[YMMV] Ebgames New trade in Rules (found out today) 1 per person ONLY

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I went yesterday and Traded in R RACING (cube) and SOUL CAL 2 (ps2) for a total of 18 bucks (that was the only 2 games i had on me at that time) Well I went back today with a stack of 12 different games and gave them to the person. The first 10 games rang up without a problem but when they got to SOUL and Racing the computer wouldnt take them. After about 5 mins the dude ask if i traded in these games before and i was like i traded in 1 of each yesterday. The dude behind the counter said this news was just passed down this weekend from the main eb office

FROM THE EBGAME OFFICE

We will know only take 1 Copy per person of the same game total. This is 1 game total this isnt 1 per visit , 1 per day its 1 GAME TOTAL.

They said they are now going to be using the ID for tracking to make sure that each person is only allowed to trade in 1 of the same game. I asked is that per store or per city (since we have 3) and the dude said they didnt know they think its per store BUT It might go Per City.. I asked why did they do it and it seems TOO many people were making a profit off ebgames with their trade in deals .. The dude mention (CC, TRU and BB by name and how cheap you can get some of these games)

SO if anyone has a stack of the same game they hope to dump off to ebgames get there ASAP cause how this sounds if its not in your area now its going to be Very very soon.

I went to two stores today and both of them put my info into the computer on what games i traded in
 
I'm not surprised by this move one bit, since we can name a few CAGs around here that have been trading in 10+ copies of a single title, if not more. :roll:

Makes me glad I didn't succumb to the buy-at-TRU-and-trade-at-EB cycle. Kudos to those that did, though you may have stiffed your fellow CAGs who didn't jump on it as quickly as you might have.
 
Crap! And I haven't even made one trip to EB yet. I was going to go tonight. Well, I hope the kid I met at TRU who works at EB will get around this for me somehow, seeing as I have a couple copies of a few of my titles... (He told me he would trade in as many multiples as I had.)
 
Gotta love the idiots who use good deals dozens of times in a short time span to set off alarms and in turn ruin that deal for those you use them occasionally, like they should. Thanks assholes (you know who you are).
 
[quote name='shrike4242'] Kudos to those that did, though you may have stiffed your fellow CAGs who didn't jump on it as quickly as you might have.[/quote]
yea u bastards maybe some of us acually wanted to play the olsen twins game!! :lol:
 
[quote name='slidecage']I asked why did they do it and it seems TOO many people were making a profit off ebgames with their trade in deals.[/quote]

Really, why would they care about this? EBgames should be offering the price they think is fair for a trade-in game because they are going to turn around and sell it themselves. If they can't figure out what the value of a game is, then they probably shouldn't be in the games business. And if they think they are getting screwed by paying too much for a game, then they should obviously pay less for it.

Of course, it's their decision whether to purchase a game or not, it just seems that they don't really know what they're doing, or that they're buying used games to get people to purchase more games.
 
I made sure to dump off a majority of the worst games first at EB in three deals using friends. I only have a one, maybe two doubles remaining so I'm luckily getting away without too much hassle. I think that I only had three or so Ejay or MusicMakers to begin with. I'm sure this is from all those people and their 18 Primals'.
 
[quote name='bil4l']Gotta love the idiots who use good deals dozens of times in a short time span to set off alarms and in turn ruin that deal for those you use them occasionally, like they should. Thanks assholes (you know who you are).[/quote]

Oh screw that. It's been TWO WEEKS since this deal was announced. That's YOUR problem if you couldn't find a couple of free hours in a two week period to go down to EB and get the deal done.

Someone call the waaaaaaahmbulance for this guy.
 
I just came from my local EB Games (Columbia, MD), and around noon today they were still accepting both JamPacks and two copies of the same game. I'm certainly happy with the profit I've made from the small number of items I've traded in so far. Still if my EB does decide I can't trade in anything more, I understand and am content with the trade-ins I've already done there. If EB decides to start taking away my credit from previous trades however. . .
 
[quote name='mmn'][quote name='bil4l']Gotta love the idiots who use good deals dozens of times in a short time span to set off alarms and in turn ruin that deal for those you use them occasionally, like they should. Thanks assholes (you know who you are).[/quote]

Oh screw that. It's been TWO WEEKS since this deal was announced. That's YOUR problem if you couldn't find a couple of free hours in a two week period to go down to EB and get the deal done.

Someone call the waaaaaaahmbulance for this guy.[/quote]

i think the collective CAG community has been raping EB for more than two weeks.....
 
[quote name='iheartmetal']

i think the collective CAG community has been raping EB for more than two weeks.....[/quote]

I think EB has been raping consumers for more than 10 years on trade in value...so what's two weeks of the consumer doing it to them?
 
[quote name='_heretic']Really, why would they care about this? EBgames should be offering the price they think is fair for a trade-in game because they are going to turn around and sell it themselves. If they can't figure out what the value of a game is, then they probably shouldn't be in the games business. And if they think they are getting screwed by paying too much for a game, then they should obviously pay less for it.

