Possible System Update - GameStop Starting to Scrutinize Multiple Trade-In's (?)

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Well, I just got a call from a store manager that I worked for nearly 5 years ago. She said she just had to call b/c my name was flagged for trading in multiple copies of the Nerf-N-Strike. I was at first shocked that this actually happened. For the Nerf game, I only traded in 8 copies, all at different stores, not even at the same store once.

She said if I explained to her what happened, she could try to take me off the list. So, I came clean on how Best Buy likes to sell 'free' games. I told her this wasn't my first rodeo, and told her I traded in 24 copies of Fairy Tale Fights, and another 18 copies of SBD and this was only up to 3 months ago. At which point she kind of laughed, saying that explained why she had seen so many copies of those games :lol:

Anyways, she said over the past few weeks, they have done major tweaking to their system and managers can directly red-flag you at the store level or send out an email to a DM. Thats how I got caught, when I showed one store my trade-in receipt from 24 hours ago, they denied me the trade in.

So you guys have been warned! I'm printing out copies of my receipts just in case anything happens, but if I get banned from the trade-in wagon, their loss, not mine. I've never seen a store that values trades so much, deny you at every step of the way. Seems like more of a hassle..

EDIT: yeah I changed the title, b/c I didn't want to sound like I had 'official' information. I may have embellished a little, but the point still remains! If the initial email to a DM triggered it for me, then thats fine, but there has got to be more. How could I trade in so many copies of the other two games but not cause any concern? I wouldn't be surprised if they are updating their system. More and more everything is getting linked to your EDGE card, I bet it won't be too long before they're able to pull up a 'ledger' of all your trades..seems very possible! This can also serve as a warning, b/c I don't know how you'd check to see if you were banned, save trying to trade something in and getting rejected..
 
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[quote name='token2k6']Well, I just got a call from a store manager that I worked for nearly 5 years ago. She said she just had to call b/c my name was flagged for trading in multiple copies of the Nerf-N-Strike. I was at first shocked that this actually happened. For the Nerf game, I only traded in 8 copies, all at different stores, not even at the same store once.

She said if I explained to her what happened, she could try to take me off the list. So, I came clean on how Best Buy likes to sell 'free' games. I told her this wasn't my first rodeo, and told her I traded in 24 copies of Fairy Tale Fights, and another 18 copies of SBD and this was only up to 3 months ago. At which point she kind of laughed, saying that explained why she had seen so many copies of those games :lol:

Anyways, she said over the past few weeks, they have done major tweaking to their system and managers can directly red-flag you at the store level or send out an email to a DM. Thats how I got caught, when I showed one store my trade-in receipt from 24 hours ago, they denied me the trade in.

So you guys have been warned! I'm printing out copies of my receipts just in case anything happens, but if I get banned from the trade-in wagon, their loss, not mine. I've never seen a store that values trades so much, deny you at every step of the way. Seems like more of a hassle..[/QUOTE]

Oh snap! .. gatta be careful then in the future .. but thx for the warning now .. and I have to say "WTF?!" I mean GameStop need ppl like up to stay in business .. and not only that they scream about how proud they are of their business screwing ppl over with "used" game prices and trade in prices .. ahh fuck them .. rant over ^_^
 
[quote name='MasterSun1']Why so many copies? No legitimate job? They have every right to ban resellers/hoarders.[/QUOTE]

This. 100% correct.
 
[quote name='MasterSun1']Why so many copies? No legitimate job? They have every right to ban resellers/hoarders.[/QUOTE]

Ahhh keep your high and mighty art than thou gamer comments out please .. and what does not having a job have to do with him trading in games? The only sore ass loser I see is those who needs to place those remarks in order to feel good about missing out a deal or lack of ambition of going out of your way to obtained them. Nuff said
 
haha thanks EnronLackey, no guys, I have 2 jobs in fact living in a $100k+ household! reselling, flipping, hoarding were things I never heard of until I came here..I just did my part. Not in a "I hate BB, lets rape them for everything they're worth b/c they rape us!!" but just took advantage of all their glitches. I didn't hoard, as I've always said, leaving copies behind for whoever comes after me.

