EB Games is a ripoff!

[VmprHntrD]

Agreed they're a ripoff and abuse their customers with their trade-in ratio, but they were allowed this by stupid customers letting them screw them that hard for being too lazy to use free newpapers, craigslist, or lose a couple bucks on ebay(if that making it up with ranked up ship charges.) In most cases outside of those 1mo old things and rarities you'll only get like 20% from them of the original value on average. As someone stated you can walk in and get a high end game and get crap in return. SF4 on PS3 is a $60 game but they'll give you $24 for trade-in, then they'll turn around and sell someone else the game for $55 making $31 costing them like 1 cent to print up a sale label. It's wrong, it's stupid, and it's evil, but people keep feeding the beast. If no one would do it, or far less, they'd be forced to pay where they'd only have a $10 margin on a $50-60 game of profit instead of $30+ as they'd be competing with craiglist, ebay, etc.

Currently I'm selling stuff on the list and I'll wait to move them as I don't want to get hosed. SF4 sucked and I got the CE version for PS3, that's how I know the price, but I'm asking $60obo. They'll give me $8 on FF4DS and nothing on a guide, asking $20 for both. I have other stuff, but it's just the comparison I'm showing.

 

[mcp2]

Well, CEX (Computer Exchange) are rip offs too, they sell second hand DS games for £15-25! Although, they were willing to buy my black DS for £78.

 

[pikachuchuz]

Once I sold them one of my DS games for $10 (I seriously wanted to buy Metroid Prime hunters)...right in front of me those jackasses put a price tag of $35 on it

Now craigslist is my friend

 

[Radiopools]

EB/Gamestop/whatever, they are all evil. Don't buy stuff from there, no matter how cheap/convenient it may be.

Seriously though, when selling, use eBay or Craigslist or something. EB is a jip.

 

[VmprHntrD]

when I feel the need not to wait on CL or ebay charges I go to a local place. They look at what GS sells it for, offers 1/2, so you get like 1/3 or so of the value vs GS where it's usually 20% or less. If the game is very new they'll give quite a bit, not just 1/2, and if it's a known rarity via ebay they'll pay quite nicely. I got some good dollars on some old NES junk like a ROB and things from them.

 

[El-ahrairah]

In my opinion, the aftermarket game racket is just as bad as piracy, if not more so, because you're actually paying to deny developers their revenue.

Not that it really matters to me, I do both!

 

[VmprHntrD]

^That's one way to look at it, but also you could just say you're protecting your own assets because unlike 20years ago they use a lot more lies, media spin, fake reviews, and the rest to get sales so it's very hard to trust damn near anything anymore. A used game you can try out and if it sucks return it for another. If game shops would stop using piracy as a copout and would allow like EB did nearly 10years ago the 7day trial on NEW stuff I'd be all for banning used game sales.

 

[tbgtbg]

In my opinion, the aftermarket game racket is just as bad as piracy, if not more so, because you're actually paying to deny developers their revenue.

Not that it really matters to me, I do both!

By that reasoning then by buying a used car you're paying to deny car manufacturers their revenue and as bad as car theives. By buying a house someone lives in instead of having one built you're denying builders their revenue and as bad as squatters, etc.

 

[toastert2003]

I had a psp, and it was in primo condition. I just needed some quick cash and went there, and they said they'd give me like 75 bucks for it (just guessing, i don't remember the exact price), and $10 for each game, so I said, well. No. I thought it should be worth more than that. So I walked out the door. The guy working the counter comes rushing out behind me, and offered me almost double (if I let him have one of the games I brought in, i could keep the rest.) so that his pregnant wife had something to do while at home all day. I went ahead and did that, then I went back in and traded the other games for like $10 apiece.

This is when PSPs were still very brand new.

 

[El-ahrairah]

By that reasoning then by buying a used car you're paying to deny car manufacturers their revenue and as bad as car theives. By buying a house someone lives in instead of having one built you're denying builders their revenue and as bad as squatters, etc.

Your analogy isn't the same. Piracy isn't going into a GameStop and swiping a game from their stock. And squatters aren't house theives, they simply don't pay rent.

But yes, when you buy anything used, unless it is sold used by the manufacturer (such as an authorized used car dealership) you deny whoever made that product profit.

 

[VmprHntrD]

Yes, because Nintendo like Ford still want to sell you the same product that's well out of print on the same hardware/frame from 1987. Your story doesn't work well. I get what you're saying, but the only ones really being cheated in both cases are those buying USED for stuff that's out in that model year(cars) or X months it's on the printer by the developer (games.) Once it's out of print they're not making money anymore on it, nor are car makers when they're done with the 200X line and gearing up for the next year. At that point it's inventory which is horrible as then you get the crap taxed out of you come that time of year.

