Originally Posted by HydroX The controller that comes with the 360 S feels really cheap. The buttons are not as responsive, and the D-Pad flat out sucks in comparison to the other wireless 360 controllers I have.

Feels the same to me, apart from the shiny/smooth bottom part.

To take advantage of the deal, do I have to trade in my old 360 when I reserve the new 360? I'd really hate to be without my 360 when I just bought Mass Effect 2 today.

Base TIV
Yu-gi-oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (PSP) - $9

Just traded my first gen, no HDMI 360. The person in front of me was trading his in too and the cashier seemed to just go through the motions with testing his console out and was pretty quick with him. The cashier I got was super thorough checking mine and I must've been there for 40 minutes (partly because they can only test one console at a time), and also because he couldn't get the full trade-in bonus value to work so someone else had to help him. But I got $185 total (throwing in a headset, the 20 HD, a 64 memory card and the wireless antenna thing), which is probably double what I could've gotten for it otherwise on Craigslist or Ebay.

Originally Posted by Razzuel To take advantage of the deal, do I have to trade in my old 360 when I reserve the new 360? I'd really hate to be without my 360 when I just bought Mass Effect 2 today.

That is what a trade-in is.

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones That is what a trade-in is.

Well, the OP does state the following:

Can I just pre-order or reserve the console? Yes. This came in from a GameStop employee. "gs is taking preorders. $50 deposit. they have a coupon code they can scan so you get bonus tiv on the preorder. wont apply automatically (for now) the store has to be on the ball and manually doing it. they are saying july 7th at definite re-stock date. i know of tons of stores getting restocked next week though."

I was hoping for some clarification on how this process exactly worked. So does this mean I can reserve a new 360 tomorrow and basically lock down my reserve as being eligible for the trade-in deal when I come back to pick up my new 360, which would mean I wouldn't have to trade in my old 360 until I pick up my new 360?

Base TIVs (all 360):
Saboteur - $5
Prototype - $7
Alan Wake - $24
Red Dead Redemption - $25

Originally Posted by Razzuel Well, the OP does state the following: I was hoping for some clarification on how this process exactly worked. So does this mean I can reserve a new 360 tomorrow and basically lock down my reserve as being eligible for the trade-in deal when I come back to pick up my new 360, which would mean I wouldn't have to trade in my old 360 until I pick up my new 360?

No, you will have to trade in your 360 at the time of reserve to get the values. They have a code that they have to use to show it as a pre-order for the slim so the promo will activate, or attempt to.

Originally Posted by jp0213 No, you will have to trade in your 360 at the time of reserve. They have a code that they have to use to show it as a pre-order for the slim so the promo will activate, or attempt to.

What would stop you from putting the $50.00 down just for the pre-order and than when they call you can bring in your Xbox cancel the original pre-order and than do a repurchase with your trade-in?

I forgot to put the promo values item into that post. Nothing would stop you, you would have to hope that they got enough 360s in before the end of the promo or that they extend the promo. I do expect that they will extend the promo though.

Local Gamestop didn't have any in stock. Might go tomorrow before work to trade in a few games and put a deposit down on one if they come in after I get back from a cruise and the system trade-in promo is still active.

Originally Posted by jp0213 No, you will have to trade in your 360 at the time of reserve to get the values. They have a code that they have to use to show it as a pre-order for the slim so the promo will activate, or attempt to.

that is what one of my Gamestops told me.

Originally Posted by ajh2298 What would stop you from putting the $50.00 down just for the pre-order and than when they call you can bring in your Xbox cancel the original pre-order and than do a repurchase with your trade-in?

My other Gamestop told me I could reserve it for $50 and then trade in my unit when the restock is in.


Why can't these managers get on the ball and figure this stuff out?

TIVs for you jp:

DS
Brain Age 1 = 3.50
Cake Mania 2 = 3.50

Originally Posted by jp0213 No, you will have to trade in your 360 at the time of reserve to get the values. They have a code that they have to use to show it as a pre-order for the slim so the promo will activate, or attempt to.

Thanks for the clarification.

I guess I'll have to decide on whether or not I can be without my 360 for a potentially extended amount of time.

Blah my EDGE card expired a long time ago...but do you think it's a good idea to renew it just to get 10% more for trading my xbox accessories? I rarely use my EDGE card when I signed up for it...

Originally Posted by sasuke543 Blah my EDGE card expired a long time ago...but do you think it's a good idea to renew it just to get 10% more for trading my xbox accessories? I rarely use my EDGE card when I signed up for it...

If you never used it before, you'll barely make enough extra off the accessories to cover the purchase of the EDGE, if you make enough to cover it at all. In your situation I wouldn't unless you plan on buying a lot of used games.

Originally Posted by lllGurulll Why can't these managers get on the ball and figure this stuff out?

Well I think a lot of them have been told they'll get another restock before the end of the promo. Which seems likely, but I personally wouldn't hedge my bets on it. You have a situation where being without the console isn't necessarily easy so. Gotta think over all of the options.

Originally Posted by jp0213 Well I think a lot of them have been told they'll get another restock before the end of the promo. Which seems likely, but I personally wouldn't hedge my bets on it. You have a situation where being without the console isn't necessarily easy so. Gotta think over all of the options.

Just called back the Gamestop that said I could preorder now and trade in when it is available to pick up. The manager told me to ignore the other Gamestop as they rarely give accurate information. He assured me I can buy now and trade later. heh

Now I just have to worry about that nasty USB issue.

Originally Posted by jp0213 No, you will have to trade in your 360 at the time of reserve to get the values. They have a code that they have to use to show it as a pre-order for the slim so the promo will activate, or attempt to.

I went to two different games stops and was informed I could not trade in my items today, but I can pre-order with the $50 and bring my items in when available. I was also afraid they may change the TIV by the time they arrive, but confirmed the $50 was refundable for any reason. One manager indicated "that as long as I reserve it they are sure they will match the current TIV". Personally I'm not counting on it hence I wanted to confirm the deposit was refundable.
I'm number 4 on the wait list, so figured I had a pretty good chance receiving it before the promo expired (that is if they don't pull it early).
At this point since a few were able to trade in for a preorder, I'm guessing the gamestops that I visited were out of the loop.

Originally Posted by Lordgestle I went to two different games stops and was informed I could not trade in my items today, but I can pre-order with the $50 and bring my items in when available. I was also afraid they may change the TIV by the time they arrive, but confirmed the $50 was refundable for any reason. One manager indicated "that as long as I reserve it they are sure they will match the current TIV". Personally I'm not counting on it hence I wanted to confirm the deposit was refundable. I'm number 4 on the wait list, so figured I had a pretty good chance receiving it before the promo expired (that is if they don't pull it early). At this point since a few were able to trade in for a preorder, I'm guessing the gamestops that I visited were out of the loop.

I think a lot of times it depends upon who you talk to and who has access to the store emails from corporate. I don't work for GameStop, and when I did over Christmas two years ago I think it was, I never touched the computer for the most part. Never rang anything up or checked any store emails. Not sure who actually ahs access to it.

I was hired by that store manager for work on the weekends to just answer questions and sort out the shelves. I did that half the time I was there buying anyway. He mainly hired me just so I could get the employee discount. Good guy.

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They are not restocking the gamestops until next month and buy then the deal will be over.

I would be surprised if they don't extend this promo. The PS3 Slim upgrade got extended around 3 times and the Wii Upgrade offer, while not much of a gamble on GameStops part, got extended a couple times as well.