I don't know what will happen if I try to trade something in. At first I thought it was pretty serious, like 'OMG I'm going to jail' but then realized there are thousands of us out there, and hopefully the police have better things to do. So I'm not too worried, its just an un-easy feeling, as I was mostly playing by the book..
 
[quote name='token2k6']but if I get banned from the trade-in wagon, their loss, not mine.[/QUOTE]

Actually totally sounds like your loss.
 
[quote name='MasterSun1']Why so many copies? No legitimate job? They have every right to ban resellers/hoarders.[/QUOTE]

As a stay-at-home dad, I find that buying clearance items and reselling them for a profit makes for an excellent opportunity to make a supplementary income for my family.

If "reselling" is such a unfair practice, how do you explain Ebay? Or even private sellers on Amazon for that matter. Ever been to a flea market? I guess all those people are sinners too.

I also imagine that your statement damns over 75% of the users here on CAG as well.
 
[quote name='metaphysicalstyles']As a stay-at-home dad, I find that buying clearance items and reselling them for a profit makes for an excellent opportunity to make a supplementary income for my family.

If "reselling" is such a unfair practice, how do you explain Ebay? Or even private sellers on Amazon for that matter. Ever been to a flea market? I guess all those people are sinners too.

I also imagine that your statement damns over 75% of the users here on CAG as well.[/QUOTE]

THAT .. WAS .. AWESOME! ^_^

Look at that statement ppl! Reselling takes care and feeds his kids! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
 
[quote name='MasterSun1']Why so many copies? No legitimate job? They have every right to ban resellers/hoarders.[/QUOTE]

He could argue that Fairy-Tale-Fight-Flipping (try saying that 5 times fast) is a job. But is it better than burger flipping? I wouldn't know, but I'd have to posit a "yes".
 
[quote name='MasterSun1']Why so many copies? No legitimate job? They have every right to ban resellers/hoarders.[/QUOTE]
a person's job has nothing to do with it. youre just trying to start a fire. if you need to bitch about it, do it in the best buy thread where it started.

[quote name='metaphysicalstyles']As a stay-at-home dad, I find that buying clearance items and reselling them for a profit makes for an excellent opportunity to make a supplementary income for my family.

If "reselling" is such a unfair practice, how do you explain Ebay? Or even private sellers on Amazon for that matter. Ever been to a flea market? I guess all those people are sinners too.

I also imagine that your statement damns over 75% of the users here on CAG as well.[/QUOTE]this. :applause:
 
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I don't know what will happen if I try to trade something in. At first I thought it was pretty serious, like 'OMG I'm going to jail' but then realized there are thousands of us out there, and hopefully the police have better things to do. So I'm not too worried, its just an un-easy feeling, as I was mostly playing by the book..[/QUOTE]

:lol: It's funny but they do have a way of making you feel that way. But of course the police aren't going to be involved. There's nothing the slightest bit illegal about "flipping". It is just their own policy whether they want to allow it or not - worst you get is a ban from trading any more. That's bad enough I suppose.

I think often they think people with mutlipes are stealing, though, which is why they will sometimes use language that implies illegality or talk to you in a tone like you are a criminal which then gets people all spun up and worried. But as long as you have receipts there's nothing to worry about.

Personally, I was in Disnyeland and completely missed the Nerf thing as well as an apparently epic 5 days of other deals which will never be duplicated again. Too bad for me ;). It was like a freaking joke though reading about all the awesome deals that happened in a mere 5 days (that I couldn't take advantage of) - beating just about everything from the past 5 months combined.
 
[quote name='io']:lol: It's funny but they do have a way of making you feel that way. But of course the police aren't going to be involved. There's nothing the slightest bit illegal about "flipping". It is just their own policy whether they want to allow it or not - worst you get is a ban from trading any more. That's bad enough I suppose.

I think often they think people with mutlipes are stealing, though, which is why they will sometimes use language that implies illegality or talk to you in a tone like you are a criminal which then gets people all spun up and worried. But as long as you have receipts there's nothing to worry about.

