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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: 97thruhiker on December 08, 2007, 11:09:26 pm
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Just thought I would pass this along. Refurbished Gamecubes are now going for $29 at EBGames. Great chance to pick up an often overlooked system that has a bunch of great games, especially some top quality first party games only found on that system. If you passed on this system during the last generation of consoles there is no reason to do so now. Enjoy.
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Just so people don't get confused, from what i can tell from these types of stores around my area they never refurb anything about the system. All they do is put it in a new box with their name on it.
I have been handed a box with a supposedly refurbed unit and opened it only to find a dusty dirty mess of a console and asked what the hell is this, they said they don't do anything special to the used systems. Not even taking a rag to the outside of it. :dunno
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not as bad as a cooler i got from walmart with someones last name written in huge letters on the bottom with sharpee :laugh2:
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Gamestop doesn't do anything either... I remember getting a "refurbed" NES from there that didn't work at all... so I opened it up and it had a dead cockroach inside.
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Was that an official Nintendo cockroach or some crappy 3rd party roach?
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I believe that was an Official Florida monster roach. It was huge. I think it was part pit bull.
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I can definitely see all of those things happening, just wanted to post the info for those who may of never played a gamecube in favor of the Playstation 2 and Xbox and then just jumped into the current gen stuff. Even if you have to clean it up (the one I got looks brand new) its still worth the $29.
I'm actually a little stoked over it as I ignored the system, as well as all of the others of that generation as I've been heavy into the emulators and PC games the last 5-6 years. So as it stands now I've got Resident Evil 4 and Zelda/Windwalker to play through first. Plan on picking up quite a few more titles when I'm finished these.
Chad, I've gather over the last few years being on these boards that you are a fan of Nintendo. Do you have any recommendations for me concerning this console outside the standard top 25 list that most people have? Anyone else who has an opinion feel free to let me know of those hidden titles that may not be out there front and center.
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Thanks for the tip. I'm in for one.
Gamestop and EB Games are the same company? I wonder why they operate under two mastheads? I could never remember the name of either place anyways I guess...
-pmc
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Thanks for the tip. I'm in for one.
Gamestop and EB Games are the same company? I wonder why they operate under two mastheads? I could never remember the name of either place anyways I guess...
-pmc
Gamestop bought EB a while back. It has been a long while now though.
It is odd that they haven't just changed all the names to Gamestop yet.
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Thanks for the tip. I'm in for one.
Gamestop and EB Games are the same company? I wonder why they operate under two mastheads? I could never remember the name of either place anyways I guess...
-pmc
I actually picked mine up from the GameSpot in our local mall. Saw the price on the Ebgames website and just figured the store at the mall was an ebgames (still believe it was at one time). We actually have two gamespots in the mall as the store used to be a Rhino. Looks like they might of bought them out also.
Anyways the manager at the store let me look through the box before I bought it. Just happened to pick the first one I opened as it looked brand new and everything was neatly packed.
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Chad, I've gather over the last few years being on these boards that you are a fan of Nintendo. Do you have any recommendations for me concerning this console outside the standard top 25 list that most people have? Anyone else who has an opinion feel free to let me know of those hidden titles that may not be out there front and center.
I'm sure there are a billion top GC games lists out there... without looking at one, my first recommendation that may not be on them would be Luigi's Mansion (probably not because it was so early it's not "cool" enough). I love that game.
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Gamestop bought EB a while back. It has been a long while now though.
It is odd that they haven't just changed all the names to Gamestop yet.
They're working on it... I've seen two EBs change over since the buy.
I'd imagine it's not cheap to change over all the stores at the same time.
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Gamestop bought EB a while back. It has been a long while now though.
It is odd that they haven't just changed all the names to Gamestop yet.
They're working on it... I've seen two EBs change over since the buy.
I'd imagine it's not cheap to change over all the stores at the same time.
Would it not just be a matter of changing the sign?
