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WELCOME TO THE NEW GAMESTOP TRADE-IN THREAD.

The new thread format will be a work in progress but this first post will be the promos that are active and useful information, but also wikified. The second post will currently be frequently asked questions but may move it into the first post. Post three will be historical trade-in values from before the list.

Trade-in Values Available at: http://www.gamestop.com/trade

Also on GameStop app on iOS and Android

Upcoming Promotions/Information:

From GameStop employees on CAG:

GameStop.com Information (will post it when they update it)

Guaranteed $30/$40 on select games (Varying End Dates)

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Rotating promo list found at http://www.gamestop.com/collection/trade-in
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ThatOneGuyWho said:
They probably will but there is a reason certain stores take your information for trades in case they are stolen. I traded in some RedBox games today and the employees there, that are good friends of mine, were a bit suspicious about me trading them in. Had to explain you can indeed buy RedBox games.

If they do implement a policy for these games, I hope its only that they needed to have the RedBox case to be allowed. As long as it isn't a refurb for having stickers on it, I'll be good.
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It's hard to say - I don't like that they accept them because it promotes theft at redbox and that's already a huge issue. But its nice when you can flip them. But also who wants to buy that beat up redbox disc only copy for the same price as a complete regular copy that's on the shelf?

None of the stores around here will even take redbox games. They just flat out deny. I don't even try to buy them anymore. I flipped a few resident evils and state of decays, but also got burned on a paper disc and a disc that just had a knife taken to the bottom of it too.

 
I didn't see that it was excluded but I bought the gears ultimate edition digital code before release. I wonder if I'll get the $20 coupon or not.

 
Virtua said:
It's hard to say - I don't like that they accept them because it promotes theft at redbox and that's already a huge issue. But its nice when you can flip them. But also who wants to buy that beat up redbox disc only copy for the same price as a complete regular copy that's on the shelf?

None of the stores around here will even take redbox games. They just flat out deny. I don't even try to buy them anymore. I flipped a few resident evils and state of decays, but also got burned on a paper disc and a disc that just had a knife taken to the bottom of it too.
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The fact that they accept any trade can promote theft. Anyone can easily go to Walmart, steal a game and trade it in. Why punish the majority for the theft of a few.

Beat up? Every Redbox game I've brought has been in better condition than majority of the used games at Gamestop.

They shouldn't punish all customers just because a few steal and trade those stolen games in. They should (as some stores already do) have a tracking system for trades to catch or hinder those that steal games. I can see the whole it doesn't have a case so people wouldn't buy it but than I remember that all Gamestops sell games without cases because people can trade them in without it. Majority of times they'll give you a generic case but sometimes they just give you a sleeve with a disc in it.

For the games you bought, you can just call Redbox and they reimburse you.
 
So no issues at all like having to manually override? Planning on getting 2 copies of naruto since I have like 2 copies of the same game same platform so gotta do another transaction at a different gs and get a gift receipt. Also gotta put down $5 on legacy pro cod. I ended up finding deadpool and halo 5 at only one redbox so I immediately bought those. I forgot deadpool's tiv is basically dead and halo 5 jumped up in price a bit at redbox.
 
ThatOneGuyWho said:
The fact that they accept any trade can promote theft. Anyone can easily go to Walmart, steal a game and trade it in. Why punish the majority for the theft of a few.

Beat up? Every Redbox game I've brought has been in better condition than majority of the used games at Gamestop.

They shouldn't punish all customers just because a few steal and trade those stolen games in. They should (as some stores already do) have a tracking system for trades to catch or hinder those that steal games. I can see the whole it doesn't have a case so people wouldn't buy it but than I remember that all Gamestops sell games without cases because people can trade them in without it. Majority of times they'll give you a generic case but sometimes they just give you a sleeve with a disc in it.

For the games you bought, you can just call Redbox and they reimburse you.
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The rate of theft at Redbox is significantly higher than any retail store, you have to admit that.

Not taking Redbox is just like them not taking sealed games. Both are a red flag for theft to me.

The Redbox hassle of them not wanting to refund you but instead give you a credit towards rentals is not worth the time to me. Maybe if my local stores also didn't refuse to take the games most of the time.

It's like a triple hassle, finding a Redbox that has the game for sale, it's not fake/damaged/destroyed by someone else/GameStop policy being all over the place about taking the discs.

They should just make a company wide policy about Redbox discs.
 
reaperztoll said:
I've never come across this but I'm sure someone here knows, will Gamestop take games that have writing on them? I bought a stack of games cheap off my dad's neighbor that apparently belonged to a younger kid and about half of them have a name written on them in permanent marker. A refurb fee is no big deal but I didn't see anything on the trade conditions that mentioned this scenario.
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use rubbing alcohol to wipe it off.

 
Virtua said:
The rate of theft at Redbox is significantly higher than any retail store, you have to admit that.

Not taking Redbox is just like them not taking sealed games. Both are a red flag for theft to me.

