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Ep. 322 - The 4th Monday Series - Is Your Vintage Game Worth 30000? with Ryan Rosenzweig

The Social-Engineer Podcast

Release Date: 09/22/2025

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Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The 4th Monday Series with Chris Hadnagy and Mike Holfeld. Chris and Mike will be covering cutting edge global news to help people remain safe, secure and knowledgeable in a world where it is hard to know what is real and what is fake news.

 

Today Chris and Mike are joined by Ryan Rosenzweig. Ryan is the 26 years old CEO of C10 Toys and Games, which he started when he was just 16 years old. Based out of Orlando FL, he specializes in Video games, Pokemon cards and Funko pops. [Sept 22, 2025]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - Mike Holfeld Intro

00:47 - Today's Guest: Ryan Rosenzweig

01:09 - Collecting as a Business

03:25 - Something for Everyone

04:24 - Currently Hot!

04:55 - Going Vintage

06:41 - Arcade Consoles

07:33 - World Championships

08:52 - Following the Trends

10:30 - Who's the Customer?

11:40 - Inadvertent Exercise App

12:42 - Detective Work

15:30 - Road Life

16:18 - Trade-In

16:58 - Full Time Job

19:36 - Multi-Million Dollar Industry

20:28 - E-Sports

21:45 - Find Ryan Rosenzweig Online

-          Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c10_tng?igsh=N3pkdGl6OWFkODh2

22:15 - Beware of Fakes

23:02 - 10 Years Later

23:47 - Wrap Up

23:58 - Next Month: Carrie Hatton

24:24 - Outro

-          www.social-engineer.com

-          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

 

Find us online:

-          Chris Hadnagy

-          Twitter: @humanhacker

-          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy