User:Dr. Precursor/DKOldies

DKOldies is an American e-commerce company that focuses on retro gaming and video game collecting. It sells most consoles from the second generation to the eighth generation of video game consoles. It sold nearly $3 million worth of vintage games online in 2016.

History
DKOldies was founded in the early 2000s in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. Its owner, Drew Steimel, began his e-commerce career selling NES games online in the early 2000s. In 2017, DKOldies listed a rare sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. on eBay for $30,000. It was the most expensive DKOldies game in internet history until the record was broken in 2020 when a "Left Bros." copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 sold for $160,000. In 2022, American rapper Lil Yachty bought several video games from DKOldies. The order includes games ranging from Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Halo, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Mortal Kombat, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.

Products
The DKOldies website sells video games, game consoles and Amiibos. The oldest console available on DKOldies is Atari 2600 and the latest one is Xbox One. Joey Walker-Denny, the social media manager for DKOldies, said that the reason the prices of the products on the website are so high is because their consoles are refurbished better than other sellers. Consoles such as the PlayStation, Wii, and Nintendo 64 are usually sold with unofficial third-party controllers. In order to get the original OEM drivers, buyers would have to pay $60. This practice has been criticized.

The most expensive game on DKOldies is Little Samson, costing $2,799.99. Little Samson is a 1992 platform game developed by Takeru and published by Taito for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in North America on October 22, 1992 and at the time was virtually unknown with little promotion and sold very poorly. As a result, the North American version of the game has since become an expensive collector's item.

Location
DKOldies is based in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. This is only for shipping games to their customers and businesses.

Marketing
DKOldies promotes its products through video streaming services such as YouTube and TikTok. Their TikTok account was deleted in 2023.

Controversy
DKOldies has been criticized for its high prices and the poor quality refurbishing of its products. They have been described as a fraudulent company by many Internet personalities.

For instance, YouTubers TronicsFix and Jacob R purchased an NES and PlayStation 3 and reported that the consoles were not refurbished. For example, TronicsFix noticed that his NES had broken pins, and Jacob R's noted that the inside of the PS3 was dusty and dirty. DKOldies stated several times that they refurbish their consoles, but still received criticism for the videos they posted.

In 2023, the law firm Treehouse Law prepared for a class-action lawsuit against DKOldies. They stated that the consoles weren't refurbished, and DKOldies was a fraudulent company. However, the suit was ultimately dropped.