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NEW THREAD: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/334650-gamestop-trade-in-values-xxvi-values-available-on-ios-app-upcoming-50-bonus-with-coupon/

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)

None Currently.

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,,

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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Is the coupon glitch suppose to work with the 20/10/5 ? I used it all today in one transaction and none of them are on my account anymore.

 
stuntrogue said:
Is the coupon glitch suppose to work with the 20/10/5 ? I used it all today in one transaction and none of them are on my account anymore.
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Were these the $ off preowned coupons or the $ off any GS purchase coupons? I think if you use multiple $ off preowned coupons it doesn't take them off the same item (at least I've had it do that before).

The $ off GS purchase coupons all usually come off the highest priced item and I've always had the lower value ones left. I hope the glitch isn't dead, I've got a full set of coupons waiting for my Mario Kart Wii U bundle.

 
jfh2c said:
Were these the $ off preowned coupons or the $ off any GS purchase coupons? I think if you use multiple $ off preowned coupons it doesn't take them off the same item (at least I've had it do that before).

The $ off GS purchase coupons all usually come off the highest priced item and I've always had the lower value ones left. I hope the glitch isn't dead, I've got a full set of coupons waiting for my Mario Kart Wii U bundle.
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I used the $ off preowned.

 
That would figure if they fixed the coupon glitch , I just got to 85000 points on one of my accounts .
 
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What ever happened to that rumored 50% Towards Xbox One products? Was that only a limited time deal? Probably going to trade my Vita in tomorrow since it's just been collecting dust for months but I'd hate to if there's a 50% promotion coming up soon.

 
TwistedShade said:
What ever happened to that rumored 50% Towards Xbox One products? Was that only a limited time deal? Probably going to trade my Vita in tomorrow since it's just been collecting dust for months but I'd hate to if there's a 50% promotion coming up soon.
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There's no bonus at all for consoles right now, at least not as far as I can find. I want to unload my Vita as well, but I'll probably hold on to it until there's some kind of bonus.

 
For the XX$ off any GameStop purchase coupons, does it specifically need to be a combination of the $50 off + $25 off + $10 off for the glitch to work or can I throw in the $5 off as well? I have a $25 off coupon, $10 off coupon, and $5 off coupon. Can someone explain what the glitch is?
 
I've used all 4 coupons ($50, $25, $10, $5) successfully twice before. I was greedy, I bought 2 different $50 coupons and used the lower 3 coupons for both of them. Then I used the $25, $10, and $5 keeping the $10 and $5 in my account.

The only issue you might encounter is a GS employee that won't accept more than one coupon per transaction. My luck has been about 50/50. If they won't take them, then I won't use my coupons.

 
jfh2c said:
I've used all 4 coupons ($50, $25, $10, $5) successfully twice before. I was greedy, I bought 2 different $50 coupons and used the lower 3 coupons for both of them. Then I used the $25, $10, and $5 keeping the $10 and $5 in my account.

The only issue you might encounter is a GS employee that won't accept more than one coupon per transaction. My luck has been about 50/50. If they won't take them, then I won't use my coupons

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jfh2c said:
I've used all 4 coupons ($50, $25, $10, $5) successfully twice before. I was greedy, I bought 2 different $50 coupons and used the lower 3 coupons for both of them. Then I used the $25, $10, and $5 keeping the $10 and $5 in my account.

The only issue you might encounter is a GS employee that won't accept more than one coupon per transaction. My luck has been about 50/50. If they won't take them, then I won't use my coupons.
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If you use 4 coupon do you need to purchase 4 different items too? Thanks
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stuntrogue said:
If you use 4 coupon do you need to purchase 4 different items too? Thanks
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You don't have to, because it only takes the coupons off of a single item. That's why if you're trying to use all 4 you need to make sure you're buying something that costs more than $90. The times that I've used them were buying my XB1 and PS4. Now I've got some saved up for the MK8 Wii U bundle.

One store in my area makes me buy an item per coupon, so if I'm using all 4 on a console I'll have to buy some other items. I usually just buy whatever they are trying to force down my throat and then come back and return it. That only works if you have excess credit to play with though.

 
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I've used all 4 coupons ($50, $25, $10, $5) successfully twice before. I was greedy, I bought 2 different $50 coupons and used the lower 3 coupons for both of them. Then I used the $25, $10, and $5 keeping the $10 and $5 in my account.

The only issue you might encounter is a GS employee that won't accept more than one coupon per transaction. My luck has been about 50/50. If they won't take them, then I won't use my coupons.
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I see. So the glitch is you can combine these coupons which is YMMV depending on the employee, and if it goes through, only the highest XX$ off coupon ($50 or $25) will be deducted from your account allowing you to keep the lower XX$ off coupons ($25, $10, or $5) in your account. Thank you so much!

