kain_kusanagi said:
I think it's easier to take a picture, post an auction, and drop into the mail inside a flat rate envelope. It's easy and nets often nets twice what Game Stop would give you. And it's money not credit. I honestly have nothing again Game Stop. I'm not one of those haters who has some person grudge against the company. I just think trading in games for a tiny fraction of their worth is a bad financial decision. But then again, I very rarely sell my games. I keep a very large collection with items dating back to the 70s all the way to today. But when I do decide to get rid of a game I sell it for what it's worth instead of trading it in for a pittance. |
It all depends. With ebay, you are paying for shipping and handling, you are paying a fee to ebay. You are risking the buyer completely screwing you depending by disputing the product on paypal. I personally sell to friends or on ebay, but I could understand why some people don't. Not everyone is technologically savvy.
Also if you wait for special gamestop deals you can get a very reasonable amount of credit for your games. Just a small personal example. When modern warfare 2 came out gamestop had a list of games you can trade in, 2 for $40 credit towards MW2. Two of those games were Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty 4. Both games had direct sequels come out those holidays, and by then retailed for under $30 new. There is no way you could have gotten $20 for those games from ebay after shipping costs and transaction fees. Gamestop was a better deal then since I knew I wanted MW2 and it wasn't for sale anywhere, so it was a very good deal for me.
I do agree with you. Those who bring in a couple dozen games and just trade them all in for cash will get screwed. But if you wait on special deals and incentivies you can get more gamestop credit than cash from ebay.
