Wherehouse
FYE
Sam Goody
Strawberries
Coconuts
Specs Music
Streetside Records
which are all subsidiaries of the same insane company are having a promotion that lasts until 01/31/07. Beware, although this SHOULD be a national deal, given the sketchiness of these outfits this deal may in fact be YMMV.
the promotion is as follows...
they have a brown bag available at some stores (should be all) that states you may fill it with used DVDs, CDs and Video Games and get 20% more cash or store credit for your trade in for those items.
it also says if you need more bag space you may BYOB (bring your own bag) which means as many DVDs, CDs and Video Games as you can cart which renders the brown bag a useless gimmick.
those of us that trade at these institutions know that for certain games (dvds, cds) there are some respectable, occasionally great trade in values.
they would normally manually tack on 20% extra credit to whatever the trade value is if you want the store credit instead of cash.
with this deal you get the 20% credit + 20% promo credit for a righteous 40% EXTRA STORE CREDIT on any trades made in January 2007.
the cash trades get 20% promo cash added to the value, which is decent loot depending on the game(s).
remember - the bonus cash/credit must be manually adjusted so keep an eye (or two) open.
this deal has potential but may take some effort.
with so many clearance sales going on (KMART, TRU, Sears, etc) there are some definite winners to trade in:
example:
TRU
Godfather LE (XBOX) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 20.00 + 4.00 extra cash credit = $24.00
Atelier Iris 2 (PS2) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 18.00 + 3.60 extra cash credit = $21.60
Odama (GC) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 15.00 + 3.00 extra cash credit = $18.00
Steambot Chronicles (PS2) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 15.00 + 3.00 extra cash credit = $18.00
check Wherehouse.com for trade in values on any DVD, CD or Video Game - just subtract 20% from the given credit value for your cash value.
this is a deal that you can earn a 100% return of cash/credit on certain games.
beware - the managers look at you like you have a stocking on your head and a gat in your hand when they are forking over $100 dollars cash for 5 games you just traded...
good luck to all
ps - nearly all of the stores that do trades are running this promotion - as usual CSRs are usually clueless about it - just ask them to look up the current promotions. You do not need the silly brown bag although it helps to have so the CSR will have that clue they could use.
pss - beware that some CSR/Managers will give you the runaround because they don't want to get hosed by yet another nonsensical deal (business-wise) foisted upon them by Corporate.
psss - at some stores i have traded at they do have a 2 copy per title limit - that is, when they have 2 used copies of a title in stock they refuse to take anymore. this seems to be YMMV but beware. i guess all those Max Payne 2s were finally noticed by somebody!
FYE
Sam Goody
Strawberries
Coconuts
Specs Music
Streetside Records
which are all subsidiaries of the same insane company are having a promotion that lasts until 01/31/07. Beware, although this SHOULD be a national deal, given the sketchiness of these outfits this deal may in fact be YMMV.
the promotion is as follows...
they have a brown bag available at some stores (should be all) that states you may fill it with used DVDs, CDs and Video Games and get 20% more cash or store credit for your trade in for those items.
it also says if you need more bag space you may BYOB (bring your own bag) which means as many DVDs, CDs and Video Games as you can cart which renders the brown bag a useless gimmick.
those of us that trade at these institutions know that for certain games (dvds, cds) there are some respectable, occasionally great trade in values.
they would normally manually tack on 20% extra credit to whatever the trade value is if you want the store credit instead of cash.
with this deal you get the 20% credit + 20% promo credit for a righteous 40% EXTRA STORE CREDIT on any trades made in January 2007.
the cash trades get 20% promo cash added to the value, which is decent loot depending on the game(s).
remember - the bonus cash/credit must be manually adjusted so keep an eye (or two) open.
this deal has potential but may take some effort.
with so many clearance sales going on (KMART, TRU, Sears, etc) there are some definite winners to trade in:
example:
TRU
Godfather LE (XBOX) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 20.00 + 4.00 extra cash credit = $24.00
Atelier Iris 2 (PS2) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 18.00 + 3.60 extra cash credit = $21.60
Odama (GC) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 15.00 + 3.00 extra cash credit = $18.00
Steambot Chronicles (PS2) - 9.98
Wherehouse/FYE CASH trade in value - 15.00 + 3.00 extra cash credit = $18.00
check Wherehouse.com for trade in values on any DVD, CD or Video Game - just subtract 20% from the given credit value for your cash value.
this is a deal that you can earn a 100% return of cash/credit on certain games.
beware - the managers look at you like you have a stocking on your head and a gat in your hand when they are forking over $100 dollars cash for 5 games you just traded...
good luck to all
ps - nearly all of the stores that do trades are running this promotion - as usual CSRs are usually clueless about it - just ask them to look up the current promotions. You do not need the silly brown bag although it helps to have so the CSR will have that clue they could use.
pss - beware that some CSR/Managers will give you the runaround because they don't want to get hosed by yet another nonsensical deal (business-wise) foisted upon them by Corporate.
psss - at some stores i have traded at they do have a 2 copy per title limit - that is, when they have 2 used copies of a title in stock they refuse to take anymore. this seems to be YMMV but beware. i guess all those Max Payne 2s were finally noticed by somebody!
