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Assassin's Creed III is $60 for Wii U, but $40 for PS3/360. Wth. I have about $75.00 in GS credit.

I traded in a year old xbox 360 4g kinect bundle today and received 196 dollars in trade credit. I wasnt charged a refurb fee and if my mic had the foam piece i would have gotten an extra 5 bucks. I know some have been saying that a base trade for this system is 150 without the promotion, but thats just not true. I have been checking weekly for a couple months and the base trade hovers between 65 and 80. This weeks promotion doubles that trade in value and last weeks offer added 50 dollars. I traded for a star wars bundle, which unfortunetly isnt on sale this week. Thanks to the gamestop employeed that told me to wait until the 26th instead of the 24th. Saved a nice piece of change.

Originally Posted by TheFirstAvenger I have a 20GB PS3 I want to unload and was wondering if I needed to have all the original cables and manuals? The warranty seal has also been taken off so I don't know if that factors in and they'll take some money off?

Originally Posted by panda911 You need the cables, no manuals. Also if the warranty seal is broke, you're also sol.

Originally Posted by Assau1tedCracka they wont take it without the warranty seal intact (unless you get a lazy employee who doesnt really care and just tests it to play) and yes you need all original hook ups and 1 controller

*Updating story* Took in the 20GB to my nearest GameStop. I was so damn nervous that they'd see that the warranty seal had been taken off, but they didn't. The guy that did the trade in was apparently a seasonal employee, he was nice and all but kept having to ask another employee for help. They gave me $80 ($160 with bonus) for the 20GB. Also took my brother's old Wii and received $23 ($46). I tried to trade in my original DS and PSP 2000 but I didn't have the stylus or the charger for the PSP. The guy took forever to do the trade in but as soon as he gave me the gift card I ran the out of there.

Went home and got the PSP charger and went to a different GameStop five minutes away from the first. PSP 2000 $20 ($40) and $15 ($30) for the DS. I was surprised the guy took the DS since it was obvious that it was missing the stylus.

I hope the extend this. I just filled up my 160 gb ps3.

I hope they extend it Aswell, some people on Craigslist have fat xboxes for cheap I might want to get and trade in

Traded:

007 -Legends: $12
Ghostbusters: $2

thx for the info. if gs would restock on kindle cards i would trade in my 4gb kinect bundle in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by lobo louie I traded in a year old xbox 360 4g kinect bundle today and received 196 dollars in trade credit. I wasnt charged a refurb fee and if my mic had the foam piece i would have gotten an extra 5 bucks. I know some have been saying that a base trade for this system is 150 without the promotion, but thats just not true. I have been checking weekly for a couple months and the base trade hovers between 65 and 80. This weeks promotion doubles that trade in value and last weeks offer added 50 dollars. I traded for a star wars bundle, which unfortunetly isnt on sale this week. Thanks to the gamestop employeed that told me to wait until the 26th instead of the 24th. Saved a nice piece of change.

Originally Posted by Rock_Dash3X Update. I was able to trade it in. At the store I traded it in to had the system for 75 bucks (other store I checked was 80) so I got 150 out of it. The store's refurb fee was 35 (compared to other store's 40 fee) so in the end I got 115 which is pretty nice. Both stores I checked had different prices and lost about 5 bucks but thats nothing considering 1 store said the promo doesn't apply with broken system. I rather lose 5 bucks than gain nothing. Hope when you do it on Saturday that you don't have any issues. Just make sure it's complete. I brought a mini usb cable to be safe. Not sure if that is something you do need to bring.

Did my trade, but not before falling victim to Gamestop Logic. I brought the PS3, controller with USB, power cord and HDMI cable. I tell him up front it doesn't play games and I'm fine with the refurb fee. Then I'm told because I didn't bring the ORIGINAL AV cable that came with the PS3 they can't take it. I am like...what the . I tossed that crap away on day one and have been using HDMI from the beginning. I am offering them a BETTER CABLE than the outdated junk that was packaged with the PS3. Then he adds that I can buy a cable from the store and trade it in with the system. The cable costs $17.99 plus tax.
Of course I've left it until the last day of the trade promo to do this, and its 8.45 pm. No time to order a $1 cable from amazon or what have you. We work out that with the purchase of the cable, I'll be walking away with $95.71. It's a 40GB PS3 that doesn't read discs. So I think about it while he's serving other people, I even checked ebay on my phone to see what a non working system will get (about $40 to $60, it seems). So I did the trade. Eesh. A strangely ironic consolation when I get home is that, as well as the HDMI cable, I still have the controller charging cable. They weren't concerned about getting that, apparently!

That sucks. I should of probably mentioned actual composite cables cause I know GS will only take those (cause its the cables that actually do come with systems). I actually got a bunch of them lying around since it's the same for PS2 and 3 (I think PS1 too). At least you got something for it.

Got $102 for an rrod launch 360 that sat in my garage for two years. I had no idea they were worth anything.

