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27th October 2009, 11:29am
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#1 | | mR bRIGHTSIDE
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| Trading in Games
Right, thought I would throw this up here.
If you are planning on trading in any games on the near future, then HMV seems the place to do it.
Went to Gamestation yesterday with:
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero World Tour
Street Fighter 4
MK vs DC Universe.
They offered me £29 for the lot. With £16 coming from GH5
Went to HMV and they offered my £54 for all 4 of them, which I thought was fair, and would have been what I got if I tried to sell them myself on ebay.
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27th October 2009, 12:28pm
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#2 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Trading in Games
Game are part of the same retail group as HMV, so will probably give the same prices.
That’s just me making an assumption, mind. I haven’t checked.
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27th October 2009, 12:46pm
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#3 | | I know your secret
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| Re: Trading in Games
Gamestation have their "won't be beaten on trade in" thing. I used to go to game first, see what they were offering then trade in in Gamestation once they'd matched it cos most games were cheaper to buy there.
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27th October 2009, 12:54pm
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#4 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
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| Re: Trading in Games
They agreed to take World Tour? | |
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27th October 2009, 1:00pm
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#5 | | mR bRIGHTSIDE
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| Re: Trading in Games
Agreed and gave me £15 for it.
No idea about what Game is offering trade in wise, but someone thinks HMV are trying to establish themselves as a place to trade in your games, and are offering a better price for them.
Either way, I don't care because it paid for Forza 3 
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27th October 2009, 1:06pm
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#6 | | Harvey Kartel
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| Re: Trading in Games
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Originally Posted by adrenalize  Went to Gamestation yesterday with:
Guitar Hero World Tour | Quote: |
Originally Posted by adrenalize They offered me £29 for the lot...£54 for all of them | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rev Scapegoat They agreed to take World Tour? | Quote: |
Originally Posted by adrenalize for the lot | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rev Scapegoat They agreed to take World Tour? | Quote: |
Originally Posted by adrenalize for all of them | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rev Scapegoat They agreed to take World Tour? | Mindblowing.
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27th October 2009, 6:36pm
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#7 | | Modified
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| Re: Trading in Games
The trick is, if you'd got the HMV prices, gone back to gamestation, they'd have matched and beaten them by £1 each, giving you an extra four quid, but they make you work for it by offering shitty prices to start with! I guess if they didn't like/ believe you on certain prices they might phone HMV to check.
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27th October 2009, 6:39pm
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#8 | | I know your secret
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| Re: Trading in Games
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Originally Posted by doogie The trick is, if you'd got the HMV prices, gone back to gamestation, they'd have matched and beaten them by £1 each, giving you an extra four quid, but they make you work for it by offering shitty prices to start with! I guess if they didn't like/ believe you on certain prices they might phone HMV to check. | You get a print out from HMV to prove it, take it to gamestation... that was kinds the point i was trying to make... (i do realise i made it badly)
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27th October 2009, 7:51pm
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#9 | | Modified
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Originally Posted by Lynnie You get a print out from HMV to prove it, take it to gamestation... that was kinds the point i was trying to make... (i do realise i made it badly) | Ah yeah, cool. I've only done it with a couple of titles, and not been asked for a print out, they've just believed the HMV price (or already confirmed them), and one of them the difference was around £6!
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27th October 2009, 8:10pm
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#10 | | Mr Frosty
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Game and Gamestation have been the same company for few years now - they use the same trade in/resale scaling - which blows. any game which turns out to be a shanner i usually faulty exchange in my old store - which has been a fair few recently 
did Blockbusters parent comp not buy hmv last year or so? i remember a lot of their corporate pricing and promos being the same for a coupla xmas now, its gay that i still notice that shite 
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27th October 2009, 10:45pm
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#11 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
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It wasn't a question, Dec, it was an expression of surprise.
Any shop I went to refused World Tour without the entire instrument pack. | |
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28th October 2009, 12:04am
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#12 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
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| Re: Trading in Games
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Originally Posted by poprock Game are part of the same retail group as HMV, | False, for the record. Game own Gamestation, HMV are entirely separate. | |
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28th October 2009, 12:56am
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#13 | | War has changed.
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| Re: Trading in Games
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Originally Posted by Rev Scapegoat It wasn't a question, Dec, it was an expression of surprise.
Any shop I went to refused World Tour without the entire instrument pack. | If you bought GH:WT as a set with all the instruments, they never take the game by itself - the back of the box doesn't have it's own barcode, so i think that might have something to do with it. Instead of a barcode it has "Not for Resale" usually.
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28th October 2009, 8:31am
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#14 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
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Ah, that'd explain it.
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28th October 2009, 9:38am
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#15 | | Hammer Smashed Face
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| Re: Trading in Games
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Originally Posted by Rev Scapegoat Anyone got a scanner? | Put the idea down, Sir Fraudsalot. | |
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