For clarity's sake because I caught myself crossing the wires in the video a couple of times: Gamecube = $130, HDMI adapter = $20, Game Boy Advance = $170
Their conditions are bullshit, they tell you nothing but give you vague idea for acceptable and cosmetically damaged but "refurbished" and "used" tell you NOTHING
@@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516Mercari has never let me down. As long as you make sure sellers are reputable you’re going to get what they’re advertising and it’s much more affordable and priced fairly in good condition most of the time.
I have repaired around 100+ gamecubes. The reason why it didn't read the disk i believe at first is due to failing capacitors. Once they warm up and the gamecube runs for a minute, you will notice the laser reading the disc faster. The typical problem child for this issue is capacitor c408
Makes sense. I was thinking maybe it had been in storage forever and caked in dust that first blocked something before flying off, but that makes a lot more sense.
Gotta love growing up in a house with parents who chain-smoke inside. I was constantly pulling yellowish-brown dust bunnies out of my electronics. Yuk! Just imagine what my lungs look like...
@@retrorebound8887 Honestly this was as pathetic as DKOldies “experience” with retro consoles. Retro Rebound knows about as much as any other casual retro gamer, which is to say not much at all. Was basically salivating at the chance to “gotcha” DKOldies and it was an epic failure. DKOldies sucks. They’re a commercial retailer that price gouges. That’s about as unexpected as politicians taking political donations or corporations making record profits during a recession. It’s capitalism being capitalism unfortunately. Seeing him jump on a dumb trend and practically itching to catch them making a mistake, and then failing to do so, is honestly just sad.
@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6esDKOldies is anything but small, they have a huge warhouse I follow them for years and I was always sceptical of them even before big UA-camrs started to expose them. They had a much smaller warhouse like a year ago, they moved to a much much bigger because of the amount of orders and items they are receiving and selling. They have like what? 30 or 40 employees, I remember in one short video they showed like 6 or 7 people just working in social media departments, just in that one department managing social media. DKOldies has over 3 million followers on TikTok and 1 million on UA-cam. Small retro business are your mom and paps shops, your 3 foot stores with 50 games inside. DKOldies is the largest retro gaming store.
I'm over it at this point. How many more of these videos are we gonna get? We get it. They suck. At this point the people exposing them are the ones that aren't on our side because they're only doing it for the views that they know they'll get.
I’m glad they are making videos so that more people see it before they buy from them. Yeah they aren’t on your side as you put it. They’re on the side of the people that are new to this hobby, or unaware they are being ripped off by DKOldies. This video shows how bad they are yet again, even with the positive spin. 3rd party controller yellowed GameCube, sticker on a GBA, it’s ludicrous.
I think these videos are important to put across the message that refurbished products should be what they advertise them to be. I’m fine with these videos, if you already get the message don’t watch them. I’d like higher standards in gaming and so should you.
If you charge more than the market price and say it’s because your product is refurbished but the product isn’t refurbished then it is 100% a scam. The fact that they put a sticker to say if you open console and look inside it voids your warranty baffles me. I think the main thing wasn’t whether or not they work but do they open them
I'm pretty sure the first videos I've seen covering this didn't have those sticker on consoles so if those videos were legitimate, it really feels like DK added those to try scaring the casual customer from opening the consoles.
It’s illegal to say if you remove the warranty sticker to void it. You can always open and remove the warranty sticker and get the warranty still as long as you do not destroy the inside part (filming opening doesn’t void it either as long as you’re in the US and it’s a us based company)
@@jetrifle4209 “cOrNy” thanks for the input dude sorry you hate yourself so much that you think anyone thinks you’re edgy and cool for your own corny ass comment. Prolly look just like eddy in your profile pic irl
The price will always be a scam no matter if the console works or is in good condition or not. Charging $150 which is on “sale” no less for a non AGS 101 GBA SP is absurd
The price is NOT a scam. Do you not know the definition of scam? I hate them just as much as anybody but just putting a price on something don't make it a scam. You have the choice to purchase it or not. The scam is claiming the shits refurbished and you buy it thinking you are buying refurbished and its not. If they were cleaned/refurbished there would be no scamming going on. It would be your stupidity for paying the prices they are asking.
I mean my local shop I bought a blue GBASP in good condition AGS100 for about the same price, but I was at least given a discount on games I bought there, plus a warranty.
@@cemepee yeah i honestly find it stupid when people pay this much but its their money but if they wanna flex about it on social media you'll just get responses from people calling you an idiot for paying that much
What adds even more insult is they sold you a region modded Japanese gamecube which in its own isn’t bad but considering Japanese gamecubes, especially the standard color variants, are far cheaper than their US counterparts. What a scam they truely are, thanks for the video!
Yeah man I noticed that immediately. Apparently they do that with a lot of their consoles. It’s just cheaper to buy and sell the Japanese consoles but at the prices they’re selling them at it’s a scam. Not even getting the American consoles, that’s ridiculous.
Yes, but they can say that by removing the sticker there’s no way of them knowing that you didn’t damage it and that such damages don’t fall under the warranty. So it would then be up to you to prove it was warranty covered damage. Look at the SteamDeck. Not only do they not have stickers on their devices, but they even support the right to repair. But many people have said how they took their device apart, then sent it in for warranty work, only to have the company come back and say they can tell the device was opened because the reflective tape they use was tampered with and because of that the damage was the result of the user and not covered under the warranty. It’s illegal for companies to void the warranty for removing the sticker. That doesn’t mean they can’t claim you caused the damage and say it’s not covered under the warranty. Those are two different things people try to lump into one.
I know a lot of UA-camrs are doing DKOldies videos right but as a person who lost their consoles in Hurricane Katrina, I really appreciate you guys taking the time to do these videos because, for a person like me who has a strong emotional attachment to them and the circumstances in which I lost them, It's very easy to get taken advantage of and waste tons of money. So thank you to you and all of the other UA-camrs for the time, effort and cost you've put into keeping us informed.
