Jay's CD & Hobby (Des Moines Southside) stands as the ultimate flagship destination and the absolute largest facility in the Jay's network. Renowned for its sheer volume, this massive Southside hub holds the city's deepest buy-sell-trade secondary market for retro video game consoles and classic cartridges spanning from Atari to modern PS5 systems. It is a treasure hunter's paradise, packing its multi-room floor plan with towering walls of vintage back-issue comic books, an extensive wargaming library, and massive rows of deep trading card singles value bins.
This place rocks! They have an amazing selection of all things nerd! As an mtg fan, I was happy to see that they not only have a great selection of booster packs and commander precons at reasonable prices, but they also have a ton of singles in binders organized by set. In…
Great store! Always have cool things and it’s very well organized so it’s not as overwhelming. Decent prices and overall good selection. Love coming here when I make it into DSM on occasion.
I usually love shopping at Jay's, it's been one of my favorite stores for over a decade. But...recently, I bought an Xbox 360 console at the south side location, and it came with the wrong power supply. Normally not a huge problem, but I live over an hour away, so making a 2…
Here’s the deal! We freaking love Jays! Every time we visit they are warm and welcoming. They even help us stick our supplies and accessories. Truly great folks. Yes they are more than just a record shop but it sure feels like walking into a record shop every time I pass through…
Been collecting and playing One Piece since Romance Dawn. I could always count on Jays since around OP05 to be able to at least get 1 box at MSRP. Just found out from some employee that since I dont play at their store every week they will only sell boxes at scalper prices. The…