I guess those signs aren't cheap, but I can't imagine they are THAT expensive either. :-\
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Not really. I mean, sure, to the customer that's about it, but to really change the stores over they have to migrate the inventory infrastructure, all of the vendor relationships and communications types, distribution and data warehousing, etc all over to the existing Gamestop system whereever their corporate headquarters happens to be. It's a really big project that takes time. This is some of the stuff I work on for my employer.
Of course, having seen some of Gamestop's backend technology, let's just say there isn't a ton of point to moving anything into it. It's laughably bad and if you know what you're looking for it is directly manifested in their stores and their performance.
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Not really. I mean, sure, to the customer that's about it, but to really change the stores over they have to migrate the inventory infrastructure, all of the vendor relationships and communications types, distribution and data warehousing, etc all over to the existing Gamestop system whereever their corporate headquarters happens to be. It's a really big project that takes time. This is some of the stuff I work on for my employer.
Of course, having seen some of Gamestop's backend technology, let's just say there isn't a ton of point to moving anything into it. It's laughably bad and if you know what you're looking for it is directly manifested in their stores and their performance.
Well, as far as inventory goes, they have had the same inventory since very shortly after the buyout, and it has now been over 2 years since.
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Physical inventory, maybe, but no way of knowing if the inventory system (the software/network infrastructure used for tracking and distribution) has been converted. I was talking more about that than I was the stuff on the shelves.
I think the main point to take away from this is that they suck at conversions just like they suck at most everything else.
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I think the main point to take away from this is that they suck at conversions just like they suck at most everything else.
Yeah, that is all I was gettin at.
heheh :)
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Well as long as they sell me a GC for $29, I don't care what they call themselves. I just don't want to bother to actually go to a store and have to deal with them if they won't honor the sale price. But sounds like that won't happen.
I too was hoping I could poke through their cubes to cherry pick a good one. I find that if traffic is low (which is rare this time of year), they'll generally let you inspect the merchandise. I looked at a used GBA there once and that thing looked like it had been through a war. I couldn't believe they would even try to sell it. There's no way I'd buy used hardware from them sight unseen even they do have a gaurantee on the used stuff.
-pmc
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I may pick one up to try a second attempt at modding... I effed up the first one. Still works but the traces I need for the modchip are gone now.
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The best thing you can do is look at the fan on the side to find out how used the system is. If the fan and the surrounding area that you can see inside are decently clean, the system is pretty new.
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The best thing you can do is look at the fan on the side to find out how used the system is. If the fan and the surrounding area that you can see inside are decently clean, the system is pretty new.
That could also be a sign that someone used a leaf blower to clean out the dust... :o
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When people go to trade in their system they don't care about the condition it's in and do not do any cleaning, they just want to get rid of it. As I've said the stores do not clean the systems either so the logical thing would be a new cleaner looking system just has to be newer or just not used much.
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When people go to trade in their system they don't care about the condition it's in and do not do any cleaning, they just want to get rid of it. As I've said the stores do not clean the systems either so the logical thing would be a new cleaner looking system just has to be newer or just not used much.
Every gamecube that I traded in was in immaculate condition, and I did indeed care to clean it up before trading it.
Of course, I would think that would still be a system worth getting. It may not be a sign of newness, but it is a sign of proper care.
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Either way, clean fan almost always equals something worth getting.
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I've gone through quite a few systems (of various platforms) where the console was immaculate... except for something stupid like some kid decided to clean the laser eye with an emory board.
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I've gone through quite a few systems (of various platforms) where the console was immaculate... except for something stupid like some kid decided to clean the laser eye with an emory board.
Well, bad luck can happen no matter what, but certainly a clean system is more likely to be a good one than a dirty one, and it is definitely one thing a person should be looking at.
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You can never really tell what's going on inside the console until you get it home and check it out or turn it on. The one thing you can do is at least make sure it looks like it's in good shape from the outside and from what you can see on the inside from the outside.
As for chad, if you got a console that was broken from the start the game store failed you as they are supposed to check to see that the console works before they take it in and YOU need to make them test it before you walk out with it. You should know better than that chad.
