Ppl gets con everyday when they trade games. I bought this brand new PSP game..and tried to trade it..they offered me $10 buck when i bought it for $40. I bet, they would sell the same ***** for $30 atleast if not $35. They rippp ppl off so much. I hope these bastards get screwed somehow.

they certainly do rip people off. BUT sometimes a cheap crappy old game is all one can afford... and at least one can get a little dough back for a game they've beaten a thousand times...

back in the days without NoUMD, i picked up a used Legend of Heroes just to fill the UMD drive. So gamestop IS good for something...

i get two to three games for free from gamestop a year thats the only reason i go there i do surveys for erewards and get a 25 dollar gift card four times a year

You had fairly new games that BB is currently accepting trades on. They only accept trades on a very low number of games. GS will take any game.



If you have those old POS games for Xbox and PS2, GS is usually the only option if you don't want them sitting around anymore, since no one else will accept the trade and most people on eBay don't want them either.



Speaking of old *****ty last gen games, I remember a GS employee explaining why they underpay and overcharge so much for used games people want. It's because they have to make up for the money they lose on trades they know they will never sell. IE someone brings some crappy old PS1 game in, GS has to give them $1 for the game because that is their company policy, accept trade on ANY game. They mark that as $1 down the hole, because no one is going to buy it. If that happens one million times a year, that is one million dollars they have to make up for on games people actually buy. And that's just the $1 games, they also have to make up for the $2, $3, $4, $5 etc games that never sell.



GS still sucks tho

if you think thats bad i used to work for the company and it worse with the systems they give you a paltrysum for a system they have thier own place to fix the usualy at around 10-15 bucks and then they sell them back at a high price.so they give you 30 for a psp get it fixed for 10 and sell it for 100-129 refurbished!!! cool huh

I once sold my GC Mario Kart to them for 8 (Euros), then right after I sold it to those scammers a woman came in and bought it for 25.

I should've sold it to her in the first place lol

The price tags. They need to get the tags that you can easily remove because that s*** f**** up the nice covers.

based on ur post who do you think is looking like a "f-ckhead loser"...



if you want to pretend to be somebody "old enough" then do a better job of doing so...



among all the posts here your's is the one that looks like it's written by someone still waiting for his first pu'bes.

which I got for 30 bucks 2 weeks after release from an idiot.



But I find that when I pay the full 60 bucks for a game, I'm much more inclined to play it. And I enjoy it more too.

When I used to pirate psp games I would spend more time downloading games than actually playing them, and I would stop halfway and go to a new game, because I spent no money on the last one. I end up having no respect for the game!



When I buy a ps3 game I think I'm just subconciously convincing myself that those 60 bucks were a good investment. But hey, if I enjoy it more then so be it!

Go and trade in a game and they give you less than five dollars. That same game is sitting on the shelf, all smug looking, with a little yellow price tag that says thrity dollars. Rediculous!



I'm lucky enough to have a locally owned game place just a bit further from me than GS called Game Quest. They offer games from all the way back to the Atari, and they offer new games.



They give me about 3% more than Game Stop, and they have so many better deals. Every weekend, buy 2 DVDs, get 3 free. Huge bin of sports games, usually about 2 years old (Really not bad) for $1 each. They also often have buy 2 used games get 2 used games free. They have tons of odd merchandise like plush Marios.



So much better than Game Stop...:P

You can always use your alternatives! Spend on average $15 per game to sell it on eBay and rip most of your hair out while doing it.

You my friend are a liar. There is no game at a GS anywhere, where they give you less then $5 for then turn that around for $30. That is pure BS.



You must be comparing your scratched up game disc with no manual to a fully boxed item.

just like Microsoft.

I prefer to buy used copies. Its the same game as the new one and I get it for less (especially since I have an Edge Card). I'm only willing to shell out $60 for a game if I think its worth it and sadly most aren't. If they offered the games on the PSN or XboxLive at the same prices as used games I'd have no problem downloading it direct from the developer instead of going out to the store, but alas they charge the same price (or $5 less) then a brand new hard copy which makes me more inclined to wait a week or two to buy a used copy with my edge card. Good example: new copy of Burnout Paradise is $30, PSN download is $30, a used copy with my Edge Card is around $20. $10 puts half a tank of gas into my car. Does that make me a cheap bastard? In my opinion no it doesn't because trying to get a better deal on the same product is a smart thing to do in this economy.



Personally I believe devs and publishers should focus more on DLC providers as a competitor for used game sales. They can easily charge the price of a used physical copy or preferably undercut a used physical copy to become competitive instead of *****ing for someone else to step in for them to put a stop to used sales. It costs significantly less to produce a DRM digital copy like they do on the PSN and Steam then it does to produce a physical copy thus yielding a higher profit potential.

All I have to say is think before you complain. That's how we get into trouble. You say they should do this or that. It's part of there right as a retailer. Any change in rights fall back on everybody. So say they make gamestop pay the developers for a used sale, so will we if we sell a game. They have a right as a retailer to make a profit off of used games. Stop that and we couldn't make a profit off them. Simple economics. It's not just games either. I hear people complain about everything with out thinking how that complaint can effect them and everyone around them. So PLEASE, think about what your saying.. We already have enough problems with are rights as it is...

how about instead of letting it all bother you...use their BS against them! trust me i worked there.



buy used games (use your edge card and look for their buy two get one free sales) then you have 7 days to play the game. and RETURN IT! full money back or hey get something else.



They HATE when people try to use them like they are “gamefly”. but they cant tell you no! tell them to read the fine print. if you “dont like” the game or it “doesnt work right” they cant stop you from returning a used game!



sorry gamestop! when you have *****ty managers that mess with the wrong employee your gonna get screwed!

in gamestop and just as i left GameStop i threw away the recipt and i opened the plastic and i thought that the game would be 1080p

but it was 720p(it says it in the back) and i wlked back to the store and i told him that i want my full money back because i just bought it on his face and he offered $3. SON OF A B*TCH

Going to Gamestop for used games, buying or selling, will do just that to your gaming life: namely, stop it. They're pretty straightforward about their goal: STOP people from playing GAMES (by ripping customers off until they can no longer afford them).



Here's a quick solution:



GameTZ.com



It takes a bit to set up, but that doesn't take any longer than driving to Gamestop and arguing with their managers over some n00b concept. You'll thank me later.

"Why do you keep calling people "kids" and "child?""



I call child mentality when I see it. If you get caught in the line of fire then maybe you need to evaluate yourself.



"Also, what do YOU know about business?"



The possibilities of what I know are limitless. Why do you assume otherwise? Who told you I download ISOs? Seems to me you ASSume a lot!