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Target Triple Trade-in Value from 5/18-5/24
- Thread starter RedAssedApe
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Beatofficer
Member
Yeah, he had to have lied to you. Electronics employees/Hardlines team leads don't have control over trade ins. I'm pretty sure even the store team lead couldn't reject it simply because the cell phone employees aren't Target employees. They're with a company called Market Source who uses another third party for their trade in values.
Square Triangle
Member
Infamous was $54 yesterday, dropped $20 today. =/
JeTmAn81
Member
Le sigh, just spent nearly 45 minutes waiting for the Target Mobile guy to try to get the gift card to scan. He ended up calling technical support, got some guy in India who first thought he was a customer, then put him on hold for a long time then told him there was nothing wrong with the gift card. He finally checked the card on another machine and it had 4x the value it was supposed to. I had to go back to work so I finally had to bail. I asked him if the receipt I'd signed showing the values would let me get those trade-in values later on in the week. He said there was nothing he could do about that, it was just all in the system. I can't go back today, so I guess this was a pointless exercise for me.
Well, I just wasted 2 hour of my time for nothing. After waiting for the employee to get back and finally starting to do the transaction, the trade-in system apparently crashes and hasn't worked since so I still have my games and I'll be out of town tomorrow. Hell, the employee even was apologizing for the fact that they'll be worth less tomorrow most likely.
JStein0222
Member
Aha, so it was down for everyone! Interesting. The thing is, it was apparently working but still throwing an error. So that's why when he checked my card it had a bunch of money on it. I wish he'd just given me that card
Oh shit if it works I'll just ask for it anyway
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Just got back. Was able to trade n KZ SF, AC IV, and GTAV. System then crashed and never recovered. Drove to another Target and the associate spent 20 minutes trying to get my trades to work, turns out the system is down all over nationwide
Booty Patrol
Banned
Lmao what a disaster, I'm having the same issue.
Coolbgdog12
Member
values went down. infamous was 34 for me. i was pretty mad.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Luckily I live 8 minutes from Target so I'll swing by in about an hour give it another go and then if that doesn't work I'll just keep trying
XANDER CAGE
Member
It kinda sounds like this promotion wasn't thought out well from the get-go.
People always find a way to "work the system" then bitch when they fix said system... It sucks but I'm sure people took more than full advantage yesterday fucking it up for the people trying today. I still got decent prices but it was older stuff.
Did prices go down again? Or was this just from earlier?
Not sure how this is working the system. People just exchanged their games for the prices they advertised...
Exploratory
Banned
FYI the guy who is doing my trade in is actively promoting that with Target you can use the trade in money to buy other stuff like groceries. It isn't just for electronics or if it is they aren't making that known.
Coolbgdog12
Member
idk i only checked last night.
Phire Phox
Banned
Yeah. You get your money in a gift card. You can use it to buy virtually anything in target.
Let us know how it goes. I'm pretty far away from the store and don't want to waste a trip but I"m out of town tomorrow.
This wasn't "working the system". This was straight up not doing their homework before they put this promotion up.
So it's nationwide huh? First target = no-go, second one I called said they're working but got there and wasn't, third one I called said it was working, called again asked to talk to the guy who does it and not working.
What bullshit, I have almost $200 worth in trade ins and I was planning on buying fire emblem awakening and other games :/
What bullshit, I have almost $200 worth in trade ins and I was planning on buying fire emblem awakening and other games :/
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Weird.
The guy told me the money could only be spent in electronics.
He also mentioned he's on something of a "points" system. Get 7 points and you're fired, he's currently at 6. Those points came from taking bad trade-ins + other stuff.
dolabla
Member
Mine said he will be there till 8.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Check the mobile "store" hours through the trade-in website. They're different from the hours of the store itself.
Usually 11:00 - 8:00, 12:00 - 7:30, etc..
I did that yesterday and it said 8 when the guy himself said he leaves at 6. But I don't know if he just meant that for Sunday or what though.
Chuckpebble
Member
No. 6 bucks. Avoid!
dolabla
Member
I think It was just for Sunday, because I also asked yesterday and he told me 6. I wasn't able to make yesterday though.
Lightning Lord
Banned
Exploratory
Banned
Yeah cancel that on my trade the system is apparently down. If tomorrow the values go down again I'm gonna be pissed...
They're probably going to, so why even get mad? You've had two days to get in there and these are admittedly really high trade in prices.
This isn't exactly a Bill of Rights infringement.
Basketball
Member
got enough to pay for watch dogs
goodbye AC 4 and others
goodbye AC 4 and others
jadedm17
Member
Traded in 4 games, thanks guys.
Killzone PS4 $43 (Paid $30 from same Target during BOGO30% 5 months ago.)
Infamous PS4 $55 (Paid $60)
Black Ops II 360 $20 (This has just been lying around, didnt expect anything really.)
Tearaway $27
I impulse bought the PS4 Gold Wireless headphones I'm not sure if I should keep or buy a generic $25 turtle beach and return these.
I was also amused Killzone is $40 now, so I could have rebought it new for what I got for my used copy. I don't get these deals but I love them.
Edit : Oh, interesting page... When I traded yesterday it was my console games. While doing so - with no problems - I read on Neogaf Tearaway was $27 then went back to trade that in roughly 15 minutes later. The system wouldn't activate my giftcard and he had to call corporate who made him start a new transaction and then it worked. I don't know if its related but as someone who missed the WalMart website glitch of $8 monitors and such the message is clear : These awesome deals come so rarely and are gone so fast you really need to pay attention and have luck on your side.
Killzone PS4 $43 (Paid $30 from same Target during BOGO30% 5 months ago.)
Infamous PS4 $55 (Paid $60)
Black Ops II 360 $20 (This has just been lying around, didnt expect anything really.)
Tearaway $27
I impulse bought the PS4 Gold Wireless headphones I'm not sure if I should keep or buy a generic $25 turtle beach and return these.
I was also amused Killzone is $40 now, so I could have rebought it new for what I got for my used copy. I don't get these deals but I love them.
Edit : Oh, interesting page... When I traded yesterday it was my console games. While doing so - with no problems - I read on Neogaf Tearaway was $27 then went back to trade that in roughly 15 minutes later. The system wouldn't activate my giftcard and he had to call corporate who made him start a new transaction and then it worked. I don't know if its related but as someone who missed the WalMart website glitch of $8 monitors and such the message is clear : These awesome deals come so rarely and are gone so fast you really need to pay attention and have luck on your side.
NJ Blue Laws + Work + System Down makes it real hard for people to actually take advantage of their trade.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Th associate was on the phone with nextworth and I could hear them say that there were about 1000 people trading in games all at once so the system will probably be down for a while. It's like healthcare.gov all over again lol
Are you not reading? The system is down so we cannot do it today. Some people aren't able to make it to these stores on the first day. So yea people have the right to be pissed right now.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
That's nuts.
It was absolutely painless when I went to Target to trade in stuff earlier today.
Solid Samus
Banned
sure am glad I traded in all my games just before the shit went down