Epic Seconds

30 E 11th Ave, 97401, Eugene

Buy, sell, and trade music, movies and video game store featuring new and used vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, VHS, Playstation, Nintendo and XBox games and consoles.

Opening hours

  • sunday: 12h-18h
  • monday: 10h-19h
  • tuesday: 10h-19h
  • wednesday: 10h-19h
  • thursday: 10h-19h
  • friday: 10h-19h
  • saturday: 10h-19h

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Our comment from Padel.us about Epic Seconds:

Epic Seconds is a beloved local gem in Eugene, renowned for its eclectic collection of used media including video games, DVDs, vinyl records, and more. Customers consistently praise the friendly and knowledgeable staff, who create a welcoming atmosphere for browsing and trading. With a history spanning over two decades, enthusiasts fondly remember it as the former 'CD and Game Exchange'.

Visitors appreciate the great selection and the opportunity to find rare and nostalgic items at reasonable prices. The store’s layout is well-organized, and many have reported discovering hidden gems that are hard to find elsewhere. The addition of local art exhibitions further enhances the shopping experience, making it a cultural hub in the area.

Highlights from customer experiences include:

  • Friendly staff who are always willing to assist and provide recommendations.
  • Unmatched variety in media, covering everything from retro video games to modern Blu-rays.
  • A community-focused approach, including support for local musicians and artists.
  • Terrific trade-in values, encouraging a vibrant exchange of media.

Epic Seconds is not just a store; it’s a community landmark cherished by both locals and visitors alike. Anyone searching for quality entertainment or unique finds should make it a priority to visit!

Epic Seconds: Reviews

4.6/5 (199 Reviews)
Ryan Helms Posted on Google 4 months ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent service great selection and such a city Icon. I have been buying and selling here since it was called "cd and game exchange" so what? 20 years?

Aiyana Sederlin Posted on Google 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: staff are so kind and patient, and they play cool music in there while we look through eclectic collections

Brandin Cassidy Posted on Google 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great trade in pricing got a few good DVDs for an old N64 game.

Anthony S-M Posted on Google 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to sell/ trade used media. They have a great selection of video games, movies, music. Such a blessing to have this place in Eugene.

Courtney D Posted on Google 6 months ago

Negative experience: Literally tried to "scam" me offering to pay $40 for a record worth $200, go to house of records instead

T Bar Posted on Google 6 months ago

Fantastic experience: If you need a movie...they will have it.

Alice Cracknell Posted on Google 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: Grate place with soon good prices!

Hannah Soberanis Wyrick Posted on Google 9 months ago

Positive experience: Love this place! Always a fun selection of movies, games, and music. The prices are super reasonable and the guys working there are pretty nice. They can put your info down if you are after certain media and will call you when it comes in. The only issue I’ve ever had is sometimes the music playing in the shop is very… eccentric. It’s given me migraines but that is 100% my issue, not theirs!

Bree Morse Posted on Google 9 months ago

Fantastic experience: Really enjoy the space! Workers were friendly, area was nice and clean, then so many good finds! Highly recommend for any music and art lovers.

Angel Rodriguez Posted on Google 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: A great place for retro gaming shopping for sure, amazing deals, and game rarity available here downtown Eugene Oregon. ✌️

Billy T. Kidd Posted on Google 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Best place for video games hands down. Employees are top notch.

Richard Pauly Posted on Google 11 months ago

Positive experience: They buy dvds and video games and cds and records and gaming systems

Jacob Jenkinson Posted on Google 11 months ago

Positive experience: It has a lot of DVD, CDs, and so much cool things

Leah Shawaf Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Lots of stuff, staff was friendly. Great place to shop. Staff was knowledgeable too.

T CHRIST Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great buy & sell shop where i always find Something i 'need' . Friendly and engaging staff , and fair trades. Not much more you could ask for .

Penny Johnston Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The staff here is friendly and very helpful. They keep the shop clean and organized. Love going here and checking things out.

Robert Bright Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Good prices, friendly vibes and I found a few things I needed for my collection. I'll be back!

Sam M Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: dope place. really fair trade in value and prices for used blu-rays.

