This is the best game/card store in the Albany Area…read more Incredibly nice staff that help you with whatever you need. They have a very large selection of video games and compared to other stores around, they have good prices. I've found a few games there that I haven't seen at other stores in my over 10 years of video game collecting. Definitely stop by and check out this shop if you collect games or cards.

Despite the name sounding more like a special "mushroom" place, this turned out to be a neat little…read morenew and used video game store. Unlike some places (cough... cough... Gamestop) I felt welcome upon entering and wasn't treated like an idiot (though some of my questions surely would have landed me in that category). I wanted a new Nintendo Switch 2, had several old systems to sell, and wasn't quite sure of my options. They were super helpful, gave me what I considered a good price on my used trade-ins, and worked with me to place my order. One note of caution: they are in the same plaza as a popular pizzeria and parking is tight at mealtimes, especially on the weekends.

Jay St. Video Games is a video game store that specializes in selling vintage video games and pop…read moreculture items. Also, they sell new video games, movie posters, and collectibles. Bearing in mind, this Jay St. location is extremely small and is not as good as their other locations. I personally find a lot of the stuff here cool and I love vintage games, but the prices are ridiculous. A lot of these games cost well over $20 and some are over $100. The old PlayStation 2 games are about $20 a piece and I can buy them online for half that. In similar fashion, the brand new video games usually cost more here than anywhere else, I suggest going to GameStop instead. I would also like to mention that the employees here are usually rude and treat the customers poorly. However, this Jay St. does have a lot of classic movie posters and large variety of vintage games even if they are overpriced. Once and for all, Jay St. is fine vintage game store, but it's expensive and the employees are rude.

everyone is always super nice and helpful! always have everything i need within their selection at…read morea great price.

It's a pretty solid-sized store and they're stocked with basically everything. We scored a 3DS XL…read moreand picked up some sweet games to go with it!

Customer Service and Knowledge Lacking…read more Had a rough day, looking for some quick money. Dude man behind the counter messed up my shit. Had to take to GameStop to have them at least give me a chance to breathe and figure out how they messed up. Ohhhh the server is down. Yeah no it ain't ya dorks. DownChecker. Good times. GameStop - got me some money. The Capitalists from Mr DontGo - yonk

We checked this store out on a friend's tip. It was very nicely setup, clean, and games displayed…read morewell. There wasn't a huge selection, but they did have some harder to find items. We would definitely stop back when passing through the area again.

Extremely kind and great people! Really knew what they were talking about and helped me with my…read more3ds! 100% would recommend if you're looking for retro games and the like!

Love this place. Has the world's most chill laid back employees. Please don't be rude to this…read morebusiness if they don't give you the price you want for your used electronic item. They are after all, A BUSINESS and they already pay top dollar for used electronics. They have a very funny name and it was actually created by a bunch of satirical British men which makes me love the company's personality even more. Has a great selection of gently used cheap movies for date nights if Netflix doesn't have the movie you're looking for to stream (happens to me 99% of the time).

It's a convenient place to bring electronics when you need cash but you really should watch out…read morebecause the people that work there have no idea what they are doing (maybe with the exception of the store manager). The first time I brought stuff in the guy working misquoted me a higher number for one of the items I brought in by A LOT. The second time I brought stuff in a different guy told me, after running it through some "tests", that my iPhone was locked to the ATT network even after I told them that couldn't be possible because I purchased it unlocked directly from Apple. He offered me at least $50 less for it because of this. In addition, they rejected another one of my items because they "couldn't get it to charge". Needless to say I did not sell my items to them. I got home popped a Verizon SIM card in my iPhone and LO AND BEHOLD the phone works. I also plugged the other item in and LO AND BEHOLD it charged right up and held its charge. Basically they wasted an hour of my life and lost business. I do hope the guy who told me my iPhone was locked just made an honest mistake BUT he would have some money to gain if he had convinced me to sell it to him at the lower locked price then turned around and sold it as an unlocked. My suggestion to you would be to make sure you go on the CEX website and get your own quote for the items you are thinking of bringing in. Secondly, try and be in the store when the manager Alissa is working because she actually knows what she's doing. Several of the employees there are unprofessional, slightly rude, and don't know how to do their job correctly.

Claimed my order was fraudulent and then asked me to email them a picture of my ID and credit card…read more This is disgustingly insecure and will end up getting your credit card information stolen. Avoid these scalpers

Extremely high prices and they literally search the price of individual cards while you're there…read morebuying them to make sure they keep a 20% up-charge vs. what is on eBay. Thanks for being a card real-estate agent I guess?... Save yourself the trouble and find a different store.

Not to be confused with Gapestop, which is something to do with Barbie's work tools, she's in Adult…read moremovies, not really sure what it technically is you'll have to ask her. Located inside the Crossgates Mall in Albany is this pretty standard GameStop which doesn't have as big of a selection as the other one in Albany that I've been to a few times, but service was okay and I didn't have any big problems here, although I wasn't really impressed with the selection.

I went into this store with my boyfriend. I asked the lady to unlock something for us, but as I…read moreasked her my boyfriend saw a control he wanted. It was behind the register, so we asked if we could see the box. The lady at the register goes "it's $230....and no you cannot touch it" while giving us dirty looks. It was a nasty conversation from an employee who should be trying sell items not scold customers. Good luck getting sales with an attitude like that. I will take my money and buy the controller else where.

I came here as part of a Yelp Elite event. I work nearby but had never noticed this place. In fact,…read moreeven after I parked I didn't see it because it was night outside. However, upon discovering it I was warmly welcomed into a whole different world of books. I should say upfront that my favorite thing to do is lay around the house and read a train magazine. Reading is my passion, and also my career. I just love it. So, finding a bookstore like this is a really nice experience. His shop focuses on old books (old paper), and as such you won't find the newest releases here. However, it is well stocked and neatly sorted and likely is what a bookstore looked like 100 years ago. Also scattered around the place are records, old board games, Lionel trains, toy cars, and other such things to delight and amuse. I spent about 5 minutes talking with the owner and his reason for running the store is very thoughtful and interesting. I will let you ask him if you want to find out what it is, but I fully support it. I can't see how he makes a lot of money on his sales, as his prices were very reasonable. In addition to the free book and toy (thanks!) he gave as part of the Yelp event, I picked out two other books and a train toy that interested me to buy. It isn't the sort of place you would visit to a lot unless you collect the classics, but it is the sort of place you go to if you want to lose a half-hour and a couple of dollars and walk away with a couple of adventures and diversions in paper form. I highly recommend the place.

Great little spot with a lot of used books, movies, toys, clothes and all kinds of stuff.read more