The 2024 Gamestop Thread

[Davem]

Yoinked from the 2022/2023 thread!

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.

 

[thadoggfather]

Appreciate you, I bought Persona 5 Royal, price matched Madden 24 to Best Buy, and had a copy of Mario Kart I had gotten when on sale after buying a switch earlier in the month.

$48 for Mk8 Deluxe aint too shabby at all!

Persona 5 Royal (S) is $24.99 at Target and got me $36.80 after bonuses earlier ($23 base).

If anyone is sitting on Hello Neighbor (S) (it's been $10 at BB multiple times), it's $10 base.

Thanks, this is an easy one (just ordered another copy from target to get shipped and traded the one I already had)

 

[TheLegendofTyler]

I have a Pokemon Scarlet that could theoretically get me 40 bucks, but the label is ripped almost all the way off.

Anyone think they will take it?

They need to match the numbers on the front of the cart to the numbers on the back so if they can't do that I doubt they would be able to take it

 

[CGH]

Will gamestop open on Easter Sunday?

 

[Shugo2540]

Will gamestop open on Easter Sunday?

Happy Easter! Yes GameStop is open regular Sunday hours.

 

[CGH]

Happy Easter! Yes GameStop is open regular Sunday hours.

Thank you and is 50% trade in bonus still active today? Yesterday a employee told me it ended yesterday.

 

[Shugo2540]

Thank you and is 50% trade in bonus still active today? Yesterday an employee told me it ended yesterday.

This I don’t know I thought it ended yesterday. I don’t see any new promotions on their website , other than the typical 20% game trade bonus, but the 50% off was not on the website either so hard to say.

 

[srocky26]

Thank you and is 50% trade in bonus still active today? Yesterday a employee told me it ended yesterday.

Sign up at my store

 

[marvelguy68]

Thank you and is 50% trade in bonus still active today? Yesterday a employee told me it ended yesterday.

The employee showed me yesterday the promotional setup stuff and it's said 50% trade continues this week

 

[Vigilante]

The employee showed me yesterday the promotional setup stuff and it's said 50% trade continues this week

As in through 4/6, or just through today?

 

[Alexpguy]

Assuming the trade bonus is still going and you can find a copy, Mario 3D All Stars is $57 w/ pro and trades for $64. Good way to convert points.

 

[Alexpguy]

As in through 4/6, or just through today?

The sign someone posted 2 days ago says it's valid through 3/31 (today).

 

[briandadude]

Assuming the trade bonus is still going and you can find a copy, Mario 3D All Stars is $57 w/ pro and trades for $64. Good way to convert points.

I’d probably hold onto that game if you find it.

 

[Vigilante]

The sign someone posted 2 days ago says it's valid through 3/31 (today).

I know but wasn't sure if "continues this week" meant just today.

 

[marvelguy68]

As in through 4/6, or just through today?

The week

 

[Twilightsparkle]

Assuming the trade bonus is still going and you can find a copy, Mario 3D All Stars is $57 w/ pro and trades for $64. Good way to convert points.

If you find that better to sell it for $$ rather than get more GameStop money. You could easily sell it for more cash to a buyer on Reddit or somewhere else.

 

[NotNewHere]

Extended till 6th so more time to gather stuff up

 

[edison]

Five Nights at Freddy's Collection (Switch) $19.93 @ Wally trades in for 22.00 base.

 

[NotNewHere]

Just note for extension btw that it's only games. No hardware or accessories included

 

[kcmt2010]

Just confirmed with an employee 4/6.

 

[SephirothWF]

Is the $40/$44 credit value on the website for certain Dualsense controllers include the 50%?

 

[NotNewHere]

Is the $40/$44 credit value on the website for certain Dualsense controllers include the 50%?

Accessories aren't part of the 50% as only games sadly

 

[Rudybegga]

Got 40 for Metroid Prime remastered. Great deals!!!

 

[shadowysea07]

Not trying to be one of those people but it'd probably kill some of the posters to ctrl f or search / read the page they are on before asking a question. And it'd take less time presumably.

 

[valiki7375]

Five Nights at Freddy's Collection (Switch) $19.93 @ Wally trades in for 22.00 base.

Seems like a lot of work for $2, didn't think people were still doing this

 

[TheLegendofTyler]

Seems like a lot of work for $3, didn't think people were still doing this

$22 base, there's a 50% bump right now

 

[Shugo2540]

Seems like a lot of work for $2, didn't think people were still doing this

After taxes around $14 decent of you have a Walmart close to GameStop or are already at Walmart.

 

[backseatdog]

Five Nights at Freddy's Collection (Switch) $19.93 @ Wally trades in for 22.00 base.

Thanks, had a walmart by me with the game and did the trade smoothly. And found some good games in stock:

 

[CGH]

When I tried to use my $5 powerup rewards certicate for April to buy a eshop card the employees blocked it.

 

[jeskid14]

When I tried to use my $5 powerup rewards certicate for April to buy a eshop card the employees blocked it.

You can't get eShop cards as of December 2023

 

[CGH]

You can't get eShop cards as of December 2023

I had always used it to buy eshop psn or xbox credit now I am stuck with monthly $5 coupons I do not know what to spend it on.

