Did I Get Scammed by DKOldies AGAIN?

DKOldies has quite the reputation for "premium" refurbished retro game consoles, but are they worth it?

Chapter Titles:
0:00 DKOldies Round 2
1:32 Original Xbox
3:41 Does the Xbox Work?
4:38 Inside the Xbox
5:15 Nintendo DS
7:28 Inside the DS
9:05 Game Boy Advance
10:39 Inside the GBA
11:27 Game Boy Color
13:34 Inside the GBC
15:06 Wii U
16:54 PSP 1000
18:28 Inside the PSP
19:58 PS3 Super Slim
21:36 Inside the PS3

[GundamGokuTV]

The price of Gameboys being that high is utterly ridiculous. Take me back to 2019 when Gameboys were like 10 dollars

[Corrado-Junior-Soprano]

For that price range, giving you third-party accessories is insane.

[BangHJL]

Even with the 1-year warranty, none of those products should cost anywhere near those prices.

[EvEnMoR]

I got a GBA, GBA SP, and GBC...ordered new shells, buttons, glass screen lens, and ips displays for all 3... and each one was still less than what DK Oldies charges. They're priced egregiously and engage in shady business practices. Don't give your $$ to them.

[theeyeplaylists]

The fact is: it IS a scam again. For 2x the prices of normal purchasing, the issues - though small - are still 100% unacceptable. You can’t send a faulty disc drive, a bad charger, a bad screen lens, a secondary market battery door, etc when you’re charging luxury prices for this kind of stuff.

[ramiking]

Some of those prices are absurd for some of these consoles, even the sale prices are a bit criminal.

[Ice_]

For $85 I basically got a new GBC on ebay that came with 2 games and a carrying case. The seller told me his wife only played with that Gameboy no more than 10 times. Thing is basically mint.

[Terrencepng]

if i ordered any of that stuff for those prices, I would be pissed for what I got

[MrSolidBlakeGaming]

The fact that they can afford that 20% tells you everything you need to know. I really hope they go under. And they don't ship proper restored material, the warranty thing? Yeah, they just don't want you to open the consoles so you can't see they DID NOT do the job. they're basically scammers.
I'm sorry for the workers. But the owners are just greedy assholes.

[michaelgil]

My old Xbox had the same problem with the disktray, a small tap on the top was all it needed for it to pop out. Only problem it had in 10 years. Loved that console man

[boltshot]

Austin: Is DK oldies still scamming people?
The whole internet: ...yes, yes it does

[Bluesykk]

There's a pin-hole right next to the original xbox tray, if you press into that pin-hole while you press the eject button, the tray will eject every time. It's a manual way to open the xbox tray

[CricketEngland]

You would think they would check the charger as part of the referb process to make sure it works before shipping

[NorfolkAnd]

I think what DK oldies is doing here is fixing the item to where it's "useable" so if you have a Wii that doesn't turn on, they'll probably fix that. They'll probably not clean it and leave everything like a disk tray that makes a clicking noise every once and a while the same because it still works.

[ExVrUS]

4:08 The technical "tap" xD

And also they can enforce that warranty:
When buying from a store or seller (including a business online), consumers have the same legal refund rights with second-hand items as they would with a new item. However, they cannot claim a refund for problems that: the store or seller told them about. they should have noticed when examining the item.

[Dynamit]

Ken was right that is a old known way to get Xbox CD-tray to open up.

[slaz]

I'm curious if DK oldies actually changed the thermal paste, that got to be one of the most important parts of a console refurbish.

[RenegadePandaZ]

I'm surprised Austin didn't know about the patented 'Fonz' method of owning an Xbox with a faulty disc tray. It's just a rubber band that needs to be cleaned or replaced, making it even more egregious that it shipped that way.

[Connor_Dev_]

in early 2022 i purchased black ops 2 for xbox 360 and still hasnt come to this day 💀

[superbitvideos]

Its insane that, not only, do they see a giant order like this and don't take the extra time to actually refurbish and test these consoles, but they don't immediately assume its a review youtuber and try to go the extra mile. They just don't care. You can also get a backlit modded GBA or GB for less than $150, completely refurbished