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As for chad, if you got a console that was broken from the start the game store failed you as they are supposed to check to see that the console works before they take it in and YOU need to make them test it before you walk out with it. You should know better than that chad.
Gamestop doesn't test a game system when they take it in. They power it up and make sure the power LED works. That's it. I have never seen them hook one up to a monitor and see if it actually works. I've also never seen them let someone hook one up to a monitor before buying it. Most of the time they won't even let you open the box to verify what is actually in there.
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That's strange. When i traded a console in they tested it and plugging it into a TV and even tested it with a game and played it for a few. Even when i bought my used GC i had them test it on that same TV to make sure i did not have to come back and ---smurfette--- later on.
Maybe this is something that is only done in a few states or depends on who is at the counter. It is hard to believe they have different procedures from the same store in different areas but i guess so.
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It is a poorly run chain. Many of the stores have lazy and stupid employees. It would be shocking if they did universally follow the same rules. Trust me, if the store is busy, you're not going to find a Gamestop around here that will let you open a used console package and hook it up. You'll have a hard enough time getting them to retrieve one for you from the back.
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At the gamestop i go to it is part of the whole sales procedure for them to go get it and test it no matter if they are busy or not. Otherwise if they are not willing to take the time to make the customer happy there is no point in even opening the door. They may only want to grab a new game from the shelf and ring people up but if they sell used electronics they have to do what it needed to try and sell those as well and that includes testing and walking to the back.
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Happy customer logic has no place in a Gamestop. If it did they wouldn't spend half their day arguing with fat women that want $40 back for a game they bought 10 months ago for $45 and now is worth $4.
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They once told me that they don't test the used equipment. They just offer a guaranteed replacement if it doesn't work properly. So if it works, you don't come back. If it doesn't, they just swap with you for another one.
What I don't know is if that's a matter of policy or if was just the practice at that particular store or with that particular staff/guy.
...and BTW, my experience is definitely more like Chad's than tommy's. I really hate going into those stores.
-pmc
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That sounds like a corporate policy. It is a balance between the amount they lose on buying a broken console (almost nothing) and the amount of time it takes to hook up and test a console before buying it. If you're paying practically nothing for the system, and selling it for a lot more, then it's just more profitable to eat the bad ones and swap them with good ones.
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When i walk into a GS i have to fight the workers off with a stick as they all try to say hi to me first as i walk in. I think they all were told we want to be told hello by the managers as we walk in and it's funny to see them all go at it.
I guess as long as we were told hello when we enter we can feel better about being ripped off later on as we leave.
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Oh they say hello here too - and that's all they do. Then they stand there and argue which chick in which PS3 fighter has the best body while you're standing at the counter for 5 minutes contemplating ringing yourself up.
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I wonder if I can still get two ethernet adapters and two copies of Mario Kart:DD.
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Oh they say hello here too - and that's all they do. Then they stand there and argue which chick in which PS3 fighter has the best body while you're standing at the counter for 5 minutes contemplating ringing yourself up.
That's what happens when you have kids working at retail stores. In that case as the adult in the situation tell them what we want as we buy something and they have to do it.
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Their used stuff policy definitely varies by store/manager. I went to trade in two games a few months ago at Babbages (also owned by same company). They took one, but rejected the other due to a "scratch that was too deep". Of course, she would have taken it if I took $4 less on trade so they can resurface it. Hey whatever, I thought and kept the game. I then picked up two used games. I was in EBGames a few minutes later and thought to check the cd's of the games I bought. One of them was HORRIBLY scratched up. I asked the guy at the EBgames counter why the lady raised cain about my cd, but then sold me an even worse disk. He kind of rolled his eyes and asked if it was a girl that waited on me. He then resurfaced the disk for me no problem.
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That's what happens when you have kids working at retail stores. In that case as the adult in the situation tell them what we want as we buy something and they have to do it.
The Gamestop closest to me is staffed mostly with guys roughly our age.
The fact they're working in Gamestop and not someplace above min wage also likely explains why the do such a poor job.
