[quote name='Soodmeg']Dude.....

..alright.
First let me start off by saying, I am not trying to bash you in anyway and I am not even really talking about you soley but what the

?
My brain just can not understand how people can trade stuff in at gamestop and be happy that they just got anal raped with no lube what so ever.
Honestly. When the

did video games depreciate at the same rate as cars?There is just no way anyone in the world can convince me that the simply act of walking out of a store will automaticaly drop the value of video game 60%.
I just seriously want to know where your logic is coming from. How could anyone think paying 400 bucks from anything and selling in for less than 200 is anything but retarded.
I only buy things from gamestop...just beause it is cheaper than a new game but I wouldnt never trade anything in.
Again I am not trying to bash you are start a fight I am just really confused by this line of thinking.[/QUOTE]
It was a refurb, the thing ran like shit anyways, and it was really a matter of time before it broke as well.
I wasn't going to get $282 on Ebay after Ebay / Paypal fees, no

ing way, not when new Premium's are going for a little over $300. I saw some guy with the same set up I had and he barely got $280. No way am I going to sell it on Ebay or CAG, and it breaks in two weeks, the buyer is pissed, and they charge back and I'm out that money + I now have ANOTHER dead system.
I was only out $120 or so and I played it for a year... I got my $120 worth. I definitely didn't get "anal raped" at Gamestop because they gave me more than I'd get anywhere else with ZERO hassle, and when it goes DOA, it's not my problem since they tested it.
In return I got FIVE Wii games, a PSP game, a PS2 game, and I still have $35 left over.
I got over $300 worth of games and still have money left over. Works for me! And hey, I'll actually play these games, because it's not the same shit I can get better with on a PC.
I mean, where the hell did you see I got less than $200? I got $282, open your eyes a bit.