One more question, what if you only use two coupons? Will the glitch still work? Thanks :D
 
jvang117 said:
I see. So the glitch is you can combine these coupons which is YMMV depending on the employee, and if it goes through, only the highest XX$ off coupon ($50 or $25) will be deducted from your account allowing you to keep the lower XX$ off coupons ($25, $10, or $5) in your account. Thank you so much!

One more question, what if you only use two coupons? Will the glitch still work? Thanks :D
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It should still work with two coupons.

 
jvang117 said:
I see. So the glitch is you can combine these coupons which is YMMV depending on the employee, and if it goes through, only the highest XX$ off coupon ($50 or $25) will be deducted from your account allowing you to keep the lower XX$ off coupons ($25, $10, or $5) in your account. Thank you so much!

One more question, what if you only use two coupons? Will the glitch still work? Thanks :D
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I've done this about 5 times and the answer is yes. Each time you use these coupons only the highest denomination coupon gets removed from your active offers. So using 50-25-10 you will get to use the $25 twice and the $10 three times until there gone.
 
Question about the current promo towards Ghosts: does anybody know If Kinect Sports Rivals is one of the listed games? I can't find anything about the offer on the site.
 
Thinking of giving up my Vita, with the bonus it would be around $190 with my games and memory card.  With the prices I bought the games and system at, I would be taking probably a $40-ish hit on it, which isn't too bad considering how long I've had it.  

If I wait till E3, they'll announce probably nothing for it again besides Playstation Now, which just doesn't sound too appealing to me.  But at the same time, it is a great piece of hardware.  Bleh.  

 
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gospelman said:
Which promotions are you factoring in to the vita hardware? Just wondering as I might do the same - thanks.
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Oh, the Vita itself I think would only get the 10% from the coupon from GI and that's it? I don't think the PUR works on systems and I don't think the 30% would either. I do think all of those would stack for the games and memory though, which I have a 16 GB.

So redoing my math on the Vita hardware it drops to ~170 total. My bad if I misled you!

EDIT: Although a few pages back someone got the 30% on top of a 360 console trade, so I guess it might apply?

 
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Oh, the Vita itself I think would only get the 10% from the coupon from GI and that's it? I don't think the PUR works on systems and I don't think the 30% would either. I do think all of those would stack for the games and memory though, which I have a 16 GB.

So redoing my math on the Vita hardware it drops to ~170 total. My bad if I misled you!

EDIT: Although a few pages back someone got the 30% on top of a 360 console trade, so I guess it might apply?
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the 30% towards a preorder applies for systems.
 
 
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Link for anybody wanting to see which stores are participating

http://link.gamestop-email.com/track?type=click&eas=1&msid=1&auid=284903052&mailingid=365102&messageid=61300&databaseid=115800&serial=16798846&[email protected]&userid=m4ZS3R8Rp&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2018&&&http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/events/trade-weekend-tier1/default.aspx?cid=eml_10001412
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YES! A few of my local stores are participating, and now I'll hold onto a few games I was planning on trading in. Thanks for the link!

Question: Does this mean the 50% bonus is live now, or does it start tomorrow?

 
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Vigilante said:
YES! A few of my local stores are participating, and now I'll hold onto a few games I was planning on trading in. Thanks for the link!


Question: Does this mean the 50% bonus is live now, or does it start tomorrow?
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It should be live now email says 5/16-5/18
 
Dammit, I forgot to ask to donate when trading in for Kirby Triple Deluxe....

Can I just go back and buy the one dollar donation or does it have to be with another purchase?

 
5/16

:wii:

Spongebob Squarepants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge - $5

:ds:

Pokemon Diamond - $12

:ps4:

Battlefield 4 - $25

Knack - $13

Madden NFL 25 - $25

:ps3:

Grand Theft Auto V - $22
Injustice: Gods Among Us (Standard) - $13

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Final Fantasy X HD - $15

Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition - $12

 
Pokemon white 2 ds - 13
Ever since they started throwing away the ds cases I've been keeping them when trading in ds games . I've stockpiled quite the collection of empty cases , then there's that stack of ATK'S too .
 
Kevlar338 said:
Pokemon white 2 ds - 13
Ever since they started throwing away the ds cases I've been keeping them when trading in ds games . I've stockpiled quite the collection of empty cases , then there's that stack of ATK'S too .
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Oh I got rid of those ATK's with radioshacks $5 promo deal. dumped off at least 25 copies of that.

 
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