Personally, I was in Disnyeland and completely missed the Nerf thing as well as an apparently epic 5 days of other deals which will never be duplicated again. Too bad for me ;). It was like a freaking joke though reading about all the awesome deals that happened in a mere 5 days (that I couldn't take advantage of) - beating just about everything from the past 5 months combined.[/QUOTE]

tell me about it! with the Nerf thing, I forgot to keep a BB receipt in my pocket, but with the other two games, I had one and didn't hesitate to whip it out..what irks me is that I don't want this image. I've seen the people that steal games bring them into GS, they are nothing like we are..well really it was when they were taking DVDs in still. We would get the same 2 people in every week with that weeks releases and were like WTF?!? Then a cop came by the store saying they worked for Wal-Mart and were lifting 2 copies out of the box every week and not getting caught..so yeah, it sucks, maybe I over did it, but I don't feel bad.

And I don't think you missed to much last week, just this Nerf (which really, was more trouble than its worth, both acquiring and trading in :roll:) a Buzz! game that didn't ship w/ controllers (as it stated) that ended up being free from Newegg, and L4D2 for $18, which you had to be hawk-like to get in on anyway..
 
Let's not mince words, we're all twenty-somethings looking for easy money and picking at scraps... you can justify the easy money, but you can hardly frame it as a respectful enterprise. Mr. 100K, I'm sorry but I just don't believe your situation. Someone with a life packed with such potential fruitfulness as yours doesn't get their jollies by trying to see how many copies of a video game they can acquire. Unless you only make 100K yen or something. My gripe isn't really even about jealously... I don't like missing out on deals because some college students and stay-and-home dads who aren't bound to the regular 9-5 grind beat me to the punch but I don't lose sleep over it, it's the way of the world. Sometimes you get to catch a glimpse of a hoarder in action and that just washes away all of your anger because, for that one moment, you saw a real-life gollum. Where I draw the line however, is at whining about getting caught for flipping at a B&M store. With ebay, you're packaging your stuff, writing listings, paying fees etc. With gamestop, you're stuffing the store with crap, crowding the lines and being just plain lazy. Let's all at least show some threadbare respect here and just do the time like a man.
 
LOL he never said HE earns that "$100K+"...just that he has two jobs and lives in a "$100K+ household".

"I have 2 jobs in fact living in a $100k+ household!"
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The bulk of it could be coming in from his significant other, or even mommy and daddy, who knows. Hell, it could all just be your typical online bullshit. $100K isn't shit anymore anyway...$100K here in LA as well as virtually all other major metropolitan areas, either for a household or even individually, is pretty much middle class at best. Hell, not even that.
 
[quote name='karkyco']LOL he never said HE earns that "$100K+"...just that he has two jobs and lives in a "$100K+ household".

The bulk of it could be coming in from his significant other, or even mommy and daddy, who knows. Hell, it could all just be your typical online bullshit. $100K isn't shit anymore anyway...$100K here in LA as well as virtually all other major metropolitan areas, either for a household or even individually, is pretty much middle class at best. Hell, not even that.[/QUOTE]

yeah thats pretty much telling it straight! I should have initially added the obligatory "but in debt to my eyeballs!" when I claimed that. And sure I was counting my wife, who does make more than me. But when I view CAG in my office all day, I really can't complain about that :D Hell I'm very fortunate to have my job that I got at a small company just b/c I built them a computer. Combine that with a college degree, which everyone looks for, I was in. But I work for a shop that makes steel parts for oil rigs, I still have no effing idea about all the ins-and-outs, I just try to do my best. but yeah, $100k ain't anything in this day when I see that every month, we gotta pay upwards of $3500 just to live in a house (includes all bills) and have 2 cars. That doesn't count daycare or food or gas..it definitely sucks!

and do I get 'jollies' by ransacking BB when these deals happen? I don't know..to an extent there is a certain adrenaline rush knowing what your doing, but by the end of a day like that, when you've been into 8 different best buys, its almost like you have vertigo by the time your done and swear thats the last of it you're going to grab. I think, after the news I got today, I might sit the next one out for a major haul and just get a few for myself, friends and CAG..
 
