"We pride ourselves on selling mint condition items at a great low cost."
Carrreful with your fibbing there, Echo. I went to buy a handheld there not long ago, and found one on the shelf that had been chewed on by a small dog (marked down $25, of course). It still worked fine, but hardly "mint condition."
It's a cute little store overflowing with DVD's, records, and video games that no one plays. With plenty of decorations, excellent location and lighting it's definitely got a personality and local flavor all it's own. Very charming when you go in or pass it on the street!
If you're looking for a rare/interesting PS2 RPG or something of the sort (Say, Final Fantasy or Suidoken), you'll have to squat and look in a little glass case where games of actual value are kept. They leave all of the "Super Mario Soccer"s and "Madden 2010"s in plain sight, but if you want anything good better look harder. Nevermind all the wall-space behind the counter where these things would look great on display. All of the interesting/collectible titles are cramped into a tiny shelf behind glass where they can't be seen (spines only!), examined or even asked about without a key.
The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and makes triple sure to test things before you walk out the door. So if you buy a game or console, they'll hook it up and make sure it works before you leave. That's a nice touch, I like that.
There's also mounds of imported buttons, necklaces, and other junk that the teenage wicca/otaku in us all would certainly enjoy. Glass cases that used to have Skylanders in them now have Lego people, for some reason... not sure about that one.
The shelves are CRAMMED with box-sets of Friends, NCIS, Supernatural, and any other sort of show you grew up enjoying. Their DVD movie collection is expansive and relatively well-organized. Just don't try to sell anything here, they've got plenty of stock and you'd be delighted to get $0.30 per DVD. Trust me, I've tried. It's not the place to go to get any $$$ for your items. (Though, they're perfectly happy to sell you things like "Fantasy Life" for 3DS at $5 below the NEW price found at Target. Interesting...)
It's quaint, it's local, it's friendly, it's reliable.
It's 90% junk, it's worthwhile items are locked up, and its not a place to sell things.
I stop in now and then to see if anything cool has popped up. read more