EBgames B&M Trade deals 8/29-10/2

[bluenatas09]

VOM Trades.
Trade 3 select PS2/Xbox/GC games and recieve $30 towards pre-purchase of Halo 2, Limitend Halo 2 or Forza.

One per customer. Boxes and instructions required. While supplies last. Not Valid on previous purchases. No Substitutions. No Rainchecks. 8/2-10/2

AND

The more you Trade, the more you're Paid
Trade 3 games in and recieve a extra $10 to total
Trade 4 games in and recieve a extra $15 to total
Trade 5 games in and recieve a extra $20 to total.

No Exclusions! No same titles. Must purchase something, no credit or cash will be given.

Normally I'd say the "more you trade, more you're paid" deal isn't the best....BUT it does say in little print that theres NO exceptions. So here's the perfect chance to get rid of some of those crappy POX titles or old sports titles that are taking up space.

******************** DaPhatty Edit *******************

Here are the OFFICIAL rules for each trade-in special. I copied these from the EBGames website. Click Here (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein/) if you want to see the webpage for yourself.

The More you Trade, the More You're Paid - $10 bonus trade-in Expires 10/2/2004
Trade-in 3 select pre-played PS2/XB/GC games and receive $10.00 dollars bonus trade-in value for all three games. Boxes and Instructions are required. Extra value must be applied to purchases made in the same transaction. No cash or credit will be issued. No exclusions apply. Demo discs are not valid for trade-in. Trade-in games must have different titles. Customer may be responsible for sales tax in some states. Not valid at EBGames.com. Boxes and instructions are required. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion. See sales associate for details.

The More you Trade, the More You're Paid - $15 bonus trade-in Expires 10/2/2004
Trade-in 4 select pre-played PS2/XB/GC games and receive $15.00 dollars bonus trade-in value for all four games. Boxes and Instructions are required. Extra value must be applied to purchases made in the same transaction. No cash or credit will be issued. No exclusions apply. Demo discs are not > valid for trade-in. Trade-in games must have different titles. Customer may be responsible for sales tax in some states. Not valid at EBGames.com. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion. See sales associate for details.

The More you Trade, the More You're Paid - $20 bonus trade-in Expires 10/2/2004
Trade-in 5 or more select pre-played PS2/XB/GC games and receive a total of $20.00 dollars bonus trade-in value. Boxes and Instructions are required. Extra value must be applied to purchases made in the same transaction. No cash or credit will be issued. No exclusions apply. Demo discs are not valid for trade-in. Trade-in games must have different titles. Customer may be responsible for sales tax in some states. Not valid at EBGames.com. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion. See sales associate for details.

[el bobo]

Are there any exclusions to this deal?

[bluenatas09]

only for the first deal, not the second one...well, unless you count Demos. Demo's can't be traded in for either.

[el bobo]

Do you have to present a coupon when you are doing this? If so, where can I find it?

[bluenatas09]

no coupons...just a trade in deal at EB games B&M starting tomorrow

[el bobo]

Thanks, that is a good deal on Halo 2 considering the games that I am going to trade for it I all got at the CC sale. (I already checked out the exclusion list)

Here is a link to it if anyone needs it...

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein/exclusions.asp

[ykryptonite13]

No Exceptions! Must purchase something, no credit or cash will be given.

Normally I'd say the "more you trade, more you're paid" deal isn't the best....BUT it does say in little print that theres NO exceptions. So here's the perfect chance to get rid of some of those crappy POX titles or old sports titles that are taking up space.

Does "No Exceptions" mean "No Exclusions?" Or does it mean no exceptions to not having credit or cash?

[Gojtron]

Bullshit. Just traded in 2 yesterday for good money from them(Spidey2 and Fight Night got me 47).

[PsyClerk]

Bullshit. Just traded in 2 yesterday for good money from them(Spidey2 and Fight Night got me 47).

Try again. The 'no cash or credit' is for those doing the trade in deal. It's there so you can't trade in 5 cruddy games and walk out with an extra Andrew Jackson.

You can still trade in normally.

[suko_32]

It's funny how FFXI with the Hard Drive is on the exclusion list ya know?

[Dare]

im gonna have to check this deal out, thanks for the heads up

[eldad9]

Trade 3 select PS2/Xbox/GC games and recieve $30 towards pre-purchase of Halo 2, Limitend Halo 2 or Forza.

One per customer. Boxes and instructions required. While supplies last. Not Valid on previous purchases. No Substitutions. No Rainchecks. 8/2-10/2

AND

The more you Trade, the more you're Paid
Trade 3 games in and recieve a extra $10 to total
Trade 4 games in and recieve a extra $15 to total
Trade 5 games in and recieve a extra $20 to total.

No Exceptions to this rule: Must purchase something, no credit or cash will be given.

[suko_32]

I liked them more when it was trade in 5 games, and get 25 extra and you can keep the credit for next time and it included GBA games. Oh well.

[Gosha]

Can you combine the deals to trade in 3 games for 30, then get an extra 10?

I'm thinking about picking up MLB 2k4 PS2 from Circuit City along with Outlaw Volleyball and another title to trade in.

[MeGaWC27]

I'm assuming even for the "The more you Trade, the more you're Paid" deal, you can only trade PS2, XBox, GCN games for the amount of cash. Am I correct or we can trade in other games for other systems as well for cash(credit)?

[bluenatas09]

I'm assuming even for the "The more you Trade, the more you're Paid" deal, you can only trade PS2, XBox, GCN games for the amount of cash. Am I correct or we can trade in other games for other systems as well for cash(credit)?

It's just PS2, Xbox, and GCN

[slidecage]

man i had a but load of gameboy games i wanted to dump extra 10 bucks isnt nothing when they only give u buck per game

[bluenatas09]

man i had a but load of gameboy games i wanted to dump extra 10 bucks isnt nothing when they only give u buck per game

are those regular gameboy games? (like the ones for the B&W system)
If so those generally trade in for more than just $1..I had some the other day that traded in for about 4 to 5 dollars each. Some even more..Ninja Gaiden and Pac-Attack traded in for about 7..you might want to just go up there and see what they'll give you...

[Bune]

one week ago today I walked into EB and traded in 7 games. :evil:

as Beavis was fond of saying, "dammit dammit sonofabitch!"

[el bobo]

Okay this is confirmed, there are no exclusions to trade in 3, 4, 5 etc. to get more the more you trade.

[Saucy Jack]

I had pre-ordered Halo 2 Limited Edition at EBGames already. Does this "not valid on previous purchases" thing mean that I can't trade in 3 games and get $30 to go towards my pre-order?

[bluenatas09]

most likely... but you can always cancel that preorder, take your money back...THEN do the trade in deal

[Saucy Jack]

most likely... but you can always cancel that preorder, take your money back...THEN do the trade in deal.

Yeah, I was just thinking about that. I'll look into it. Thanks. :)

[Togepy]

Can you use the trade 5 games deal to pre-order something or do you have to buy something that is in stock?

