Jay St Video Games — Attraction in Town of Guilderland

Don’t trust the girl that works there!

I called November 3 at 11:05am and said I was looking to sell a limited edition Nintendo Switch and asked if they purchased them for more than the base models since I still had all the original packing materials. The gentleman I spoke to said yes, depending on the model and it’s rarity. I said great, I’ll come in after work.

I came in that night around 6:10pm and a young blonde woman was working. She had an attitude from the moment we walked in, but I brushed it off since it was late. She looked through all our items, scanned them in, and promptly offered $110 for the switch. I was surprised it was so low, and asked for for the basis of her price since I knew Gamestop would buy it for $105 (see picture below) and they claim to offer 20% of GS prices.

She refused to show us what system she was comparing it to until my husband went back in the store alone and insisted. She showed him a picture of a basic first generation switch (aprox $82.00) and insisted that $110 was the best price.

When I told her I spoke to someone else that mentioned that limited editions switchs could sell for more, she insisted I was lying and that she’d been the only one working all day. When I mentioned it was a guy, she rolled her eyes and said the owner had been in earlier.

From start to finish the entire interaction was HORRIBLE. I ended up going to the Gamestop on Latham to trade in the games and they offered me MORE for the games then she did. I sold the switch for $150 at Past Time Games in Scotia at the recommendation of one of the GS employees who were super nice.

Skip this drama and just go to Gamestop for store credit or go to Past Time Games in Scotia or Troy. They’ll...

This place has turned into a real joke. For starters, every time I walk in here, the layout of the store seems to get more and more crowded with toys and other random collectibles instead of the real item it should be filled with: Video games. When walking in, it’s borderline claustrophobic trying to fit into the small aisles, and it’s extremely stuffy and hot to the point it makes shopping unbearable.

Next, there is little to no PS2/PS1/GameCube/Xbox games, when I remember they used to have at least one wall full of each; when they opened. The shelving is now filled with PS4, Xbox One, and switch titles, however the pricing is priced higher than GameStop; I understand they are a small business and need to pay employees/overhead/etc, but at the consumer’s expense; it makes more sense to go to GameStop across the mall and get current generation games cheaper. I thought this was supposed to be a classic game store, not anymore.

Collectibles aren’t my thing, but I thought a classic videogames store would be just that; classic games, with a good mix of new/old.

I decided to shop here yesterday as I was in the Albany area for a family reunion and I figured I’d stop in; never again.

On top of all that, the staff is extremely rude and would not acknowledge any customer in the store unless you actually walk up to the counter.

Never again: I’ll stick to my local classic game store in Johnstown to me, the Game Guys. Night and day experience compared...

I came into this game store on December 4th thinking I’d spend 10 minutes grabbing a game, but instead, I got an unexpected TED Talk on why hoods are apparently the root of all evil. The speaker? An employee named Luigi, who not only helped me find exactly what I needed but also spent HOURS explaining his deep, passionate hatred for hoods.

Here are just a few of the gems he hit me with: • “Hoods are just fabric lies. What are you hiding under there?” • “You know who wears hoods? Sith Lords and cowards.” • “If someone handed me a hoodie for free, I’d throw it in a fire and use the ashes to salt my driveway.”

At one point, I tried to steer the conversation back to video games, and he said, “Oh yeah, this RPG is great! But do you know what’s not great? People in hoods sneaking around like it’s the Middle Ages.” I almost walked out, but then he smiled, and honestly? It was like seeing sunlight for the first time. I stayed.

By the time he hit me with, “I’d rather be rained on than let a hood touch my head,” I realized I’d spent three hours here listening to a man who would probably fight the Assassin’s Creed guy if given the chance.

In conclusion: great store, incredible selection, top-tier customer service. Just don’t mention hoodies, capes, or anything vaguely hood-adjacent unless you have a few hours to kill. Would recommend, but only if you’re ready for Luigi’s anti-hood manifesto—and his strangely...