Amazon > GameStop
Why do you ask? Read on to see why.
So I was going through my game drawer and saw Halo Wars just sitting there gathering dust. Realizing that I haven’t played it in about two months I decided to call game-stop and see how much it was worth in trade. Well the woman tried to sugar coat the fact that it was only worth $12 by saying I could get 20% more if I put it towards some game I never heard of. I thanked her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to curse aloud. How is getting $12 for a game I paid $60 for justifiable? I was on my way out the door when I remembered hearing a while back that Amazon was doing game trade-ins. So I went on their site and after a minute or two, my game was ready to get mailed in. And how much did they give me for Halo Wars? $29 that’s how much! $17 more bucks then game stop offered.
Now here is how it works. You find the game you want to trade in on the Amazon game trade page (where all games have prices next to them so you can see what they are worth off the bat), add it to your trade in list, log on to your Amazon account, and print out a pre paid mailing label. That’s right, you don’t pay for shipping! Just tape it to the package (a 6×9 bubble mailer works perfectly) and drop it off at the post office. I live in Jersey and I had my account credited the $29 the next day! Best part is you can use the Amazon credit for anything on their site.
So if you are tired of getting crap in trade for your games, head over to Amazon.com and see what they offer next time you feel like trading one in.
I had heard rumblings about Amazon buying used games, and I am definitely glad that they are. 29 bucks is a great buy back price, thats about half of the game new, which is entirely fair. Finally SOMEONE is stepping up and getting rid of all the BS trade-in pricings on games. No more monopoly for GameStop, please.