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For anyone that picked up Gamer's Club Unlocked, does it take effect immediately when getting it in-store or does it take 24 hours to activate?

Ours was immediate - the guy unlocked my account and applied the 10%. After it was all done, he gave me a gift card. He then had me use the gift card to purchase the membership. The nice thing about that is I didn't pay any money out of pocket, and I was trading in about $180 in games, so I actually earned $3 more dollars by getting Unlocked.

The guy was also nice enough to give us two older @gamer magazines that they had laying around. He scanned them and then zero'd out the prices so they were free.

Good to know. Guess I'll get the GCU at the register, pay for it separately and then trade in the couple of games that I was trading in (LBP2, Infamous 2) right afterwards. Seems easier to do it two transactions.

I'll also grab a copy of the @Gamer mag that's in-store and see if the cashier will do the same for me.

^^ I did this yesterday when trading in some games. I bought the GCU first ten did my trade which netted me the extra 10% right then. The employee did also give me a current magazine which me scanned an the register automatically zeroed the cost of the mag. Hope that helps.
After my trades I got $193 in BB credit which is pretty sweet. Just need to figure what to do with it. Guess it will sit until a good deal passes.

Originally Posted by maximumzero So many of my games are worth less than $4 that it doesn't even seen worth it. May as well hold onto 'em.

Depends on how you look at it. Sometimes I check the TIV and think it's not worth the trouble. Honestly though, if I don't plan to play the game again, I think it's worth trading in, even if I'm getting $1 or $2 back. It's better than getting nothing and having something take up space/collect dust.

I brought a few $1 and $2 game to take advantage of the 100%. Lol.

Originally Posted by shrike4242 For anyone that picked up Gamer's Club Unlocked, does it take effect immediately when getting it in-store or does it take 24 hours to activate?

I just remember they were having problems when it first started because they weren't clicking some box at the final checkout screen. It's all tied to your RZ account so once it's in, it will update on your account as well.

so can i let someone else use my gamers unlocked card? want trade in a couple of the same titles and get 10% but dont want 2 get banned. would they system know u traded in the same titles with one membership card with different ids?

Yeah its been easier for me to trade in my games,knowing i got them relatively cheap from Blockbuster,Target etc. Whats frustrating,i only have PS3 games,example Vanquish 360 value is $5.00 but for PS3 is only 50 cents,damnit lol.

Once you start trading you never go back. I started by needing to get rid of some games on my shelf so I did an Amazon trade of a bunch of games. Then I started trading to Best Buy, often at a profit. Then I turned into a flipper for a while and amassed a huge collection of games. Now I'm just trying to get rid of the games. I don't even honestly have time to go back and play the old games and probably never will anyway.

Originally Posted by shrike4242 Good to know. Guess I'll get the GCU at the register, pay for it separately and then trade in the couple of games that I was trading in (LBP2, Infamous 2) right afterwards. Seems easier to do it two transactions. I'll also grab a copy of the @Gamer mag that's in-store and see if the cashier will do the same for me.

I'm shocked that haven't already signed up for a GCU account.

Originally Posted by BudzMcGee Once you start trading you never go back. I started by needing to get rid of some games on my shelf so I did an Amazon trade of a bunch of games. Then I started trading to Best Buy, often at a profit. Then I turned into a flipper for a while and amassed a huge collection of games. Now I'm just trying to get rid of the games. I don't even honestly have time to go back and play the old games and probably never will anyway.

That's how it started for me too, I always came up with the idea that people were trading in games at a loss and that there was really no point in doing trade ins. I always never had problems selling my games on Craigslist when I was done and I always received a better price than what I would get at Gamestop.

But these promos that have been going on, especially with BB are really killing it lately. I never thought I'd trade in 14 games, let alone two or three.

I do want to keep it classy though, don't think I'm going the flipper route since $4 extra for a game really isn't much to waste my time on doing it. Just figure I'll buy games on sale, amass a nice collection and actually play the games this time. Once I'm done, wait for a good TiV promo and dump them all back in.

I only trade in for a profit, and for old ass games worth more then $5.

I have too big of a backlog as it is. I'm thinking of selling my old school collection unless it's something I REALLY want. I just cant keep up with everything coming out, and still play older games. I have PS1/2 rpgs just laying around.

Does best buy accept hardware trade ins? I'd like to trade in some of my older dualshocks for that digital camo one.

I traded in about 40 old games that I will never play again, or got on PS+ for free, and ended up with enough money to buy a new camera, a nice tv stand, and a stereo dock for my Ipod. I was very happy with the sale

Originally Posted by MrBeatdown Ugh. I'm torn between butchering my beloved collection and getting a nice chunk of BB credit. I never trade in games. I've got PS+, and Ratchet: A4O and LBP2 are worth $10. A combined $42 after the extra 110% is just too damn good to pass up when I still have digital copies. Hell, that alone almost covers my next PS+ renewal. I'm getting rid of a few old stinkers for $10.50 each. Plus a few games I haven't bought, never touched and won't be taking a loss on. It's driving me nuts trying to decide what to keep and what to sell when it comes to games I actually like. LBP1, Infamous 1 + 2, and Just Cause 2. That's $44 for games I'll never touch again and have digital copies of. Damn you BB and your amazing deal! EDIT I think I'm going to take the plunge. Eleven games, seven of which I have digital copies off, and four I don't want. $149.10 after bonus and Unlocked. I hate giving them up, but that practically pays for ten new games from GameFly to replace them. Can't really say no to that.

