There’s a difference between a store having overhead and straight up overpriced products that aren’t even cleaned much less in working order

@thedarkforce9596

Жыл бұрын

@@DontReadMyProfilePhoto_3 dont read deez nutz

@GardenCelluloids

Жыл бұрын

​@Don't Read My Profile Photo Don't come around here no more. (Good song)

@annanyarajput7081

Жыл бұрын

​​@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok I wont

@arturocookinup1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, their prices are absolutely insane. They're selling PS2 slim models for $185. I have multiple slims I spent no more than 40-50 on per console on (locally, online, marketplace), which came with games, memory cards and multiple official controllers. I have no idea how DKOldies even lists their consoles for that much but people still buy them

@syzerx6789

Жыл бұрын

See this is the thing. They buy their consoles and games in lots and yard sales and save BIG on it. They have absolutely no issues with profit margins. This is just laziness and greed from the owner.

Calling DKoldies a trustful company is like calling GameStop a great store.

@Young_Knight_10

Жыл бұрын

@@Don't Read My Profile Photo can you stop being a bot please

@TheTartarsaws

Жыл бұрын

Like saying GameStop gives best value for trade-ins

@KarpLucid

Жыл бұрын

​@Don't Read My Profile Photo shut up

@SplfFfFy

Жыл бұрын

Bro is literally everywhere.

@Picmanreborn

Жыл бұрын

For other stuff it's pretty great tbh. Just don't try to trade in games. But they have some nice clothes and figures in there

I remember when I was 18 I got a PS3 super slim refurbished for $55. It came with 6 controllers, 12 games, all of the cables, and each piece was individually cleaned.

@ethanrosnow7874

Ай бұрын

In 2012 my mom had a fit that I asked for an Xbox 360 that costed a whole $90 used

@Steve.._.

7 күн бұрын

​​@@ethanrosnow7874when I needed a new controller. I had to fight my parents to not get the cheaper knock off controllers lmao

@williamlong2489

3 күн бұрын

I got a 350 for $75 refurbished had it for bout 3 years then red ring of death hit me but it was the same came with all pieces and was cleaned

Man, I'd be freaking furious if I had received that PS3. That thing ain't worth more than $50 in that condition. It's honestly a miracle it still works as well as it does. I see why they have those warranty stickers on them, since opening them up voids their warranty and they don't have to do crap even in these types of events.

@wiltisdabest

10 ай бұрын

that's not true, that was made illegal a couple years ago. Warranty stickers mean nothing. Many people don't know that though.

@Xyler94

5 ай бұрын

@@wiltisdabest Most people don't do anything... because good fucking luck getting the company to budge on it. Yes, it is not legal... but you'd have to drag the company through court in order to cash in most the time. Which, would be exceedingly expensive. Way more expensive than your warranty's worth. That's why nobody goes through with it. And trust me, companies will just make a BS reason why anyways.

$180 for an OG 360 is absolutely insane. I see them in mom and pop stores for $30-40 all the time

@bigstopowens

Жыл бұрын

i have 3 of them just sitting around in drawers

@paxhumana2015

Жыл бұрын

You also should go get them at flea markets as well, as I have seen them sell for good prices. I also highly recommend that you get PS1 and PS2 stuff from them as well. I managed to snag a copy of Fire Pro Wrestling R/Returns for $ USD 8 once from a flea market.

@funderburke43

Жыл бұрын

Like three years in a row GameStop was doing $50 360s in a row with a 49.99 instant rebate on black Fridays, this was around the time of the slim PS4/spiderman deal iirc

@MathiasMaximus

Жыл бұрын

@@funderburke43 yup I remember that deal. I bought a super slim 360 for my nephew and it even came with the official camo controller. They were basically giving them away. Probably to clean out their overstock. Everybody had a 360 back in the day. they are easy to find

@MathiasMaximus

Жыл бұрын

I could MAYBE understand if they were selling the 250gb slim with 2 controllers. MAYBE.

I would dare to say this is a pretty final, ultimate nail in the DKOldies coffin, honestly. Thank you for covering the topic, guys.

@chrisvaccaro9062

Жыл бұрын

They arent going anywhere they have thosands of customers who dont follow troll on uoutube

@RowanBird779

Жыл бұрын

If I bought a "refurbished" console for more than it cost new 15 years ago and it was a fucking rustbucket I wouldn't be buying from them anymore

@damage678

Жыл бұрын

If Unbox therapy refuted the scam claims then that would be the final nail 😂😂😂

@muhammadthefabulous

Жыл бұрын

@@RowanBird779 15 years ago refurbished consoles were 10 to 50 bucks cheaper then used. So I'm calling bullshit on you.

@muhammadthefabulous

Жыл бұрын

@@RowanBird779 I bought most of my super slim ps3s from gamestop around that time and it was less then used and new. Powergamer same thing. Regular used 64 in my area was 40. Refurbished was only 30. So you're lying

If you don't disassemble, clean, repaste and reassemble properly it's not a refurbishment. Ideally refurbish includes replacement of failing capacitors, batteries or other electronics.

Those super slim PS3s were actually cheaper than what theyre selling them for. When they were new.

This is an absolute kill shot. All the negative press over the past few months and they get a relatively suspicious looking order asking for one of each of their consoles. Almost like someone might be gearing up for a massive review and they still send out worse than some of the original examples to start all of this. Gonna be hard to recover from these bigger channels calling them out.

@TheCommanderTaco

Жыл бұрын

Especially with how one of their ex-employees called them out on an interview with Rich from review tech recently in that they play favorites with repeat / high order customers. So if what they gave Austin was the premium treatment then just imagine regular customers lol.

@degenerate8228

Жыл бұрын

It will be game over when mrwhosetheboss and mkbhd reviews them.

@katsudon2048

Жыл бұрын

Probably not mrwhosetheboss because he's in UK.

