Hey, do wish to personal a retro online game retailer in California? And (that is vital) are you not Elon Musk? Nicely, excellent news, somebody is promoting a sport retailer, its whole inventory, and even its 15-foot-tall Mario effigy on Craigslist proper now, all for a cool $1,000,000. Why? As a result of the present proprietor simply desires to retire after working the place for three-odd many years.
Positioned in Sacramento, California, Dave’s Retro Video games opened within the late Nineteen Eighties. As chronicled in an article revealed by Rio Miranda Excessive College in 2018, the shop’s proprietor and founder, Dave Smith, began promoting video games again within the early ‘80s at flea markets in Roseville, California. Ultimately, he was making extra money promoting video games on the weekend than he did in his regular job, so he give up and opened his personal retailer. For the final 35 years the place has change into a neighborhood favourite resulting from its large choice and comfy ambiance. Nevertheless, after many years of accumulating, shopping for, and promoting video video games, it appears Smith is able to retire.
On June 25, Smith posted an advert on Craigslist titled “Video Recreation Retailer, 35 years, 20,000 video games – $1,000,000 (Sacramento).” And because the title suggests, Smith is promoting his large assortment of video games, consoles, equipment, and extra to anybody who has a spare million {dollars} to spend.
You may see Smith and his retailer on this native information section from earlier this yr:
What all do you get for $1 million?
Within the advert, Smith pitches any potential patrons with the concept this retailer could possibly be handed over to a “gamer baby over 21 that received’t go away the home.” Smith says shopping for this retailer in your “gamer baby” is a “small worth to pay to get her or him to go away.”
So what does $1 million get you? (The advert notes that the worth is $1.5 million in case your identify is Elon Musk.) Nicely, you get the shop, all of the stuff in it, even its big, inflatable-lookin’ Mario and all of the video games in his storage. Smith says his storage is so filled with video video games he now not has room for his automotive. The proprietor estimates he has over 20,000 video games in his huge assortment.
Kotaku has contacted Smith for remark.
So why he’s calling quits and promoting the place? I imply, past the truth that he appears like he desires his storage again. Nicely, based on Smith, he’s simply able to cease working, writing bluntly in his advert: “Simply pay the cash. I’m able to retire.” Buddy, I hear you.
