GameStop: How to Work the Trade System
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- So I have noticed a lot of people hate GameStops trade values. These are some tips on how to get the most out of your trades. Sadly most employees wont tell you about this stuff. I hope this helps some of you understand how to take advantage of When and what to Trade for. I normally never sell to them unless they are running a promotion!
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+timmytown tim thanks, and all in good time!
Just stop being lazy people and sell your games on Craigslist. You can make 2x - 3x as much as gamestop in cash
Dominick Caputo or ebay
The Last Mohican true
And run the risk of getting robbed literally
Hund Grand yea because meeting in a public place is such a hard thing to do....
I don't really trust Craigslist but if I was to choose somewhere to meet I'd go to the police station because it's honestly really hard to trust people regardless if you meet in public.. Plus most people aren't genuine with what they sell lol.
Best way to find out if Best Buy is having a promotion is by checking their weekly ad and check the video games section and it should tell you if they're having a promotion going on, like this week is 50% trade in bonus for games.
I bought some power bricks for Xbox 360 s (16 exactly) each for $13 went to bunch of GameStop and was trading 4 at a time for $36 for each lmfao made me extra profit ended up buying xb1 with 3 games that was included + they had a promotion when u bought a Xb1 u get a extra controller for free and bought bunch of other things was the best investment I made...
You absolute mad-lad
Damn you finessed foreal
I love going to pawn shops and buying games for $2-3 and walking into gamestop trading them to get much more than what I paid. That's how I got Gears of War 4. GOOD VIDEO AND TIPS
when i trade i never give them the case or manual. no real reason other than being petty
Karma isnt real so petty it is
No thanks I don't believe in ghosts either
So whens the last time the designer created something new?
No one has a real clue about whats really going on, really old books written to scare people aren't very reliable
The most spiritual experiences ive had were when I was on mushrooms, theres evidence that backs that up
i watched all ur gamestop vids and they are great dont stop!
+Orange Gator (YTG) thanks man you should check out some of my reviews as well!
hey I actually started working at gamestop 3months ago and I find most of your videos very interesting. But I was wondering if you still worked at a gamestop? And yeah I subbed because you are very Honest.
Wolfgohan he's a former employee
Entertaining videos thanks for giving us inside knowledge.
+Jesse Cheroti my pleasure thanks for watching
Also be aware that if you're discs are all beat up, you're going to get around half the normal value. I remember when I was working at Game Stop, I'd get ppl coming to trade in a ton of PSP games (back when we still took those). Very rarely did I see a PSP game disc in good shape. Most of them ended up going to the warehouse to be fixed - which meant we had to apply a fee.
I think I just found a new favorite TH-camr.
Very good!!!!! I enjoyed this story very much. Great tips. Thank you!!!!!!
I only trade at GameStop when I can work the bonuses. I traded my 250 GB 360 slim during a "trade towards this and get extra credit" promo which was able to stack with a hardware trade promo. Also, I took the HDD out and traded the base 4gb slim and the 250gb HDD separate. After all that crap, I got my xbone and Arkham Knight for $5 out of pocket. There's always a way to minimize the pain of trading at GS.
a few weeks ago I had like $70 in trade credit and heard I could put it on a gift card but when I asked them about it I was told i could only put it on a gamestop gift card.
scorpion1912 take this Gamestop 🖕
I used the app to get the trade-in values for Fallout 4, Witcher 3 & The Division... in total they would have given me $22. I used Gameflip & sold the games for $25, $20 & $23 respectably. They do take off $3 for shipping ( 2 day ) & a small fee of like $2 each depending on the sale price. So I ended up with $57; I wouldn't be going back to Gamestop for trade-ins and probably not even for games
Thanks for the tips nick. Usually I get ripped of by GameStop trade credit
+jacob gross well I'm sure they will still rip you off but all the people that worked at mine we all tried to milk what we could out of it.
Hey bro. Awesome videos! Keep em coming. I'm a big fan.
+Colton Coldiron thanks man and welcome to the channel
Trading in to amazon gives more value than gamestop now and days xD
And that prime 20% discount on games even 2 weeks after released is nice
+Sujieun best buys is $30 for 2 years with the same discount 20% all new 10% off new
Yeah I use prime for everything else with the 2 day shipping and stuff so better deal for me xD
No best buy within 50miles of me T_T
+Sujieun Best Buy still honors the card and gives free shipping in their site as well. Don't get me wrong Amazon is still good. I just don't buy much except games and electronics.