Of course, it's their decision whether to purchase a game or not, it just seems that they don't really know what they're doing, or that they're buying used games to get people to purchase more games.[/quote]

You nailed it there. They buy used both to make a profit AND to attract gamers to their store.

However, if this whole 'one copy' thing proves true, I wouldn't be surprised. How many times in the past year have you seen stores have massive blowout sales on games? Think how many thousands upon thousands of games were spewed into circulation due to $5 and $10 price tags. The 'we buy used' deals EB ran don't seem so hot (to the powers that be) when they start to lose money instead of profit. It's tough trying to sell a used copy of Haven for $12 when everyone and his brother raids CC or Best Buy to pick it up new for $5.

Chances are most of those cheap games people are trading multiple copies of are garbage that wouldn't move to begin with. Why would EB want more of a game they'll have trouble selling as well? It makes sense from a business standpoint, though it's disappointing from a CAG POV.

All that said, if they implement this fully (meaning you are tracked nationally, not just at particular stores), then I'd like to see them throw us a bone by loosening the exclusion lists a bit. The new policy would keep them from taking a bath, and it would be nice to see an exclusion list that doesn't have half the games made in the past four years.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']I'm not surprised by this move one bit, since we can name a few CAGs around here that have been trading in 10+ copies of a single title, if not more. :roll:

Makes me glad I didn't succumb to the buy-at-TRU-and-trade-at-EB cycle. Kudos to those that did, though you may have stiffed your fellow CAGs who didn't jump on it as quickly as you might have.[/quote]

The TRU-EB sale isn't why this happened. It's been going on for months now.

I can't say that I blame EB. They're a business, and they're trying to make a profit. Having hundreds of copies of eJay Clubworld isn't the way to do that. Besides...beyond CAG users, who is this really going to hurt? The vast majority of casual gamesr are only going to have one copy of a given game, so it won't affect them if they ever do decide to trade their collection in.

This is custom-tailored to stop people like us from abusing their system. And I actually approve of this. Why?

With any luck, stores adopting this policy will cut down on hoarding games at sales like these. There's still the eBay crowd, yes, but there should be more copies of the games available for people like me, who buy them to play them.
 
[quote name='scsg75'][quote name='iheartmetal']

i think the collective CAG community has been raping EB for more than two weeks.....[/quote]

I think EB has been raping consumers for more than 10 years on trade in value...so what's two weeks of the consumer doing it to them?[/quote]

trade in values have to be low in order to make a profit, do you realize how many shitty games get traded in and dont sell, do you know how many copies of kessen every gamestop and eb have, so think about how many copies of corvette theyre actually going to sell after you trade in 5
 
[quote name='PsyClerk']It's tough trying to sell a used copy of Haven for $12 when everyone and his brother raids CC or Best Buy to pick it up new for $5.[/quote]

While it may seem as if everyone and his brother raids all the retail clearance sales, I doubt that the majority of casual gamers get caught up in any of this. They simply go buy what they want when they want and don't worry too much about the prices of their individual games. (Of course, these are the people who only keep 5-10 games total at any one time and regularly trade these in to EB, Gamestop, et. al. at "rape me" prices.)
 
The sale is going on til 2/27/05. Just chill guys. Its going to require a little driving. Hopefully you have multiple different copies of the games that you bought at TRU. If ya'll got 40+ Primals then you SOL. Sorry dude(ette).
 
I just hope they still let me pair up a jampack or Exibition disc with each of my actual games. I've already traded in 2 Exibition discs, and have 3 more I've got paired up with some of my old games (crosses fingers)
 
EB's are frequently in malls where rent is multiple thousands per month. After getting raped on rent and people trading in outdated sports titles, they're forced to give shitty amounts for games. Oh and no one forces you to take your games to EB and trade em in.
 
I agree with you Gothic_Walrus that this should cut down the hoarding and let us gamers have a chance to buy and play.
 
[quote name='Gothic_Walrus'][quote name='shrike4242']I'm not surprised by this move one bit, since we can name a few CAGs around here that have been trading in 10+ copies of a single title, if not more. :roll:

Makes me glad I didn't succumb to the buy-at-TRU-and-trade-at-EB cycle. Kudos to those that did, though you may have stiffed your fellow CAGs who didn't jump on it as quickly as you might have.[/quote]

The TRU-EB sale isn't why this happened. It's been going on for months now.

I can't say that I blame EB. They're a business, and they're trying to make a profit. Having hundreds of copies of eJay Clubworld isn't the way to do that. Besides...beyond CAG users, who is this really going to hurt? The vast majority of casual gamesr are only going to have one copy of a given game, so it won't affect them if they ever do decide to trade their collection in.

This is custom-tailored to stop people like us from abusing their system. And I actually approve of this. Why?

