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So I happened to find a list of their games that they are giving some good money on, I guess to compete with Gamestop. Here is a copy of the list. I dont know if you have to trade in more than 1 game to get the deal, but thought others would be able to chime in with their experience. Of note is the hot shots golf trade in for PS3 (if you were able to get it from the sears clearance).

link
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Video-Games-Gadgets/null/pcmcat203500050000.c?id=pcmcat203500050000

Added by Io: Note that you can also trade games in using this site:
http://ebay.eztradein.com/ebay/
which is handled by the same processor (Dealtree) used for the Best Buy program. In this case, though, you can get PayPal payments instead of Best Buy gift cards. The trade-in values and processing methods seem to be exactly the same.

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I tried looking for the $20 and $30 trade in value games but came up empty, if you want to provide the link so I can add it here, let me know via PM.

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UPDATED: since it keeps getting asked

1. Can I take them to a physical store?
Games need to be mailed in. If you try to do an instore trade from the website it will redirect you to mailing it in.

2. How many days do I have to mail it in?
30 days from initiating the trade. Mail it in ASAP as the processing time until you get your money differs and could be a wait.

3. Are trade in quotes locked in or do they get valued at time of processing?
Get your games in fast enough and you will not have to worry about this. But the majority believe that you are locked in as long as it gets there before the 30 days are up.

4. Do games have to be complete?
Case, Manual, and working game are your only options. So yes, full credit if you have everything. But we are not too sure on how they determine scratches affecting playability (if they physically test the game during processing). Just clean all smudges and fingerprints prior to mailing, and if you have deep scratches it is up to you to chance them saying the game does not work.

5. What happens if they say the game is worth less than trade in quote?
You can either accept their valuation or PAY to have your game shipped back to you.
 
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[quote name='dyeknom']Well, my large order made it through a sorting facility, got to the second place and then shows returned to my post office today. Ugh. Hits keep coming.[/QUOTE]



They should be able to at least identify that the Post Office screwed up. I'm biting my nails because my post office never scans the prepaid labels so there is a lot of stuff I dropped off that isn't showing in the computer yet. I have a feeling I am going to have to start a long string of communication with a Dealtree rep tonight.
 
[quote name='Velo214']I'm happy it lasted this long. Many cags thought that we would be given less than we were estimated because of the bad reviews. We all got very lucky with our multiple orders and that it lasted this long. I'm happy we didnt all get screwed and had to pay to get our orders of games back. why arent you happy J7? chill ;)[/QUOTE]

I don't think people expected to get less than they were estimated, even when they first tried this. Why am I unhappy? Because you're laughing about killing the deal. You abused it and now it's dead. Meanwhile I just tried this for the first time with only sending in 1 set of 2 multiples and now I may not even get my credit for those due to abuse.

Like the time I joined ECA and went out of my way to get a prepaid credit card gift card only to find out I wouldn't even be able to get 1 discount out of it and now I have to deal with ECA recharges, because people decided they needed to abuse it hardcore. Without abuse we would've been sending games into Dealtree for far longer and still been able to do small multiples. You gotta have some balance otherwise deals will die fast over and over. Just like when you order 10 games from GS in 1 order or online, you're going to kill that soon too, if you're not banned first.
 
J7, I think I agree with your point about ppl abusing everything, but I think the fact you were late to the party is really not a reason to resent how well some others did with the deal. This is a rinse / repeat scenario where some greedy SOB's will ruin things for the more level headed amongst us. Hopefully they will be cut off at the source as some found out with their banning from the GS website. And anyway we're still allowed 3 copies of any game, which is exactly the max that I've been sending for each trade.
 
[quote name='stoned99']J7, I think I agree with your point about ppl abusing everything, but I think the fact you were late to the party is really not a reason to resent how well some others did with the deal. This is a rinse / repeat scenario where some greedy SOB's will ruin things for the more level headed amongst us. Hopefully they will be cut off at the source as some found out with their banning from the GS website. And anyway we're still allowed 3 copies of any game, which is exactly the max that I've been sending for each trade.[/QUOTE]

I don't resent them. I'm just pointing out that their abuse causes me to possibly get screwed over from doing a normal transaction. It doesn't help when they laugh about it. It's the same thing as going into a store to buy a game and see someone walking out with 10-20 copies in front of you. Well you're still allowed 3 at BBY for a friggin year, but right now Eztrade on ebay has no game trades.
 
