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New thread located here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7529052

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Upcoming Promos:



Current Promos:
GameStop.com Information (will post it when they update it)

Tiered Trade Offer. (Ends 9/5/10)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Get 10% extra in-store credit when you trade any game, 20% extra when you trade 3 or 30% when you trade 5 or more.

Offer not good on cash trades. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Offer good towards games normally accepted in trade only. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Offer valid 08/09/10 - 09/05/10.[/QUOTE]


Save $40 on Madden NFL 11. (Ends 8/22/10)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Save $40 on Madden NFL when you bring in any two select games.

Offer valid toward a new copy of Madden NFL 2011 only. Madden releases 8/10. Release date subject to change. $40 savings is net after trades. Offer and qualifying titles for trade subject to change without notice. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. No rainchecks. See store associate for details. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Offer valid 08/09/10 - 08/22/10[/QUOTE]


Power Trade 25% - Dead Rising 2, Halo Reach, Madden NFL 11, Metroid: Other M. (Ends 8/22/2010)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Limited Time Power Trade: Get 25% extra in-store credit when you trade your old games toward a new Dead Rising 2, Halo Reach, Madden NFL 2011 or Metroid: Other M.

Full trade value amount must be applied toward pre-order/purchase of a new copy of Dead Rising 2, Halo Reach, Madden NFL 2011 or Metroid: Other M. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. Offer valid only toward games normally accepted in trade. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Offer valid 08/09/10 - 08/22/10. [/QUOTE]


Extra $20 trade-in credit on handheld hardware. (Ends 9/5/10)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Bring in your DS or PSP today and get a $20 extra in-store credit.

PSPgo trade excluded. Offer not good on cash trades. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Hardware must have all necessary components for trade. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer vailid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Offer valid 08/09/10 - 09/05/10.[/QUOTE]


First post contains promo information. The second post contains useful information and frequently asked questions. Third post has the 360/Wii/PS3 values. Fourth post has the PS2/GC values. Fifth post has DS/PSP/GBA values.

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I went to gamestop today. At first the ps3 rang up 160, but once he finalized it the promo kicked in for the full 200. He didnt seem aware of the deal. :/

120gb ps3 - 200.00
God of War (ps2 greatest hits) - 4.00
God of War 2 (ps2 greatest hits) - 5.25
Animal Crossing gamecube 59 block memory card - 5.25
 
I was into the store in Hornell, NY today and I tried the extra 25% towards a new release, the guy didn't tell me it wouldn't work for dead rising 2 and wouldn't try the code, so I told him that I wasn't going to be trading the games and walked out. I want my extra 35% or else it isn't worth it.
 
[quote name='rusty']You can return it to the store. If you bought new, then it must be returned sealed. If used, you can return it how it came. I believe the return limit is 30 days.[/QUOTE]New and sealed returns are 30 days. Used returns are 7 days.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']New and sealed returns are 30 days. Used returns are 7 days.[/QUOTE]

Isn't the return window on used games extended to 30 days for online orders though?

7 days is a quick turn around on gs.com orders when it sometimes takes them a day or two to process; not to mention having weekends possibly delay a delivery.
 
[quote name='major morgan']Isn't the return window on used games extended to 30 days for online orders though?

7 days is a quick turn around on gs.com orders when it sometimes takes them a day or two to process; not to mention having weekends possibly delay a delivery.[/QUOTE]GS.com link for return policy:
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/help/Returns.aspx

Doesn't specify used or new in that information, though it does say "We reserve the right to limit returns to unopened or defective products.", so they do have an out for used / opened items.

In-store return policy on used items:
Used (pre-owned) merchandise and opened new accessories may be returned for a refund within 7 days of purchase or exchanged for the identical item within 30 days of purchase.
Link to the store return policy is listed on the above page.
 
[quote name='major morgan']Isn't the return window on used games extended to 30 days for online orders though?[/QUOTE]My receipt that was packed in with the used SSFIV I purchased through Gamestop.com stated a 14-day return period on used games. That was a couple months ago though, so I'm not sure if it's still the same.
 
As of 7/24

360:

TIGER WOODS 10- $8
NBA 2K10- $10
NCAA FOOTBALL 10- $1.50
NHL 09- $3.00
NBA 2K9- $1
NBA LIVE 2008- $1.50
NCAA MARCH MADNESS 08- $1.00
MADDEN 10- $2.50
NBA LIVE 2006- $.50
MADDEN 07- $.25

PS3:

GTA IV- $7.00
FIFA 08- $5.00

Thank god for promotions, I ended up with $73.18 after everything, enough for a free Madden '11 and then some. This was all for my brother, I'm not a sports gamer, but I figure this'll still help someone out.
 