SimplyHavingFun Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: They gave me a stylus for my 3Ds, pretty cool folk:)

Matt Friend Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing variety of media. Great trade in prices. An absolute must in Eugene if you’re a gamer or film buff.

Aaron Reeves Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The best place to find Blurays in all of Lane County. Been coming here for years.

Cosmo Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: always five stars, best secondhand video games ever, also lots of vinyls, DVDs, consoles, etc. they have pins, patches, stickers, shirts, hats, so much stuff :))

Shadow Fall Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I recently heard these guys sell retro games, so I stopped in to check. Not only do they have a pretty large selection but they are asking extremely reasonable prices. Solid 5 star!

Zac Baz Posted on Google 1 year ago

Positive experience: Generally a good store. Many different video games movies and music.

Kevin Bree Posted on Google 1 year ago

Positive experience: Came in looking for video games. Did not find any real rare ones but lots of common ones for most all systems. The games they did have seemed over priced compared to what can be found on eBay. Lots of movies and CDs too.

Andrew Parada Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for all things nerd from music to video games. Excellent movie selection from bluray to VHS and even laserdisc! super helpful staff and was playing great music.

Tiffany Dunaway Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love this place for my dvds and games. Absolutely recommend!

Joshua K. Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great video game selection. Very knowledgeable staff.

Rich Barnes Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great store. Great selection. Reasonable prices. Definitely recommend

Steven Graves Posted on Google 1 year ago

Negative experience: This place used to be a wholesome place now they just try to rip you off I've gone in there several times have them quote me a low ball price then get corrected and try to act like it was a mistake on their end I'm tired of going in here trying to sell something that's clearly valued at four times what they want to offer me for store credit avoid this place at all costs it's best to keep your stuff and take Penny hits sad I remember in the store used to care for it people and community now is trying to get a dollar like GameStop

A Brown Posted on Google 1 year ago

Positive experience: Awesome place to buy video games, I've gotten like 10 switch games there l.

Nils Hünerfürst Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Stopped here for DVDs and was surprised how big the collection is. Family tv shows and kid friendly as well.

J BB Posted on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Pretty good selection of gaming stuff. Not much for switch though. My favorite part is the Records. Fun scanning through and looking for gems.

Sean “thefelonattorney” Gjerde Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to find cool things to remind you of the far better past

Jordon Porter Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I always love coming to this place. Great selection of records, CD's, DVD's, and games.

JULIEN OTTAVI Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wonderful music shop with an art and concert space on the 1st floor. The audience was really great, organisers and the shop owner are super duper!! Check out if they have regular gigs and exhbition. This shop makes Eugene a great place!!

Dominick White Posted on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Decent selection of games, movies and music. Would happily go again, but not my first pick in the area.

Chris Jones Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I've had great luck coming in here for movies! Awesome staff and super friendly. Definitely worth dropping in.

Kathie Chapman Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome service & prices! Parking is hard, make sure you take coins for the meters

Forrest Murphy Posted on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Loads of items for very reasonable prices. A wide variety of formats for music, movies, and games. The only downside is having to get the guy to unlock the cabinets where he'd do one then immediately scurry away. Had to go up 3 separate times to get him. Gave up after that and didn't get the other items I wanted.

Brock B Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The staff is always super friendly and they don't treat you like you're wasting their time when you need assistance. The owner is very friendly as well.

Kristi Cramer Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great shop for reasonably priced physical copies of used DVDs and CDs. Staff are friendly and will help find items if you can't see what you're looking for. Because items are used, you can't always find the thing you want, but we always come out with something. And we have found rather obscure items we hadn't found anywhere else.

Cindy Burke Posted on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: It was good, but could use a better vinyl Blues selection. We did get 3 records and are happy with them. Prices did seem a little high.