*creepy voice* Jooooooin Uuuuuus!!!!!!

I managed to pull my self from my Ratchet & Clank:A Crack In Time because I saw what it was worth at BB and saw the Kmart price drop thread.

Wish I'd checked BEFORE taking my Greatest Hits copy to BB, but $4.50(bought today at KM) for this version will do.

Just don't think about it! You might get them for $5 later!

Originally Posted by BudzMcGee Once you start trading you never go back. I started by needing to get rid of some games on my shelf so I did an Amazon trade of a bunch of games. Then I started trading to Best Buy, often at a profit. Then I turned into a flipper for a while and amassed a huge collection of games. Now I'm just trying to get rid of the games. I don't even honestly have time to go back and play the old games and probably never will anyway.

Originally Posted by icarusmight ^^ I did this yesterday when trading in some games. I bought the GCU first ten did my trade which netted me the extra 10% right then. The employee did also give me a current magazine which me scanned an the register automatically zeroed the cost of the mag. Hope that helps. After my trades I got $193 in BB credit which is pretty sweet. Just need to figure what to do with it. Guess it will sit until a good deal passes.

Right now you can get a $5 copy of Dragon Age II for PS3 or 360, a $10 copy of Resistance 3 and numerous other deals with the coupons in the magazine.

The June @Gamer thread is located here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=322272

Originally Posted by skiizim I just remember they were having problems when it first started because they weren't clicking some box at the final checkout screen. It's all tied to your RZ account so once it's in, it will update on your account as well.

Yeah. They forgot to scan the lil brochure thing that adds the subscription to your RZ account in conjunction with the coupon they needed to scan to unlock it.

I eventually had to have someone on the BB forums unlock it from the corporate end of things, since they tried it 2-3x or more using just the SKU from the unlocking coupon they sent me along with my RZ card and that brochure thing. But from what I'm hearing now that unlocking coupon is no longer a required step in the process.

Originally Posted by BudzMcGee Once you start trading you never go back. I started by needing to get rid of some games on my shelf so I did an Amazon trade of a bunch of games. Then I started trading to Best Buy, often at a profit. Then I turned into a flipper for a while and amassed a huge collection of games. Now I'm just trying to get rid of the games. I don't even honestly have time to go back and play the old games and probably never will anyway.

That was me to a tee. I started out trading my own collections of games, but by the time it reached a crescendo I was always doing 3x everything I was trading in. I figured why go for small peanuts when I could spend a lil and make 2-3x what I was gonna make with just my own collection. That was my biggest mistake.

Originally Posted by ChunLiBarbie Wish I'd checked BEFORE taking my Greatest Hits copy to BB, but $4.50(bought today at KM) for this version will do.

Usually most people do it the other way around, where they're trying to get rid of the red case GH versions since it s up the feng shui of their gaming collection or whatever. But some of the GH versions have patches and other stuff right on the disc and/or glitches fixed, so sometimes it's better to get that 'ugly' GH version versus having to put up with possible issues with the earlier versions.

I never understand the hate on gh version cases, if they hate the red cases, just take out the slip coverart of the game, and put it in a regular case. that is what i do

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer Usually most people do it the other way around, where they're trying to get rid of the red case GH versions since it s up the feng shui of their gaming collection or whatever. But some of the GH versions have patches and other stuff right on the disc and/or glitches fixed, so sometimes it's better to get that 'ugly' GH version versus having to put up with possible issues with the earlier versions.

Lol. I like the red color. Hmm.. Ultra-Noob question... Do you think the copy I had installed the additional info on my PS3?

Originally Posted by YBX87 I never understand the hate on gh version cases, if they hate the red cases, just take out the slip coverart of the game, and put it in a regular case. that is what i do

Not everybody has extra cases lying around though.

Originally Posted by ChunLiBarbie Lol. I like the red color. Hmm.. Ultra-Noob question... Do you think the copy I had installed the additional info on my PS3?

I don't know. I just know that some games provide extra content or bug fixes in the GH versions. Mafia II was one of the ones that provided extra content for the GH version versus the normal version.

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer Not everybody has extra cases lying around though. I don't know. I just know that some games provide extra content or bug fixes in the GH versions. Mafia II was one of the ones that provided extra content for the GH version versus the normal version.

LOl, i got a few from gamestop, when i bought some of their used games without cover art or manual. and some from bestbuy pre-owned games i bought now thinking about it, i probably have about almost 20 extra ps3 cases,Lmao