Originally Posted by jetsaredim Has anyone been successful in getting un-banned? Have they updated their policies to reflect how long the ban would be?

From what I've read, you have to wait a year after your ban. Then they review your file/account to determine if they want to life the ban.

Originally Posted by mywhitenoise So let me get this straight, if you're an Unlocked Member, you get twice the trade-in value, plus twice the total value!? Because I just went in, expected A LOT less than what I got. example... Uncharted 3 Trade-in Value = $10 100% promotion = $10 2x Promotion = $20 10% Unlocked = $1 ...ended up selling UC3 for $41! Was this a glitch? Cause I plan on going back and selling another 20 games

Lol that was definitely a glitch. It should've been:

TiV: $10
100% Promo: $10
Subtotal: $20
10% GCU: $2 (This gets added AFTER the subtotal.)

Total: $22

So you lucked out with a dumb employee, don't expect that to be happening again anytime soon.. unless you get the same employee lol.

Just traded in some games that would have netted me about $63 at GAmestop and about $75 at Amazon. Got $145 for them at Best buy. Pre-ordered games that are on the $20 coupon list. Black Ops 2, Borderlands 2, Assassins Creed 3, RE6, NBA 2k13. After the $25 total I put down ($5 for each) still have $120 left, plus another $160 in gift cards there, plus $30 as of NOW in rewards certs, and each game will net me an extra $100. So ill be riding that credit out there for a bit. Awesome Promo.

Originally Posted by G3 Steve-O Just traded in some games that would have netted me about $63 at GAmestop and about $75 at Amazon. Got $145 for them at Best buy. Pre-ordered games that are on the $20 coupon list. Black Ops 2, Borderlands 2, Assassins Creed 3, RE6, NBA 2k13. After the $25 total I put down ($5 for each) still have $120 left, plus another $160 in gift cards there, plus $30 as of NOW in rewards certs, and each game will net me an extra $100. So ill be riding that credit out there for a bit. Awesome Promo.

Yup, it's a massive wave of credit after credit. Now I'm really getting into the CAG rhythm. I feel bad when I have to shell out real cash for a game now instead of credit, haha.

Originally Posted by jiggyteddy Thanks Chun Li!

YW! There are a few more on the last page. Or, second-to-last by the time you see this.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...322515&page=19

Originally Posted by eXiON Lol that was definitely a glitch. It should've been: TiV: $10 100% Promo: $10 Subtotal: $20 10% GCU: $2 (This gets added AFTER the subtotal.) Total: $22 So you lucked out with a dumb employee, don't expect that to be happening again anytime soon.. unless you get the same employee lol.

Actually it should be $21.

x = Base value
2.1x = TIV

x = $10
2.1($10) = $21


I know I am going to be berated for posting math again.

Originally Posted by eXiON Yup, it's a massive wave of credit after credit. Now I'm really getting into the CAG rhythm. I feel bad when I have to shell out real cash for a game now instead of credit, haha.

I spend cash on games but only to flip them honestly. I probably sen $300 out of pocket in a whole year. I flip alot. My wife loves garage sales and rummage sales at churches. So we go and I get games for $1-$2 and sell them for ALOT more than that or trade them in for alot more. I once got a BLACK LABEL FF7 for $5. Sold it for well over $150, this was before it was released on PSN so the value on ebay was very good. I get alot of cheapies at Target or BJ's or Sams Wholesale club, keep them sealed and sell em on craigslist for 4-5 times what I paid.

I have never once paid full value either for live. The most I've ever paid is $35. Gotta love CAG

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Actually it should be $21. x = Base value 2.1x = TIV x = $10 2.1($10) = $21 I know I am going to be berated for posting math again.

Not sure what exactly you are trying to correct though . The way you did it is the way I thought BB added up the total, so you would be right. You are simply adding up the Promo + GCU for 110%.

But like I said in my post, the 10% gets added after the total from the TiV & Promo, or at least in my case thats how they did it on all my games. So read my post again, basically after you get the $20 from Base TiV + Promo. You then do 0.10($20) = $22.

So it's definitely $2.

Originally Posted by G3 Steve-O I spend cash on games but only to flip them honestly. I probably sen $300 out of pocket in a whole year. I flip alot. My wife loves garage sales and rummage sales at churches. So we go and I get games for $1-$2 and sell them for ALOT more than that or trade them in for alot more. I once got a BLACK LABEL FF7 for $5. Sold it for well over $150, this was before it was released on PSN so the value on ebay was very good. I get alot of cheapies at Target or BJ's or Sams Wholesale club, keep them sealed and sell em on craigslist for 4-5 times what I paid. I have never once paid full value either for live. The most I've ever paid is $35. Gotta love CAG

Ah, good ol' FFVII. I also sold mine for $56 (Greatest Hits) version.

Can someone who traded in over the last 2-3 days check their reward zone account and see if the trade is properly reflected in your pending points? My count was right yesterday, but my points vanished into this air overnight.