The Redbox hassle of them not wanting to refund you but instead give you a credit towards rentals is not worth the time to me. Maybe if my local stores also didn't refuse to take the games most of the time.

It's like a triple hassle, finding a Redbox that has the game for sale, it's not fake/damaged/destroyed by someone else/GameStop policy being all over the place about taking the discs.

They should just make a company wide policy about Redbox discs.
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Yeah, no. Redbox does have a theft problem, but no where near that of a retail store. I couldn't find any statistics on Redbox theft numbers but retails stores have apparently "approximately 27 million shoplifters (or 1 in 11 people) in our nation today. More than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the last five years." Considering the number of Redbox kiosk compared to retail stores, I'm inclined to believe there is a much bigger problem at those stores than the 1 to 2 stolen / fake disc inside most Redbox's.

http://www.shopliftingprevention.org/what-we-do/learning-resource-center/statistics/

A redflag imo is sealed disc, Redbox stickers, etc. but there are legitamate customers that trade in these items. Hell, I've traded in sealed games before and have had issues doing so. So I just started opening those games before entering the store. With RedBox games I just explain that anyone can buy Redbox games (and sometimes show my receipt to employees too hard headed to believe). There are signals to know about theft but those can be attributed to any customer. This is why I much rather have all stores require an I.D., thumb print, picture, etc. when trading in (which some stores do require currently, mainly due to pawn shop laws that have the same issue).

Again no. Call Redbox when you get a fake disc and they refund you cash. I've gotten 2 paper disc and was given my money back 2 days later each time. The calls took 5 minutes too. It helps when you call as soon as you finish the transaction.

You can also find Redbox games using the search feature on their site. Just search for the game, click the "Find a Box" under "Buy in-person at the box" option, enter your zip code and it'll give you a small range of the boxes that have it. It isn't entirely accurate but it helped.

They should have a policy about requiring Redbox cases along with disc since you can't steal a Redbox game and get away with it without the case being given back. I don't think they should limit those trades and if they are going to do that than they need to consider all the other people who steal from other stores. Maybe Gamestop should only accept trades from items bought from their store (with a receipt). But as soon as you do that you limit the people who can or would trade to them. Seeing as they make most of their money from trades, I doubt they'll do such a thing.

 
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ThatOneGuyWho said:
Yeah, no. Redbox does have a theft problem, but no where near that of a retail store. I couldn't find any statistics on Redbox theft numbers but retails stores have apparently "approximately 27 million shoplifters (or 1 in 11 people) in our nation today. More than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the last five years." Considering the number of Redbox kiosk compared to retail stores, I'm inclined to believe there is a much bigger problem at those stores than the 1 to 2 stolen / fake disc inside most Redbox's.
http://www.shopliftingprevention.org/what-we-do/learning-resource-center/statistics/

A redflag imo is sealed disc, Redbox stickers, etc. but there are legitamate customers that trade in these items. Hell, I've traded in sealed games before and have had issues doing so. So I just started opening those games before entering the store. With RedBox games I just explain that anyone can buy Redbox games (and sometimes show my receipt to employees too hard headed to believe). There are signals to know about theft but those can be attributed to any customer. This is why I much rather have all stores require an I.D., thumb print, picture, etc. when trading in (which some stores do require currently, mainly due to pawn shop laws that have the same issue).

Again no. Call Redbox when you get a fake disc and they refund you cash. I've gotten 2 paper disc and was given my money back 2 days later each time. The calls took 5 minutes too. It helps when you call as soon as you finish the transaction.

You can also find Redbox games using the search feature on their site. Just search for the game, click the "Find a Box" under "Buy in-person at the box" option, enter your zip code and it'll give you a small range of the boxes that have it. It isn't entirely accurate but it helped.

They should have a policy about requiring Redbox cases along with disc since you can't steal a Redbox game and get away with it without the case being given back. I don't think they should limit those trades and if they are going to do that than they need to consider all the other people who steal from other stores. Maybe Gamestop should only accept trades from items bought from their store (with a receipt). But as soon as you do that you limit the people who can or would trade to them. Seeing as they make most of their money from trades, I doubt they'll do such a thing.
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You make too much sense. Are you sure you are on the right site?
 
I've never had a problem getting refunded by Redbox. Never have they offered me credits instead of a refund. I have had about 13-15 fake disks so far. The only gripe I have is that my debit card is now unauthorized to make Redbox purchases.
 
Vigilante said:
"C'mon man" as in your repeat post was answered literally 1 minute before:
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No I haven't been, didn't realize I double posted. Tapatalk acts funky sometimes and just keeps loading when posting. Came back cancelled and posted again.

Only read the reply to the second post cause I thought that's all that posted. I thought he was being sarcastic.
 
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jgibbons83 said:
Has anyone had any issues with returning Naruto or Dark Souls because of the bonus with them? Like a manager giving trouble.
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Just did. No problems at all.

Finally traded in my broken HDMI PS4 too. Was hit with a $50 refurb fee (as expected) but $100 to get rid of it and save for a PS4 Pro is worth it.