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The Gamestop closest to me is staffed mostly with guys roughly our age.
The fact they're working in Gamestop and not someplace above min wage also likely explains why the do such a poor job.
I doubt it requires much of an income when you live with Grandma and your only expenditures are a PS3, a computer, Cheeto's, and Mountain Dew. ;D
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I always feel like I'm intruding on some kind of creepy kids video club-house when I go there.
Maybe I'm just getting old. ;)
-pmc
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I'll I'll probably risk EB or GS and see about the $29 GCN's if they have them still. Might be a good idea to get the seven year old her own console and games and keep attention away from my own collection.
My experience leans towards the bad side. Years ago I walked into one of the stores (forget which) and had a mind numbing conversation about the TeaSip protocol on the (then) latest Xbox. Ended up writing about it somewhere on my old stomping grounds. I'll see if I can dig it up and link to it here or something.
Generally, up until that point, I wasn't too thrilled with their service or prices. I had a friend who used to work at a GameStop who told me once that you know it's a bad place to work when you see a customer walk by the door and you pray they don't come in. Horror stories abound from both the customer and employee perspective with EB and GS. Damn shame really.
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Well I guess it really depends on the store / franchise / or however they have it setup where you live. I have nothing but positive things to say about the one by me here in Orange Park, Florida. Very clean store, everything well organized on the shelves and the workers there for the most part are very helpful. The manager even sat there with me while I looked over the used memory cards.
In the end you get like a 30-day exchange if the thing does not work or quits on you. Yes you get a chance of picking up a lemon but for $29 its worth the risk. How many times have you bought a game for that much or more and it turned out to be a turd.
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i dont see what the big problem is just dont touch anything (in the store) and ask to see the system before you buy it. then just test it within that 30 day period and see if it needs to be exchanged.
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Not everyone wants to have to return something 3 times in order to get a working unit. People have jobs, kids, lives, etc.
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I guess the upside is that if they really "refurbished" them in the way that other companies do, they wouldn't charge $29. I'd rather pay $29 with a visual inspection and a return gaurantee than $59-$69 for a true refurb.
-pmc
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Of course, lying isn't all that good either and not something to receive customer goodwill for doing.
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Not everyone wants to have to return something 3 times in order to get a working unit. People have jobs, kids, lives, etc.
True but the only issue should be cosmetic since they should be checking to make sure they power on and the game loads when its first traded in.
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True but the only issue should be cosmetic since they should be checking to make sure they power on and the game loads when its first traded in.
Did you read the whole thread? There are multiple people here saying that doesn't happen.
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:dunno When i traded in my xbox they plugged it into a tv and put a game in to see if it worked. This was at an ebgames though (not sure if that matters) or it was just that employee doing his job. Also from what ive read people are just saying they arent clean except for the roach in the system.
If they didnt at least check to make sure the system works then i could just trade in a nonworking system for credit. I dont think they are that stupid.
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If they didnt at least check to make sure the system works then i could just trade in a nonworking system for credit. I dont think they are that stupid.
At many Gamestops they only check for power LED status... they never hook it up to a television to see if it actually works. I have always been tempted to trade in an empty shell with just a working LED and a rock inside.
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Hmmm i must conspire about this.
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The NES cleaning kits were actually useful. With the NES cartrdridge shape and handle, I still have a couple.
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So I went tonight to check it out...
First, they tell me "$29? I don't know about that, but I'll check. That's probably a web-only special".
The kid goes in the back to get "one of them". I ask if they have several assuming I'll be able to choose between them. "No". OK Whatever.
I asked what "refurbish" means and they tell me that they are formerly broken units that are sent to to their in-house facility to be repaired. They are not working trade-ins which they sell in the store as "used".
The kid eventually comes out with a white shipping box sealed with packing tape. To their surprise it rings up at $29. I was like, OK, let's take a look at it. "You can't. Once it's opened it cannot be returned.".
So I passed on it. Broken once and fixed by their own techs, sight unseen, and no returns. Not for me.
