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| Warmsignal:
I'm just curious, if anyone of you have dealt with them before. More so than buying, I am specifically talking about selling items to these stores? Do they treat you right? Do they give you fair store credit? Is it basically a bad idea to sell your items to these stores? So I went in to trade a few things along with someone today. I didn't expect much, because what I brought in was modern and junky titles that I didn't even consider part of my collection, just junk I had. Six games, and I was surprised when they said I could get $10 in credit. For what I took in, I thought that was decent. I understand they need to make money on them..... So the person I along went with brings in a handful cartridge era Mario titles as trade material, and despite the fact that Price Charting average says one of them is retailing nearly at $25 alone, he gets offered $20 for the whole lot of four Mario games. This knowing that he wanted store credit so that the money goes back into the store, and knowing us as repeat customers who spend good money there. So basically, you're better off bringing in junk than bringing in high demand games if you're trying to get ahead there. I would have sat on those junky games for a long time hoping to make more than $10 total on them. But selling old Mario games at full market value is a cakewalk, especially on eBay. So there's just no incentive to bring the good stuff to this store, which is sad. Maybe I'm wrong, but it didn't seem like a fair offer. He didn't accept either. Sure, you aren't going to get full retail out of selling to a reseller, but that seemed like a low-ball offer to me considering what he had. Especially when the store says they base selling prices in line with Price Charting, so it's not like you're getting special prices as a buyer. I don't know. |
| MJMaranan:
Indie, retro, or not, I never trade in games to stores anymore when making deals with other people are better, in my experience. The trade credits I get for my game aren't even worth it since for that price, I could enjoy and keep the game instead. As far as trading with people, at the very least, the trade is more reasonable. |
| dashv:
--- Quote from: MJMaranan on May 07, 2014, 12:00:01 am ---Indie, retro, or not, I never trade in games to stores anymore when making deals with other people are better, in my experience. The trade credits I get for my game aren't even worth it since for that price, I could enjoy and keep the game instead. As far as trading with people, at the very least, the trade is more reasonable. --- End quote --- I agree. I wouldn't trade at a store unless they offered "same value" trade in. Since most don't I either hang on to what I have, or when the occasional dupe finds it's way to my home I either ebay it or trade it with someone. |
| bikingjahuty:
I only trade games that I know aren't worth selling on Ebay (typically games worth under $7 or so), but never to indi-game stores. The reason being is I've noticed they give the least store credit and cash, at least the ones in my area do. Most of them give about a 25% of the games' sellable value in cash and 30-50% cash. However, a few stores are almost as bad as pawn shops, giving people as little as 10% cash and 15% store credit for games. I understand they have to make a profit, but 10% is insulting if you ask me. If I do trade games it is to a local used media store that has pretty inflated prices, but luckily they give good store credit based off their typically inflated prices. I got $8 credit ofr an XBOX copy of Fable once, was pretty happy about that lol. But yeah, the vast majority of time I never trade games in, anywhere. My doubles either go on Ebay or to local collectors who I trade with. You lose too much money when doing business with game stores. |
| argyle:
You guys must be doing it wrong, I trade games in fairly often and almost never lose anything - more often than not I get more than what I originally paid. The trick is taking advantage of trade-in specials. And yeah, I ebay too but there are many times I look up the average going price of something on ebay, deduct fees & shipping and see I'd be much better off just trading the game in. There is only one "indie" store around here that I'm aware of and they are an enormous rip-off, so I'm talking about the big chains (GS & BB). |
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