[rocksolidaudio]

Can you use the trade 5 games deal to pre-order something or do you have to buy something that is in stock?

exactly what i'd like to know. anyone?

[Togepy]

I just got back from there and you can use the trade 5 games deal towards a pre-order.

I played all the games I traded in until I got tired of them (some 5 minutes, some 1 hour). Here is what I traded in:

Nascar Thunder 2002- Bought for $5- Decent
Kelly Slater Pro Surfer- Bought for $5- Crap
Universal Studios- Bought for $5- Horrible

Those 3 were not excluded so I traded them for $30 towards Forza, which I will go back in a week to switch to Metroid Prime 2.

Credit: $30
Total Spent: $15
Profit: $15

Minority Report- Bought for $5- Crap
Swing Away Golf- Bought for $2- Crap
Fantavision- Bought for $5- Good at first, crap later
Wave Rally- Bought for $5- Crap
NCAA Gamebreaker 2004- Bought for $5- Decent, but have better football games

These 5 were all excluded so I had to do the trade 5 games, get $20 deal and pre-ordered Paper Mario 2.

Credit: $24
Total Spent: $22
Profit: $2 But at least I got to play these games a little and this will be the most I would probably ever get for them.

Total Credit: $54
Total Spent: $37
Total Profit: $17

So I got to get rid of a bunch of crappy games I would never play again and made a few extra dollars doing it. Plus I won't have to pay the full $50 for the two games I pre-ordered.

[greyzieoriental]

any where besides gamecrazy that'll take games without cases or instructions?

[Mishimaryu]

any where besides gamecrazy that'll take games without cases or instructions?

gamestop takes movies and games w/o instruction and cases.

[Arkay Firestar]

Confirmed. But you have to buy something in stock or buy something for 99 cents and then you can preorder.

I went and got two 2.99 games from gamestop to add to my 3 games I wanted to get rid of and got 23 bucks credit toward Sims 2 DVD.

Yay. Thanks for posting this!!!

[Mattte]

Dammit..I don't know if its my EB's employee's but they said there are exceptions to the trade in 5 for $30 deal. So I just ended up trading in 3 games for $30 off Halo 2.

[uncbaseballfreak]

Is it possible to buy gift cards with the trade in since a purchase is neccisary? I mean it does suck to miss out on the tax exemption trade credit gives but at least a gc can be used online.

[guerrila_gamer]

Do other game stores match this offer? I dont have a EB nearby. The only stores near to me is gamecrazy and software etc (a gamestop store).

[Duo_Maxwell]

I doubt they'll ever match other offers, but most of those stores almost always have their own trade-in offers.

[guerrila_gamer]

I doubt they'll ever match other offers, but most of those stores almost always have their own trade-in offers.

That sucks. The only trade in deal Software Etc usually runs is trade in three games get 10% extra credit.

[bluenatas09]

theres a local store around here called GameTrader that DOES match other peoples deals and trade ins...but, there store is generally overpriced, rank, and the service blows

[rywateska]

Something tells me to wait another few months until Halo 2 is closer. There are another strong 2 months until November even arrives so I'm counting on some other kind of deal to come along much like this one. Hopefully it will be just as good if not better than this...such as the "trade in 5 games get Madden 2005 free" These offers come around about once a month so chances are if I pass on this another trade-in deal will come around?. Agree or disagree?

[The_Way_of _Peace]

the eb at ross park mall in pittsburgh did not give me any extra bucks for nothing.
i traded in
madden 03
fever 02
baldurs gate dark allainc
star wars obi wan
they did not even mention like exclusion or nothing i got 7 bucks i was so pissed but hey what can i do

[The_Way_of _Peace]

i dont know how to edit sorry about the language my bad wont do it again

[ajumbaje]

if there is an exclusion list for those deals, can i get a link to the list?

[DenisDFat]

can I still get $10 each for 2 games towards ToS or Pikmin 2 or anything that does not suck?

[Duo_Maxwell]

Those deals are over, but there's been many people that sucessfully switched the credit they had on a like a Halo 2 preorder to a preorder for pretty much any other game.

[kidkash03]

Would the Star Wars/Tetris combo disc be included for the second deal?

[rocksolidaudio]

yes, it's very easy to switch a pre-order to a different game.

[Gojtron]

I plan on dumping all of my 2K3 sports titles plus some other crap.

[rywateska]

Can someone tell me how to switch a pre-order? I think that the employees would figure it out. I really would like to find out what I need to do to....

[AlucardDE]

Traded 25 Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube games (mostly from the Toys R US sale, Circuit City or Best Buy sale (except for MVP 2004 and Spiderman 2 (which I beat and got $29 for, MVP I got $25 (but I am getting a $30 rebate back for it from TWEC so its all good).

Anyway, it paid for all of the following:

Star Wars Battlefront (PC)
Pikmin 2
Fable
Half Life 2: CE
NHL 2K5 (Xbox)
Guilty Gear X2: Reload
Gungrave: Overdose
Mortal Kombat: Deception Kollector's Edition (Xbox)

[Ribkage]

Can we trade in multiples of the same game at once? I got 4 copies of the tetris/clone wars combo pack I wanna get rid of.

[CheapyD]

The OP stated no same titles.
Mrs. Cheapyd really wants me to clear out some room on my shelf, so perhaps I'll use this offer to get ESPN NHL 2k5...

[Togepy]

They updated the trade-in section of their site with the Halo 2/Forza deal and also two new deals, trade 2 games for $20 towards Burnout 3 and trade 5 DVDs for $25 off Star Wars Trilogy DVD.

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein/

[jkam]

Traded 25 Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube games (mostly from the Toys R US sale, Circuit City or Best Buy sale (except for MVP 2004 and Spiderman 2 (which I beat and got $29 for, MVP I got $25 (but I am getting a $30 rebate back for it from TWEC so its all good).

Anyway, it paid for all of the following:

Star Wars Battlefront (PC)
Pikmin 2
Fable
Half Life 2: CE
NHL 2K5 (Xbox)
Guilty Gear X2: Reload
Gungrave: Overdose
Mortal Kombat: Deception Kollector's Edition (Xbox)

So you got $150 for the 25 games right off the bat then whatever the games traded in for? I may have to unload all my cheapy titles as well.

[AlucardDE]

No, I got $100 dollars ($20 for every 5) right off the bat.

[jkam]

Oops haha...thought it was $30 for some strange reason. Cool.

[flocinauc]

just wanted to clarify, is the trade in 3 games to get 10 dollars extra....

10 dollars plus the value of the 3 trade ins? or just 10 dollars for 3 games?

Thanks

[Duo_Maxwell]

Think of it like 10 dollars added on to the value of your trade-in.

[Ravaged]

Is this for every EB games, and how long does it go on for?

[Arkay Firestar]

I don't think its for all ebgames stores, at least, not all of them are aware of it.