[quote name='J7.']I don't think people expected to get less than they were estimated, even when they first tried this. Why am I unhappy? Because you're laughing about killing the deal. You abused it and now it's dead. Meanwhile I just tried this for the first time with only sending in 1 set of 2 multiples and now I may not even get my credit for those due to abuse.

Like the time I joined ECA and went out of my way to get a prepaid credit card gift card only to find out I wouldn't even be able to get 1 discount out of it and now I have to deal with ECA recharges, because people decided they needed to abuse it hardcore. Without abuse we would've been sending games into Dealtree for far longer and still been able to do small multiples. You gotta have some balance otherwise deals will die fast over and over. Just like when you order 10 games from GS in 1 order or online, you're going to kill that soon too, if you're not banned first.[/QUOTE]

You know its not like the deal is dead you're still able to trade 3 per console, so this shouldnt do anything to you.
 
I think waht J7 means is you cannot trade games if you go through their home page. I just tested out the link that goes directly to the game trade in and it does still work, but adding multiples is a royal pain as you need to keep going back to the same link you started with. The good news is the cart does retain everything added to it, in between page navigations.
 
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[quote name='hqn101']You know its not like the deal is dead you're still able to trade 3 per console, so this shouldnt do anything to you.[/QUOTE]

3 per game on a console per year. And I'm sure they will be watching things much more closely now. So instead of doing small multiples occasionally, now you get to do 3 per year and have to deal with them taking the axe to flips. One large sized cash grab is not as good as sustained medium sized cash grabs throughout the year. Now we're stuck with 1 medium sized per year.
 
Email i just got from them.

Dear xxx,


Thank you for contacting us. We are currently updating our website for the video game category. We are still accepting video games and will honor any of your open and existing trade-ins. Please feel free to mail any accepted trade-in estimate for video games. We will accept and process their estimated quote value accordingly.

Thank you,
Asher

Dealtree Customer Support
http://www.dealtree.net/mailform.cfm
 
[quote name='J7.']3 per game on a console per year. And I'm sure they will be watching things much more closely now. So instead of doing small multiples occasionally, now you get to do 3 per year and have to deal with them taking the axe to flips. One large sized cash grab is not as good as sustained medium sized cash grabs throughout the year. Now we're stuck with 1 medium sized per year.[/QUOTE]

people ALWAYS kill the golden goose. Because they are greedy and stupid. There's nothing you can do about it. I sent in 5 SMBs over 3 different orders so hopefully they accept all of mine. But people were sending in 5-10 at a time, of course it was gonna get noticed and killed.

Btw, the ECA was their own fuckup -- while the hoarders didn't help, they screwed that up on their own and simply blamed it on the consumers.
 
[quote name='hqn101']Email i just got from them.

Dear xxx,


Thank you for contacting us. We are currently updating our website for the video game category. We are still accepting video games and will honor any of your open and existing trade-ins. Please feel free to mail any accepted trade-in estimate for video games. We will accept and process their estimated quote value accordingly.

Thank you,
Asher

Dealtree Customer Support
http://www.dealtree.net/mailform.cfm[/QUOTE]

Well, crap.. If they had said that early on instead of "you need to send them by today" then I wouldn't gotten everything together and packed up. Oh well, I guess that means the work is done :lol:. But this definitely makes it sound like all existing estimates are good no matter the quantity. Just going forward they will change it - which is the way they should handle this, of course. NorAm did the same thing with the Amazon trade-in program last Fall.
 
the first trade in deal i did was 10 lbp's, same hqn did, about 2 months ago when this deal started. lol. i dont think they said, omg, velo214 did this deal 2 months ago, let's cut it off. haha. sore losers like to complain alot. and then i ignore you :) im sorry you thought high tiv's were going to last forever. how long did you think they were gonna tiv more than the game is msrp for? a few years. lol. u r a joke. and now an ignored joke. u r right about everything, bestbuy never had any rz deals since ftf, and gamestop never has glitches. all stores are going to stop having sales because of cag.com... really?! lol :)

3 per platform is more than enough to do fine :) i only got 3 lego indy 2's to tradein, and really 10 is overkill and i dont even think i would risk sending 10 in the same package anyway.
we just need them to raise those tiv's again
 
Yea seriously, I agree with Velo. The fact that some people noticed their mistake (TIVs at above-MSRP prices) is not our fault, it's theirs. So it sounds like they took down the trade-ins altogether for a bit to adjust their values and quantities. Big deal? Those of you who aren't mass flippers won't be affected will ya? ;)
 
yeah all the hoarders are pissed as hell. 'what am i gonna do with my 10 copies of the same game now! RAGE!' lol ;)
plus really, tru and gs are still taking tiv's, it's not like bestbuy was the only place cags traded games, i dont even know if it existed 3 months ago...
 
