Get good money for your trade-ins at this site!!

[Bastion]

http://www.wherehouse.com/

It allows you to trade in DVD's, Games and music cd's for in-store credit. It's great on old sports games. I have over $50 credit after selling Madden 2004, High Heat Baseball 2004 and The Hobbit. Be sure to check it out Cheapasses!!

I read about it on a blog at Gamerfeed.com.

[peteyrose]

LOL!!! That's my blog! 8)

And I agree, it's awesome. Great way to get rid of your used games.

[doubledown]

Wow, I can get some decent prices for my CC games I picked up...although, I amy just trade them in at GAMERUSH

[ryan838]

I usually never trade anything in but this time I think I'm going to. I spent about $25 total for 4 games that I never play any more and they are willing to give me $63 in credit. Their prices they sell games for are too high but their cd prices are pretty good.

[wrkh99]

Are these guys legit ? Anyone use them before ?

[P0ldy]

Yes, they're legit. They have a sister site, Spun.com, that I've used twice in the past. At Spun, however, when you trade something, say, DVDs, you can only get credit to buy DVDs on their site. Wherehouse lets you spend the credit on DVDs, games, music, whatever.

[wrkh99]

Cool. We have one in this city and I will drop buy and return some of my CC games :) Thanks

[peteyrose]

Yes, they're legit. Wherehouse is a big California retail chain.

[Rubberlegs]

Do you think they offer the same trade-in values in-sotre as they do online?

[JEKKI]

Yes, they're legit. Wherehouse is a big California retail chain.
yup! a big cali retail chain that went the f*ck outta business!

[FinFan]

How does shipping work?

[Scorch]

I've got like a hundred older CD's that they buy for $4 each.. are you kiddin' me.. I'm so looking into this, $4 for CD's that are like six years old is an awesome deal.

[Gameboy415]

My god. Have you seen their game prices?!

$53.99 for YANYA CABALLISTA?!?

[yeldarb367]

I'll have to check this out.

[fwacce]

Does anyone have a phone number for this company? They don't seem to list one on the site.

[Bastion]

I am going to use it to pre-order all the games I want for this fall. Fable, Halo 2, MGS3, GTASA and the list goes on.

[yeahokthenfu]

Yes, they're legit. Wherehouse is a big California retail chain.
yup! a big cali retail chain that went the f*ck outta business!
Exactly, but hey if they give you store credit and you dont spend it before the site goes down, which by seeing all there stores go out of business I can see that happening in the near future, then you can sue them for your store credit, I wouldnt personally recommend this place, because they have been going out of business for about a year now and there was about 5 in my city and now there is 0. So Id go for the negative on this one.

[peteyrose]

Wherehouse has been bankrupt, but weren't they purchased by another company? I haven't been following them, but I think they're ok now.

There's still like 8 stores within 20 miles of me. They're not going anywhere.

[Slipknot9762]

thanks that can definitely help me instead of trading my games in to gamestop for 4 cents.

[MasterLin1]

My local wherehouse gives cash...for CD's at least, I haven't tried trading in games or movies in yet, but I'm sure I will.

And they're legit.

[webcamjenna]

Does anybody know if these are the same prices they would give in B&M? Thanks in advance! Any help is appreciated!

[lain21us]

Hey, before anyone trades sealed CC games to Wherehouse, they should post here and give CAGs a shot to bid cash for the games. A lot of sealed games are still worth more than the Wherehouse is offering, and their prices suck so bad that credit isn't worth much.

[floormat]

suikoden II $59.00 nice unless somone want to pay me more...

[Santurio]

I heard of this site on (yes, I know traitor) Bytesizedeal.com when they were talking of the Unison game and they say they are affiliated with FYE!!! I don't know if this is true or not.

[Gnomeslayer]

If they gave cash for some of these games, I'd be all over this, but for store credit I dunno...I suppose I could buy some games from CC for $5 that sell for $10 on that site and get a $50 for $25 though...but since I already have so many ps2 games I don't think I will.