@motherurck7542

Жыл бұрын

​@@degenerate8228 or LinusTechTips

@BrokenPixle

Жыл бұрын

@@katsudon2048 I know he's not in the UK, but TheRetroFuture just did a video on them as well. It's entirely possible for someone in Europe to get an order from them, I wouldn't be surprised to see MrWhoseTheBoss make a video on them in the future.

Shoutout to Rich from ReviewTech and ESPECIALLY Jacob R. For brining these issues to light. Y’all should definitely shoutout those channels cuz they did the hard work before anyone else

@randomname2308

Жыл бұрын

i bet that reviewDKOLDIESusa will be reacting to this video tomorrow

@DaBigBlud

Жыл бұрын

For real Jacob R is the one who started this smh

@Corrado-Junior-Soprano

Жыл бұрын

Out of all the small channels covering this in depth Austin shoutouts to Charlie, the guy who clicked through a youtube video for 10 minutes and called it a day. 😐

@sirtaugs

Жыл бұрын

​@@randomname2308 lol try today

@Malgus87

Жыл бұрын

Nah

So much money for the consoles but don’t even come with cables. That’s disgusting

@KuroKuroTetris

4 ай бұрын

a scam

this is why i stuck to ebay after gamestop stopped shipping retro stuff. the prices still stunk back when I didn't know any better. and after that i know too much, i knew not to ever buy anything for dkoldies for as long as their prices were that high. but since i know now that they don't bother cleaning their consoles unless its something like the gameboy (which is still far too overpriced), i would never buy anything from these guys. i know some peeps frown upon using ebay, but at least there you know the condition you're buying it, weither it works, and image of the console itself.

Well, goddamn. Even a big Techtuber like Austin is calling out DKOldies now. They really HAVE to straighten their business practice if they still want to stay... well, in business. No sweeping anything under the rag anymore, I'm afraid.

@jaimerosas5998

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don’t see that happening, I think the owner of dk has to much pride for that

@JosefRudy

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Okay

@bulldog8080

Жыл бұрын

​​@Don't Read My Profile Photo bot

@wubbers662

Жыл бұрын

There are too many casuals. So unless an anti-DKOldies video goes trending, and a lot of their casuals watch it, not likely for now.

@3min3mplaza

Жыл бұрын

@@jaimerosas5998 agreed. He’s very egotistical and will ride DKOldies into the ground.

The most mind blowing fact about this is how not one person found it suspicious that someone ordered that many consoles and that MAYBE someone was going to review how well they 'refurbish' their consoles. I came across DKOldies a few months back and was going to order a couple retro consoles and with all the heat they're getting, I'm glad I did not.

@markus7166

Жыл бұрын

What was going through your mind when you considered buying from them ?? Did you not realize the huge price difference from literally everywhere else on online ?? 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

@whydrah

Жыл бұрын

@@markus7166 I didn't buy from them, I was considering it. I had assumed, like many others, that when they offer them refurbished that they're in a 'like new' condition. Ordering retro consoles is iffy because you never know what you're going to get when you buy from a private seller.

@markus7166

Жыл бұрын

​@@whydrah where did I say you bought from them ?? Even considering is idiotic when you can get on Facebook marketplace and find them for a fraction of the price in better condition. I've had no problem at all finding anything and everything on there and ebay in like new condition. You'd have to be a real sucker to even consider buying from someone who charges double the normal asking price 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

@Mjdecker1234

Жыл бұрын

Same with me for the purchase thing. Ill trust my local places or Facebook market

@eddieq4263

Жыл бұрын

@@markus7166Because some people have more money than time and would rather just order something rather than go around hunting for one. That’s just a thought.

I don't usually stay long for a video but you my guy I respect you💯🤞🏼

It's not just a problem, it is literally fraud. This is why I never buy refurbished. Either buy it second hand in good condition or learn to refurbish it yourself. Not only does it work out cheaper the majority of the time, it's actually very rewarding learning a new skill like this.

@ashrose5537

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I was debating about buying a second hand refurbished console, but I recently decided to just buy parts and building it up my self

yes, yes it is

@bulldog8080

Жыл бұрын

​@Don't Read My Profile Photo bot

@opiumdraco

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Photo I won’t trust me

@CaseOh_Fan187

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Photo bot

@gxm3_0vaa4

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@MarkusMaal

Жыл бұрын

Depends how you define "scam". I would personally call it a "rip-off" instead.

Thank to all these KZreadrs they saved me so much money. I was so close to buying a TON from DK oldies

@thickgirlsneedlove2190

Жыл бұрын

Not a scam

@plasterchief9582

Жыл бұрын

The games seem fine, it's just the consoles

@Lazystu376

Жыл бұрын

@@plasterchief9582 They’re still overpriced. Plus, it’s known that they, as a company, would use bots on eBay and buy up every console, game, etc for cheap, and resell them on their site for a huge markup. It’s caused the market prices for retro items to drastically increase. So yes it’s a scam and they are scumbags.

@shadeymcbones6707

Жыл бұрын

@@thickgirlsneedlove2190 It is a scam. If they actually refurbished everything they had and sold it would be overpriced and bad value but not a scam. But the fact that they claim that everything is refurbished when they do not refurbish anything at all, and put in stickers to scare away people that do not know any better from opening it (so they dont find out that it is in fact not refurbished) IS a scam. They dont give you what they sell you. Simple as that

@hmmtaco9739

Жыл бұрын

​@PlasterChief something other posters haven't mentioned is dk oldies resurfaces all disks regardless of amount of scratches or if there working which decreases the lifespan

Well done totally agreed! They don’t actually refurbish a single thing or even clean it like they claim. They are literally lying to customers!

I only noticed about a year ago that ps3 super slims actually have buttons for opening the disc tray cover. I always assumed I messed mine up Cu my disc tray is sticky or needs very lightly forcing into place

I've said it before and I'll say it again, DKOldies need to be held accountable for what they're doing to people. Not just the ridiculous pricing but the way they don't even touch the inside of their "Refurbished" consoles. Good to see Austin showing his viewers this!

