Cart-A-Vision vs DKOldies
If you’re sending in a box of games, we’d rather you know the number before you ship it.
CAV publishes the rate. You can check the comp. You can see the payout. No account. No minimum.
We ran the same 16 games through both shops on September 7, 2026.
CAV: $1,080.51
DKOldies: $801.00
That’s $279.51 more from the same 16 games.
16 matched games, basket total
$1,080.51
Published rate. No account. No minimum.
Same 16 games, same day
$801.00
$279.51 less. No published formula behind the number.
High Score
- Items Authenticated
- 0
Every number here comes from real, finished trade-ins. Nothing on this page is a placeholder.
How the number gets made
Here’s the part we care about.
Before you mail us a box, you can see what the game is worth and exactly what percentage we’re paying.
DKOldies publishes a sell list. What we couldn’t find is a percentage formula — so you know they’ll buy it, not what cut of the value you’re actually getting.
| DKOldies | Cart-A-Vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Public sell list | Yes | Full buy list, title by title |
| Published formula | None found | 55% cash / 85% credit (85% cash high-value, 100% credit at $30+), same on every value page |
| How the quote arrives | Their own quote tool | Instant online. Under $300, accept and ship in one click. |
| Account required? | No | No |
Cash vs. store credit
Real percentages on our side. Real cash quotes on theirs. No published credit rate to compare.
Cash
55% of comp
85% on high-value games
Store Credit
85% of comp
100% on games $30+
TCG singles: 75% cash / 85% credit (comped $10+, stepping to 85% cash at $200+)
Cash
Quoted per item
No published formula
Store Credit
Not published
Nothing to compare
What happens to condition
Loose, CIB, sealed, damaged, missing label — condition is where a quoted price either holds or quietly doesn’t.
CAV
We don’t need you to pretend your game is mint.
Tell us what you’re actually sending.
Mint. Good. Fair. Poor. Doesn’t work.
If it doesn’t match what you told us, we tell you why and give you the revised number.
Take it or send it back. Free.
DKOldies
We couldn’t find a published condition floor or deduction schedule on their sell page as of September 7, 2026.
What we actually checked
Every DKOldies quote in our comparison came from a retro title.
That’s what we tested.
We’re not going to tell you they don’t buy something we didn’t test.
DKOldies, tested
Sega Genesis, NES, N64, SNES, PS1, PS2, GameCube.
CAV, published
35 platforms, current-gen consoles included, plus Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece singles.
Real games, real quotes, same day
Every row below is a real title both shops quoted on September 7, 2026, same condition. Bold is whoever paid more on that specific game.
Biggest gap in our favor: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — we paid $172.02 against DKOldies’ $64.00.
Biggest gap in theirs: Spider-Man 2 — DKOldies paid $23.00 against our $10.99. Not hiding it — it’s in the table below with every other row.
| Title | Comp | DKOldies | Cart-A-Vision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic The HedgehogSega Genesis · cartridge only | $13.52 | $7.0052% | $11.4985% |
| Spider-Man 2PlayStation 2 · complete in box | $19.99 | $23.00115% | $10.9955% |
| Banjo-KazooieNintendo 64 · cartridge only | $34.69 | $32.0092% | $29.4985% |
| Super Mario 64Nintendo 64 · cartridge only | $39.99 | $45.00113% | $34.9987% |
| The Simpsons: Hit & Runcomplete in box | $69.00 | $57.0083% | $52.1276% |
| The Legend of Zelda: Collector's EditionGameCube · complete in box | $79.46 | $57.0072% | $59.6075% |
| Mega ManNintendo NES · cartridge only | $89.99 | $60.0067% | $76.4985% |
| Conker's Bad Fur DayNintendo 64 · cartridge only | $176.25 | $120.0068% | $149.8185% |
| Silent Hill 2PlayStation 2 · complete in box | $190.00 | $100.0053% | $161.5085% |
| Castlevania: Symphony of the NightPlayStation · complete in box | $202.38 | $64.0032% | $172.0285% |
| Mario Party 5GameCube · complete in box | $65.00 | $48.0074% | $55.2585% |
| Metal Gear SolidPlayStation · complete in box | $43.48 | $26.0060% | $36.9685% |
| Super MetroidSNES · cartridge only | $93.26 | $63.0068% | $79.2785% |
| Need for Speed Most Wanted [Black]PlayStation 2 · complete in box | $46.01 | $25.0054% | $34.5175% |
| Perfect DarkNintendo 64 · complete in box | $66.50 | $23.0035% | $56.5385% |
| Mario Kart: Double Dash!!GameCube · complete in box | $69.99 | $51.0073% | $59.4985% |
| Basket total (16 games) | $801.00 | $1,080.51 |
All prices quoted September 7, 2026 (2026-09-07) and screenshotted before publication. Re-verified quarterly alongside the full four-shop survey.
