Hoho for breakfast
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GameStop has a 70% trade in deal right now..
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I think I got trade banned and I've been putting it on a trade card, not my power up card. (not that I still have that anyway)
So for clarification of what happened earlier. bought 9 games from one store, went to trade into another and the guy told me that for some reason it wouldn't lets him trade these in. That I would have to call customer service. I figured I got trade banned, probably passed the $2000 limit or something. So I took the games to a different store, returned them. I had a good run so I'm not even upset.
Hoho for breakfast
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Yeah it can be. You can start off with doing the B2G1 a couple times on gamestop games with high trade values and go from there with flipping them back in. Also Best Buy and Walmart has some of the higher value games for cheap. GCU is not a necessity, it's just more profitable.
Merchandise
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Eh, maybe? What made it most sweet for me was being able to get it running for free with my own games. The Pro Membership immediately pays for itself though.
Dr. Giggles
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You mind PM'ing me as well if you have a method to transfer credit?
Absolutely. If you don't mind having to invest some real money it's not that difficult. I went to 1 store, bought 9 games for 288, traded them in at a 2nd store for 430, bought 3 games from that store, and traded them in at a 3rd store for another 123. My method wasn't even the cleanest and I was in a rush and I still feel I made out great. Just buy a power up membership when you buy a bunch of used games in the first transaction. Worth it to just dump a couple hundred if you can afford it instead of buying like 3 games and doing a lot more leg work.
Nameless
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Depends what games you can find. I bought a bunch of PvZ2 from Wal-Mart and more than doubled my money on each which helped get me started. After you have enough GameStop credit to buy at least 4 games(and getting 2 more free) it's essentially free money.
DieAntwoord
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Correct. Trade credit won't let you but the gamestop gift card is because by law in most places a Gift Card = Cash. Take your "trade credit" buy a gift card and buy what you want.
sensui-tomo
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Does the trade ban affect the account or the person's id? Like if I use my sister's account but trade in games through that. Sorry for the dumb questions.
MugiwaraCole
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With no games, you'd have to spend $160 out of pocket to get going. I'd recommend spending the $15 the first time you visit the store, cause that first flip is gonna pay for it and some.
Uno Venova
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Y'all are some scammers.
That Damn Kid
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Sorry if this has been answered a million times already, but can I trade two copies of the same game at one store? Or should I do separate stores?
DieAntwoord
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You can but you'll more than likely get shit for it and set off an alarm or two.
That Damn Kid
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I'll do separate stores then, thank you
I can just buy a GS gift card with my trade card, then use it for Amazon credit?
matrixman92
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i think this some other promo being added not related to pro card or 70%. I traded in an xb1 copy one night and got that same total of 51.75, it had some additional promo that bumped it by $5. The next morning i traded another XB1 copy and got the 46.75
Hoho for breakfast
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You got $51.75 because they gave you the $5 coupon code bump and happened to put it on that game. The normal trade values are the same for both platforms.
GodfatherX
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That's my understanding
fluffydelusions
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Yeah it sucks though cause BB next to me only has spiderman and need for speed...no gw2 or mordor
A scam is a fraudulent scheme. Fraudulent meaning illegal. There's nothing illegal about this. It's just taking advantage of two promotions running at once.
DieAntwoord
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Anyone have any list of games I should pick up on PS4/XB1 for B2G1 and trade at a different store?
Banjo-Kazooie
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Ain't no scam going on, it's all legal transactions
Saren is Bad
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Only need like $110 in credit to get the train running
RBelong2Us
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Just an FYI I went to make my last rounds and Rivals for XB1 is only coming out at $11
"I learned it from you"
I mean aren't they just going to sell the games back for more of the trade price?
Blak_Status
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No, you can't get Amazon credit with the GS gift card or trade card.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Ya that's it's worth. Only the PS4 versions of both Need for Speeda are worth the $20
What is this wizardry that's apparently top-secret, PM only stuff then
I need them deets
CAN'T
fluffydelusions
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I'm actually trying to find some cheap games on craigslist, offerup etc first before seeing what I can find in store.