[Richter]

DoA XBV gets you $19 o.O

[mmn]

Heh NHL Hitz Pro gets $14. Nice.

[yomama]

It is a good deal, but they are VERY strict when it comes to the tiniest scratch or having the instruction books and case in good condition, and they are selective about what they take. out of those 100 cd's you have, they might only take 10 of them. But you never know. They've been around awhile, i bought my first VCR there when they first came out in the early 80's.

[drsuper23]

The Hobbit for GC gives you $24. Too bad that their prices are insane.

[mmn]

$56.99 for Dave Mirra 2, when I got it from EBgames.com for $5 last week.

I'd only use this for new games, like Riddick or something.

[peteyrose]

Exactly. Just use it for new games or preorders and you're set.

[GuilewasNK]

*Tagged for future reference*

[beerguy961]

I wouldn't trade in anything unless I wouldn't feel right trading it here (I got $15 for a messed up controller at GS).

[ryan838]

They gave me $24 for fever 04 which is a good deal considering I never play it and I got it for free.

[dracula]

$56.99 for Dave Mirra 2, when I got it from EBgames.com for $5 last week.

I'd only use this for new games, like Riddick or something.

dave mirra 2 gets you $7...

[ryan838]

"dave mirra 2 gets you $7... "

They are selling it for $57 new.

[roguejedi5]

There are a few of these stores here where I live. It use to be a dozen of them, but they close them down and only keep the ones still making money. Yes their prices are outrageous and I still don't know how they can still be in business.

[sisco1986]

There way to over priced on games, but there trade in values aren't bad.

[DigitalSpace]

There are 3 in the Portland area. I could be wrong on this, but I think they're owned by FYE now because the price stickers on all their stuff look similar to the price stickers at FYE.

And yeah, their prices can be crazy. The local stores here still have Super Mario Sunshine and Starfox Adventures for $49.99 new. And I recently saw a used Go Go Hypergrind for $45. The game retails new for $15!

They have decent prices on used CDs and DVDs though.

[lain21us]

I could be wrong on this, but I think they're owned by FYE now because the price stickers on all their stuff look similar to the price stickers at FYE.

FYE and Wherehouse have always both been owned by Transworld Corp.

[DemonAlcohol]

I noticed that they give $15 for Dark Summit, a game you can find at most EBGames for about $5 used.

[BulletTime]

The CD trade in credit is pretty good too. Most of my CDs go for $4 a piece.

[Garfield]

Man, I saw on their website that they buy Outlaw Volleyball (Xbox) for $19 credit. So I went to a B&M store in my neighborhood, and they wouldn't even take the game.

So yeah, www.wherehouse.com and their retail stores have VERY different trade-in prices. Also, they do give cash for all type of trade-in, but you get more if you ask for store credit.

[DigitalSpace]

More absurd pricing at Wherehouse:

I was in a Wherehouse today, and I saw at least three Player's Choice copies of Metroid Prime at $29.99 used!

So, let's see here...

Super Mario Sunshine - $49.99 new
Starfox Adventures - $49.99 new
Go Go Hypergrind - $45 used
Metroid Prime - $29.99 used

I think Wherehouse could possibly take the cake when it comes to overpriced games.

[shawagg]

If you do the math it's not really a great deal. They give you more but they also charge you more when you cash in that credit. Add in Shipping and Tax and what you thought was a steal was only a high stakes gamble.

I'll pass.

[wampa8jedi]

^^^
I disagree--most of their new titles are only $49.99 and for those games this is quite a deal... shipping is only $2 or $3 as well. All I know is that I'm getting Tales of Symphonia for three trashy games (Aggressive Inline GBA, Black and Bruised PS2, and I'm blanking on the other) that I paid no more than $10 for... and in my book, a $50 game for $10 is a sweet deal indeed ;)

[peteyrose]

If you do the math it's not really a great deal. They give you more but they also charge you more when you cash in that credit. Add in Shipping and Tax and what you thought was a steal was only a high stakes gamble.