For instance, the first one I called was not even aware of the promotion. The next one I called knew about it but said that there were exceptions. The third store I called pretty much said what was in this post, that there were no exceptions. So I got the guy's name and how long his shift was, and I got to work.

I went to my local Gamestop and bought Madden 2001 and NCAA Shootout 2001 for 6 bucks total. I already had NFL 2k3 (GC), Madden 2002 (GC), and Eternal Darkness, which is a great game, granted, but its not my genre...luckily I got it for 12 bucks so it was the smallest of my concerns.

So I traded those five games, even though they only gave me a couple of bucks for the games, I ended up with 22 bucks store credit. Now this guy, contrary to what someone posted in these forums, said you had to buy something INSTOCK or else it wouldnt work...something about trade-in credit being different than store credit.

So I asked him what the cheapest thing was, and he said a used N64 rumble pack for 99 cents. I said fine, and ended up with 21 credit. I put it on The Sims 2, and now I only have 32 bucks left to pay including tax, so I'm a happy man.

So my profit was:
Madden 2001 (2.99)
+
NCAA Shootout (2.99)
+
Three games I was happy to get rid of and were worth nothing to me (0.00)
-
21.00 or so dollars of store credit
=
15.00 profit (thereabouts)

Good luck if you can get this to work, although if you have more valuable games than I did, you'll make much more money off of this...but I don't mind...the only relatively expensive game in the group was Eternal Darkness.

(PS...I just realized, I should have sold Eternal Darkness to my Gamestop and bought another 2.99 game. Why? Because Gamestop was going to give me 5 dollars for Eternal Darkness :shock: , while EB only gave me a buck :(. That would have been another 1.50 or so of profit...oh well)

[Killdozer]

This isn't happening at the EBs around me in San Diego.

[Duo_Maxwell]

It's on the EBgames website so every EB should have it

LINK (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein)

[CheapyD]

The "more you Trade, the more you're Paid" deal is not listed on EBgames.com so that deal is probably not good at all EB locations.

[Duo_Maxwell]

So it isn't, good call...I probably should've looked it over more closely before I linked it.

[bluenatas09]

well the letter we got at work mentioned it going out to all the stores..I guess it could just be in certain regions though...

[ElwoodCuse]

The POX list for PS2 says ATV Offroad Fury. But it doesn't say ATV Offroad Fury 2, you know, the one that comes for free with PS2s now. Does that mean I can trade that in for one of the two games towards Burnout 3?

Or, I suppose I could trade it in with some other games as part of the trade in 3/4/5 deal since that only excludes demo discs.

[Mishimaryu]

hmm not a bad deal if you trade in some cheap games and get profit.

[DX]

Profit baby!

Traded:

Futurama XBOX-$5 CC
SWAT XBOX-$5 CC
POP XBOX-$10 TRU

Got $40 credit for those 3.Guy behind the counter told me it would be better to just trade for credit instead of using the "Trade 3 for Fable preorder" deal.

[The_Way_of _Peace]

unknowingly to me i did not think i got thedeal at first. the guy at the store said 21 bucks for the tiger woods game i bought cause i traded in 4gamesfor 7 bucks. I looked at my receipt the other day aand i ended up being 22 dollar credit and i got tiger woods 2004 for 5.84. They did not even know it

[BustaUppa]

VOM Trades.
Trade 3 select PS2/Xbox/GC games and recieve $30 towards pre-purchase of Halo 2, Limitend Halo 2 or Forza.

One per customer. Boxes and instructions required. While supplies last. Not Valid on previous purchases. No Substitutions. No Rainchecks. 8/2-10/2

AND

The more you Trade, the more you're Paid
Trade 3 games in and recieve a extra $10 to total
Trade 4 games in and recieve a extra $15 to total
Trade 5 games in and recieve a extra $20 to total.

Just so I understand each deal completely:
With the first deal, you get a GRAND TOTAL of $30 for the three games? So if this is the case, I guess it's the best way to unload your low-value games (which would normally fetch you much less that $10 individually).

And then the second deal gives you the specified amount IN ADDITION TO the normal trade amount? So if you have games with a high trade in value (worth more than $10 each), you will get a lot more out of this deal.

Am I getting this right?

[Duo_Maxwell]

Seems like you're getting it right to me.

[Scorch]

Yep.

[BustaUppa]

Cool... if my store does this I may unload a Zelda Collectors' Disc. Those aren't fetching nearly as much on Ebay as they used to. I think people are catching on to the fact that GameStop only sells them for $30. If I can think of four other games to trade, I'll get $45 for Zelda, plus whatever the remaining four trade in for, which is QUITE good.

[rebthor]

VOM Trades.
Trade 3 select PS2/Xbox/GC games and recieve $30 towards pre-purchase of Halo 2, Limitend Halo 2 or Forza.

One per customer. Boxes and instructions required. While supplies last. Not Valid on previous purchases. No Substitutions. No Rainchecks. 8/2-10/2

AND

The more you Trade, the more you're Paid
Trade 3 games in and recieve a extra $10 to total
Trade 4 games in and recieve a extra $15 to total
Trade 5 games in and recieve a extra $20 to total.

Just so I understand each deal completely:
With the first deal, you get a GRAND TOTAL of $30 for the three games? So if this is the case, I guess it's the best way to unload your low-value games (which would normally fetch you much less that $10 individually).

And then the second deal gives you the specified amount IN ADDITION TO the normal trade amount? So if you have games with a high trade in value (worth more than $10 each), you will get a lot more out of this deal.

Am I getting this right?
BUT.. the trade 5/extra $20 has no exclusions, so crap like NFL QB Club can be traded in with 2 other games to get you 3.33+value of crappy game. The 3 for 30 off preorder is only for non-excluded games (which may be worth a lot more on ebay, the boards here, etc.)

[jkam]

Cool... if my store does this I may unload a Zelda Collectors' Disc. Those aren't fetching nearly as much on Ebay as they used to. I think people are catching on to the fact that GameStop only sells them for $30. If I can think of four other games to trade, I'll get $45 for Zelda, plus whatever the remaining four trade in for, which is QUITE good.

EB gives you $45 for the Zelda Collector's Edition?

[ElwoodCuse]

Interesting time today trying to get the 2 for $20 Burnout 3 preorder deal.

The games: MechAssault, MGS2: Substance (xbox), ATV Offroad Fury 2.

Clerk A first tells me that none of the games are excluded. I tell him I'll keep MechAssault since you only need to trade in 2 games.

Clerk A says the deal isn't coming up in the computer, and says I either am thinking of the wrong game (yeah right) or it's an online only deal (can you even trade games in online?).

I print out the web page and take it back later. Clerk B and Clerk C are now working. Clerk C scans the games, still nothing in the computer. He's perplexed when I show him thr printout. Clerk B insists it's because "greatest hits games don't count". This is obviously wrong for several reasons and even Clerk C tells Clerk B this.