Back Pocket Game Reviews yea I buy to much random stuff xD
+Sujieun I get it man trust me I am impulsive but it all has to do with tech
i love you're videos man! Keep em coming
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Also if you don't want gameinformer magazines you can tell them to make it electronic or don't and build a table out of the magazines
it makes me so sad that the only videos that get alot of views on your channel are gamestop related ones :/
Your Gears 4 vid was epic!
+GianT “The Giant” thanks man. Yeah my Mafia 3 review got pretty big. Also my switching to T-Mobile video did as well. Wish I could get more people to watch the other content to.... My buddy is trying to get me to do the politics challenge going around on TH-cam.
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I watched both of those! haha XP
And you should try it! I'm the same. I pretty much make any content on my channel, and i think if you branched out and did things like that too it could get your point of view out there! Personally, I would like to see who you vote for and your stance on things! So please reply to Casey Neistat's challenge lol
+GianT “The Giant” I will be doing it
I do that a lot.
Trade in for a Game/Console preorder.
This also works if you use Gamestop Giftcards.
Cancel preorder and get your money back!
+XxHxCRaverxX sure does!
Back Pocket Game Reviews Hey, can I call GameStop to get a code? Like I pre-ordered BF1 digitally and I have to go back on release for the code. (Don't ask me why I didn't just do it on console) Can I call them and they can just send me the information or something?
+First Lucid no they cant send it to you. You would have to go in.
A couple weeks ago I traded in my Madden and Pokemon game, and got a new nba 2k17 game and he still owed me 1 cent lol I knew pokemon heartgold was super valuable BUT I have it on an R4 card so I still have the game
MrJoeMontano wow. I would've kept heart gold. I almost traded mine in a few years ago but now being older I regret trading in all the games I have since I want to play them.
I still have Heartgold though on my R4 so I can play it any time I want
MrJoeMontano but heartgold sells for far more than gamestop can giev you
I have a question, I want to be a bad gamester customer: one gamester employee told me i can buy a traded in game and return it within 7 days to get my money back, is this true and typical?
+IISourAyyII true
Back Pocket Game Reviews Perfect, because i would only get $27 for mafia 3 I'm gunna wait for a used copy of tomb raider lol
+IISourAyyII Tomb Raider was really good
Back Pocket Game Reviews this might be really annoying but I always go to gamestop buy used and then give the game back at the end of the week lol
its better than renting!
+Mike Marks yeah it is. I don't work there so idc man lol
I pre-Ordered Pokemon Moon and I have a Basic Power Up Rewards Membership. I have about 12 PS3 games that I don't play and was thinking of trading them in and putting whatever I got towards my Pre-Order
thanks for the info man I like your videos and i subscribed lol keep making them and i will watch XD
+marcelo Buchhammer thanks man and welcome to the channel
Cool vid man. Even though you have talked about the app before it was interesting taking a deeper look into the whole thing. Thanks man
I've also noticed that GameStop pays you more or less depending on the amount of copies they have of the game you're trying to trade in. For example, I decided to trade in my Splatoon copy because I never played it anymore. On the website it said they would pay me $30, yet when I traded it they gave me $40. But if they have numerous copies of a used game they'll pay you less. I also traded in Star Fox 64 which was supposed to be $20 returned to me but they gave me $15. So, I saw they had no copies of used Splatoon. And a few copies of Star Fox. Hope I could help!
+InfiniteBreak03 correct it's all supply and demand.
That seems real low for Star Fox 64.
just found your channel yesterday. Nice videos bro. Subscribed. Also, I feel like the guy who works at the gs I go to never wants to tell me if a game sucks. he usually says "I liked that one. plus you can never go wrong with a classic." so I stopped asking him. XD
+Storm Miller lol well welcome to the community buddy! Happy your enjoying the videos.
I'll tell you what... the best way to play the system is to buy older games; if you haven't been keeping up for the last decade, there are tons of great games you'd probably enjoy that you'd otherwise pass up because it's "old". I game exclusively on PS3 right now, and I still have tons of games that I haven't finished or even played and really want to get around to. I have a huge stack of games, about 3 foot tall; games that are on my to-play list, and most of them cost $10 or less, with the exception of a few HD collections that usually go for like... $30+, which is way better pricing than any new game you could find on the market.
I suppose, if you have friends that want you to play the new games, I could see someone wanting them, but really if you want a game to just play and have a good time with friends, there are tons that are really cheap. As long as you like the genre and it has good local multiplayer, it serves the same purpose.