[quote name='Velo214']yeah all the hoarders are pissed as hell. 'what am i gonna do with my 10 copies of the same game now! RAGE!' lol ;)
plus really, tru and gs are still taking tiv's, it's not like bestbuy was the only place cags traded games, i dont even know if it existed 3 months ago...[/QUOTE]

Great velo now how am I gonna trade in my copies of 20 SMB, and 30 copies of indy 2.
 
[quote name='hqn101']Great velo now how am I gonna trade in my copies of 20 SMB, and 30 copies of indy 2.[/QUOTE]
Build a game fort? Donate them to a children's hospital? Make a big ball of melted plastic?

Hopefully if you do have that many games to trade in still, you locked in orders for each of them pending the arrival of them.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Build a game fort? Donate them to a children's hospital? Make a big ball of melted plastic?

Hopefully if you do have that many games to trade in still, you locked in orders for each of them pending the arrival of them.[/QUOTE]

You know a game fort is an excellent idea.
 
[quote name='hqn101']You know a game fort is an excellent idea.[/QUOTE]
I think someone said they had considered that with the Nerf N-Strike 2 bundles. God knows the boxes were big enough to stack easily.:roll:

What I find funny though is that Gamestop now sells spare Nerf Blasters in individual packaging, on top of the N-Strike bundles.
 
Well, the last comm we had from a Dealtree rep seems to indicate all current trade-in quotes will be honored. Really, that is the only way they can handle this. Hopefully the revamp of the video game trade-in section means that going forward they will not let you lock in more than 3 quotes per game. This is exactly how Amazon/NorAm did it last fall when they switched from unlimited to 3 per game per system. And if that is really how they do it, then no one has any right to complain. On the one hand, if you got in on it when you could send more than 3 and still have those valid trades to submit, you should be OK (though we won't know for sure about that for a while). If you are "anti-hoarder" and don't think people should trade multiples, then what difference does it make to you anyway? You weren't going to do that to begin with and the 3 game limit makes them more likely to hold trade-in values higher for longer so that is a good thing for you. There was certainly nothing wrong with anyone getting in on the deal while they could - it was a valid offer that people were taking them up on. We can argue about the "boasting" posts making any difference, though I seriously doubt it. I'm sure they have their own records on getting 10-20 or more copies of certain games from individual people and deciding that that was just too much. I don't think any posts here made any difference. But just remember that the vast majority of CAGs are uttertly silent about this stuff. I'm sure there were trades that happened that make Velo's 10 look like pocket change ;).

Frankly I'm somewhat relieved that it is 3 going forward (assuming all previous quotes are honored). I mean, that removes the temptation to order a ton from Gamestop.com, for example, and risk getting banned there.

And the game fort idea was something I floated years ago in the Kmart thread when people were arguing over hoarding of $1.99 games. I said I don't care what anyone does with them - they can make a fort out of them in their back yard for all I cared, I just wanted people to post finds. Fortunately, most of my fort materials just got sent off to Dealtree today. Crossing my fingers... I also hope that in the rush to get them packed this afternoon to make it by 5 at the PO I didn't screw something up and include the wrong games with the wrong orders, or even worse, duplicate a package I sent in last week (that could have happened with SMB or TSM).
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Build a game fort? Donate them to a children's hospital? Make a big ball of melted plastic?

Hopefully if you do have that many games to trade in still, you locked in orders for each of them pending the arrival of them.[/QUOTE]

oh thats just an inside joke with velo
 
[quote name='io']Well, the last comm we had from a Dealtree rep seems to indicate all current trade-in quotes will be honored. Really, that is the only way they can handle this. Hopefully the revamp of the video game trade-in section means that going forward they will not let you lock in more than 3 quotes per game. This is exactly how Amazon/NorAm did it last fall when they switched from unlimited to 3 per game per system. And if that is really how they do it, then no one has any right to complain. On the one hand, if you got in on it when you could send more than 3 and still have those valid trades to submit, you should be OK (though we won't know for sure about that for a while). If you are "anti-hoarder" and don't think people should trade multiples, then what difference does it make to you anyway? You weren't going to do that to begin with and the 3 game limit makes them more likely to hold trade-in values higher for longer so that is a good thing for you. There was certainly nothing wrong with anyone getting in on the deal while they could - it was a valid offer that people were taking them up on. We can argue about the "boasting" posts making any difference, though I seriously doubt it. I'm sure they have their own records on getting 10-20 or more copies of certain games from individual people and deciding that that was just too much. I don't think any posts here made any difference. But just remember that the vast majority of CAGs are uttertly silent about this stuff. I'm sure there were trades that happened that make Velo's 10 look like pocket change ;).

