The 2024 Gamestop Thread

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GS FAQ

Where is the weekly ad?
They ended the weekly ad for more rotation of deals. Please check the homepage and deal link for the current deals.

I can't find a trade in value for an item?
It might not be tradable or calling a store to find the value may be the only option.

How many copies of a game can I trade in?
You are allowed to trade in 4 copies of the same game (same system) within a rolling 30 day period.

Are there trade limits?
Yes, $500 cash minus some electronic trade ins and or $2000 trade credit in a rolling 30 day period.

Where is the weekly ad?
They ended the weekly ad for more rotation of deals in a period.


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Can I use the $5 monthly coupon on gift cards?

Yes you can in store but not online please note not all gift cards will apply to this rule.

I have a $XX.xx pre-owned reward certificate, and I want to use it on a B2G1 transaction. Should I?
It depends. If the three games are equal value, do not use your certificate. The value of the certificate would be applied to the free game, which would not benefit you. If one game is more expensive, you can use the certificate to make it the same value as the other two games ($5 reward certificate applied to transaction with two $10 games and one $15 game would make all three games $10).


TERMINOLOGY AND LINGO:
ASL/SL: Assistant Store Leader, Store Leader; manager positions at GS.
B2G1: Buy two, get one free.
GS: GameStop
JD: Junior detective, an employee who is out to get someone
LP: Loss Prevention; this is the department that actually bans accounts after being flagged.
TC/TiC: Trade credit.
TIV/TV: Trade in value, or what a game currently trades for. When posting a TV for a game, always use the base value.
 
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shadowysea07 said:
I keep a list to manage my backlog for these purposes after I somehow bought 2 copies of so3. Though that only works when keeping it updated. That's how I ended up with 2 copies of dark cloud. The first copy was disc only thus I forgot I had it.
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Yeah, I used to use cag for my collection but now I just use spreadsheets.
 
I am parsing through switch games to use the five dollar off and it amazes me how there are zero copies of the games I might use it on within 100 miles of Austin Tx. lol find that hard to believe.

 
TheLegendofTyler said:
If there is 1 in stock it won't show up online
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Correct and that means you can't use the $5 in store pickup even if the store has 1 copy left to buy meaning you can use the pick up but the website won't show it as in stock to use the $5 coup

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It wouldn't let me use a gif for some reason.

 
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Just had to get the blue controller for pickup at GameStop since since it’s $45 after the coupon. No red near me. Surprised people like that more than the blue. Or I guess it’s people who missed out on the spiderman controller buying them?
 
ChefMason said:
I am parsing through switch games to use the five dollar off and it amazes me how there are zero copies of the games I might use it on within 100 miles of Austin Tx. lol find that hard to believe.
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It never fails, it takes about 2-5 minutes every time they sucker me into browsing their website, before I'm so frustrated with it that I just refuse to buy anything.
 
Hypebeast69 said:
Just had to get the blue controller for pickup at GameStop since since it’s $45 after the coupon. No red near me. Surprised people like that more than the blue. Or I guess it’s people who missed out on the spiderman controller buying them?
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Opposite for me. Brought the volcanic red bc it was in stock but wanted the cobalt blue which is not yet available or oos in store.
 
johnnymavrik said:
Sigh..used a pur coupon on a cheap switch game I had already. Man I'm getting old. 🤦‍♂️
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Well..found the awesome GS employee. Had bought the dup game mostly with points and at store pickup was told I was sool if I returned it. Went to another GS today and was able to "return" the game for another equal or higher price game (paying the difference) and not lose the value of the points.

Not sure what the real policy is with PUR points...but appreciated the help today.
 
I traded my launch day PS5 ($407.50 credit) at Gamestop today for the $500 Spider-Man 2 bundle.  Worth it for me to get a new controller, Spider-Man 2, and a 3 year newer console.  My launch console had very loud buzzing/coil whine from the power supply.  The new one is nearly silent so I'm happy.  I'm not a fan of the slim design so I'm fine with the original style.  Also grabbed the new red controller for $45 with the in store pickup coupon (I wanted blue but they didn't have it).

 
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always worth it to sell your worn shit to GS and upgrade for like a hundred bucks.

let the common folk buy their used crud.  such savings, much wow.

 
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bee01 said:
I traded my launch day PS5 ($407.50 credit) at Gamestop today for the $500 Spider-Man 2 bundle. Worth it for me to get a new controller, Spider-Man 2, and a 3 year newer console. My launch console had very load buzzing/coil whine from the power supply. The new one is nearly silent so I'm happy. I'm not a fan of the slim design so I'm fine with the original style. Also grabbed the new red controller for $45 with the in store pickup coupon (I wanted blue but they didn't have it).
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It's definitely tempting to do. I also have a 2TB SSD that I put in. My launch dual sense X button only works if you blow into the speaker every 20 seconds. They would notice that when testing the console. I also gameshare with a friend so I would have to redo that. Erasing all my stuff (resetting the system)and then taking out the SSD and then putting it all in a box and taking it to GS and trading it in(if they even take the controller) and then getting the Spiderman 2 bundle and taking it home and setting it up all over again and installing the SSD again just seems like too much of a pain for me even though I am getting a new game and new console and controller for $100. How long of a process is getting back all your games and saves? Did it recognize all the games you downloaded on your SSD? I have PS Premium so all my saves will be there but would I have to manually download them from the cloud or is everything automatic once you connect to the internet like Microsoft? Upgrading from my XB1 to XB1S to OneX to Series X was extremely simple.

