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Old 30-11-2012, 16:35   #1
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GAME = rip off merchants
Anyone else having terrible trade in prices at Game.

£16.50 for Hitman absolution. I could get £11 for blood money....Damn theives!
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Old 30-11-2012, 16:39   #2
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Anyone else having terrible trade in prices at Game.

£16.50 for Hitman absolution. I could get £11 for blood money....Damn theives!
Just ask them to beat competitors on trade and you make £1 more i.e not a rip off

if you live somewhere where game is the only store then why on earth would they offer you decent value, it's not there is an alternative two doors away
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Old 30-11-2012, 16:44   #3
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The only time I have traded in at game was when they were in deep sh*t and were low on stock and I took around 5 or 6 old games in and got near £40 trade for them. Those 2 for 1 deals make me laugh where they want 2 newish games off you plus 99p for 1 new release.

People must do it though.
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Old 30-11-2012, 16:50   #4
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Well I took in 7 games with Arkham City being the newest and got £48 for them.
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Old 30-11-2012, 16:55   #5
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Mine were old sports games plus borderlands goty edition but the codes had been used but they still gave me the goty edition price.
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Old 30-11-2012, 17:01   #6
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Got offered £18 trade for Black Ops 2 today. I just said no thanks & went to CEX & got £33 cash
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Old 30-11-2012, 17:27   #7
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Got offered £18 trade for Black Ops 2 today. I just said no thanks & went to CEX & got £33 cash
Surprised they are still offering that.
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Old 30-11-2012, 17:30   #8
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It says game are offering £20 on the website.
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Old 30-11-2012, 20:04   #9
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Had this with AC3 which was only about a week old. They offered £13.50 cash for it despite still selling it for about £45! Went to Cex which is right opposite and got £30.
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Old 30-11-2012, 20:17   #10
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Got offered £18 trade for Black Ops 2 today. I just said no thanks & went to CEX & got £33 cash
Thats surprising, every time I try and sell anything in CeX they always come out with "We don't have any cash in the till". Really? So those 5 people in front of me who haven't traded anything paid with magic beans did they?
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Old 30-11-2012, 20:51   #11
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Asda are the best
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Old 01-12-2012, 01:31   #12
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Bought the ac3 edition with the extra naval battle mission new for £46 just after launch. Traded in to game 5 days later and got £18.
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Old 01-12-2012, 01:36   #13
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Traded in dishonored and got £17 and it was on the shelf reduced to £25. Go figure.
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Old 01-12-2012, 13:20   #14
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Anyone else having terrible trade in prices at Game.

£16.50 for Hitman absolution. I could get £11 for blood money....Damn theives!
Considering that they're selling it new for £25, how much were you expecting exactly?
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Old 01-12-2012, 14:00   #15
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It's simple really, Game give a lower trade value the more popular the game. Makes sense really, from a business point of view. They give a lot for older gen games. game gave me £25 for a PS2 SotC a couple of months ago.
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Old 01-12-2012, 14:31   #16
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How is it a rip off exactly when you can say no and walk away?
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Old 01-12-2012, 16:56   #17
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Not anymore, they've gone much stricter over the past few months. It's now different per store with some stores even stopping dealing with second hand games altogether.
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Old 01-12-2012, 17:06   #18
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Very rare I trade in and would sooner sell on ebay.
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Old 02-12-2012, 10:50   #19
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Yet another silly use of the phrase "rip-off merchants".
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Old 02-12-2012, 21:45   #20
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God I was hoping for some story's of others being annoyed but not the case people need to lighten up
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Old 03-12-2012, 20:07   #21
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God I was hoping for some story's of others being annoyed but not the case people need to lighten up
Game annoy me tbh, ok, they do a few good deals but imo, most of the staff are clueless

the manager of St Johns Liverpool is pretty good though, i gave him some grief regarding my Wii U pre order making sure i would get it
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