This is just another example of why I always look into a retro company before I buy. If I'm paying a premium... I'm expecting the hardware to look better than that, and run better than what you described. At least it looked like they cleaned out the console this time... Thank you for covering DK Oldies. Got a new sub from me -^_^-
Glad I kept my platinum GameCube. My grandma bought it for me for Christmas right before Resident Evil 0 came out. She passed away the following December. Glad I kept it.
It's actually illegal to put a warranty sticker on the consoles now so feel free to open the consoles. And if DKOldies has an issue with that take em to court! 😏 (Under the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act)
I paid $10 for an indigo gamecube from a thrift store not long ago. It didn't have a controller but was it was in a shoulder strap gamecube branded carrying case with the adapter and AV cable. I have my silver original GCN but had to grab the indigo. It's in a pretty good condition too.
Wow that's lucky anyone who pays more then like say $70 is being scammed as there market value is priced at $60 for used complete with tax it should be somewhere between $60-$70 but unless that things brand new and in box anything more is a rip off
@@Assassin-ys5vw Yeah I agree. I'd probably just go with a Wii or even better a Wii U and you can jail break it and it will play gamecube, wii and wii u and you have an hdmi out. Wii U's can be a bit pricey I guess but Wii's should be pretty cheap.
My mom bought this Silver GameCube from a neighbors yard sale. We already had like five black and purple ones but she wanted this one to gift to us cause one of them cracked. Well it was a absolute STEAL because in it was a game. Mario Kart Double Dash barely scratched.
Great video. When the fans are louder on a system, that usually means that the CPU is running hotter, which means there's probably a fuck ton of dust in there. I would fear opening that since it probably holds a sarcophagus of dust. I love your beanie btw
Around six months ago I paid $109 dollars shipped for a black Gamecube with two OEM controllers, original cable, original power supply and Gamecube manual. Even came with an after market memory card. Everything worked, and still works. Nobody should be charging (or paying) these kinds of prices. But here we are.
Then what’s the best place to buy them ? Legit no scams ?? I hear everybody saying bad stuff about those retro games but nobody giving out best place to them ?
I got 8 minutes in and had to pause to comment that everyone with a GameCube should grab a GCHD if they can. Ordered mine a few years back, and it revitalized my GameCube experience. Their customer service is also fantastic. Loving the video, Matty!
The tests that some of the other channels were doing weren't just whether they work, it's whether the consoles have been refurbished and cleaned. Jacob R's vids show this the best I think (that fat ps3 vid lol). I've bought a lot of refurbished consoles on ebay and at a local shop near me and pay like a third of what Dkoldies charges, and they're in far better condition. Also I'm in Canada and our dollar is shit lol
I work at a retro store that's kinda like dko but not overpriced and not as much bad state items; i love watching these vids seeing what other retro stores sell and charge. Thanks for making these and providing comforting and interesting content 🙏🏻
I haven't bought anything from DK oldies. But I did pay them to repair my ps2. It cost $80 total. A lot more than I thought. But the end result is my ps2 recognizes games immediately now. Rather than it being a 20% chance of the disc being recognized and 80% not. Now it recognizes 100% of the time. I'm satisfied with the fix they provided, but $80 was a bit much. Edit: Something else to note: They only gave me the price AFTER they had it. So keep that in mind.
I work at a cex and I love watching these vids about how dko costs so much for such low quality. We still charge more sometimes than we should in some ppl eyes, but the state of dko consoles and their constant high pricing is crazyyy to see compared to cex >_
Exactly. They think they're going to put DKOldies out of business with these videos designed just to get views, but DKOldies is actually making real money off of them. Pretty hilarious.
@@Mike__P You can't expose this type of thing if you don't put up the money to do it. It's not like they can ask them to send free stuff so they can use it to expose what they are doing in UA-cam videos. It's better to spend money to get this stuff out there to put a stop to them basically scamming people, than not doing it and letting them take advantage of people for as long as they want.
Great video. In my experience with other consoles from that gen, the laser is starting to go so that's why it was giving issues with reading the games.
The thing is, like anything else if you don't use something it will get damaged anyway (and maybe even faster) than just overusing your consoles. That said the issue you had at the beggining with the gamecube that it didn't read the disc was just that the gamecube wasn't even tested before it was shipped to you, also meaning that the gamecube was unused for a VERY long time before you turned it on, and that's a scam move LOL.
Regarding the DK Oldies Gamecube not reading your first game try, as the optical drive's capacitors age and go out of spec, letting the console run for a few minutes will cause the capacitors to 'warm up' and keep enough capacitance to work - to a certain point, at some point they will not keep enough capacitance and it won't read anything. A lot of people will say "just adjust the pot". That's only treating a symptom, not the cause. Reducing the potentiometer's resistance due to a loss of capacitance will kill the laser diode faster.
I have a similar issue with one of my Gamecubes. I suspect that the capacitors in the disc drive are worn out, and thus need to 'warm up' by being powered for a couple minutes. All of my discs work just fine in my main cube, but on that one, they sometimes refuse to read, or at least take longer to read until I let it run for a while.
If you ever buy an old console like these, you really should open them just to clean them. Dedicated gaming consoles that utilize thermal paste should always be opened to change out thermal paste at the minimum to improve longevity
100% agree! If not brave enough to do a full deep clean at the very least cleaning all of the ports, disk readers, switches etc makes a massive difference. In the Gamecube's case I am not sure that it would help much I have a similar issue and did an external clean and it didn't fix colosseum.
@@Sonic171K it’s quite simple especially if you don’t open them up just need some isopropyl alcohol and some q tips and I like to use an eyeglass cloth for the screens. Makes a huge difference in terms of the feel of the console and helps prolong its life
@@Sonic171K youtube is your best friend trust me i didn't know myself i don't do soldering or anything complex like thta i just open and clean my systems one of my first was an original xbox it seemed too tedious but once i watched videos on it it was easy as pie had my tablet next to me instructing me what to do next
That GBA SP costing 80 dollars more than launch price is insane. Edit: Also that Gamecube is feeling end of life. Spotty/slow disc read always seems to be the death knell for that era of disc based consoles, just slowly starts having more and more trouble reading until every disc you put in there gives an error.