 
Freeze Time said:
It's definitely tempting to do. I also have a 2TB SSD that I put in. My launch dual sense X button only works if you blow into the speaker every 20 seconds. They would notice that when testing the console. I also gameshare with a friend so I would have to redo that. Erasing all my stuff (resetting the system)and then taking out the SSD and then putting it all in a box and taking it to GS and trading it in(if they even take the controller) and then getting the Spiderman 2 bundle and taking it home and setting it up all over again and installing the SSD again just seems like too much of a pain for me even though I am getting a new game and new console and controller for $100. How long of a process is getting back all your games and saves? Did it recognize all the games you downloaded on your SSD? I have PS Premium so all my saves will be there but would I have to manually download them from the cloud or is everything automatic once you connect to the internet like Microsoft? Upgrading from my XB1 to XB1S to OneX to Series X was extremely simple.
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Looking at about 2-hours max of setup time, Sony has been pretty harsh with repairing this generation, if it’s out of warranty they aren’t even fixing it for me like they did with previous generations. Had to get a new console entirely, so any time I can re-up my warranty I try to do so!
 
bee01 said:
I traded my launch day PS5 ($407.50 credit) at Gamestop today for the $500 Spider-Man 2 bundle. Worth it for me to get a new controller, Spider-Man 2, and a 3 year newer console. My launch console had very load buzzing/coil whine from the power supply. The new one is nearly silent so I'm happy. I'm not a fan of the slim design so I'm fine with the original style. Also grabbed the new red controller for $45 with the in store pickup coupon (I wanted blue but they didn't have it).
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Tempted to do this even though I don’t play my PS5 much. I wish the Series X was trading for more…
 
Freeze Time said:
How long of a process is getting back all your games and saves? Did it recognize all the games you downloaded on your SSD? I have PS Premium so all my saves will be there but would I have to manually download them from the cloud or is everything automatic once you connect to the internet like Microsoft? Upgrading from my XB1 to XB1S to OneX to Series X was extremely simple.
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The process of swapping consoles was pretty quick and painless. Removing the cover to get to the NVMe slot is definitely easier with experience. When I first installed the drive I sent the cover plate flying. Now I know to gently push the plate a bit while lifting the corner with the round peg opposite of the disc drive.

The 2TB NVMe drive moved over without having to redownload any games, just a quick database rebuild. My PS5 saves automatically downloaded (they should auto upload/download if the sync option on). I didn't check my PS4 saves but I think I've always manually uploaded/downloaded those. Worst case I think you can mass upload/download saves from one of the menus. I like having the option to turn cloud sync off so I can use the cloud for save scumming, which is difficult on Xbox.

They did a factory reset at the store, but I deleted my main account before taking it in.

 
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bee01 said:
The process of swapping consoles was pretty quick and painless. Removing the cover to get to the NVMe slot is definitely easier with experience. When I first installed the drive I sent the cover plate flying. Now I know to gently push the plate a bit while lifting the corner with the round peg opposite of the disc drive.

The 2TB NVMe drive moved over without having to redownload any games, just a quick database rebuild. My PS5 saves automatically downloaded (they should auto upload/download if the sync option on). I didn't check my PS4 saves but I think I've always manually uploaded/downloaded those. Worst case I think you can mass upload/download saves from one of the menus. I like having the option to turn cloud sync off so I can use the cloud for save scumming, which is difficult on Xbox.

They did a factory reset at the store, but I deleted my main account before taking it in.
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Interesting. I live in a sales tax state so it would be an extra $46 or so on top of the $500. So add that to the cost to upgrade and it's just not worth it for me.
 
Freeze Time said:
Interesting. I live in a sales tax state so it would be an extra $46 or so on top of the $500. So add that to the cost to upgrade and it's just not worth it for me.
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Especially if they reject your controller. I figured my launch DualSense was a ticking time bomb so I was glad to be rid of it.

 
Nothing- said:
always worth it to sell your worn shit to GS and upgrade for like a hundred bucks.

let the common folk buy their used crud. such savings, much wow.
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Absolutely, you get the refresh on the controller and console while the less mentally capable whine about their jacked up controller for the 47th time.
 
bee01 said:
I traded my launch day PS5 ($407.50 credit) at Gamestop today for the $500 Spider-Man 2 bundle. Worth it for me to get a new controller, Spider-Man 2, and a 3 year newer console. My launch console had very loud buzzing/coil whine from the power supply. The new one is nearly silent so I'm happy. I'm not a fan of the slim design so I'm fine with the original style. Also grabbed the new red controller for $45 with the in store pickup coupon (I wanted blue but they didn't have it).
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I would have done the same thing but I sold my launch ps5 disc console with callisto protocol for $400 cash today. The disc drive was starting to get loud. Popped out my 2 tb ssd after checking out a video or two on youtube. I didn’t know you could keep your games and save data on the ssd so I just backed up the games to an external hdd. Will make do with my spidey ps4 pro for 2 weeks and then buy a slim ps5 bundle Black Friday week (would prefer a slightly smaller ps5 disc console although the standard ps5 build looks more premium to me).
Apparently black friday sales will be all week long at Gamestop starting on Sun Nov 19th according to the employee.
I’m sales tax free in Oregon, so the upgrade for a new console & controller with refreshed warranty makes sense.
 
