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When Goozex eventually goes down, it be because people stop trading out. Right now, they're still averaging about 20,000 trades a month, so that is $20,000 (or between $10,000 and $20,000 while the sale is on) with hardly any overhead.

You guys really should not put all your eggs in one basket...

It might be a great service but anything can happen in months.

Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See?

There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

Originally Posted by lord_ebonstone Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See? There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

TBH this is probably THE reason I will never use Goozex...

I dunno, I've just been really getting in to Goozex the last month or so, and I think how satisfied you will be really depends on how you approach it.

It's an excellent source for last-gen stuff that I never got around to. Most titles like that are 100-200 points, and have low demand. It's also great for last season's big name titles. Last week's or last month's, not so much though.

And if you're in to the flipping hobby, , it's one more place you can get cheap credit using your cheap credit from somewhere else.

Originally Posted by iRent You guys really should not put all your eggs in one basket... It might be a great service but anything can happen in months.

$15 is not all my eggs in one basket...or if you're referring to Goomba's 1000s of points, he has many other "baskets", I assure you.

Originally Posted by lord_ebonstone Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See? There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

I only use Goozex for stocking up on all the old 100-point PC games for my collection.

Alright i only have one trade credit left. In for 30. i use goozex for all my ps2 games I collect.

Originally Posted by lord_ebonstone Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See? There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

exactly why i emptied my account

Originally Posted by iRent You guys really should not put all your eggs in one basket... It might be a great service but anything can happen in months.

It's not like using Goozex in conjunction with GameTZ and CAG is impossible. You can put all the games you want to trade on all three services, and when it gets traded on one, you take it off the others. There's no commitment if you get an offer on any of them.

Originally Posted by lord_ebonstone Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See? There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

But their way is working--lots of people are trading lots of games, and new releases do get put up. The points-based economy is the service they're offering, and most of the suggestions that new users throw out there would make the site identical to ebay, GameTZ, or sayswap--and that's not why Goozex is there.

True, if you want to get a new release for your new release, then yes, one of the other sites will probably be your best bet, unless you're one of the first to request the game. But the fact of the matter is, new releases are hard to come by anywhere, because they just came out, and people want to play them. Regardless, not every user wants new releases, of course new releases are desireable, but most users realize that their are a ton of games out there they never got around to playing, both from last season and on previous generations, and Goozex is a great way to get those games.

Originally Posted by lord_ebonstone Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See? There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

Well a really great thing to do is flip new games you have for 1000 points and get a bunch of older titles, not necessarily other new ones. But even if you do want new games, it's easy to ride 1000 points for quite some time. You just have to know how to work the system.

Originally Posted by lord_ebonstone Goozex is a fundamentally broken trading system. Why the would anyone want to trade a brand new game for 1000 points, which means you get to be #251 in line for Other Brand New Title You Want And Will Never See? There are a multitude of fixes and suggestions for the essential problem of the site, but they're ignored or outright condemned by the Goozex staff. They really, really want their way to work. It doesn't.

i picked up some newer games that would of cost me cash and got them very quickly

Games i grabbed very quickly what i would of spent cash on

2008 alone
Dinosaur king Ds Saved 30
Valhalla Knights 2 PSP saved 30
Solitaire Overload saved 30
Boktai GBA SAved 10 or 20
Dragon Warrior VII PS1

and sometimes you get a MAJOR FIND

in 2008 major grabs
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes ps 2 (sold for 95 on amazon)

Valkyrie Profile PS1 Complete Still have
Suikoden II ps 1 sold on ebay for 129 bucks
hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (Premium Edition) with figure still have RARE NEW
Xenogears ps1 Black label worth 50 bucks still have (only paid 200 pts)


2007


Shining Force EXA PS2 sealed saved 30
Futurama PS2 saved 50 bucks still have only paid 100 pts
Suikoden V BRAND NEW saved 50 bucks


Gallop Racer 2006 SEALED saved 50 bucks
Digimon World DS sealed saved 30 bucks

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II ps2 Sold on ebay for 90


so it shows that you can find Great deals on the site


though its probally been few months since i got anything i really wanted

(last game i got was)