 
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ZeroGame said:
I've never had a problem getting refunded by Redbox. Never have they offered me credits instead of a refund. I have had about 13-15 fake disks so far. The only gripe I have is that my debit card is now unauthorized to make Redbox purchases.
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The first time I bought one it was a disc with "f* you" scratched in the bottom with a knife.

The phone rep didn't offer and wouldn't allow me to get a refund to my card until I asked for a supervisor and threatened to charge back.

Maybe they are better about it now but it was a huge hassle. And I know the stores around me dislike or refuse Redbox trades because of theft. They don't refuse best buy or target or Walmart trades because of theft. That tells me enough about the problem with theft and vandalism at Redbox. I've never bought something from those stores in the decades I've shopped there and had it be vandalised or missing disc. It happens, but nowhere near the rate of Redbox.

Just see the poster above: 13-15 fake discs, in one area found by just one person. That's ridiculous.

I don't even know why this turned into a wall of text argument? It's not a yes or no answer. Trading in Redbox games can be a hassle, for a variety of reasons. That's my point.
 
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DrBayrd said:
Are you serious or just trolling ?
Not sure if this is worth the trouble. I've traded in plenty with the redbox sticker on the game disk. I tried using the hair dryer technique but this lead to peeling of the cover art and refurb fee. Besides wouldn't you risk damaging the disk by running hot water over it ?
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Im serious but let me correct what i said before.I put it under hot water but of course with a little bit of cold water running too otherwise you'd burn your fingers unless you have strong callous hands.
 
Well I went and traded Tony Hawk and Just Cause, used that to get DS3 and when I went to return it at the next store the guy game me it all back in cash. Not complaining but that's a first. I came out way ahead today since that was step 1 of 5 in my hour of driving and flipping. Only place I got cash though.

 
I remember it happening back in 2008 when I was flipping from blockbuster daily. Those were the days.

But yeah returning games I bought with credit for promos and getting cash back because that was the only option the register gives. I think it happens randomly because sometimes it will go back to trade credit. It's weird.
 
Bombarded said:
Who's brave enough to ask why they're being handed cash for returning a game bought with trade credit, next time?
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I did ask. The guy's response was, "Oh..um..I don't know. It does this sometimes."
I even asked if it could be put on my trade card and he said no the system wouldn't allow it.

 
ThatOneGuyWho said:
If you guys have an easy way of taking them off we're all ears.
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Darby27 said:
Hair dryer.
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Caveat emptor on this. I've had trouble with the sticker removing artwork from :ps4: games when it comes off. I've had lots more good luck than I have had bad luck though (mostly non-:ps4: games).

reaperztoll said:
I've never come across this but I'm sure someone here knows, will Gamestop take games that have writing on them? I bought a stack of games cheap off my dad's neighbor that apparently belonged to a younger kid and about half of them have a name written on them in permanent marker. A refurb fee is no big deal but I didn't see anything on the trade conditions that mentioned this scenario.
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Darby27 said:
Should be fine, not even a refurb fee. If they try to hit you with a refurb fee just go to a different store.
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reaperztoll said:
Yeah this is a first for me since I was in college and the one weirdo in the dorm thought people were going to jack his games so he wrote all over them.

That's what I was thinking, I'll give it a go tomorrow.
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I've been told by more than one store that they don't take games with writing on them. However, I've had one store take a game with writing on it and the two :ps4: games with missing art, so I guess persistence is key. :)

 
reaperztoll said:
I did ask. The guy's response was, "Oh..um..I don't know. It does this sometimes."
I even asked if it could be put on my trade card and he said no the system wouldn't allow it.
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Yeah, they PoS system is just plain stupid sometimes. Randomly it'll have them give me part back on my trade card and part back as cash.

 
ZeroGame said:
Do you think that has something to do with tax percentage difference at the two locations?
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That was my theory at one point, but in my experience it isn't the cause. I have returned stuff in a different location with different tax and had it all put back on my trade card.

 
does anyone have a problem placing orders on gamestop.com with multiples?  I just placed an order for 2 copies each of 7 different games. I tried to follow up on another account and it gave me an "error wait 60 minutes to talk to a human on our 1800 number"

I tried reducing my amount to 1 on each of them and still the same error on two different accounts.

edit: had to tinker around with alot of the numbers. I think I may have bought that last copies of some of them and the computer didnt know how to tell me no when I added them to the cart.

 
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Can one still buy psn and Xbox live currency using credit at GameStop? Or did they ban that too? I'm hearing Amazon is dead right?
 
Please come back soon, $25 trade in values towards cheap games.  I also hope Infinity Warfare super deluxe version preorders did really well so we can see another of those rather quickly.  

 
paulwekiva said:
Please come back soon, $25 trade in values towards cheap games. I also hope Infinity Warfare super deluxe version preorders did really well so we can see another of those rather quickly.
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With this type of promotion, doesn't it carry over to the pickup of the product too? Like if you trade stuff one more time to pay the game off?
 
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