well first off, the store is so crowded that you can barely move in the aisles. reminded me of being in a hoarders house. second, the place charges ridiculous prices for everything, i had bought an older video game gem from my childhood, sadly the game was in poor condition and unable to play on my system. safe to say i will never go back.
The owner doesn't mark any prices. She looks it up on the spot on eBay and adds a seemingly random amount of $$ on top of that. Has had many valuable retro games gathering dust for decades and won't budge on price. Many of the games have their original cardboard boxes but because of the way she has stacked them, they are slowly degrading and being crushed under heavier items. This is literally the only retro shop I've ever walked into and felt sad to see the cool games there are because they'll never wind up in a collector's hands and will slowly be destroyed/rendered uncollectable. Hope she goes out of business and is forced to sell for a fair price.
I have to say without a doubt this pawn shop has no idea how much Retro Games are worth. $199,99 for Rocket Knight adventures with manual and box? Worth one third of that at best. Streets of rage for $69.99? $25-30 literally anywhere else. What on earth are they thinking. Great selection of games and consoles but they are asking 3x the amount they are worth so I can't even list that as a positive. Absolutely crazy. I was so put off I made my first review ever. Retro game hunters stay far, far away.
Lady who runs this store is a crook and very rude. She has no desire to talk and discuss prices, saying pay up what I want or get out. Has tons of old retro gaming stuff but looks like to me it'll be sitting there forever. Real shame. Stay far away
Worst pawn shop in town. Lady that runs it is a hoarder. And there prices are from 1980s. Place should be condemned.
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