Considering I spread out my FTF and SBD flips over HWV, Blockbuster and GS I'm only worried about the three(not thirty)Nerf bundles that I dumped last week at GS.

I told them I had a receipt after they said it would be ok for me to trade multiples if I had a receipt. I even asked them if they needed a copy of it for their records.

But considering all of the glitches and errors from GS that I've taken advantage of over the last six months, it's a miracle they still take my trades I think.

I did the '$20 off any purchase with select game trades' thing, which added $20 to your EDGE card if you just treated it like a normal trade-in and didn't say it had to go towards a purchase. I did the 'bump to $40 tiv on select games, then pay $20 towards something else' thing with Uncharted 2, then returned the game I bought for full credit back on my EDGE card. Thus I got $40 TIV for my copy of Uncharted 2 when it was already only getting $20 or less.

So yeah, I take advantage of GS whenever I can. I feel as if I'm getting even for some of the poor saps who don't know any better and just get cornholed by them mercilessly.
 
[quote name='MasterSun1']Why so many copies? No legitimate job? They have every right to ban resellers/hoarders.[/QUOTE]
can you explain why reselling can't be a legitimate job? I'm sure you would say the owners of any major retail store or online store or distributor that you shop at has a legitimate job, but they are doing the same thing that the evil resellers/hoarders do; buying things at a cheaper price and selling it for more, and hoarding multiple copies of whatever they sell, we just do it on a smaller scale.

i think everyone who hates resellers should go live in the woods in a cabin built by wood they chopped down, eat food that they grew/hunted themselves, and make their own clothes out of material that they made to cleanse themselves of any material possessions bought from other people. all of your thinking just seems completely illogical.

also please don't bring my morals into this like you like to do on GameTZ, because whatever morals anyone has have nothing do with the topic at hand.
 
I know I'm not the only one that trades to GS at times in a high quantity, so I would be surprised to see much change soon. I guess I'll see the next time I go to trade in something to GS, which won't be anytime soon unless there is another deal too good to pass up. I'm sure if you added up all the TIV's that I've made to GS over the past 2 years it's be near $10,000 and I know I'm not leading the way in that regard. That said, if they haven't hassled me yet I don't know why they would start now. Over a year ago they said they were cracking down on returns, and while I haven't done nearly as many returns in that time span, I haven't heard of that being much of an issue either.
 
[quote name='SlammedNiss']Anybody care to divulge how this "Nerf" thing worked? I'm assuming BB had them on sale cheap, and GS had a high trade-in value?[/QUOTE]

Best Buy had a coupon that took $20 off of the $19.99 sale price they were ringing up as for about a day and a half. Couple that with a 30% more TIV Wii coupon that many were using and you had a good chance to flip a bunch of those bundles.
 
[quote name='converse']I know I'm not the only one that trades to GS at times in a high quantity, so I would be surprised to see much change soon. I guess I'll see the next time I go to trade in something to GS, which won't be anytime soon unless there is another deal too good to pass up. I'm sure if you added up all the TIV's that I've made to GS over the past 2 years it's be near $10,000 and I know I'm not leading the way in that regard. That said, if they haven't hassled me yet I don't know why they would start now. Over a year ago they said they were cracking down on returns, and while I haven't done nearly as many returns in that time span, I haven't heard of that being much of an issue either.[/QUOTE]

wtf $10,000
 
can you explain why reselling can't be a legitimate job? I'm sure you would say the owners of any major retail store or online store or distributor that you shop at has a legitimate job, but they are doing the same thing that the evil resellers/hoarders do; buying things at a cheaper price and selling it for more, and hoarding multiple copies of whatever they sell, we just do it on a smaller scale.
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Not quite. Kmart isn't ransacking Target's clearance section to make a profit. There's a clear difference here between buying from distributors, and edging out consumers. Screwing average-joe customers is the clear point of contention for many on here, and although I'm a flipper in some respects I cannot disagree with this. Again, I don't deny its easy money, but I think it's silly to say it's a respectful enterprise... there's really no justification for it... it's lazy, it hardly requires any effort(particuarily when you're just flipping it to a B&M store who's doing all the legwork), and the only real prerequisites are an access to CAG and free weekday afternoons.

