we dont pay those prices for all games, more just the popular ones, and even some of those we still pay a bit less. and after all our payout is said and done, even with our mark-up (SMB3 we sell for 29, Dr mario for 12, the DKC SNES titles for 29, 34 and 39 respectively, along with Conkers that we give 50 store credit for and mark up to 129) we still can't keep them in stock.
Id also rather not say what store I'm at because the owner is a very paranoid guy who doesnt like our information given out, and if I say the name of our company in this thread Im sure he would find it in search results at some point while hes searching on the internet.
But yeah, even at the 29 to 39 prices for common games, we still can barely keep them in stock.
Sometimes the store owner will just go on eBay and order lots of games in bulk (the other day he ordered 20 SMB2's for NES at c.12 dollars a piece, and we will sell them at 34 and have them gone within a couple weeks.
Its wild seeing the gme collector lifestyle from both sides of the table these days, as the collector and also the seller.
You're not going to be in business very long doing that.
And actually we're just celebrating our 25th year as one of the most successful retro game stores in Western Canada!
People travel from all over Western Canada to come to our store, also from the northern states (I know it sounds bad, but I cant remember which State we border on here in Alberta. I'm originally from Nova Scotia so Im still getting used to everything out here haha).
