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WHEN REPORTING TRADE-IN VALUES PLEASE POST BASE VALUES & SYSTEM IT IS FOR.

First post contains promo information & useful information and frequently asked questions. Second post has the values for games/hardware for Microsoft devices. Third post has the values for games/hardware for Nintendo consoles and the fourth post has the values for Nintendo handhelds. Fifth post has the values for games/hardware for Sony consoles and the sixth post has the values for Sony handhelds.

Instructions on finding games in the database and inputting the values from different sections can be found in my blog post here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=14143. I would put the entire post in the thread but this is already kind of a large post.

WHEN POSTING VALUES:

Please try to follow the example below if possible. If you feel the need to use the system icons, please only use them once at and at the top of the list. Also always post the system it's for even if it's only on one system or the value will not get updated. I don't always know it and I'm doing these updates from work to keep them as updated as often as possible so I can't spend time searching for that info.

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Current Promotions/Information:

From GameStop employees on CAG:

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

Guaranteed $30/$40 on select games (Varying End Dates)
GameStop.com said:
Rotating promo list found at http://www.gamestop.com/collection/trade-in
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$125 in credit on PS3/360 traded towards New PS4 (Ends 11/9/14)
GameStop.com said:
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FAQ
These trade-in values are really low!
While that may be true, if you combine the games with the right promotion they can work to your advantage. There are knowledgeable people in this thread that are normally willing to help.

Is there any way to look at what the previous values reported on a game?
You can search through this thread and previous ones to see what a game has been reported in the past. With the TIV Tracker you can sort by date and then go through the list of past updated values through that as well. Here are the previous GS TIV Threads: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22,23,24,25

Can I trade-in sealed games?
No. You might come across the rare GameStop that would let you do it, but they are going to open them anyway.

I don't want to get hassled about the values I post, how can I get the information out there?
If you do not feel comfortable or willing to put the values in the thread you have two options available. You can input them in the TIV tracker or you can send them to me via PM. Either way the database and these lists will be updated. Putting them into the TIV tracker does save me some time later on.

Do trade-ins have to have their original case, insert and manual?
No, however it will be YMMV on if they charge you a refurbish fee for them in that condition. Most GameStops wont charge a fee but there are some that charge for incomplete games.

Will they accept my game if it is really beat up?
YMMV. It really all depends upon the employee you get. Some will charge refurbish fees, some wont, some wont accept the game and others just take them without a second glance.

What are the refurb fees on games?
There appears to be set prices for set value ranges. We aren't 100% certain on the splits just yet. Here is what we have currently:
$0.25-$2 Value: $0.75 Refurb Fee
$2.01-$4 Value: $1 Refurb Fee
$4.01-$7 Value: $2 Refurb Fee
$7.01-$10 Value: $3 Refurb Fee
$10.01 & Higher Value: $4 Refurb Fee
This information isn't guaranteed by any mean and we are still working on nailing it down.

What are the refurb fees on consoles?
They are listed in the hardware TIV section, highlight in red.

I have a Collector's/Limited/Special edition of a game, do I have to trade-in all of the extras?
No, but there are a handful of games that their variations have separate listings at GameStop: Madden 09 Anniversary Edition, Battlefield: Bad Company Gold Edition, and a few others.

Why didn't the percent bonus go for my accessory for a system that was included?
Unless stated otherwise, and they are rarely included, the bonuses never apply to accessories. Except the PowerUp Rewards card of course.

I traded in a bunch of games for the "Trade X, get $X bonus" promo and it gave me the percentage bonus instead?
I can't give concretes on why this happens. GameStop computers are normally pretty good at giving you the better promo. In the case of a percentage bonus being run at the same time as a "Trade X, get $X" promo, things can get messy. The system appears to only give one promo on games per transaction so if you had a few games that you want to go to the percentage bonus and a stack for the "Trade X, Get $X" it will regularly apply the percentage to all of the games. Your best bet is to do all "Trade X, Get $X" games in one transaction on their own. The GameStop clerk may say that the system will figure it all out, tell them you want a separate transaction anyway. As always, check your receipt before you leave the store.

Can I trade in multiple copies of the same game?
YMMV. The official policy is no, but there are some GameStops that overlook that rule.

What all do I have to trade in for a console trade-in?
Xbox 360: Console Unit, power brick, A/V Cables, Controller (wired/wireless)
Wii: Console Unit, Power Cable, A/V Cables, Wiimote, Nunchuck, Sensor Bar
Playstation 3: Console Unit, Power Cable, A/V Cable, Controller, USB Cable
PSP: Handheld, A/C Adapter
Nintendo DS/DSLite/DSi: Handheld, A/C Adapter, Stylus

Can I trade in a defective/broken console?
For the most part yes. If it powers on but doesn't play games, they will take the console as a refurb unit and put a refurb fee on the console. The refurb fee on the console will vary on the price of the console so those numbers will change. You are still required to trade in everything required listed in the question directly above.

What is the difference between PowerUp Rewards and PowerUp Rewards Pro?
The basic card is free and only allows you to acrew points when spending money. The Pro card costs $14.99 and is basically the same as the previous EDGE program.