Brian Smith Posted on Google 2 years ago

Negative experience: I've been going to epic seconds off and on over the years since 1997. That's what? 27 years? I really love the place. And I've spent quite a bit of money in there since I first moved to Eugene after High School. The staff is friendly, mostly knowledgeable and they have a really good selection of movies and games and odd miscellaneous memorabilia. That being said today's experience was a bit of a disappointment. And ultimately I can't say the service was bad or that they necessarily did anything "wrong" per se. But I do think that they could have been a little bit more flexible. I went in in search of an Xbox One x. And it just so happens they have one, priced at $200. I might not have batted an eye at that price, but Ace Buyers half a block away has two for sale. They offer the same 7-Day guarantee. And their systems are $40 cheaper and $30 cheaper. I explained this to the sales person. And I told him that if they could wiggle a bit on the price I'd rather buy the system there because I liked their store much better. He absolutely refused to price match, or come down on the price at all. He said quote "the price is reflective of what we paid for it". Come on: their whole business is based largely, if not entirely, on trade ins. And I've traded in enough stuff to know that they didn't pay anywhere near $200 for that system. Coming down a small amount still would have netted them a profit and it wouldn't have made for a continued happy and loyal customer. That may be the stores policy or not. It may just be this individual but in my opinion it was a little short-sighted. Reducing the price a small amount to be competitive with a nearby store would have been smart business. I would have bought the system, and probably a whole lot of games to go with it. I went in there ready to spend money, and walked out spending nothing. Instead I walked back to Ace buyers and bought their system and a bunch of games. Consider also that I've spent $400 in there in the last 3 weeks alone on a PlayStation 4, games, movies and miscellaneous. So the question is: was an inflexible policy, and $30, worth losing all the money I would have spent moving forward? By losing my business, ultimately they lost a lot more than that $30. Little sad about it. I've so enjoyed shopping in this place over the years and I probably won't go in anymore.

Bond Mark Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: We found 3 awesome used games for someone’s birthday. Great location! Close to the bus station. My kids ride the bus to hear all the time. if you’re driving, there’s curb parking right out front.

Nicholas Alston Posted on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely local shop. Didn't seem to have a great knowledge of retro video games. Otherwise really fair

Sandy Wilcox Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: This place is a treasure of media, not to be missed if you have some time to browse their DVDs and Video Games.

Jenna Cripps Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff is very friendly. I've found a lot of gems over the years. I generally don't get a large haul each time but I find a lot of things I haven't seen again. They even have accessories for your records! I bought two vintage carrying cases and LOVE them. Pricing is reasonable.

Lane Ludington Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I had a problem with controller and they made it right I'm very happy with my purchase and the kind staff.

Rick Douffet Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I always go in here when I can that's one of my favorite places to go to they always have something that I either don't need or absolutely want but we usually don't leave empty-handed The guys are awesome The prices are wonderful.

mark baumgardner Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent selection and a helpful staff. One of my absolute favorite used music, movie and game stores in Eugene.

Mr. Bigglesworth Posted on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Very cool store but I wish they had more retro games and consoles

Guyb Metz Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place! Great selection and the staff are excellent. Very personable . A very repeat customer and they use my first name when I come in. Makes me feel like they took time to know me.. best place in town

Justin Styles Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Today I sold some CDs and DVDs to this shop. I feel that they offered me a very reasonable price. I have been going to this shop for well over a decade. The staff is pleasant and attentive. My primary interest in this shop is buying used video games, especially from NES up to PS4 era. Sadly, the volume of older games available in the shop has dwindled, but I still run across rarities from time to time. Ocassinally, the price in-store is way better than other retailers. I find that trading in games to be fair for in store credit as well.

Orion Lawrenz Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best multimedia shop in Eugene by far. Their selection of video games, CDs, vinyl, art, and accessories rotates often enough to keep me coming in regularly. Their trade is super fair and they often take a lot of my stuff. The vibes in there are always good and their employees are chill and helpful. Huge fan of their gallery upstairs.

Maria Fernanda Frederick Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice little place to buy old records and videogames! Fair prices and good attention!

Kevin Robbins Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Quite decent local emporium offering very fine arrays of used dvds, cds, and select new and used vinyl disks in all genres of film and music. It pays to search all the bins and densely shelved media very carefully. Great and esoteric array of classical music cds with some real treasures in the mix. Prices for some jazz and rock vinyls a bit on the high side, but the physical condition of rarer albums I coveted was usually quite good and worth the extra bucks. Cleary well-curated troves of used vinyl. Very friendly shop staff. Go Already!