Frankly I'm somewhat relieved that it is 3 going forward (assuming all previous quotes are honored). I mean, that removes the temptation to order a ton from Gamestop.com, for example, and risk getting banned there.

And the game fort idea was something I floated years ago in the Kmart thread when people were arguing over hoarding of $1.99 games. I said I don't care what anyone does with them - they can make a fort out of them in their back yard for all I cared, I just wanted people to post finds. Fortunately, most of my fort materials just got sent off to Dealtree today. Crossing my fingers... I also hope that in the rush to get them packed this afternoon to make it by 5 at the PO I didn't screw something up and include the wrong games with the wrong orders, or even worse, duplicate a package I sent in last week (that could have happened with SMB or TSM).[/QUOTE]

Good post io
 
i bought an ipad and a psp go with my hoarding and flipping :) so im not sad!! as long as they give me the other couple hundred they owe me then im good to go
 
[quote name='bredbu']i bought an ipad and a psp go with my hoarding and flipping :) so im not sad!! as long as they give me the other couple hundred they owe me then im good to go[/QUOTE]

Hey bredbu,
How do you like the iPad?

:lol: An iPad was my goal as well, but i don't know if I will buy it after trying it out instore. I was going to use it mostly for games and books, but just don't know anymore.
 
Just curious, for anyone that tracked their package via the delivery confirmation number, do you remember how long after it was marked as delivered that it actually showed up as having been received on the website?
 
[quote name='rainking187']Just curious, for anyone that tracked their package via the delivery confirmation number, do you remember how long after it was marked as delivered that it actually showed up as having been received on the website?[/QUOTE]

So far it varies from 3-7 days before you get an email from them.
 
[quote name='rbarba4']Hey bredbu,
How do you like the iPad?

:lol: An iPad was my goal as well, but i don't know if I will buy it after trying it out instore. I was going to use it mostly for games and books, but just don't know anymore.[/QUOTE]

I really do like it, the games are a bit overpriced but I think they will come down eventually the battery last forever though! And it's great for watching netflix and stuff
 
[quote name='J7.']I don't think people expected to get less than they were estimated, even when they first tried this. Why am I unhappy? Because you're laughing about killing the deal. You abused it and now it's dead. Meanwhile I just tried this for the first time with only sending in 1 set of 2 multiples and now I may not even get my credit for those due to abuse.

Like the time I joined ECA and went out of my way to get a prepaid credit card gift card only to find out I wouldn't even be able to get 1 discount out of it and now I have to deal with ECA recharges, because people decided they needed to abuse it hardcore. Without abuse we would've been sending games into Dealtree for far longer and still been able to do small multiples. You gotta have some balance otherwise deals will die fast over and over. Just like when you order 10 games from GS in 1 order or online, you're going to kill that soon too, if you're not banned first.[/QUOTE]


I hate all these crybaby post. Its the same song and dance each and every time. Oh, now we'll never get penny guides, damn hoarders!! Oh, now there'll never be another free game at BB, damn hoarders. Oh, now that clearance game won't sit there until I get off my ass and go by it when I feel like it, damn hoarders.

Seriously, stop crying and blaming others for your lack of "ANYTHING". Also, leave Velo alone, shes not to blame. A smart company eventually realizes they're being stupid. It doesn't matter if they got a dozen trade ins of junk or 1000. Its was going to be a matter of time. Gazelle will be next as sad much as I hope it doesn't happen.
 
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No way, I thought Velo was a dude! Anyway I think gazelle is faster to react and won't allow themselves to get fleeced so easily. They'll survive.
Dealtree just wasn't taking care of their own business. It was very unrealistic to expect them to give trade in value so out of whack with market forces for very long ie the various $30 and $20 trade ins. At least they didn't shut down completely like gamestaq which also was paying out to much for trades.
 
