Best Buy Wants Your Old Games

[brendano257]

[citation][nom]LATTEH[/nom]the real question is how much will they give you for your game over gamestop?[/citation]
The problem is that you put the game in, and surrender your right to take it back, so they can give you a penny and you can't do a thing about it. It's like shipping in used gold through the mail, they "determine" how much it's worth and send you the money, an easy way to be ripped off. But if you'll never use it again you might as well get something for it....

 

[shadowryche]

[citation][nom]Regulas[/nom]"but may provide a temporary security blanket as the gaming industry slowly moves away from physical distribution."More like trying or wanting.The day I can't buy a game from my local store is the day I quit playing. They want digital distro because it saves them money and gives them more control, I say screw them.[/citation]

I'm all for digital distribution as long as they loosen the security noose. There are some of us gamers out there that reinstall their O.S. ever couple months just for the hell of it. It can be a pain in the but to get these games to download again if at all. Of course what about those of us who get nostalgic? I still fire up SimCity 2000 every now and then, granted on a virtual PC now. But what about eight years from now and we want to play TeamFortress 2 again? Which I bought through Steam by the way. And they already are showing errors in the system.

 

[drunknmunkys]

ebay pays me more for my games.

 

[-unknown-]

[citation][nom]brendano257[/nom]The problem is that you put the game in, and surrender your right to take it back, so they can give you a penny and you can't do a thing about it. It's like shipping in used gold through the mail, they "determine" how much it's worth and send you the money, an easy way to be ripped off. But if you'll never use it again you might as well get something for it....[/citation]
I'm sure there's a 'check trade-in value' button to let you see how much you get for any given game before you deposit it in. I would also imagine that there would be prompts such as; "Insert another game for trade-in", "finish transaction and obtain gift card", etc.

 

[thegh0st]

[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Craigslist.org. I can sell my games online for twice as much as gamestop would like to rip me off for. I absolutely REFUSE to do any business with Gamestop after they tried to sell me a used game as a brand new game. If it's not sealed, it's used.[/citation]
I couldn't agree more tayb. that last part of your quote. I have argued that exact same thing before.

gamestop claimed they opened a game so they could put the box on display on the floor and no one could steal the contents. they also claimed the CD from inside was still sealed. I'm sorry though - not everything was sealed and some one else had their grubby hands on the extra's inside (was a collector's edition) before I did. to me that is NOT new and you certainly couldn't sell it for new online or anywhere except maybe to a close friend.

 

[jecht]

[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Craigslist.org. I can sell my games online for twice as much as gamestop would like to rip me off for. I absolutely REFUSE to do any business with Gamestop after they tried to sell me a used game as a brand new game. If it's not sealed, it's used.[/citation]

I always, ALWAYS try to sell my used games to the end-players, and craigslist is awesome for that. It's win-win because you can sell it for more money than Gamestop will give you while they can still buy it for less than Gamestop will sell it to them. This BB thing could be a good fall-back if it offers enough credit for the games...

 

[rooket]

Ebay and Amazon are the best ways to hawk your used games. Best Buy probably is worse than Gamestop, just greedy companies looking to maximize their profits off you.

 

[Trauma]

I don't think half of you realize that the more companies that go out of business lessens the job market and drives our economy further from recovery. Statements like "die BB" and "let em burn and go" are truely moronic ways of expressing what we all really want. We want good business practice and solid retail customer service. We want stores such as Best Buy and Gamestop to thrive yet not be greedy hogs.

Let the flaming begin.

 

[demonhorde665]

[citation][nom]Trauma[/nom]I don't think half of you realize that the more companies that go out of business lessens the job market and drives our economy further from recovery. Statements like "die BB" and "let em burn and go" are truely moronic ways of expressing what we all really want. We want good business practice and solid retail customer service. We want stores such as Best Buy and Gamestop to thrive yet not be greedy hogs.Let the flaming begin.[/citation]


to true bro, sure we want thigns cheaper , sure the game indsutry wants mroe control on thier media , but greed is not something we need in the mix or things will only get worse. right now the game indsutry is gettign REAL GREEDY , to the poitn that they could careless aobut what thier customers want , (look at EA , and atari with the securom BS) we DON'T need companies that are switching totally to online distro , and we don't need companies sellign "half" a game to us like EA's new incentive these thigns WILL kill retail outlets , sure the company gets thier money short term , but int eh end lossing reatial outlets will only cost these companies even more money.
now as for the stores them selves if they get greedy peopel will stop using them thus limiting teh economy and hurting every one around

 

[demonhorde665]

oh also , the biggest cripple to our economy is not priates themselves , or even greedy companies , it's general ethic morals of society's young and currently that is at an all time LOW. more than half the peopel i know at teh ages of 19-25 think they have a "right" take what they want with out paying. they see these companies as scr3ewing us , so they think this gives them teh right to get that "bootleg" from the street vendor or the internet. People are starting to treat entertainment like a necessity of life (ie meaning they think the shit should be free). this is the biggest problem with our economy right now. half of us are stealling what we didn't earn and the rest of us either grap it used to avoid teh high prices that cover the cost of theft , or we don't get it at all. and thus the amrket suffers furth. any one that thinks piracy Doesn't hurt the industries is a moron. our current economy cleary shows that IT does as it affect prices. you pro pirate suckers , don't give me that shit about pirates not buying it any way so it isnt a loss sale. becasue piracy DOES affect the prices, and then hoenst consumers stop buying or buy used , THERE IS YOUR LOST SALE !!!!

 

[kingnoobe]

LOL@Demon you're such an idiot. What do you work for the RIAA? Maybe you should read what one of the guys at EA think about pirating.

Now about the market. Whens the last time you needed to take a loan out to see a movie or buy a game? People taking out loans they couldn't afford, and banks pushing loans that they should've known better then doing in the first place. You do realize that's when the shit hit the fan?

Then there's say the RV makers.. Gas prices jumped, sales dropped, and put a shit load out of business. Anybody who doesn't think this had to do with gas prices is an idiot, and never worked for one.

Where's all your passion about those guys at? You say it's not greedy corporations... People pirating RV's? While that would be cool, for some reason I doubt that's the reason.