I have spent a lot of time watching all these DK oldies videos from pretty much everyone. I really hope they have smartened up, because having someone like DK oldies around is a very good thing. I would love to get a sega saturn or dreamcast to relive the best years of my life back in the late 90s- early 2000s. I am sure thousands of other people feel the same way. I am not a collector, but the nostalgia of playing these old systems is priceless. Give me a dream cast with vigilante 8 second offense and I will be one happy dude.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it controller being "responsive" is when it actually functions on the console during a game. Basically what I'm saying is "you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Otherwise, good stuff. I'm pretty entertained as a first-time viewer.
I've followed Rich for a long time, before the bird and the cucumber eras. He's a youtube legend. I love this DK Oldies drama. Unlike some people, I'm not fine with their prices. They're scamming people who don't know any better. They're the type of people who would buy some rare NES games from old grannies with pennies and then resell the games for huge profits. "Non-functioning reset button" usually just means that the connecting surfaces are dirty, and we know they don't even clean the consoles. I understand that completely disassembling and refurbishing some PS4 is not the fastest job, but doing the same for an NES is like nothing. They're not willing to do any actual work, cause that would mean lower profits.
They are still way cheaper than Amazon. Go look at the price of a Gamecube on that website. It’s obscene. And all those UA-camrs who are flipping games to “fund” their retro hobby, they are selling their wares on Amazon (if they are selling on eBay, it’s only because they can’t currently sell on Amazon). That’s why I find this whole “DK Oldies are evil” kick that everyone’s on to be kind of pointless. So DK Oldies is bad, great. How about someone take on Amazon. Oh they won’t do that because Amazon is huge, owns Twitch, and is near impossible to avoid? Hmmm, guess it makes all these overtures a little less meaningful.
He always talked about his slob while whispering to his chickens as there’s running horses as his desktop background once he started doing more videos in front of the camera. You mean before when he was talking on top of Xbox 360 gameplay and the only way people saw his face at the time was his pfp?
I have bought many 8bit & 16bit Nintendo cartridges from DKO & have been very happy with them. I've also bought some extra controllers for my Super Nintendo from them as well & again, I didn't have a problem with them. However, I very seriously doubt that I'll EVER get any game consoles from them because I've seen so many videos like yours about their crappy refurbished products!!!!
I bought 3 when you could find them for $25. People thought I was nuts. I like having back ups in came one dies I don't have to pay the prices they go for now for another one.
Warranty stickers no longer legally void warranties in the United States. If they refuse to replace it or return it they can be legally sued in a court of law.
Did the listing specify that you would be receiving a Japanese gamecube? I know you can play North American games on it still, but i'm curious if the listing stated that.
I legitimately _gasped_ when you said you paid $170 for that GBA SP. 😮 That's just criminal. I also bought an excellent condition GameCube with all original cables and two controllers off of eBay within the last ten years for $99 and it worked flawlessly. Holy cow that's ridiculous.
Honestly it's probably the eye of the laser being a tad smudged plus the dirt both inside and out. Also if they are pulling this out of a random box of consoles, it's not entirely uncommon for cockroaches nests to be inside the guts of the console. It's just something you need to be aware of if you do open that console up.
It is NOT a voided warranty if you open. If you are in the us it is illegal to void warranty for opening. Even they changed what they say that sticker is. It is no longer warranty sticker but proof of purchase
Pretty sure Reviewtechusa just jumped on the bandwagon. He saw these videos get 100k views so now he does them every other day if not every day. He will watch this video and then make a video of it. He is annoying. I don't follow him but I watched 1 or 2 videos and now see him on the feed. Please make just this one and be done with it
DKOldies has a lot of problems, but i'm still impressed that they package stuff as well as they do. I'm used to sellers *cough gamestop* throwing things in without any packaging whatsoever.
the fact that I got two 001 model GBA SPs for $70AUD each at a pawnshop and they were both in a far better shape for also being cosmetically flawed really says alot about Dkoldies’s business model
@@shanez1215 it can be a mixed bag for us over here in australia, sometimes you get really good deals, others you get people trying to price gouge games into oblivion
I don’t get why DK Oldies doesn’t make even the most basic of efforts. Are they processing and shipping so many orders that their staff just doesn’t have time to clean stuff? In every job I’ve ever had, some mild cleaning is part of that job. Doesn’t matter if I was a waiter, working at a library, or counseling people. You just have to clean stuff from time to time… but their whole business is based around selling older items. Like wiping that GC down would not take more than 20 seconds. Mind blowing.
@@coltonclark6373 I agree 100%, I just say what might be the problem. I agree if something is that expensive and advertised as "refurbished" the last thing we should talk about is a dirty or broken laser. Edit: someone mentioned that it could be a capacitor problem specifically C408. The person does seem to have more knowledge than me so yeah... Might be a capacitor problem.
That GameCube is actually a Japan model at least that’s what the sticker on the bottom says. The GameCube is not region free so maybe the bottom case was switched out?
GameCube just sat around for literal years baking in the sun next to a window in a dusty environment. DKOldies clearly didn't do anything to the console, because it's so dusty inside that the fans are having to work harder to keep temps down. The laser was probably just caked in dust too, and after having a disc spinning over it for long enough cleaned it off. Don't worry that's "acceptable" though. XD Gameboy's are stupidly hard to ruin unless you just straight up break something. So I would have been *VERY* surprised if they managed to screw that one up. I just can't get over the fact that this order was $300. I physically cringed when he said what it was that he got for that money.
I'd still be more weary about that Gamecube. Yeah great Pokemon worked on the second try, but the fact that it said it couldn't read it at all likely means that would happen again. I'd turn the console off and back on again about 10 times and see if you can recreate the issue.
140 for a GameCube is insane. I bought a GameCube in good condition with all the cables including a controller, memory card and super smash bros brawl just for 70 bucks.
