"Gamestation Trade ins"

i found out tha in merthyr tydfil in wales were i live u can actually get better trade ins at game... game give individual price san gs give £3 for any ps3 or 360 game ven its was released tha day

I went into my local (generally friendly) Gamestation the other day to pick up a PS3 remote. I traded some stuff across and they were sold out, but said they had it in a bundle with casino royale and hdmi lead for £25. I asked if i could just trade in the lead and the movie straight away, and they let me, and gave me a fiver for the film. I guess he forgot about the cable, and so did I, I thought I'll just sell it on ebay. I had a few quid spare from my trade so got a couple of old games and 50p HD DVDs too.

Anyway, I came home, looked up the price of an OFFICIAL PS3 HDMI lead on ebay and was somewhat disappointed, so I went back the following day to try and trade it. They offered me 1p. Evidently they don't want to take any in. However, as it was obviously brand new, and I had my receipt from the other day, the manager gave me a FULL refund (in store credit) for the price of a brand new PS3 HDMI lead - a stonking £18 quid! So I effectively got a PS3 remote for around 2 quid. Thanks Gamestation!

midnight_walker wrote:
I went into my local (generally friendly) Gamestation the other day to pick up a PS3 remote. I traded some stuff across and they were sold out, but said they had it in a bundle with casino royale and hdmi lead for £25. I asked if i could just trade in the lead and the movie straight away, and they let me, and gave me a fiver for the film. I guess he forgot about the cable, and so did I, I thought I'll just sell it on ebay. I had a few quid spare from my trade so got a couple of old games and 50p HD DVDs too.

Anyway, I came home, looked up the price of an OFFICIAL PS3 HDMI lead on ebay and was somewhat disappointed, so I went back the following day to try and trade it. They offered me 1p. Evidently they don't want to take any in. However, as it was obviously brand new, and I had my receipt from the other day, the manager gave me a FULL refund (in store credit) for the price of a brand new PS3 HDMI lead - a stonking £18 quid! So I effectively got a PS3 remote for around 2 quid. Thanks Gamestation!

lol thas mega jammy

Anyone recently traded in a Wii at Gamestation? How much did you get? I'm thinking of flogging it to get a 360.

I'm toying with trading my Premium 360 with 120gb drive for an Elite (for the HDMI output)...does anyone know how much I'd get for the 360 Premium as part of a trade-in?

Quick phone call to local store guys..

Cadence wrote:
Anyone recently traded in a Wii at Gamestation? How much did you get? I'm thinking of flogging it to get a 360.

Well for Cash I got around £120 for mine about 3 days ago! Oooh and I was told it would be around £140 for store credit! However this was with 4 games aswell.

Edited by Captain_Peach at 21:17:39 11-09-2009

eloquence wrote:
Quick phone call to local store guys..

A quick phone call to my local store is always met with "I can't give that info out over the phone" - evidently to make you come to the shop and be more willing to trade it in now that you've trekked all the way down there and/or make it more difficult to compare prices.

That's not bad! With all the games I've got I'd easily be able to trade for a 360 Elite. COD4 here I come!

The Gamestation near me are taking a Wii for £120 cash, so I persume as the poster said above that store credit would be around the £140 mark. That's actually really good saying as its £180 to buy new.

Seems Wii trade price has decreased a lot.

They told me (today) that I'd get £80 trade for a Wii and £40 for Wii Fit

I'm still tempted cause I don't play the thing and have my eye on an xbox elite.

I'd take it to other stores as well like GAME and HMV and see what you'll get from them ,and if you wanted something specifically from Gamestation tell them the trade in offers you were given (try and get the other stores to write down the trade in price or something) and Gamestation will beat the offer by a £1 (not sure if that applys to consoles though) At least they do that in my local Gamestation.....

Edited by Ranger_Ryu at 21:51:46 09-10-2009

I guys, I'm going to trade in some gamesthis weekend any ideas on how much I'll get? Left 4 dead, gow, gow2, ufc 2009, pes2009, mirrors edge. On xbox360 all in mint condition?
Thanks in advance.

as said before, check out the prices on cex.com and then take off a few pounds
roughly the same

L4D is trading at silly prices, or it was 2 weeks ago when I was given £26 for it.
PES2009 not so much, think I got £8.

danathjo wrote:
as said before, check out the prices on cex.com and then take off a few pounds
roughly the same

Or print out the prices from the cex site and take them with you and add a pound for each one.

I did have a few problems last time I traded in at Gamestation with PEGI and BBFC ratings, think I started a thread about it at the time.

@ mad caddy,
where did you trade in Left for dead?

Leamington gamestation

Edited by mad_caddy at 16:31:42 22-10-2009

TheSaint wrote:

danathjo wrote:
as said before, check out the prices on cex.com and then take off a few pounds
roughly the same

Or print out the prices from the cex site and take them with you and add a pound for each one.

I did have a few problems last time I traded in at Gamestation with PEGI and BBFC ratings, think I started a thread about it at the time.

Gamestations price matching is bullshit, they simply won't do it on certain items.

I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would trade in at Gamestation, they just take the piss.

I've been hawking a big bag-o-games round town this lunchtime, looking to sell for cash. Cash prices quoted:

Cex: £99
Local indie: £87
Gamestation: £47.50

I actually laughed at the poor bloke behind the counter when he told me.

Get them to price match, you get an extra £1 per item as well. I did that, just printed off the CEX quote (website) and showed chap in GS.

heh, just saw that tip on Savygamer's website

http://savygamer.co.uk/2009/11/05/trading-in-avoid-being-...

DUFFMAN5 wrote:
Get them to price match, you get an extra £1 per item as well. I did that, just printed off the CEX quote (website) and showed chap in GS.

But they won't always do that. Especially if they sell if for less than CEX do.

I know, as I have tried it time and time again. Usually they end up matching CEX at best. At worst they just won't do it.

I can't believe people would even bother trading their games in for the third world prices these cunts offer.

I just got £29 trade in for Mini Ninjas on 360. I almost fell down when they said the price - I doubt I'd be offered that for MW2 on release day.

what are they offering for MW2? I only really want to play the single player and then trade it in.

Any idea what i would get for Dragon Age Origins on the 360..?

i usually use Tradeyourstuff.co.uk but I cant find the dragon age game on their database?

Anyone got any idea how much a fat PS3 will net me in a trade? Its just dawned on me that I really don't need 3 consoles...