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| What do you think of as "fair" when dealing with a indie/retro game store? |
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| redblaze57:
If I'm trading in it's either for a pick flip(I bought call of duty black-ops 2 for $2 and used the trade in credit for a copy of Super Luigi U and put a pre-order down for Killer is Dead.) or to get rid of unwanted games in bulk(cheap sports games, cash-in TV and movie games) that would otherwise be hard to sell. I feel it's just knowing when to trade in and when to hold off. Especially when it come to getting enough in to get what you want. |
| Warmsignal:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on May 07, 2014, 12:57:26 am ---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. --- End quote --- Pretty much. This store offered $5 for Mario Party 1 which right now on VGPC is at $28, so 17% of the value, also $5 for Mario 64 which is at an astounding $18 these days, Mario All-Stars which hovers around $15, and Mario Kart 64 which on average fetches $27 these days. Their offer was $20 for all, and those prices were exactly what they would resell them at. |
| MJMaranan:
I guess I can understand if there are special offers, but then again... Sadly, my location is not conveniently near to an indie/retro game store. |
| theflea:
Most of the time when I trade games to these places I expect half of what they sell it for, and trust me if you don't make this clear to them they will try and give under 25% what they sell for. They will only give you half if its store credit but for me I usually only trade in because they have something I want anyway. If you ask for cash you will get bottom dollar. The only other games they are cheap on is sport games. Sometimes you can get a little more if its a really rare / popular game but you'll never get full value unless the owner wants it bad enough for his own collection. |
| teck:
--- Quote from: dashv on May 07, 2014, 12:41:50 am ---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. --- End quote --- Well since the store has a ton of overhead that will never happen.... Utilities, rent, licensing, payroll, etc. mean that there needs to be a significant gap between price items are bought at and sold at just to break even.... Any store offering more than 60% will go out of business anyways just because there will be too little profit to stay open.... That being said, the trick is to offer much larger amounts on the rare stuff to appear to have very good buying prices.... There is no good reason to buy common games for high rates as a retailer, but if someone brings you a Demon's Crest, you naturally be a bit more generous.... |
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