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Yea it technically is illegal and it most definitely pisses managers/owners off. But for that price damn I'd do it too.

You won't get thrown in jail though...maybe if you kicked a magazine rack over in front of the cop they'd take you away in the police car :)
 
Just to clear this up (whether it was right or wrong), solicitation has three commonly accepted definitions:

1. an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief" - NOT APPLICABLE

2. request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" - NOT APPLICABLE - The OP offered money, did not ask for it.

3. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) - NOT APPLICABLE - Nothing illegal about selling your private property.
 
personally the only time i've done a sideline deal is when a kid tried to trade in some SNES stuff at a GS and they wouldn't take it, so i took it off his hands instead. the store guys didn't mind that at all since they don't take that stuff anyway. i've had several opportunities to do sideline deals but i haven't because (1) i don't want to get banned from stores i go to regularly and (2) i just don't think it's a nice thing to do considering these stores rely on trade-ins for their business.
 
[quote name='Staraang21'](2) i just don't think it's a nice thing to do considering these stores rely on trade-ins for their business.[/QUOTE]

I don't understand this type of logic. Best Buy and Circuit City depend on selling full priced games and merchandise for their business. Does that mean CAG'ers should buy their instead of buying used copies from other places? Or, for that matter, should we all quit trading amongst ourselves so that we don't put the video games stores out of business?

These businesses are in it for the money. That's the way it works in a capitalist society. They will not do a single thing for you because its the nice thing to do. If the hold a sale, its because they see a benefit in it for them. If they give out vouchers or coupons, its because they see a benefit in it for them.

I completely understand not doing this type of thing because you want to be able to continue to take advantage of their prices. That makes total sense. But don't say you wouldn't so it because its not nice. Most corporations would kill you and take your wallet if it was legal for them to do so.
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']Just to clear this up (whether it was right or wrong), solicitation has three commonly accepted definitions:

1. an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief" - NOT APPLICABLE

2. request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" - NOT APPLICABLE - The OP offered money, did not ask for it.

3. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) - NOT APPLICABLE - Nothing illegal about selling your private property.[/QUOTE]

You actually took the time to look that up huh, A true lawyer in the making...the guy caught a great deal, you would have jumped on it also, even if it was just to Ebay the damn thing. Would you have felt better if he had let it slide, waited 5 minutes and bought it for $45+, way I see it the employee knew the value as well, it was a great interception OP, trade-in prices are insane, sadly the p/o values don't reflect it. Does anyone else think that it's cool to give someone $12 for a game and toss it on a shelf for 45+ ?
 
[quote name='Staraang21']i just don't think it's a nice thing to do considering these stores rely on trade-ins for their business.[/QUOTE]

I just don't think women having sex with men for free is a nice thing to do considering prostitutes rely on finding men who will pay for sex for their business.
 
[quote name='Epic Wolf']You actually took the time to look that up huh, A true lawyer in the making...the guy caught a great deal, you would have jumped on it also, even if it was just to Ebay the damn thing. Would you have felt better if he had let it slide, waited 5 minutes and bought it for $45+, way I see it the employee knew the value as well, it was a great interception OP, trade-in prices are insane, sadly the p/o values don't reflect it. Does anyone else think that it's cool to give someone $12 for a game and toss it on a shelf for 45+ ?[/QUOTE]

huh? I don't ebay games (or collect games for that matter) and wtf are you saying?
 
*shrugs* I kick people out when they sideline because I don't want to take the chance of my coworker ratting me out to my manager...or because I'm working with the assistant manager or the manager himself. I don't give a damn what the company makes...GS and EB don't pay their employees very well at all so while I'm not gonna steal money from them, I'm not gonna pity them either.
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']I don't understand this type of logic. Best Buy and Circuit City depend on selling full priced games and merchandise for their business. [/QUOTE]

No, they don't.

Best Buy and Circuit City could cut their entire games dept. tommorrow, and barely see a change in revenue. They buy these games for 40 - 45 dollars a game on average... they aren't seeing very much revenue at all. Selling games to them is more or less a loss leader to get you into the store (espically if a game is on sale), hoping maybe a more expensive big ticket item will catch your eye.

Those stores bread and butter are computers, televisions, and DEFINATELY car stereo's... the mark up on those is insane.

They figure that maybe when you're buying a game, you'll decide "Hey, it's time to upgrade that television... let me look and see what they have", and finally all those times of selling you games for a few dollars in profit has hit paydirt.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']No, they don't.

Best Buy and Circuit City could cut their entire games dept. tommorrow, and barely see a change in revenue. They buy these games for 40 - 45 dollars a game on average... they aren't seeing very much revenue at all. Selling games to them is more or less a loss leader to get you into the store, hoping maybe a more expensive big ticket item will catch your eye.

