I bet this guy makes more money on his youtube channel than reselling video games. That's the hidden secret

Hi, I’m from Austria, and I’m looking to start a shop just like yours—we have a lot of PAL versions here in the EU, after all. I started exactly the same way you did: I began with €200, buying games and broken consoles at flea markets for fair prices, reselling them, and so on. Now things have grown, and I want to run a fair gaming shop that sells both locally and online at reasonable prices. We’re still in the testing phase right now.

I made the mistake of opening a game store and focusing primarily on picking up brand new games from distributors. Profit margins were nearly non-existent. There was no way to compete with big chains since they were able to buy in bulk and get better discounts. These days I have a standard "9 - 5" type job (and hate it). I do some game sales/trades on the side, but hate how much people low ball you. I am currently building up a collection in preparation of opening an actual store again some time in the near future. This time though, I am going to focus primarily on cartridge based games. That and I was a PC repair technician for many years and have done extensive repairs on game consoles as well, so will be offering repair services as well once I am up & running again.

I have a full time pretty well paying job and i build and sell computers on the side, i make about 5-600 profit every month, these last few weeks ive gotten super lazy and lost all motivation, I have a ton of parts laying around and this video has given me the spark that i needed to get back to my side job. this video and the Video game store from last week has revived me! lol

One of my key takeaways is you are supporting your partners for long term growth and gain, instead of burning these connections for a quick short term gain. This means you are looking at sustainability instead of growth through growth. Something larger companies fall short in.

You’re doing great. Keep up with it.

The fact that he’s giving everyone an inside look on how he does things is amazing.  Really cool.

Got fired from the coin job twice and now you could buy the business! KEEP KILLING IT DUDE YOU’RE AWESOME!

I did the same thing you're doing from 2008 until 2020, but I did it while working in Tokyo.  
I continued to hold a full time job, and grossed about $100k a year.  I was the import source for several game shops across the US and Europe.  I then pivoted from console games to arcade games and accessories.  I have to admit, the first few years were very fun.
I eventually quit because the taxman, eBay, packaging, shipping, and Paypal all take SO MUCH.  It made it not worth all of the hard work.  You couldn't get me back into this for anything.  Good luck with your biz.

Also I think Spanky needs to be in more videos doing game challenges like before now that he has knowledge on games and values would be cool to see how he does now.

I just watched a 42 minute video about reselling - something I will probably never do - and I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for all the retro gaming content, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

This was an absolutely fantastic video - loved hearing the emotional journey, the adapt and pivot wisdom, and the experimentation with all of it. I appreciate you and your willingness to not keep these ideas and input to yourself.

Unless you’re stealing or being rude to customers, firing a friend for making a couple mistakes is awful.

You video just proved again, when we "fail" it isn't a bad thing, failure only brings us closer to what we are truly great at.

Better not let the IRS know🙃

Thank you for such a deep dive on your growing journey. This is easily your best video and I appreciate the honesty you are sharing with us

Iv been buying and selling collectibles since I was a little kid and on ebay since early 2000's and still found this compelling and very informative and entertaining 👍

Your journey is inspiring! I’m not even a reseller, I’ve only dabbled in it in the past, but find this encouraging and interesting! It just shows that you could start really small and still find success!! God was definitely very present in your business and life!

I know what you said about work and when they fire you. I'm happy you were able to feel good financially! and the fact that it still excites you means that you are a sensitive and true person! Greetings from Italy

Dude you were never a failure! Failures give up and do nothing! That’s not you, love your content and I’m happy you’re thriving 😊

Riff’s cut in roasts make me laugh out loud everytime. Love ur guys relationship. 😂 pure comedy.