Stealing Customers from a Video Game Store

there I was minding my own business watching some wholesome content on YouTube when I scrolled past something disturbing what was this retro Rick of all people was opening a game store and he didn't even invite me after everything we've been through the videos we've made together touring his game room and going to all the video game stores in Arkansas and going to conventions together he didn't even bother to send an invite as I reflected on this outrage I hatched a devious plan I furiously threw together my best inventory furiously packed it in the car and furiously loaded my gun my sticker gun to price my inventory and I furiously drove nine hours to Arkansas to steal Rick's cuss well folks we have officially entered enemy territory here we are at retro Rick's video game store I'm almost sure that he is in there as we speak but I'm actually gonna go ahead and pull into the next parking lot so that he doesn't see us and I'll tell you guys the game plan all right well I think this is sufficiently secluded now folks as you can see here I have brought with me all the way from Kentucky the most premium merchandise table and the most expensive signage that money can buy and I'm going to take this sign that table and the inventory that I have in my car and post up outside of Rick's store and make every one of his potential customers an offer they can't refuse now folks in my haste to go and steal Rick's customers I forgot to check if my mic was even working here it kicks back on in a bit but what you need to know is that I pulled up to Retro Rick's parking lot in stealth mode and was greeted by none other than editor if who had by the way received a personal invitation to this event but I'm not salty about it because he's going to be our Inside Man for this whole operation now this part literally felt like a level of Metal Gear Solid I didn't know if he could see me through the store windows so I crept around my car got out all of my materials and set them up as quickly and quietly as I could so I'm going undercover for deal [Music] you doing good Rick yeah you feeling ready you feeling ready for the weekend not quite everything going good though yes sir all right good good good you're survival you're gonna make this he has no idea that Caleb's outside Caleb's literally on this other Corner once the table was set up it wasn't long before we had our first customer the only catch for buyers was that they had to admit on camera that Phoenix resale was better than retro Rick in order to get the dollar gain but the joke was on me because I didn't realize just how valuable some of these games were that I had brought we're talking thirty dollars forty dollars even at 50 games for just one dollar and I didn't even realize it until people started digging through the bins but my stupidity aside it only took 20 minutes or so before we had successfully earned the undying loyalty of three different customers even though technically their confessions didn't have any audio and with our mission accomplished the only thing left to do was find an excuse to get Rick outside to survey the damage all right so we're just gonna head in right now and go in and tip him off and say something sniping his business yeah yeah we're gonna see his reaction all right I'll wait out here red red he's like I swear to you he's being super weird one dollar games one dollar games and he's like yelling at customers like buy my games I sell better prices but I think I'm dead serious right here I'm being dead serious gotta relax I want to buy some one dollar games I've been I've been stealing all your customers today man I'm stealing your customers because you didn't invite me okay to your grand opening so sorry you're too but you're too much I'm cheap you're too famous now there's no way I could afford you I I had to set up shops wow so what do you what do you say do you want me to keep sniping the business or uh give me an official invite I kind of think it'd be hilarious if you sniped can you do it the joke's not dude the joke's on me because half of these games are worth like 20 bucks and I've just been giving them away what yeah yeah he's the last guy did he got Eliminator boat Dole for a dollar sells for 30. he went back into your store to sell it to you oh this one wasn't a dollar it was it was how much is it how much is that 120 120 the last dude here you go man Caleb is better but that's only because he pays me more all right I do have one last uh bargaining chip for an invitation to the event if you want to follow me over to my car first of all yeah yeah uh this is part of it oh wow everything on that table is part of it okay yeah there are four bins in my car the whole part of it I brought quite a good bit of trade-in for your store let's do it now I feel like it could be crazy tomorrow let's do it now oh my this is part of it and then we've got two more bins up there as well everyone get to work I figured I figured this would be the uh perfect weekend you probably wouldn't have too much going on yeah yeah yeah that's fine wait hold on he's taking it in am I invited does this mean I'm invited you're invited you scumbag it worked we did it [Music] the morning of the grand opening I could not have been more thrilled the store looked amazing the employees were rushing around getting stuff done and a line started forming outside an hour before the doors even opened so I decided to go over and investigate what brought these people here and where they were from alright so what's your name and what brought you here my name's Josh and I am from Phoenix Arizona actually nice so why why was this event