Originally Posted by dinovelvet Did my trade, but not before falling victim to Gamestop Logic. I brought the PS3, controller with USB, power cord and HDMI cable. I tell him up front it doesn't play games and I'm fine with the refurb fee. Then I'm told because I didn't bring the ORIGINAL AV cable that came with the PS3 they can't take it. I am like...what the . I tossed that crap away on day one and have been using HDMI from the beginning. I am offering them a BETTER CABLE than the outdated junk that was packaged with the PS3. Then he adds that I can buy a cable from the store and trade it in with the system. The cable costs $17.99 plus tax. Of course I've left it until the last day of the trade promo to do this, and its 8.45 pm. No time to order a $1 cable from amazon or what have you. We work out that with the purchase of the cable, I'll be walking away with $95.71. It's a 40GB PS3 that doesn't read discs. So I think about it while he's serving other people, I even checked ebay on my phone to see what a non working system will get (about $40 to $60, it seems). So I did the trade. Eesh. A strangely ironic consolation when I get home is that, as well as the HDMI cable, I still have the controller charging cable. They weren't concerned about getting that, apparently!

Not everyone has a TV that uses HDMI.

I had a PS2 with a non Sony wired controller, bought from Gamestop ironically, that the guy tried to refuse. First he gives me shit about the controller even though I called and was told it was okay for full trade %. He goes, what if some kid buys it and Kingdom Hearts ( apparently the controller didn't have one of the push features? ) I call his bluff and he goes about testing it with one game, works perfectly. Then he takes another disk from next to the register and puts it in and gets a "magical dual shock error code" which in all my years gaming I have never seen. Rings it up and takes 10 off for a refurb fee, I call his bullshit out, that I watched him play simpsons hit and run and it ran fine and demanded to see the other disc he put in. He mumbles it was just a psone game. I told him I knew what he was doing and it was kind of shitty to advertise a bonus and try and knock it down with a refurb fee ( this gamestop is famous for refurb fees on anything you bring in, game missing a manual -.10 off refurb fee etc ) When I call out the fact the psone game is so scratched to hell its lucky to even play and as a "playstation specialist" he should know that ( it was on his shirt lol) he relents and knocks off the refurb fee.

Lesson of the day : be firm with these gamestop derps and you'll win the day.

Originally Posted by dinovelvet Did my trade, but not before falling victim to Gamestop Logic. I brought the PS3, controller with USB, power cord and HDMI cable. I tell him up front it doesn't play games and I'm fine with the refurb fee. Then I'm told because I didn't bring the ORIGINAL AV cable that came with the PS3 they can't take it. I am like...what the . I tossed that crap away on day one and have been using HDMI from the beginning. I am offering them a BETTER CABLE than the outdated junk that was packaged with the PS3. Then he adds that I can buy a cable from the store and trade it in with the system. The cable costs $17.99 plus tax. Of course I've left it until the last day of the trade promo to do this, and its 8.45 pm. No time to order a $1 cable from amazon or what have you. We work out that with the purchase of the cable, I'll be walking away with $95.71. It's a 40GB PS3 that doesn't read discs. So I think about it while he's serving other people, I even checked ebay on my phone to see what a non working system will get (about $40 to $60, it seems). So I did the trade. Eesh. A strangely ironic consolation when I get home is that, as well as the HDMI cable, I still have the controller charging cable. They weren't concerned about getting that, apparently!

if you have prime just try to order an AV cable on Amazon and return it to GS for your full refund.

Originally Posted by technicalstylez thx for the info. if gs would restock on kindle cards i would trade in my 4gb kinect bundle in a heartbeat.

GS sells kindle cards online or instore? If so, we can use GS gift cards to buy it?

Originally Posted by sasukekun Not everyone has a TV that uses HDMI.

Not everyone has a TV that uses composite.

Anyone know if they've extended the double system trade promo?

Originally Posted by blitzbllmstr I had a PS2 with a non Sony wired controller, bought from Gamestop ironically, that the guy tried to refuse. First he gives me shit about the controller even though I called and was told it was okay for full trade %. He goes, what if some kid buys it and Kingdom Hearts ( apparently the controller didn't have one of the push features? ) I call his bluff and he goes about testing it with one game, works perfectly. Then he takes another disk from next to the register and puts it in and gets a "magical dual shock error code" which in all my years gaming I have never seen. Rings it up and takes 10 off for a refurb fee, I call his bullshit out, that I watched him play simpsons hit and run and it ran fine and demanded to see the other disc he put in. He mumbles it was just a psone game. I told him I knew what he was doing and it was kind of shitty to advertise a bonus and try and knock it down with a refurb fee ( this gamestop is famous for refurb fees on anything you bring in, game missing a manual -.10 off refurb fee etc ) When I call out the fact the psone game is so scratched to hell its lucky to even play and as a "playstation specialist" he should know that ( it was on his shirt lol) he relents and knocks off the refurb fee. Lesson of the day : be firm with these gamestop derps and you'll win the day.

I wouldn't accept your knock off controller either. He could have simply told you that instead of being a douche about it though.

Just called my local gamestop and they said no on extending the double system trade.

Originally Posted by sabanoo Not everyone has a TV that uses composite.

Wait. There are tvs that don't use composite!?

Wait.. there are inputs other than coaxial?