I'm going today.. I have close to 50 PS3 games and I'm trading those for cash along with my PS3. And I heard that for my place they 20% more than they usually would anywhere else. I actually did the math to see how much I'd get out of it with the games and how much I'd get out of trading in my PS3. I finished all of my games and I have new game systems so my PS3 was put on the back burner for a long time and the games were useless because I beat them all pretty much as soon as I got them.
found your channel today. I've binged all of them sitting here at the midnight release for battlefield 1. keep up the great work man
+Austin Gage thanks buddy my bf1 review will be up tomorrow night
Sweet, looking forward to it brother!
i love your videos please making more like this !!
Dude! Ive been doing this for about a year! Great minds think alike lol
Can't use trade in towards gift cards, tried this the other day.. They said you can't use trade or store credit towards gift cards..
i've been doing so much research on how gamestop trade works to try to get a new console and im worry that the app will screw me over and when I'm ready to trade the cashier will only give me only half of what i could get'
Actually that Amazon and Ebay loophole was shut down in July. The POS no longer allows you to buy a gift card with a gift card (or trade credit) any longer.
+MRW2276 I did it the other day
+MRW2276 I literally means it as I did it this month
I have a trick to get your scratched game changed to a non scratched. Buy the same game preowned at gamestop. Go in the car switch out the game. Drive to a other game stop and get a refund. There is 3 in a radius of 15km in my city. I did this trick several times.
Ive done it too
@@fireclaner8774 Nice. Its a good trick. Fk gamestop bunch of thieves.
I have watchdogs 2 and I want to trade it in for battlefield 1, but I lost my receipt. Am I still able to trade it in?
+Gucci Modz yeah, a trade isn't an even exchange. You'll still have to pay money. But receipt isn't needed, if you want to exchange a game you need the receipt and it has to be within 7 days. It also had to be used
double video day, its a good day!!! Your going to love gears 4, its a blast!!!
+jason Schoenfeld yeah I shoulda sprung the extra $50 to play it early. But I already played the beta when it was out. It was really good.
I got the 2TB red Gears bundle,I LOVE it but my wife isnt exactly my #1 fan for spending all that $!!
I have never traded in my games at Gamestop or EB Games or anywhere for that matter, Maybe its different in the USA as apposed to Canada, But i can get far more online from places like Amazon or Ebay or even Craigslist.
+T0MMYVERCETTI yeah trading sucks.
your so smart n not full of yourself like all these other youtubers
+Derek Delisle I sense sarcasm?
I know you mentioned something about Gamestop giving you promotional posters. What about promotional standees. I've always wanted to own one.
+Stg. Swegin if they haven't already been claimed. Normally employees claim those first
You should do a video on how to rent games for a week, for free (or atleast get your full money back upon return) at gamestop!
+Josh B I will be doing a GameStop hacks video at some pount
Im pretty sure that's only for employees
+lordrain8 Naw anyone can do it. Ive been doing it for years. Thats the only reason why i go to game stop. And ive never worked for them or any affiliate of them.
+lordrain8 it's not. You have 7 days for a full refund in any preowned game. That's what he is referring to
Gotta question for ya. What kinda stuff does GameStop usually throw out? I've seen people dumpster diving from GameStop and pull out a full console and new games and stuff and I wanted to see if it is true.
+ViP Meteor uncommon but true. Normally their is an explanation
I only buy 2 or 3 new games a year. For all other games I wait until their $20 or less. When I pay $20 or less for a game there's no point in even trading them in. So I have this massive backlog of games yet to play. I have enough games to last me 5 lifetimes. I still haven't played skyrim yet. I got it black Friday a few years back for $15 GOTY edition. I was caught up in Dark Souls at the time so I never got around to playing it. I'm just going to wait for Skyrim Remaster to go on sale black friday 2017.
So I have Xbox 360 but I learned that I can't place most game on it so I want a ps4 can I trade in for that? Or do I have buy that? Or idk so please someone explain please tyanks
GameStop gave me five dollars in trade in credit, for one of the Legend of Zelda games....a week after it was released. I beat the game in three days. Returned it a day or two later. I get five dollars. I paid like 50 for it.
Ryan Shirley why did u sell it to them then
mrfixed2 I didnt. That was their offer. I just laughed it off, and handed it to one of the kids looking at the game on the shelf. Rather he have it than that bs.