@dude_1983

Жыл бұрын

The only way to hurt DKOldies is to not give them your money. Take your business elsewhere! (Not you, you. The general you.)

@ferrettail2073

Жыл бұрын

Agreed they should be held accountable it's good to see more people showing what dk does.

@hakasonma8588

Жыл бұрын

Ask yourself, if the second hand store or donations fixed and cleaned every product you buy, you think they’ll sell for cheap? When I did appliance deliveries I never understood how some people would buy “refurbished” and then start complaining when we’d deliver about scuffs and dents etc like.... didn’t you know this when you bought it? Or you just wanted the refurbished priced with a like new appliance? He’s not going to be splitting machines open to clean them when you won’t do it yourself (or you may, but majority won’t risk it) and then expect to pay the same price. Yes they’re high, but that’s anywhere you go. If you have a decent pc then emulate what you can but if you don’t you’re only option is one of these consoles like it or not, the supply isn’t growing after 12-20 years for some consoles. Then again, everyone buys half assed stuff, so why wouldn’t the next guy decide to do the same? Sadly the people being honest and nice don’t make money, and those stingy and deceitful make bank. So if you want better prices do the work to find them, check second hand stores or ask older folks who no longer have their children around if they have any old consoles, you might just get lucky - otherwise unfortunately or fortunately it’s one these guys we have to deal with!

@one.2622

Жыл бұрын

Lol calm down.

@andrealotito4412

Жыл бұрын

@@hakasonma8588 what about ebay or all the others means of acquiring 2nd hand items online? craiglist, facebook etc etc. i mostly bought my retrogaming stuff from ebay in the last 15 years and i never ever spent anything remotely close to the price ranges of DKOldies, and eBay is known to be littered with stupidly expensive listings and rigged auctions to push your bids higher and yet i never got in any proximity of those price tags!

11:44 Funny enough those void stickers are actually illegal in the United States under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, so even if they did enforce that, you can probably fight them over it, assuming you didn't break it when opening. Edit: I am aware that the sticker itself is not illegal, but many companies do void the warranty if the sticker is tampered with, which is illegal according to the FTC. And also, please do not take this as law advice BTW, as I'm not a lawyer.

@MelStaub

Жыл бұрын

Commenting to give this a bump

@mews8812

Жыл бұрын

A very important fact here.

@FriedIce3

Жыл бұрын

Get this comment on the top

@adamsavage2646

Жыл бұрын

this comment shall go to the top

@maxwellwinter2114

Жыл бұрын

comment for importance

8:15 "is that morse code?" HAD ME DYING

A rusted ps3 is crazy

The worst part? The fact that they seem to be deliberately putting their own warranty stickers on to discourage people from doing exactly this, because if you do and it is like this? Guess what, they can basically tell you to beat it and run off with your money because you voided their warranty.

@saybrowt

Жыл бұрын

Nope. Those stickers don't legally mean anything at all. If they wanna deny your warranty they gotta prove you broke it.

@kangarojack3814

Жыл бұрын

@@saybrowtur wrong an employee that worked there did an interview an he said it himself that’s why they do that , definitely a scam

@JohnClark-tt2bl

Жыл бұрын

Those stickers don't do jack anymore. That became illegal a few years ago. It's why you don't see them much anymore.

@the_one_and_carpool

Жыл бұрын

worst part is the whole video

@mariusztyranski5845

Жыл бұрын

Although people often do not know this, and they are genuinely afraid of breaking those stickers

DK Oldies have been around forever like Lukie Games and come up on Google searches for anything. Their target audience is casual nostalgia players that will never bother opening these up or comparing prices. It’s still crazy that with all the negative videos about them, a huge order like this didn’t set off some red flag.

@Fettman07

Жыл бұрын

@@lurch1539see I don’t think this order got any special treatment. Which means they didn’t realize it was going to a reviewer. Which means either someone isn’t paying attention or they don’t care, either situation sucks for the customer.

@hikkamorii

Жыл бұрын

Issue is that you need to actually service consoles for people like this because they don't know much about it, they won't be servicing them themselves, and in the case with more modern consoles (like early PS3s and xbox 360s) that will lead to the disaster. On top of that, it's really immoral in my opinion to take money from people who don't know any better.

@fizdog

Жыл бұрын

And that's why they can say whatever they want on their site knowing the average Joe won't be opening it. Whether that's legal to lie about refurbishing wel......just my thoughts

@notoriousbig3k

Жыл бұрын

@@hikkamorii most nostalgics are collectors and do the maintance service them selfs they even prefer it like that bcz they are basically odl tech junkies

@hikkamorii

Жыл бұрын

@@notoriousbig3k I agree, but I get why not everyone would want it, and so the service that they provide makes sense. To bad they don't do it...

7:03 Your game store sold GBCs for $5? Please tell me where this is right now, mine sells them for like $80

Definitely need to thank everyone that took the risk for us and I’m glad I researched before I bought anything from them I also nearly got scammed but didn’t purchase anything so saved myself the trouble 😭😂

Also keep in mind, there was an interview with Jacob R with an ex-employee of DKoldies where he explains that they are trained to not open up the consoles unless they’re literally rattling. Also those warranty stickers are intentionally put in place over screws necessary to open the console as a deterrent for people to open them up and inspect them themselves. They know exactly what they’re doing.

