Buying games on teh cheap - till May 3rd

Owwmykneecap

I love you guys so, I should share here rather than just mention it in the chat.

You will need:
1x Gamestop
1x Other retailer dealing with secondhand games.
2 tbsp fresh ground ginger

Method:
1. Print this pdf http://www.gamestop.ie/locale/statics/TradeIn600Titles.pdf at gas mark A4 for 15 minutes
2. Buy the three cheapest titles you can find in your local flea pit
3. Go to game stop and trade along with €3
4. That's no moon

Serves 1- 4 players.

BB, MvC3, MK9 or just portal for €24 or lower (7 quid a pop + €3 if you were wondering)

I'll finally pick up Marvel hopefully by the weekend.

Misty Chaos

Thanks for the heads up, man!

I have 3 of these titles already in my collection that I don't care about anyway;

COD:MW
FIFA 11 ( Freebie with the new xbox to keep the brother quiet... he now has his own gaff so I'll be trading this in, thank you )
MvC3 ( The poor netcode killed this game for me )

Heh, I only intended on renting MK9, now I can easily afford to buy it!
( as long as its one of the selected titles, that is )

K.O.Kiki

You assume I have ever bought titles which were not good enough to keep for life.

Owwmykneecap

I'm saying you should go out of your way to do it.

Sairus

Sound lad. Cheap MK9 is definitely worth a bit of shopping around.

Placebo

i have FARCRY2 and BLACKOPS
both i brought to trade in today for MK9

but not sure if i have anything else
LEFT FOR DEAD 2 is on the list but not the first one, KINDA RIP OFF
but il check for other cheap old titles

thanks

FutureGuy

Seems like a great offer...however when GS normally run this offer, the "new titles" they refer to are usually 2-3 weeks old. I would be stunned if the likes of MK9 and Portal are on this list. It'll probably be the likes of MVC3, Bulletstorm and Mass Effect 2 (PS3).

I won't be able to drop into GS until this evening, but if anyone can confirm the games that can be bought using this deal, it'd be great to know!

A lot of games have passed me by recently and I have a ton of games on that list.

unky chop chop

Crapola, I forget to bring my games in to trade for MK.
Are gamestops or Xtravision and the like open on good friday?

Placebo

dont see why not, its not a bank holiday

Sairus

Right, I'm just after being burned by this, so be careful : THAT LIST IS NOT UP TO DATE
A newer list of 500 games was released last week. Most of the game listed above no longer count towards the offer.
Mortal Kombat and Portal 2 are covered under the new list though, so you can still work the system - just not as easilly as I tried earlier.

GAME have a deal on at the moment for a bunch of pre-owned games. FarCry 2, SOCOM Confrontation and Namco Classics Museum cost a total of €23. Plus the €3 for the deal you can grab MK9 for €26 (and a free poster :pac:)

Since I was not aware of the updated list (and Gamestop's manager neglected to tell me about it earlier when I went in to confirm that some games were on it. Asshole.) I ended up still paying €50 for MK9, plus a stack of other random games I'll probably never play :pac:

Misty Chaos

Thanks for the heads up, Sai. I say its best checking with gamestop if the games I intend trading in are still good with this offer.

FutureGuy

Sairus wrote: »

Right, I'm just after being burned by this, so be careful : THAT LIST IS NOT UP TO DATE
A newer list of 500 games was released last week. Most of the game listed above no longer count towards the offer.
Mortal Kombat and Portal 2 are covered under the new list though, so you can still work the system - just not as easilly as I tried earlier.

GAME have a deal on at the moment for a bunch of pre-owned games. FarCry 2, SOCOM Confrontation and Namco Classics Museum cost a total of €23. Plus the €3 for the deal you can grab MK9 for €26 (and a free poster :pac:)

Since I was not aware of the updated list (and Gamestop's manager neglected to tell me about it earlier when I went in to confirm that some games were on it. Asshole.) I ended up still paying €50 for MK9, plus a stack of other random games I'll probably never play :pac:

Unlucy Sai, they have a habit of doing that. I'll ceck to see if they have an updated list in store. There were too many games on that list that were too good to be true (Banjo Nuts n Bolts can be picked up for less than a tenner).

Portal 2 AND MK9 released on the same day....ugh.

unky chop chop

Damn it..
I just found Lips,Far cry 2 and Alan wake for total of 18 bob in Smiths at lunch:(

Misty Chaos

I can confirm that COD:MW, FIFA 11 and MvC3 are all still the list. I now own MK9 for only 3 euro!

chueytoo

Vanquish and star ocean you can get for like 10 euro in hmv, they are on the list. also every easy to find ^_^

K.O.Kiki

I still have to buy Vanquish, poor Platinum games can't seem to get a break.

Owwmykneecap

Sairus wrote: »

Right, I'm just after being burned by this, so be careful : THAT LIST IS NOT UP TO DATE
A newer list of 500 games was released last week. Most of the game listed above no longer count towards the offer.
Mortal Kombat and Portal 2 are covered under the new list though, so you can still work the system - just not as easilly as I tried earlier.

GAME have a deal on at the moment for a bunch of pre-owned games. FarCry 2, SOCOM Confrontation and Namco Classics Museum cost a total of €23. Plus the €3 for the deal you can grab MK9 for €26 (and a free poster :pac:)

Since I was not aware of the updated list (and Gamestop's manager neglected to tell me about it earlier when I went in to confirm that some games were on it. Asshole.) I ended up still paying €50 for MK9, plus a stack of other random games I'll probably never play :pac:

That is not on, it explicitly says it runs to May 3rd. What a bunch of *****.
We should go on liveline on monday. you'd get your money back sharpish

Owwmykneecap

Here is the list "valid" until May 26th http://www.gamestop.ie/locale/statics/Trade%20in%20500%20titles%20Euro.pdf

But after sairus's experience, be careful.

