Originally Posted by klimb22 http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...3&postcount=22

That is most likely for the PS3 slim, though. I had a 160GB fat system. I mean, even when I traded mine yesterday, the base value was not $95 for the fat system - no way the values went up for this promo.

Wow I just called. My old 80gb PS3 with the USB ports is worth $90 base.

Originally Posted by kinney_bmx So I just called in and got some system values 4GB Slim 360 - $75 250GB Slim HDD - $40 Core 360 w/ Wireless - $55 Though those could change by tomorrow for the double value

If it doesn't change then I'll be pissed that I could have gotten $15 more for trading my old 360 in had I waited a couple of days.

$15? I'd be happy if I only got screwed out of $15.

Originally Posted by sixspeednissan Wow I just called. My old 80gb PS3 with the USB ports is worth $90 base.

Damn, that means my 160GB fat system is probably the same - it seemed to be $90 base from the receipt I got yesterday anyway. I got $135 for it so I got screwed out of $45 by taking advantage of their last promo. I even rushed to a far away store before they closed Sunday since my local one didn't have the new super-slim bundles in that I wanted to replace it with.

I was gonna go trade in some old games to help pay off NBA, really sucks having an expired license.

Why does everyone have to track me?!?!?!?

10/1 quotes, all base with no promos:

Lollipop Chainsaw - $14
Mass Effect 3 - $5

Borderlands 2 - $25
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - $11
Max Payne 3 - $14

Originally Posted by merchie89 I was gonna go trade in some old games to help pay off NBA, really sucks having an expired license. Why does everyone have to track me?!?!?!?

you mean driver license?

10/1

Max Payne 3 - $16
Left 4 Dead 2 - $14
3DS system - $50

Originally Posted by ShockandAww 10/1 Max Payne 3 - $16 Left 4 Dead 2 - $14 3DS system - $50

Aren't both those games on the 2 for $40 list?

$5 for ME3? Damn!

Originally Posted by Bankotsu Aren't both those games on the 2 for $40 list?

Yep. I got $42.90 for them after bonuses.

Confirmed 10/1: PS3 160GB (fat) system: $90 base

I was able to go back to the store and have them adjust my trade to get the difference between today's promo and yesterday's credited back. That came up to a whopping $45! I used that to preorder NBA 2K13 both as a treat for my son (who lost his locked game saves on the old PS3) and as a bonus for the clerk that helped me with the adjustment.

What he did (at the manager's suggestion) was to sell me back my PS3 at a discounted price of $135 (which is what I got for it yesterday). He rang it up with an override discount of $84.99 (which means they are selling the used 160GB fat system for $219.99 which is a pretty small profit off the current promo trade-in value of $180). Then, on the same receipt, he traded it in again for the current $180 promo value. He tried to get me the extra $10 for the super-slim purchase (a promo that stacked with the $125 value yesterday) by ringing that up, too, but it did not stack this time.

So it all worked out in the end even though I had to make an extra 30 mile trip back to this store and I lost my son's locked saves (had I known the promo would work this way I would have bought the super-slim yesterday, did a proper transfer with Ethernet cable thus preserving his saves, then traded my old system in today). But thinking about it, I should get some extra bonus PUR points out of this. According to my receipts, it looks like have traded 2 PS3's in, and bought a used system in addition to the new one. I'll have to see how that plays out when the points show up.

I am very much relieved now. It would have bugged me to no end had I not been able to take care of that. That would have hurt down to my cheapass soul .

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Originally Posted by io Confirmed 10/1: PS3 160GB (fat) system: $90 base I was able to go back to the store and have them adjust my trade to get the difference between today's promo and yesterday's credited back. That came up to a whopping $45! I used that to preorder NBA 2K13 both as a treat for my son (who lost his locked game saves on the old PS3) and as a bonus for the clerk that helped me with the adjustment. What he did (at the manager's suggestion) was to sell me back my PS3 at a discounted price of $135 (which is what I got for it yesterday). They rang it up and did an override discount of $84.99 (which means they are selling this system for $219.99 which is a pretty small profit off the current promo trade-in value of $180). Then, on the same receipt, he traded it in again for the current $180 promo value. He tried to get me the extra $10 for the super-slim purchase (a promo that stacked with the $125 value yesterday) by ringing that up, too, but it did not stack this time. I am very much relieved now. It would have bugged me to no end had I not been able to take care of that. That would have hurt down to my cheapass soul .

