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According to an article in The Ledger, the "mom and pop shops" that sell video games have to rely heavily on second-hand sales in order to keep up with their chain-store competitors. By focusing on the used games side of the business, retailers can control the pricing of their inventory, whereas with new games, the price is fixed and a retailer may only make $10 or less for one title. With the used games, buying low and selling high has allowed a lot of these stores to stay open.
(D)espite his near-exclusive emphasis on used games, Dionne said he still amounts to a small fish in Polk, where even rental chains like Blockbuster and Movie Gallery deal in secondhand sales."For me to be here after three years, I think that's a pretty tremendous feat," he said.
Big unhappy face on this one. I hate seeing the local shops struggling to stay in business when the big chains start moving into the neighborhood. Usually the smaller shops are friendly and don't have weird kids in them after school breaks out. I hate that. They always smell like sweaty fries.
Used Video Games Keep Some Retailers Afloat [The Ledger]
