They finally got my second order after nearly two weeks.

How long do you have to ship your game once you send your order. I'm not sure if the following sounds wrong or if I should even be saying it but. Half.com is offering me almost $25 for Lego Harry Potter and Amazon is selling it New for $17 meaning almost an $8 profit if I bought the game only to sell it. Is this something you guys have been doing? Am I correct in what I'm saying and what should I do about it? I don't want to become "that guy".

Originally Posted by xcefkevin How long do you have to ship your game once you send your order. I'm not sure if the following sounds wrong or if I should even be saying it but. Half.com is offering me almost $25 for Lego Harry Potter and Amazon is selling it New for $17 meaning almost an $8 profit if I bought the game only to sell it. Is this something you guys have been doing? Am I correct in what I'm saying and what should I do about it? I don't want to become "that guy".

I'm not going to comment on the rest of it, but you have a week before you have to mail it - they tell you the date when you place the order.

Originally Posted by kangchousa At this rate, we'll probably see another thread for bb.com(gs.com, az.com, etc.) to half.com flip...

I certainly hope not. It's bad enough that GS to BB thread was left active when flippers in general have had to go underground via social groups on here AND flipping discussions in other threads are nuked post haste, only to see something clearly advocating flipping from store to store being left untouched.

What I find even funnier though is all the whiners who usually complain about flippers and flipping discussions didn't say boo in the GS to BB thread. Yet as I said above, as soon as you mention flipping in any other thread the complainers are out in full force crying their lil eyes out.

If you cancel a "sale" or order does that cancelled order count towards the 10 per quarter limit.

Originally Posted by DerClaw Heh, I think this half.com is a branch of ebay right? I think it's funny that ebay is defrauding the post office (It's completely arbitrary that video games on disks are not "media" but a blue ray, or DVD, or music CD is -- but that is the rules). I think that the only penalty, though, is that the post office can open media mail (so I guess there is a risk that your postal carrier helps himself to a new video game) but then they just charge the recipient extra on delivery. So, I guess they are just risking getting charged extra and they figure that they save money if they don't get caught.

I think I mentioned this in an earlier post but just to reiterate: I emailed half.com CS about this, making it clear I have no intention of "ratting them out" for using Media Mail on games. They said they are aware of the issue and are working to fix it... whatever that means. I suspect you're right though; they are saving a little money each time they use MM instead of FCM rates.

And just to summarize, I am 3 for 3 with sending in games through this Instant Sale feature, all of them being reported received and paid in about a week.

Originally Posted by eLefAdEr And just to summarize, I am 3 for 3 with sending in games through this Instant Sale feature, all of them being reported received and paid in about a week.

Wow, a week? I am going on 11 days now with the game I sent in. I got used to Amazons trade in service where the game would be there the day after I dropped it in the UPS box and I would have credit 2 days later.

Just got paid for all 3 of my boxes. I now endorse half.com...still wish you could track your packages though.

Originally Posted by scarhawk If you cancel a "sale" or order does that cancelled order count towards the 10 per quarter limit.

No it doesn't. I've canceled over 10 and its been fine.

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yeah 2 weeks and absolutely nothing on my first order..beginning to get a little worried here..

I just put in an order for 4 games to mail out tomorrow. Fingers crossed that all goes well and I'll try to remember to post an update on my experience as I certainly appreciate the feedback people have provided in this thread.

Is there anyway to contact customer service? It has been 2 weeks since I sent in my trade ins and I have heard nothing

Originally Posted by animemaniac14 Is there anyway to contact customer service? It has been 2 weeks since I sent in my trade ins and I have heard nothing

I dunno, but I'd definitely do that. I think you live pretty close to the processing center so yeah, 2 weeks is too long. One of mine did take about that long but that's coming from the Pacific NW.

I have had 3 of 5 packages processed and paid and they even gave me a small bump on one game. I had sent in two used copies of Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 (on two different systems). They were both in pretty good shape but I only entered them as "Very Good" and not "Like New". They bumped one of them up to "Like New" and gave me about $1 more. That was a pleasant surprise. And note that I had selected the option not to downgrade (and return instead). So it is nice there's a chance they still upgrade even when you do that.

I also just hit the 2 week mark and still says they have not relieved it. I would have been better off paying the $2 myself to ship it first class with DC.

Originally Posted by musha666 I also just hit the 2 week mark and still says they have not received it. I would have been better off paying the $2 myself to ship it first class with DC.

Did you happen to notice if the shipping label specified Media Mail rate instead of Parcel Post rate? That could explain the lengthy delay if it were MM.

Yea mine was MM which I thought was odd. I didnt realize that until after I had it all packaged up. Maybe the extra time is the mail man beating down Half.com people for using the wrong shipping method.

Just sent out one package (3 games) this morning. Let's see how long it takes.

Well so much for this. I sent them a copy of Rage I just bought new from Amazon for $10. Was going to get $13 credit. I never even TOUCHED the two other disks in the case other than to check them before sending out. I got rejected for my trade in for " Companion disks have scratches." If they send me back scratched disks I am going to be pissed!

Originally Posted by eLefAdEr I think I mentioned this in an earlier post but just to reiterate: I emailed half.com CS about this, making it clear I have no intention of "ratting them out" for using Media Mail on games. They said they are aware of the issue and are working to fix it... whatever that means. I suspect you're right though; they are saving a little money each time they use MM instead of FCM rates. And just to summarize, I am 3 for 3 with sending in games through this Instant Sale feature, all of them being reported received and paid in about a week.

I just mailed in an order this morning. The postage label given was for parcel post.

Those that are waiting on delivery be advised that the labels are for Parcel Post, as previously mentioned, which can be crap shoot when it comes to timely delivery. I recently sent two packages on the same day, to the same location via Parcel Post and they arrived a week apart. I've also had a package go missing for a little over a month only to be delivered with the box unharmed and no evidence of it being lost. Parcel Post seems to have the lowest of priority when it comes to the post office and for that reason I've stopped using the service. I would call customer service to document the problem, if you can find the number, and be patient. That's really all you can do since there is no delivery confirmation number.