Clerk C tries calling other stores to get a manager. No such luck. He tells me to try back tomorrow when their manager is in and either maybe the point of sale will be updated to include this deal, or he could just manually give me the deal (he said he would have done this today but he couldn't get a hold of a manager).

side note--an employee came in to get his copy of ESPN NHL 2k5, and paid $18.18 after tax. I guess he must really have wanted to play it badly, because it will be at Best Buy tomorrow for $16.04.

[BustaUppa]

Cool... if my store does this I may unload a Zelda Collectors' Disc. Those aren't fetching nearly as much on Ebay as they used to. I think people are catching on to the fact that GameStop only sells them for $30. If I can think of four other games to trade, I'll get $45 for Zelda, plus whatever the remaining four trade in for, which is QUITE good.

EB gives you $45 for the Zelda Collector's Edition?
To clarify: EB gives $25 for the Zelda disc, and I'd get $20 extra if I traded in four other games using the deal. So in the end I would get it's $25 + $20 + $value of other 4 games. Sorry for the confusion.

[jkam]

Cool... if my store does this I may unload a Zelda Collectors' Disc. Those aren't fetching nearly as much on Ebay as they used to. I think people are catching on to the fact that GameStop only sells them for $30. If I can think of four other games to trade, I'll get $45 for Zelda, plus whatever the remaining four trade in for, which is QUITE good.

EB gives you $45 for the Zelda Collector's Edition?
To clarify: EB gives $25 for the Zelda disc, and I'd get $20 extra if I traded in four other games using the deal. So in the end I would get it's $25 + $20 + $value of other 4 games. Sorry for the confusion.

AH...gotcha. I was going to say $45 seemed like a lot!

[Arkay Firestar]

Someone who said they were in San Diego and couldnt find the deal needs to try the EB off Vista Village Drive :wink:

[slidecage]

my ebgame said they only give 19 for the zelda disc man if it was 25 i be dumping mine tonight lol



i could find 8 junk games just to dump to get the extra 40

[bluenatas09]

my ebgame said they only give 19 for the zelda disc man if it was 25 i be dumping mine tonight lol



i could find 8 junk games just to dump to get the extra 40

All the EBgames trade-in values are the same. It's 25 if you have the book and case....and FYI, the game sells there for 59.99

[yeahokthenfu]

This isnt that bad of a deal, I may have to get on this deal.

[ElwoodCuse]

Well yet another set of employees put the kibosh on the special advertised on the website. So I did the trade 3 get $30 for Halo 2, seeing as how my games were worth $9 by themselves and $19 with the promotion.

If I go there on Tuesday and tell them I changed my mind and don't want Halo 2 anymore, will they give me the $30 credit to put towards Burnout 3 or my GTA:SA pre-order? Or do I have to wait until Halo 2 comes out, buy it, and then return it?

[rocksolidaudio]

yes, yes, and yes. you can always change your pre-order, many clerks have told me this. if you're worried about it, do it over the phone so that they have no memory of you coming in. it works EVERY time.

[garadius]

VOM Trades.
Trade 3 select PS2/Xbox/GC games and recieve $30 towards pre-purchase of Halo 2, Limitend Halo 2 or Forza.

One per customer. Boxes and instructions required. While supplies last. Not Valid on previous purchases. No Substitutions. No Rainchecks. 8/2-10/2

AND

The more you Trade, the more you're Paid
Trade 3 games in and recieve a extra $10 to total
Trade 4 games in and recieve a extra $15 to total
Trade 5 games in and recieve a extra $20 to total.

No Exclusions! No same titles. Must purchase something, no credit or cash will be given.



Well first off I am very new to this website.. I'm loving it very much... lots of good information!!

First what does VOM Trades mean?

Also... I noticed this deal was not posted on EB's Trade-in Deals... is this something that only certain stores are offering.. or are all stores doing this deal?

Thanks in Advance!

-Garadius

[garadius]

Actually... are both of these deals part of the same deal?...

or are these two seperate deals?

Thanks!

-Garadius

[bluenatas09]

Actually... are both of these deals part of the same deal?...

or are these two seperate deals?

Thanks!

-Garadius

All EBgames that I know of should be doing this sale, but there has been some reports of SOME Ebgames not doing it.

It's two seperate deals.

VOM stands for "Vender of the month"

[Daddy]

Bullshit. Just traded in 2 yesterday for good money from them(Spidey2 and Fight Night got me 47).

Try again. The 'no cash or credit' is for those doing the trade in deal. It's there so you can't trade in 5 cruddy games and walk out with an extra Andrew Jackson.

You can still trade in normally.

No way i picked up some PS2 madden 2001-2003 for 1.99 each, the deal says 3 titles cant be same titles...so I did 3 different titles and 2 dupes and used my gamers edge card....so I paid 9 bucks then traded in the 5 used games and got $20 bucks so I made 11 bucks on the trade in any game including POX titles deal...muhahah...then on the HALO2 deal... If you find AGGRESSIVE INLINE for PS2 for 5.99 I grabbed 3 of those paid 18 bucks then traded in for the halo2 deal and made 30 back so a profit of 12 there...so I waled out with a total bonus of 23 bucks.....it was great...muahhaha

[simpsonps121]

Is this in a store ad or GMR magazine? I think I have seen it before, but I can not remember.

Thanks,
Matthew

[BustaUppa]

General question here... what type of things will EB "penalize" you for when trading in games? All the games I want to trade have the box and manuals. But a few have old GameStop price stickers on them... will stickers (or sticker residue) get me less trade-in money, or will it be the same as long as the materials are generally in fine condition? I'll go out of my way to take the stickers off all carefully if I have to, but if it won't make a difference I'll just leave them there.

[bluenatas09]

General question here... what type of things will EB "penalize" you for when trading in games? All the games I want to trade have the box and manuals. But a few have old GameStop price stickers on them... will stickers (or sticker residue) get me less trade-in money, or will it be the same as long as the materials are generally in fine condition? I'll go out of my way to take the stickers off all carefully if I have to, but if it won't make a difference I'll just leave them there.

Stickers don't make a difference..hell, EB is infamous for putting more stickers on the boxes than anyone else anyway

[The_Way_of _Peace]

my eb did not care about gamestop stickers but i did rip some off. They just told me dont buy your used games from them eb is known to have cheaper used games. I was going to laugh but i did not cause one of the games i traded in i was going to buy from them but bought from gamestop instead cause gamestop was cheaper

[ToddlerTN]

My EB told me the "trade more, get more" deal doesn't allow trades of old sports titles, etc. How are all you guys getting them to take those games?

[bluenatas09]

My EB told me the "trade more, get more" deal doesn't allow trades of old sports titles, etc. How are all you guys getting them to take those games?

It's simple. The people who work at OUR Ebgames aren't as big of dicks as YOUR EBgames employees. Either that or they're just ignorant. Beats me.

[dracula]

Bullshit. Just traded in 2 yesterday for good money from them(Spidey2 and Fight Night got me 47).

Try again. The 'no cash or credit' is for those doing the trade in deal. It's there so you can't trade in 5 cruddy games and walk out with an extra Andrew Jackson.

