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Anyone else not bother trading in anymore?

  • 17-01-2014 5:36pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭


    Anyone else not bothering to trade games in anymore? Just seems like the trade in rates pretty much everywhere are in the pits now, obviously these shops are trying to make a profit but still, the trade in prices now are ridiculous. Might as well keep the games.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭gaynorvader


    I never traded in, I preferred having the game in case I ever wanted to play it again rather than the €5-10 they offered me. If they ever offered more it was always for a more popular, newer game which you could probably get a better deal from one of your friends for.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Nope, I either swap games, sell on adverts or just keep them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    never saw the point in trading in. i'd rather have it on my shelf than get peanuts back to use off another game.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    Never traded in a game, Ive sold sports games on ebay but anything else has replay value and I lend them to my friends aswell as borrow theres. Saves on money if one off us buy Uncharted the other Last Of Us etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    Was offered €15 last week for 3 games. Star wars kinect, BL 2 and lego batman 2. I know they're not the newest off titles but still I found that insulting so they're sitting here till I get me finger out and look to trade etc. Defo got worse since xtra-visions demise IMO


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Very rarely, unless it's something short I played, finished, and have no interest in to replay and still relatively new. I traded God of War Ascension and got like a tenner less than I paid for it. But trading old games is pointless, I'd rather give them to people who I know will like them or keep them. I was in gamestop recently and out of interest asked how much Blops 2 would get me, considering they had it preowned for 39 quid on the shelf. 4 quid. four fcuking quid. I'd rather have it there gathering dust.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭Keith186


    Depends on the price. Some 360 games I traded I got 30 odd off another game I was looking for so had no problem doing it then.
    Some games I'll keep no matter what and some older releases would barely fetch a tenner so I'd prefer to keep them if it's bad value to trade.

    Killzone shadow fall is only getting around €20 in some shops, think one shop offered me €10 for it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    The prices are gas. Offered 7 for batman arkham blackgate in smyths the other day and got 20e in GameStop. The game cost me £15 so happy days. hmv also have a 30% extra offer at the moment so (ab)used that last week but buying more and more digital games (psn, xbla, steam) means I will have less to trade anyhow


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    The last time i traded in games was FF13 and Lost Planet 2. Got offered €3 each. I was quite insulted by that offer since i had bought both brand new a few months before but took the offer anyway because i despised both games.

    I find it's better to just hang on to them as i often found i regretted trading in most of my PS2 titles so better to hold onto them in case i fancy playing again. That coupled with the pittance that shops usually offer for games means i won't be trading in anything anymore.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    I never did trade in. It wasn't worth it. Like others I will lend to friends and vice versa.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    The only time I trade in when they got that Very big list with offer like 2 games + 9.99eu. Most likely I will use it only if there re some old games that I have laying around and I know I wont play them ( or I got them on PC anyway ).

    Other then that I keep the games I liked playing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    I used to be an avid trader. Once finished with a game I would move it on. In retrospect it is something I regret as there are a few older games that I would like to revisit. Whenever I decide to pick up a PS4, my collection will stay with me until I move the console on. Live and learn.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭dmcg90


    I just sell on Adverts.ie now. Much better prices and far easier than dealing with some *cough* Gamestop *cough* employees


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    Yeah ive pretty much given up seeding my torrents


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    When I was in school/college I'd trade in a bit alright, only way I could afford new games. I'm not sure if the prices have gotten worse, or I just have enough money now to not bother with the terrible trade in prices.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,222 ✭✭✭✭Will I Amnt


    I bought a used copy of Stranglehold from GameStop for €10, it was shìte.
    Brought it back the following day and got €15 off another game :pac:

    It's one of only 2 games I've ever traded in. The other was COD Black Ops and I got feck all for that.
    So I've got a 50% success rate :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭Taylor365


    Can you trade in steam games?

    :pac:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    I never saw the point in it at all. Always thought it was mad.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭jenjenten


    blaze1 wrote: »
    Was offered €15 last week for 3 games. Star wars kinect, BL 2 and lego batman 2. I know they're not the newest off titles but still I found that insulting so they're sitting here till I get me finger out and look to trade etc. Defo got worse since xtra-visions demise IMO

    thats it....the prices they offer are insulting, and if you challenge staff they just snigger and say i dont set the prices :mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭jenjenten


    dmcg90 wrote: »
    I just sell on Adverts.ie now. Much better prices and far easier than dealing with some *cough* Gamestop *cough* employees

    The Adverts prices you get arent great either....but certainly less insulting then gamestop and their arrogant/rude stuff.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭jenjenten


    I never saw the point in it at all. Always thought it was mad.

    since next gen ps3 and 360 prices have plummeted...dictated by gamestop, they bleed every last penny out of customers....imo i think its better to hold onto the games.

    if you decide to seel your console you'll have a nice bundle of games to juice up the console price.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,268 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Never traded in.

