Current Events > People are making thousands of dollars at Gamestop this weekend. Gs meltdown

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They have an extra 60 percent towards trade ins and a lot of games didn't tank

For example, a guy could trade in BOTW for 60, and buy it at the store for 49. People are getting all the games with insane TIV and making a ton of cash.

Internet going nuts. Some guy traded 1.9k worth of games. Making a crazy profit.

For example you can get plants vs zombies garden warfare 2 for not even like 20 bucks and its TIV is like 50 bucks
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Shit I am gonna have to dig through my games see what I can sell.

60% probably be better than what you can get selling it online if it's something that isn't bargain bin fodder shovelware.
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What the hell. Whoever came up with this promotion is so getting fired.
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I want to- but I don't think I have any games I wanna part with right now :/ but dang what a profit

stone posted...

What the hell. Whoever came up with this promotion is so getting fired.

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I'm about to make like a bandi CE. Like a fucking bandit. This is what I'm trading in and ill show you guys my total

BOTW
MARIO kart 8
Tekken 7
Injustice
Mlb the show 17
Nier
Yooka laylee
Couple Pokemon 3ds games
Little nightmares
Binding of Isaac switch
Resident evil 7

Boy we boutta do it
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Does Gamestop trade for cash in your area? Over here they trade for store credit smh.
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I mean if I'm buying stuff credit is fine. They do take cash at a less value tho. But if you're making out a like a bandit this weekend it don't matter
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Does Gamestop trade for cash in your area? Over here they trade for store credit smh.

You get ripped of with cash. Never do it. I remember years ago they offered me $10 for my wii system cash.
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Okay with just those games listed I get 517 in trade ins

Holy fuck
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Damn, I was going to trade in my incoming copy of ARMS and buy it digitally, but it won't be here until Wednesday.
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The 60 towards non power up members or nah?
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Power up yes. You can guys use my phone number and get the discount too idc lol


Okay added more games. I'm at 650
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Where at? I looked online and didn't see anything special going on with trade ins. Does it say somewhere or am I missing something?

How do I do this lol
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Scroll under or look on the cheapassgame thread

There's also a b2g1 free on used games
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Mark_DeRosa posted...

Scroll under or look on the cheapassgame thread

There's also a b2g1 free on used games

And retro, but I made a topic on that.
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Truw
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I see nothing about this promotion anywhere on Gamespot's website. Can you provide a link?
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http://m.gamestop.com/trade
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Is every game eligible for the 60%? Like if I just throw most of my game Collection at it and get a bunch for preorders will that work? Is there a way to check how much the stuff is worth? Sorry for the stupid questions but I don't trade in games hardly ever lol

Edit just seen the link
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Iodine posted...

stone posted...

What the hell. Whoever came up with this promotion is so getting fired.

Not really. It isn't like this is the first time they've done this. Hell, they used to do 50% extra credit all the damn time for any amount of games.

Uncle_Drew posted...

Is every game eligible for the 60%? Like if I just throw most of my game Collection at it and get a bunch for preorders will that work? Is there a way to check how much the stuff is worth? Sorry for the stupid questions but I don't trade in games hardly ever lol

Edit just seen the link

Yes any game

. Holy fuck this is like christmas
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GregShmedley posted...

Wait...I am totally lost. How can we make money on this?

You trade in games. There system is pretty busted rn, so you can take advantage of various deals and current prices of games to buy low and sell back for higher.

GregShmedley posted...

Terror-enforcer posted...

GregShmedley posted...

Wait...I am totally lost. How can we make money on this?

You trade in games. There system is pretty busted rn, so you can take advantage of various deals and current prices of games to buy low and sell back for higher.

Ah, so go buy lile six used games for cheap and then trade them in later?

Basically. Or just trade in games you already own like TC did. You just get a lot of credit back due to this deal.


I personally got $130 for 5 or 6 games. Was able to pay off ARMS, Splatoon 2, and put $10 on Mario Odyssey. And people say GS has shitty deals. More like they're only shitty if you don;t take the two seconds to actually see what they're offering instead of assuming your five your old game is worth full price because you only have two scratches on it.