[quote name='the_punisher']As of 7/24

360:

TIGER WOODS 10- $8
NBA 2K10- $10
NCAA FOOTBALL 10- $1.50
NHL 09- $3.00
NBA 2K9- $1
NBA LIVE 2008- $1.50
NCAA MARCH MADNESS 08- $1.00
MADDEN 10- $2.50
NBA LIVE 2006- $.50
MADDEN 07- $.25

PS3:

GTA IV- $7.00
FIFA 08- $5.00

Thank god for promotions, I ended up with $73.18 after everything, enough for a free Madden '11 and then some. This was all for my brother, I'm not a sports gamer, but I figure this'll still help someone out.[/QUOTE]

WTF madden 10 2.50!?! Damn that game just came out, what last year?
 
[quote name='the_punisher']As of 7/24

360:

NCAA FOOTBALL 10- $1.50
MADDEN 10- $2.50

[/QUOTE

This is why I never buy sports games NEW. $130 for both games new after tax .... $4 + edge/bonus a year later. What a rip. Why do people keep buying these? No offense to you or your bro punisher.
 
[quote name='Toss'][quote name='the_punisher']As of 7/24

360:

NCAA FOOTBALL 10- $1.50
MADDEN 10- $2.50

[/QUOTE]

This is why I never buy sports games NEW. $130 for both games new after tax .... $4 + edge/bonus a year later. What a rip. Why do people keep buying these? No offense to you or your bro punisher.[/QUOTE]

It is a rip, but Madden 11 is coming out in exactly 1 week. If GS were to offer anything around $10-$15 for it now, everyone would gladly trade in their Madden 10 copies and wait a week for the newer one.
 
[quote name='LakersForLife82481']WTF madden 10 2.50!?! Damn that game just came out, what last year?[/QUOTE]


I honestly can't tell if you're surprised that the TIV is that high, or that low. Could read that either way.
 
[quote name='Toss'][quote name='the_punisher']As of 7/24

360:

NCAA FOOTBALL 10- $1.50
MADDEN 10- $2.50

[/QUOTE

This is why I never buy sports games NEW. $130 for both games new after tax .... $4 + edge/bonus a year later. What a rip. Why do people keep buying these? No offense to you or your bro punisher.[/QUOTE]

This is what you do with sports games now:

1) Buy 2 copies utilizing those credits that Amazon/Walmart/GS give. Lets use Walmart in this scenario. You'll use those $20 credits for something down the line.
2) Sell 1 copy on launch day for $50 minimum.
3) Madden/NCAA are useless after their respective seasons. Sell your other copy for $25.
4) In the end:

$60 + $60 - $20 - $20 + $10 tax - $50 - $25 = $15 lost in the end for around 5 months of Madden. And that's at the low end of my estimates. I sold a copy of Madden 10 in June for $20.

Unless you have a lot of friends who play Madden all year long, there's no point in keeping that game past the Super Bowl. Online multi-player sucks unless you know the people you're playing. I rather be cheesed by somebody I know who I can rag on, then some idiot who thinks he's "great on the sticks" and pumping his e-cred.

/rant
 
So my 60GB PS3 is overheating non-stop unless I blow a fan on it constantly. Gonna trade it in, but I don't have the original HDD at my place.

Do you need a hard drive when you trade it in? I plan on keeping the 500gb one I have, so I don't really have one to give to them.
 
[quote name='PrinnyOtaku']So my 60GB PS3 is overheating non-stop unless I blow a fan on it constantly. Gonna trade it in, but I don't have the original HDD at my place.

Do you need a hard drive when you trade it in? I plan on keeping the 500gb one I have, so I don't really have one to give to them.[/QUOTE]

Its overheating cuz there tons of dust inside of it...especially under HD and fan. i completely took mine apart and got all the dust out. It's quiet as a mouse now. If your handy i'd try that.
 
[quote name='PrinnyOtaku']So my 60GB PS3 is overheating non-stop unless I blow a fan on it constantly. Gonna trade it in, but I don't have the original HDD at my place.

