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Old 09-09-2011, 12:13 PM   #107
Rathji
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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube View Post
Video Game Trader. Baffles me how they stay in business. All their new release stuff is AT LEAST $5 - $10 more expensive then at any other major retailer. And all their old/rare games are always priced at least twice as high as they're actually worth, and you can't tell me there's that many people dropping $100+ on old PSX games. It was a novelty to have a just video game store ten years ago, but with the proliferation of GameStop/EB Games now, plus video games available for cheaper at Wal-Mart/Future Shop/Best Buy, I don't see why anyone would actually shop there.
I remember the Video Game Trader when it used to be just the Toy Trader that ran out of a hole in the wall on the south side of 17th, behind where Safeway is. Steve was crazy good to us kids as we rented so many Nintendo Games from him, so as I grew up I always got amazing service and good deals on lots of stuff even after he changed to only video games.

Haven't really done much console gaming in 15 years though, so things might have changed.
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