Originally Posted by GuardianE

You know, this gets brought up a lot, but I can speak truthfully about it as I used to part time at Gamestop.

Whenever a game is traded in with a refurb fee, the computer automatically deducts the promotions and cost for the trade in value and the computer automatically spits out stickers to send the item back to Gamestop for refurbing.

If a game is scanned for refurbing, it will be shipped back because the label it prints is not scannable for sale... unless the manager is a douche who decides to throw away the printed stickers and print their own stickers on the side... which seems like a lot of work for Gamestop loyalty.

Those shitty discs you see in Gamestop inventory are ones that were accepted without refurb fees because of varying opinions from different employees.