Just get a damn job.

lmfao GameStop. CMON GUYS LETS GO OVERPAY FOR GAMES BY ABOUT 50%!
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Grab the whole family! Let's go now!
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Shit, how long is this running for?
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I just traded in the following this afternoon not realizing they had this deal. I expected MAYBE $40.

Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Another Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Ruby
Pokemon Crystal
Namco Museum
Kirby Tilt something or other(a GB game)
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Star Wars Battlefront (Xbone version)
And a PlayStation 3 Move controller

Got $94 in store credit.

I know I could have probably made more on Pokemon but all the batteries were dead. They didn't even test them out. And I haven't touched any of those items in like five years.
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i was going to trade in grand theft auto III for ps2 but the trade in value is only 50 cents fuck this

MetalGearSquid posted...

Shit, how long is this running for?

M_Live posted...

When does this end, I'll go tomorrow

Until the 9th iirc.
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Iodine posted...

stone posted...

What the hell. Whoever came up with this promotion is so getting fired.

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lukabrosci posted...

Just get a damn job.

Police recruit and us army. Current job before academy is refrigeration tech for 26 an hour. Btfo
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so why go through all this trouble for what? a few hundred bucks?

lukabrosci posted...

so why go through all this trouble for what? a few hundred bucks?

What trouble lol? I just left my house and drove 5 minutes. They scanned my games and bam.

What trouble lol. A few couple? People on cheapassgamer are going every day for an easy 1k
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Sweet. Got 165 in store credit for some junk
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I'll sell all my games this week I guess.


So how are people getting mad dosh? Are they buying games from 1 gamestop and then driving to another to sell them for a profit? What are the games that make this happen? >_>
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littlebro07 posted...

I just traded in the following this afternoon not realizing they had this deal. I expected MAYBE $40.

Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Another Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Ruby
Pokemon Crystal
Namco Museum
Kirby Tilt something or other(a GB game)
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Star Wars Battlefront (Xbone version)
And a PlayStation 3 Move controller

Got $94 in store credit.

I know I could have probably made more on Pokemon but all the batteries were dead. They didn't even test them out. And I haven't touched any of those items in like five years.

Ouch, I think you got ripped off. You should be able to sell a lot of the older Pokemon games for a lot more than that.

Meh it's only good for store credit
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Is there anywhere to see what to expect to get from them? I don't want to waste their time by bringing in my entire collection and only actually trading in a few.
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littlebro07 posted...

I just traded in the following this afternoon not realizing they had this deal. I expected MAYBE $40.

Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Another Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Ruby
Pokemon Crystal
Namco Museum
Kirby Tilt something or other(a GB game)
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Star Wars Battlefront (Xbone version)
And a PlayStation 3 Move controller

Got $94 in store credit.

I know I could have probably made more on Pokemon but all the batteries were dead. They didn't even test them out. And I haven't touched any of those items in like five years.

you couldve sold all those games yourself and made way more LOL
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WizardPowers posted...

Meh it's only good for store credit

If you don't care doing the extra leg work, you just use that credit to buy any new releases, then flip them on Ebay for 90% of their value. Still profitable.
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Mayonesa posted...

Is there anywhere to see what to expect to get from them? I don't want to waste their time by bringing in my entire collection and only actually trading in a few.

They have a app that shows the trade values,

Just multiply that by 1.60 to get the bonus amount factored in.
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Terror-enforcer posted...

Ouch, I think you got ripped off. You should be able to sell a lot of the older Pokemon games for a lot more than that.

MwarriorHiei posted...

you couldve sold all those games yourself and made way more LOL

If they worked, sure. But they were all dead and no one wants to buy a game that doesn't work for it's working value. Plus I'd have to go through more of a hassle to sell them privately.
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Can I do this with old Game Boy games and DS games? I have loads of trash.

I'm not gonna list it all on ebay because I don't have the patience to ship it out.
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