Trade in value?

CountingCrows

Folks,

Haven't traded in games before so looking so get a guide in case I'm taken as a chump! I'm trading in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (sealed) and WWF Smackdown for CoD4, how much should I expect to get for my 2 games?

dazftw

hmm well considering I went into gamestop a few days after assassins creed came out and they offered me 20 for it, I think you would be better off using adverts.ie

Other than that I don't think you will get much I have to trade in a game with some sort of visual indication it was mine... I can see how much there reselling it for, probably nearly full price BASTARDS!!!

Hope this helps

NewBalance

about a total of €10 - sealed or unsealed.


Then the shop you traded them in at will put them on sale at a €5 less the full price of a New Game.

The shop makes more money on 'Pre-Owned' than on New games - and none of the money they make goes to the developers of the Games.

They say Piracey stifles the Gaming Industry - I say the 'Pre-Owned' market contributes more

note the call them 'pre-owned' and not 2nd hand? That way a game can be bought and traded over and over...

neacy69

i dont think the 2nd hand values are quite as low as you lads are makings. I got decent value for any games i traded in such as Fifa 08 i got €45 (xtra-vision) for it about 4 weeks after release. Also traded a crappy poker game and got €25 (gamestop) for it and it was about a year old

dazftw

It really is disgraceful.. The best excuse anyone could have now is if the game is only new and you don't like it.. bring it back to the shop and get your mother to go in and say the little fella changed his mind for christmas hes wants... Oh I cant remember.. its something like Massive effection? lol

"Oh yea love I know the game, one second ill get it for you now"

did that only awhile ago with assassins creed for kane and lynch!



EDIT: Most pre-owned games in my gamestop in town are 55 - 60 euro!

CountingCrows

Jebus - thats pretty depressing, I thought I'd get at least 15quid each for them.

CountingCrows

Any place known for giving better values than others, e.g Game, Gamestop, Xtravision? That said I suppose whoever is selling CoD4 cheapest is probably the best bet

sweetie

have a look at this thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055200477

CountingCrows

sweetie wrote: »

have a look at this thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055200477

Thanks - hopefully I'll be able to use those tips for the sealed game

el dude

I refuse to trade in games on principle. I think it's sick that many places are making money on the same game more than once.

There used to be a site. gameswapireland.ie Seems to have shut down but before it was i manged to swap a couple of games for other games.

Batesy

I traded Pro Evo 2008, FIFA 08 and Tiger Woods 08 (All pretty recent releases) and got 70 euro in xtra vision on Sunday.

sell them on adverts. I hate the preowned games in game and so on. You can buy a preowned game for €5 cheaper then the new game. Its sick .

thegoth

One answer. E bay. I buy and sell alot of games there. I nuy them cheaper and sell for more. Everyone wins (well except the developer )

silvine

Adverts.ie is always a good bet as the postage costs are minimal. Ebay seems cheap but buy the time you pay postage (for Hong Kong or whereever) you're only really saving a fiver here and there. Anyone who has had better luck feel free to post up some links for decent powersellers.

Trading in is a funny business. I got offered E12 for Rainbow Six: Vegas in Gamestop and Xtravision. I paid E50 for it second hand in September and ended up selling it on adverts. A while back, Game paid me E20 for Gears of War. It was a bundled copy which I had paid E25 for in Xtravision in August!

It seems like sometimes you can make a bit of cash and sometimes they righlty screw you.

Gamestop seems to be the worst for this. E55 for a pre-owned games is a joke. Xtravision normally have a good selection of second hand games for sale at reasonable prices though.