Stores generally don't take shrink wrapped items as trades, due the high chance that it's someone trying to flip a stolen good and nobody has a system for mint vs opened trade ins anyway. They need to open it to verify it.
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Gamestop having a 50% console trade in bonus week, $232 for Wii U (USA)
- Thread starter tearsintherain
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Stores generally don't take shrink wrapped items as trades, due the high chance that it's someone trying to flip a stolen good and nobody has a system for mint vs opened trade ins anyway. They need to open it to verify it.
chixdiggit
Member
do I have to worry about wiping PS4/Vita clean or will they do that?
ramoisdead
Member
Traded my old 3DS XL for the N3DS XL. Paid a difference of $103.
But good god is the process of transferring licenses a slow painful death. Just want to leave this GameStop.
But good god is the process of transferring licenses a slow painful death. Just want to leave this GameStop.
You do it yourself, they just test, they don't wipe.
Well, maybe if you ask, but better that you do it IMO.
Fongul
Member
For anyone trading in a Xbox One with a Kinect, you can trade in the Kinect for $63.67 @ Amazon instead of the $27.50 that Gamestop is offering.
Just make sure to select 'Acceptable', print the UPS label, throw it in a box and wait 2-3 weeks for your Amazon credit.
With the $262.50 ($175 base) for your Xbox One @Gamestop, it comes out to a hot $326.17. Sounds good for a dusty doorstop...
Just make sure to select 'Acceptable', print the UPS label, throw it in a box and wait 2-3 weeks for your Amazon credit.
With the $262.50 ($175 base) for your Xbox One @Gamestop, it comes out to a hot $326.17. Sounds good for a dusty doorstop...
Shit. I just assumed i'd be able to contact customer support online or over the phone or something to get them to fix the error, I didn't realize trade ins had special rules. I've gotten too used to the amazing customer support amazon has it seems.
The Last Wizard
Member
Hmmm, I mgiht trade in my vita, og os3, wii u and dsi xl and grab a slim vita. Decisions decisions.
DirgeExtinction
Member
Hmm, been wanting to sell my Infamous Second Son(Limited Edition) and Animal Crossing New Leaf. I wonder if I'd get more through this promotion or selling elsewhere.
Novel Mike
Member
That must be store specific because GS won't take mine without an AC.
bobawesome
Member
Yeah, $217 still sounds pretty good considering the amount of use I've gotten out of the system since buying it. I just hope it hovers around there until Tuesday.
DirgeExtinction
Member
So the trade in values on the GS site are before the 50% bonus, right?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
So I reformatted my PS Vita and it completely wiped my Vita, but when I went on my Sony account online it says it's still activated... I no longer have it with me and I can only deactivate it if I have it with me. I'm not gonna get hacked am I?
Edit: never mind, I found a button that just automatically did it. No worries now.
Edit: never mind, I found a button that just automatically did it. No worries now.
BoboBrazil
Member
You guys should sell your consoles on craigslist. You'll make more and it's cash instead of credit.
That's a hassle, requires more work and I am already guaranteed to get 217 dollars on a console i paid 200 for.
Hip Hop
Member
I really doubt anyone would want to pay even $200 for a Wii U where I live.
and if you are selling online, you can't compete with Nintendo selling refurbished consoles with 1 year warranty plus games.
$217 is an awesome price to sell. Plus you can turn it to Amazon credit. Almost as good as cash.
BoboBrazil
Member
It takes 2 minutes to create a craigslist ad. Then you meet someone local and take them the system. That's not really more of a hassle when you are going to make more money. To each their own though.
The reality of selling it on craigslist is much more of a hassle.
1.Take pics.
2.Make an ad.
3. Wade through a bunch of emails, most of which are scams.
4.Designate a spot to meet and exchange.
5.Get murdered.
BoboBrazil
Member
Have you sold anything on there? Taking pics and making an ad only takes a few minutes. I've never gotten spam emails, but I have gotten the fake texts which are incredibly easy to spot since they are from zip codes across the country and usually include your whole subject in the text. I always meet at a public place like Starbucks and have never had an issue.
I lol'ed
ValkyrUser
Member
Does the console have to be scratch free? My Wii U has billions of light scratches all over it. Stupid glossy plastic..
BRocknRolla
Member
I went ahead and did it. Feel good about it too. MS can try to win over my affections come the holidays again. They've got nothing for me until Halo 5 anyway. (And who knows? Maybe they'll make good on all that PC talk and I'll get to buy it there instead!
I know. What a joke...
Hip Hop
Member
As long as it's not really deep and noticeable scratches you should be fine.