I just subscribed and thank you for making this video! I've been watching DKOLDIES videos and it's crazy what they get away with. It's sad because the nostalgia is amazing and they are taking advantage of that pretty badly.
Thing is if it was in a smokers house you would smell the strong smoke smell as it will be impregnated in to the plastics and inside the console. So either if this guy is a smoker he would smell the smoke which he hasn’t. So most likely it’s sun damage. Lots of white plastic items has the yellow fade due to the type of plastic.
The GameCube and GBA are built like tanks. I've purchased over a dozen of each in the last few years and they rarely have any issues. You should give their phat PS3 a shot and really feel the hurt
For clarity's sake because I caught myself crossing the wires in the video a couple of times: Gamecube = $130, HDMI adapter = $20, Game Boy Advance = $170
@@MountainDrew2000 The pillow = Not worth it 😞
I have always wondered this but do you ever return the products you bought from GameStop in the past videos?
wait. the game boy advance is 170 while the gamecube is 130!
how is the smaller handheld cost more?
170 for a game boy in that condition is wild
@@jeveritt8398 yes it is. they're $25 cheaper than that on DKOldies
If DKOldies was legit, they would put pics of the actual items up to show condition. They don’t. That’s all you need to know.
That’s why I rather buy from eBay
Their conditions are bullshit, they tell you nothing but give you vague idea for acceptable and cosmetically damaged but "refurbished" and "used" tell you NOTHING
@@coolchannelize15
Agreed.
@@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516Mercari has never let me down. As long as you make sure sellers are reputable you’re going to get what they’re advertising and it’s much more affordable and priced fairly in good condition most of the time.
@@coolchannelize15nothing beats ebay
I have repaired around 100+ gamecubes. The reason why it didn't read the disk i believe at first is due to failing capacitors. Once they warm up and the gamecube runs for a minute, you will notice the laser reading the disc faster. The typical problem child for this issue is capacitor c408
And that's something DKO should be replacing if they claim their systems are refurbished even with cosmetically flawed ones.
Makes sense. I was thinking maybe it had been in storage forever and caked in dust that first blocked something before flying off, but that makes a lot more sense.
@@TailwindZ Too stupid.
Can you fix mine? That's exactly what mine does
Nerd alert 🚨
That gamecube didnt sit in the sun.
It was totally in a house full of smokers. I grew up in those conditions and it did that to everything.
So nasty.
Gotta love growing up in a house with parents who chain-smoke inside. I was constantly pulling yellowish-brown dust bunnies out of my electronics. Yuk! Just imagine what my lungs look like...
I'm ordering a Game Bit screwdriver. Gotta see what the inside of this bad boy looks like.
@@retrorebound8887 glad you are doing that. That was my biggest curiosity. I expect that it'll become clear they never opened it and refurbished it.
@@retrorebound8887 Honestly this was as pathetic as DKOldies “experience” with retro consoles. Retro Rebound knows about as much as any other casual retro gamer, which is to say not much at all. Was basically salivating at the chance to “gotcha” DKOldies and it was an epic failure.
DKOldies sucks. They’re a commercial retailer that price gouges. That’s about as unexpected as politicians taking political donations or corporations making record profits during a recession. It’s capitalism being capitalism unfortunately.
Seeing him jump on a dumb trend and practically itching to catch them making a mistake, and then failing to do so, is honestly just sad.
@@friedspacecowboy8760 why are you talking at him about him? And blatantly saying what everyone says about capitalism. Like dude find your own voice.
I'm happy more people are exposing these fake "retro video game enthusiasts" who claim to be on our side.
Dkoldies is a great small business
@@CANADIANLEGEND-ol6esDKOldies is anything but small, they have a huge warhouse I follow them for years and I was always sceptical of them even before big UA-camrs started to expose them. They had a much smaller warhouse like a year ago, they moved to a much much bigger because of the amount of orders and items they are receiving and selling. They have like what? 30 or 40 employees, I remember in one short video they showed like 6 or 7 people just working in social media departments, just in that one department managing social media. DKOldies has over 3 million followers on TikTok and 1 million on UA-cam.
Small retro business are your mom and paps shops, your 3 foot stores with 50 games inside. DKOldies is the largest retro gaming store.
I'm over it at this point. How many more of these videos are we gonna get? We get it. They suck. At this point the people exposing them are the ones that aren't on our side because they're only doing it for the views that they know they'll get.
I’m glad they are making videos so that more people see it before they buy from them. Yeah they aren’t on your side as you put it. They’re on the side of the people that are new to this hobby, or unaware they are being ripped off by DKOldies. This video shows how bad they are yet again, even with the positive spin. 3rd party controller yellowed GameCube, sticker on a GBA, it’s ludicrous.
I think these videos are important to put across the message that refurbished products should be what they advertise them to be. I’m fine with these videos, if you already get the message don’t watch them. I’d like higher standards in gaming and so should you.
If you charge more than the market price and say it’s because your product is refurbished but the product isn’t refurbished then it is 100% a scam. The fact that they put a sticker to say if you open console and look inside it voids your warranty baffles me. I think the main thing wasn’t whether or not they work but do they open them
I'm pretty sure the first videos I've seen covering this didn't have those sticker on consoles so if those videos were legitimate, it really feels like DK added those to try scaring the casual customer from opening the consoles.
It’s illegal to say if you remove the warranty sticker to void it. You can always open and remove the warranty sticker and get the warranty still as long as you do not destroy the inside part (filming opening doesn’t void it either as long as you’re in the US and it’s a us based company)
That gamecube discoloring actually isn’t from sitting in the sun it’s from years of being covered in gamestop man juice
Imagine this is a Gamecube that was purchase from GameStop back when they sold them LOL
Corny
@@jetrifle4209 “cOrNy” thanks for the input dude sorry you hate yourself so much that you think anyone thinks you’re edgy and cool for your own corny ass comment. Prolly look just like eddy in your profile pic irl
@@jetrifle4209 joined UA-cam 9 months ago LOL you just turn 13 kiddo? Mommy finally let you get a grown up account?