You can still trade in normally.

No way i picked up some PS2 madden 2001-2003 for 1.99 each, the deal says 3 titles cant be same titles...so I did 3 different titles and 2 dupes and used my gamers edge card....so I paid 9 bucks then traded in the 5 used games and got $20 bucks so I made 11 bucks on the trade in any game including POX titles deal...muhahah...then on the HALO2 deal... If you find AGGRESSIVE INLINE for PS2 for 5.99 I grabbed 3 of those paid 18 bucks then traded in for the halo2 deal and made 30 back so a profit of 12 there...so I waled out with a total bonus of 23 bucks.....it was great...muahhaha

aggressive inline is clearly marked on their exclusions list for the halo 2 deal. YMMV if you can get them to take that game, they wouldnt take it at my EB

[simpsonps121]

Is it the aggressive inline for PS2?

Yesterday the guy at the store told me it was not on the exclusion list.

Thanks,
Matthew

[Gojtron]

Mine told me it's absollutely everything, and it worked.

[Daddy]

Is it the aggressive inline for PS2?

Yesterday the guy at the store told me it was not on the exclusion list.

Thanks,
Matthew

The Ps2 has the cheapest prices on used games....The agressive inline is 5.99 its a PO not a POX so its works on the HALO2 deal

[MarvinisaLunatic]

My EB told me the "trade more, get more" deal doesn't allow trades of old sports titles, etc. How are all you guys getting them to take those games?

It's simple. The people who work at OUR Ebgames aren't as big of dicks as YOUR EBgames employees. Either that or they're just ignorant. Beats me.

I got them to take Madden 2002 for the GC. I got $4 for it ($.25 +$3.75) I also got $10.75 for Medal of Honor Frontline which is double what I paid for it at CC. All in all Id say this would be as good of a deal as you'll get on old sports titles. I could have done better if I had taken another one of my old sports games (the bonus would have been $5 instead of $3.75) but Im still playing the ones I have.

[Trakan]

General question here... what type of things will EB "penalize" you for when trading in games? All the games I want to trade have the box and manuals. But a few have old GameStop price stickers on them... will stickers (or sticker residue) get me less trade-in money, or will it be the same as long as the materials are generally in fine condition? I'll go out of my way to take the stickers off all carefully if I have to, but if it won't make a difference I'll just leave them there.

Nah, all they care about is the actual game.

[The Tragic Geek]

Damn, is the "trade in x number of games, get y off" deal still going on? And will it work with GBA games?

I'm sick of Fire Pro Wrestling, F-Zero Maximum, and LotR: TTT, and it'd be awful nice to be able to trade them in and get some value off Astro Boy: Omega Factor.

[suko_32]

Anyone know the trade in value of sphinx for GC?

To The Tragic Geek, no GBA games.

[rocksolidaudio]

So after trading in 14 games that I either got for $5 at the CC or BB sales, or have had for a while and we're being played ever (NBA 2K2, anyone?), I now have $200 worth of pre-orders down on five different games (Fable, Halo 2, Burnout 3, GTA:SA, Katamari Damacy).

One tip I have, and I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here before, comes from the manager of my EB himself. As you well know, you can't use the "more you trade the more you make" deal on pre-orders; you have to purchase something right then and there. However, if you buy, say, a 10-cent mylar plastic card sleeve, you can use all the remaining credit towards whatever you want (i.e. pre-orders). Between that and switching pre-orders a day later, I was able to get the exact deals I wanted. I guess it's easier when the employees are trying to help you find the deals/exploit loopholes, but I would suggest trying them at your local store if you have any interest in fully taking advantage of these current trade-in deals.

[Battousai1002]

One tip I have, and I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here before, comes from the manager of my EB himself. As you well know, you can't use the "more you trade the more you make" deal on pre-orders; you have to purchase something right then and there. However, if you buy, say, a 10-cent mylar plastic card sleeve, you can use all the remaining credit towards whatever you want (i.e. pre-orders). Between that and switching pre-orders a day later, I was able to get the exact deals I wanted. I guess it's easier when the employees are trying to help you find the deals/exploit loopholes, but I would suggest trying them at your local store if you have any interest in fully taking advantage of these current trade-in deals.
That wasn't true in my case. I traded in four games, all the credit of which went to the preorder of DDR Extreme. I didn't have to buy anything there. This is probably a YMMV thing.

Also, I managed to get $20.75 credit for four games. I don't know how, but that was cool. Three of the games are on the exclusion list too.

[Jaket]

So after trading in 14 games that I either got for $5 at the CC or BB sales, or have had for a while and we're being played ever (NBA 2K2, anyone?), I now have $200 worth of pre-orders down on five different games (Fable, Halo 2, Burnout 3, GTA:SA, Katamari Damacy).

One tip I have, and I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here before, comes from the manager of my EB himself. As you well know, you can't use the "more you trade the more you make" deal on pre-orders; you have to purchase something right then and there. However, if you buy, say, a 10-cent mylar plastic card sleeve, you can use all the remaining credit towards whatever you want (i.e. pre-orders). Between that and switching pre-orders a day later, I was able to get the exact deals I wanted. I guess it's easier when the employees are trying to help you find the deals/exploit loopholes, but I would suggest trying them at your local store if you have any interest in fully taking advantage of these current trade-in deals.

yeah very true... i walked out one day with 5 packs of useless beyblade card packs for 50 cents a piece lol...

[rywateska]

When does the trade in 5 get $20 extra deal end?

[laurarellis]

Luckily, the same as the other one: 10/2. I'll be waiting for Fable to come out before trading in my 5.

[jbomb]

can you trade in GBA titles?

[help1]

dont think so

[garadius]

Just got back from my local EB store... I ended up getting Fable and Halo2.... I started with the Halo2 deal and got the limited edition... Funny thing is the guy had no clue about this deal.. he told me I had to do it online... so I busted out my printed copy and had to show him... but all was good after that..

I then proceded to get my 5 games for the extra $20 deal.. and I simply asked if I could put that on Fable.. (which is still on preorder..) and then pay it off right then... he had no problem with that....

So im thinking you can put this on preorder games.. but you may have to pay off the game in whole... I dunno.. I got 2 games for about $50 total..

so im happy..

oh.. I traded in Splinter Cell, NHL Hitz 2k, NBA Live 2k, Madden 2k, Nba 2k3 for a total of $30 trade in..

not bad considering you normally get .50 for sports titles....

-Garadius

[jbomb]

So only PS2, Cube or XB?

I have some PSOne and GBA games I never play I could use for this deal...

[garadius]

GC, PS2, Xbox ONLY!!!! Nothing else will work.......period.... :D

-Garadius

[BustaUppa]

Some things I've noticed:

--Every EB I've checked in Long Island has the "Trade 5 for 20 extra" deal. So if you're in the area, go for it.

--A point of interest is that the sign for the promotion states that you must have three distinct games. So technically, I think you could have three copies of the same game, and then two other games and it would still work.

