Comments on: Trading in: Avoid being a mug in a mug’s game

By: Jamie Sawyer

Jamie Sawyer — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:41:08 +0000

Just a silly thing, was looking around for info on the Gamestation Offer+£1 deal, and gave the store a quick ring. Turns out that although they do this, it does *not* count in conjunction with any “trade in 2 games and get £5 off a new game offer.”

Still, I managed to pick up 2 copies of FIFA 09 for 99p each to lop £5 off Cataclysm tonight, alongside the £1.25 in Gamestation Elite Card points for my first trade-in. Reminds me of getting an HDMI cable for half price by picking up a 1p copy of WoW from Game

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Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:56:59 +0000

[...] it to your squad. At time of writing CEX is even offering £32 exchange or £30 cash for it, and Gamestation will match that to £33, so if you hate it you’ll be able to shift it pretty easily, and at a profit. [...]

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:03:04 +0000

It is true you can often get more doing this, but it’s not always true, and the convenience of trading in it definitely worth something.

By: Abe

Abe — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:40:57 +0000

You know what’s even better? Actually selling the games online yourself. You’re right, it really is a mug’s game, and you don’t have to play it.

Just check out the prices on eBay/whatever first to see if it’s worth it. Or better yet, try and sell it to a friend of a friend, there’ll always be someone who wants a certain game.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:28:16 +0000

Yeah, I try extra hard to be friendly to my local one, because I am pretty sure that they know that they make very little money from me.

By: KKSlider1337

KKSlider1337 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:19:37 +0000

I’ve done this so many times. The Gamestation I frequent is blatantly starting to get fed up of me doing this. One of the latest deals I got was on an old 30gb 5th gen ipod; they would have given me around £40 but using this I got £68 for it. It was in pretty rubbish condition too. A couple of days later I saw it in the shop window for just £69.99 . Along with this ipod and some old games using this method, I got enough credit eventually to buy a new 80gb fat PS3 and unchartered 2, for £210. The manager seems to be getting so fed up of me I’m getting a tad scared to go in anymore though, so lately I’ve actually been trading in to CEX themselves because their games prices have been decent for some titles recently, like £12 each for R&C crack in time, the playstation eye, infamous and COD: world at war (beware some of these prices may have gone up since, I believe the former 2 are still this price though.) Gotta love being able to check their prices online beforehand too.

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:07:53 +0000

We take reciepts from the store in question (just ask for a list of the values for each game so you can have a think) and yes, if we’re not busy, we’ll ring up, because we care more about customer loyalty than making a profit on that particular day

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:37:01 +0000

Yeah, the 40 miles did seem pretty big. Luckily for me there is one just over 10 miles away anyway even if they did change the range.

Huh, that’s odd, mine said that a printout was mandatory for their records. How would you guys do it? Phone the store in question?

By: Chase

Chase — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:58:52 +0000

The Gamestation I work in doesn’t have a CEX within our range, which is the town the store is based in. I’m actually surprised that other’s have a 40mile range, that seems a little large. We also wouldn’t take a printout from a website, so do be warned everyone that it’ll not work in every one.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:32:36 +0000

CEX have branches too, and the prices they offer in store are the same as the ones they list on their site.

You’d struggle to find anywhere in the UK that isn’t 40 miles from a CEX too.

By: George

George — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:51:05 +0000

I’m kinda confused – the manager said “only within 40 miles”, but a website fulfils that requirement? Their loss, I guess.

By: SteVader

SteVader — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:24:29 +0000

Nice tips there Lewie, well done and thanks.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:06:16 +0000

Dude, why would you want to trade in “Manshooter 7: The bulleting”? That game is awesome!!!

By: WimpoD

WimpoD — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:36:50 +0000

Man, this website really is the bee’s knees. Thanks for the info.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:37:23 +0000

Depends, if what you wanted to but was a lot cheaper in Gamestation (more than likely in the case of CEX), and it’s only a matter of a quid or two, then maybe not.

Also, for me, the Gamestation is 10 miles from CEX.

The thing is, store credit in all stores is not equal.

By: Zilla360

Zilla360 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:23:06 +0000

The only bad thing about CEX is the queues, that and the fact they’re almost always out of cash.

By: Grim...

Grim... — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:04 +0000

“He said that generally they would only refuse to honour the policy if it was a game that they sold for less than the price they would have to beat, which seems like a good compromise. I imagine in those situations you could negotiate a compromise if you wanted to.”
Surely the best thing to do in this situation is to take them back to the store that originally made that offer?