Don
Camel Slug
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- Feb 13, 2013
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Over the weekend I wanted to get down on some Fighters Mega Mix on the Saturn with a friend of mine. After ripping my place apart with no luck, I went to my local game store. I'm definitely lucky to even have a place near my apartment that caters to retro gaming.
However, the shop owner is a little weird, he sits in the back of the shop all day scanning over forums and ebay looking for the best deals to flip. He's a businessman and not a gaming and will brag about ripping gamers/customers off. This being said, for the most part, I try to avoid this store. But it's close and I really needed a controller.
So I go in, I walk up to the nearest clerk and ask for a Saturn controller. He goes in the back to look for the controller. In the mean time I start talking to a customer that is selling some of his games. He over heard that I'm buying a Saturn controller; so we start talking Saturn. At one point he tells me that he's getting rid of his entire Sega collection. Before I can even respond to this, the owner speaks up....
"HEY"
"I gotta pay rent here, if you guys keep talking you can get the hell out of my store"
At that point I look at what the guy is trading. Resident evil on the Saturn, D2 and illbleed on the DC and a boxed Sega Genesis. While I'm scanning over the lot, the owner hands over $45 for everything. I buy the Saturn controller and I'm out the door.
At first I was really fucking pissed. One for being pushed out of the door and the other because I just watched a guy get ripped off. There is no reason this guy needs to be a jackass but I suppose this is the nature of the business. If we want a local game store: It needs inventory, it needs employees and has to pay rent.
This left me conflicted. My favorite way to buy games is through the neo fourms and I love mom and pop shops but if this is way it works, is it worth it? There are a few game stores that have old stock but the idea that every game I buy from this guy is either a flipped deal or comes from a customer that he screwed over, makes me question the industry as a whole.
However, the shop owner is a little weird, he sits in the back of the shop all day scanning over forums and ebay looking for the best deals to flip. He's a businessman and not a gaming and will brag about ripping gamers/customers off. This being said, for the most part, I try to avoid this store. But it's close and I really needed a controller.
So I go in, I walk up to the nearest clerk and ask for a Saturn controller. He goes in the back to look for the controller. In the mean time I start talking to a customer that is selling some of his games. He over heard that I'm buying a Saturn controller; so we start talking Saturn. At one point he tells me that he's getting rid of his entire Sega collection. Before I can even respond to this, the owner speaks up....
"HEY"
"I gotta pay rent here, if you guys keep talking you can get the hell out of my store"
At that point I look at what the guy is trading. Resident evil on the Saturn, D2 and illbleed on the DC and a boxed Sega Genesis. While I'm scanning over the lot, the owner hands over $45 for everything. I buy the Saturn controller and I'm out the door.
At first I was really fucking pissed. One for being pushed out of the door and the other because I just watched a guy get ripped off. There is no reason this guy needs to be a jackass but I suppose this is the nature of the business. If we want a local game store: It needs inventory, it needs employees and has to pay rent.
This left me conflicted. My favorite way to buy games is through the neo fourms and I love mom and pop shops but if this is way it works, is it worth it? There are a few game stores that have old stock but the idea that every game I buy from this guy is either a flipped deal or comes from a customer that he screwed over, makes me question the industry as a whole.
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