--The first EB I went to was aware of the promotion, but it didn't seem to be in the computer. The employees were stumped for a while and they finally just did everything manually in the computer. At another EB (which was in a mall), everything showed up right away in the computer with no hassle at all. I actually broke the rules on that one (three copies of Zelda Collectors and Wipeout Fusion--only two distinct games) and one employee told me it probably wouldn't work. But the promotion still showed up and I got $15 extra. So the "no same titles" thing isn't actually in the computer; it's up to the individual employees to enforce it.

[rywateska]

When does the trade in 5 get $20 extra deal end?

...still no answer

[magilacudy]

When does the trade in 5 get $20 extra deal end?

...still no answer

:shock: < eyes pointed at name of topic

[bluenatas09]

When does the trade in 5 get $20 extra deal end?

...still no answer

:shock: < eyes pointed at name of topic

-sigh-

[rywateska]

When does the trade in 5 get $20 extra deal end?

...still no answer

:shock: < eyes pointed at name of topic

](*,)

[BackInBlack]

Anyone have any good ideas how to make extra credit off of this? any cheap preowneds that would be good to buy for cheap then trade right back in?

[gsr]

anybody actually getting any money on the get extra 20 bucks with 5 games deal?

i mean most CAG's are going to unload crappy games which probably don't fetch more than .50 a piece..so you're probably getting 22.50 for 5 games :(

[BustaUppa]

I really goofed, I traded in SIX games without even realizing it. I was so caught up in the transaction that I forgot to take back Jet Set Radio Future. I just looked at the receipt today and it finally hit me. The plan was to buy JSRF right back from a nearby GameStop, after trading it in as my fifth game. But oh well, no biggie. I still ended up getting MK6 Kollector's Edition (preorder) and a friggin' Xbox for just $80 after my trade-ins, so I'm quite happy with the whole deal.

Oh and the first EB I went to had no problem with me just doing a pre-order with all the trade-in credit. I didn't have to buy anything in stock. But then again that EB didn't have the promotion in the computer (they had the signs up though, so they just did everything manually), so I may have just been lucky with that.

[psykoma]

just in case anyone is curious the EBgames in Austin Texas are doing this deal with no exclusions.

[Violentj6969]

When I did my trade in with the trade more get paid more deal they told me it ends October 2nd. It also says 10/02 on their website now aswell.

[usickenme]

I took part in the deal today. The guy was really helpful. I had 7 games so he broke it down in 4 set and 3 set. The best part was he just put the total on an edge card.

[Gojtron]

I took part in the deal today. The guy was really helpful. I had 7 games so he broke it down in 4 set and 3 set. The best part was he just put the total on an edge card.

How'd it give the bonus w/o a purchase?

[sonicblue]

Could someone explain something to me? Yesterday I did the deal where you trade in any five games and you get $20 extra added on to the value of what you traded.

What I'm confused about is this deal where you trade in three "select" games and you get $30 off of Halo. That seems like a MUCH better deal than trading in five and getting $20 extra. But what are the select titles? I saw some people link to this page at EBgames.com (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein/exclusions.asp). Is that a list of games that are excluded from that Halo 2 deal? And while I'm at it, does that include all those deals at EB? Like, is it a universal list for all of the deals?

[masha]

I went to Target today grabbed:

3x Activision Antology (PS2) 2.48 each.
Dead to rights $5
Mobile Light Force2 _ $3.48

I went to EBgames after Target and traded in 5 to get one free
(says promo #2431 on the receipt).
Got

Star Ocean for $15.92 :bouncy:

It was better for me to do a 5 get 1, then trade 5 get +$20.

[Gojtron]

Could someone explain something to me? Yesterday I did the deal where you trade in any five games and you get $20 extra added on to the value of what you traded.

What I'm confused about is this deal where you trade in three "select" games and you get $30 off of Halo. That seems like a MUCH better deal than trading in five and getting $20 extra. But what are the select titles? I saw some people link to this page at EBgames.com (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein/exclusions.asp). Is that a list of games that are excluded from that Halo 2 deal? And while I'm at it, does that include all those deals at EB? Like, is it a universal list for all of the deals?

Your insight serves you well. + is better for trashy games like old sports and clearance. Halo deals are for mid age titles.

[bluenatas09]

I went to Target today grabbed:

3x Activision Antology (PS2) 2.48 each.
Dead to rights $5
Mobile Light Force2 _ $3.48

I went to EBgames after Target and traded in 5 to get one free
(says promo #2431 on the receipt).
Got

Star Ocean for $15.92 :bouncy:

It was better for me to do a 5 get 1, then trade 5 get +$20.

OKay..well I wonder where the hell that promotion is from.

[masha]

OKay..well I wonder where the hell that promotion is from.

I don't know, but I remember two weeks ago EB had those corner stickers on the games. Trade in 5 get 1 free.
It was around $12 for the games I brought. $20 +$12 +$32 not to much for the great games :D, so I asked the guy what kind of promotions they have . He said: "Trade in 5 get 1 free and trade in 5 get +$20". I said: I would like to trade 5 and have Star Ocean".

[suko_32]

So there's a trade in 5 get one free now? Any game can be traded in and any game can be selected as the free game?

[masha]

So there's a trade in 5 get one free now? Any game can be traded in and any game can be selected as the free game?

Exclusions were sport titles an he didn't take Blowout (who would? :D).

[rywateska]

Traded in
NFSU
MADDEN 03
QUANTUM REDSHIFT
ALTER ECHO
GT3
EXTERMINATION
007: ALL OR NOTHING
REDCARD 2003
CLONE WARS/TETRIS WORLDS COMBO
VEXX
SOCOM
AGGRESSIVE INLINE
GHOST RECON ISLAND THUNDER

...all for just over $101 credit! Put down $30 towards Halo 2 & it left me just about $75 after buying my own Madden 2003 back! Awesome trade-in, much satisfaction from an employee helping me out and even more for the one employee incredibly pissed off at every extra penny I got.
Funny thing is, I bought 10 of those for under $10 !

[Drico]

Here's how I made out today:

Robotech PS2
WWE Wrestlemania XIX GC
Pacman Fever PS2
NFL GameDay 2004 PS2
Beach Spikers GC
Zelda Collectors Edition GC
Rally Fusion PS2
Parappa the Rapper 2 PS2
Virtua Fighter 4 PS2
Spy Hunter 2 PS2


That gave me a total of $75.75, which I put $52 (after tax) down on Donkey Konga and bought myself a copy of The Suffering with the remaining money. Also grabbed a copy of Manhunt using a gift certificate I had.

Of course, I did have to buy a 0.49 copy of some shitty movie reviews CD for PC. They were laughing at how pathetic it was, so I told them to keep it. :oops:

Considering I never really played any of those games, and they all came from the $5 CC or BB sales (aside from Zelda, which I got for free), I'd say I did pretty decent. I'm satisfied. :)

[Drico]

Anyone know if different year sporst title will count as the same title or not?