Usually only time i'm in Gamestop anymore is when they run the 4 for $10 deal which i don't think they've done this year it's mostly been 4 for $20 or $40.
Bayou Boy Entertainment what games are you getting 4 for $10 that are worth playing, 2 year old sports games? lol
Love the content man
Can I still buy gift cards with trade credit
I wonder if they do it for a new Xbox..
I really like these vids please don't change this style
+-LoColuc- I ain't changing anything any time soon
So if I give GameStop the same game for a diff console I get the game for free?
Can you please explain why gamestop doesn't accept sealed(new) games?
+ELepiphone it's a indicator that they may be stolen. Normally it is a huge red flag.
Get trade in value. Buy stuff. Return it and they give you cash, employee told me how to rig the system
Can you trade games for trade credit and buy brand new thing at GameStop with it?
I see you, with that Demolition Man reference
Do u need to be a GameStop member to trade games?
PSA. Don't preorder and don't sell your used copies at GS. Dont feed the system!
I'm 100% sure it's better to just sell your games on a buy and sell or to your friends
I find you very knowledgeable & helpful. Wish I knew personally.
Thank you!
What about front pocket ?🤔
I mainly game on PC but I never really liked trading in stuff. I don't agree with the business model really. Nothing against the people who work there. I've had friends who worked there but I typically always buy new.
Anyways I've checked trade in values for a game before. Seen it was $17 (Fallout 4 awhile back ago). Anyways I noticed they will drop a lot of games trade in value before a promo. Then once the promo hits it brings it back to the normal level it would have been pre promo.
Back when I was a kid my family was pretty poor. Never really got games or consoles. Anyways it was a rare event. I had a stack full of games. I was also probably 8 years old at the time so I didn't fully understand how the value worked just figured a game was a game.
There was this Yugioh game I really wanted for PS1 (back when games where $40 new). I traded in every game I had and a few I really love but didn't really want to trade in. I got my Yugioh game tho. I was all happy and when I got home I looked at the ticket and noticed there was 3-4 games I only got $0.50 for which wasnt a problem but the guy took those games and also charged me $2.50 to resurface the games. So essentially the guy let me lose like $8 just to trade in those games. I mean hey it's only $8 but as a kid that $8 could have saved me the 2 games I really didn't want to trade in. Never really had a favorable view of the company since.
love your shirt I'm a gear head myself
I have the same blanket on the bed
I have the app on my Samsung Note 4 (which I know you don't like, but like you, I also do not use apple). Anyway, I just picked up my preordered Gow4 Ultimate edition and I read somewhere that I was supposed to get $20 to use on a new game for the preorder and I want to use that towards my Titanfall 2 here in a few weeks, but I never got a code or anything. I think I need to call them today about it and ask.
Brad Allison if you're a pro member it will be in your app
phillip ney where would it be I don't see it
i buy my games online now
+Christian Harris you can trade to them and use the gift card to buy a steam card. Or did you mean Amazon. I don't think they have Amazon gift cards?
I shop at EB games (parent company is gamestop) they are always trying to sell me memberships or asking me to pay a couple of dollars extra to ensure if my " Blu ray disc fails" I will be given a replacement.
I only buy recycled at EB and that too if the after tax price is CAD 25 or under. Otherwise I take my money elsewhere
+Troublemaker that's a fair logic to have. I here it's much pricier in Canada for games.
EB is just as nasty as its parent. They actually try to sell some games new and recycled at the same price !!!
+Troublemaker yeah GameStop actually notoriously charges more for used then new.
As a new entrant to the PS4 scene, I actually hold the advantage this time. I have bought all my games under 25 CAD from them. I got watchdogs 1 for 13 CAD yesterday.
Just browse their deals boxes and give their higher marked items the wide berth. The staff just loves me ;)
Thanks for the info on the Gamestop App
+Sam Velazquez I always check before I go in to trade
if i sell my wii u ps3 and xbox 360 ow much money will i get?
Say i just got a Gamestop trade limit notice. They wont let me trade any games. Anyone know how long this last?
Elbe Vargas I've never heard of a trade limit notice.
What does store credit mean ?
does the game stop app work for eb games also
My game stop won't allow me to buy steam cards or any card for that matter , with store credit. :( Was gonna be for a girl too lol.
+Ughash Eggash they aren't aloud to say no to that call their DM
allowed*
Back Pocket Game Reviews dang those thieves! They would always tell me the system needs real
Money and can't take store credit for gift cards/steam cards ect.