How much does a PowerUp Rewards Pro subscription cost?
It costs $14.99 and is good for a year. It also comes with a 1-year subscription to Game Informer magazine.

What bonuses come with having an PowerUp Rewards Pro card?
You will get an extra 10% trade-in credit on the base value of the game, extra 10% off the purchase of pre-owned games and 10% off new strategy guides.

Does the Power Up Rewards Card give me a bonus on hardware trade-ins?
No. You will only get the bonus for games and accessories.

What if I want cash instead of credit, what do they deduct?
If you decide that you want cash instead of credit, they will take 20% off the base values and promos will not apply.

Does promo "....." have a minimum trade-in value?
If the promo has a minimum trade-in value requirement, it will be listed in the promo. If it isn't there, then there is no limit. However, as with all trades, they are subject to manager approval so the manager could have setup his own little rule-set requiring a minimum of whatever.

I used a Power Trade promo for a pre-order, can I cancel that pre-order and get the credit or move it to another game I want?
Yes on both accounts. However, if you do a bunch of the power trades and just straight drop the pre-order you could create some ill-will between yourself and the employees you cancel on. However, if you look at the wordings on promos, they can remove the bonus trade-in value if they decide to.

I just tried to use a promo that has a select list of games eligible, but they say my game isn't eligible anymore, what gives?
Basically they have the right to change the eligible games at any time. They tend to update these frequently so as to lock out any easy/cheap games. It's best to check the eligible list the day of your trade.

Can I stack two different trade-in promos?
No. The only thing that will stack with trade-ins is your PowerUp Rewards card. Some will report success, but this requires a manual override and is very YMMV.

If I pay for an item using all credit on my card, do I have to pay sales tax?
This varies depending upon the state you live in.

If I buy a used copy of a game that requires an online pass for multiplayer, will it come with an online pass?
If you purchase a used title published by either Sony or WB you get an online pass from GS on your receipt. That's also why the used copies are $55 instead of $48 when the MSRP is $60. No GS issued passes of games published by EA, THQ, etc. On those titles you're totally dependent on the previous owner not using the code.

What states charge sales tax on purchases paid in full with credit and which ones don't?
Charge Sales Tax on Credit Purchases: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia
Does Not Charge Sales Tax on Credit Purchases: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
May or May Not Charge, Depending Upon County: Florida,

My state doesn't charge sales tax on purchases made by credit, why is gamestop.com charging me tax?
It is just the way they have designed their system. The best theory we have seen is that since you are only inputting the number off of the back of the card, it isn't going to pick up the programming from the specially tagged EDGE cards. Some kind of programming that gets input from their system that wont show up when only inputting the number off the back of the card.


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I guess their system didn't update then.

Good thing about this is that it won't update till tomorrow.

I was about to send them hate mail lol
 
Gamestop is on the central time zone, so newvalues probably didn't update til then, and may take some time to trickle down. I went right when they opened on the eastern time zone and got all pre-nuked values. If you're gonna trade, try to do it quick.

 
Yeah, if the values are still holding in store I think it won't get changed till tomorrow. I don't remember gamestop ever changing values mid day before.

 
I got all the values. I got $311.20 for my first trade. Will be going to another and a third later on. Should be getting $168 and $84.80 for the third. I did have another two sets coming in tomorrow from Amazon, but if values don't hold I'll just return them. Those sets are worth $107.20 each.
 
I just traded in a few minutes ago and all the values were fine. I got $48 for Tales of Xillia 2, which is awesome and it saves me the trouble of having to sell my copy from the Best Buy, because I ended up buying the CE.

I got almost $400 in store credit, so I am very happy right now. I hope all you CAGS at work can get in on this :)

Also thanks again to Jaashua and r00kie for helping me find the 50% coupons.

 
Just walked out the door.
All my values were what I expected.
Didn't have to bust out the trade Estimate.

But I've still got 6 games coming in the mail to trade this afternoon.
So see how that goes.
 
So basically, what I've gathered from all this panic is that the stores are still giving out the high trade values.  The online trade in page is the only place that is showing that a TIV nuke is incoming. 
 
I don't remember exactly but wasn't it a year ago or so when we had a TIV nuke at GS mid-day? It was a rare occurrence from what I recall.  Nukes generally happen overnight.  Hopefully if the values don't update in their POS until after their daily system update, that would mean there's a chance the values hold for just today at least.
 
Saw someone posting (like 30 pages back now haha) about Etrian Odyssey games - if they're CIB and you haven't traded them in yet or they get nuked, I may be interested - PM me ;)

 
Donut2922 said:
So basically, what I've gathered from all this panic is that the stores are still giving out the high trade values. The online trade in page is the only place that is showing that a TIV nuke is incoming.

