Showing off my store with my new digital camera. (56k warning 30 pics)

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My digital camera was stolen some months ago and I just got around to buying a new one. Took some great store pics and thought to share. I will add them to VGD this week too for a nice about us page.

Proof that I have LOTS of stuff and also this is barely 20% of what I actually have.


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Kick ass. I had no idea it was that big.

The money shot is the one with you out front and the Adult DVD sign among all the other game signs.


You ever see that Seinfeld episode when George pretends he doens't live in NYC and gets a date with the lady that works at the tourist bureau? Then he tell her how he's thinking of moving from Idaho or some shit to the city and she laughs because she thinks he'd get eaten alive there.



Yeah,....that's all.
 
Ever think of replacing that older sign you have out in front? Looks a bit out of date.

Besides that, awesome store.
 
DAMN! I could easily spend a lot of money in your store...my first thought after seeing all these pics was to call up my friend who is visiting NYC right now and say "DUDE YOU GOTTA VISIT THIS STORE AND BUY ME A BUNCH OF STUFF!"

Anyway, sweet shop man, sure wish there was something like that around here. The girlfriend's been begging me to take her to NYC on a trip sometime so maybe we'll have to do that and stop by sometime this summer.
 
Im going on vacation to NY in AUG. im staying away from your store...for safty reasons.

my girlfriend is going to kill me...
 
I been wanting to replace the sign for about 2 years. But I am thinking about closing soon so who knows if it will happen. I been in this spot for 9 years and the last 2 have just been horrible. I hope to move this summer.
 
Thanks for all the compliments but with Ebay my store is sort of useless now. There is almost nothing in my store you couldnt just bid on at ebay. Years ago my store was like the only place to get really rare items so I could command a fair price. Now every other person just views the store as either a museum or a catalog of things they need to find on the web.

Porn baby...it's my future.

Now to find a deep pocket sucker to buy the inventory or the entire store. If you notice on the window bottom right there is a white sign "Business for Sale".

But dont worry...VGD aint going anywhere. Still gonna do mail order just fine. I dont really sell used or too many rare items at the site. Even though I could. If I cant sell enough in my store I may start listing used games at the site.
 
I could not possibly visit your store. Unless you have a cot or something I could nap on when I realize I've been there for 13 hours.
 
Just take 1 sec and think about how many MILLIONS of dollars in games I have sold and have been inside this store. Just about every game that has ever existed has been in my possession at one time or another. I kept a buttload of rare items in storage and about 2 years ago I sold a bunch of it for some great prices.

Toilet Kids for the TurboDuo import is one of my favorite titles. It's a shooter that was meant to be a hygiene game and there are shit monsters you kill while riding a toilet. NO JOKE. Also the manual is awesome as it has all these shit monsters holding piles of crap throwing them at you. You have to see it to believe it.
 
If you list used games I would buy from you (exp. those older harder to find titles) more often.

overall seeing some of that stuff made my jaw drop (things like the Hello Kitty DC)
 
That's enough to make George Lucas cream in his pants ... pants ... pants.

Have you had trouble with break ins? I would be really scared some thugs would break in and clean me out, if I were you. I would invest in three well-trained devil dogs to stand guard.
 
wow, that's alot of freaking games. You have an insane amount of stuff. It's a shame your not doing better busness. Your store should be a landmark that all gamers visiting NY should visit.

Do people bring you bizzare/rare items & games that they have no idea how much they are worth ? And if it's an item that you've never seen, but assume it's rare, how do you know how much your willing to pay for it ?
 
I aint worried about a burglary..I got the place locked down tight. I had a burglary in 2 other locations though and had about $25,000 stolen in total from them. That sucked. And no it wasnt insured. It was just gone. One of the groups of thieves was caught and sent to jail but I didnt even get one game back. I am sure the cops confiscated items and just kept that shit for themselves. The kids that broke in were a local gang who went through a window that was secured with locks but they broke the locks. The super in the building has a 14 yr old kid that helped them get into the building. I wanted him to go to jail but prosecution let him go. He was a kid who is in my store all the time...he was a little prick. I hope he is a fucking bum now.

Anyways...now you all know why I get plenty of famous people in my store and I get calls all the time for shows, interviews, and even just my simple opinion. I had this stock broker that tried to get me to tell him shit and I did a couple times but then I told him straight out that he needed to pay me because I wasn't a free source for him to profit from.

MTV and MTV2 calls me often enough for shoots. Spin Magazine, Rolling Stone, Maxim, Time, and others use my products or store for props.

I still can't believe Meg Ryan came in...she was so cute. D'Onfrio is one of my favorite creepy shoppers....and there are tons of other stories. 10 years in business has given me lots of things to talk about...lots of fond memories. It will be a sad day when I close that store...even if it stays open it will most likely be a porn shop. It was fun running Multimedia 1.0 for many years.
 
Pretty sweet place, I checked it out last time I was in the city. You're right though, eBay is pretty tough to compete against. One of these days I'm gonna get a Neo Geo cart system, Samurai Shodown is my favorite game of all time.
 
[quote name='metroidkiller9']damn now i have to drag my lazy ass outta brooklyn. i hate you defender.[/quote]

if you go would you mind looking for a few Saturn imports for me?
 
The store is amazing. Too bad you are probably getting out of the business at your brick and mortar store.

In another note, is it just me or is NEO-GEO spelled wrong on the sign in front of your store? It is spelled NCO-GEO there. Is that a different product maybe?
 
i think you would get alot of purchases from here if you started selling used games. maybe someone should start a petition here. im too lazy but ill sign it.
 
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