and games type private industry retail founded columbia missouri u.s. 1993 founder kurt jellinek paul zacharias headquarters 1010 east broadway columbia missouri usa number of locations 10 stores 2009 area served midwestern united states products video games music movies website http slackers.com slackers cds and games often shortened to slackers is a small chain of entertainment retailers located in the midwestern united states . the store specializes in both new and used video games and music . it was founded in 1993 in columbia missouri by kurt jellinek and paul zacharias originally as a music store . the store is known for selling local independent music its collection of classic games and for giving a lot of credit for trade ins . in 2007 the store raised some controversy for stockpiling nintendo wiis . as of 2009 there are 10 locations in missouri and illinois . jellinek has said that the name slackers comes from being a slacker in college playing video games and listening to music during their free time . a new store would be opened every few years in various separate locations so as not to lose business by placing two stores close together . jellinek and zacharias manage the chain of stores with a hands on approach . 1 contents 1 history 2 praise and criticism 2.1 wii controversy 3 references 4 external links history edit slackers cds and games in columbia missouri the original idea behind slackers first occurred in 1990 . along with some friends kurt jellinek and paul zacharias went to a don henley concert and began thinking about owning their own music store . at the time the two were undergraduate students and decided to focus their studies on business management and becoming entrepreneurs . slackers cds and games was officially founded in 1993 by jellinek and zacharias in columbia missouri . 1 jellinek and zacharias opened the store after graduating from saint louis university using only their own collection of 1 500 music cds . 2 the name originated from their generation being considered slackers before being given a chance to prove otherwise . 2 although business was slow at first with the store sometimes only making us 30 in a day business eventually increased . after 2 years they were able to open a second location in o fallon illinois . 2 as of 2009 there are 10 locations in the states of missouri and illinois eight of which are in the st. louis metropolitan area and two of which are in mid missouri . 3 praise and criticism edit slackers cds and games won an award for best used cd store in 2006 from the riverfront times . the times cited its collection of vinyl records and independent and rare music cds as the basis for the award . 4 since the store buys video games from all consoles it is known for its collection of classic titles . however they do not require the box or manual for cartridge based games . 5 the store is also known for giving more credit for trade ins than its competitors . in 2005 vox magazine had the same four games halo metal gear solid 3 nhl 2004 and madden nfl 2005 priced at eb games game crazy and slackers cds and games with the trade in values being 16.50 26.82 and 45 respectively . 6 wii controversy edit on december 20 2007 the store raised some controversy when ars technica reported that the chain was stockpiling nintendo wii systems to sell at a higher profit while telling retail customers that the chain did not have any systems in stock and were not expecting any . 7 on december 21 2007 kurt jellinek responded on the slackers website by stating that the article was sensationalist and misleading . jellinek said that of the 44 units the chain had five were sold on ebay for 399.99 with a couple of units still in stock and 35 were held for specific customers and sold at the msrp . the remainder were given away . 8 some sites believe this may violate nintendo s enforcement of the wii s 249 retail price 9 10 and may prevent the store from receiving future products from nintendo . 10 11 12 nintendo has refused to comment on the issue . 13 references edit a b braun liz 2003 06 01 . slackers cd s and games . st. louis business journal . retrieved 2008 01 04 . a b c college slacker buddies follow dream . . columbia daily tribune . 2003 06 14 . retrieved 2014 01 18 . slackers cds and games locations . slackers cds and games . archived from the original on 2007 12 13 . retrieved 2008 01 04 . best cd store used 2006 . riverfront times . retrieved 2008 01 04 . genesis around the world slackers cds and games . sega 16 . archived from the original on january 14 2010 . retrieved 2008 01 04 . cs1 maint unfit url link beat the system . vox magazine . retrieved 2008 01 04 . slackers employees explain wii scalping business . ars technica . retrieved 2008 01 04 . slackers stores not slacking on wii profit margins . gizmodo . retrieved 2008 01 04 . retailer sold nintendo wiis on ebay . efluxmedia . retrieved 2008 01 04 . a b retailer sold marked up wiis on ebay . digital trends . retrieved 2008 01 04 . retailer selling wiis on ebay . slippery brick . retrieved 2008 01 04 . retail store accused of scalping nintendo wiis on ebay . realtechnews . archived from the original on december 25 2007 . retrieved 2008 01 04 . us game store black marketing nintendo wii on ebay . newslocale . retrieved 2008 01 04 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title slackers cds and games & oldid 738652242 categories music retailers of the united statesvideo game retailers of the united statescompanies based in columbia missouricompanies established in 1993privately held companies based in missourihidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlgood articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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