The manager (I assume he was the manager because he was the adult) said "I don't blame you". I got the feeling they don't sell many like that but I don't really know.
The store was clean and well organized. No one was in it and they were pretty bored. They had a stack of GBAs in the display case that looked like they had been through a war (priced at $49.99 if you can believe it). They were friendly. I bought a PSP game while I was there (Puzzle Quest for $19.99) so I guess it worked out for them.
-pmc
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Bought a platinum Cube tonight to mess around with... used. They did open the box to show me but for some reason the guy wouldn't let me hold it until I had paid for it. All I wanted to see, really, was if it had the digital out port, which it did.
At the same time they were taking in an Xbox in trade... they powered it up, saw a green ring, and took it without seeing if it actually worked.
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Bought a platinum Cube tonight to mess around with... used.
How much were they selling used ones for Chad?
-pmc
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All these stores around my area seem to do things so much different than what I'm hearing from some of you. I'm allowed to pick and choose and test while you guys seem to be buying junk from a guy in the street. :dunno
I'm not saying this is a good company but it does seem I'm being treated a little bit better where I am.
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All these stores around my area seem to do things so much different than what I'm hearing from some of you. I'm allowed to pick and choose and test while you guys seem to be buying junk from a guy in the street. :dunno
I'm not saying this is a good company but it does seem I'm being treated a little bit better where I am.
I've got the same service. Thats one of the main reasons I started this thread. I'm sorry to hear that many over you have stores with such poor service.
Chad,
Thanks for your suggestion on Lugi's Mansion, I will give that one a try (and why not considering the prices of these games). Did you like Mario Sunshine or whatever that one was called? As previoulsly mentioned the main reason I picked this up is to play these first party games that I missed by not owning the gamecube. My original intention last year was to pick up a Wii and play many of these games that way but shortages gave way to apathy that gave way to other non-game related projects over the last year (one reason I have not been around here much lately).
I think I like following the approach of picking up these systems up after the company moves on to the next generation of consoles. I'm like a kid in a candy store when I can pick up many of these games for $7-$15 a piece.
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How much were they selling used ones for Chad?
They don't have different refurb/used prices here. They don't even tell you which it is supposed to be most of the time.
Mario Sunshine is a strong game... the water pistol thing is annoying at times but it is general first party Nintendo quality. I didn't mention it because it should be in all the top 20 lists you mentioned.
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They don't have different refurb/used prices here. They don't even tell you which it is supposed to be most of the time.
I thought you were in the same area as me (metrowest Boston). I went to the Framingham MA (Sherwood Plaza) store last night. Very strange that each store would have it's own policies on this topic. Maybe I'll hit another store on the way home tonight and see what happens.
Anyway, maybe after the holidays the used market will flood with cheap cubes.
-pmc
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I thought you were in the same area as me (metrowest Boston). I went to the Framingham MA (Sherwood Plaza) store last night. Very strange that each store would have it's own policies on this topic. Maybe I'll hit another store on the way home tonight and see what happens.
I'm south of there but not too far south. This Gamestop is in RI and they only have one price displayed for used consoles - it doesn't specify used or refurb, or if it did, I didn't even notice.
Anyway, maybe after the holidays the used market will flood with cheap cubes.
That time is now. They won't go much lower than $30 before they start phasing out GC hardware.
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When a good 1st party GC game is costing more then the system Itself I cant imagine the system going any lower in price.
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Good point. Many of them are still in the $40 range used. I got this Cube to practice a mod on before I attempt the one my kids got me for my birthday a few years back. It doesn't look like those games are ever going to come down to reasonable used prices.
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They seem to hold those 1st party Nintendo games at such a high standard still. I think in this case Nintendo's backwards compat is not cool and keeps prices high for the Wii.
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I still occasionally see PS1 games at Gamestop, BestBuy, and Walmart for $20+. I guess they just refuse to let that inventory go away for $2 each.