Sai you should write a letter of complaint for that.

Placebo

unky chop chop wrote: »

Damn it..
I just found Lips,Far cry 2 and Alan wake for total of 18 bob in Smiths at lunch:(

all them for €18? so if i got those, i can get MK9 for €3?

unky chop chop

Don't think they are on the new list...
I paid 50 quid for it in xtra vision and I feel violated

Owwmykneecap

print off the old list, point out the date and demand it.

chueytoo

I just went into the store and took a list. Went to hmv next door found 3 games on it for 8-9 euro grabed 3 copys and got mk for 33 euro which is better then the 49 euro price. did the same with portal so I'm all good:D

yeah the list you posted with the games seemed way to easy to get, so i went in and got the list they had to make sure.

chueytoo

Misty Chaos wrote: »

I can confirm that COD:MW, FIFA 11 and MvC3 are all still the list. I now own MK9 for only 3 euro!

:eek: why would you trade in mvc3??

FutureGuy

OK, from what I can see, the holy grail game on the current list is LOTR: Conquest on Xbox 360. I bought in xtravision for 5 euro so keep an eye out for that one.

Got 3 games for 25 and traded them in for Portal 2 (28 euro in total). Then found 3 old games at home and got MK.

Normally, these trade in deals are console specific-e.g. if you want a new PS3 game, the games you are trading against it also have to be PS3. For this deal, it doesn't appear to be the case. I traded in a PS3 game, a 360 game and a Wii game for MK on the 360.

Not shabby at all.

bush

Can you trade in 3 of the same game?

A-Trak

bush wrote: »

Can you trade in 3 of the same game?

Nah, says no multiples on the PDF.

Placebo

what games did u get in hmv? FutureGuy

FutureGuy

Placebo wrote: »

what games did u get in hmv? FutureGuy

It was xtravision, bought LOTR:Conquest, Assassins Creed II and a PS3 game I cant remember lol (was 10 euro and on the list, so didn't really matter).

Xtravision sells 3 games it might not otherwise, Gamestop gets 3 games (which they will sell for great profit) and 3 euro for the cost price of a new title and I get a cheap game if I do a little donkey work for the 2 above retailers. Win, win, win. Fatality. Cake.

liamnojo92

So what count as selected new titles I can't get through to gamestop ?

A-Trak

Anyone know if they'll take games without an instruction manual?

Owwmykneecap

They're always selling them without...but i've no idea.

POGAN

liamnojo92 wrote: »

So what count as selected new titles I can't get through to gamestop ?

any new game from 1st march till 26 of may

liamnojo92

Just got Portal 2 for two 2009 games and a 2007 game plus 1.99 ,I'm one happy bunny

stillframe

Portal and MK9 for 50 euro ill take that

Naphiel

Anyone buy Portal 2 and MK at the same time with this offer? Were they happy to do it or will I have to go into town and just go to two different Gamestops?

Placebo

i sold
left for dead
far cry 2
cod black ops

and still had to pay 14 for MK9
**** game stop


who actually took advantage of this by buying cheap games else where? if so list em

Sairus

I went in again today in Cork with the games I couldn't sell last time. The guy told me that the old list was only valid for a handful of older games - Crysis 2, Homefront, Pokémon B/W and one other that I cant remember. I got Crysis.
Better than having to keep that copy of Velvet Assassin anyways.

It was nice to see that MK was completely sold out though!

Naphiel

It's a horrible thing to see, since I ran around to five different Gamestops today looking for MK and they were all sold out.

Got to play it in Liffey Street for awhile at least.

Aurongroove

I once traded in an old game plus two euros, three times to GAME for three new copies of pokemon games.

I then sold those Pokemon games to Gamestop for 9.99 each (29.97 euros) and put it on a voucher card.

so I basically got 30 quid off the game I wanted to buy, for the cost of 6 euros actual cash and 3 second had games worth about 12 euros between them

Aurongroove

it;s worth mentioning different game stores value 2nd had games differently.

Gamestop will offer more the GAME for newer games and less for older ones, where as GAME will usually give you more or less depending on how good/bad common/rare the game is.

danny29

Went to Gamestop in Blanch they told me it is completely sold out, the girl in cashier told me Henry street outlet has a MK game went over there and got it! Had 2 games already in the list and have to buy off one more game got it from Xtravision for 10 euro so only had to pay 13 euro in total at gamestop for MK instead of 50 Euro for full Mk retail price

I was so lucky in getting Mortal Kombat..they have very few at the moment

eco2live

Yea some shops are behind when it comes to price drops. Couple of weeks later you see the games marked for more used then they are new.

I got 30 trade value for Halo reach in Xtravision last week. Its selling for 20 new in HMV. No wonder they are going out of business.

I was offered 28 for MvC3 in Smyths when it was 35 on the shelves. I kept it in the end as I would only end up buying the bleeding thing again at some stage. Good price though.

I find Gamestop to be the worst of the lot for trades. Staff can be smart arses also.

Owwmykneecap

So:

Xtravision are selling Soul Calibur 5 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 New for €25 each

They're also marked as buy two get a 3rd free. so a potential of 3 games for 50 quid

I spotted a second hand copy of SFXT in my local under the same deal.
Or you could probably look for a game that's actually good :pac:.

Edit: just realized Since the last post in this thread Game and HMV have closed down, and blockbuster are ****ed. It's a shame, gamestop are often way overpriced...
.

Nascimento

Gamestop have SxT second hand at €27, and new at €17.99.

Go figure.

Junsuina Chikara

MK9 is free if you're on PS Plus. Honestly, I highly recommend going with PS Plus. The amount of good games I got off this is just amazing.