A Visit to Trade 1 Classic Game Store

[sirhcman]

Are you sure that isn't Game Dude's HQ? lol Man dude looks like he belongs to one of those hoarding shows (as stated above).

Really?  I've been to the Game Dude store, and it was clean and well-laid out.  Didn't see the man himself though, so I don't know what he looks like.  But his prices were for the most part fair.  I bought a handful of games, including a still-sealed copy of Shadow of the Beast for Turbo CD.

Just a joke I haven't been to the Game Dude store since the 90s (aging myself again). But man, you would think with all that retro stuff Trade 1 Classic's prices would be a bit more reasonable.

I think it is pretty obvious the reason he has that much stuff is due to the pricing

[esteban]

I never had a good experience there.  The owner I find  is generally rude.  I've watched people come back 4 times with broken stuff.  And when someone tried to point out about pricing one time, (Nov. 2012) the response was, "that what it sell for on Ebay, if you don't like it then leave my store"   It is way too dirty to me, if you managed 2.5 hrs in there you've made it about 2 hours and ten minutes longer than my longest visit.  Of course last time I was there after 15 I was inquired whether I was going to buy anything. He's also slightly changed his store name 3 times now due to bad Google, yelp, ect. reviews.   

Don't get get me wrong he has an amazing amount of retro stuff.  and if you just chat in general the staff seems nice.  and occasionally you can get lucky with a price being off, for instance I had a  friend get a NES metroid for a few bucks .  but the cons always out weigh anything good for me. 

In short Edison NJ has many cool things to see, Trade 1 is not one of those of those for me, it just makes me sad.

Thanks for the additional info. Now I will visit here just for the kicks

Also, I am pretty certain that the DOUBLE DRAGON restaurant I have to visit was in Edison, too (I drove by it a year or three ago).

 

[turboswimbz]

I never had a good experience there.  The owner I find  is generally rude.  I've watched people come back 4 times with broken stuff.  And when someone tried to point out about pricing one time, (Nov. 2012) the response was, "that what it sell for on Ebay, if you don't like it then leave my store"   It is way too dirty to me, if you managed 2.5 hrs in there you've made it about 2 hours and ten minutes longer than my longest visit.  Of course last time I was there after 15 I was inquired whether I was going to buy anything. He's also slightly changed his store name 3 times now due to bad Google, yelp, ect. reviews.   

Don't get get me wrong he has an amazing amount of retro stuff.  and if you just chat in general the staff seems nice.  and occasionally you can get lucky with a price being off, for instance I had a  friend get a NES metroid for a few bucks .  but the cons always out weigh anything good for me. 

In short Edison NJ has many cool things to see, Trade 1 is not one of those of those for me, it just makes me sad.

Thanks for the additional info. Now I will visit here just for the kicks

Also, I am pretty certain that the DOUBLE DRAGON restaurant I have to visit was in Edison, too (I drove by it a year or three ago).

 

Esteban.  That is double dragon in Union. rumors are that it is closing?...     

[ParanoiaDragon]

Are you sure that isn't Game Dude's HQ? lol Man dude looks like he belongs to one of those hoarding shows (as stated above).

Really?  I've been to the Game Dude store, and it was clean and well-laid out.  Didn't see the man himself though, so I don't know what he looks like.  But his prices were for the most part fair.  I bought a handful of games, including a still-sealed copy of Shadow of the Beast for Turbo CD.

Just a joke I haven't been to the Game Dude store since the 90s (aging myself again). But man, you would think with all that retro stuff Trade 1 Classic's prices would be a bit more reasonable.

It's probably been about 10 years since I was there last.  I used to go quite frequently when heading down to Hollywierd to also hit up Aron's, Fat Beats, Second Spin & Amoeba's.  I think I did run into the owner a few times.  I do have some memory of him being a bit of a jerk or something, can't totally remember though.  I definitely got awesome deals over the years though.  Will never forget when I got Ys IV & Sidearms Special for $12 each, when they were going for maybe a couple hundred, that was sweet!

[bartre]

We had a store like this in Lincoln, lord knows how it stayed open.

though over the past 3-4 years it's cleaned up quite a bit, and has actually gotten a lot more reasonable on pricing.
I remember 6 years ago walking in there and seeing mega man x2 tagged at $80.

...maybe their prices haven't gotten better, just everyone else has gotten worse.

[EvilEvoIX]

Here's the dude, he sits there all day.