With any luck, stores adopting this policy will cut down on hoarding games at sales like these. There's still the eBay crowd, yes, but there should be more copies of the games available for people like me, who buy them to play them.[/quote]

The TRU-EB sale might've been the final step that pushed them towards this. And I agree completely, them taking in 20 copies of Primal means they'll have to sell them somewhere, that store or somewhere else in the EB chain.

Won't really hurt anyone besides the CAGs, though I think that the people that saw quick profit in turning in eJay Clubworld or the like in bulk will be bemoaning it.

I buy my games to play them, and when I pick up multiples of games, it's for turning around to CAGs for cost + shipping, not to toss into EB or GS as trade-in fodder. I found my games at TRU that I wanted, from what I've seen this past week, that was about the last time I would have found them.
 
[quote name='Zmonkay']I just hope they still let me pair up a jampack or Exibition disc with each of my actual games. I've already traded in 2 Exibition discs, and have 3 more I've got paired up with some of my old games (crosses fingers)[/quote]

I just unloaded 3 different Jampacks and one Exhibition for $20. Probably the last trade I make if this policy crosses stores. You probably will be able to get rid of your last few demo discs.
 
[quote name='vherub']im surprised there was also no announcement saying store credit could not then be applied to buying a psp[/quote]

Really? I thought several people in another thread had already reported having paid off their PSP through trade-in credit. Perhaps this is yet another instance of YMMV, good at one store and not at another.
 
[quote name='phatbunbao'][quote name='shrike4242'] Kudos to those that did, though you may have stiffed your fellow CAGs who didn't jump on it as quickly as you might have.[/quote]
yea u b******s maybe some of us acually wanted to play the olsen twins game!! :lol:[/quote]

*looks around for Big Nick...*
 
[quote name='phatbunbao'][quote name='shrike4242'] Kudos to those that did, though you may have stiffed your fellow CAGs who didn't jump on it as quickly as you might have.[/quote]
yea u bastards maybe some of us acually wanted to play the olsen twins game!! :lol:[/quote]

Damn, if that's funny, I sure as hell missed it. :roll:
 
Wait a minute, now how exactly do they track you? I went with my dad the first time, and traded in the games, and he signed the thing. So if the next time my mom did it, how could they tell I already traded it in? Especially if it is at a different EBGames?
 
They ask for your address and telephone number on the trade-in agreement slip. Unless your folks live at different locations (not all that uncommon given increasing divorce rates), EB is probably going to notice repeat trade-ins from the same household address even if the names on top are different.
 
From what I'm hearing, I'm going to assume the EB Point-of-sale system doesn't keep the data for trade-ins for the entire country or even a specific area (Southeast US) just for the local store, so you should be able to go to 5 different EB’s and trade in the same games. Can anyone confirm this??

Kevin
 
This is good for the people that always get fucked over when deals like the TRU one come. What used to happen is some assholes would buy 50+ of games, and leave none for anybody else. Then, the casual gamer that just wanted 1 or 2 for pleasure and possibly a little profit gets nothing cus some asshole wanted his PSP for free on the first day. However, I think the limit is a little EXTREME. They should maybe have a limit of 1 of the same game per deal, instead of 1 total.
 
[quote name='cyberlian']just put a different name and # down, duhhh. They don't check id's.[/quote]

Yes they do. At both of the EBs that I've traded games in at, they've asked to see my driver's license.

They're supposed to; if they don't, then chances are it's because the employees are just being lazy.
 
I saw this coming a mile away. EB and GS were getting screwed over by these sales and we all know they like to be the ones screwing others over instead of being on the recieving end. I guess on the plus side it will cut down on hoarding, but really, the games most of these guys were trading in are probably something most people wouldn't want. Most of the people on here were buying jampacks and primals and other crap that would have just sat there anyway.
 
I suspected that this would happen. When I traded games in on Saturday, I overheard one clerk ask the other what my name was (as if they were keeping track, but I didn't think they would start using their computers to keep track.)


EB asks for name,address, phone number, and I believe they keep track of your ID number also.
 
[quote name='scsg75'][quote name='iheartmetal']

i think the collective CAG community has been raping EB for more than two weeks.....[/quote]

I think EB has been raping consumers for more than 10 years on trade in value...so what's two weeks of the consumer doing it to them?[/quote]

I know EB has been doing so. They deserve having to put up with us CAGs.
 
[quote name='evilmax17']How do they know who is trading in the games? Do they take your phone number or something?[/quote]

I do recall having to fill in my phone number, name and address. Ahh I see now.
 
[quote name='onikage'][quote name='scsg75'][quote name='iheartmetal']

i think the collective CAG community has been raping EB for more than two weeks.....[/quote]

I think EB has been raping consumers for more than 10 years on trade in value...so what's two weeks of the consumer doing it to them?[/quote]

I know EB has been doing so.[/quote]

It's not rape when both parties consent. :wink:

When they offer you $.50 for Mister Mosquito, you have every right to say "To hell with that!" and walk away.
 
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