[quote name='Toss']No way, I thought Velo was a dude! Anyway I think gazelle is faster to react and won't allow themselves to get fleeced so easily. They'll survive.
Dealtree just wasn't taking care of their own business. It was very unrealistic to expect them to give trade in value so out of whack with market forces for very long ie the various $30 and $20 trade ins. At least they didn't shut down completely like gamestaq which also was paying out to much for trades.[/QUOTE]
What part of flipper chic didn't you understand? Just kidding.
 
[quote name='sadboy']What part of flipper chic didn't you understand? Just kidding.[/QUOTE]
I know you were kidding but in that vein:

maybe he was thinking -

Main Entry: chic
Pronunciation: \ˈshēk\
Function: noun
Etymology: French
Date: 1856
1 : smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style
2 : a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit
3 : a faddishly popular quality or appeal; also : something (as a practice or interest) having such appeal
 
[quote name='callmewoof']I know you were kidding but in that vein:

maybe he was thinking -

Main Entry: chic
Pronunciation: \ˈshēk\
Function: noun
Etymology: French
Date: 1856
1 : smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style
2 : a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit
3 : a faddishly popular quality or appeal; also : something (as a practice or interest) having such appeal [/QUOTE]

Truth, maybe he's a big Project Runway fan.
 
what now? lol hugz cags I'm an old man ;) der, we are a couple and we both post on here. He usually refers to himself as a guy, and I refer to myself as a grrl. We both play psn games (mw2/bf2/rfg etc) so hit us up online on our mics sometime :) I will shoot you in MW2 n u can get beat by a grrl.
 
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[quote name='sadboy']What part of flipper chic didn't you understand? Just kidding.[/QUOTE]

I know right?...I think I'm blind. I only just saw that now. lol
 
[quote name='Velo214']the first trade in deal i did was 10 lbp's, same hqn did, about 2 months ago when this deal started. lol. i dont think they said, omg, velo214 did this deal 2 months ago, let's cut it off. haha. sore losers like to complain alot. and then i ignore you :) im sorry you thought high tiv's were going to last forever. how long did you think they were gonna tiv more than the game is msrp for? a few years. lol. u r a joke. and now an ignored joke. u r right about everything, bestbuy never had any rz deals since ftf, and gamestop never has glitches. all stores are going to stop having sales because of cag.com... really?! lol :)

3 per platform is more than enough to do fine :) i only got 3 lego indy 2's to tradein, and really 10 is overkill and i dont even think i would risk sending 10 in the same package anyway.
we just need them to raise those tiv's again[/QUOTE]

No they did not say velo214 did this deal 2 months ago let's cut it off. They did eventually notice all the 10 item trade ins made by people though and added them up... :roll: Furthermore, people were stupid enough to send in 10 of a game in 1 order that was clearly ripping off Dealtree. Genius! And you're calling me a joke? :lol: If you put in small orders, they're not going to notice, that people are making money off things they shouldn't be, as quickly.

How am I a sore loser? I did not give you crap about what you did. I didn't call you names or be rude to you until you had this temper tantrum here... I merely pointed out that you helped ruin the deal. You can't take that I guess.

Obviously you haven't been around CAG that long to see how deals come and go.

You'll get banned from places eventually. I saw you order huge multiples from GS many times and saw you return tons of shit from 25% off orders so you could get a few items in the order at a reduced price.

Go ahead ignore me. I could care less about that when it's someone like you who goes bonkers when someone merely mentions that they contributed to a deal ending and laughs about it like some hoarder who just got out of the store with all the copies of a game.

It's funny that you were sending in 10 of 1 game and now all of a sudden you don't mind a 3 per game per year limit and are acting like others on here are the hoarders who are going to be upset. Pushing the blame onto others.

Pretty sure they did exist 3 months ago based on their review dates... you say oh there's always TRU & GS. Yes because their TIV's were always as good as Dealtree's and they give you cash too! Who cares if you kill one deal because there's still 2 left. Please...

[quote name='confoosious']people ALWAYS kill the golden goose. Because they are greedy and stupid. There's nothing you can do about it. I sent in 5 SMBs over 3 different orders so hopefully they accept all of mine. But people were sending in 5-10 at a time, of course it was gonna get noticed and killed.

Btw, the ECA was their own fuckup -- while the hoarders didn't help, they screwed that up on their own and simply blamed it on the consumers.[/QUOTE]

Here is someone who has been on CAG long enough to know how deals come and go.