I'll pass.

I totally agree with wampa. I'm trading in 3 games that I got for $5 and will never possibly play again and that will fetch me $2 at EB. In return, I'm getting Chronicles of Riddick. If that's not a steal, I don't know what is.

[Mospeada_21]

I saw this post late last week. So I checked up on the highest trade-in values on the games I owned. Here goes:

Bought: Dragon's Lair 3D at CC sale for $5.
Blood Rayne (X-Box) at CC sale for $5.
Gun Metal (X-Box) at CC sale for $5.
Dragon's Lair 3D at EB sale for $10. (you can still do this)

Traded-in to Wherehouse B&M: Dragon's Lair 3D for $18.
Blood Rayne (X-Box) for $8.50.
Gun Metal (X-Box) for $8.50.
Dragon's Lair 3D for $18.

Store credit only though. So total cost $25 (exclu. tax), Credit = $53, Net = $28. Not bad. Got a few things afterwards.

The employees were cool and helpful. One even said he finished Wind Waker, and Four Swords. Special thanks to 'Bastion' for the original post, and CheapyD for this Site!

[willardhaven]

Does FYE give money for music CD trade-ins?

[ryan838]

"If you do the math it's not really a great deal. They give you more but they also charge you more when you cash in that credit. Add in Shipping and Tax and what you thought was a steal was only a high stakes gamble.

I'll pass. "

I traded in 4 games that cost me about $25. They reimbursed me to ship them the games. I got $65 in credit. So I can get a new $50 game and a cd with my credit and I only had to pay $25 out of pocket. So to me its a good deal.

[maxpower]

So how does the shipping to them work..exactly?

[LinkinPrime]

Wherehouse and FYE are sister companies

[Scorch]

Mailed 'em. Said that if a CD is scratched, they toss it.. no returns.

[california1967]

They give 7 dollars for rogue ops :D

[Garfield]

Yeah, the only thing I don't like about their policy is that if something is sratched, not only will they give you NOTHING for it, they will THROW AWAY the disc for you.

And yes, the website (as well as regular retail store) has ridiculous prices on some of the older games, but you can use the credit toward a new release or pre-order. Those are $49.99 everywhere, so no rip-off there.

[ChessPieceFace]

So how does the shipping to them work..exactly?

Put stuff in a box, go to your post office, send it Media Mail.

I sent 4 games I got from the CC $4.99 sale. It cost like $1.60 to ship.

They gave me $14 credit for 3 games and $10 credit for 1, plus $1.84 to cover shipping (they do that for 4 or more tradeins). So I have around $54 credit now, and after shipping and tax a new game is around $57.

I was planning on getting Transformers, but will instead pick it up at Target or PM to CC... gotta find a good $50 game to maximize the profit. :)

[peteyrose]

Mailed 'em. Said that if a CD is scratched, they toss it.. no returns.

Well, it's your fault if you can't take care of your CDs :)

[WAJedi]

Best Deal on there was Jedi Oucast for Xbox...$5.00 at CC...23.99 trade in.

[wampa8jedi]

^^^
Same with Dynasty Warriors 4 (PS2)...

[Puzznic]

I just traded a huge number of games to them for a nice chunk of credit. Besides the CC games i found some other good trade in deals for old games i was never going to play again. I got $5.00 each for Gran Turismo 1 and 2, $13 for Quake 3 Arena on Dreamcast, and $7 for Mech Assault. If i would have brought those 4 games to Gamestop i would have probrobly gotten just enough money for a pack of gum.

[totsmann]

I dont wanna do any selling to them online cause i'd have to buy from them and they're way overpriced, on games at least. But thanks for the info. I'll try in-store trading there.

[wampa8jedi]

As others have pointed out, their prices on new games are just fine... I got Tales of Symphonia for three games that I bought for $11 total...

[JamesH1985]

do they take multiple copies of the same game?