DUDE. Your store's manager is freaking awesome and crafty/clever as heck.

Originally Posted by Vigilante DUDE. Your store's manager is freaking awesome and crafty/clever as heck.

Yeah, the reason for selling it back to me and then trading it right back in again was to keep their inventory correct while issuing me the difference.

Wish I knew exactly what the tiv for a wifi Vita was, thinking about trading it in to upgrade to the AC Bundle.

Originally Posted by io I am very much relieved now. It would have bugged me to no end had I not been able to take care of that. That would have hurt down to my cheapass soul .

More than makes up for not being able to transfer the kid's saves, huh?

Originally Posted by Vigilante DUDE. Your store's manager is freaking awesome and crafty/clever as heck.

Like mine who sells me new games at used prices, gets any item I want transferred to his store, lets me do return/rebuys when running a store specific B2G1, etc.

Originally Posted by io Yeah, the reason for selling it back to me and then trading it right back in again was to keep their inventory correct while issuing me the difference.

Like I said (well, paraphrasing), that's ingenious.

Yeah, I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but this manager has been an EB/GS manager for as long as I've been going to Gamestop - that would be the entire "modern era" of my video gaming life (since about 2004 or so when I got back into it after my early Atari/Colecovision days). So he ought to know a thing or two about how to use the system . I don't know if anyone remembers the Gran Turismo 4 trade-in promo they had way back when. I forget the exact details but basically you could trade in 2 (I think) crappy PS2 games for a brand new (at the time) GT4. This guy was the manager of an EB Games store and processed that trade both for me and my wife. His store is not local to me and I don't go there all that often but he still remembers me by name all these years later. It is quite remarkable, actually. I had only gone over there because my local store didn't have the super-slims in stock yet. It is probably a good thing because while the guys at my local store are nice enough, they pretty mcuh throw their hands up when it comes to dealing with promo issues and the like. I'm sure they would have told me I was out of luck.

Originally Posted by klimb22 More than makes up for not being able to transfer the kid's saves, huh?

Yes, and I more than made up for that with my son by preordering NBA 2K13 for him .

JP - I added the $90 value for the 160GB fat and $95 value for 160GB slim (from the other thread) into the PS3 hardware section with today's date. There are a lot more hardware quotes in that other thread. I'd shut it down and direct everyone here but people tend to get a little pissed when stuff like that happens. The deal is good enough to have its own thread for a few days at least, anyway - then maybe I'll move it over here. Maybe I'll cull the rest of the values out of that thread later tonight and post them here.

ps3
mass effect 3 $5

vita
ninja gaiden $10

Dualshock 3
$27.50

Base hardware values pulled from the other thread:

Wii: $30

Xbox 360 20GB: $55 (HD not needed for trade)
XBox 360 Elite: $55 (I assume any old-style 360 is $55 with no HD needed)
Xbox 360 Slim 250GB: $90
Xbox 360 Slim 4GB: $75
Xbox 360 250GB HD (for slim): $40 (assuming this doesn't double - and also this doesn't reconcile with the 2 quotes above)

PS3 40GB: $90
PS3 60GB: $90
PS3 160GB: $90 (looks like any fat PS3 is $90, no matter the model)
PS3 Slim 120GB: $90
PS3 Slim 160GB: $95
PS3 Slim 320GB: $100

3DS: $50
3DS XL: $75
DS Lite: $20

PS Vita: $70
PS Vita 3G: $75

PSP Go: $18

PS2 (original): $18