Do you need a hard drive when you trade it in? I plan on keeping the 500gb one I have, so I don't really have one to give to them.[/QUOTE]



you have to have a hd with it when u trade it in
 
[quote name='lude21']Its overheating cuz there tons of dust inside of it...especially under HD and fan. i completely took mine apart and got all the dust out. It's quiet as a mouse now. If your handy i'd try that.[/QUOTE]


Agreed...I had a 40gb YLOD on me and when I opened it up,I was amazed at the amount of dust. It was fricken incredible. Did the heat gun thing on youtube. 1st time lasted 2 weeks. 2nd time lasted over a month and I sold it on ebay (and yes I did disclose its past problem).
 
What if I don't have the composite cables and have an HDMI cable to trade them? I'm buying my buddy's for cheap and I'm not sure that he has the composite cables...
 
[quote name='Toss']Agreed...I had a 40gb YLOD on me and when I opened it up,I was amazed at the amount of dust. It was fricken incredible. Did the heat gun thing on youtube. 1st time lasted 2 weeks. 2nd time lasted over a month and I sold it on ebay (and yes I did disclose its past problem).[/QUOTE]

Thank god i didnt get YLOD, but it was headed there if i didnt clean it out. It was amazing how much dust was in it though.
 
[quote name='Toss'][quote name='the_punisher']As of 7/24

360:

NCAA FOOTBALL 10- $1.50
MADDEN 10- $2.50

[/QUOTE]

This is why I never buy sports games NEW. $130 for both games new after tax .... $4 + edge/bonus a year later. What a rip. Why do people keep buying these? No offense to you or your bro punisher.[/QUOTE]

Is it any surprise really? You buy Madden 11 brand new for $60 plus tax, and you could open it, and turn around and trade it back in five minutes later, and it's worth a third of that. Then they either mark it pre-owned and get $55 from it, or I wouldn't be surprised if they just kept it as a gutted copy and sell it brand new.

Still, $2.50 is a joke. Should be at least $5-$8 or so. They'd still sell it for around $20-$30 I bet.
 
[quote name='n00bie']Still, $2.50 is a joke. Should be at least $5-$8 or so. They'd still sell it for around $20-$30 I bet.[/QUOTE]

$25 used/$30 new when I checked earlier I believe. I was looking at picking it up, but thats still too expensive for me.
 
It's all about supply and demand. Each store probably has like 20 copies of Madden 10 used so might as well offer minimum for trade in since most of them will sit on the shelf till they are under $5.
 
[quote name='n00bie']Is it any surprise really? You buy Madden 11 brand new for $60 plus tax, and you could open it, and turn around and trade it back in five minutes later, and it's worth a third of that. Then they either mark it pre-owned and get $55 from it, or I wouldn't be surprised if they just kept it as a gutted copy and sell it brand new.

Still, $2.50 is a joke. Should be at least $5-$8 or so. They'd still sell it for around $20-$30 I bet.[/QUOTE]

I'm actually shocked that you get so much for those games now, I personally wouldn't buy old Maddens for $5 bucks, so I don't know why Gamestop would when they most likely have a dozen copies, and will get about 50 more when people buy Madden 2011
 
[quote name='n00bie']Is it any surprise really? You buy Madden 11 brand new for $60 plus tax, and you could open it, and turn around and trade it back in five minutes later, and it's worth a third of that. Then they either mark it pre-owned and get $55 from it, or I wouldn't be surprised if they just kept it as a gutted copy and sell it brand new.

Still, $2.50 is a joke. Should be at least $5-$8 or so. They'd still sell it for around $20-$30 I bet.[/QUOTE]

Well, most of the people who buy games every year like that don't worry about its value. They know it'll be worthless in a short amount of time, but they want the updated players, rosters, etc. (what do I know about Madden...). They're not cheapsses like us looking to save as much as possible. They just want 1-3 of the updated sports games every year.

It isn't like me buying something like Halo 3, which is still a lot of fun even now, 3 years later. If you want everything new in a sports game, you have to buy it every year. Playing Madden '10 now is just stupid for them.

Luckily I'm not a sports gamer ;)
 
long time lurker......
I traded a 40g ps3 for the 200 cred and put it towards a 4g 360, didn't know there would be no tax because I used credit...My question is if i changed my mind and want to go with the 250g 360, will I have to pay sales tax because it is not all covered with credit?
thanks
 
[quote name='norcal21']long time lurker......
I traded a 40g ps3 for the 200 cred and put it towards a 4g 360, didn't know there would be no tax because I used credit...My question is if i changed my mind and want to go with the 250g 360, will I have to pay sales tax because it is not all covered with credit?
thanks[/QUOTE]

You'll have to pay tax on the difference..example, if your tax is 7%, you'd pay $107.
 