GameStop is paying $217 for a used wiiu. You can get a refurbished wii u from Nintendo for 230. Someone would have to be insane to pay $217 for a used one on Craigslist.
Cash is best, but I buy so much stuff on Amazon it is like cash for me. Normally I agree, GameStop is not a great deal, but in this case the extra 50% makes it as good, if not better, than selling privately.
Craigslist employee confirmed.
6. Be forever remembered in Lifetime Movie form.
StanleyStutters
Member
Just saw this post. I've been working all weekend, but I'll be heading to gamestop tomorrow to dump some games. It's been awhile and I have a lot I need to get rid off.
BFIB
Member
So I remembered why I hate GameStop. Went to the first one, and the dude takes out my console. It has a few scratches on the glossy part, so the dude tells he he'd have to mark it as "damaged".
Try the other one in town, that guy said the consoles have to "look perfect". I honestly didn't know there were some marks on it since its on my shelf. I always laid my controller on that part of the console, guess it put the scuffs on there.
Either way, kind of ridiculous, but it's Gamestop, not too surprised.
Try the other one in town, that guy said the consoles have to "look perfect". I honestly didn't know there were some marks on it since its on my shelf. I always laid my controller on that part of the console, guess it put the scuffs on there.
Either way, kind of ridiculous, but it's Gamestop, not too surprised.
blame space
Banned
i will give you $6 for it
blame space
Banned
in taco bell store credit.
redhairedking
Junior Member
I'm surprised, but know that I definitely should not be. Gamestop treats their preowned inventory like crap so I just figured they didn't care about what condition it was received in.
blame space
Banned
at a date to be named later
I've used craigslist a lot in the past and it's no where as simple as you put.
Already got 220 from a gameztop....a price that I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten on Craig's list in my city without a lot of work since its pretty much this price on Nintendo's website refurbished.
Well if X1 price holds I'll probably dump it tomorrow. After all my friends left Destiny it has been sitting collecting dust. My kid likes to push the button on the controller occasionally because it lights up which he finds hilarious.
Only thing that could lure me back to the MS environment would be some sort of exclusivity of Elder Scrolls or Falllout...or Dragon Quest...probably won't happen.
Only thing that could lure me back to the MS environment would be some sort of exclusivity of Elder Scrolls or Falllout...or Dragon Quest...probably won't happen.
No, select games get a bump. See OP for a short list.
Okay, here is the list of stuff of traded in and the prices I got for it. The guys at my store said it was only for Power-Up Pro so I had to pay $15 for that.
I wrote down the unmodified trade-in (credit) prices of everything I brought before I went to the store, I have put them in [] here. As I mentioned above, none of my games got the 50% bonus, only the system, even though the games were on the list in the OP. However Power-Up Pro by default gives a 10% bonus to all trade-ins.
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$105 [70] 3DS XL w/AC+Stylus
$13.20 [12] Pokemon Y
$16.50 [15] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
$33.00 [30] The Last of Us Remastered
$27.50 [25] Alien: Isolation (PS4)
$27.50 [25] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4)
$33.00 [30] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
$2.75 [2.50] NintendoLand
$3.30 [3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3)
$38.50 [35] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
$22.00 [20] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
$22.00 [20] New Super Mario Bros (Wii)
$22.00 [20] Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
$2.75 [2.25] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
$1.37 [1.25] Monter Hunter Tri (Wii)
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TOTAL: $370 [-$15 for Power Up Pro card = $355]
I wrote down the unmodified trade-in (credit) prices of everything I brought before I went to the store, I have put them in [] here. As I mentioned above, none of my games got the 50% bonus, only the system, even though the games were on the list in the OP. However Power-Up Pro by default gives a 10% bonus to all trade-ins.
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$105 [70] 3DS XL w/AC+Stylus
$13.20 [12] Pokemon Y
$16.50 [15] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
$33.00 [30] The Last of Us Remastered
$27.50 [25] Alien: Isolation (PS4)
$27.50 [25] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4)
$33.00 [30] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
$2.75 [2.50] NintendoLand
$3.30 [3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3)
$38.50 [35] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
$22.00 [20] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
$22.00 [20] New Super Mario Bros (Wii)
$22.00 [20] Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
$2.75 [2.25] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
$1.37 [1.25] Monter Hunter Tri (Wii)
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TOTAL: $370 [-$15 for Power Up Pro card = $355]
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Haha one time I met a guy at a Hess gas station, selling the old. Kinect, the guy tries to pay me with a $100 bill... I kindly asked him if he didn't mind braking it to $20s inside the convenience store. As soon as I asked, the son of a gun ran into his car and left. Gotta be careful with Craigslist lots of druggies and scamers.