Digimon world championship DS (would of cost me 30) Got it first week of jan

so i havent really grabbed anything since Jan 5

I'll be writing a little piece about this sale for the goozex report. BTW were still looking for new writers if interested shoot me a pm or check out the site. I think there is a link there

http://thegoozexreport.blogspot.com/

I just bought five credits Friday night. :(
I've got 4000 points which isn't as much as some of you, but it's still, what, 200$ "worth" of points?
But I've also only got 9 games on my request queue, a couple of which are still new, a couple of which are XBLA games which aren't listed very often.
I don't think two sales in three months are a bad sign--especially when one of them was targeting gift purchasers. Grocery stores have sales every week and they're generally doing fine.
I do think some price changes don't occur as quickly as they should.
But I also agree that for me, this has been one of the best game trading methods I've found.

Yea I'm stuck with 3700 points that I would prefer to get rid of on new releases, unfortunately I'm stuck in long wait lines, even on games that I stayed up until midnight on release day to put in my queue as soon as they became available. And the last two times I was matched for FIFA 09 the sellers didn't send the game, in which case you have to wait like 3-4 weeks for a refund.

The system is just broken... it's basically only works well for trading your new release games for old games. I won't be sending any more of my games in. Back to awkward, drug-dealer-esque Craigslist cash transactions for me.

Oh, and Civilization Revolution 360 still goes for 1000 points even though it has been $40 new at retail for awhile now. They need a better "algorithm" for assigning points.

Originally Posted by Trocar I agree...there is hardly any overhead aside from keeping the website up and running. If they're in a cash crunch, then they will just let a couple employees go, but the website should be pretty much self-sufficient since it's basically a member to member transaction, their website is just the middle man. Easy money for them, IMHO.

I'm not so sure about that. Depending on how the agreement reads, outstanding point balances could be considered debt. I agree that it's unlikely that there is a cash flow problem though.

Goozex is such a great idea. It's too bad that they're not making it work better by making the point values track used prices more closely.

Goozex is doing fine. Lets be honest, most everyone on the site have 5-6 games on thier list in common right now: Gears 2, Left 4 Dead, CoD-World at War,and Fallout 3 are in high demand with little supply. It's post-Christmas and there aren't a lot of big titles being released right now. When people start finishing the above games or move on to new ones (Resident Evil 5), the supply for these games will go up. I just got Mercenaries 2 and Fary Cry 2 within days of each other. I moved up 30+ spaces in line for each of these in the span of a week because pl;ayers were finishing up their experiences with them and moving on to other games. Unless Goozex moves into the preorder/ merchant business, this will always be the experience you have with them. I know I won't be able to get Gears 2 from this site for a long time, but Goozex allows me to get games that I was interested in but didn't have the funds to purchase originally. Instead of sitting on my points I like to use them to aquire games like Blazing Angels or Beyond Good & Evil, games that I want to enjoy again or experience for the first time. As long as people like us support them, Goozex will be around for a while.

30 credits is a lot, but I do have about 12 games on my wishlist, with many more to be added later this year. I'll probably jump on this deal.

If Goozex had done this deal last year, then they would have received the Cheapy Award hands-down.

Originally Posted by JJSP I really don't think they're going anywhere, it's just more of slidecage's constant fear of a company going under.

PlayerChain went under taking $40 of my "gamebux" with them.
I also used Switch House up to the point that that folded.

It's really hard to make a media trading site profitable, just FYI and the last people on the boat usually end up either having deals left in limbo forever or lose equity in the sites when they crash.

And good luck spending those points in the final days even if you can see them coming.

Originally Posted by shieryda If the site folds, wouldn't they give their users a few weeks to use up the points/credits first? Otherwise, do you think a class-action suit would follow?

Read the disclaimers on the website. There are no refunds, voluntary or otherwise. It says this when you purchase the points. And like I said above, good luck being able to make a deal in the final days of a trading site. It's kind of like what we're facing now in the economy with banks who don't want to give loans.

Originally Posted by jkoch Goozex is such a great idea. It's too bad that they're not making it work better by making the point values track used prices more closely.

I agree that the point values can be way off in some instances. Mercenaries 2 is a good example. It cost me 850 points ($42.50) to get, but can be bought used at CrapStop for $24.99. It helps to explain the sudden upswing in avalibility on Goozex since its a better seller bargain to get the points than the $5-$8 in Gamestop trade credit.