NYCmetsfan
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does the 70% count only for games or hardware as well? Like a xbox one?
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GameStop Trade-in 6 Games 60% (+10% for Pro Members) Bonus 8/21-9/3
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Only games, my friend.
rocksteady1983
Member
How much bump is normal? Like a buck or two?
IIRC stuff like MK8/Zelda went from 25->35 back in June/July. It's significant.
facetheslayer92
Member
Waiting for that Friday bump :/
ZeroMaverick
Member
Damn it. Now I'm having reservations about trading in like 14 games for $270 store credit. Feels like I'm throwing my children away lol
DR2K
Banned
If Sophie can make a choice, you can too
Are you going to like, actually ever play them again?
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Yes. And if you're a Premium Rewards member you get an additional 10% more on top of that.
ZeroMaverick
Member
Probably not, but what about 20 years from now when I'm desperate to play Little Big Planet Vita again?!?!
It could happen, couldn't it?
It's OK Zero, nobody likes to say goodbye.
We must move on with our lives. It's what the games would have wanted for us.
ZeroMaverick
Member
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I literally just did it over the weekend successfully so not sure what you are talking about.
There's that too.
TransTrender
Gold Member
The three stores in my area did exactly that
Looking around on some other forums this did happen to other people so it's not crazy talk.
The only way I got it to work was:
Some people, like me, never play games again after finishing them
is it that strange to sell a brand new game less than a month later if you're done with it for good?
also some people are buying up used games on deals to flip
I'm really cool with the people at my local store, and their machine would not let them use a Gamestop Gift card to purchase and Amazon Gift card. We tried a couple times and an error would pop up that could not be overridden. This was one of the $5-$500 style cards where you set a value, and I was trying to do $300. I was also not able to purchase an Ebay gift card.
We were able to successfully reload the $300 another day via my Amazon Cash account once we scanned the barcode on my phone. I would expect that if they can, they will close that loophole soon as well. I'm in San Diego, CA for reference. Not sure if it's a restriction they enabled regionally, or just store by store.
We were able to successfully reload the $300 another day via my Amazon Cash account once we scanned the barcode on my phone. I would expect that if they can, they will close that loophole soon as well. I'm in San Diego, CA for reference. Not sure if it's a restriction they enabled regionally, or just store by store.
ZeroMaverick
Member
Anyone got a B2G1 coupon I can have? lol
valinthyne
Member
So I've got a stack of 18 games I'm gonna bring in. Right now that's $152, without the bump. If I put it towards certain games I get a 30% bump. Do I only have to put like $5 down to get that 30% bump, and will they stack to 90%?
ZeroMaverick
Member
I just tried that with Yakuza Kiwami, but it didn't include the 30% bump. I think it's because the amount ($246) exceeded the cost of the game. YYMV though I guess. Let us know.
valinthyne
Member
Good to know. It's not a huge loss if it doesn't do that.
I got a bit more realistic on what Id actually play again. So I have 29 games lined up. I'm up to 282.75. Add the bumps: 6+ games (60%), $5 on Mario Rabbids (30%), and $15 for power up Pro (10%)= $517.23
Even if that 30% doesn't stack on its still $465.68.
So I'll wait for a possible trade bump on Friday and see what happens I guess.
Looks like I don't have to worry about paying off that Classic preorder anymore at thr very least.
EDIT: reading over the terms on the website it looks like the 30% wouldnt stack when any other offer comes in to play.
mikespit1200
Member
Does gamestop accept NES games with completely/mostly torn label?
VindictiveGnome
Member
Hmm, is it time to trade in the Wii U and games for a Switch. Would get ~$250 trade-in.
PepperedHam
Member
Question for the end of the month bump. Is there any risk in some games losing value as well? Or does it only go up?
The Maverick
Member
Values are already in the bin. Nowhere to go but up. We hope.
Likely Friday or Saturday.
valinthyne
Member
thats completely at the discretion of the employee
The Sum of Zero
Member
So if you bring in more than 6 games, say 8 games, will they split them into two separate transactions? Like your first 6 trade-ins will get the 60%, then the last 2 would only get 20% as a separate trade-in transaction?
I've never had them do that, you should get the 60% bonus on all games past the initial 6.
The Sum of Zero
Member
Oh, nice. Guess it's time to unload everything I'm never going to play again to pay for Destiny 2 tomorrow.
Hysterical
Member
Anything above 6 will still give you the 60%
They are supposed to refuse any label damage beyond minor wear. An employee read the guidelines to me before when I asked if they get a lot of returns for busted labels.
shiftplusone
Member
with GCU i can get GTA5 from best buy for 24 bucks (+ tax). It trades in for 18, but that + 70% gets it to 31 bucks.
That seems like some effort just to get like 5 bucks when all is said and done, but that would also get me to 6 games because I can't find a 6th right now.
hmm.
That seems like some effort just to get like 5 bucks when all is said and done, but that would also get me to 6 games because I can't find a 6th right now.
hmm.
TheApatheticOne
Member
So, I know its probably been covered multiple times, but I preordered a XBOX One X off Amazon and would love to trade some things in to knock down that price tag a bit and this would be a good return for the things I have. I know they got rid of the Kindle Cards, but is there anyway, even if cumbersome, to get that Gamestop credit converted to Amazon?
Yeah it's called amazon cash.
Battousi05
Member
Can you take an already owned trade credit GS card and convert that to amazon cash or only at time of trading in??
From what I understand you can only get Amazon at the cash value when trading in. So something like this promotion wouldn't even apply to it. I don't think you can trade existing credit for Amazon cash.
Good plan. I'm holding out until tomorrow too. If they jump overnight, I'll be there right when the store opens to get that sweet 60% bump!
TheLionsDen
Member
I literally have no physical games besides Uncharted 4 due to the last time this promo happened.
Yeah I don't have many at all. Was hoping people would find games to buy at walmart or bestbuy and flip them.
I think i'd be better off trying to sell Mega Man X and Soccer online than giving them to gamestop.
valinthyne
Member
I wouldn't expect bumps until about 9am EST. If only because that's when price changes come in, so I would assume trade values would change at the same time.