Best places to purchase used games?
I want to avoid paying potential previous American owners and import duties.
There are also concerns about Facebook Marketplace and EBay collecting personal data to sell.
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If you're looking for something specific you might have success contacting retailers who specialized in old games/media. They're not common but you can probably email them and arrange something. I imagine there is some sort of loose community/network around sourcing distributing this stuff they could connect you to as well.
Catch-22 cuz it's nice to support these guys but you pay more than marketplace.
They’re the good type of middle man.
I personally wouldn't classify them as middlemen. A lot of these games would be in landfills or abandoned in storage if it weren't for these guys seeking them out and buying them. To me a middle man marks up something you can buy yourself.
They're really just specialty thrift stores. The few I've been to had used books, vhs/etc, and music.
They're also trustworthy.
Do you fine folks have a .ca type of eBay? If you're looking to not use ebay.ca due to it being a US corpo, that would be my suggestion or if you're not looking for a specific title, you could hit up any pawn shops that may be in your area for unexpected gems.
We have EB Games physical stores however Kijiji is owned by EBay.
I recently went to Oka and visited their flea market. Lots of used games are being sold there.
Local mom and pop game.stores are where it's at.
Im fortnuate to live near some gaming stores, one run by a lovely lady.
But if you're in Calgary, I invite you to check out Video Games Trader.
I miss video game trader
...They're gone now? I've been away from Calgary for so long, I couldn't tell.
I dont live in calgary anymore lol
For used or new video games in Metro Vancouver, Gamehut in White Rock BC, easily accessible by transit or car. It's a cute little independent looking shop.
For board game stores they're all over the place.
I wouldn't think of 'used' first for them, but PNP Games is generally good and does have some used stuff.
https://pnpgamesonline.com/
Give a search for whatever item you're looking for, and you'll probably find Canadian stores that are selling it. I've ended up finding some random stores that ship throughout Canada. I think it's pretty typical. Can't recall where I ended up ordering some controllers from though, but they're out there.