[quote name='buffdrew84']Just got hooked up at the play n trade. I love this place.
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I went to trade in some crappy sub 10 dollar games. They gave me $25 store credit. Then he gave me a coupon for 35% extra trade in credit. He also gave me a discount card and a gift card totaling 15 dollars. I picked out dragon age origins and mafia 2, one costing 19.99 and the other 24.99. He told me how about 2 for 20? Clearly i said sure and he rang them up and told me I get 5 dollars off any 3 preorders but i didnt have to actually pick them up if i didnt want to. I pickec rage, gears 3 and battlefield 3. All told i have the 2 games, the three preorders and 7 bucks store credit left.

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wow, i wish we had a play n trade here. i've heard of them before, and can't remember who owns them. we have a store called Game Xchange that is MUCH better than GS, too. not like you mentioned here, but about same as amazon TIVs. they don't sell new games, so i don't trade much stuff there anymore, as i've played just about every old game i wanted to.
the offer 35$ credit on any newer games (games released in the last 3 months, or so). the only accept complete games that are scratch free, which i like cuz when i buy a game it looks new. they don't scavenge the unused dlc's from trade-ins like GS. the have a GREAT cleaning maching, and resurfacer if needed, and let you use it free as long as you don't abuse the privilage. every single thing they sale has a 90 day warranty on it (besides xbl & point cards). also, a 24 hour return policy on every game they sell for any reason - no questions asked. you can rent games for free for a day, basically, & if it sucks, bring it back for something else. the only bad thing is they don't give cash back, ever.
example of suckage: imagine you pay for a game in cash, it sucks & you exchange it for another game, do that several times until you decide you want a refund, and you can only get store credit. that was fine when i was trading in games, since i was paying w/ store credit anyway, but sucks when you see a good deal on, say, marvel VS capcom 3 special edition for 49.99 2 days after release (where it cost $69 or $79 new everywhere), and it has unused dlc, is in immaculate condition, so you buy it with the last bit of cash you had (which was supposed to be for groceries), cuz you knew it wouldn't be there later (cuz even the manager expressed interest if you didn't buy it, cuz it JUST got traded in & he didn't know they had it). after that, you go home and play it all night & next day & just realize how barebones the game is. it's just not for you, so you return to the store for a refund, as you realize you needed groceries worse than you thought. they give you a slip of paper & say, "don't lose it, as we can't replace it if you do."
DUDE! i can't buy groceries with this, or um, theoretically, you can't. that SUCKS. true story (in case you couldn't tell, lol). i ended up just keeping it & selling it on CAG. since they don't sell new games, they are useless to me now. fantastic place to go when you get a new console, though, as it's so much cheaper than GS (w/o having to use coupons or reward cards, etc). they specialize in older gens, so they have everything from current, to intellivisons, colecovisions, atari (all on occasion, as those sell quick, but they have them all pretty regularly).
sorry this turned into a novel. hope you at least read some of it & keep your eyes open for a "Game Xchange". great game store, but may be only in texas. no website, they said

. okay bud, ttyl.
btw, did you trade in spirit tracks? if not, i'm probably gonna get that from you, eventually.