New retro gaming store coming to London soon!!

[nakamura]

Secondly, people need to STOP being so negative about the prices, its difficult to source retro games at a decent price and then price them in a way that you make £1 - £5 profit on an item and them another percentage to cover overheads such as lighting, electricity, food, cleaning products, furniture, money for new stock.

Thirdly, when you have a basic staff of only 2, wages are needed to be covered, hence prices will be bit more than ebay due to all of the above overheads.

I'm sorry but no. When a shop (not saying this one is) is selling items at prices above Ebay then they are asking for trouble. Consumers are struggling with finances as much as business at the moment, money is very tight. You need to make the business attractive to punters, especially if you need to travel to get there. People are not complaining either, it is called feedback.

Retro games may at times be hard to get hold of, but also with things like the car boot sale, you can pick items up and sell them on for huge profits.

[psj3809]

Catch 22 though, obviously you can get most stuff cheaper online, then on the other hand you have people moaning about all their local stores closing down (Even though they dont go in them as they know they can get a loaf of bread 50p cheaper from Tescos).

Shops cant really beat ebay or the big online sellers so its a difficult one. No way would this shop be able to undercut ebay or they'll just get lots of people buying their stuff and then seconds later flogging it on ebay for a small profit as many do when they buy from car boot sales (or even people here) and then flog it on ebay for a profit.

[rossi46]

Ebay's not cheap nowadays. It's full of artificially inflated Buy it Nows.

[psj3809]

Ebay's not cheap nowadays. It's full of artificially inflated Buy it Nows.

True, does my head in when they dont do their 'homework' and just think 'hmm this games 25 years old, i'm sure this copy of Stonkers will sell as a buy it now of £50' (When a quick search on completed listings show tons sold for 99p etc)

Of course the best one was Moonwalker, the bloke dies, suddenly theres Michael Jackson merchandise on ebay including the crappy Speccy game with a buy it now of £300 (then a week later when it didnt sell) £250 and so on.

[Mr_Sega]

Secondly, people need to STOP being so negative about the prices, its difficult to source retro games at a decent price and then price them in a way that you make £1 - £5 profit on an item and them another percentage to cover overheads such as lighting, electricity, food, cleaning products, furniture, money for new stock.

Thirdly, when you have a basic staff of only 2, wages are needed to be covered, hence prices will be bit more than ebay due to all of the above overheads.

I'm sorry but no. When a shop (not saying this one is) is selling items at prices above Ebay then they are asking for trouble. Consumers are struggling with finances as much as business at the moment, money is very tight. You need to make the business attractive to punters, especially if you need to travel to get there. People are not complaining either, it is called feedback.

Retro games may at times be hard to get hold of, but also with things like the car boot sale, you can pick items up and sell them on for huge profits.

Ummm.. No, your just a very negative person.
..and yes, your cowardly indirectly dissing this shop when as a retro community we should try and find positive ways to support it.

[nakamura]

Please keep your silly judgments to yourself as you know nothing about me. I am fully in support of retro shops. I pass the details of every good retro shop I know about to members looking for games and almost always avoid sending them to ebay if I can. Retro Station in Sutton and Gameworldbodmin are two stores I have regular contact with as they offer superb prices in a lot of cases and they still make profit.

I have no idea about the prices of this store as a whole, I merely commented a few pages back that their Super Nintendo stuff was priced a bit high and to try to avoid inflated Ebay prices. Things on BiN are often expensive of Ebay yet they never actually sell, it is an artificial market.

I will do my best to visit this place the next time I am near London. I think it is fantastic that they have opened a store and come looking to retro forums looking for advice. This is a place above any where you will get true honest feedback. They can take it on board, they can ignore, it is up to them. I hope this store does well I really do.

[samhain81]

Great Shop. Picked up Sonic 3 for the Megadrive for £15.

[scunny]

I'm sorry but no. When a shop (not saying this one is) is selling items at prices above Ebay then they are asking for trouble.

Well then I advise you to not go to ANY shop on the high street because you can nearly always get it cheaper online or from ebay.

[nakamura]

That is actually not true at all, you can often find items in stores at great prices. All I'm saying as my point was either clearing missed or ignored, is that eBay BiN prices often hugely inflate the value of item beyond what people are prepared to pay.

[The Laird]

Kart Klub in Aldershot is another great example. Last time I went there I could have spent a bloody fortune as they had so many games I wanted at very reasonable prices!

[nakamura]

For the record the prices of some of the items have been reduced to good levels so the guys have perhaps listened go the feedback. Kudos to them.

[DreamcastRIP]

I'm sorry but no. When a shop (not saying this one is) is selling items at prices above Ebay then they are asking for trouble.

Well then I advise you to not go to ANY shop on the high street because you can nearly always get it cheaper online or from ebay.

That is actually not true at all, you can often find items in stores at great prices...

Agreed. The shop nearest to me that sells retro games often sells many of them (perhaps even the majority of them) at prices at or below what one can commonly source them from on eBay.

(And I mean sensible 'market value' auction prices, not price gouging BIN listings)

[scunny]

That is actually not true at all, you can often find items in stores at great prices. All I'm saying as my point was either clearing missed or ignored, is that eBay BiN prices often hugely inflate the value of item beyond what people are prepared to pay.

I think when it comes to video games you can always get them cheaper online, in a shop you pay for being able to see exactly what you are buying, not worry about posting mishaps and being able to get your grubby little hands on it there and then.

I really don't think huge BiN prices drive up their prices - or anyones with a clue. i can put Jet Set Willy up there for £1mill buy it now but doesnt mean it will sell or that shops will raise their prices to match. Most people look at FINISHED sold items as a price guide and I am sure this shop does too. Perhaps a little old lady in a charity shop may fall for an inflated hopeful BiN price but thats about it.

[Mr_Sega]

Please keep your silly judgments to yourself as you know nothing about me. I am fully in support of retro shops. I pass the details of every good retro shop I know about to members looking for games and almost always avoid sending them to ebay if I can. Retro Station in Sutton and Gameworldbodmin are two stores I have regular contact with as they offer superb prices in a lot of cases and they still make profit.

I have no idea about the prices of this store as a whole, I merely commented a few pages back that their Super Nintendo stuff was priced a bit high and to try to avoid inflated Ebay prices. Things on BiN are often expensive of Ebay yet they never actually sell, it is an artificial market.

I will do my best to visit this place the next time I am near London. I think it is fantastic that they have opened a store and come looking to retro forums looking for advice. This is a place above any where you will get true honest feedback. They can take it on board, they can ignore, it is up to them. I hope this store does well I really do.

Like I said your a negative person,
if you don't understand something then its silly.
You've always been like this and get extremely sulky and disgruntled hiding behind a screen LOL hahahahahaha

We'll just sit back and laugh at you as usual.

Happy Gaming son

[Mr_Sega]

I'm sorry but no. When a shop (not saying this one is) is selling items at prices above Ebay then they are asking for trouble.

Well then I advise you to not go to ANY shop on the high street because you can nearly always get it cheaper online or from ebay.

Exactly, spot on.