[quote name='io'] And if that is really how they do it, then no one has any right to complain. On the one hand, if you got in on it when you could send more than 3 and still have those valid trades to submit, you should be OK (though we won't know for sure about that for a while). If you are "anti-hoarder" and don't think people should trade multiples, then what difference does it make to you anyway? You weren't going to do that to begin with and the 3 game limit makes them more likely to hold trade-in values higher for longer so that is a good thing for you.
[/QUOTE]

I merely said he shouldn't be happy for killing the deal, that he/she contributed to that (not sure anymore if it's a he or a she based on their posts as I swear they've referred to them self as a male before too). Why should I be mad? Because I may lose money due to their actions. Certainly justifiable to say you shouldn't laugh about that.

[quote name='Estebon']I hate all these crybaby post. Its the same song and dance each and every time. Oh, now we'll never get penny guides, damn hoarders!! Oh, now there'll never be another free game at BB, damn hoarders. Oh, now that clearance game won't sit there until I get off my ass and go by it when I feel like it, damn hoarders.

Seriously, cry crying and stop blaming others for your lack of "ANYTHING". Also, leave Velo alone, shes not to blame. A smart company eventually realizes they're being stupid. It doesn't matter if they got a dozen trade ins of junk or 1000. Its was going to be a matter of time. Gazelle will be next as sad much as I hope it doesn't happen.[/QUOTE]

Blah blah blah. Someone fucks up the deal and screws me over. I only say you shouldn't laugh about killing a deal and now I am labeled as a crybaby. Sure thing! You have the right attitude though because who cares if it happens, Gazelle will be next, who cares though! Tell me how someone who sent in 10 of a game in 1 order that was ripping them off hardcore and many of others, is not to blame? Anyone who sent in a game that ripped them off is to blame, including myself, but some of us don't make it so obvious and do it so much that it kills it so quickly because they're too lazy or stupid to do it the correct way. So that makes her much more to blame than me. My lack of anything? I've been doing my trades other places. Just because I haven't traded with Dealtree earlier or done a lot of trades doesn't mean I lacked on my effort for trades with Dealtree.
 
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[quote name='J7.'] They did eventually notice all the 10 item trade ins made by people though and added them up... :roll: Furthermore, people were stupid enough to send in 10 of a game in 1 order that was clearly ripping off Dealtree. Genius! And you're calling me a joke? :lol: If you put in small orders, they're not going to notice, that people are making money off things they shouldn't be, as quickly.
[/QUOTE]

I do agree with you here. I mean, there's no way of knowing if it would have made a difference (after all, they could still see how many of a game each person is submitting, whether they do it all at once or across several orders). But one of the reasons I was taking my time sending things in over a couple of weeks was to spread out my orders and not overwhelm them with 6 or 7 SMB Step & Roll all at once. And unlike those who sent them all in on the first day in a huge box, I might now be punished for that which would make no sense. I really don't think me or you or anyone else will lose money though - it seems they are honoring all previous quotes. And that was pretty much my point, though it wasn't necessarily directed at you. Time will tell I guess. The only lost money is the from the lack of opportunity for sending in mounds of the same game in the future. And my point there was that people are complaining that CAG spoils deals like this - but if you weren't planning on spoiling it yourself then you'd be fine with 3 per game anyway.

But let's face it, limits had to come at some point whether Velo or anyone else on here sent 5 or 10 or 20 or 50 of something. It only makes sense, really. Now, for a place like Gazelle it doesn't make as much sense because they aren't offering promo deals with inflated values like Dealtree is (and like Amazon/NorAm was when they had trade-in deal coupons to hand out). They are presumably paying market value for something and thus wouldn't mind getting larger quantities. Would it surprise me to see them impose limits, though? Not at all... But if they haven't by this point I'm not sure anything recently would spur them to do it. I had intended to send my SMB and my Toy Story Mania there, but they ended up going about half-and-half to Gazelle and Dealtree.
 
