Originally Posted by Havok83 Even if you didnt get points, what does it matter if you give your RZ card or not? Its not like you'd be penalized for anyhting. Besides you are wrong. This is innacurate info as you DO gain points on purchases even if you use a gift card. You wont gain points for the amount of the gift card used, but you will get points for the difference paid. Lets say You want to buy something thats $40 and use a $10 GC, you will only get 30 points (the difference after the gift card). Times that with the RZ Gamers Club Bonus Promo, and you get double points for a total of 60. Thats 60 points a person would have missed out on had they listened to the bad advice of not using your RZ card So bottom line, ALWAYS use your RZ card when you purchase something, regardless of if you use a gift card or not. You could be losing valuable points you could have earned otherwise

Thank you.

Also, and I could be wrong about this, I think Gc purchases count towards the $2500 Silver Member Threshhold.

the GC portion of your payment doesn't count towards anything. But the product you bought will show up in your history.

You can only trade in 2 disney universe's for each system at the same time at best buy right? Or you get banned? Is that the rule?

And are you guys literally just buying the games at the general checkout line and then walking over to the game section to get the game clerk to accept the trade ins? I'm wondering If I should hang out in my car for a few minutes or something before going back in the store to trade my games in. How are you guys pulling it off?

Geez BB stop temping me. I told myself that I'm done after my mega trade on Friday but you keep on trying to pull me back in. If value still hold on Tues than I will add a little fire to my blaze of glory.

Going to trade in arkham city for 18, and bad company 2 for 9 after getting it from the last GameStop B2G1 sale or free. Pretty good profit to me, as I don't hoard copies/resell.

Originally Posted by confoosious the GC portion of your payment doesn't count towards anything. But the product you bought will show up in your history.

I'm not overly paranoid and could really care less about the BB trading ban as I've traded in a total of 4 games so far this year (all different titles) But if you're going to try trading in games you purchased same day it WOULD absolutely be smart not to us your RZ card when you make the initial purchase.

By not using the RZ card they wouldn't have a way to tie the purchase and trade in together.

While sheer quantity and duplicates may be the number 1 and 2 reasons for the bans; I'm sure buying a game JUST for the sake of trading it in seconds later would be a close third.

Originally Posted by PublikDefender You can only trade in 2 disney universe's for each system at the same time at best buy right? Or you get banned? Is that the rule? And are you guys literally just buying the games at the general checkout line and then walking over to the game section to get the game clerk to accept the trade ins? I'm wondering If I should hang out in my car for a few minutes or something before going back in the store to trade my games in. How are you guys pulling it off?

You should at least go to your car and rip off the shrink wrap and take the tape off (360).

@GBAstar
pre-ordering to take advantage of promo trade-ins and then canceling/returning the order would be 4th then?

Originally Posted by iduncurr You should at least go to your car and rip off the shrink wrap and take the tape off (360). @GBAstar pre-ordering to take advantage of promo trade-ins and then canceling/returning the order would be 4th then?

Yeah that actually might even be number 1. I don't work at Best Buy so I have no idea. I'm pretty cool with the Gaming Lead so I could ask him but it seems like (to me at least) that these bans are coming down from outside the individual stores and the store employess don't really have any idea as to what triggers them.

I never understood why anyone would cancel a preorder deposit. I would have to imagine that would count as a return as far as best buy is concerned and above and beyond getting a trade ban it might also affect your ability to do normal returns as i know Best Buy tracks all that information.

I've wondered about those preorder trade-in bonuses. For some reason, I don't care to do those when I know I won't buy the game.

Originally Posted by PublikDefender You can only trade in 2 disney universe's for each system at the same time at best buy right? Or you get banned? Is that the rule?

It's 1 per system per year, but if you wanna chance it the computer won't stop you from trading in more then 1. A knowledgeable employee might deny you though.

It's important to remember that there isn't one single person that knows, for sure, what any limits or anything else are that cause someone to be banned. It's all just conjecture, at this point. Everyone that asks gets a different answer depending on who they talk to.

So for those who got their bans over turned or found out they could start trading again how did they go about it?

OT/EDIT

Oh wow. I haven't checked reward zone in about 5 or 6 months.

Apparently I've been a silver member since February.

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Originally Posted by crazedracerguy It's important to remember that there isn't one single person that knows, for sure, what any limits or anything else are that cause someone to be banned. It's all just conjecture, at this point. Everyone that asks gets a different answer depending on who they talk to.

This is true but I can guarantee you it has to do with a combo quantity (overall, and particular title), buying games and immediately trading them in and cancelling preorders.

I can promise you if you aren't doing the above your account won't get banned

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy It's important to remember that there isn't one single person that knows, for sure, what any limits or anything else are that cause someone to be banned. It's all just conjecture, at this point. Everyone that asks gets a different answer depending on who they talk to.

It's volume/going over the limit that'll get you banned.

they just did test trades -usually just 1 game- to see if it goes thru

Originally Posted by DudeImGodly So for those who got their bans over turned or found out they could start trading again how did they go about it? OT/EDIT Oh wow. I haven't checked reward zone in about 5 or 6 months. Apparently I've been a silver member since February.

I wasn't going to trade my 2nd uncharted 3 but since I know they are going to most likely re-release it with all the DLC and possibly do a bundle for all three uncharted games, I guess I'm trading it in.

I'll probably ask the workers if they got an update on the trade-in policy or not.

Originally Posted by GBAstar I'm not overly paranoid and could really care less about the BB trading ban as I've traded in a total of 4 games so far this year (all different titles) But if you're going to try trading in games you purchased same day it WOULD absolutely be smart not to us your RZ card when you make the initial purchase. By not using the RZ card they wouldn't have a way to tie the purchase and trade in together. While sheer quantity and duplicates may be the number 1 and 2 reasons for the bans; I'm sure buying a game JUST for the sake of trading it in seconds later would be a close third.

point i was trying to make. flew over those argumentative types heads. also i was strictly speaking using gc. did i say partial gc and cash? no! so why go outside the scope of what i eas saying.

Originally Posted by iduncurr I wasn't going to trade my 2nd uncharted 3 but since I know they are going to most likely re-release it with all the DLC and possibly do a bundle for all three uncharted games, I guess I'm trading it in. I'll probably ask the workers if they got an update on the trade-in policy or not.

Well you just talked me into trading my copy also. It has been sitting on my self since Nov and I can wait now for the GOTY. Might as well get $29 for it.

Originally Posted by GBAstar This is true but I can guarantee you it has to do with a combo quantity (overall, and particular title), buying games and immediately trading them in and cancelling preorders. I can promise you if you aren't doing the above your account won't get banned

Guarantee means that you have a definitive, verified answer. You can assume, but unless you have talked to someone that set the policy or has verified knowledge, it's all just conjecture. That's what I was saying. It's not a swipe at you, GBA, it's just that no one haa any sort of verified answer, so it's just about being intelligent when trading and accepting the consequences if you go over some arbitrary line in the sand.