The 2024 Gamestop Thread

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GS FAQ

Where is the weekly ad?
They ended the weekly ad for more rotation of deals. Please check the homepage and deal link for the current deals.

I can't find a trade in value for an item?
It might not be tradable or calling a store to find the value may be the only option.

How many copies of a game can I trade in?
You are allowed to trade in 4 copies of the same game (same system) within a rolling 30 day period.

Are there trade limits?
Yes, $500 cash minus some electronic trade ins and or $2000 trade credit in a rolling 30 day period.

Where is the weekly ad?
They ended the weekly ad for more rotation of deals in a period.


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Can I use the $5 monthly coupon on gift cards?

Yes you can in store but not online please note not all gift cards will apply to this rule.

I have a $XX.xx pre-owned reward certificate, and I want to use it on a B2G1 transaction. Should I?
It depends. If the three games are equal value, do not use your certificate. The value of the certificate would be applied to the free game, which would not benefit you. If one game is more expensive, you can use the certificate to make it the same value as the other two games ($5 reward certificate applied to transaction with two $10 games and one $15 game would make all three games $10).


TERMINOLOGY AND LINGO:
ASL/SL: Assistant Store Leader, Store Leader; manager positions at GS.
B2G1: Buy two, get one free.
GS: GameStop
JD: Junior detective, an employee who is out to get someone
LP: Loss Prevention; this is the department that actually bans accounts after being flagged.
TC/TiC: Trade credit.
TIV/TV: Trade in value, or what a game currently trades for. When posting a TV for a game, always use the base value.
 
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Confucius said:
Diofield Chronicles for $35. What’s square Enix track record on price drops. Should I wait? Just started Engage so it’ll be months before I get to it.
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I can’t think of anything SE that hasn’t gotten to at least 60-70% off eventually, of their standard us retail releases. Switch tax still remains in effect, but I think most of their switch releases usually get fairly cheap too? I haven’t put a lot of thought or research into this, but that’s my impression.

 
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Confucius said:
Diofield Chronicles for $35. What’s square Enix track record on price drops. Should I wait? Just started Engage so it’ll be months before I get to it.
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I expect recent Square Enix bombs Diofield Chronicles and Valkyrie Elysium both get much lower.

 
oldcasio said:
I expect recent Square Enix bombs Diofield Chronicles and Valkyrie Elysium both get much lower.
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Most of the recent square Enix stuff bombed hard. I got Valkyrie Elysium for $24 (steam), and Star Ocean (ps5/used) for $27. I'm sure they'll drop even lower, but pretty good prices for how recent they are
 
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Diofield will definitely be $30 before long and $20 at some point within the year, probably in some random Gamefly sale and then $20 universally Black Friday.

 
Vigilante said:
shadowysea07 is likely referring to a B2G1 from last year where Diofield was eligible. Target likes to do those 2-3 times a year.
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Yeah that. I grabbed it along with harvestella and a few other things during that sale. Valkyrie elysium I got during the 10$ off sale so I could use the 10$ gift card on a 60$ video games purchase promo.
 
I have looked and looked but to no avail.

Is there a way to filter results in gamestop website to show me only the games that are available to pick up in my area?

If  anybody knows and can tell me, that would be awesome

 
Preordered Metroid this weekend at Gamestop. They told me the 13th. It's on my receipt.

Gamestop's website said the 13th.

Called them today, after work. Guy was confused. He said no no no, it comes out the 22nd.

Gamestop's website now says the 22nd.

Womp womp womp.

 
im waiting for live a live to be $20 but its not budging for some reason

square prints infinite copies too so idk if it doesnt guess ill just skip it

 
toska said:
im waiting for live a live to be $20 but its not budging for some reason

square prints infinite copies too so idk if it doesnt guess ill just skip it
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Because unlike Diofield for which SquareEnix is the developer and publisher, Live A Live is developed by Square Enix and published by Nintendo. Nintendo tends to hold the line.

 
toska said:
im waiting for live a live to be $20 but its not budging for some reason
square prints infinite copies too so idk if it doesnt guess ill just skip it
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Ya my buy price is $30 (might have just bought now had I not used all my $5 coupons), but it’s published by Nintendo so won’t drop as much
 
The $5 monthly coupon doesn’t work on psn anymore for sure. Sadly I won’t be double dipping like ever unless there’s really something I want online over $60 when I’m totally out of trade credit
 
In the past, if I forgot to use the $5 coupon, I would contact CS and they would give me 5000 points on my account.

I wonder if this is what we'll have to do now that they are pulling the plug on using this for digital currency online. It makes the coupon/membership useless to me.
 
Hypebeast69 said:
The $5 monthly coupon doesn’t work on psn anymore for sure. Sadly I won’t be double dipping like ever unless there’s really something I want online over $60 when I’m totally out of trade credit
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Did you try to do this in store? Sounds like straight up double dipping is dead, but at least I should be able to use the $5 on an actual PSN card in the store, right? I usually get the $10 one and pay the remainder in credit, but I'm fresh out of credit now, and their trade in values totally suck right now.

 
The monthly $5 coupon still works in store for the PSN card. I just used it using the weekend. They didn't have any $10 cards on the shelves, so the code was printed on the receipt.
 
Macedon911 said:
In the past, if I forgot to use the $5 coupon, I would contact CS and they would give me 5000 points on my account.

