So I go into my local Gamestop the other day to buy a new game - and I brought in my copy of The Division to trade in. When the guy rings me up, I noticed that there was hardly any drop-off in price of the new game. I asked how much the trade in value was for The Division, and the guy tells me $2.15.

$2.15!!!

I cancel the transaction and take The Division to my local retro video game store and get $20 store credit for it, and end up buying the new game I wanted at Best Buy.

I had stopped going to Gamestop years before for similar practices. I had only stopped by this location because I happened to be at that shopping center for other reasons- and was delusional to think that they had somehow changed their ways.

Never again!

Really looking forward to the day this place shutters their windows  for good!

LOLLLLLLL I would rather give it away for free to a friend or workmate or even a stranger than the sell it to that place for $2.15... You can't even get a friggin meal from McDonalds for that lol.

Wow... that is horrible. But in all honesty you can buy it used here for ~20$ and here games are usually uber expensive :|

LOL

Thats some serious horrible practice by gamestop.

The Division is $9.99 new on Amazon at the moment I suggest you buy 100 copies and trade them in.

This is true.  That's why they say, don't hate the player, hate the game. 

That's a bee-sting to the penis of a trade in. Maybe a wasp sting. I avoided going there for some years, for a variety of reasons, and mostly went to Best Buy and Future Shop. I have been going back to GameStop ( EB Games in Canada ) more again though because it's literally the only place I can buy new Vita games. Got 2 yesterday. lol. I had some idea as to the rip-off of trade ins, but I think it's gotten worse since I traded in the DS Lite, which was the last time I used them for trade ins.

I hope gamestop never goes under. I hope they are still in business. Eventhough we are going digital, they can go retro/ sell gaming accessories. We need workers dang it.

about tuh fiddy...?

I wonder, how do they even keep afloat? Are there so many doofuses out there who sell a game they bought at full price for a double cheeseburger?

Actually GameStop is going under. Read this.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/28/why-gamestop-is-closing-over-120-stores.aspx

With Amazon giving me 20% off new games, even two weeks after they release, its no wonder GameStop is doomed. Here is some more recent GameStop news. https://consumerist.com/2016/08/03/gamestop-acquires-507-new-att-dealer-stores/