Sean H Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super cool store with a good amount of video game stuff and the perfect amount of everything else from cassette tapes, records, CDs ,DVDs and VHS. All great titles also! Found this cool restored rare Gameboy pocket.

jeffrey bates Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very cool vinyl/movies/games, found season 1 and 2 of flight of the conchords and an old horror movie called " the beast must die".

Tyler Davis Posted on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: LOVE this place. If you used to like CD Game exchange, it's all still the same. Same staff, the same awesome guy still works there and is always friendly and welcoming, same great vibes. He had some local music playing upstairs and it was really cool to see him supportive local music like that. Support your local stores! Epic Seconds is awesome and I way prefer them to any of the other video game stores. They have a lot more variety and are much friendlier and reasonable with their trades and value for trades. I went to a different one and they were giving me like 50 cents a game, really messed up. Epic Seconds gave me a lot more and I know they will be honest when they resell it and that earns my business every time. Great shop!

Lee Smith Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent selection, Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, Rice Krispies, I buy all my cereal here.

Brian Brady Posted on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: I love this place! I love buying Blu-ray movies and their selection is HUGE with a great price range. They also buy/sell/trade games and have a large selection of movie posters, upstairs are the rare posters and they have a lot of them. They have so many more things I can't even list them all, truly epic.

Kayden Kendrick Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great local shop! Bought an adapter to use out Wii with an HDMI cable and some gamecube supplies, when one of the memory cards we got there today didn't work due to a manufacturer defect, they replaced it with no hassle and now we're gaming in epicness.

Josh Arreola Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I like to frequent Epic Seconds whenever I can get a chance. Always find some good music in there at a fair price. Great to browse while some music is playing in the background. Big selection of DVDs and Blu Rays. Local art, and a seemingly growing selection of records!

The Door Man Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Favorite media store of all time! The staff are friendly and familiar with nearly everything. The selection will ALWAYS have a favorite of yours, I garuntee it. Once we were talking about how they didnt have a movie and the staff member next to us said "oh we just got that in" and got it out for us. Special edition 2 disk version no less, marked at $10. We watch that movie all the time now. They have a huge selection of games, including the most reasonably priced pokemon games (I'm talking $40 and under!! For good ones! Gameboy ones!! Its amazing) Because people always move in and out they're dumping stuff at this place and its ALWAYS good. Shop here if you want cool stuff from really really nice and chill people!

James Jones Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Epic Seconds formerly CD Game Exchange is Awesome!! Ben, the owner operator is super cool. The employees are very cool. The selection and variety of music, games, posters, clothes, art, and other various items are vast and unique. And they have vinyl!! Prices are extremely reasonable. I've been frequenting there since I moved to Eugene 20+ years ago. Check them out, you'll be glad you did.

Chris Williams Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very cool store & fills a gap in the market for this type of retail... I was in a rush and couldn't settle on a game but I'll DEF be back!

subson23 Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The metal selection is killer. Traditional, Black Metal, it's all there- and new stuff every time I go in. Vinyl for sure, but also their classic metal tapes make it worth breaking out the old Walkman

Starballs 3000 Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: fair prices, nice selection, one of eugene’s best stores

Dustin Jevne Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love places like this. Records, video games, DVDs, and CDs. Good selection of retro games. Cool atmosphere. I'm sure I'll be back.

Dan Omnihility Posted on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Unique store with a wide variety of music and formats. You might find an occasional local band demo, or a dvd boxset of that series youve been wanting to revisit. Various records upstairs as well as a good selection of video games, consoles, etc. The cool thing about this place is you can bring in your good condition media to sell or receive store credit. Theres always alot of discounted things there too. So you never know what you might find.

Chris C Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Came here earlier today (12/20) and was really surprised at the selection of PS4 games, so I decided to get Watch Dogs 1 and 2 and on top of that the discs look brand new, great job will definitely return in the future

Evan Perez Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Used to be called CD Game Exchange (and maybe something else before that?). They have a good and varied selection of used media (music, movies, games) and select new releases at reasonable prices, as well as posters/art, merch, equipment, etc. One of the few places left around to sell or trade in your own stuff. I think they also sell tickets to local shows and host some small events on site. Epic Seconds remains a great resource for affordable entertainment in the community, we will continue to support this local business when possible.