Those stores bread and butter are computers, televisions, and DEFINATELY car stereo's... the mark up on those is insane.

They figure that maybe when you're buying a game, you'll decide "Hey, it's time to upgrade that television... let me look and see what they have".[/QUOTE]

Games and merchandise. READ motherfucker.
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']Games and merchandise. READ motherfucker.[/QUOTE]

Hm.. not sure where I mentioned other merchandise... I mostly talking about where you mentioned "full priced games", which Best Buy dosen't depend on in the least bit.

Hell, it's mostly a hassle for them 90% of the time.

This board is full of delightful people these days... reminds me more and more of GameFAQ's every day.
 
[quote name='Epic Wolf']Does anyone else think that it's cool to give someone $12 for a game and toss it on a shelf for 45+ ?[/QUOTE]

You know what is cool?

Capitalism.

Anybody can offer to buy anything for any price; anybody can offer for sale anything they want at any price.

Do you think it's cool for a retail chain to ignore its responsibilities to owners / shareholders by trying to decrease profits?

Specifically, do you think you can bring buyers of sellers of used games together for a smaller cut? By all means, go for it! As customers, we'll support you! (unless, that is, we find a better deal elsewhere).

It's very strange to have to defend capitalism on this of all sites.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Hm.. not sure where I mentioned other merchandise... I mostly talking about where you mentioned "full priced games", which Best Buy dosen't depend on in the least bit.

Hell, it's mostly a hassle for them 90% of the time.

This board is full of delightful people these days... reminds me more and more of GameFAQ's every day.[/QUOTE]

I said they depend on full priced games and merchandise. You even quoted it.
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']Games and merchandise. READ motherfucker.[/QUOTE]
You asked a question, he answered it, and you swear at him for not including one tiny element of your original question?

"Games and merchandise" aren't even the issue here. Everyone else in the topic is talking about EB and GameStop, and, with very few exceptions, the stores are dedicated exclusively to selling video games.

Way to take the internet too seriously. :roll:
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']huh? I don't ebay games (or collect games for that matter) and wtf are you saying?[/QUOTE]

Dont mean to step on your toe's Greg but a large majority would have pounced on the offer, thats all Im saying... I also pointed out that I dont feel its fair that a store give's u a pathetic trade value to in turn slap it on the shelf for a 300% markup and in some case even higher
 
[quote name='Apossum']Congrats OP! I would've totally done the same thing.

Sucks about the guy banning you. It has nothing to do with the law, maturity or responsibility-- some people are just total assholes. at a place like gamestop, there's no reason to get all pissed about one game. but I guess the more capital-minded folk would disagree.[/QUOTE]

A real capitalist would have said, "Let the bidding begin!"
 
[quote name='Epic Wolf']I also pointed out that I dont feel its fair that a store give's u a pathetic credit value to in turn slap it on the shelf for a 300% markup and in some case even higher[/QUOTE]
It's fair if you agree to it.

If you don't want to be screwed over by the stores, then sell it on eBay, or to a friend, or through some other channel. There are other options, and cash spends just as well at EB as store credit does.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Hm.. not sure where I mentioned other merchandise... I mostly talking about where you mentioned "full priced games", which Best Buy dosen't depend on in the least bit.

Hell, it's mostly a hassle for them 90% of the time.

This board is full of delightful people these days... reminds me more and more of GameFAQ's every day.[/QUOTE]
GameFAQs doesn't have an "ignore user" feature, does it? ;)
 
I almost accidentally did a sideline deal once at a local mom&pop shop. I was in on my lunchbreak, and some guy brings in Xenosaga & some other PSOne RPG (it's been several years, can't remember what) to trade in. I saw them & the condition they were in and expressed my interest. My intention was to make sure the guy who owns the place knew I wanted them - I had been going to his place for years. But the guy who was trading saw my interest and offered them straight to me. I told the guy running the store it was not my intention to cut him out of the deal, but he said he didn't mind since he knew us both & we were both good customers. As it turned out, I didn't have any cash on me anyway and there was no nearby ATM, so I left. When I got back to work I called to see if he had traded them in anyway, and he did. Asked the guy to hold them for me, and bought them after work. Felt MUCH better about it to.

What people fail to realize is that these stores spend money on rent, advertising, utilites, salary, etc. It's because of all this money they spend that ppl come in in the first place to sell them games. You walking in off the street not only don't have this overhead, but you're taking advantage of the money the store is spending to draw the trader out in the first place. Do I think Gamestop/EB offers good money for trade-ins? No, not unless they're running a special, which is why I don't trade them games. But does that give me the right to take advantage of their resources for my personal gain? No, it doesn't. Justify it all you want, it's still wrong.
 
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