I just finished my first trade and now I have 450 points but I can't decide on a game to get! Maybe gta IV or splinter cell: DA?
How/when do the point decreases happen? Is there any warning?
Points are adjusted on supply/demand and retail price, among other factors. A game might gain or lose points; I've had a game on my watch list for a long time and I've seen it go from 100 points to 450 over the course of however long it's been there. You don't get advance notice of point decreases, just an email with the previous balance, the new balance, and the change.
tl;dr no, you never know when one's gonna happen, and it might go up.
Supposedly I've still got the new CoD4 in the mail to me, along with Tales of Vespiria now. Neither have used a Tracking Number. :P
Eh, I never enter the number and I always get one. It's just delivery confirmation anyway, and I think you'll probably be able to tell when it's delivered.
Actually, point changes do happen on a fix schedule. Whether a particular game will rise or drop is determined by supply and demand. Point changes happen early Monday morning (that is if they stick to the 8 day schedule again).
Finally got rid of Force Unleashed. Bought it for 14.99 new at GameCrazy a couple of weeks ago when they were having their sale.
I played it for a couple of hours, got about halfway through the game and decided it wasn't too much fun. Thankfully, at 450 points I made a little bit of profit off of it.
The DVD and BluRay news sounds good to me. I wonder what how they'll set up the point values for those.
I wouldn't mind getting a working copy of Army of Darkness, Alien Quadrilogy an maybe trade the Riddick Trilogy and get 3-pack instead of having 3 seperate cases taking up space.
F yeah. I got a copy of Metal Gear Solid 2 for 100 points. Took about a week from the time I put my request up. The copy looks like it's never even been played too.
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There are so many different "versions" when it comes to DVDs, that I imagine they'll have to use some sort of USBN system.
If I want a copy of a certain movie on DVD, I don't want just any copy. I want a specific run, specific format, specific features included, etc.
If you notice, they already have a thing where you can search for games by UPC code. I imagine it'll be the same for movies, though people listing them could do it wrong. I imagine they'd encourage people to just type in the UPC to register it with the system.
So, I keep putting Katamari on hold (partly because I wanted Shady to get it, and partly because I didn't have the money to ship it until I got my paycheck), and every time it comes back up it's the same dude wanting it.
Ha ha. I was wondering what happened with that. I guess you're the only one with a full copy at the moment and he always gets first dibs. It's an endless cycle.
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F yeah. I got a copy of Metal Gear Solid 2 for 100 points. Took about a week from the time I put my request up. The copy looks like it's never even been played too.
Once, I got a complete copy of Sons of Liberty in perfect condition for 100 points, and then traded in my disc-only copy for 150 points, because the value went up.
Guh, I think I might be putting up Mass Effect within the week. I've had it for awhile but I just started it. I don't think I like it very much, especially the combat. I was not aware that this was a shooter in RPG's clothing.
I'll give it some more time though, I might be able to get into it but I dunno...although I kind of don't want to waste the strategy guide I recently bought, though it was only a few bucks.
So, I keep putting Katamari on hold (partly because I wanted Shady to get it, and partly because I didn't have the money to ship it until I got my paycheck), and every time it comes back up it's the same dude wanting it.
This is the system working as intended! You aren't meant to be able to screw with the queue so your buddy gets the game over the poor sap who put himself in line and has been waiting patiently.
You won't get matched up with Shady until someone else puts a copy up for trade so just let the poor guy get your Katamari and Shady will get the next one in line. Shady won't get his any quicker with your faffing and meanwhile this guy is being made to wait unnecessarily.
Guh, I think I might be putting up Mass Effect within the week. I've had it for awhile but I just started it. I don't think I like it very much, especially the combat. I was not aware that this was a shooter in RPG's clothing.
I'll give it some more time though, I might be able to get into it but I dunno...although I kind of don't want to waste the strategy guide I recently bought, though it was only a few bucks.
Give it another shot. The "Shooter" aspect of it is very, very mild. If you really don't want to bother with that side of it, turn the difficult all the way down.
Yeah, Mass Effect's shooting mechanics are weird until you understand them. Essentially, if something is in your reticule, you have a certain percent chance of hitting it. You raise your stats to increase that chance rather than aiming more precisely.
