[Pepsiboy700]

Well I learned that trading in games is a joke.

I called saturday to see if I could trade in some games. I told them the names and they said theyll take them. I asked how much but he couldnt give me an without scanning the games and looking it up in the computer.

Sunday I went to gamestop to trade in these games. The games were Saints Row, COD 3, NFL 2k6 (I think?), and the whole GTA series for xbox. So he rings the games up and it came to a total of $28. I was like youve got to be kidding me. I figured since they were all in mint condition cases and all intact with minimal scratches I could get $60 atleast for those games but I figured I would just go for it. It then turned out luckly my friends mom was there since you need a parent if your under 18 to sign all kinds of paperwork incase its stolen. I then went on ebay and saw what I could have got and I was ripped off big time. I feel like a **** head now.

Hate gamestop so bad except for the fact a friend works there and apparently gives 2x as much as your suppose to for games. Guess I should have waited.

[veedubfreak]

It's because most of those games are for a more or less dead system and they will have a hard time selling them. I would venture to say that the most any of those games would sell for is 5-9 bucks. Check ebay, the amount of effort it would take to sell them there for an extra few bucks isnt worth it.

[Keyboard Cowboy]

And it's like that every where you go. The game you are trying to trade in are old. And the shops need to make money some how. Keep in mind that the shops are mainly hoping for a quick turn around on stock (new or 2nd hand). And if the product is just going to sit there, then it's taking up space.

The only good thing about trading in at a shop is that it's instant Credit for your next purchase.

In all honesty, you are better off selling the games off privately. That is what I am have been doing.

[Biker-Boy-Nay]

Yeah it Kinda Does for me i Dunno if this Happens anywhere else in the UK but Your only allowed to trade in 3 -5 games at Once on One membership Card.. Which is why i Take mine then Get my mums

[veedubfreak]

Personally, i've found that its just not worth the time and effort it takes to sell the games privately. I'm guessing this is true for a lot of people and this is why places like EB and gamestop only pay so much for used games.

[TuNiX]

Dude, pepsiboy700, i feel the SAME way i traded in all my ghost recon games and all my awesome games for like 50$ (like 10 games) and this guy sold me some dumb pirates game for the xbox, HUGE rip off. i regret it ever day when i awake in the morning time.

[TheEnd187]

they were gonna give me $8 for my PS2 MvC2, I checked on Ebay and it was going for $200 without the booklet, let alone my game was MINT. so i stormed in there later that day and told them that BS, the guy said that accoring to the comp he would only give me 10$ MAX and then sell it for 60$


Fohget that, I wasn't gonna trade it in either just wanted to ee how much i could get

[Keyboard Cowboy]

actually, I do lie with my first post. For a while, I did find this one 2nd hand DVD/CD/Game shop. And while they were still around, they offered some rather reasonable prices for the games that I am trading in.