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Tuesday April 17, 2007
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My days as a slave forGamestop left me with soiled hands as I took candy from babies and gave then measly "game bucks" in return. Now, Gamestop looks to capitalize on the release of the Xbox 360 Elite by offering greater trade-in credit for those who still have an original premium, core or original Xbox.
Xbox 360 owners are now left with the dilemma of having to choose between sticking with their current 20GB Xbox 360 or sacrificing it to the trade-in gods and getting $250 instead of $190 towards the new 360 Elite. The premium and original Xbox are worth $200 and $50 respectively when they're traded back in.
After some dandy math and a phone call to an old co-worker, I managed to figure out that the deal only increases the trade-in value of Xbox 360 premium by $35 since the original trade-in value of $190 doesn't include the hard drive, which you would trade in separately for $25. While you could keep the hard drive with the original offer, the fine print on the new offer requires you to trade in the hard drive for the premium $250 deal (with a wired controller).
So those wanting to transfer files between systems may be out of luck (I especially pity those with giant Oblivion saves) but it you really have your eyes set on a new Xbox 360 Elite, it's either Gamestop or EBay. The offer ends 5/27 so at least you have time to mull over this life altering decision. [via Kotaku]
Post by Andre Bermudez
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May 6, 2007 6:03 PM
I wanna know if you can trade in systems itself and still make it part of the deal. But lets say its not part of the trade in deal and i jus ttrade in my psp...How much will i get for it. I already know trading in the xbox is 50 dollars.
October 24, 2007 2:55 AM
how long is this offer going to last, i just sent in my 360 to fix the "the three red flashes" defect and i wont expect it back for another month...
November 6, 2007 12:07 AM
WHEN I WAS WORKING AT GAMESTOP I FELT BAD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TRADED IN THERE PS2 AND GOT 45 BUCKS AND SOMEONE TRADED IN 20 PS2 USED GAMES THE TOTAL CAME OUT AROUND 80 BUCKS BUT WE CHARGED HIM A REFURBISH FEE AND IT CAME OUT TO BE 70 BUCKS. HE TOOK IT. AND IT TURNS OUT GAMESTOP TRIPLED THE PROFIT, MOSTLY EVERY GAME HE BROUGHT WAS MORE THAN 15 BUCKS. AND ALL THAT FOR A USED XBOX 360.
April 20, 2008 6:32 PM
i am 12 and when i went to gamestop i traded in 2 wii games:mario and sonic at the olimpic games and high school musical sing it plus 4 xbox games they said only 33.00 and i was mad because i couldnt even buy 1 used wii game and he was chuckling when i said no. He had said that that was a good price.YOU KNOW WHAT SCREW GAMESTOP!
January 2, 2009 9:33 PM
ya... gamestop, way to go , good reviews it looks like aye? you guys know how fucking hard it is to find someone to repair your shitty xbox 360 taht you bought brand new from gamestop, and then when you tried to return it 3 days later(new btw) they said no, because the disk reader didnt work, smooth, now waiting 2 months sofar for a new one from microsoft. assholes.
and anyone out there able to repair my friends? it has the same thing wrong, it wont read disks. but hes paying about 60$ for sum1 to repair it. lemme know.
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