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Well, it's not so much the exact mechanics of the shooting as it is that there's shooting at all. I just don't like shooting games for the most part, at least ones that control like this. I'm just not very good at them. I was hoping it was going to have combat more like KOTOR or something but oh well.
I suppose I can just treat it more as an adventure game and just play it for the story, which seems decent, and just keep playing and hope I get better at combat. I think I'll be ok at it, but on thing I've noticed is that I hate the ally AI because they keep standing right in front of me and don't seem to ever want to respond to the squad commands.
But this isn't the Mass Effect thread, so that's all I'm gonna say about it. I'll probably be putting it up on Goozex though, whenever I'm done playing it.
God fucking damnit. One of my trades auto-closed. How much notice of that does it even give you?? I don't check the site for ONE DAY and I lose 250 points (I suspect he didn't ship it, because he has 3 auto-close positives and the only manual feedback was negative). Fucking christ.
God fucking damnit. One of my trades auto-closed. How much notice of that does it even give you?? I don't check the site for ONE DAY and I lose 250 points (I suspect he didn't ship it, because he has 3 auto-close positives and the only manual feedback was negative). Fucking christ.
That's odd. You usually get two e-mails letting you know the trade is about to auto close. One at 5 days before the close and another at 2 days.
I e-mailed Goozex asking what to do about the CoD4 that "shipped" from the guy who's account no longer exists. It's been 10 days since it "shipped" with no sign of it, and no way to contact the seller.
They sent me a copy paste response about how to leave feedback. Of course, that doesn't tell me if I can get my points back from an account that's no longer there!
I left a Neg now, just to be sure it doesn't roll.
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Leave game not received feedback or "Disc broken" feedback with the comment "Goozex admin approved."
Rule of thumb is to always leave negative feedback if the account is closed or banned. It's almost guaranteed you aren't going to get anything when that happens.
I had a copy of the Dreamcast Seaman, without the manual and windscreen for the mic - but didn't want to list it as a disc only, figuring that people would then assume that I dont have a mic to send them (which you need to play), so I listed it as full package. I got matched instantly and e-mailed the guy, telling him my situation and saying I didn't want to mislead him at all, and that he'd be getting a working copy of the game, a working mic and a new case - just no manual. He thanked me and was really appreciative I listed it the way I did, because he didn't select anything other than 'full package' because he needed the mic. Great guy, great interaction.
I then got matched with someone for my Dreamcast Code Veronica, and because I was feeling nice, e-mailed him quick saying I had stickers on the jewel case, and normally would just swap cases out, but I dont have any spares that can hold a 2-disc game. He requested a cancel, saying he already had a perfect copy of the game, and was using Goozex specifically for a new jewel case for it. Ooooooook. Nice guy nonetheless though! Seems like a weird way to get a new case, however...
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Rule of thumb is to always leave negative feedback if the account is closed or banned. It's almost guaranteed you aren't going to get anything when that happens.
And even if it does come, if the acount no longer exists, it's not like they'll be hurt by negative feedback
I don't check the email Goozex sends reminders to, because it sends so many god-damn emails about point changes etc and I don't want that crap to fill up my real inbox.
I have an e-mail filter in gmail that labels it all as Goozex and archives it. I can easily see when they send e-mails, but it's not sitting in my inbox.
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I don't check the email Goozex sends reminders to, because it sends so many god-damn emails about point changes etc and I don't want that crap to fill up my real inbox.
Really? It's one email a week at most, aside from the ones that tell you there is a game requested/on the way.
I got Dead Or Alive XTreme 2. In college we liked to play the first one. Have some beers, play the blackjack in it, and then play a decent arcadey style volleyball game with computer girls. Good times had by all.
The second one is so, so horrible. So horrible. I feel weird and wrong and it actually REMOVED being able to play volleyball against a real human sitting next to you. Goozex points dont feel like real money, so I said what the hell. I'm now 17th in the queue to get rid of it.
Real money makes me look up stuff I want to make sure its worth it. Goozex is dangerous.
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Points are adjusted on supply/demand and retail price, among other factors. A game might gain or lose points; I've had a game on my watch list for a long time and I've seen it go from 100 points to 450 over the course of however long it's been there. You don't get advance notice of point decreases, just an email with the previous balance, the new balance, and the change.
tl;dr no, you never know when one's gonna happen, and it might go up.
Eh, I never enter the number and I always get one. It's just delivery confirmation anyway, and I think you'll probably be able to tell when it's delivered.