Anyway........
Any you guys with shit tons of credit looking to sell steam wallet cards on the super cheap?
Banjo-Kazooie
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Had an hour to kill before stores closed so hit up my GameStop nearby and grabbed 9 games, all of the ones in that top flip infigraphic for DS were in stock so did those. 3 of them were "free". Brought them across the street to the other GameStop and the guy ringing them up was gushing about how amazing the value was for each one (all pretty much $42.50). So "spent" $220 in store credit at the first place and got $370 in credit trading them those same games. Decent way to kill an hour I guess
Ended this promotion with $680 on my card so I'm set to grab an Xbox One X this fall for the price of like $100 for some starter games I got at Walmart. Works for me!
Ended this promotion with $680 on my card so I'm set to grab an Xbox One X this fall for the price of like $100 for some starter games I got at Walmart. Works for me!
What sort of discount you looking for? I might be down.
PerfectFlaw
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Hit $1000 in credit today. If the values hold up I'll try to make a little more tomorrow, but I'm pretty much done. Basically got a free Switch and X so I cant complain.
Do the reward certificates expire?
4 game stops a bunch of 3ds and two Wii u games later and I made about $490 in store credit and never spent a dime of my own money. Those 3ds games are gold . Thanks gaf and especially the guy with the Megaman Avatar who keeps posting the list sorry I don't know your name on top of my head
Captain Zyrain
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Sample of an easy $100 flip.
Needs BB Gamerclub and GS Rewards.. quote for details.
Needs BB Gamerclub and GS Rewards.. quote for details.
Adam Prime
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Yeah mine does in 2 months.
Yes, you usually have about a couple of months to use it. You can see when it will expired before you redeem your points for it. I had one expired on me but Customer Service was nice enough to give it back to me. But I wouldnt count on that.
Thanks for clarification and after closer look yes there is an additional $5 promo hidden amongst the mile long mess. LOL
matrixman92
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you cant use those on like xbox live gold sub cards right? And you cant use them on preorders? i think I tried that before and it didnt work
I'm up to about $450 in credit and am going to stop there... for today at least. Can they track all of our trades on their computers?
ended up finding multiple used Switch games to boomerang, and some interesting used Wii U games (Mario & Sonic Rio 2016), etc but the easiest to come across is 3DS games. check the loose cart case, I guarantee you will find lots of Pokemons, Smash Bros, Xenoblade, etc.
They've also been giving me the extra $5 every time.
ended up finding multiple used Switch games to boomerang, and some interesting used Wii U games (Mario & Sonic Rio 2016), etc but the easiest to come across is 3DS games. check the loose cart case, I guarantee you will find lots of Pokemons, Smash Bros, Xenoblade, etc.
They've also been giving me the extra $5 every time.
Didn't even think of the B2G1 yesterday when I got $387 in credit which I got from a few old games I had and a couple purchases from Best Buy.
So today I didn't spend a dime and after 4 different stores almost doubled that to $752.
There was so much I didn't pick up either.
I'm assuming the $2k max is cumulative of everything traded in correct?
So today I didn't spend a dime and after 4 different stores almost doubled that to $752.
There was so much I didn't pick up either.
I'm assuming the $2k max is cumulative of everything traded in correct?
sensui-tomo
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Does trade limit exceeded affect the ID or account? I can use my sister's account if that's doable or do I need them to actually do the trade?
tareqsalah1
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What are the chances trade in values plummet tomorrow? All gamestops are closed so im trading games tomorrow morning.
Merchandise
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I don't really see why there would be a maximum when you can just ask them to put it on a new card.
Don't the online trade in values update at like midnight? You can then print out the value and I'm pretty sure they will have to honor it.
tareqsalah1
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So what ever the prices are after midnight should hold up untill they open tomorrow? Hopefully they dont drop too much.
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