[quote name='mr_bungle']You'll have to pay tax on the difference..example, if your tax is 7%, you'd pay $107.[/QUOTE]

thanks :D
 
[quote name='evildeadjedi']Isn't it past it's warranty?[/QUOTE]

Pretty sure GameStop and such don't take consoles that have the warranty sticker removed, right?

Same thing with Sony's $150 repair service? I might be wrong on that one, but it makes sense in my mind that they wouldn't.
 
[quote name='PrinnyOtaku']Pretty sure GameStop and such don't take consoles that have the warranty sticker removed, right?

Same thing with Sony's $150 repair service? I might be wrong on that one, but it makes sense in my mind that they wouldn't.[/QUOTE]

Sony will repair it w/o sticker and im almost sure GS takes them w/o sticker.
 
[quote name='lude21']Sony will repair it w/o sticker and im almost sure GS takes them w/o sticker.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. Sony will repair the console without a warranty sticker, but only if you pay the $150(or more) repair cost. But if you expect to get in-warranty service, the sticker has to be intact AND you have to have a copy of your purchase receipt to send in with the console.

As for Gamestop taking a PS3 w/o a warranty sticker, that's YMMV. If the employee checks and notices there's no warranty sticker on the system they may take it in as a broken console, which gives you a fraction of the usual amount you'd get and as expected NO bonus promos would apply to it.
 
This is before i cleaned my PS3...YUK. I also took those 3 screws of fan and sucked all that dust out from around the fan edges (cooling fins). It was totally plugged up. You can kinda see it in the pic.
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Do yourself a favor and clean it out..it's easy.
 
[quote name='TheSportsGamer23']So I went into GS today to do th Trade 2 for 40 towards Madden 11. When the guy went to go ring in my trades..the computer wasnt ringing up the promo...therefore he used the backup promo barcode and he didnt give me the extra 10% for my EDGE card....It really isnt a big deal to me but is there anyway I could get the 10% for the game?..[/QUOTE]

Any suggestions?
 
Damn man. I could only imagine what the inside of my buddies' families PS3 looks like with TEN cats in their household.:puke:

Mind ya, my house isn't a clean room, but I try to keep my PS3 as dust free as possible. But it seems like the PS3 is made to suck in the dust like a vacuum.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Damn man. I could only imagine what the inside of my buddies' families PS3 looks like with TEN cats in their household.:puke:

Mind ya, my house isn't a clean room, but I try to keep my PS3 as dust free as possible. But it seems like the PS3 is made to suck in the dust like a vacuum.[/QUOTE]

Well, i have 2 cats and i smoke so that doesn't help. BTW dont mind the date, the cheapass in me got a digital cam. for $10 at a yardsale. The screen is cracked so i cant change the date.
 
[quote name='lude21']Well, i have 2 cats and i smoke so that doesn't help. BTW dont mind the date, the cheapass in me got a digital cam. for $10 at a yardsale. The screen is cracked so i cant change the date.[/QUOTE]



LOL ahaha CLASSIC! That's awesome man!
That's a good call cause cameras are kind like games after a few years they are worth very little. I just gave an old SONY camera to goodwill that cost me bout $400 in maybe '01. It had a 64mb memory stick that came with it.
The wierd thing is I also had a Cannon EOS (non rebel) film camera from '92. I got a digital EOS Rebel Xsi a year and a half ago and the old 16yr. old telephoto lens still worked with the new body! Paid a sh*tload fro it back then...glad its still useable, as the film style body really isn't.

oh yeah,
8/1 new super mario ds 17.00
 
[quote name='Toss']LOL ahaha CLASSIC! That's awesome man!
That's a good call cause cameras are kind like games after a few years they are worth very little. I just gave an old SONY camera to goodwill that cost me bout $400 in maybe '01. It had a 64mb memory stick that came with it.
The wierd thing is I also had a Cannon EOS (non rebel) film camera from '92. I got a digital EOS Rebel Xsi a year and a half ago and the old 16yr. old telephoto lens still worked with the new body! Paid a sh*tload fro it back then...glad its still useable, as the film style body really isn't.

oh yeah,
8/1 new super mario ds 17.00[/QUOTE]

LOL, i found it last year. Nothing special, its a Kodak EasyShare C643 6.1 megapixel. Gets the job done.
 
So, I have 2 PS3s, one that's BC and one I'm buying from my buddy to trade in on this deal...is the YLOD guaranteed to happen? Or has everyone on this forum just gotten extremely paranoid. I'd like to keep my BC ps3 but if it's going to fail..maybe I should invest in a slim? I dunno what to do.
 
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