something that you wanted to travel for the game store I haven't seen it but seen a lot of videos but I did really want to see you and everybody else because I've been watching you for so long so it's a great opportunity that's awesome thank you man yeah no worries you know I've been watching Rick's ten dollar collection forever and been watching you Rick and riff anything in particular that you're hunting for today really inbox Sega stuff also I feel I should probably mention that um this Poliwhirl is a mic I'm not just shoving this guy in people's faces for no reason the poster and closer we got to 10 o'clock the longer the line got I think at its peak it was around 40 people and immediately when the doors open people started pouring in the store Mario was there it was a great time some people were trading in stuff some people were buying but across the board everyone was having an amazing time now for those of you guys who don't know the back story of this store Rick didn't actually start it completely from scratch he actually bought it from some previous owners and the craziest thing is I was actually here in this store when it was not owned by Rick actually the last time I was in Arkansas visiting Rick he took me to this very store and said dude this is the best game store in my state it might be the best one I've ever been to and now two years later the man literally owns the place and let me tell you there have been some serious upgrades [Music] now folks given My Chosen career path I spend more time in different game stores across the country than just about anybody else so I do consider myself a bit of a subject matter expert when it comes to this and I have to say as much as I hate Rick's guts for lowballing me on my bins of games last night I do have to concede folks this is the best video game store I have ever been in and I just wanted to take you guys around the store a little bit and show you some of the details the little bits that I noticed as someone who goes in a lot of game stores starting with this very well curated shelf behind me can make a big difference to have stuff like this to look at especially if you're there at the Grand Opening and standing in a very long line another thing that just has to be mentioned about this store is their counter back drop this right here is very distinctive folks most of the time at pretty much every game store I see you'll see the back wall behind the counter crowded with accessories and consoles because that's primary real estate people are always going to be looking at when they come in the store so to instead have a massive art piece and a super cool logo right behind us is a very bold and I think memorable decision this also is a super Tall store and they've utilized their vertical space super well by putting a bunch of banners most of which are actually for sale above all of the games in a place where it's easy to see them all and even to admire them if you're not even planning on purchasing [Music] well folks I have to say what has to be my favorite part of the entire store is that it's impossible to walk in here and not feel nostalgic every detail from the music that they're playing to the statues that are sitting around to the games and magazines and toys and even shirts that you can buy here everything about this place is curated to trigger your Nostalgia and bring you back to your childhood and folks speaking of shirts I do have to come clean even though I've already bought two all-over print shirts from Rick this weekend I spotted another one over here that's kind of caught my eye I think this one right here the bright pink sleeve LA Gear all over print may have to come home with me I actually played tennis in high school Believe It or Not number two on Varsity not to flex on you guys so honestly the more I look at it the more I'm convinced this shirt and I were just meant to be hey Rick found another shirt that I want Believe It or Not uh actually gotten both of these in the same person the one that you got the Vault well yeah I assumed they were a set but I was I actually played tennis so I was like I have to have it you exercise I didn't see a tag I think it was 100 right or was that the other one this will be this will be my third all over print from you this weekend I got it you gave me so much money yesterday I got to spend it somehow I'm gonna go hop in line as I got a spot in line and waited my turn to check out I couldn't help but look around and reminisce a little bit Rick started making videos on YouTube just a few months before me and when he got started he had no intention of doing any of this looking back at some of his older videos it just really reminds me of how when you start your side hustle Journey you really have no idea where you might end up opportunity truly is everywhere and looking around at the employees and the community and culture that Rick's built here I just felt so inspired to take my own business to the next level man seriously thank you so much for helping me out even if it was against your will there's money for that tea and uh dude seriously this whole place it's just really inspiring to me so I really appreciate it I'm super happy for you I appreciate you coming out second time ever foreign

Channel: Phoenix Resale

Views: 110,539

Keywords: retro rick, retro rick game point, video game store, video game store tour, retro rick video game store, retro rick game store, game store tour, best video game store, world's best game store, phoenix resale, video game collection, video game collecting

Id: qrKqaf6gJUg

Length: 11min 44sec (704 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 30 2023