I think everyone who hates resellers should go live in the woods in a cabin built by wood they chopped down, eat food that they grew/hunted themselves, and make their own clothes out of material that they made to cleanse themselves of any material possessions bought from other people. all of your thinking just seems completely illogical.
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Why not ask that EVERYONE follow their criticisms all the way through? I doubt that everyone here who pulls the "you snooze you lose, I'm entitled to as many copies as I want" retort is actually willing to go whole-hog with social Darwinism, or the guy that cries for redemption because a Gamestop employee asked if they wanted to preorder a game at the register exhausts the same amount of ire when the McDonalds guy asks if they "want fries with that".

also please don't bring my morals into this like you like to do on GameTZ, because whatever morals anyone has have nothing do with the topic at hand.
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Given the way you often troll around on this forum, I'm surprised that people would want to discuss anything with you at all.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']Kmart isn't ransacking Target's clearance section to make a profit. [/QUOTE]
I don't really care either way anymore as long as I get what I want for myself and friends, however don't dollar stores do this very thing you mentioned above? Just sayin'.
 
Welcome to the free world, comrade.
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A good comeback... if only it had an actual context!

[quote name='Vader582']I don't really care either way anymore as long as I get what I want for myself and friends, however don't dollar stores do this very thing you mentioned above? Just sayin'.[/QUOTE]

Not as far as I can tell... I don't know what the deal is with dollar stores, but they probably buy their inventory from other stores. I don't think the employees are actually going into the stores and clearing out the aisles.
 
My comeback was as silly as your posts. That was the whole point.

And yes, that's exactly what discount stores do. Of course the employees don't go into the store and buy the stuff themselves. You're just being sillier than you were before. But the two companies work out a deal for the discount store to buy up poor selling items at a deep discount....just like when a person goes into a Target and buys up a bunch of clearance games. It's the same, exact thing, except on a much larger scale.

You're a pretty petty person if someone buying up a bunch of $5 games and selling them for $20 really gets you this pissy.
 
GS has the most profit margin to lose if the refuse to accept a trade. Sure they can limit the number you trade in or red flag a trader, but honestly any persistent reseller will eventually catch a GS employee who WILL make the transaction. The markup on the Nerf N Strike game disc only is what --- like 400%. Its a mutual relationship. A Venom/Eddie Brock symbiosis...

And as a sidenote, anyone can be a reseller, you can't knock a hobby or interest.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']Not as far as I can tell... I don't know what the deal is with dollar stores, but they probably buy their inventory from other stores. I don't think the employees are actually going into the stores and clearing out the aisles.[/QUOTE]

Yes, that's exactly what they do. Buy their inventory from other stores...like a reseller/flipper/whatever does. Dollar stores and places like that are resellers. So, if someone posts a deal about finding games at that place Five Bellow or something, don't you go there, because they are evil resellers!

Seems like you're just getting annoyed, because people beat you to deals. Hey, it happens. Would you care if I bought up all the $60 copies of a game at my local Target? No, of course not. You're just mad because someone bought up the clearance stuff. Oh, well. They beat you to it. Happens.
 
[quote name='vrblknch']GS has the most profit margin to lose if the refuse to accept a trade. Sure they can limit the number you trade in or red flag a trader, but honestly any persistent reseller will eventually catch a GS employee who WILL make the transaction. The markup on the Nerf N Strike game disc only is what --- like 400%. Its a mutual relationship. A Venom/Eddie Brock symbiosis...[/QUOTE]

yeah, I was shocked when I saw my copies on the shelf at some stores going for $29.99 used. You'd think they'd be force to bundle the zapper with it (practically b/c the game needs it, at least the red site, unless you memorize the color patterns) I bet they zapper is $14.99 used, didn't check that one though..
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']My comeback was as silly as your posts. That was the whole point.[/QUOTE]
Well then, I'd certainly like to know what makes my posts so silly, I think I am making a valid point.

