Topic: GameStop Says Goodbye to the GameCube

[UncleBob]

I don't have any first hand experience with what the trade in situation is at Gamestop these days.

Ah.

Also, I wonder what the trade in value for Wii Sports or Wii Play is. I would expect that would be extremely poor. Maybe not as bad as the 3 cents for the SMB cart, but still.

Wii Sports is getting $3, while Wii Sports Resort is getting $9.  Selling for $17.99 and $34.99 each.

Now-a-days, they'd probably just reject something as opposed to giving three cents for it.

A person could  put their games on ebay and get much more out of them.

If your time means nothing to you, then, perhaps, you're right.

but its far better than Gamestop giving them let's say $5 for a game that can be sold on ebay for $50 or whatever.

Example, please?

And on that same note, the game could have been shipped to another store or warehouse where it eventually got listed for even more than $3.00. Maybe it got ramped up to $10, like you said who knows?

You're right, we don't know.  So you've got a chip on your shoulder against GS based on knowing nothing?

Even if 1/10th is a slight exaggeration, the point is still valid. A 25 cent trade in game being priced for $2 is 8 times more than the trade in value. So the trade in is only 1/8th instead of 1/10th. Its not exactly the same, but its not far off either.

1/8th of the price that the game will likely never sell for...

Maybe if you jump through all their hoops and sign up for all that stuff they nag you about maybe it really isn't such a rip off, but on the surface that's how it appears. Maybe that is something Gamestop could work on improving.

Of all the things I want GameStop to spend time improving, their trade in values isn't really one of them.
Also, to sign up for a rewards card, it's like $10 and you give them your name and mailing address (for the free magazine subscription).  If that's a hassle for you, good luck selling your stuff on eBay.  Hint: you have to give your name and mailing address to both eBay and PayPal, among many, many other hoops.