Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer Glad I could help. I actually think I may just stop gaming after this gen really, since I'm thinking more like a flipper and less like a gamer. I'm constantly watching values to trying to rush through games to finish them before the values drop. But you can't really enjoy a game like that if you're trying to just do a speed run in many cases. For example: I would've loved to have come close to 100%ing Sleeping Dogs and exploring the city a bunch more. But I also noticed that the value would barely have me breaking even on it, so I wanted to get rid of it before I lost anything on it.

That's why I don't buy MSRP. There isn't anything that I'm in such a hurry to play that I wouldn't wait for a sale on. Sleeping Dogs for example could easily be $20 next month due to the coupon and a possible sale price. That, plus the fact that I have no current generation consoles, and I would buy everything only when it's really low. Also, I don't pay for anything anymore at Best Buy or Gamestop. The way I flip, the credit pays for everything.

That's the way I am too. If not for finding a dual pack of Arkham City and Arkham Asylum GOTY at WalMart last BF that was left over from release and getting that for $20, then getting Driver SF matched there to Gamestops' $10 price then I would've spent $0 out of pocket last Black Friday. Albeit all of my $400 or so worth of purchases at BB cost me $20 OOP total with all of the credit I had and that included using my GCU B2G1 coupon on $40 BF sale games.

If I'm not banned after this week guys.... 130 disk only PS2 games

Originally Posted by KtMack23 If I'm not banned after this week guys.... 130 disk only PS2 games

~$0.52 (110% bonus) * 130 = $67.60.

If you think it's worth the risk, go ahead. I wouldn't trade them all in at once, though, and anyway, it's not like BBY has said they'll stop taking in games anytime soon, so it would probably be smarter to space them apart, maybe 3-5 games at a time (and at different BBYs if you can swing it). I'm contemplating doing that, but I dunno...

Originally Posted by Vigilante ~$0.52 (110% bonus) * 130 = $67.60. If you think it's worth the risk, go ahead. I wouldn't trade them all in at once, though, and anyway, it's not like BBY has said they'll stop taking in games anytime soon, so it would probably be smarter to space them apart, maybe 3-5 games at a time (and at different BBYs if you can swing it). I'm contemplating doing that, but I dunno...

3-5 games at a time at different Best Buys...? Even 5 games at a time is 26 separate trips for 130 games in order to make $2 or so each time. I think unless you live at Best Buy and have nothing to do every day that is insane.

While the profit margin is great on the PS2 games the time investment doesn't seem worthwhile to me.

Originally Posted by sabanoo 3-5 games at a time at different Best Buys...? Even 5 games at a time is 26 separate trips for 130 games in order to make $2 or so each time. I think unless you live at Best Buy and have nothing to do every day that is insane. While the profit margin is great on the PS2 games the time investment doesn't seem worthwhile to me.

Yeah, you're probably right--too much time for too little profit.

FYI, with the @Gamer coupon Mass Effect 3 is now $10 new but the base trade-in is still $7...would they get pissed if you bought the game and went right back to Gaming to trade it in for $15.40?

Interesting. I still have ME2 sitting here sealed from the @Gamer coupon deal a few months ago. Maybe I'll have to buy part 3 and play both in quick succession and then trade them both back in.

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Originally Posted by KanYozakura FYI, with the @Gamer coupon Mass Effect 3 is now $10 new but the base trade-in is still $7...would they get pissed if you bought the game and went right back to Gaming to trade it in for $15.40?

I don't think they like that, and it might even be impossible without waiting at least a couple hours, but I don't know cuz I don't do stuff like that.

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer Interesting. I still have ME2 sitting here sealed from the @Gamer coupon deal a few months ago. Maybe I'll have to buy part 3 and play both in quick succession and then trade them both back in.

Thank you for at least playing the games before trading them back in.

Originally Posted by KanYozakura FYI, with the @Gamer coupon Mass Effect 3 is now $10 new but the base trade-in is still $7...would they get pissed if you bought the game and went right back to Gaming to trade it in for $15.40?

Nitpicking, but it would actually be $14.70 (the bonus 10% is derived from the base value, not the post-100% bonus value).

anyone have any success flipping off the gs ps2 sale?

Originally Posted by Vigilante Nitpicking, but it would actually be $14.70 (the bonus 10% is derived from the base value, not the post-100% bonus value).

and you have to think about tax...I mean it would be a solid rental (with a 2-3 dollar profit) if you could lock in the value but you can't. :(

Traded in Call of Duty: MW3 today. It still has a decent trade-in value after the bonuses.

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 I don't think they like that, and it might even be impossible without waiting at least a couple hours, but I don't know cuz I don't do stuff like that. Thank you for at least playing the games before trading them back in.

Thank you for drinking your alcohol underground and in back alleys.

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer For example: I would've loved to have come close to 100%ing Sleeping Dogs and exploring the city a bunch more. But I also noticed that the value would barely have me breaking even on it, so I wanted to get rid of it before I lost anything on it.

I tried to 100% Sleeping Dogs. Got really close but my game is glitched to the point where I cant get the platinum. Rather than wait on them to fix the problem with a patch (and most likely they wont), I just went and traded it in yesterday while it was still $16 and ended up with $33.60. Not bad for having purchased it for about that via TRU's sale a few weeks ago. It would have sucked if I held onto it and it dropped

Did anyone else have trouble getting the extra 10% to stack? I stopped by today and they wouldn't stack the extra. It was $1 so I said oh well.

Originally Posted by sixspeednissan Did anyone else have trouble getting the extra 10% to stack? I stopped by today and they wouldn't stack the extra. It was $1 so I said oh well.

I've never even asked, it was always just automatic. I haven't been in a week though so maybe something's changed very recently?

I didn't get a 10% bonus last time I traded in a few games last week. I noticed when I was about to sign the piece of paper, and asked the guy. He called for a supervisor, and she offered to take that amount off of whatever I bought.

Originally Posted by Mugatu I've never even asked, it was always just automatic. I haven't been in a week though so maybe something's changed very recently?

I was thinking about it. I'll bet he clicked on my old address info that doesn't have unlocked on it. For some reason Best Buy keeps every address you ever lived at, and has to click on the right one.

Just did a trade-in and found out I'm still on the ban list. I was banned at January this year. So it's probably take a year to lift the ban?