 

[Battlehead]

I had always used it to buy eshop psn or xbox credit now I am stuck with monthly $5 coupons I do not know what to spend it on.

yes...key word USED to, been like this for 5 months now hoss

 

[briandadude]

I had always used it to buy eshop psn or xbox credit now I am stuck with monthly $5 coupons I do not know what to spend it on.

Supposedly pokemon cards are a good use or 1st party brand new Switch games.

 

[CGH]

yes...key word USED to, been like this for 5 months now hoss

My membership expired some time last year I did not renew it until mid April. I did not know.

 

[CGH]

Supposedly pokemon cards are a good use or 1st party brand new Switch games.

I used it to buy preowned super mario rpg remake switch and advance wars 1 and 2 remake switch in store. The people traded them in did not redeem the golden coins I did a happy dance.

 

[Twilightsparkle]

I used it to buy preowned super mario rpg remake switch and advance wars 1 and 2 remake switch in store. The people traded them in did not redeem the golden coins I did a happy dance.

GameFly has been selling used copies for Super Mario RPG for 34.99 + 2.98 shipping so even with $5 off the GameStop preowned price is too much.

 

[Brick Frog]

If you're a lapsed PUR subscriber like me, you can get the PS5 version of COD MW III for $35 with one year sign up then trade the game back in for $48 with the current 50% promo. So you're essentially paying $60-$65 (after tax) for the account + game and getting $48 back after trade making the net cost of the PUR account $12-$17. If you trade in enough, that eventually pays itself off.

 

[styrofoamboats]

Is $10 off $100 gone now?

 

[Vigilante]

Is $10 off $100 gone now?

Looks like it. Oh well.

 

[Quest4SNES]

I've been super busy lately and missed the entire recent +50% trade promos. Looks like some values have held....is it still active as of today 4/3?

I'm seeing switch titles Mario Kart, Paleo Pines, Persona 5 Royal as good value flips still if website is right on values.

 

[FlyingMonkey9]

So this is starting today, but TIV haven’t nuked yet!? Is this live in store

 

[keyblader1985]

Whenever I didn't plan to buy anything that month, I would use my $5 coupon to get one of their little mystery figures. I pulled a Goku and an Anya Forger.

 

[Twilightsparkle]

My Pro is expiring in May and I noticed I have a $5 coupon off a Pro renewal coupon on my account. don’t know if I’ll renew at $20. Got time to think about it.

Whenever I didn't plan to buy anything that month, I would use my $5 coupon to get one of their little mystery figures. I pulled a Goku and an Anya Forger.

Yeah my younger kid loves those things. Yet to get Anya. Got Anya’s plush and the old teacher guy. At least we didn’t pull another Loid - we keep getting cursed with those, lol.

 

[thadoggfather]

How many copies of a game can you trade? if I stagger it a day each time, can I do a third copy of Five Nights at Freddys?

Did one from my personal collection I never played (got for $20 months ago) couple days ago, grabbed another yesterday at Walmart and dumped it at GS immediately, kinda wanna do a third since there's one copy left on the shelves I think...

 

[TheLegendofTyler]

How many copies of a game can you trade? if I stagger it a day each time, can I do a third copy of Five Nights at Freddys?

Did one from my personal collection I never played (got for $20 months ago) couple days ago, grabbed another yesterday at Walmart and dumped it at GS immediately, kinda wanna do a third since there's one copy left on the shelves I think...

4 of the same game in a rolling 30 days

 

[Alexpguy]

I've been super busy lately and missed the entire recent +50% trade promos. Looks like some values have held....is it still active as of today 4/3?

I'm seeing switch titles Mario Kart, Paleo Pines, Persona 5 Royal as good value flips still if website is right on values.

I made a trade yesterday and got it, employee said it was extended to 4/6.

 

[jeskid14]

If you're a lapsed PUR subscriber like me, you can get the PS5 version of COD MW III for $35 with one year sign up then trade the game back in for $48 with the current 50% promo. So you're essentially paying $60-$65 (after tax) for the account + game and getting $48 back after trade making the net cost of the PUR account $12-$17. If you trade in enough, that eventually pays itself off.

I'm assuming this doesn't apply for current members?

 

[bobbyblane]

I've been super busy lately and missed the entire recent +50% trade promos. Looks like some values have held....is it still active as of today 4/3?

I'm seeing switch titles Mario Kart, Paleo Pines, Persona 5 Royal as good value flips still if website is right on values.

Am I missing something? All these games would be losses as flips.

Metroid prime remaster is a good candidate for a flip if you have a $5 reward to burn. 31 > 40

 

[jeskid14]

I've been super busy lately and missed the entire recent +50% trade promos. Looks like some values have held....is it still active as of today 4/3?

I'm seeing switch titles Mario Kart, Paleo Pines, Persona 5 Royal as good value flips still if website is right on values.

Paleo pines? Where?

 

[Vigilante]

Paleo pines? Where?

Woot.

 

[kcmt2010]

Paleo pines? Where?

Woot, but oos now for switch.