Did you even bother trying to see it from their perspective. Before you came on here to tear them a new one. They are in a supply and demand business. Based on the huge bargain bins filled with hundreds of PS2 games. I have to go out on a limb here and say. Their supply of these games is far exceeding the demand. These shops are usually found in more affluent venues, and thus see more affluent customers. Which surprisingly enough probably are more keen on games for new consoles. Then old games for defunct consoles.
Meanwhile the small independent game shop in a less affluent market probably has a better disposition. They often are catering to a poorer demographic. Which is the same demographic that has a lot more last gen console owners. Which means they will probably see greater demand for your games, and they are probably not sitting on hundreds or thousands of these games collecting dust. Hell a lot of the time they have a captive market.
Look I am not outright defending all their practices, but you were living in a fools paradise. It doesn't seem to be the case that they are ripping you off. Seven bargain bin games that might fetch them ten dollars if they can sell them is actually pretty fair. Considering how much risk they are taking on. I applaud the fact that you shopped around until you could find someone that could pay you more. It just seems to me that EB is probably ahead of the curve while your local shop is behind the curve. Give them another year, and their prices will match EB. Hell in another year EB will probably not be taking PS2 games in for trade.
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