Hey man i got a question. I bought a game 2 days ago new and i absolutely hate it. I want to return it but since its new and i opened it, whats my option?
+Andrew Yurick Sell it. They will not take it back.
+Andrew Yurick that's actually a federal thing. It's to eliminate piracy. Sucks but if you buy a game used you have 15 days
Since your not a manager at GameStop anymore, what do you do now?
+Alexander amour I'm a manager for a larger retailer
Can u trade in a game u got 4 free during a buy 2 get 1 free promote?
+Back Pocket Game Reviews HAHAHA i immediately hit subscribe when you said taco bell. love your vids keep it up.
Do they take broken disc
Can I trade my copy of Fifa 15 for a copy of Raging Blast 2 or Tekken 6
I got $400 out of them in cash trading a bunch of shit that I never planned on using when they had a cash and credit is the same. These were all games at the time that held well in value that I knew most if not all of the titles would be price dropping soon. I literally cashed out on a bunch of Nintendo titles that actually hold their trade values, that I knew would be getting reprints of as greatest hits at some point. I took a gamble, but I was right. They're re-releasing everything for $20 new that was once $40+ used as their new nintendo selects aka greatest hits. In the end got all the titles I sold back that I wanted for less than $100 as there were only some, not all that I did want back. But doing that basically got me a free $230 fight stick to replace my shitty broken down HORI I had before, plus a year long PS+ card. Then I just bought the games I wanted back over the months.
But now that selects exist, nintendo games won't hold value at all so that trick won't work as well, and trust me, they were pissed giving me $400 in cash for what I was giving them. They actually made me wait because they didn't have enough cash in the register even. So now I'll only ditch my games I'll never touch again when they have the 50%+ extra credit on trade ins. I've gotten over $100 on some pretty random ass 360 titles from that. So that's probably the best bet for now to at least get some worth out of games with little value.
shadowboxin420 nobody knows what the fuck you're saying bro
shadowboxin420
Brick ByBrick That's fine. I'm sick with bronchitis so I've been bored browsing TH-cam. Glad I could be of help!
can you put the trade credit towards a visa gift card
+christian rodriguez not sure? I would assume.
Did they not make you sign an NDA? Careful man. Sharing how to work promos is fine, inciting people to scam the system by pre ordering something on promo, getting the extra credit then cancelling is borderline fraud. Just be careful.
Would u recommend purchasing a refurbished console from the GS establishment?
+OBZRV82 no just buy new you are much better off
+OBZRV82 you can normally get a bunch of bundled games worth more then the difference
Word.. Good looking out gee.. Peace
+OBZRV82 yeah no problem man. Go to BestBuys hand get the Gamers Club Unlicked. It's $30 for 2 years but 20% off all new games.
Thanks, I'm gonna give it a try. Appreciate ur insight.. Peace.
I just traded all of my games (about 11 games), my PlayStation 3 ($100), and my controllers ($60), THATS about worth a Xbox 1! Ind I got 80 bucks!
thanks for the tips
I've just sold them PS4 slim 1TB with controller for $136
I didn't know I could get Amazon gift card because the in store credit was $170....so I've waisted $34
It's win win if they sell Best Buy gift cards! I've had gamer club at Best Buy for about a yr and it's more then paid for itself.
great video as always keep it up
+Ninjabob21 Thanks buddy it was a double upload day!
Back Pocket Game Reviews I saw that always a makes the day great
Love the shirt I love Gears of War
+Gehtea. Thanks man, it's one of my favorite game franchises.
Thanks for all the tips , too bad I don't own hard copies for any of my games :(
3:35 why only get $5 back wouldn't it be 14?
What’s the name of the app
cool shirt
+IsBlankHi thanks man
Trade in games .
That is simply something i do not do .
There are more Blue moons in my life time then times i have ever traded anything to any gaming store .
great shirt and where did you get the cog tag see you on gow4 it rocks
+Darrell Hutchison oh it was a gift from the Microsoft Rep when I worked at GameStop. I was the only Xbox guy in my store. All the other stores managers in our district were Playstation. So he would always bring me really cool stuff. He also only came in when I worked.
Lucky butt lol
+Darrell Hutchison yeah I miss the Microsoft Rep. I have some cool stuff he gave me.
I dident know about the gift card thing
I traded in a xbox one x and everything to buy a new pc and they said they would give me 27 bucks