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Game trading (or) giving those old titles a second chance...
igamenekkid
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Forgive me if this better suits another forum, mods feel free to move it if so....
I, like many, refuse to support the EB/Gamestop shenanigans of buying back games from gamers for pennies on the dollar, then reselling them for just $5.00 lower than the full retail price. Since taking up this stance I have off-loaded many titles through craigslist.org, or passed them along to friends to play.
Is there a better means of giving our previously-enjoyed (and sometimes not-so-enjoyed) games a second chance. I've tried a service, Goozex or something, but felt the service to be full of hoops that I didn't think we're all that fun to jump through. Are there alternatives? Maybe a Penny Arcade game trading ring?
If all else fails they get donated to charity before EB/Gamestop gets their paws on them...
...but there's gotta be some kind of win-win opportunity out there for such a lucrative industry as gaming?
EDIT: Maybe this should be moved to "Help & Advice". I'm not so much looking to discuss EB/Gamestop or similar rackets, I'm more looking to see what other people do with their used games.
I, like many, refuse to support the EB/Gamestop shenanigans of buying back games from gamers for pennies on the dollar, then reselling them for just $5.00 lower than the full retail price. Since taking up this stance I have off-loaded many titles through craigslist.org, or passed them along to friends to play.
Is there a better means of giving our previously-enjoyed (and sometimes not-so-enjoyed) games a second chance. I've tried a service, Goozex or something, but felt the service to be full of hoops that I didn't think we're all that fun to jump through. Are there alternatives? Maybe a Penny Arcade game trading ring?
If all else fails they get donated to charity before EB/Gamestop gets their paws on them...
...but there's gotta be some kind of win-win opportunity out there for such a lucrative industry as gaming?
EDIT: Maybe this should be moved to "Help & Advice". I'm not so much looking to discuss EB/Gamestop or similar rackets, I'm more looking to see what other people do with their used games.
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HA!
http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/referral.asp?idr=578050235167
Goozex has been really good, though it's quite terrible if you're trying to get Day 1 new releases since, obviously, it relies on people beating games and trading them afterward. You'll wait for a loooong time. But it's really good if you're interested in older titles, and the nice part is that if you get a game there and don't like it, you can relist it, get your points back and only be out a few bucks for shipping and the trade point.