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Feel Ripped Off by Trade-ins?
FlatTopJesus | 3:37 AM on 06.15.2007 4 comments


I hate two post 2 blogs consecutively, but I feel this was important enough to be its own topic due to time restrictions and whatnot.

When one sells back games, consoles, or accessories to Gamestop/EBgames/Gamecrazy/ect, I think it's human nature to instinctively feel robbed. But mostly it's because you are being robbed; those dicks give you almost nothing. Anyways, I recently traded in some games and was actually friggin' satisfied due to some awesome deals at EB and Gamestop that only last until Sunday; so I feel obligated to inform you guys that weren't aware. Now is the time to cash in on those gems you'll never play again.

So I traded in 5 games and a gamecube. All those games, sans one that was $22 credit, were valued at less than $15 each and the gamecube itself was valued at $20-ish. I ended up with roughly $145 in credit. Sweet deal if I've ever seen one.

Here's the cliff notes version of the offers (THEY DO NOT WORK WITH CASH TRADE INS):
Trade in 3 games: extra %10 credit
Trade in 4 games: exrta %20 credit
Trade in 5 or more games: exrta %30 credit
Trade any system besides GBA and GBA:SP - Extra $20



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atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/15/2007 07:13
atheistium
Two blogs in a row is okay as long as you don't do it every day and your post is like an actual post rather than some people here.

I wish I had those deals here. I pay £40 for a game, trade it in and get £6.... sad panda all around.
imbeta's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/15/2007 13:10
imbeta
Awesome! Thanks for the tip, I actually need to let go of my GC myself... and this works out. I didn't want to sell it for no less than what they will be offering. Sweet.
Ambulance-Y's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/15/2007 14:22
Ambulance-Y
i got 30 bucks for my gamecube the other day, if that was with the extra $20 that makes me a sad panda.
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