I didn't get as lucky with all the smb, i just didnt care to pick up so many as some people did. I should have split my orders up, I still can't believe my luck for getting 10 perfect/acceptable copies of lbp from gamestop.com with the 40% coupon stacks. That's how it goes tho, if I didn't do it I know many others on here that talk about it and did, and there are many that don't say anything. I now have those royal mailer poly bags coming so shipments will only be 1,2,3 but still no big loss. I was laundering thousands, i just got $150 flip which is a day of work, i mean, come on. lol :)
peace all cags
 
[quote name='io']I do agree with you here. I mean, there's no way of knowing if it would have made a difference (after all, they could still see how many of a game each person is submitting, whether they do it all at once or across several orders). But one of the reasons I was taking my time sending things in over a couple of weeks was to spread out my orders and not overwhelm them with 6 or 7 SMB Step & Roll all at once. And unlike those who sent them all in on the first day in a huge box, I might now be punished for that which would make no sense. I really don't think me or you or anyone else will lose money though - it seems they are honoring all previous quotes. And that was pretty much my point, though it wasn't necessarily directed at you. Time will tell I guess. The only lost money is the from the lack of opportunity for sending in mounds of the same game in the future. And my point there was that people are complaining that CAG spoils deals like this - but if you weren't planning on spoiling it yourself then you'd be fine with 3 per game anyway.

But let's face it, limits had to come at some point whether Velo or anyone else on here sent 5 or 10 or 20 or 50 of something. It only makes sense, really. Now, for a place like Gazelle it doesn't make as much sense because they aren't offering promo deals with inflated values like Dealtree is (and like Amazon/NorAm was when they had trade-in deal coupons to hand out). They are presumably paying market value for something and thus wouldn't mind getting larger quantities. Would it surprise me to see them impose limits, though? Not at all... But if they haven't by this point I'm not sure anything recently would spur them to do it. I had intended to send my SMB and my Toy Story Mania there, but they ended up going about half-and-half to Gazelle and Dealtree.[/QUOTE]
You did it correctly. You spread your stuff out. I'm not surprised. I hope we don't lose money, it's the principle to me though because I can see this happening again with another place. And that people shouldn't throw it in others faces. And of course the lost money on future trades. I might buy 3-5 copies of a game and trade it in to a place over time, but I don't order tons of multiples from 1 place or trade tons at once. Both for my own protection and so they don't kill the deal.

Ya, I just wish we could've pushed those restrictions off a bit longer. I don't think Gazelle will be immune forever because they too fall prey to people sending them tons of multiples that they do get hurt on (just not as much) as they don't always have their values right, particularly when they get a huge supply all at once. Maybe they'll update their TIV's faster and we'll lose that way.

[quote name='Velo214']I didn't get as lucky with all the smb, i just didnt care to pick up so many as some people did. I should have split my orders up, I still can't believe my luck for getting 10 perfect/acceptable copies of lbp from gamestop.com with the 40% coupon stacks. That's how it goes tho, if I didn't do it I know many others on here that talk about it and did, and there are many that don't say anything. I now have those royal mailer poly bags coming so shipments will only be 1,2,3 but still no big loss. I was laundering thousands, i just got $150 flip which is a day of work, i mean, come on. lol :)
peace all cags[/QUOTE]

I don't know why you'd say you launder money. Anyways you can ignore me, but I won't ignore you because you'll probably post something eventually that I will benefit from. ;) Gotta be smarter than ignoring information that helps you in some way.
 
I'm guessing that was a typo and she meant to say "I wasn't laundering thousands". At least I hope so ;).
 
Is this normal? I sent in a game that has been delivered but hasn't been verified yet. Another game that I sent in later has already been verified while I'm still waiting for the first game to be verified.
 
[quote name='yruluis']Is this normal? I sent in a game that has been delivered but hasn't been verified yet. Another game that I sent in later has already been verified while I'm still waiting for the first game to be verified.[/QUOTE]

How far apart were they delivered? If it was just a few days I wouldn't worry yet.

By the way, some slight good news with respect to earlier submissions. This is very early of course and I wouldn't have expected any problems, but they just verified everything I sent in last week (4 different mailings) at full value, including at least one that was the 4th copy I'd sent in. Of course I won't be completely at ease until they verify the ones I sent in yesterday, but I'll have to wait till next week, most likely, on those.

Oh, and since this question comes up occasionally, I had marked that a few of these I sent in sealed - no problems with that. I wouldn't expect there to be - this isn't Gamestop where they think you are a thief if you bring in sealed games. I'm sure all these trade-in sites prefer them to be sealed if possible. They can certainly get more for them that way and I don't mind giving them something worth a little more than they expect if it helps keep the program going ;).
 
