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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low value games still won’t net you much for higher trade promotions, but they come in handy in case there’s a prerequisite to triggering the higher value promotions, like Trade 5 get 50% etc, as filler items to get you to where you need to be.

This is a good time to trade accessories though, the 20% applies to them as well, doesn’t happen terribly often these days.
 
Apparently the new thing in the East Bay is that people are boosting Kias and ramming the metal gates of Gamestops after closing and looting controllers and headphones.

2nd one near me was hit this week. Who knew?

Anyways, double dipped and found my normal store was hit yesterday.
 
Any good idea on something cheap to use the monthly $5 on? Was probably going to grab back 4 blood since it’s $7.50 unless any better ideas
 
TTAZ said:
Any good idea on something cheap to use the monthly $5 on? Was probably going to grab back 4 blood since it’s $7.50 unless any better ideas
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Tour De France 2022 for PS5 - Preowned. Price match the website or order online for store pick up. $5.99 before Pro would make it $0.99 cents and it trades back into Gamestop for $10 base. That's one of the best ways to maximize your monthly $5. If the store has more than one copy. Screenshot a copy of your $5 Monthly EBC Code. Buy it in store with price matching the website for $0.99. Trade it back in for $11 with Pro. Then order it again for store pick up utilizing your $5 Monthly EBC Code a second time for the store pick up for $0.99. Trade it back in a second time for another $11 with Pro. Net spend $0.99 plus tax while trade value is $22. Net gain would be $20+.
 
johnnymavrik said:
Apparently the new thing in the East Bay is that people are boosting Kias and ramming the metal gates of Gamestops after closing and looting controllers and headphones.

2nd one near me was hit this week. Who knew?

Anyways, double dipped and found my normal store was hit yesterday.
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Yeah I've heard that they are easy to steal for certain models and are not insurable.
 
TheLegendofTyler said:
I think I'm done with it for awhile once mine is up in June. Why are you considering re-uping?
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I've actually gotten some decent deals on in-store games of late and my store doesn't seem to get a lot of traffic, so most of the games are actually sealed when I buy them.

If I get 6 games in a year, it actually would be worth it. Plus, 5% off Steam is actually the best benefit that anyone offers for their digital currency at the moment.
 
psunami said:
I've actually gotten some decent deals on in-store games of late and my store doesn't seem to get a lot of traffic, so most of the games are actually sealed when I buy them.

If I get 6 games in a year, it actually would be worth it. Plus, 5% off Steam is actually the best benefit that anyone offers for their digital currency at the moment.
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Yeah true. My stores have pretty bad selections so I don't often get stuff from them anymore. I almost have to force myself to use the $5 coupon some months. But definitely valid reasons to keep it.
 
Hellacious said:
Tour De France 2022 for PS5 - Preowned. Price match the website or order online for store pick up. $5.99 before Pro would make it $0.99 cents and it trades back into Gamestop for $10 base. That's one of the best ways to maximize your monthly $5. If the store has more than one copy. Screenshot a copy of your $5 Monthly EBC Code. Buy it in store with price matching the website for $0.99. Trade it back in for $11 with Pro. Then order it again for store pick up utilizing your $5 Monthly EBC Code a second time for the store pick up for $0.99. Trade it back in a second time for another $11 with Pro. Net spend $0.99 plus tax while trade value is $22. Net gain would be $20+.
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i was gonna do that but my gamestops have none in stock sadly. maybe there is another flip ?
 
Hellacious said:
Tour De France 2022 for PS5 - Preowned. Price match the website or order online for store pick up. $5.99 before Pro would make it $0.99 cents and it trades back into Gamestop for $10 base. That's one of the best ways to maximize your monthly $5. If the store has more than one copy. Screenshot a copy of your $5 Monthly EBC Code. Buy it in store with price matching the website for $0.99. Trade it back in for $11 with Pro. Then order it again for store pick up utilizing your $5 Monthly EBC Code a second time for the store pick up for $0.99. Trade it back in a second time for another $11 with Pro. Net spend $0.99 plus tax while trade value is $22. Net gain would be $20+.
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That’s the type of CAG response I was looking for! Unfortunately none of the 10 stores near me have any copies according to the website.
psunami said:
I've actually gotten some decent deals on in-store games of late and my store doesn't seem to get a lot of traffic, so most of the games are actually sealed when I buy them.