I'm figuring it's either 1) a bug or 2) because I got banned and my points were revoked.

Originally Posted by @FIF Can someone who traded in over the last 2-3 days check their reward zone account and see if the trade is properly reflected in your pending points? My count was right yesterday, but my points vanished into this air overnight. I'm figuring it's either 1) a bug or 2) because I got banned and my points were revoked.

My trade in from the 28th is showing up in my pending points. Hopefully it's just a bug, because that would suck if they take your points away when they ban you...

Originally Posted by eXiON Not sure what exactly you are trying to correct though . The way you did it is the way I thought BB added up the total, so you would be right. You are simply adding up the Promo + GCU for 110%. But like I said in my post, the 10% gets added after the total from the TiV & Promo, or at least in my case thats how they did it on all my games. So read my post again, basically after you get the $20 from Base TiV + Promo. You then do 0.10($20) = $22. So nope, it's definitely $2. Ah, good ol' FFVII. I also sold mine for $56 (Greatest Hits) version.

hmm Where is your store, so we can all get the extra trade in bonus? 99.9% BB stores in the country do it the way I posted.

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Originally Posted by nightmare452 If it doesn't show up, it's likely they won't take the trade in just for that. Is it the GC version, or the Wii version. The GC version sell for $40 online easy (I sold mine last night for that on Amazon used, so I'm getting the Wii version).

Thanks man, I'm surprised it isn't on there yet, although it did come out recently. I never played Pikmin 2 but was considering picking it up from TRU and possibly trading it in after playing it a bit, is it a really good game?

Originally Posted by slowdive21 hmm Where is your store, so we can all get the extra trade in bonus? 99.9% BB stores in the country do it the way I posted.

Yup, you're right. I have my trade in print out from Best Buy and it's showing
Quoted Cart: 13.50
Promotion Value: 13.50
Reward Zone Gamers Club [Unlocked]: 1.35
Total Value: 28.35

It just gave me the 10% bonus on the original trade in value, not after promos. Sounds like he got lucky.

Originally Posted by slowdive21 hmm Where is your store, so we can all get the extra trade in bonus? 99.9% BB stores in the country do it the way I posted.

Lol or more like 99.9% (which is a debatable assumption) does the trade-ins correctly while my store and the store mywhitenoise visited ed up the trade-in and did it incorrectly? Since I've only done 1 trade-in at BB I was under the safe belief that they added the 10% after the total TiV + Promo, If I still had my papers I'd take a pic just to show you what they did.

I do still recall it was:

TiV Total: $108
Promo: $108
GCU: $21.60

However he hadn't applied the 10% GCU so I asked, and the guy told me it had already been applied, which wasn't true. So we had to go over to the customer service desk to check over what happened and that's when they redid everything and instead of the total being $226.80. I got $237.60.

Btw if you really care, it's the one at N Central Expy in Dallas.

Originally Posted by eXiON Lol or more like 99.9% (which is a debatable assumption) does the trade-ins correctly while my store and the store mywhitenoise visited ed up the trade-in and did it incorrectly? Since I've only done 1 trade-in at BB I was under the safe belief that they added the 10% after the total TiV + Promo, If I still had my papers I'd take a pic just to show you what they did. I do still recall it was: TiV Total: $108 Promo: $108 GCU: $21.60 However he hadn't applied the 10% GCU so I asked, and the guy told me it had already been applied, which wasn't true. So we had to go over to the customer service desk to check over what happened and that's when they redid everything and instead of the total being $226.80. I got $237.60. Btw if you really care, it's the one at N Central Expy in Dallas.

Right, but you were correcting somone saying that they were wrong, when you in fact were also wrong. Your store was a YMMV situation. Stores that do it properly via the trade in system will payout in the manner I posted.

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Right, but you were correcting somone saying that they were wrong, when you in fact were also wrong. Your store was a YMMV situation. Stores that do it properly via the trade in system will payout in the manner I posted.

Didn't you quote me only to correct my "math"? When did I ever say that someone was "wrong"? This exactly how arguments start . I was speaking in the general idea that what they did with my transaction was actually the way BB did it, in other words. Add the 10% after they finalize the transaction.

I posted about my trade-in a few weeks ago and no one said a thing when I told them they added the 10% after the subtotal, so figured that the BB employees did everything by the book.

I simply told whitenoise that his transaction was definitely a screw up from the employee. Quite ironic really, since I never would have realized that they also screwed up my transaction. Until MunchnOnDoritos chimed in. Glad they did though.

Re read the posts. I am correcting everyone's math, so people who are looking to trade in know how the value should be calculated. I am just putting out the correct information.

The guy couldn't find Casper on the wii, but I found it on their Trade in estimator, what should I do?

Originally Posted by Geco17 The guy couldn't find Casper on the wii, but I found it on their Trade in estimator, what should I do?

Type in the UPC

Originally Posted by Geco17 The guy couldn't find Casper on the wii, but I found it on their Trade in estimator, what should I do?

My guy had the same problem. I had him type just Spooky and it came up.