@@Adam20622 dudes writing paragraphs 😂. Someone's parents don't give him any attention. I got you little guy
The price will always be a scam no matter if the console works or is in good condition or not. Charging $150 which is on “sale” no less for a non AGS 101 GBA SP is absurd
The price is NOT a scam. Do you not know the definition of scam? I hate them just as much as anybody but just putting a price on something don't make it a scam. You have the choice to purchase it or not. The scam is claiming the shits refurbished and you buy it thinking you are buying refurbished and its not. If they were cleaned/refurbished there would be no scamming going on. It would be your stupidity for paying the prices they are asking.
I mean my local shop I bought a blue GBASP in good condition AGS100 for about the same price, but I was at least given a discount on games I bought there, plus a warranty.
@@cemepee great point
@@cemepee yeah i honestly find it stupid when people pay this much but its their money but if they wanna flex about it on social media you'll just get responses from people calling you an idiot for paying that much
@@cemepee I think generally people thinks it’s a ripoff but use the word “scam” to describe it.
What adds even more insult is they sold you a region modded Japanese gamecube which in its own isn’t bad but considering Japanese gamecubes, especially the standard color variants, are far cheaper than their US counterparts. What a scam they truely are, thanks for the video!
I noticed the GameCube they sent seemed smaller than his when they were side by side…. was that true of Japanese GameCubes?
@@GameKollector he has the gameboy player on his gamecube which adds to the height.
Yeah man I noticed that immediately. Apparently they do that with a lot of their consoles. It’s just cheaper to buy and sell the Japanese consoles but at the prices they’re selling them at it’s a scam. Not even getting the American consoles, that’s ridiculous.
@@TYxki we're talking depth not height. the dkoldies was slightly smaller.
@@TYxki It's kind of funny how the GameCube isn't actually cube shaped until you put on the Gameboy Player
Taking off the sticker does not void the warranty, it’s illegal for them to void it if you remove the sticker
yeah they call it their Proof of purchase sticker now after being called out for it
you're correct but you'd have to sue them for it.
@@rileyblair7273 or reverse your charges with the credit company considering it's a very well known law...
Yes, but they can say that by removing the sticker there’s no way of them knowing that you didn’t damage it and that such damages don’t fall under the warranty. So it would then be up to you to prove it was warranty covered damage.
Look at the SteamDeck. Not only do they not have stickers on their devices, but they even support the right to repair. But many people have said how they took their device apart, then sent it in for warranty work, only to have the company come back and say they can tell the device was opened because the reflective tape they use was tampered with and because of that the damage was the result of the user and not covered under the warranty.
It’s illegal for companies to void the warranty for removing the sticker. That doesn’t mean they can’t claim you caused the damage and say it’s not covered under the warranty.
Those are two different things people try to lump into one.
I swear a good portion of DK Oldies business has to be UA-camrs buying stuff from them to show people why they shouldn't buy from them.
I know a lot of UA-camrs are doing DKOldies videos right but as a person who lost their consoles in Hurricane Katrina, I really appreciate you guys taking the time to do these videos because, for a person like me who has a strong emotional attachment to them and the circumstances in which I lost them, It's very easy to get taken advantage of and waste tons of money. So thank you to you and all of the other UA-camrs for the time, effort and cost you've put into keeping us informed.
It's my pleasure. I don't think what I got was actually that bad. I think DKO needs to take a look at their communication and pricing.
You will probably not get the exact same ones that you lost in the flood but maybe you will 😊
It's not easy to get taken advantage of
@@leeartlee915 No shit. It's a rare console. Buy a Wii if you're that pressed about it.
@@TheSearchForTruth88 The Gamecube… is a rare console. Wow, that is just idiotic.
If I pay a premium.. I’d at least expect a oem controller
This is just another example of why I always look into a retro company before I buy. If I'm paying a premium... I'm expecting the hardware to look better than that, and run better than what you described. At least it looked like they cleaned out the console this time... Thank you for covering DK Oldies. Got a new sub from me -^_^-
$170 for a GBA SP?!
Bro, that's criminal! Like, that's what I paid for all the 4 I have!
Handheld scene blew up during the pandemic. Prices rocketed.
Dk oldies sucks and overpriced their stuff I can get one for cheaper online or in person
It's more expensive than what GBAs go for in my country. With modded IPS screens and new shells.
@@wooordwooord4712Which is weird.. people were home more than ever..why would they want handheld lol.
@@mjay6245don’t have to share screens
Glad I kept my platinum GameCube. My grandma bought it for me for Christmas right before Resident Evil 0 came out. She passed away the following December. Glad I kept it.
God bless your grandma dude.
That Gamecube's last owner was definitely a heavy smoker 🚬
It's actually illegal to put a warranty sticker on the consoles now so feel free to open the consoles. And if DKOldies has an issue with that take em to court! 😏 (Under the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act)
It's not illegal to use the sticker. It's illegal to enforce it.
Illegal to put stickers on consoles? What law is that breaking? The anti-sticker law? Sounds like we've got another UA-cam lawyer here.
Not illegal at all just illegal to enforce it
He even edited The comment and he’s still wrong lol
Oops, thanks for the correction
The worst thing is the fact they tell us to not except brand new or premium quality, despite making us pay the premium price
It’s not discoloration, you were just lucky to get a DKOldies special color limited edition
I paid $10 for an indigo gamecube from a thrift store not long ago. It didn't have a controller but was it was in a shoulder strap gamecube branded carrying case with the adapter and AV cable. I have my silver original GCN but had to grab the indigo. It's in a pretty good condition too.
Wow that's lucky anyone who pays more then like say $70 is being scammed as there market value is priced at $60 for used complete with tax it should be somewhere between $60-$70 but unless that things brand new and in box anything more is a rip off
@@Assassin-ys5vw Yeah I agree. I'd probably just go with a Wii or even better a Wii U and you can jail break it and it will play gamecube, wii and wii u and you have an hdmi out. Wii U's can be a bit pricey I guess but Wii's should be pretty cheap.
