After a romantic candle-lit dinner followed by a dip in the hot tub, my friend told me about the Best Buy trade in program. I went to the trade-in page and found out that it’s quite different from GameStop. There are three steps to the process: Estimate, Print/Ship, Receive a gift card. Instead of going into a store and trading your games in, everything is done online. The one exception are the trade-in kiosks, but those are not readily available.
The real question is if you get more money for your trade-ins. After a quick call to GameStop, I have a list of three games and their values at both Best Buy and GameStop.
Best Buy:
Call of Duty 4 = $20
Resident Evil 5 = $22
Halo 3 = $20
Total = $62
GameStop:
Call of Duty 4 = $17
Resident Evil 5 = $10
Halo 3 = $15
Total = $42
The Verdict… Use the Best Buy trade-in program. Using the three games I listed, you’re on your way to a winter release without having to spend extra money. If you went with GameStop, you would have to pony up an extra $20.
I will be trading in 12 games these coming weeks and I will update with how successful my trade-in experience goes.
P.S. – 2 out of the 3 statements made in the 1st sentence are false.
I wonder if my friends would be cool with me trading in their games…
That would be a “negatory”!!
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