And yes, that's exactly what discount stores do. Of course the employees don't go into the store and buy the stuff themselves. You're just being sillier than you were before. But the two companies work out a deal for the discount store to buy up poor selling items at a deep discount....just like when a person goes into a Target and buys up a bunch of clearance games. It's the same, exact thing, except on a much larger scale.
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Okay, agreed. Tell you what, for the next nerf game deal or whatever, call up best buy and say "I'm a dealer and I want to do business with you, can you set aside 10 nerf games for me?"... now usually there's a stipulation in their fliers and such that says NO DEALERS, but if this is the same as what dollar tree is doing (albeit on a smaller scale) then there won't be any problems, right?

THIS is the issue... these stores aren't competing with consumers, they're dealing directly with distributors and stores
 
[quote name='Tony208']wtf $10,000[/QUOTE]

$10,000?!?! That's OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDDDDDD!!!
 
I'm not gonna lie, I was against reselling in the past but I just don't care anymore. If I don't do it, somebody else will. So why not me? I only do it every now and then, some people do it as a job... doesn't bother me either way.

About GS though, I think many GSes keep track of people who trade in multiple copies of a game because they don't like resellers. I know some people have said their GS.com accounts were permanently closed because they ordered multiple copies of a game and I know my stores don't like it if you buy more than one copy of a game and they don't let you trade in the same game twice. I'm not sure how they track the B&M stuff though.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']Well then, I'd certainly like to know what makes my posts so silly, I think I am making a valid point.
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You're taking it way too seriously. You're really upset by this? Get over yourself, for chrissake. It's not stealing, it's not dishonest. It's smart business.
 
damn token2k6. you exploited GameStop to a whole new level. congrats!

let's not bash token2k6. in a way, we're all similar, CAGs after all. he's even discussing it openly.

[I'm just glad I don't live near you, cause finding CAG deals around me is tough enough]
 
I like how some people are like "OMG HOARDER!" and acting like they got screwed out of a chance to own big name games when in reality...it's just a cheap ass Nerf game and a game no one's really heard of. Hell, those are games none of you would ever play, I'm willing to bet. So why the hell should it matter to you that someone is profiting from games you don't care about?

I suspect that the reason GS is getting on this is because people who trade in multiple copies are either A) people who find ways to get deals on these games. Or B) thieves who robbed a place or truck. More often than not, they quickly jump to B.
 
Pretty much every pawn shop or any other second hand store is doing the same thing that a reseller is doing heck even thrift stores are doing it because they are getting donations for free and then selling it to the public. Not all thrift stores are non profit, a lot are for profit.

If you can do it and make money off it then good for you but I personally find it very difficult to buy something at a store and then turn it around for enough profit to justify it using ebay, especially considering fees and all that. The retail prices around here just don't get low enough to justify it for me.
 
Pretty much every pawn shop or any other second hand store is doing the same thing that a reseller is doing heck even thrift stores are doing it because they are getting donations for free and then selling it to the public. Not all thrift stores are non profit, a lot are for profit.
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I don't think pawn/2nd hand store owners are allowed to buy stuff from retailers and resell it. If they are, I've yet to see one do it.

I think my main point remains: flipping is great for easy money, but don't be silly and try to justify it since it is truly nothing more than a cash grab. You're not "a small-scale business", you're not "sticking up for the little guy who gets screwed on regular GS trades", this is just about you and easy money, let's not pretend it's anything more. And enough psycho-analyzing... I'm not upset and I'm certainly not jealous(it's a non-issue for me, flipping via retailer deals is too trying for me with my regular job, I have to stick to pawnshops), I'm trying to discuss this but everyone just wants to posture.
 