This deal is no exceptions, and they are accepting any sports game (as long as its current-gen), but I'm wondering if they'd accept Madden 2001, Madden 2002, Madden 2003, NBA Live 2001, and NBA Live 2002, or if they'd say it's the same title.. ?

[Gojtron]

No, they'll take them. I took some multi years.

[Galanthas]

I very rarely trade in games, but I made an exception for this deal and came away happy. Traded in 8 games received $79 credit including the bonus cash. Had to buy a $5 sub to a pre own thingie so the bonus's could be applied and so I use the rest on pre-orders(Couldn't find anything cheaper, at least this might be used in the future). Pre-ordered Shadow Hearts 2 and Katamari Damacy, and put the rest that was left on my Halo 2 SE pre-order. That last part was the best part, for some reason when she applied that, I got an extra $17 dollar credit from some other promotion that was suppose to end on Sunday apparently. So $96 for 8 games, which isn't to bad when I probably should have never purchased a few of those games in the first place.

[crucify]

Just for clarification...because some of you seem a little confused and no wonder, given the mixed reactions of your local EB employees. Every single EB should be doing this. Every single one. If they don't know about it, make them (nicely) trade in your stuff, ring something up, doesn't matter what and (very important) HIT TOTAL. Just say "F12". If they don't know what that key does, then they have problems.

The "more you trade the more you're paid" deal applies to trade-ins of complete (game, box, instructions, art) PS2, Gamecube and XBox games. No duplicates within the same transaction. No exceptions. Not even that Madden 2001 for the PS2. In plain English: all POX titles will work for this particular promotion. You do need to buy something in order to get the bonus.

Trade in 3 Games=$10 EXTRA
Trade in 4 Games=$15 EXTRA
Trade in 5 Games=$20 EXTRA

You cannot however trade in 10 games and get $40. So just do a separate transaction and you're good to go.

Once both the trade ins and the purchases are in the computer the computer will automatically bump up the trade in values. You can see it for yourself on the receipt.

You cannot do this deal for cash, you cannot buy a gift certificate. Also found out today that it had been changed not to work for pre-orders, sorry.

Oh, and be nice to your EB salesperson. It's not his/her fault if s/he's ignorant. It's their manager's.

[Jack]

So there's a trade in 5 get one free now? Any game can be traded in and any game can be selected as the free game?

It's actually trade in 2, 3, 4, or 5 games to get $20, $30, $40, or $50 towards the purchase of select games. The select games are:

Silent Hill 4 The Room
Def Jam fight for NY
Star wars Battlefront
Gran Turismo 4
GTA San Andreas
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
WWF Day of Reckoning
Halo 2
THUG 2

The exclusion list applies and games must have box and manual. masha was lucky enough to have an EB that let him choose any game.

[Gojtron]

Ooh, I didn't know about the 2/3/4/5 deal. See what I can find for Battlefront.

[Storamin]

Bump.

[jshorr]

Could someone explain something to me? Yesterday I did the deal where you trade in any five games and you get $20 extra added on to the value of what you traded.

What I'm confused about is this deal where you trade in three "select" games and you get $30 off of Halo. That seems like a MUCH better deal than trading in five and getting $20 extra. But what are the select titles? I saw some people link to this page at EBgames.com (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/shops/instoretradein/exclusions.asp). Is that a list of games that are excluded from that Halo 2 deal? And while I'm at it, does that include all those deals at EB? Like, is it a universal list for all of the deals?

If I understand it correctly, the $30 you get off halo is ALL you get, period. Not the value of your games + 30. So in other words, if it's not excluded, you get $10 each game. Pretty standard.

[MetalGator]

Can this be combined with the trade in Halo get $20 off Halo 2?

[themoor666]

hey guys i have a question. i just got back from EB and I traded in 4 ps2 games and 1 xbox game, and the guy said all 5 have to be for the same system and he only gave me an extra $15. Is this how it works or did I get screwed?

[bluenatas09]

hey guys i have a question. i just got back from EB and I traded in 4 ps2 games and 1 xbox game, and the guy said all 5 have to be for the same system and he only gave me an extra $15. Is this how it works or did I get screwed?

Screwed.

[Gojtron]

hey guys i have a question. i just got back from EB and I traded in 4 ps2 games and 1 xbox game, and the guy said all 5 have to be for the same system and he only gave me an extra $15. Is this how it works or did I get screwed?

Screwed.

Especially since it's supposed to be automatic in the computer - was for me both times I did it.

[Zman310]

You cannot however trade in 10 games and get $40. So just do a separate transaction and you're good to go.


What exactly do you mean by a "separate transaction" here? I'm looking to trade in 15-20 games when I take advantage of this deal, and I want to get $20 for every 5 I trade in, not just $20 extra for all the 15.

[Gojtron]

Zman, it means you do 5 games per transaction, recieve an extra 20 per transaction. Check as many as possible against the exclusiion list and put down preorders for things like GT4 to get the $10 per game and then move it over later.

[The Mana Knight]

I'm trading in 5 of my crapy Xbox games today to see if I can get Mega Man X: Command Mission for PS2, since I really want that game and my Xbox has games I would love to get rid of.

[mobster011]

does the second trade in deal work with gb, gbc, and gba games or no?

[Infernodash]

I need some help. I did the halo 2 deal and I want to switch the pre-order to buy a Def Jam Fight For NY. Is that possible? To use the money put down for Halo 2 for Def Jam? Also I picked up the last copy of Katamari. Life is awesome.

[The Mana Knight]

I went to EB to trade in the following Xbox games:

Outlaw Golf
Azurik: Rise of Perathia
Crazy Taxi 3
Midtown Madness 3 (I found boring, quickly)
Cel Damage

I got $31 for them, and then I picked up two PS2 games:
Mega Man X: Command Mission
Katamari Damacy (my preorder pickup)

[gleditts]

I am thinking about taking advantage of this deal. I was wondering if anyone would know how much I could get for this list of games including the bonus $20 for every five games.

NBA 2k3 (PS2)
ESPN Football 2k4 (XBOX)
NBA Street 2 (PS2)
World Series 2k3 (PS2)
World Series 2k3 (XBOX)
NBA Live 2004 (XBOX)
Madden 2003 (PS2)
MLB 2004 (PS2)
MLB 2005 (PS2)
All-Star Baseball 2005 (XBOX)
ESPN College Hoops (XBOX)
Home Run King (GC)
High Heat MLB 2004 (PS2)
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (GC)
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)

If this EB Games deal is not the best thing to do, what would be. I have no Game Rush stores here or Media Plays.

[Duo_Maxwell]

I'd check with a Gamecrazy or FYE/Coconuts if you have one near you. While they aren't running promos like the $20 extra thing, they will likely give you more for all those games. I do know that EB will give you jack crap for the sports games, and buy that I mean likely less than $1-2 or so.

[Strider Turbulence]

EB will give you about 25 cents for some of thos sports games. I have to agree with Duo Maxwell, Gamecrazy or FYE will hook you up with better credit.