    Not really out of wanting to replay old games, although I do on the odd occasion, but I like having a collection.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    not worth trading in, the game shops just rip you off. Before christmas I decided to trade in Killzone for the PS4 and Smyth's offered me 6 euro! They were selling 2nd hand copies of Killzone for 59.99 so massive profit margin. I kept my game, no way was I trading it in for that price.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    I traded in a couple of games on one occasion years ago. I instantly regretted it and have never done it again.
    It's a money making racket.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    I've only ever traded in a handful of games, and that was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the early 2000s. Since then I've been keeping my games, and I've wound up with a pretty big collection with over 500 titles. Somewhere in the middle of this, I found a passion for collecting them I spend time looking out for unual pick-ups. I guess you could say that I've become a real collector as well as a gamer, and I love it... The dude who runs the local Gamestop isn't so into the idea though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Pixelbastardo


    From my experience, the trade in value was always crap, unless the game was new enough, or had big dlc releasing for it soon and was in high demand.
    And with the new systems, last gen game trade in will only get worse in value making it even more of a waste of time to even bother.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    From my experience, the trade in value was always crap, unless the game was new enough, or had big dlc releasing for it soon and was in high demand.
    And with the new systems, last gen game trade in will only get worse in value making it even more of a waste of time to even bother.

    Never found the trade ins too bad in fairness, mind you I traded most of mine in xtravision who I always found better in terms of price and service.

    I said to myself I'm never using them again and I plan on sticking to that. My nephew trades just about anything he has and I'm converting him to selling/buying online


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


    I used to but it's just not worth it. Better off keeping it, selling on adverts or lending/gifting it to friends and family. The last time I traded in was with a bunch of ps3 games yonks ago and I got a pathetic amount of store credit. I mostly just wanted to get rid of the cases but I totally regret it as there were some good games in there like Dante's Inferno.

    Game stores are criminal with their console game prices and trade in offers. Their PC collection, although small and laughable, can sometimes have weird cheap price tags that are better than most if not all online sale prices. You could buy it and trade the key online if you were so inclined and I believe there's some sites that sell only keys but I'm pretty sure a lot of their profit comes from buying up physical copies, throwing the case out and just selling the key.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,560 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    Last thing I traded in was Skyrim ( I already had 2 copies) and got Unit 13, not sure if I had to pay anything else but it was a decent deal as Skyrim was not new at that stage and I got extra credit for preordering Unit 13.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭Jericho.


    As many people have said trade in values are appalling. I tend to drop my unwanted games into a charity shop. Don't get anything for them but don't feel ripped off either.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    jenjenten wrote: »
    since next gen ps3 and 360 prices have plummeted...dictated by gamestop, they bleed every last penny out of customers....imo i think its better to hold onto the games.

    if you decide to seel your console you'll have a nice bundle of games to juice up the console price.:)

    Same thing happened with PS2 and PS1 before it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    Very negative attitude to trading in here, you can work it in your favour too. Sometimes Gamestop have crazy trade-in lists that you can take advantage of and an offer they always have is 25% extra on trade in if you pre-order, very useful if you happen to have any high value recent releases, used that to my advantage years ago when I traded in Red Dead Redemption to practically pay for that year's Fifa.

    Even recently, I got 98 euro cash from the new CEX in Cork for GTA 5, Need for Speed Rivals and Fifa 14. Need for Speed in particular was crazy, i bought it new for 29.99 and they took it from me for 28 cash. why would I keep the game when it wasn't very good anyway?

    I like selling games on adverts.ie to but sometimes it makes a lot of sense to shop around when trading in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,726 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    jenjenten wrote: »
    thats it....the prices they offer are insulting, and if you challenge staff they just snigger and say i dont set the prices :mad:


    Eh, you don't seriously doubt this, do you?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    noodler wrote: »
    Eh, you don't seriously doubt this, do you?

    I think her problem is more so the attitude.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    The last time I traded in games was back when I used to ring the likes of Gamestop for release dates and to pre-order. Ah, pre-internet!

    The fact that they are robbing people blind and I now mainly stick to PC gaming are 2 other major reasons.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,997 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    corcaigh07 wrote: »
    Even recently, I got 98 euro cash from the new CEX in Cork for GTA 5, Need for Speed Rivals and Fifa 14. Need for Speed in particular was crazy, i bought it new for 29.99 and they took it from me for 28 cash. why would I keep the game when it wasn't very good anyway?

    CeX's voucher values tend to be very reasonable. I dumped a good 20 shovelware-y games I inherited on my PS3, ended up with enough store-credit to fund 6 months worth of gaming.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Mr.Saturn wrote: »
    CeX's voucher values tend to be very reasonable. I dumped a good 20 shovelware-y games I inherited on my PS3, ended up with enough store-credit to fund 6 months worth of gaming.

    got 31 cash today and 17 credit for GTAV and an old xbox controller respectively. Gamestop offered 16 cash for the game, HMV was 15.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    I've only ever traded in to CEX as they at least offer you a reasonable amount for older titles.

    I think trading works if you are the type to buy games on release day and complete them quickly. That way you get a decent amount off the next new release when you trade.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    I never trade games. Mostly because i'm quite choosy about what i buy and it's usually something I want to keep. I can't blame anyone for trading though as almost all of my recent stuff has been second hand. (I got a PC game in CEX last thursday for €0.50! Fair enough it was an old game, but still)

    I''m wondering how the CEX stores make a profit. I'm constantly told they to do better trade ins than Gamestop but the games are a good bit cheaper. Or am I just used to the Gamestops in Galway having a virtual monopoly on customers?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Cex generally do 70% (ish) of a games value in store credit, or half the price cash for trade ins.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭SteveDPirate


    Interesting topic. I've found in the last 4 or so years since I've started my current job that I haven't traded anything and I'm being very selective about what games I buy new (GTA etc).

    There are other games I'm willing to pass on until I can pick them up second hand or on the cheap eg. I got Far Cry 3 and Dead Island: Riptide in the Gamestop Jan sales in a 3 for 2 offer on €9.99. Worked out I spent less than €7 on these games, so I don't see the point in trading them in when I'm finished. They won't owe me anything when I've finished them and the trade in values will be poor.

    I guess a knock on effect to not trading is that my games library is growing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    penev10 wrote: »
    I've only ever traded in to CEX as they at least offer you a reasonable amount for older titles.

    I think trading works if you are the type to buy games on release day and complete them quickly. That way you get a decent amount off the next new release when you trade.

    I traded a bunch of old dvds into them and got more than I expected, some were for pittance like 50c but I got a few quid each for stuff I wouldnt have even asked for if I was selling, it's an odd setup really.

    Gamestop used to give 2 quid a dvd, I had a ton of credit on a gift card with them once for a huge trade in game me in games and psn credit for months. Now they offer 30c a dvd pfffft feck off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    I normally don't trade in games unless I want to make space or if I haven't time for ebay/adverts stuff. Traded in COD Ghosts for 22 euro cash in CEX the other day, Gamestop had offered 12 euro for it.


  • Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Have never really traded in games. Never saw the point of it tbh and the only time I'd consider it is if I had multiple copies or bought a console and it was bundled with ganes. Recently I was given the new Need for Speed on PS3. Played it for a few days but it wasn't for me do I brought it into town and brought it into gamestop who offered €13 for it, less than a week after it was released. The reason they have was that "no one will buy a PS3 copy when there's a PS4 version". "If that's the case" I asked " why are second hand copied on the shelf for €49.99?" Took it into CEX who game me €35 for it which I was happy with.

    Normally with games I've stopped playing or don't like ill just give them to my brothers and its a much better than going into Gamestop and being offered €.50 for one. I saw a lad with 30 or so games in a Gamestop over Christmas being offered €13.45 for the lot. I'd sooner dump them that get so little for so many games.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    zero19 wrote: »
    I normally don't trade in games unless I want to make space or if I haven't time for ebay/adverts stuff. Traded in COD Ghosts for 22 euro cash in CEX the other day, Gamestop had offered 12 euro for it.

    I've only ever traded in, if I wanted it gone now.

    So much better value on adverts and very easy. Sold the 3DS on adverts, Cheaper than 2nd from the shops, and I got much more than they would've offered.

    I never really understood why people regularly traded in. The rates have been dismal for a long time, and selling on yourself isn't difficult.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 645 ✭✭✭loveBBhate


    The aim of the GAME ( ;) ) is to buy low and sell high, quite frankly this isn't the case with regards trading in games. Don't do it guys!!!!! Adverts (or other marvellous methods) FTW.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    Did once. Not again. Sell on adverts if I want to get rid of but I usually end up keeping the games.

    Don't buy often, but when I do, I really want the game so I tend to keep them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,329 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    I never do either. Usually by the time I realise I'll probably never play the game again, it's about 3 years old and worthless. Would rather sell on adverts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Never traded in.

    Not really out of wanting to replay old games, although I do on the odd occasion, but I like having a collection.

    This for me, plus I wouldn't be insulted offered a few euro for a title.

    Also the second hand market is more damaging to the income for designers and publishers then piracy, so I don't want to be just lining Gamestops pockets.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,591 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    45 for a new 3ds games and 39.99 for a traded one, regardless of whether it has it's original box or not. The trade in market is shocking in fairness and doesn't look like changing any time soon.
    Actually it's more Gamestop is shocking than the trade in market. High prices on games both new and old, a lot of rude and unhelpful staff and new games that are opened to be displayed half the time have any useful codes scratched off and used, like the Nintendo club points.
    I'm sure there are some good staff in some stores but I have never came across one yet but maybe the company are just horrible to work for.


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