-pmc
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The Gamestop I'm talking about has had a copy of Mario DDR on the shelf for $50 for weeks - I'm surprised no one has snagged it for ebay.
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The main problem with Gamestop is their trade-in values. Don't even bother buying a sports game and expecting to trade that game back in and expecting to get any reasonable cash back. I once bought an old Madden game and soon after the next years game came out my $50.00 game was now worth about $4.00, ridiculous. I can understand wanting to make a profit but these guys are just raping customers.
If you ever buy a game and you even think you may ever want to trade that game back in for something else, that game must be a top notch 1st party Nintendo game to even get a 1/4 of what it was worth, if you're lucky.
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It's not rape if you walk into the Rape Store, pull your own pants down, and bend over. Then you're just a ---smurfette---. That's what I don't get about the complaints - don't like their procedure, don't go there.
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It's the only place to go to trade in a game. If there was only one place to go eat and they charged way too much you would ---smurfette--- but still have to go there.
This is also about making others aware when they buy a game there and think they can trade it in for a fair price, it's not gonna happen.
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It's the only place to go to trade in a game. If there was only one place to go eat and they charged way too much you would ---smurfette--- but still have to go there.
It's not. You can sell them on Craigslist, you can sell them in the newspaper, at a yard sale, on ebay, on a web forum, hell you can sell them door to door if you want.
This is also about making others aware when they buy a game there and think they can trade it in for a fair price, it's not gonna happen.
Your definition of fair may not be the same as everyone's. Most people would never buy a sports game with the previous year's rosters... thus they wouldn't sell at retail... thus they are worth very little as trade in. If you must blame someone, blame the people who won't buy a 2006 sports game.
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Come on dude, you're starting to sound like you work for them or something. All people want is a fair trade in on hard earned money spent. Getting 1/4 of the money spent is not too much to ask for, getting 1/16 is too little to offer anyone.
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Come on dude, you're starting to sound like you work for them or something. All people want is a fair trade in on hard earned money spent. Getting 1/4 of the money spent is not too much to ask for, getting 1/16 is too little to offer anyone.
What other entertainment industries offer what you are asking? What general consumer items for that matter?
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I can buy a brand new car and get half my money back a year later. I can buy a house and even at a loss get a good chunk of cash back after some time spent paying on it. I can buy a XBOX360 and get at least $100.00 back on it. Anytime you trade in software you get screwed, without software there is no point in buying any system, they should offer more on games.
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I can buy a brand new car and get half my money back a year later. I can buy a house and even at a loss get a good chunk of cash back after some time spent paying on it. I can buy a XBOX360 and get at least $100.00 back on it. Anytime you trade in software you get screwed, without software there is no point in buying any system, they should offer more on games.
Cars and houses are not $50 consumer items.
If Gamestop's tradein is so terrible why aren't you selling these games for more via other means? Clearly you could, yes?
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They don't need to offer more. They are in it for the money.
It's not rape if you walk into the Rape Store, pull your own pants down, and bend over.
Amen. I don't go there much and I've never traded anything in there because the value equation is not in my favor. I buy and sell online with other gamers where it's win-win.
-pmc
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It is not financially in their favor to give you $15 for a game they'll be lucky to sell for $20. Put it this way, if they bought every single game on trade in, and then only actually sold 50-60% of those, they will end up either breaking even or being in the hole. There is only money in it if they can buy cheap and resell high.
Oh, and people who pay $50 for a new Madden and/or NCAA football each and every year are idiots. :laugh2:
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They want you to go there and if they knew people felt so strongly about this they would have to offer more or go out of business. People just accept these things instead of trying to say something bout it.
I can buy games at walmart if there is no point in getting a good offer when i want to trade in a game. If I'm going to be stuck with a game and get nothing for it or $2.00 i can just not shop there and keep my game.
Try to change things so the people do not get screwed man, don't swallow it.
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They want you to go there and if they knew people felt so strongly about this they would have to offer more or go out of business. People just accept these things instead of trying to say something bout it.