@gotmilk20091

Жыл бұрын

i mean that’s exactly how warranty stickers work 😂. it’s to prove that you didn’t mess with stuff inside and therefore the warranty is still valid

@stabtarzan

Жыл бұрын

@@gotmilk20091 yeah but what I mean by that is that they know they’re not cleaning the insides of these consoles, and are using warranty stickers in an attempt to cover their lazy “refurbishing”. And people go and open them up anyways and now all dkoldies has to do is basically say “well you voided the warranty, nothing we can do”

@xacvhFAs

Жыл бұрын

@@gotmilk20091you’re slow

@shadeymcbones6707

Жыл бұрын

@@gotmilk20091 Also, atleast in the USA, voiding warranty because of stickers like these is illegal. You still have your warranty if you open up your electronics.

@who7950

Жыл бұрын

@@xacvhFAs yo moma slow, she had you after all

Saddest part of this video is it came a little after a ton of the backlash they were receiving and clearly they changed nothing. They could have such a thriving business if they just did what they said they would do. I was very close to buying from them till I heard about all of this a month or two ago.

@EllRiver

Жыл бұрын

It's been months since they said they would fix it. They had a huge order of a ton of consoles. They knew the order was important and prob a youtuber. They clearly don't care.

@SamWeed420

Жыл бұрын

They expecting the one who buy their products are stupid and only care about the outside and spend a stupid amount of money for it

@ashadowintime7305

Жыл бұрын

​@@EllRiver yeah that was silly to buy so much in a single order AND using his real name apparently..

@conaldeugenepeterson2147

Жыл бұрын

@@ashadowintime7305 dude literally says “I did not order these, and my name is not on this packaging”.

@zuxyr

Жыл бұрын

They have a very thriving business clearly if all these KZreadrs are buying their stock to do “check” videos lmao. Marketing W

Also notice the fact that even for THAT price they never give you a genuine controller with any console. I think (this is just a speculation) but I think they do this so they can also sell the original controller for extra money. So not only do they make a lot of profit on the console. They also resell the genuine controller for extra money

Seems to be the case with a lot of there retro console site where they lying about refurbishment of consoles, selling region locked consoles or false advertisement in general.

My issue is I imagine Austin ordered these things AFTER they were exposed, and they STILL are not refurbished😂

@krabgrass

Жыл бұрын

The clowns still backing up DKOldies are pathetic. Lol

I saw their Shorts being promoted and thought they sounded familiar. I looked up their prices, as I had just gotten a GameCube and N64 again, and was floored at them. Sure, it's getting harder to find good deals and some communities don't have great video game stores, but the prices they're asking demand a lot more than "it works!" And I KNEW I heard of them somewhere, and thus remembered this controversy. Sure, labour costs money, but then be honest about expectations and cost. "Your console may not be refurbished, but it'll look good and function, plus you'll have a warranty, and you'll be supporting a company that's dedicated to ensuring ease of access to classics"...then again, that last part pretty much necessitates refurbishing :|

18:55 I thought I knew my colors cuz that piece of "black" plastic looked gray to me...

Jacob R did an interview with an ex employee and he said they don't open them up unless you can hear something rattling around inside or it doesn't work so they have to look inside to try and see if it's something fixable. They basically do the shake test lol if it functions and they can shake it without hearing anything funny, it gets shipped with nothing more than an exterior cleaning.

@jacobperez8921

Жыл бұрын

That's not a good idea business wise. They are deceiving their customers in buying consoles that are supposed to be "refurbished." Having big channels like Austin Evans call them out will definitely put the nail in the coffin on their business.

@GundamGokuTV

Жыл бұрын

Then how did they ship that 360 without replacing the disk drive. You heard the sound it made when he put a game in it? Like what kills me about this is they aren't doing the bare minimum. Like local shops will refurbish stuff, open it up and clean it really well. Idk why these guys can't.

@icewolf6062

Жыл бұрын

@@GundamGokuTV he can only Tell how things were done when he was working there. Between when he left and the present maybe they got even lazier. 🤷

@mjstwocents4568

Жыл бұрын

The Xbox 360 was literally rattling and they still didn't open it up

@PuddingTaToRnAtOr

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobperez8921 you would think so, but watch it only boost their popularity due to exposure 🤦🏼‍♂️

You mentioned it in the beginning but the fact that there was a huge batch order on systems, which should've alerted them it was probably a content creator, and they still couldn't be bothered with refurbishing them is quite concerning.

@osiriskid0

Жыл бұрын

Cause the employees don’t care, they want this company to go down as much as everybody else, this has been going on for about 2+ months with no changes soon they’ll go out of business

@EllRiver

Жыл бұрын

They only take care for repeat customers it seems. But even then it's a stretch.

@alexisrivera200xable

Жыл бұрын

You have to pay attention to the DKoldies stickers. Its straight dishonest how they sell you the thing as having a warranty then the stick those where the screws or the seams are so you can't open it without voiding the warranty. They fully expect you to not attempt to open them at all so they don't bother with the inside. They insidiously hold the implied value of the warranty which is their entire selling point at those exorbitant prices over you, so you reasonably as a consumer will simply take them as is and not check the inside.

@DyabeeteezTV

Жыл бұрын

​@Alexis Rivera not many people know that those warranty stickers don't mean shit in the USA, you can open and explore all you want, as long as your attempt doesn't directly cause a malfunction

@TachibanaTengoku

Жыл бұрын

@@alexisrivera200xable Which is hilarious because you can't legally void warranty in the US because of warranty stickers being torn anyways lol Maybe if the customer legitimately damaged the consoles

In the UK there’s CEX which is a GameStop equivalent. They have reasonable prices and have 2 years warranty for consoles and games you buy

I opened and cleaned my GCN last year and oh boy there was a lot of dust, and put isopropanol inside the movie part of the discdrive. Was struggling to read games, cleaned the lens, plugged it, played sunshine on it, without a single problem since

Finally even bigger KZreadrs are exposing these scammers. Good on Austin for doing this video.

@charlesparsons3950

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 funny you mean business it's called supply and demand if you can find it cheap stfu and go get it stop batching about prices you can't afford or are not willing to pay bc guess what someone else will pay it 😂😂 every retro store does this shit no one is innocent and if you think some are your funny

@teamofone1219

Жыл бұрын

TronicsFix also exposed them as well.

