Prince George, B.C. –  Game Quest has won  its call for changes to the pawnbrokers and second hand dealers bylaw.

The owner of Game Quest, a second hand video game store in downtown Prince George,  had called upon  City Council to make some changes to the bylaw so he could buy some second hand  video games  outside of his business ( such as garage sale), make sales past 8 at night,  reduce the holding  period for the second hand goods.

The RCMP advise  City Staff that video games are often  among the items stolen during a break and enter, that residents who are victims of crime may be away on holidays for a week or two at a time, and  would miss the opportunity  to  recover  their items should they be  purchased by a second hand  store. RCMP say  it often takes 7 days for  information about an item that was  stolen to  reach  the RCMP.

Council has  approved an option that would  add video  games  to  list of  second hand  items exempt from  the bylaw.  When the bylaw is  amended, video games will  be treated  the same as books, magazines and vinyl records and will no longer be  a subject of the rules and regulations of the  bylaw.