CustomParts
+1y
Is it me or is Gamestops trade in prices a TOTAL RIP OFF? I understand that they are in business to make money but not get rich overnight. The markup is most times up to 400%...... Below is my story from today. Needless to say I will not be buying ANOTHER ITEM from them. I think it is a shame that they try to make that much money off us gamers when it is us who keeps them in business. Now to the story.....
I went to gamestop today and was gonna trade in my wireless controller and wireless headset for another game or something. Boy did they pi$$ me off. They offered me $18 for my brand new wireless controller and $18 for my barely used wireless headset. They also offered me $5 for COD3 game and $5 for Shrek The Third game. Now I could understand if they were selling them at a decent price but get this, For a used wireless controller they want $39.99, For a used wireless headset they want $49.99, For a used copy of COD3 they want $19.99, and for a used copy of Shrek The Third they want $24.99!!! I told them before I gave the stuff to them that I would ebay it. So I went to look at what used games they had and some guy and his little boy came by and picked up a used copy of COD3 to buy. I got his attention and told him I would sell him the same game for $15 if he wanted it instead of paying those pricks $19.99. He was more than happy to buy the game from me. He also bought the wireless controller from me too. All while the manager of the store watched and listen to our conversation!!! He was none to happy about the deal but what could he do? So basically I saved a fellow gamer $5 plus tax on the game and $10 plus tax on the controller. To me thats how things should be. These companies like Gamestop should not be running up the price of used stuff like they do and take advantage of people.
Well thats my rant for today. I would like to hear what everyone else has to say about it.