I remember paying $225 at a pawn shop like a year after they were released’ 😂
@@joshymcdaniel9233 yeah release back then was around that price so sounds about right
My mom bought this Silver GameCube from a neighbors yard sale. We already had like five black and purple ones but she wanted this one to gift to us cause one of them cracked. Well it was a absolute STEAL because in it was a game. Mario Kart Double Dash barely scratched.
I love how they expect you to keep that big ugly warranty sticker on the side of your SP 😂
Great video. When the fans are louder on a system, that usually means that the CPU is running hotter, which means there's probably a fuck ton of dust in there. I would fear opening that since it probably holds a sarcophagus of dust. I love your beanie btw
“Cosmetically flawed” covers broken reset buttons? There’s nothing cosmetic about that issue lol.
Around six months ago I paid $109 dollars shipped for a black Gamecube with two OEM controllers, original cable, original power supply and Gamecube manual. Even came with an after market memory card. Everything worked, and still works. Nobody should be charging (or paying) these kinds of prices. But here we are.
Then what’s the best place to buy them ? Legit no scams ?? I hear everybody saying bad stuff about those retro games but nobody giving out best place to them ?
I can't believe you gave in and bought from these guys. After the hundreds of UA-camrs exposing this guy. Review tech USA won't stop either!
Most of all. More $$$$
I got 8 minutes in and had to pause to comment that everyone with a GameCube should grab a GCHD if they can. Ordered mine a few years back, and it revitalized my GameCube experience. Their customer service is also fantastic. Loving the video, Matty!
The tests that some of the other channels were doing weren't just whether they work, it's whether the consoles have been refurbished and cleaned. Jacob R's vids show this the best I think (that fat ps3 vid lol). I've bought a lot of refurbished consoles on ebay and at a local shop near me and pay like a third of what Dkoldies charges, and they're in far better condition. Also I'm in Canada and our dollar is shit lol
The craziest Jacob R vid about them was the first motherboard Xbox 360 (the one infamous for hardware failures) that didn't have new thermal paste.
I work at a retro store that's kinda like dko but not overpriced and not as much bad state items; i love watching these vids seeing what other retro stores sell and charge. Thanks for making these and providing comforting and interesting content 🙏🏻
I haven't bought anything from DK oldies. But I did pay them to repair my ps2. It cost $80 total. A lot more than I thought. But the end result is my ps2 recognizes games immediately now. Rather than it being a 20% chance of the disc being recognized and 80% not. Now it recognizes 100% of the time. I'm satisfied with the fix they provided, but $80 was a bit much.
Edit: Something else to note: They only gave me the price AFTER they had it. So keep that in mind.
Absolutely LOVE this videos - wish you’d go on holiday to the UK and do it here, not sure where’s best to buy retro games aside from CeX!
And GAME
@@gracekim25 yeah forgot about them - thanks! How much retro stuff do they do though?
I work at a cex and I love watching these vids about how dko costs so much for such low quality. We still charge more sometimes than we should in some ppl eyes, but the state of dko consoles and their constant high pricing is crazyyy to see compared to cex >_
Dkoldies it’s probably drowning in revenue thanks to all the coverage.
Agreed, these kind of videos are definitely not hurting but helping them haha
It's ironic because these channels keep calling them out for being scammers then continue to buy their stuff LOL
maaaan I like your channel so much, its so cozy to hear you talk to us. Its like a talk with a good friend
UA-camrs: "DKOldies is a scam, don't buy from them"
Also youtubers: "Let's spend $300 on DKOldies for no reason"
Exactly. They think they're going to put DKOldies out of business with these videos designed just to get views, but DKOldies is actually making real money off of them. Pretty hilarious.
@@Mike__P You can't expose this type of thing if you don't put up the money to do it. It's not like they can ask them to send free stuff so they can use it to expose what they are doing in UA-cam videos. It's better to spend money to get this stuff out there to put a stop to them basically scamming people, than not doing it and letting them take advantage of people for as long as they want.
@@Mike__P it’s to prove that they’re lying there asses off
@@Mike__P but you right
@@envylol61303 it’s to inform people of the kind of ‘quality’ items they sell mate🤦♀️
Great video. In my experience with other consoles from that gen, the laser is starting to go so that's why it was giving issues with reading the games.
The thing is, like anything else if you don't use something it will get damaged anyway (and maybe even faster) than just overusing your consoles.
That said the issue you had at the beggining with the gamecube that it didn't read the disc was just that the gamecube wasn't even tested before it was shipped to you, also meaning that the gamecube was unused for a VERY long time before you turned it on, and that's a scam move LOL.
Regarding the DK Oldies Gamecube not reading your first game try, as the optical drive's capacitors age and go out of spec, letting the console run for a few minutes will cause the capacitors to 'warm up' and keep enough capacitance to work - to a certain point, at some point they will not keep enough capacitance and it won't read anything. A lot of people will say "just adjust the pot". That's only treating a symptom, not the cause. Reducing the potentiometer's resistance due to a loss of capacitance will kill the laser diode faster.
I have a similar issue with one of my Gamecubes. I suspect that the capacitors in the disc drive are worn out, and thus need to 'warm up' by being powered for a couple minutes. All of my discs work just fine in my main cube, but on that one, they sometimes refuse to read, or at least take longer to read until I let it run for a while.
Check capacitor c408 on the laser board 99% of the time is the bad capacitor
That is a smokers GameCube! My series S started to look like that until we moved into a nonsmoking apartment
If you ever buy an old console like these, you really should open them just to clean them. Dedicated gaming consoles that utilize thermal paste should always be opened to change out thermal paste at the minimum to improve longevity
Your right but these guys don’t have the balls to do that
100% agree! If not brave enough to do a full deep clean at the very least cleaning all of the ports, disk readers, switches etc makes a massive difference. In the Gamecube's case I am not sure that it would help much I have a similar issue and did an external clean and it didn't fix colosseum.