That's the only way your argument is rational or fair. Buying used when a new game is on the market still *AND* is in print by the publisher. I mean you can still find new NES games on ebay and crap, but NOA isn't getting anything for it. Same as if you bought a 1987 Ford Escort somehow new from some odd psychos garage timewarp...Ford won't get a dime as Nintendo won't on the 22 year old NES game.

 

[W.I.C.K.E.D.]

By that reasoning then by buying a used car you're paying to deny car manufacturers their revenue and as bad as car theives. By buying a house someone lives in instead of having one built you're denying builders their revenue and as bad as squatters, etc.

Your analogy isn't the same. Piracy isn't going into a GameStop and swiping a game from their stock. And squatters aren't house theives, they simply don't pay rent.

But yes, when you buy anything used, unless it is sold used by the manufacturer (such as an authorized used car dealership) you deny whoever made that product profit.

Not quite true. You are basically saying if (for example) I built a bird house, sold it to some old lady, and 5 years from now she decides to get rid of it at a garage sale that she is ripping me off. No, that's completely wrong, she isn't ripping me off. I've already made my profit, just as any manufacturer for that matter. Wheather it be cars, video games, cd's, whatever. They have already made their expenses and profit back from the product, so they are at no loss if somebody else sells it.

 

[W.I.C.K.E.D.]

Yes, because Nintendo like Ford still want to sell you the same product that's well out of print on the same hardware/frame from 1987. Your story doesn't work well. I get what you're saying, but the only ones really being cheated in both cases are those buying USED for stuff that's out in that model year(cars) or X months it's on the printer by the developer (games.) Once it's out of print they're not making money anymore on it, nor are car makers when they're done with the 200X line and gearing up for the next year. At that point it's inventory which is horrible as then you get the crap taxed out of you come that time of year.

That's the only way your argument is rational or fair. Buying used when a new game is on the market still *AND* is in print by the publisher. I mean you can still find new NES games on ebay and crap, but NOA isn't getting anything for it. Same as if you bought a 1987 Ford Escort somehow new from some odd psychos garage timewarp...Ford won't get a dime as Nintendo won't on the 22 year old NES game.

And to comment on this from above,"I mean you can still find new NES games on ebay and crap, but NOA isn't getting anything for it." Yes they are getting their money. They got their money back in 1990 when whoever bought the game decided to throw it in the frigin closet.

EDIT: unless nintendo opted to give them the game for free and they later decided to sell it, then in some sense they are getting ripped off, but thats it.

 

[Joe88]

It's better then textbooks from the college bookstore.

My first semester of college:
Start of semester: $600 for 5 books?!?! And this is the used price?
End of semester: You'll buy back all my books for $32 total? And then sell them for the $600 again?

My first and only semester of buying and selling books to the college bookstore.

thats sound just like college bookstore
they buy the book back then sell them for like $10 under the retail price and have a used sticker and then would only buy then back for like $1 after that, wtf??? (note, I havnt done this but know plenty of people that did)

reason why I love amazon

 

[mcp2]

Why are your books so expensive in america?!

 

[PettingZoo]

EB games in Australia is ok, though Gametraders (Aus only) is way better. The only trade in I have ever done was trading 3 DS games for Guitar Hero: On Tour (I traded in 3 shitty games: Rayman: Raving Rabbids 2, More Brain Training and my sisters game "Purr Pals).

 

[El-ahrairah]

Yes, because Nintendo like Ford still want to sell you the same product that's well out of print on the same hardware/frame from 1987.

Well, there certainly a market for it, why else are there so many retro games for sale/download on the Wii? Also, publishers are always porting old games for newer consoles and handhelds. Besides, very few places even stock games from two or more generations back. So yes, there is no denial of revenue, but on games that are current or even last gen, there is.

QUOTE(drwrir @ Mar 20 2009, 11:40 PM) You are basically saying if (for example) I built a bird house, sold it to some old lady, and 5 years from now she decides to get rid of it at a garage sale that she is ripping me off. No, that's completely wrong, she isn't ripping me off. I've already made my profit, just as any manufacturer for that matter.

What I meant to say is that it denies revenue because it adds another supply to fulfill the demand. Say you are selling those bird houses of yours and then someone else starts selling used bird houses for less than yours. People in the market for a bird house will generally go for the used one because it's cheaper and does the same as yours.

 

[epicelite]

Why are your books so expensive in america?!

Cus the school's are money hogs?

PS: I get %15 off cus my mom works at B&N but their stuff is still overpriced usually.