I don't remember exactly but wasn't it a year ago or so when we had a TIV nuke at GS mid-day? It was a rare occurrence from what I recall. Nukes generally happen overnight. Hopefully if the values don't update in their POS until after their daily system update, that would mean there's a chance the values hold for just today at least.
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Might have missed that, but it is to my understanding that the POS updates at night. I'm gonna give my fellow employees a call since I don't work today, to check is corporate sends any emails regarding the nuked TIV
 
Megamania said:
So you guys are just basically buying the combo pack and the trading it back in?

Full price at GS?
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What I did is go to BBY and price matched Fry's, 54 for the bundle out the door.

Unfortunately I work for GS so I can't trade more than 2 copies max, and can only trade in at 1 store.
 
okay got confirmation that my friend was able to trade a few of our stuff in including MK8 and SS (used the code someone posted here).

A CAG gave me a code which I'll hold onto for tomorrow (forgot to bring 2 games with me today -_-) so that gives me time to maybe get a game to flip and hope the ones I have don't tank.

 
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Traded another mlb 14 ps3,

$35 base :drool:
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Yep, i got in on that as well. My store didn't have any 2packs in stock so I just bought the regular edition. Still not bad moving 40 to 56. Hopefully the value holds in time for me to get to the other best buy and move some more credit over. I saved the value on the app just in case, but I'm a bit nervous about getting it to work and being stuck with the games
 
Didn't have a ton of cash to spend outta hand, so just got 2 non-bundle copies of MLB with GCU for ~$31/ea.  Figure trading them in nets me close to $50 profit or so, it'll help to chip away at a few of my Amazon CE orders.  Just a shame I didn't have more funds this week :(

 
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can any one spare a extra coupon. bought a copy of watch dogs on ebay for 21 bucks for xbox one will be here thursday want to trade it in.

 
i just need this shit to hold for one night so I can pay off my god damn xbone without coming out of pocket

 
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How many of a game are you able to trade in over a month before getting in trouble again? Just opened something and then realized it would be the fourth.
 
I just spoke on the phone with my local store manager. He confirmed several trade in values in theit system are the same as yesterday:

Ps3 - watchdogs - 30
Ps3 - mlb 14 - 35
Ps3 - cod ghosts - 11
Wii u - mk 8 - 35

I asked him if those valued would be good all day and he said "absolutely - it's impossible for gamestop to update their computer system midday - they only have the ability to do it at night after the stores are closed."

I told him about the significantly lower featured trade in values on the website and he said, "that's probably a preview of the changes they will make tonight. So you better get your trades done today!"

I think i will take his advice.
 
Just got back from my local store here in MA

360:

BF3 - 1.00

Gears of war 2 - .25

PS3:

MLB the show 13 - 35.00

NBA 2k14 - 18.00

With pur and 50%, I got a little under 90. I was able to payoff sunset overdrive and halo mcc with this and some previous credit :)

 
Gonna head into my GS in 30 minutes, if the values are lower then I'll just head over to Best Buy instead.

There is apparently a $5 bonus per PS4/XBone promo going to occur 8/29-8/31 (this weekend), but it probably won't stack with 50% coupon and it looks like all values are getting nuked 20-35% tonight/tomorrow so probably not a good idea to wait.

I hope values hold up for west coasters today

 
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As others are reporting, values held for me in store. I was hit with a couple refurb fees for some discs I forgot to fix but I didn't want to risk the values dropping. Definitely get your trades done today!
 
DealSeeker2U said:
All right, I will be the test dummy and go into the store and do another trade in from that bundle. See you guys in a bit and I will report back.
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Values are still holding. Just got back from trading some games:

:360:
Call of Duty: Ghosts - $11.00

:ps3:
NBA 2k14 - $18.00
MLB 14 - $35.00
 
Not bad.  Walked in with a small stack of games and walked out with 219.20.  Combined with the accessories I traded in yesterday, I at roughly $270.  Now to cash out for Amazon or just let it sit.... or see if I can boost some to BBY? Hmm..

 
I'm back and none of the games I had got nuked. Hell I ended up getting way more than I thought I was going to get. I got back $366

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sp00ge said:
Not bad. Walked in with a small stack of games and walked out with 219.20. Combined with the accessories I traded in yesterday, I at roughly $270. Now to cash out for Amazon or just let it sit.... or see if I can boost some to BBY? Hmm..
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I've been on the fence about that as well but the Amazon Warehouse hasn't been to great after they implemented the new algorithm but play it save and go half and half?

 
I traded in 73 games this morning and none of them seemed to decrease in value between yesterday (using iPhone app) and today.  I got a little more than I estimated from using the app.  Most games were older (PS3 and Xbox 360) but I did have a few PS4 and Xbox One games, too.

I thought it was interesting that a couple of older games had higher values than I expected including:

Xbox 360 Soul Calibur 5  $9

PS3 Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing $7.50

Xbox 360 Driver San Francisco $9

 
Wow 73 games!? Man, its days like this when I regret being a bit of a "hoarder/collector" - I only end up trading in games I've got an extra copy of or something.  Sometimes I'll trade 'em in if I haven't played it yet so I can just pick it up cheaper down the road, but I should probably do that this time since it might be the last we ever see of "flip" days @GS.

 
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