I never clean my consoles. I wouldn't know what i'm doing. 😂
@@Sonic171K it’s quite simple especially if you don’t open them up just need some isopropyl alcohol and some q tips and I like to use an eyeglass cloth for the screens. Makes a huge difference in terms of the feel of the console and helps prolong its life
@@Sonic171K youtube is your best friend trust me i didn't know myself i don't do soldering or anything complex like thta i just open and clean my systems one of my first was an original xbox it seemed too tedious but once i watched videos on it it was easy as pie had my tablet next to me instructing me what to do next
That GBA SP costing 80 dollars more than launch price is insane.
Edit: Also that Gamecube is feeling end of life. Spotty/slow disc read always seems to be the death knell for that era of disc based consoles, just slowly starts having more and more trouble reading until every disc you put in there gives an error.
I have spent a lot of time watching all these DK oldies videos from pretty much everyone. I really hope they have smartened up, because having someone like DK oldies around is a very good thing. I would love to get a sega saturn or dreamcast to relive the best years of my life back in the late 90s- early 2000s. I am sure thousands of other people feel the same way. I am not a collector, but the nostalgia of playing these old systems is priceless. Give me a dream cast with vigilante 8 second offense and I will be one happy dude.
Great to see both systems working like they should :-D
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it controller being "responsive" is when it actually functions on the console during a game. Basically what I'm saying is "you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Otherwise, good stuff. I'm pretty entertained as a first-time viewer.
I've followed Rich for a long time, before the bird and the cucumber eras. He's a youtube legend.
I love this DK Oldies drama. Unlike some people, I'm not fine with their prices. They're scamming people who don't know any better. They're the type of people who would buy some rare NES games from old grannies with pennies and then resell the games for huge profits. "Non-functioning reset button" usually just means that the connecting surfaces are dirty, and we know they don't even clean the consoles. I understand that completely disassembling and refurbishing some PS4 is not the fastest job, but doing the same for an NES is like nothing. They're not willing to do any actual work, cause that would mean lower profits.
They are still way cheaper than Amazon. Go look at the price of a Gamecube on that website. It’s obscene. And all those UA-camrs who are flipping games to “fund” their retro hobby, they are selling their wares on Amazon (if they are selling on eBay, it’s only because they can’t currently sell on Amazon).
That’s why I find this whole “DK Oldies are evil” kick that everyone’s on to be kind of pointless. So DK Oldies is bad, great. How about someone take on Amazon. Oh they won’t do that because Amazon is huge, owns Twitch, and is near impossible to avoid? Hmmm, guess it makes all these overtures a little less meaningful.
Rich is the G.O.A.T
He always talked about his slob while whispering to his chickens as there’s running horses as his desktop background once he started doing more videos in front of the camera. You mean before when he was talking on top of Xbox 360 gameplay and the only way people saw his face at the time was his pfp?
:::sits system next to a roll of dry paper towels::: "refurbished"
The reason the dk oldies cube is discouloured is because they use magic eraser which kills the finish on the plastic dulling it.
“That’s where you hook up the GB Player.”
*Points to Broadband Adapter slot*
They clearly used a magic eraser on that cube, you can see the trail of it, just a disgusting tradition at DK Scammers.
Your calling MR CLEAN a scam😞😞 he’s 1,000,000,000 times legit than DK OLDIES
I have bought many 8bit & 16bit Nintendo cartridges from DKO & have been very happy with them. I've also bought some extra controllers for my Super Nintendo from them as well & again, I didn't have a problem with them.
However, I very seriously doubt that I'll EVER get any game consoles from them because I've seen so many videos like yours about their crappy refurbished products!!!!
I remember in 2004 when brand new GC were $99.99. Glad I bought 10 of them and people called me crazy
I bought 3 when you could find them for $25. People thought I was nuts. I like having back ups in came one dies I don't have to pay the prices they go for now for another one.
I did that with 3 playstation 2s I bought when I got my 1st job 7years ago.
Warranty stickers no longer legally void warranties in the United States. If they refuse to replace it or return it they can be legally sued in a court of law.
Did the listing specify that you would be receiving a Japanese gamecube? I know you can play North American games on it still, but i'm curious if the listing stated that.
I legitimately _gasped_ when you said you paid $170 for that GBA SP. 😮 That's just criminal. I also bought an excellent condition GameCube with all original cables and two controllers off of eBay within the last ten years for $99 and it worked flawlessly.
Holy cow that's ridiculous.
I think the DK Oldies Gamecube came from a smoking environment. The colour and clogged fans, no way did they clean inside.
props to this guy for showing a sponsor before the video instead of interrupting us by showing it in literally in the middle of the video.
I’ve had nothing but bad experiences with third party gamecube controllers, due to the plugs, they always short out after only a few hours of use
DK Joey: 😊we refurbish our consoles!
Me: No joey....you hardly "clean" them
Honestly it's probably the eye of the laser being a tad smudged plus the dirt both inside and out. Also if they are pulling this out of a random box of consoles, it's not entirely uncommon for cockroaches nests to be inside the guts of the console. It's just something you need to be aware of if you do open that console up.
the GameCube that u got from DKO on the bottom the sticker is different is that a japan system?
Bro hoped on the wave lol i love it the more people exposing those scammers the better
It is NOT a voided warranty if you open. If you are in the us it is illegal to void warranty for opening. Even they changed what they say that sticker is. It is no longer warranty sticker but proof of purchase
I’ll be taking my business elsewhere. Thanks for exposing these fools.
Everything he bought worked, what exactly is being exposed here
@@JBM1428 how DKOldies lies about refurbrishing their merchandise..