The parts that don’t show up in a price column
A quote is one number. Getting from “here’s my stuff” to “money’s in my account” is the part most comparisons skip.
Step 1
Check the real comp
Every title has a live value page. See the number before you box anything up.
Step 2
Ship on a prepaid, insured label
Insured to full comp value, at any dollar amount. No minimum to clear first.
Step 3
Get paid, fast
Under $300, accept and ship in one click — no waiting on a person to move it forward.
Common questions
Cart-A-Vision vs DKOldies
Across the 16 games both shops quoted at matching condition on September 7, 2026, Cart-A-Vision's basket paid $1,080.51 against DKOldies' $801.00 — a $279.51 lead. That's not every title: DKOldies beat us on 4 of 16, mostly the flagship names people already check before shipping anything (Spider-Man 2, Super Mario 64, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Banjo-Kazooie). Full row-by-row numbers are below — we're not asking you to take the basket total on faith.
DKOldies is a real, established retro games shop — this page isn't a takedown for its own sake. They do publish a sell list (dkoldies.com/sell-video-games). What we couldn't find, checked directly, is a published rate formula — so you can see they'll buy a title, but not what percentage of its value you're actually getting before you ship. Cart-A-Vision's rate is fixed and published, and every price on this page is sourced and dated so you can check our math instead of trusting it.
If the deciding factor is being able to check a rate before you ship, Cart-A-Vision publishes its formula on every value page: 55% of comp cash for games (85% on high-value titles), or 85% (100% on games $30+) in store credit — plus TCG singles, which isn't in DKOldies' matched dataset on this page at all.
Checked directly: no. We found no published condition floor and no deduction schedule for any item type on DKOldies' public sell page, as of September 7, 2026. CATRP and MyQuickFlips both publish one (see /what-we-pay) — DKOldies is the one shop in our three-way survey where we couldn't find either.
Our dataset only has DKOldies' cash offers — we priced real games against their site and recorded what they quoted in cash, the same way we did for every shop. We found no published store-credit rate or percentage to compare against our own published 85%/100% credit tiers, so that row is left blank on this page rather than guessed.
No — see "Where DKOldies wins" below. On Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario 64 and The Simpsons: Hit & Run and Banjo-Kazooie, DKOldies' quote beat ours. A page that wins every line isn't a comparison, it's an ad — the losses stay on this page the same as the wins.
Every DKOldies quote in our dataset is for a classic/retro-era title — Sega Genesis, NES, N64, SNES, PS1, PS2, GameCube. We didn't independently verify what else DKOldies buys beyond that. Cart-A-Vision's own published scope covers 35 platforms including current-generation consoles, plus TCG singles across Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece at 75% cash (up to 85% on cards comped $200+).
Decline it and it ships back at our cost — no restocking fee, no obligation. See the full guarantee. We checked directly for a published return or decline policy on DKOldies' site and found nothing stated.
Check the real math on your own games.
Real comp, published rate, no account, no public-list guessing game.
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