[quote name='J7.']No they did not say velo214 did this deal 2 months ago let's cut it off. They did eventually notice all the 10 item trade ins made by people though and added them up... :roll: Furthermore, people were stupid enough to send in 10 of a game in 1 order that was clearly ripping off Dealtree. [/QUOTE]

I totally agree. After all, Dealtree is too stupid to add single orders and realize that they're getting a shit ton of one game. I mean, the real problem are the orders of 10. That's why we can still trade 10 copies of a game to GS and they don't adjust trade values at all... Oh, wait.

Hmm. Maybe that's not a good point. OK - how about... Everyone ruined the free game thing at BB with X blades... There'll never be another free game after that... Oh, wait.

OK - another bad example. How about...

The list goes on and on. Eventually, every company will catch on to most of the exploits we run here. There is no way around it. It's a HUGE community and - let's face it - we're all CHEAP. That's why we're here.

The real issue is the people on here that exploit the same deal, but try to pretend that their 4 trades of 3 games didn't contribute to ruining the deal. Or the people that convince themselves that their 2 free games from BB were any less of an exploitation that those of us that have grabbed 20. Or the people that convince themselves that their "2 of each" policy on penny guides is less egregious than the guy that grabs all dem shitz. If you're using this website, then you're searching for bargains and probably, in all likelihood, taking advantage of a glitch here and there. None of us are beyond reproach. It's just that some of us adopt a holier than thou attitude about it. I get in on a lot of deals - but when I don't, I don't bitch. I'm glad for the people that did and I move on to the next one. I wish more people here would adopt that approach.
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[quote name='io']
Oh, and since this question comes up occasionally, I had marked that a few of these I sent in sealed - no problems with that. I wouldn't expect there to be - this isn't Gamestop where they think you are a thief if you bring in sealed games. I'm sure all these trade-in sites prefer them to be sealed if possible. They can certainly get more for them that way and I don't mind giving them something worth a little more than they expect if it helps keep the program going ;).[/QUOTE]

I unwrapped the SMBs I sent in yesterday. I guess I'm still gunshy from dealing with GS all these years... I also figured that if they didn't verify, it'd be too late to return them, anyway.
 
[quote name='crazedracerguy']I unwrapped the SMBs I sent in yesterday. I guess I'm still gunshy from dealing with GS all these years... I also figured that if they didn't verify, it'd be too late to return them, anyway.[/QUOTE]

I only unwrap them if I intend to swap cases (ie, use the new case for a used game I bought at GS and use the GS case for the trade-in, assuming it is presentable ;)). I actually wish I had done that with some Wii games I sent to Gazelle the other day - I just realized I had several BBV games I was keeping that needed "recasing".

But also, I figure even if they do reject them and send them back (both unlikely, but whatever) I'd prefer to have them back sealed than not. At least they have some potential sales value that way, though I'm sure the value of SMB has cratered due to the cheap BB copies. I didn't even bother looking on eBay to see what they went for :lol:.

(Edit: OK, out of utter curiosity I checked eBay and much to my surprise they have sold for as much as $25 shipped, though some regular auctions as opposed to Buy It Nows have gone for as little as $15 shipped).
 
[quote name='io']I only unwrap them if I intend to swap cases (ie, use the new case for a used game I bought at GS and use the GS case for the trade-in, assuming it is presentable ;)). I actually wish I had done that with some Wii games I sent to Gazelle the other day - I just realized I had several BBV games I was keeping that needed "recasing".

But also, I figure even if they do reject them and send them back (both unlikely, but whatever) I'd prefer to have them back sealed than not. At least they have some potential sales value that way, though I'm sure the value of SMB has cratered due to the cheap BB copies. I didn't even bother looking on eBay to see what they went for :lol:.

(Edit: OK, out of utter curiosity I checked eBay and much to my surprise they have sold for as much as $25 shipped, though some regular auctions as opposed to Buy It Nows have gone for as little as $15 shipped).[/QUOTE]


I sent the games almost a week before the one that was just verified.
 
I had a few of my trades verified today - of which they accepted the 5 copies of SMB I submitted.

So it looks like those who got quotes before the policy change should be fine in getting their full values.
 
[quote name='major morgan']I had a few of my trades verified today - of which they accepted the 5 copies of SMB I submitted.

So it looks like those who got quotes before the policy change should be fine in getting their full values.[/QUOTE]

Yay :) considering how I have 4 boxes which just arrived in MD today. Ha
 
^ No. They do not update the status there when they receive the games.

You should check the tracking number to make sure it's been delivered and then you just have to wait it out until they email you saying the values have been verified.
 
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