Someone cant ask 300 dollars for a Gamecube like that
@@JBM1428 they’re labelled as “refurbished” when they clearly are not
That GameCube was probably so dirty inside it took 3 games spinning inside to clear the dust off the lense! LoL
Pretty sure Reviewtechusa just jumped on the bandwagon. He saw these videos get 100k views so now he does them every other day if not every day. He will watch this video and then make a video of it. He is annoying. I don't follow him but I watched 1 or 2 videos and now see him on the feed. Please make just this one and be done with it
What an awesome surprise to see Matty has another gaming channel 😊
DKOldies has a lot of problems, but i'm still impressed that they package stuff as well as they do. I'm used to sellers *cough gamestop* throwing things in without any packaging whatsoever.
all that bubble wrap costs them little to nothing. Plus, standard packaging is a given. It's like they're proud of how they ship their trash 😶🌫
After years of following your Bethesda news i just found this channel and it was because of the DkOldies videos…
the fact that I got two 001 model GBA SPs for $70AUD each at a pawnshop and they were both in a far better shape for also being cosmetically flawed really says alot about Dkoldies’s business model
The Switch used costs the same as it new think about that for a moment
Retro games are a lot more expensive in the US. 80 USD is the least you can expect to pay for a 001 in ok condition.
@@shanez1215 it can be a mixed bag for us over here in australia, sometimes you get really good deals, others you get people trying to price gouge games into oblivion
I don’t get why DK Oldies doesn’t make even the most basic of efforts. Are they processing and shipping so many orders that their staff just doesn’t have time to clean stuff? In every job I’ve ever had, some mild cleaning is part of that job. Doesn’t matter if I was a waiter, working at a library, or counseling people. You just have to clean stuff from time to time… but their whole business is based around selling older items. Like wiping that GC down would not take more than 20 seconds.
Mind blowing.
The GameCube might have a dirty laser, by cleaning it the laser would probably read discs better.
Shouldn't have to do that with the amount of money he spent
@@coltonclark6373 I agree 100%, I just say what might be the problem. I agree if something is that expensive and advertised as "refurbished" the last thing we should talk about is a dirty or broken laser.
Edit: someone mentioned that it could be a capacitor problem specifically C408. The person does seem to have more knowledge than me so yeah... Might be a capacitor problem.
The DKOldies version looks like it was looted from a house fire.
I was the ONLY One who gave a SHIT in that relationship!! - DKOldies
That GameCube is actually a Japan model at least that’s what the sticker on the bottom says. The GameCube is not region free so maybe the bottom case was switched out?
They probably region swapped it. It’s an easy mod.
New subscriber came here from RGT85! Video 💪
Spends $300 Dollars at DK Oldies. pulls out one game, “welp have a good day everyone”
GameCube just sat around for literal years baking in the sun next to a window in a dusty environment. DKOldies clearly didn't do anything to the console, because it's so dusty inside that the fans are having to work harder to keep temps down. The laser was probably just caked in dust too, and after having a disc spinning over it for long enough cleaned it off. Don't worry that's "acceptable" though. XD
Gameboy's are stupidly hard to ruin unless you just straight up break something. So I would have been *VERY* surprised if they managed to screw that one up.
I just can't get over the fact that this order was $300. I physically cringed when he said what it was that he got for that money.
I'd still be more weary about that Gamecube. Yeah great Pokemon worked on the second try, but the fact that it said it couldn't read it at all likely means that would happen again. I'd turn the console off and back on again about 10 times and see if you can recreate the issue.
Mr Matty is a fellow Falcons fan, deepest lore activated. We are kindred in our suffering.
DK oldies is getting a lot of business by people claiming they’re a scam
Proof that people are stoopid. Just like this comment. Congratulations
These videos hurt DK a lot more than help them.
That Gamecube is built different.
They actually passed a law, if you open a game console you don't void the warranty.
140 for a GameCube is insane. I bought a GameCube in good condition with all the cables including a controller, memory card and super smash bros brawl just for 70 bucks.
I just subscribed and thank you for making this video! I've been watching DKOLDIES videos and it's crazy what they get away with. It's sad because the nostalgia is amazing and they are taking advantage of that pretty badly.
Oh my mattys getting in on the Dk oldies fun. I’m with it haha.
The smudging and yellowing on the game cube is likely due to it being in a smoking household (vs “baking in the sun”)
Thing is if it was in a smokers house you would smell the strong smoke smell as it will be impregnated in to the plastics and inside the console. So either if this guy is a smoker he would smell the smoke which he hasn’t. So most likely it’s sun damage. Lots of white plastic items has the yellow fade due to the type of plastic.
Yeah, colors dont get darker in the sun, they get brighter. The darker colors fade into a lighter shade
I'm surprised they don't just spray paint over it to make it look new.
The only to stop their scam is not to buy there product. Since you guys keep buying from them they will keep doing it
Exactly!
Yeah idk why people buy from them when it’s so expensive and you can literally get those games and system for way cheaper somewhere else tbh
Their*
Dude i love this shit. Thanks for spending $300 so i didn’t have to.
I can’t believe this business has gotten away with this for so long
Thank god I still have my working Gamecube...
No way I would of put my games in those machines lol. I keep all my stuff spotless and have since I was a kid.
That GameCube discoloration is textbook example of previous owner was an indoor smoker.
The GameCube and GBA are built like tanks. I've purchased over a dozen of each in the last few years and they rarely have any issues. You should give their phat PS3 a shot and really feel the hurt
I've bought at least 6 gamecubes and everyone of them had bad lasers in them.(not from DKoldies) Just gave up on them and soft modded a wii instead.
@@mikel6989 bad luck Chuck
Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast - Ron Burgundy.
This is the chillest review yet. Damn shame about dkoldies just outright sucking
if he opened them he would have found the problems, there is a reason they add the stickers...
@@theboone3848 is there a point to this comment, like were you attempting an while idea or did you stop halfway thru
@@battlericky17 Consider reading it again, I understand that reading comprehension comes with time....
@@theboone3848 i read it and understand. Not sure why you commented in the first place is what im saying.
@@battlericky17 He was chill because he didn't see the mess underneath the plastic. That was the point.
Loud fan could be dirt and grime build up. So airflow may be lacking. Prob should clean that out for longevity.
I love ReviewTechUSA! Rich is a real cool dude!!