This is absolutely the final nail in the coffin. They are 100% scamming and it’s disgusting.

@nicholasharron3325

Жыл бұрын

Think the real scam is that nobody cared til 25 year old KZreadrs started posting 300 videos about them

@brandonosborne2007

Жыл бұрын

​@@nicholasharron3325 not everyone opens their consoles to check the fans and thermal paste. Gotta think 99% of people just stick it on their TV stand and play. They're not seeing the clumps of dust, thermal paste damage, and everything else inside. If you're charging premium price for a refurbished unit that thing better be as close to new as possible

@nicholasharron3325

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonosborne2007 buy it in person then and not online! Let’s just ship everything anyway, so I can sit home and collect some more diabetes. This isn’t NEW NEWS!!!

@hunterhudson4577

Жыл бұрын

​@@nicholasharron3325That argument holds no weight. Not everyone lives within 30 minutes of a retro game store. Plus if a site says their products are refurbished and charges more than top dollar, then the products need to be damn near perfect.

@SHAD0WKNITE

Жыл бұрын

​@@nicholasharron3325dkoldies wasn't even that popular until they started bringing it up

seeing the xbox 360 and ps3 being sold as authentic classic consoles makes me feel old, i grew up on those.

I bought a gameboy advance of them and when it arrived the gameboy wouldn’t read the cartridge no matter what it felt like there was something stuck before the cartridge went in all the way, I took a light an looked in the slot and it turns out a piece of thick plastic from what we can tell was stuck in there. We used pliers to get the piece off and it was legit a melted piece of some other game that was stuck in there, then after 2 weeks the gameboy wouldn’t turn back on and when I called about getting a replacement or refund after I told them of the situation they said they couldn’t do anything because we decided to try to fix it which to them is tampering with the product apparently what I was suppose to do was call them about the piece being stuck in the slot and pay to send it to them and pay them to send it back to me.

What I find interesting is that several of the consoles in these unboxing videos had the residue of a previous DKOldies seal peaking out from the current seal including this Dreamcast . This leads me to believe that they were previously sold by DKO and were returned , most likely with a problem , and then checked/fixed and were resold . They must have a pretty high return rate which is understandable given the lack of actual refurbing going on there .

@nonyabiz9340

Жыл бұрын

In an interview a previous employee stated their refurbished consoles are all previously returned "used" consoles that had since been repaired.

Got a PS3 at a pawn shop for $60 with an original controller. This is straight up highway robbery!

@BenjaminHari

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but the reason you're paying premium here is for the console being refurbished and cleaned, the PS3 you got could have dust bunnies and who knows what inside. Average joe doesn't know nor do they want to bother with cleaning up the console. Edit because some people think I'm defending DKOldies somehow which I'm not, I was just trying to say the REASON DKO charges premium prices is because they claim they do refurbishment and cleaning which clearly they don't. But if they did all that then the premium prices would be ok.

@msquirrel1

Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminHari yeah but that wasn’t done to the PS3 on the video was it? So that point is null and void.

@tyleredmundson3494

Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminHariyea but dk Oldies is charging $500 for ps3s and they don’t even touch the inside of it and barely even clean the outside and you get an off brand controller

@kanggoo57

Жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminHari yeah but dkscammies aint doing nothing

@BenjaminHari

Жыл бұрын

@@kanggoo57 exactly, that's the whole point of the video and why they are a scam.

Imagine 1 year warranty being such a big deal. That's included even for second hand shops for us here in Europe. 2 years being the norm for retailers.

I think they only “refurbish” it if it doesn’t pass their test (which I have heard is putting a game in to see if it reads discs and plays audio)

9:30 Fun fact about the GameCube is Nintendo built them with Japan and USA region selection from the factory. Ifixit has a tutorial where you can install a switch to flip the regions between Japan and USA.

@3Rayfire

Жыл бұрын

That's really cool actually.

@Wingman52087

Жыл бұрын

@Lurch I wasn’t aware! Thanks for the info

@williammiller3277

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact about the gamecube is Japan and USA are the same region and japanese gamecubes play US games just fine with no mods. Dkoldies did not install shit.

@jacobperez8921

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know about this. That's pretty dope. I miss my purple GameCube now 😅

There is a huge difference between "pre-owned" and "refurbished". A truly refurbed item has been taken apart, cleaned, repaired, and tested, then certified that it works THE SAME AS NEW. The items generally have a decent warranty as well.

@MicahFoxxMusic

Жыл бұрын

Your definition isn’t legal, is it? Without a legal definition, there is no real footing to say what these words mean in context.

@martinfabian2744

Жыл бұрын

Technically, there is no "LEGAL" standpoint definition for the word "Refurbished". Refurbished is a synonym for reconditioned in which is under the entitlement (or definition) of pre-owned. As Americans, since we use fancy words to make things sound better and appealing, there are expectation behind those words. In the end, DK Oldies are running a legal business and advertising correctly. Is it still overpriced and taking advantage of old school gamers, YES. Are they breaking any laws or scamming anyone, NO. You are getting what you paid for a working old console.

my local retro gaming store has original white xbox 360s from 2005 for $40 and $60 for it with the attachment storage. dk oldies has there’s up right now for $239.99

Austin's reactions when tearing down the PS3 was easily the same as Gordon Ramsey in Kitchen Nightmares when investigating restauranta

I bought a "refurbished" gameboy from DKOldies. The funny thing is that this was the clear version so you could see into the console without opening it and it was clear that they left dirt inside and the only thing the actually did was replace the plastic screen protector

@AshVsEvilFred

Жыл бұрын

Did it work doe

@rxzesereniti9750

Жыл бұрын

@@AshVsEvilFred doesn’t matter if it works, they monetize, refurbish, clean consoles. I didn’t pay for dirty consoles with a new screen protector

@yeaok1917

Жыл бұрын

@@AshVsEvilFred Was it refurbished "doe"

@nxczbffdsthe32nd

Жыл бұрын

@@AshVsEvilFred They payed extra for a working console.