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The new dualsense color I wanted wasn’t available anywhere near me but I checked the site again after midnight and there was 1 left lol. Got a $5 off store pickup again just wish u could stack the monthly but I guess it’s better to save it for black friday
 
If I hadn't bought and 100% Spidy 2 last week, I would've done the upgrade to the Spidy 2 Slim bundle. Could've even driven 40 minutes to a tax free state. The MW3 bundle just doesn't seem inciting at all. I guess I'll just wait a little bit and hope that the trade values stay similar or increase in the future.
 
is anyone upgrading from their phat ps5 to the slim?

so $357.50 is trade value on GS.com, it's +$50 if trading towards another ps5 making it $407.50 is that right? 

I wonder if coil whine is lesser of a thing, and I would miss my OEM black plates. Sorta silly to not offer customization right out the gate. 

 
GameStop has the PS5 DualSense controllers for $50.   With the pickup in-store $5 off, you can get them for $45.  My local shop has the new colors, as well.

Most likely the cheapest you'll find these, so you might want to nab one or two.

 
TheKbob said:
GameStop has the PS5 DualSense controllers for $50. With the pickup in-store $5 off, you can get them for $45. My local shop has the new colors, as well.

Most likely the cheapest you'll find these, so you might want to nab one or two.
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Picked up the cobalt blue yesterday when I spent my monthly $5 on eShop for the last time. I was able to use $5 of trade credit to pay for the remainder.

FYI - neither the monthly $5 code or reward certificates will work when ordering the Dualsense online for pickup.
 
thadoggfather said:
is anyone upgrading from their phat ps5 to the slim?

so $357.50 is trade value on GS.com, it's +$50 if trading towards another ps5 making it $407.50 is that right?

I wonder if coil whine is lesser of a thing, and I would miss my OEM black plates. Sorta silly to not offer customization right out the gate.
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I'll wait for the PS5 Pro before considering upgrading. The slim doesn't seem to improve anything.

 
Debating trading in my launch PS5 for the MW3 slim bundle. If I can sell the game code it would be a pretty cheap swap. Not particularly interested in the slim, but seems reasonable to do so for such a small amount.
 
The website feature allowing users to search by store is already becoming much less useful. The buttons to filter by pre-owned and retro gaming have disappeared from the majority of stores. Also, the total number of video games as a whole at each store is way down from just a day ago.

This was a great idea but they just can't get it right. 

 
Hypebeast69 said:
Just had to get the blue controller for pickup at GameStop since since it’s $45 after the coupon. No red near me. Surprised people like that more than the blue. Or I guess it’s people who missed out on the spiderman controller buying them?
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Thanks for mentioning this. I was able to get a Blue Dualsense at my store for pick up. They were surprised that it was only $45 since it just came out a couple of days ago. I was able to use my $5 monthly PUR coupon on a $10 Xbox giftcard and pay the rest with trade credit.

 
Went to get my $10 PS gift card but wasn't able to use GameStop gift cards. Really stupid because the gift cards were from refunds of my in-store orders that they cancelled that I'd bought using trade credit. Oh well, got Saints Row on Xbox for free.
 
strait edge follower said:
is the slim ps4 backwards compatible ? if so i hope a ps4 trade in promo is available
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Ps4s aren't bc. I'm assuming you mean the ps5 slim which would be yes from what I understand. But only with ps4 titles and not all of them. (Though the ones that aren't are supposedly very few in number)
 
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FamedGuardian said:
Tempted to just trade my PS5 and put the credit on a giftcard. I hardly use it. Wondering if the TIV will go higher than $407 in the coming months…
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Might be $50 less if you’re not getting a PS5.

*Get $50 Extra Trade Credit when trading in any PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S or X, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch towards a new PS5 Console

 
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Have 57k pts to use up -- if I buy COD MW3 tomorrow in store for 69.99 - 5 monthly cpn = 64.99

How many reward certs can I use? One of each?

$25+15+10+5+1 = $56 (not sure if $5 monthly stacks with $5 rewards)

or

$25+15+10+3+1 = $54

 
Thrillh0 said:
The website feature allowing users to search by store is already becoming much less useful. The buttons to filter by pre-owned and retro gaming have disappeared from the majority of stores. Also, the total number of video games as a whole at each store is way down from just a day ago.

This was a great idea but they just can't get it right.
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it is garbage indeed. the app said the gamestop closest to me did not have a copy of “detroit becoming human” but low and behold i asked and they had a few lol
 
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