[masha]

Took it from their help page

"Is there a limit to the amount of product I can Sell to Wherehouse.com?
You can Sell as much merchandise as you like at one time, however, we will only accept one piece of a particular title from each customer."



http://www.wherehouse.com/help/

[JamesH1985]

i just did a quick search through some of their games, i got the list of circuit city games from the forum on the first page and did some searches, of the 14 games i searched from CC for a total of 145 plus tax the wherehouse.com credit would give me 248!!! some deal eh? i doubt i need that much but i figure 100 bucks worth for say halo 2 and doom 3

[masha]

Prices on trade-ins just dropped 60% It's over :!:

[ryan838]

"Prices on trade-ins just dropped 60% It's over "

Youre right they arent giving as much any more. I got $63 for 4 games I traded in a couple weeks ago but if I did it now I would only get $32.50.

[hero_icon_rolemodel]

Whew, I locked in the trade-in value just in time. I mailed the games yesterday.

[-Never4ever-]

nfl street 6$
blitz pro $6
FF CC $10
rygar $6
live 2002 $6

so far every title I've tried cept live has given me at less than half the cred that gamestop would. fucking weak :(

[popps]

whyd they do that so soon? i was just about to trade in my copy of socom (14.99_ and manhunt(19.99)...now theyre worth $8 each...im such a procrastinator...

[peteyrose]

Thankfully, I had my prices locked in two weeks ago :)

[rufio2004nfg]

So has anyone tried to trade-in their stuff in-store? There are both a Wherehouse Music and an FYE in my city so let me know if the trade-in values are the same.

[wampa8jedi]

Shame they dropped their prices...

I just competed a trade with them through the mail; less than a ten day turn around for me to ship my stuff to them and get my game back... I sent them three games I purchased for $11, and got Tales of Symphonia for FREE... still have .40 worth of credit left ;)

[popps]

website prices and b&m price are not the same...i went to the beverly hills wherehouse and the cashier was giving me less than what the website indicated...

the wherehouse stores usually give you 2 options: trade in games, cds, and dvds for 1)store credit or 2) cash...cash disbursement being $2-3 less than what they give you in store credit...

[misbitski]

I traded in my games at a local FYE instead of Wherehousemusic.com. The values seemed the same to me. The only problem is the online site does NOT allow you to cancel an order, even preorders. They send the order to their distributer in advance, so once you place it, it's a done deal. You can refuse the package or ship it back to get a refund, but you'll still get charged. I preordered Armored Core: Nexus in exchange for my trade-ins online, but when I went local and tried to cancel the online order, they told me I was SOL. It's not the end of the world, but it's definitely a hassle.

Good times.

[masha]

Yep. Ordered Disgaea from wherehouse.com, traded some :bs: , shows up "add to cart " but order status "backordered" . Send couple emails. Girl Sarah doesn't know :censored: Waiting...

[Rubberlegs]

I traded in my games at a local FYE instead of Wherehousemusic.com. The values seemed the same to me. The only problem is the online site does NOT allow you to cancel an order, even preorders. They send the order to their distributer in advance, so once you place it, it's a done deal. You can refuse the package or ship it back to get a refund, but you'll still get charged. I preordered Armored Core: Nexus in exchange for my trade-ins online, but when I went local and tried to cancel the online order, they told me I was SOL. It's not the end of the world, but it's definitely a hassle.

Good times.

I had my preorder of Maddn '05 and Fable cancelled. I sent an e-mail saying that my card was charged for the preorders. I said that it caused my bank account to go negative and I had a bunch of pending transactions that still hadn't posted to my account. Which in turn would of cost me about $150-175 in overdraft charges (overdraft charges are $35 at my bank). My preorder was cancelled within 48 hrs.

[defender]

The CAG effect has struck. They suddenly saw all this extra activity and may have even seen this thread.

Oh well.

[masha]

The CAG effect has struck. They suddenly saw all this extra activity and may have even seen this thread.

Oh well.

....... and thouthand copies of Outlaw Volleyball :grouphug: