Wow, Gamestop, really?

[JohnnyQuid]

Just called Gamestop to ask how much my Xbox 360 will be worth if I were to trade it in... The system, plus a 20 GB hard-drive, 2 controllers and a wireless adapter: $90. To me, that sounds kind of ridiculous. I was expecting at least $150-$200. I just want to get rid of it, cause I'm going in on the 14th to pick something else up. But should I try and find another way to sell it? Or just say fuck it? I mean, I bought it the day the Xbox 360 was released. Not really in the best condition anyways. Thoughts?

 

[Snowcase]

That's what they're going for on craigslist. Fuck them though. I'll buy it for $90 right now.

 

[yuck]

hocking in video games / systems never pays out well...

90 sounds pretty accurate to me, you can never expect much from them

 

[USA]

You're not going to get a good deal trading it in like that, sell it on ebay or something or craigslist. you still probably wont get more than 150

 

[Mooserz]

http://consumerist.com/2007/11/28-confessions-of-a-gamestop-shift-supervisor.html

the trade in part is for you

 

[Willard]

150 brand new and yours is probably what 4 years old now atleast

 

[Bepo]

An xbox that old isn't going to get much, I sold mine for $100 on ebay (so about $90 profit).

 

[JohnnyQuid]

I'm not pissed about it or anything, I'm just a little surprised. I guess I'll put it up for $150 on Craigslist and see what happens. Unless someone on here is interested

 

[Snowcase]

Wow really?

 

[skifree179]

I took my Wii in and 20 old ps2 games and a Ps2 and the gave me almost 300

 

[JohnnyQuid]

I'm actually just going to sell it to a buddy for $100. Haha, that was easy! Thanks for the help though, everyone!

 

[JohnnyQuid]

I can't tell if you were legitimately interested or not. If you were, though, sorry.... This just works easier for me. He only lives about 4 miles away from me

 

[Sam.Carson]

gamestop is bullshit dont sell anything to them. i had alot of old normal xbox games from when i was younger and i sold them and only get about 60 bucks for about 20 games.

 

[Funnel]

Gamestop is a business, dumbass. They have to make a profit. Also, for you to simply take it down there, no shipping, no hassle, that's a great deal.

 

[Oh_So_Hyphy]

Sounds Accurate considering the new Kinect Xbox sells for about $199 with a controller and built in wifi

 

[zerospinskier]

Yeah, as soon as the new style "S" models came out, at a reduced price, the old ones went way down. I just got a brand new 4GB 360 S with 1 controller for $139 shipped off of eBay.

 

[JohnnyQuid]

Yeah, I probably should have looked into it a little further, hah, my bad

 

[JacheOReally]

yeah man, ebay the fuck out of that shit

 

[Puzzled]

Yep, my friend wanted to sell Far Cry 2 (the special editon one), 10/10 almost brand new, they offered him 2$.

 

[Uncle.Badness]

Well seeing as you don't have one of the slim new ones, which the cheapest version of those cost $199, the price they gave you seems accurate. That's life.

 

[gwhitey]

this, Gamestop is fucking awesome. love going there to buy used games. plus when they have deals, there pretty epic. lol but i never trade stuff in there though, sold my friend MW2 for 40 buks instead of getting 15 or 20 from GS

 

[ORDEAL]

 

[JohnnyQuid]

^Haha! awesome. Really though, just sold it for $100. We can let this thread die now.