I played it for a couple of hours, got about halfway through the game and decided it wasn't too much fun. Thankfully, at 450 points I made a little bit of profit off of it.
The DVD and BluRay news sounds good to me. I wonder what how they'll set up the point values for those.
Not really. I don't usually buy DLC. :P
Aside from the possible point increase, I just wanted to get rid of it ASAP.
Yeah, I was mostly just making conversation. Not trying to really convince you that you're a bad person for getting rid of awesome games.
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If I want a copy of a certain movie on DVD, I don't want just any copy. I want a specific run, specific format, specific features included, etc.
If you notice, they already have a thing where you can search for games by UPC code. I imagine it'll be the same for movies, though people listing them could do it wrong. I imagine they'd encourage people to just type in the UPC to register it with the system.
Once, I got a complete copy of Sons of Liberty in perfect condition for 100 points, and then traded in my disc-only copy for 150 points, because the value went up.
It was awesome.
I got it in just in time for my 360 to die.
Yeah, I should probably put infamous up down that I've platinum-ed it, before it starts dropping in value
With 260 active requests you've probably got a few days before that happens. :P
I'll give it some more time though, I might be able to get into it but I dunno...although I kind of don't want to waste the strategy guide I recently bought, though it was only a few bucks.
This is the system working as intended! You aren't meant to be able to screw with the queue so your buddy gets the game over the poor sap who put himself in line and has been waiting patiently.
You won't get matched up with Shady until someone else puts a copy up for trade so just let the poor guy get your Katamari and Shady will get the next one in line. Shady won't get his any quicker with your faffing and meanwhile this guy is being made to wait unnecessarily.
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Still waiting on CoD4 #2. Tried to PM the guy; his account doesn't exist anymore. :P
Give it another shot. The "Shooter" aspect of it is very, very mild. If you really don't want to bother with that side of it, turn the difficult all the way down.
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I suppose I can just treat it more as an adventure game and just play it for the story, which seems decent, and just keep playing and hope I get better at combat. I think I'll be ok at it, but on thing I've noticed is that I hate the ally AI because they keep standing right in front of me and don't seem to ever want to respond to the squad commands.
But this isn't the Mass Effect thread, so that's all I'm gonna say about it. I'll probably be putting it up on Goozex though, whenever I'm done playing it.
That's odd. You usually get two e-mails letting you know the trade is about to auto close. One at 5 days before the close and another at 2 days.
When is auto-close? 21 days? I forget.
They sent me a copy paste response about how to leave feedback. Of course, that doesn't tell me if I can get my points back from an account that's no longer there!
I left a Neg now, just to be sure it doesn't roll.
That's what it says, right? So go ahead.
I had a copy of the Dreamcast Seaman, without the manual and windscreen for the mic - but didn't want to list it as a disc only, figuring that people would then assume that I dont have a mic to send them (which you need to play), so I listed it as full package. I got matched instantly and e-mailed the guy, telling him my situation and saying I didn't want to mislead him at all, and that he'd be getting a working copy of the game, a working mic and a new case - just no manual. He thanked me and was really appreciative I listed it the way I did, because he didn't select anything other than 'full package' because he needed the mic. Great guy, great interaction.
I then got matched with someone for my Dreamcast Code Veronica, and because I was feeling nice, e-mailed him quick saying I had stickers on the jewel case, and normally would just swap cases out, but I dont have any spares that can hold a 2-disc game. He requested a cancel, saying he already had a perfect copy of the game, and was using Goozex specifically for a new jewel case for it. Ooooooook. Nice guy nonetheless though! Seems like a weird way to get a new case, however...
And even if it does come, if the acount no longer exists, it's not like they'll be hurt by negative feedback
Really? It's one email a week at most, aside from the ones that tell you there is a game requested/on the way.
I got Dead Or Alive XTreme 2. In college we liked to play the first one. Have some beers, play the blackjack in it, and then play a decent arcadey style volleyball game with computer girls. Good times had by all.
The second one is so, so horrible. So horrible. I feel weird and wrong and it actually REMOVED being able to play volleyball against a real human sitting next to you. Goozex points dont feel like real money, so I said what the hell. I'm now 17th in the queue to get rid of it.
Real money makes me look up stuff I want to make sure its worth it. Goozex is dangerous.