[quote name='vrblknch']GS has the most profit margin to lose if the refuse to accept a trade. Sure they can limit the number you trade in or red flag a trader, but honestly any persistent reseller will eventually catch a GS employee who WILL make the transaction. The markup on the Nerf N Strike game disc only is what --- like 400%. Its a mutual relationship. A Venom/Eddie Brock symbiosis...

And as a sidenote, anyone can be a reseller, you can't knock a hobby or interest.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure all those Fairytale Fights were huge sellers for Gamestop.
First Gamestop starts tracking trade-ins and where does it end? It only hurts us all in the long run and the op contributed to this.
 
[quote name='eastshore4'] it's lazy, it hardly requires any effort(particuarily when you're just flipping it to a B&M store who's doing all the legwork)[/QUOTE]

[quote name='eastshore4']flipping via retailer deals is too trying for me with my regular job, I have to stick to pawnshops), I'm trying to discuss this but everyone just wants to posture.[/QUOTE]

So which is it? Is flipping for lazy people or is it too trying?
 
[quote name='salty tbone']So which is it? Is flipping for lazy people or is it too trying?[/QUOTE]
Flipping to a retailer? That's easy. Making time for it when you have a job is hard. I'd like to think these are two non-conflicting statements you're trying to compare.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']Flipping to a retailer? That's easy. Making time for it when you have a job is hard. I'd like to think these are two non-conflicting issues you're trying to compare.[/QUOTE]

eh, its not too hard man; if you want to do it, you find time. I'm all with you on the easy money, that makes perfect sense. It might also come down to how big a city you live in. I know that on my lunch break, I can hit up anywhere from 3-4 GS's in an hour if I plan my route. I always go by one on the way home, then if I go out later that night, I can hit up another. So in one day, I can hit up about 6 locations, none out of my way, no problem for me. rinse and repeat, your haul is gone before they can even blink OR change the TIV ;) (which brings me to another inside tip, I'm wondering if TIV values are only lowered on Friday after a clerk made a comment to something of that effect last week. that would at least give us CAGs a concrete idea as to when this happens and not have to call and check TIV everyday..like some do (not me!))
 
[quote name='eastshore4']I don't think pawn/2nd hand store owners are allowed to buy stuff from retailers and resell it. If they are, I've yet to see one do it.[/QUOTE]

I'm not really sure why you care so much but I'll bite.
Have you ever been to a flea market??!?!
There are tons of sellers that comb Target and other store's clearance weekly.
There's no law against buying low and selling high, yet.
You're pulling all our legs right? If so, :applause:.
 
[quote name='Tony208']I'm sure all those Fairytale Fights were huge sellers for Gamestop.
First Gamestop starts tracking trade-ins and where does it end? It only hurts us all in the long run and the op contributed to this.[/QUOTE]

I traded to GS BB RWZ grabs and as a GS shareholder I can tell you we aren't hurting!:bouncy: My BB is looking good as well, consumer traffic is up at both retailers with CC resting in peace.

Look-- used Yugos and Range Rovers shouldn't be sold by the same salesman. Shovelware is shovelware. Many triple A quality games have price drops and family/casual/party games hold steady, it happens all the time. I don't see how selling the free Kia from a buy one Kia get one Kia free promo to CarMax makes the Hondas on the lot appreciate or depreciate...

All entertainment media is SUPER disposable anyway. 3D movies, comic books (have to be bundled in trade paperbacks with story arcs, no more single stories), and video games are watched/skimmed/played and its on to the next movie, book, game at a far faster rate than before. I almost can't blame the publishers for making shovelware if it sells. I personally flip the hell out of those deals, but I have never sold any one game I purchased myself for myself or received as a gift. I think anyone calling themselves a CAG and taking offense to reselling (for $ to buy more desirable games) isn't a CAG.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']Flipping to a retailer? That's easy. Making time for it when you have a job is hard. I'd like to think these are two non-conflicting statements you're trying to compare.[/QUOTE]

Whatever. You're posting on an Internet message board on a Tuesday afternoon. Since you're a hard-working 9-to-5er, you're probably like the people I work with who are quick to call other people lazy, but then surf the Web while at work.
 
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