@darkplayeryoutuber

10 ай бұрын

Refurbished consoles are honestly a scam anywhere

Getting them all ordered at once would be a signal to me that the buyer isn't just some random person

I'm guessing the only ones that get cleaned on the inside are the ones that actually get taken apart to be fixed. If it actually works they probably only clean the outside and then ship it. You could call that laziness but also at the same time why take it apart if it's not broken. So kind of makes sense that the insides aren't being cleaned. Do they actually say that they clean all interiors? Cuz I guess that would be a point of contention.

I just need to figure out where I can order a charger port for my Gameboy then and sodder on a new one cause I swear this is heartbreaking I was looking into ordering a Gameboy for the nostalgia and a few games but scratch that

Dkoldies seems like the one game store guy at your local flee market who buys all the good stuff from other vendors and then tries to sell it for online prices as long as it works

@hemmed32

Жыл бұрын

Ohio vendors be like

@Mr.Shogun

Жыл бұрын

Scalpers in a *nutshell*

@therealtony2009

Жыл бұрын

@@hemmed32 man shut up

@donlalo2002

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the people who go to yardsales and take advantage of homeowners' lack of knowledge of what their goods are actually worth and resale them online 3x the amount.

@BigDavoNorriwong

Жыл бұрын

@@donlalo2002 That's just good business. It's their fault if they don't know the value of what they're selling

Should’ve ordered each one individually to different addresses because having a batch order alerts them to be more cautious since they’ll suspect it’s a content creator’s order

@Aetherion223

Жыл бұрын

Well they clearly weren't cautious here so I would hate to see what a normal order would look like.

@Kritya

Жыл бұрын

If this is what they do for a suspected content creator then half their consoles must not work.

@Gal2k6

Жыл бұрын

If this is DKOldies working with caution then I hate to see the shit they throw at other people.... Clearly they weren't "alerted".

@royliber3824

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought. Maybe not a content creator, but they definitely would be more "careful" if one guy buys like 10 consoles for himself from them.

6:55 I remember I bought an Atomic Purple GBC at a used game store for $40, and it still works PERFECTLY!

That “Greese” was definitely not greese if the Xbox was EXTREMELY stinky 💀

DK Oldies definition of "Refurbished" is: We just throw it in a box and mail to you for an increased price

Man, this is why I'm very grateful that I've been able to keep all of my older consoles and didn't need to trade them to when I moved on to the next generation. I tend to take really good care of my consoles and at least twice a year I'll open it up and clean the inside, fans, etc... Luckily my consoles going back to the Xbox 360, PS3, and even my PS2 are still in good condition. These Retro games prices are pretty outrageous.

@BotchuLeeSim

Жыл бұрын

I never trade my consoles, I just wait a few years until I have the money to buy the next gen

@CONTE713

Жыл бұрын

Sameee.

@Rspsand07

11 ай бұрын

I'm sad cuz my dad made me give my ps1 to my cousin who destroyed it by the time we went back to his house already. A former friend stole my DS and pokemon game in it. My ps2 fell like 20 yrs ago and only reads ps1 games and my mom forced me to trade in my 360. I wanna buy a ds but I haven't seen any anywhere near as pristine as I keep my shit for sale. My gameboy advance sp doesn't even have scratches, and I got it in 2003 or 2004 whenever it launched

@natsudama4604

11 ай бұрын

​​@@Rspsand07hat's sad I only sold my old stuff so I could buy the new stuff coming out, later i knew that what i was doing was a mistake since when i sold my ps3 to buy a ps4 i had to give up the ps3 for 100 bucks and still give 300 more Then the same game shop was selling my ps3 for 200 bucks

@madisonculp9070

10 ай бұрын

Only consoles I care about LOOKING good is handhelds. So honestly the Xbox and PlayStations were overcharged just for that tbh.

After losing my original dreamcast as a kid in one of the many moves across the country I was forced to do by my parents, I bought one for like 40 bucks off ebay in 2014, that was fully operational without any issues whatsoever. It also came with two controllers that had no flaws. If there was one complaint I had about it, there was what I consider to be a minor cosmetic flaw, with what appeared to be a slight crack in the top cover, but it was not an issue. My brother now has that dreamcast, along with all the retro systems I bought off ebay back then for like 50 bucks max.... I can't believe the price DKOldies is charging for these consoles. And after all the videos I have seen on them, they should be sued for false advertisement.

Its crazy because they charge $169 for a ps2, but from a store called game xchange where I live I got it for $70 plus the controllers and wires

Ooooh, so this is why I stopped seeing their shorts spammed everywhere, lol Also, yes, those prices are not just overpriced, they are straight out of this world....

@tommellor9151

Жыл бұрын

I blocked them on KZread and tiktok and they’re still coming up

Man now Austin is in on this. Reviewtechusa will be happy 👍👍

@BullCraftMaxx

Жыл бұрын

Indeed he will be!

@loustandards2827

Жыл бұрын

ReviwtechUSA is never 'happy' 😂

@bulldog8080

Жыл бұрын

​@Don't Read My Profile Photo bot

In amazon they don't call used games and consoles refurbished. They call it "Renewed" that way they try to sell it more expensive.

Yeah I’ve bought a lot of stuff from dk oldies but never consoles, strictly games and I can say some of their games are genuinely a really good price and I’ve always been happy but you’ve got plenty on there that are ridiculous as well. Just gotta pick and choose

This is why I’m fine with buying 50$ older used consoles from pawnshops or local game stores. I have everything needed to actually refurbish it myself and they usually have a 30-60 day return window incase i find a problem i can’t fix.

