Originally Posted by dinovelvet Did my trade, but not before falling victim to Gamestop Logic. I brought the PS3, controller with USB, power cord and HDMI cable. I tell him up front it doesn't play games and I'm fine with the refurb fee. Then I'm told because I didn't bring the ORIGINAL AV cable that came with the PS3 they can't take it. I am like...what the . I tossed that crap away on day one and have been using HDMI from the beginning. I am offering them a BETTER CABLE than the outdated junk that was packaged with the PS3. Then he adds that I can buy a cable from the store and trade it in with the system. The cable costs $17.99 plus tax. Of course I've left it until the last day of the trade promo to do this, and its 8.45 pm. No time to order a $1 cable from amazon or what have you. We work out that with the purchase of the cable, I'll be walking away with $95.71. It's a 40GB PS3 that doesn't read discs. So I think about it while he's serving other people, I even checked ebay on my phone to see what a non working system will get (about $40 to $60, it seems). So I did the trade. Eesh. A strangely ironic consolation when I get home is that, as well as the HDMI cable, I still have the controller charging cable. They weren't concerned about getting that, apparently!

those cables are standard and packaged with every ps3, gamestop didnt do anything wrong. logic or not

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Originally Posted by sabanoo Not everyone has a TV that uses composite.

What TV other than the cheap Sony 3D one doesn't have composite?

Originally Posted by strait edge follower those cables are standard and packaged with every ps3, gamestop didnt do anything wrong. logic or not

It's not about "wrong", its about being in that grey area of customer service where they have the right to either help or hinder the customer, and Gamestop's default option is almost always the latter. I gave them everything needed to hook up a PS3; they no doubt have dozens of 99 cent cables laying around the warehouse where the PS3 will be sent to be fixed. It would have made more sense for them to just take the HDMI, as I wasn't asking or expecting to get the $4.40 separate trade credit for it - they sell those used in store for 17.99.
Still, I'm coming off as bitter when I'm not really that bothered in the grand scheme of things. I couldn't have gotten $95 for a broken system anywhere else.

Deal is over now - time for the graveyard.

Originally Posted by MSUHitman What TV other than the cheap Sony 3D one doesn't have composite?

Almost all of mine don't have composite. I only have one that does.