I was gonna post this under the FYE trade in thread, but I felt like it was more then just the usual trad-in so here goes:
Well after picking up some games at TRU, I deceided to try my luck at trading some in at FYE. I already had $26.50 in credit going into the store and was hoping for more to pick up some newer games. I kept all the games in the wrapping just in case they didn't take them. So here goes...
I had gotten Maximum Chase (XB) for $5.48, Drake (XB) for $3.48, and Motor Trend Lotus Challenge (XB) for $7.49 = a total of $16.45 (before tax). I head into FYE and the cashier girl starts scanning them and she tells me she'll give me $23.50 for Maximum Chase, $15 for Drake, and $18.50 for MTLC. That was $57 (a gain of $40.55) in credit, which was fine with me. I was about to say I'd take it when the other cashier guy jumps in...he's notices that they're new and I though he was gonna stop me from trading them in, however, he did the opposite! He told me since they were new games that I could trade them in for the list price that FYE was selling them for! I aggreed and got $49.99 for Maximum Chase, $49.99 for MTLC, and $39.99 for Drake which equals a total of $139.97 of in store credit ($123.52 gained instead of $40.55). He even had a manager come over to verify it and the manager OK'd it. I was in shock! I then of course deceided now was a great time to unload all of my TRU games...boy was that a mistake. I guess that cashier guy (Kyle was his name) got in deep trouble for doing this with the GM. When I came back the GM was up there waiting for me and she was very suspicious about the 5 or 6 BRAND NEW games I had brought in, she started asking me where I got the games and if I had stole them (it was a big scene), needless to say I kept my cool and she would only let me turn the games I had left in for the used price so I traded my 2nd copy of MTLC in for the $18.50. I kept the rest of my TRU games (to catch Kyle on a different night maybe, unless he gets fired) and then went shopping at FYE. I picked up 2 new copies of RE4, 1 new copy of Mercenaries (XB), and 1 new copy of Wild Arms 3 (PS2) and still had $13.51 left over in FYE credit.
Despite the little scene the GM didn't ban me from the store or say that I could never come back and trade games in. I guess I'll just hafta do 2-3 games at a time is all.
EDIT: I actually meant to post this in the Bragging Rights forum, could a MOD please move it? Thanks!
Well after picking up some games at TRU, I deceided to try my luck at trading some in at FYE. I already had $26.50 in credit going into the store and was hoping for more to pick up some newer games. I kept all the games in the wrapping just in case they didn't take them. So here goes...
I had gotten Maximum Chase (XB) for $5.48, Drake (XB) for $3.48, and Motor Trend Lotus Challenge (XB) for $7.49 = a total of $16.45 (before tax). I head into FYE and the cashier girl starts scanning them and she tells me she'll give me $23.50 for Maximum Chase, $15 for Drake, and $18.50 for MTLC. That was $57 (a gain of $40.55) in credit, which was fine with me. I was about to say I'd take it when the other cashier guy jumps in...he's notices that they're new and I though he was gonna stop me from trading them in, however, he did the opposite! He told me since they were new games that I could trade them in for the list price that FYE was selling them for! I aggreed and got $49.99 for Maximum Chase, $49.99 for MTLC, and $39.99 for Drake which equals a total of $139.97 of in store credit ($123.52 gained instead of $40.55). He even had a manager come over to verify it and the manager OK'd it. I was in shock! I then of course deceided now was a great time to unload all of my TRU games...boy was that a mistake. I guess that cashier guy (Kyle was his name) got in deep trouble for doing this with the GM. When I came back the GM was up there waiting for me and she was very suspicious about the 5 or 6 BRAND NEW games I had brought in, she started asking me where I got the games and if I had stole them (it was a big scene), needless to say I kept my cool and she would only let me turn the games I had left in for the used price so I traded my 2nd copy of MTLC in for the $18.50. I kept the rest of my TRU games (to catch Kyle on a different night maybe, unless he gets fired) and then went shopping at FYE. I picked up 2 new copies of RE4, 1 new copy of Mercenaries (XB), and 1 new copy of Wild Arms 3 (PS2) and still had $13.51 left over in FYE credit.
Despite the little scene the GM didn't ban me from the store or say that I could never come back and trade games in. I guess I'll just hafta do 2-3 games at a time is all.
EDIT: I actually meant to post this in the Bragging Rights forum, could a MOD please move it? Thanks!