Every single time I go in there some fat lazy person is yelling at the clerk that he just told them their copy of Madden 2005 will only get them $4. Every time. They know how people don't like their business model. 9 times out of 10 that fat idiot still trades the game in and spends the money in the store. Clearly people are willing to do this business.
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I can buy games at walmart if there is no point in getting a good offer when i want to trade in a game.
Ah, I see what you are saying. Yes, it would be cool if they said "if you buy it here we'll give you a better deal on trade-in". It would encourage people to do more business there. I go to stereo shop that works that way and it's a great situation for both sides.
But since they don't, why don't you just sell your games here?
On another note and in case anyone is interested, Amazon has new cubes for $60 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006IJJI/).
-pmc
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It would be nice if they would at least do a 2 for 1 deal. Trade in any normally $14.99 used games for another off the shelf $14.99 used game. Something like that. Back when I was a wee lad, a local pawn shop had about 300 Nintendo games with which he had that offer.
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Anyone remember Funcoland? They were a used game store before they got bought out by Gamestop. I remember getting NES games there during the 16 Bit era for 99 cents. You can never have too many copies of Tecmo Super Bowl.
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OK... so tonight a different story. This time I went to the Hudson MA store.
"We don't have refurbs, but we have used ones for $29". They have a stack of like 8 or 9 little white cardboard boxes in the store. It's worth noting that the website said that they had none, and the Framingham store had 4+. Just the opposite was true.
I asked if I could see one and the guy says sure and cuts the box open. He then cuts open 2 more for me even though I was somewhat apologetic about making a hassle for him. He says he'll open them all if I want. He let me cherry pick the better controllers, cables, and power supply.
Couldn't have been friendlier or more helpful. Go figure.
-pmc
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OK... so tonight a different story. This time I went to the Hudson MA store.
"We don't have refurbs, but we have used ones for $29". They have a stack of like 8 or 9 little white cardboard boxes in the store. It's worth noting that the website said that they had none, and the Framingham store had 4+. Just the opposite was true.
I asked if I could see one and the guy says sure and cuts the box open. He then cuts open 2 more for me even though I was somewhat apologetic about making a hassle for him. He says he'll open them all if I want. He let me cherry pick the better controllers, cables, and power supply.
Couldn't have been friendlier or more helpful. Go figure.
-pmc
Good to hear, thats essentialy the experiece I had but the first box I opened the GC looked brand new. I have a feeling whoever had it played it very little or maybe bought it to play a title or two and then got rid of it for a Wii.
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OK... so tonight a different story. This time I went to the Hudson MA store.
"We don't have refurbs, but we have used ones for $29". They have a stack of like 8 or 9 little white cardboard boxes in the store. It's worth noting that the website said that they had none, and the Framingham store had 4+. Just the opposite was true.
I asked if I could see one and the guy says sure and cuts the box open. He then cuts open 2 more for me even though I was somewhat apologetic about making a hassle for him. He says he'll open them all if I want. He let me cherry pick the better controllers, cables, and power supply.
That's better than the one here... I was at the Cumberland, RI Gamestop. Dude acted like it was a mega hassle to open the box to even verify its contents. It probably explains why there were more than 25 of them still there. In a minor plus the white boxes did have the Cube color written on them so you didn't have to hunt through for what you wanted (if it was right).
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So if they wont take it back then you just kept the pc?
No returns? I don't think so. Pay with a credit card.
I had some Best Buy employee try to pull that BS with me on a close out e-machines PC I bought years ago. "1 out of 4 of these is dead in the box, you need a warranty"
"you couldn't make a profit on these if 1 in 4 was dead"
"well, we don't take returns on clearance items"
"if it doesn't work, and you won't refund my money, I'll file a chargeback"
Hell, I just went to the mat with a bank over a bogus $25 charge. It's your money, don't let companies steal it from you.
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No returns? I don't think so. Pay with a credit card.
If you're talking about the used gear at Gamestop, it's "guaranteed to work". If it's DOA, you can bring it back and they'll presumably swap it for another unit.
-pmc