DK Oldies can’t cover up their scamming ways now. Jacob R, ReviewtechUSA, Penguinz0, and now Austin Evans. If these guys can’t get DKOldies to stop lying and to start being honest, then I don’t know who can.

@vagamer522

Жыл бұрын

Also Someordinarygamers as well

@kuebby

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the courts when they get sued for fraud.

@CallforthePriest

Жыл бұрын

Average buyers by not buying this shit

@proondemo

Жыл бұрын

Imagine major news outlets talking about Dk oldies scummy tactics

@teamofone1219

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget TronicsFix

3:53 when your shipment of pot comes in

A $240 PS3 SLIM plus tax, is already insane, but in that condition should be a crime.

Hey Austin, make sure to play that Dreamcast for longer than just a few minutes. It's a common issue with older Dreamcasts where the solder on the power port will become brittle enough that once it heats the system will reboot, cooling the solder just enough for it to boot back up almost immediately. It looks like a software reboot, but it's a full power circle due to bad solder.

@rishavganguly92

Жыл бұрын

Now you have me worried, I have played my Dreamcast for hours on end (finished sa1 in one sitting due to lack of vmu). It terribly heats up but I never had this problem before. I bought it used.

@rishavganguly92

Жыл бұрын

Update: days later my disk drive stopped working properly. I've owned this for almost 6 years and it spent the last six months in a box and has somehow become yellow.

@JPSimen

Жыл бұрын

@@rishavganguly92 it is sad the plastics have a self life of 15 years and they yellow quickly, especially under UV lights and sunlight.

@Roneekz

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention the lasers that are on their way out that will play Crazy Taxi but other games have textures disappearing and stuff lol.

@JPSimen

Жыл бұрын

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel becuz it does not work.

Used to work for GameStop. All refurbished means by their standard is that the console turns on and reads disks if it previously did not.

@wintersmonologue

Жыл бұрын

That's the standard for most places. It turned on.

@Joosher56

Жыл бұрын

Honestly disgraceful, especially when they (DKOldies and probably GameStop) demonstrate their ability to actually restore consoles properly, but no, gotta make them profit margins with as little effort as possible

@JPSimen

Жыл бұрын

Refurbished, Repaired, Used. Now if it said restored..... then it should look clean and new.

@oshabot1646

Жыл бұрын

​@@Joosher56 hi breadbug

@JPSimen

Жыл бұрын

@Chuck Buskee it is because they actually think items delivered by mail in a package mean it is new im their tiny minds.

So if I was looking to buy N64 games, and have had bad luck with functionality on eBay, where can I go to buy them?

I was highly considering ordering from them six months ago and then I kept seeing videos of them but now this officially does it for me I’m not doing business with them. Thank you, Austin.

@iseeyou5710

Жыл бұрын

Stay away… you can find better deals nearly anywhere else if you search.

The problem with the ps3 is that instead of trying to clean it properly, they used the magic eraser thing, absolutely destroying the gloss finish, which probably already looked scuffed to hell

@isaigutierrez1617

Жыл бұрын

I just wanna know why almost all their PS3 consoles look similar once you start to disassemble them. If they were truly refurbished, we shouldn't be greeted by dust.

I want the post office vehicles carrying those tons of collections to accidentally deliver them to me

10:25 can we just appreciate the flip phone

Haven’t seen Austin walked away speechless before 😂. It is like its better buy from an individual sell person than from DKoldies

@Averagegamerguyyy

Жыл бұрын

For how much he paid for that ps3 I would've done the same 😂😂 Basically water damaged at that point lol

I can almost guarantee that 360 was returned early in its life cycle to Microsoft to be fixed, i had my first gen 360 for only a few weeks before it started having disc read errors and had to be shipped back to them. I was lucky and never got the red rings but they tried charging me another $100 for the repair claiming it was out of warranty, it did however come back with the updated cooling design...

@brendonwallace6640

Жыл бұрын

Yea me too hell I had a PS5 that went up I’m smoke when they first came out sent it back to Sony took them like 5 months to give it back I almost bought another one

@TheDuckumz

Жыл бұрын

@@brendonwallace6640 Damn man thats crazy, at least MS returned mine in a week after i had to argue with them about the warranty.

Refurbished sellers consider wiping down the outside shell as "good enough"

What’s the main problem is the inside of the stuff they sell. Like your friend in the video said that’s the main complaint. Even if the outside doesn’t look bad the inside is full of dust and possibly bugs. It’s a scam because they don’t clean the console’s inside. These consoles you could probably play for like a few months or a year max before it stops working because of how poorly the condition they’re selling it to you in.

Nice to have a high profile KZreadr like you expose them for all their crap. Hopefully they will see a dip in their sales and actually do something to fix it.

@fjrqjadlrns

Жыл бұрын

I think most people prefer Dkoldies gone forever

@DG-mi2mc

Жыл бұрын

​@@fjrqjadlrns Exactly. You cant fix stupid, and for sure can't fix a scammer

@shaggy1hp200

Жыл бұрын

Lol they wont see a dip in their sales if everyone keeps buying from them just to review how shitty they did lmao this video is a classic example. He paid 1000$+ for those console and all the ones he did open up were not clean.

@ohigedid91xbox9

Жыл бұрын

@@shaggy1hp200 I’d be getting a full refund 🤷‍♂️

@shaggy1hp200

Жыл бұрын

@@ohigedid91xbox9 publicity is publicity. But yeah you right

17:04 Why does he got to sound like Linguini when he screamed after he was bitten by Remy?

the one thing i always wondered when i see their shorts showing all the consoles in bins, do they pay a premium considering how much of a premium they sell at? im guessing not, because its even worse when you think about the fact they are paying pennies on the dollar for these items not refurbing them at all just wiping the outside and selling them for 2-4X the current value.

Were you using a song from monster inc scary iland? Close to the end of the video

Missed chance when not tearing down the GC. I'm interested if it has a modchip or if it has the shell swapped.