I think ESPN College Hoops and ESPN football still carries a $17 value at FYE. NBA Live 2004 might also still have a $20-something credit value but hurry up because it will drop once Live 2005 comes out.

[dafoomie]

I gave them..

Turok
NHL 2001
Madden 2002
Smackdown: Shut your mouth
Project Gotham Racing (it was scratched up really bad, big gouge, they took it)

[FaintDeftone]

I think I might trade in the following tomorrow

Mark of Kri
Arc the Lad
Silent Hill 3
Kill.Switch (ps2)
SegaGT/JSRF Combo

hopefully I can get a decent amount. I know the combo pack and mark of kri is pretty much worthless to EB though.

[FaintDeftone]

I am not trading anything at EB anymore from now on. I traded in those 5 games and I got ripped off badly. I can understand Mark of Kri and SegaGT/JSRF being extremely low, but damn man, I got only 31 dollars out of ALL of that stuff, and thats including the 20 bucks since I traded in 5. I got 11 dollars for those five games. Kill.Switch is still 30 bucks and I only got 4 dollars for it! EB's trade in values are horrible, they are ripping you off left and right. Whats up with Arc the Lad? That game sells new 30 bucks and 20 bucks used, and they gave me a buck for it. Thats bullshit.

I didn't play any of them anyways so I took the trade in and picked up .Hack 1, Red Faction 1, and ATV Offroad 2 (which blows). That will be the last trade in transaction I do there from now on.

[suko_32]

Does anyonw know if I go Saturday, will the deal still be there? It ends 10/2 so I'm wondering if that means Friday is the last day. I got 5 sport games I really want to trade in.

[suko_32]

Anyone?

[Strider Turbulence]

I heard an employee tell a customer that the deal ends Saturady when the store closes.

[slidecage]

they offer me 25 cents per game, Madden 2001,2002 on psx2 and a few other low end sports titles. I let them go for 25 cents cause i know i cant dump 5 sports titles on Ebay for 20 Sad : (

[Mishimaryu]

I heard an employee tell a customer that the deal ends Saturady when the store closes.

Same here I saw the flyer in store trade in deal ends 10/2/04

[xfilekr]

Hello! I'm kinda new so i'm sorry if this sounds repeated or dumb but I just want to make sure before I go:
Trade 3 games in and recieve a extra $10 to total
Trade 4 games in and recieve a extra $15 to total
Trade 5 games in and recieve a extra $20 to total

So I can take any 3 (or4or5) games and even if theyre sports games that are worth.25 they will add 10 (or15or20) to the total?
Thanks!

[crucify]

There are no exceptions. So yes, now is the time to dump sports titles that otherwise pay close to jack. The deal ends on Saturday (end of business on Saturday) and you must buy something in the same transaction to get your bonus credit.

[xfilekr]

Thank you sir

[laurarellis]

Used this lovely deal a few weeks ago to get Fable.

Today I traded in Fable, Onimusha 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Animal Crossing and Kingdom Hearts.

Then I bought Sly 2, even finding -- after I handed it to them -- that they had marked a case the wrong price ($29.99 instead of $39.99). I usually let these things slide and don't screw them over... but the woman in charge was really rude about it so I never opened my mouth, accepting the $10 off.

Had enough left over to almost completely pay for a GTA: SA preorder.

Anyway, thanks for the deal post.

[MetalGator]

Went last night, traded in Project Gotham, Madden 04, The Bouncer, X-Squad, Bond AUF, Tony Hawk 4, Blitz 03, Crazy Taxi, Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex, and Star Wars Starfighter (All PS2 besides Madden and Gotham) for San Andreas and Chronicles of Riddick (used), only paid $1.05.

[Cable387]

So the deal isn't available any more today? I wanted to go and trade in some games today :(

[slidecage]

the buy 1 get 1 is still working

[Cable387]

Huh, I called one EB and they said the deal is still good today. I called a different one and they told me that it expired. I'm wondering if the first one was lying just to get me to come in.

[gsr]

Went last night, traded in Project Gotham, Madden 04, The Bouncer, X-Squad, Bond AUF, Tony Hawk 4, Blitz 03, Crazy Taxi, Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex, and Star Wars Starfighter (All PS2 besides Madden and Gotham) for San Andreas and Chronicles of Riddick (used), only paid $1.05.

no matter how crappy my games are, i would never ever trade in that many games for 2 games....and with one of them being used, it makes it even worse

[Scorch]

Was with guessed last night when he did his trade.. they took the jampacks and counted them as a game. Got a quarter each I think, maybe 50 cents..

[Don Chubo]

I called two of the EBs in my area and both of the guys I talk to said no exclusions (got their names just in case). I'm taking tomorrow off and going to give that nasty little girl that works at EB a coronary.
Trading in:
PS2 and 5 shitty games for credit to get a new PSTwo -$150.
Gamecube and 5 shitty games to get the $100.
GBA and 5 shitty games to get the $50.
DC and 5 shitty games to get the $30.
2 N64s and 10 shitty games to get the $60.
2 sets of Cubes and Gbas to get credit for new PSTwos for my kids - $300.
Subtotal: $690.

I also have about 10 other DC games, 10 other PS2 games, 8 Xbox games, and 10 GC games to trade in.

That little witch is going to drop a load when she sees what I have to trade in tomorrow. I already get a "I smell shit" look from her when I trade in a grocery sack worth of stuff.

[Requiem]

Heavy Hitter, I thought the promotion ended already? (10/2) Is it still in effect in your area?

[Don Chubo]

On until 10/30.

[Scorch]

On until 10/30.

No, it's not. The stores stopped this.. the only deals going on are for the console + 5 games trade. It's a seperate deal.

EDIT: The deal you listed above is a seperate deal and has its own thread.

[Trakan]

HeavyHitter, what are you going to get with all that fucking credit? I had to use mine right away.

[Scorch]

Yeah, for that specific trade-in deal, you have to use it right away.

Just put it down on like.. 12 games or something :P

[Don Chubo]

Sorry I posted this in the wrong thread - my bad.
I talked to the guy at EB, and he said I could put any or all of the amount of the credit on my Edge card.
$300 gets saved to get the kids their PSTwos, and I'll need one also.
The way I figure it, I'll be sitting on $300+ or so. I'll definitely pick up Katamari Damacy for the PS2 and Star Wars Battlefront for Xbox, but I'm not sure what else will catch my eye. :D

[dtcarson]

What's the BOGO deal, I missed that? I thought gamestop had that.
Anyway, I traded in 12 games and got about 80 bucks credit, including 3x15 bonus [instead of 2x20]. Obviously without the bonus credit I would have laughed and walked away, because their tradein values do suck. But they were games I wasn't playing/didn't like, and haven't moved on Half.com, and games that I bought over six months for a total of 101.00, so that's not too bad.
Bought Katamari Damacy and preordered Nocturne in full, and have a couple bucks left on a gift card.

[help1]

yeah, wahts teh BOGO?