If I get 6 games in a year, it actually would be worth it. Plus, 5% off Steam is actually the best benefit that anyone offers for their digital currency at the moment.
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also the 5% off pre owned games add to it if you commonly buy pre owned. I do a lot of b2g1 for switch games so it along with the $5 monthly’s I use def pay for itself and then some
 
psunami said:
Ugh. Debating signing back up for Gamestop Pro again, even though I think I would barely use it.
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Personally, I would resub only when something big like the 50% TiV promo returns or when the Pro Week selection of games refreshes (long overdue). Like another user said, I too would feel forced to find something to spend $5 a month on.
 
Hellacious said:
Tour De France 2022 for PS5 - Preowned. Price match the website or order online for store pick up. $5.99 before Pro would make it $0.99 cents and it trades back into Gamestop for $10 base. That's one of the best ways to maximize your monthly $5. If the store has more than one copy. Screenshot a copy of your $5 Monthly EBC Code. Buy it in store with price matching the website for $0.99. Trade it back in for $11 with Pro. Then order it again for store pick up utilizing your $5 Monthly EBC Code a second time for the store pick up for $0.99. Trade it back in a second time for another $11 with Pro. Net spend $0.99 plus tax while trade value is $22. Net gain would be $20+.
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strait edge follower said:
i was gonna do that but my gamestops have none in stock sadly. maybe there is another flip ?
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TTAZ said:
That’s the type of CAG response I was looking for! Unfortunately none of the 10 stores near me have any copies according to the website.
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Be careful not to trade-in the same copy three times within a short time frame let alone in the same transaction.
 
TTAZ said:
Any good idea on something cheap to use the monthly $5 on? Was probably going to grab back 4 blood since it’s $7.50 unless any better ideas
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FYI20XX said:
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Do you know if any of those games besides CP have a free PS5 upgrade?
 
It's pretty easy to research using Google. Just type the name of the game with the PS4 to PS5 Upgrade. There's usually something listed on the game's PSN page detailing the Upgrade Path. Only if there is something funky with the game on PSN is when there's issues (i.e., Marvel's Avengers being delisted, Cross Code Physical not having the upgrade for PS4 to PS5 where the digital does). While not as buzz wordy as "Smart Delivery" on the Xbox side of the fence, the process works for the most part.

This month for me, I picked up a couple of cheap games (one in store & the second on the double dip which is still working as expected)

:ps4: Prey $4.99
:xb1: Monster Hunter World $7.99

Even without currency available for the $5 certificate, there are good games to grab to throw in your library forever.
 
Joe Fongul said:
It's pretty easy to research using Google. Just type the name of the game with the PS4 to PS5 Upgrade. There's usually something listed on the game's PSN page detailing the Upgrade Path. Only if there is something funky with the game on PSN is when there's issues (i.e., Marvel's Avengers being delisted, Cross Code Physical not having the upgrade for PS4 to PS5 where the digital does). While not as buzz wordy as "Smart Delivery" on the Xbox side of the fence, the process works for the most part.

This month for me, I picked up a couple of cheap games (one in store & the second on the double dip which is still working as expected)

:ps4: Prey $4.99
:xb1: Monster Hunter World $7.99

Even without currency available for the $5 certificate, there are good games to grab to throw in your library forever.
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For the double dip, is this the process...?

Screen capture your code, use the code for an in-store pickup, then go in-store and pick up another game and then have them scan the code?

Thanks in advance!
 
psunami said:
For the double dip, is this the process...?

Screen capture your code, use the code for an in-store pickup, then go in-store and pick up another game and then have them scan the code?

Thanks in advance!
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Yes to the first step, but switch around the second and third--you need to use it in-store first and then it can be used a second time online.
 
Joe Fongul said:
This month for me, I picked up a couple of cheap games (one in store & the second on the double dip which is still working as expected)

:ps4: Prey $4.99
:xb1: Monster Hunter World $7.99

Even without currency available for the $5 certificate, there are good games to grab to throw in your library forever.
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Prey 2017 is awesome; played it on PC. Still need to finish it - but it's awesome. I love those kinds of games (immersive-sims - games like Deus Ex HR and MD, Thief series, Dishonored series, Deathloop, etc.).
 