@stevenbenson9976

Жыл бұрын

So much this. I'm betting it was a shell swap. Probably got an as is to try to mod it and swapped the shell

@scottwilliams3665

Жыл бұрын

It's just a jumper on the ic it's a 3 minute fix

@bootlegjoe

Жыл бұрын

Its a jpn console with a region mod edit jumping R5 on the mainboard. Google: "jpn to us gamecube"

DK oldies trauma is heading to all these big name channels. That’s how you know things are serious.

@kingofthedarkarts599

Жыл бұрын

Yeah dude, it’s not gonna be long until DK is run down

Those prices are outrageous

Wow those prices are totally out of control. Especially if they do not properly refurbish them to prep them for long term use again. I am a gamer and after seeing this I definitely wouldn’t get anything from them.

A former employee said in a video at reviewtechusa that if Dkoldies recognizes that an order is going to be on a famous yt channel or is a large enough purchase, they give preferential treatment to the console they ship. They clean the outside as much as they possibly can. Austin’s order is not going to be like most other smaller console purchases

@Mr_Mcfeely

Жыл бұрын

Idk what you mean because Austin's order had plenty negative to mention that culminates in an absolutely disgusting Playstation. Austin's order seems to be plenty like other orders.

@CookieByNature

Жыл бұрын

Probably why they ordered it under a different name

@Alexander-uj8cx

Жыл бұрын

​@MrMcFeely this could easily be the better batch. A large order of every console after they got called out is always suspicious.

@PaulOniel534

Жыл бұрын

@@CookieByNature i missed that part, dkoldies does give preferential treatment to large orders so that the same customer can buy more large orders from them in the future.

@PlatinumEagleStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Mcfeely remember Autrin never used his name. Someone else used their name. So DK Oldies probably didn't even have a clue it was even for Austin. That's why DK Oldies didn't give him special treatment.

I’m so glad bigger KZreadrs like Evan is getting into this because it needs to be shown and make customers that are getting false advertised items they are being scammed by this money hungry company

Its so weird seeing this store called out, back in the day they were the main store I bought from, never had a problem except with an old Genesis, which they replaced promptly and sent me my money back even though I also got a replacement.

Please can I know your buddy who sells custom gameboys info? I’d love to buy one from them.

I like how it started off fine and went disgustingly downhill from there. Thanks for doing this video Austin. DKOldies has now officially been reviewed on all of my sub channels and it's been consistently bad.

@paxlux5288

Жыл бұрын

Lol the whole DKOldies situation in general started off fine and went disgustingly downhill. At first it was "wow these guys overprice their consoles by a lot, but they're not a scam," and now it's "wow, these guys are charging premium prices and are blatantly lying about refurbishing anything."

I’m kind of glad to have seen this, I had always assumed that DK Oldies mostly got hate for their prices, but until they get this fixed, I don’t know if I can purchase from them.

@Viper-jr4sp

Жыл бұрын

never purchase from them for all the videos that have been shown for how horrible condition they've looked and the lies you have to be an idiot on not paying attention to it

@ShaOryDow

Жыл бұрын

Even if they somehow manage to get their stuff together, I'll forever refuse to buy from them, these prices are outrageous.

@Viper-jr4sp

Жыл бұрын

@@ShaOryDow i'm in canada and even when it auto adjusts to CAD prices they are outrageous the fan favourite snes pack for example goes for 370 and it would be 60$ more if you add 2 original controllers where i went to a mom and pop store payed 150$ for one with a controller and all OEM cords even a ps1 goes for 180 where i can get one for 60$ at most

@buddermantheamazing

Жыл бұрын

They basically use sandpaper to clean the outside of the consoles, so that's a big issue as well lol

@blinkachu5275

Жыл бұрын

Just buy second hand from someone. Seriously. I've got 30+ consoles, all acquired for roughly 30-40 bucks at most (with exceptions, some even cheaper, and only a few a bit more expensive). All I had to do was do a teardown myself and clean it up on the inside. There's hundreds of videos online on how to do that. You also always get extra stuff with it like controllers, sometimes even games. It's just not worth it buying from them, even if they were cheaper and actually refurbished the consoles.

I would never think of selling a console in that state, I would do my best to clean it up/out/repaste

Oh, taking a Wii apart is a pain. I question them opening and cleaning these on the inside as long as nothing is obviously broken. I took all my old consoles apart as the big plastic box I was storing them in smelled really bad (chemical) and I feared leaking caps. Later I found out that the plastic used for this box secretes this stench, gathering it inside when being closed for a while, even though I have other similar boxes that don't do this... Btw, we have a 20GB 360 and it's loud like a hover. Cleaning on the inside and replace thermal paste (remember this being a pain) did nothing to improve this. But the one in the video sounds even worse, not louder but like it will break down any moment now. 15 years isn't a "very old console" though. 15 is nothing. xD

Hello, Austin. I work for DKOldies and we've made some policy changes. We will now be fully cleaning the interiors of our consoles, and the good news is it'll only add 500.00 to the cost of each console for our customers! You'll still be able to purchase our "Refurbished" consoles at their regular price, but if you select "Actually Refurbished" you'll get one thats been done correctly for a small 500.00 fee! Thanks for your input!

@Scorpio--

Жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂

@Mr.Chimpazee

Жыл бұрын

Dude…seriously 😂😂😂

@ZACKMAN2007

Жыл бұрын

This is the biggest load of bs I have ever heard

@TeamHELPER

Жыл бұрын

This is something they would actually do to be honest LOL

@nonyabiz9340

Жыл бұрын

Time to have an employee breakdown, clean, reapply thermal paste to a console, 2 hours. At 15$/hr and supply cost, $40 total operating cost. Markup $100+

Probably been said in here already but those paper stickers on the inside on the OG 360 was an indication that it's been sent back under warranty and had RROD fixed.