I wonder if this is what we'll have to do now that they are pulling the plug on using this for digital currency online. It makes the coupon/membership useless to me.
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Call them or through email? Many have posted here that they aren't picking up the phone and I highly doubt they are going to be giving people 5000 points by emailing them and telling them you forgot to use your code. I am sure they did it for you because not many contacted them about this. You can still try but I am sure many will be doing the exact same thing if they know it will work and that will also get taken away.

 
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jupiterjones said:
Did you try to do this in store? Sounds like straight up double dipping is dead, but at least I should be able to use the $5 on an actual PSN card in the store, right? I usually get the $10 one and pay the remainder in credit, but I'm fresh out of credit now, and their trade in values totally suck right now.
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Sorry I thought I did put “online” sorry for the confusion. Doesn’t work online so I won’t be double dipping anymore. I usually get a game instore then get a psn from online
 
Not sure if you tried this, but switch out your HDMI cable with another High-Speed 4K cable. Mine was doing the exact same thing it sounds like, and a new cable fixed that.

CaptPete said:
Does anyone know if GameStop will take in consoles that are having problems?

My Xbox Series X has decided to start displaying graphical glitches in games that makes it seem like (at least) one of it's RAM chips has gone bad. =( I checked Microsoft and it's $299 for them to repair it! I know in the past that they've taken in `broken-ish' systems and just charged a refurb fee (say $50 or so). Overall that would be quicker and cheaper than either sending it to Microsoft or selling it on eBay as broken. =(
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Went to my store a few days ago to use my $5 cert on a PSN card. 

Also didn't realize the best buy certs couldn't be used on PSN cards lol 

 
In order to make use of my double-dip, I searched for new clearance games that were available for local pick-up at my home store.

I just bought a $10 PSN code in the store and then double-dipped on a "new" copy of Subnautica: Below Zero for Xbox One that was $7.98.

Sure, it'll be gutted, and the disc will be covered with finger prints when I go back to pick it up, and I'll hate myself for it, but hey, I already hate myself!  :shock:

 
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josekortez said:
In order to make use of my double-dip, I searched for new clearance games that were available for local pick-up at my home store.

I just bought a $10 PSN code in the store and then double-dipped on a "new" copy of Subnautica: Below Zero for Xbox One that was $7.98.

Sure, it'll be gutted, and the disc will be covered with finger prints when I go back to pick it up, and I'll hate myself for it, but hey, I already hate myself! :shock:
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The problem with this strategy for me is that there are no games at my store.
 
Finally got hit with my GameStop not getting a game for release day. They didn’t get theatrhythm final bar line for today. Had promised it as my kid’s valentines gift (plus to enjoy over her 5 day break starting tomorrow).
 
Twilightsparkle said:
Finally got hit with my GameStop not getting a game for release day. They didn’t get theatrhythm final bar line for today. Had promised it as my kid’s valentines gift (plus to enjoy over her 5 day break starting tomorrow).
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This might not be much consolation, but maybe it's in the same shipment with Wild Hearts which releases tomorrow and your store will have it then?

 
Vigilante said:
This might not be much consolation, but maybe it's in the same shipment with Wild Hearts which releases tomorrow and your store will have it then?
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Got a call late this afternoon that they got it now. Makes me wonder if they miss some of their FedEx deliveries since they have those half hour closures for breaks in the afternoons.

 
 
 
Traded in some games today. Got like $54. Came home to cash it in for various credits (steam, psn, etc.). First $20 purchase went through and now it errors on every one and they tell me to contact customer care. What the hell? Is this like a temporary hold and it'll work tomorrow? Anyone have any ideas?

 
Das_Regal said:
Traded in some games today. Got like $54. Came home to cash it in for various credits (steam, psn, etc.). First $20 purchase went through and now it errors on every one and they tell me to contact customer care. What the hell? Is this like a temporary hold and it'll work tomorrow? Anyone have any ideas?
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The extra 50% wasn't still on was it? Last week the guy at mine said it was when I went in to do some preorders, so I am curious.

 
Das_Regal said:
Traded in some games today. Got like $54. Came home to cash it in for various credits (steam, psn, etc.). First $20 purchase went through and now it errors on every one and they tell me to contact customer care. What the hell? Is this like a temporary hold and it'll work tomorrow? Anyone have any ideas?
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try it with a different IP

if it doesnt go through wait at least a week

 
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moonknight80 said:
The extra 50% wasn't still on was it? Last week the guy at mine said it was when I went in to do some preorders, so I am curious.
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Nope, no promos listed on the website and none were given to me in store.

And oh god, wait a whole week? :oldman:

 
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So I pre-ordered Like a Dragon Ishin and got 3 emails that my order shipped... but there's not racking number and my order status page just says "awaiting stock". Is GS just going through around round of glitches? 

 
Das_Regal said:
Traded in some games today. Got like $54. Came home to cash it in for various credits (steam, psn, etc.). First $20 purchase went through and now it errors on every one and they tell me to contact customer care. What the hell? Is this like a temporary hold and it'll work tomorrow? Anyone have any ideas?
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Buy it in store next time, the website is beyond shit.
 
Well, I got a new error that says you can't use gamestop credit to buy steam wallet cards...even though I just did earlier today. And now it's back to the general error.

 
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