TIL Best Buy no longer price matches Gamestop. Maneater Apex is on sale Gamestop for $9.99 but the only store that has 1 is 20 miles away and I am not driving 40 miles round trip for it. My local BB has it in stock but they won't PM it. It's out of stock at Target so no Maneater with DLC for me! Chat told me they stopped PM GS in September.
 
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Freeze Time said:
TIL Best Buy no longer price matches Gamestop. Maneater Apex is on sale Gamestop for $9.99 but the only store that has 1 is 20 miles away and I am not driving 40 miles round trip for it. My local BB has it in stock but they won't PM it. It's out of stock at Target so no Maneater with DLC for me! Chat told me they stopped PM GS in September.
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they are probably getting of selling physical game disks by next year so they said “why bother ?”
 
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I went to the store today for a trade-in not realizing the 5% off digital currency was an online only discount. Thought I might use my $5 off on one of the cheap games listed in the last couple pages, but nothing in stock locally.
 
Is there a way to search by a price range on the website anymore? For example games between $5-10? Can’t seem to find it anymore
 
Does the 20% extra trade credit stack with the 20% deal for certain pre-orders? Was going to do a pre-order for FF7 Rebirth and wanted to know if that would work.
 
My PUR Pro expired on 01/04/2024 but I still see the $5 coupon in my account (also saved an item in my cart with it applied as a backup).

Does anyone know if the $5 reward will still work for in store Purchase now that my Pro is expired?
 
thenadz said:
My PUR Pro expired on 01/04/2024 but I still see the $5 coupon in my account (also saved an item in my cart with it applied as a backup).

Does anyone know if the $5 reward will still work for in store Purchase now that my Pro is expired?
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The subscription is required to be active in order to apply the cert in-store, even if it's just sitting there on your account.
 
Does GameStop have the ability to test PS3 controllers for trades? I have only had them test XB1/PS4 controllers and newer. I picked up a PS3 controller at some point for like a quarter. I would love to dump it, but I have no way to test it as far as I know. Nothing connects when I plug it into my PC.
 
Dark Rider said:
Does GameStop have the ability to test PS3 controllers for trades? I have only had them test XB1/PS4 controllers and newer. I picked up a PS3 controller at some point for like a quarter. I would love to dump it, but I have no way to test it as far as I know. Nothing connects when I plug it into my PC.
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Do you see flashing lights when you plug the controller into the PC (after pressing the PS button?) That would usually indicate that it works.
 
I tried to trade in my Dualshock 3 on Friday. My controller turned on, but I'm trading it in big it has drift. Guy couldn't get his computer to test my controller so he was going to give me $1 something since his software wasn't working properly. I just kept the controller. I also traded in my son's Series S white controller. The LB button doesn't work. Guy didn't seem to test it out, but hit my with refurb fee because there was some dirt on the back. I went along since I knew I was going to get hit either way. Came out to $15 and change
 
I remember my dualshock 3 being very finicky on which cable would charge it. So if the battery is dead and the cable won't charge it, then the lights won't come on, but still could be functional.
 
Dark Rider said:
Does GameStop have the ability to test PS3 controllers for trades? I have only had them test XB1/PS4 controllers and newer. I picked up a PS3 controller at some point for like a quarter. I would love to dump it, but I have no way to test it as far as I know. Nothing connects when I plug it into my PC.
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When I traded mine in they just pressed the buttons. My controller worked fully, I'm just never going to buy another PS3 in the future
 
TheLegendofTyler said:
I remember my dualshock 3 being very finicky on which cable would charge it. So if the battery is dead and the cable won't charge it, then the lights won't come on, but still could be functional.
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more down to the charging source, but can be finicky with cable too.

pretty much charges only off a ps3, ds3 specific charger, or a pc with the 'right' mini USB to USB-A cable
 
Is there a current 20% TIV bonus regardless of preorder, or is it just for preordering certain games? The website lists both promos and I highly doubt they stack.
 
FamedGuardian said:
Is there a current 20% TIV bonus regardless of preorder, or is it just for preordering certain games? The website lists both promos and I highly doubt they stack.
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styrofoamboats said:
There's a 20% bonus for any trades, doesn't require a pre-order.
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To elaborate further, the no-preorder-required bonus only lasts through this Saturday (1/13) while the preorder-required bonus lasts through 2/3.
 
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