactic imo. I would never buy from them.
Funny thing is that the PS2 Games DON'T use those "Internal PS2 Memory Card" files... Each Digital PS2 Classic I've downloaded makes a unique 17MB File for itself under "PS2 Save Data" or whatever 🤷♂️
That’s a price I’d expect to pay from Retrospekt…if they did consoles. They refurbish their products to seem like new,or as close to it. Taken apart,the whole nine yards,going as far as to source the best parts for one item if need be.
Type crazy how dirty some "refurbished" consoles are when it takes like 5 minutes or less to use disinfectant wipes to clean the console exterior and accessories
Yea it is a bit pricey but as a Pokemon fan there are a ton of fake copies of GBA and DS games on eBay and Amazon and if you have a Pokemon diamond, pearl, HeartGold, or SoulSilver and want a Pokemon from your copy of ruby, sapphire, FireRed, or leaf green, you must have a real copy
A year ago I bought a ps3 fat from dko and when I got it it was the dirtiest thing I had ever seen. I started to clean it up and opened up the ps3 to see how dirty I was inside. When I opened it up I found out that they had gutted the console and stuffed it with random things to throw me off and make me think that it would work
I shopped with DK Oldies. I bought some very common games, Gran Turismo, cheaper stuff, it was fine. The rarer games and bundles are crazy, as well as Pokemon games, but to be expected. eBay is a sketchy crapshoot.
For $300 You can buy: 1 = PS3 1 = PS4 (500GB) Here in the Philippines. I bought my PS4 back in December 2019 for about P10,000 sale in Datablitz store. Bought PS3 for about P5,000 at Greenhills (Popular place where you can buy a decent 2nd hand devices).
I guess they maybe vacuum it and wipe it off really quick and possibly remove stickers etc and call it refurbished. Some people probably don't mind paying $200 extra and ordering from DKoldies is pretty straight forward and they get a few months of warranty.
Every time I see videos like this, I honestly wonder why people buy from DKOldies. I can't make sense of it. People are just nuts and lazy. It keeps these crooks in business 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Taking it off with a heat gun isnt hard. Especially with a 15+ year old adhesive. I'd actually hope they would do that to keep console as original as possible for that price.
I brought a refurbished ps3 ages ago in New Zealand for $40 nzd. Came with two controllers and a dozen games. Facebook marketplace is where the game deals are at.
That's the console i currently own myself same model except i paid only 100 for mine which came with a bunch of video games and controllers this is just outlandish
I would pay $300 for a completely repaired, in the box, original 20gb or 60 gb backwards compatible PS3 because those things are impossible to find in good condition.
Well to put this in perspective, ive bought a 50USD new never used to game on it, ps3 which was turned for a test that looked just like brand new .I dont think 300USD is worth it for a one which hasnt even been opened. Personally removing the warranty sticker doesnt make any change to me since its old product out of warranty so its good idea anyways to be refurbished or if its has been never opened at least to check thermal paste as a minimum, but since that one is used i bet the thermal paste will need changing 100%. A tube of thermal paste cost in average 20 bucks and the console is very fast starting to add up in value from the 300 paid originally.