Chris Bowden Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love this little shop. Always a good selection to choose from and friendly staff ready to drop what they are doing to help. And the customers are respectful when i am there too.

Saydie England Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots of great options, was really cool seeing older consoles being put up for sale here. Gives a better option than trusting eBay with such purchases.

JJ Sipes Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Let me say it like this everytime I walk in you feel good it's jus a sweet atmosphere. this store definitely got it right ✌️

Sage Witts Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good shop they have cd's which is great. Always worth checking out.

Ronin Willits Posted on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: A really great store with tons of games for older and newer consoles and controllers, also they have a vinyl area upstairs. Another thing is that they will Buy, Sell, and Trade almost anything. All together it's a good place.

Cindy Newland Woodward Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great little shop to spend some time browsing. They have a great selection of all different Medias and well priced merchandise.

Keliko Hunter Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Chill vibes, great prices (especially since they discount based on the number of copies - popular new game? Might be $15 because they have ten copies), and a showcase of local art. Support a local business and have a good time! Plus they have GameCube cables.

Taylor Cliff Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The staff is always friendly and happy to help. Very fair prices for buying or selling

Brent Gaskey Posted on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Cool selection of retro video games records and tapes doesn't seem a whole lot different than what you'd find at a second hand shop but much better organized and more expensive.

William Watson Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fair prices, good trades, rare and cool items. Cassette tapes, vinyl records, old games. Worth checking out.

S D Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super sick place iconic. Staff is so awesome helpful. Hard to come by these days so way to go epic seconds.

Brandy Nelson Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always a great selection of records, games, and even vhs and Lazer disc's. A collectors dream. Check out the art!

disappointment Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: It's an Epic store to find used games for good prices. I would highly recommend it. The service is great.

Bryauna “Bree” Ward Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good little used media store. Good prices. Good selection. Video games, movies, music etc on all formats including NES and vinyl records. I've never gotten a disc in bad shape. I've purchased dozens of things here.

Gary Nelson Posted on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great store and friendly staff. Really good selection of games, music and movies!

Aimee Yamamori Posted on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Very well organized store with a good selection and friendly employees( including the dog staffer! )

Alexandra Reynolds Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: I went there to sell a few vinyls, the guy working was friendly and knowledgeable. The store was very clean and seemed to be constantly maintained. They had a large variety of records, video games and accessories and media in general. I would absolutely recommend to friends as well as go back.

Hudson Rogers Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Been going here for years amazing place for songs from the 70's to 90's and retro and new games

Wade Hemmer Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: The staff was extremely helpful. The pricing was right on. I highly recommend this place of business!!!

Donald Murray Posted on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: It's a very good place to buy and sell used movies CDs or video games.

Bryan Wenzel Posted on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Very cool store with a huge selection. I wish their albums were organized a little differently but their selection is huge!

Kilano Loyd Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best place to waste your paycheck. I go here all the time, sometimes just to be immersed in the atmosphere, and it's just one of the best places to find a good record or movie for the collection. Amazing place!

Edward Posted on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Eclectic electric nostalgia, and excellent service. Would recommend to anyone that needs that special piece of history. Locally owned and operated, brick and mortar establishment, absolutely worth the visit! Obsolete mediums, Vinyl, Vintage Gaming, posters, pins, and more...

Dederick Siedler Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well curated and priced. The folks there are always welcoming and helpful. Love shopping for games there and having a place i can take my old ones for a little coin.

Tyler M Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Honestly this place deserves 5 stars. The employees are all cool and extremely knowledgeable in different categories. They have a ton of old video games moves and music! Absolutely worth of the name epic seconds as they truly are epic.

Erik Vessey Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Respect for keeping up with record store day during a pandemic. I scored the Son's of Kemet and Blackberry smoke's record store day special releases here.

Sara PDX Posted on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent selection, great prices, even better with the sale they had going!

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