Gamestop must be handicapped.

[Waru]

$3 dollars each?

pfft

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[MegaScientifical]

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The new price is set to match other areas, but pre-owned is harder to match because of the varying conditions. As in the video beachbum111111 linked, my GameStop isn't so dirty about it. The pricing is just how it ends up. And I understand why stuff gets screwed up like that.

When you return a game to a physical retailer, it sits there. If someone wants a copy from another shop, they don't call out to have that particular copy shipped over there. Because the games sit there, they have a very limited range. On top of that, while people may return games simply because they don't plan to play it again, most of the time it is because they don't like it. They overstock on bad, pre-owned games which sit in that individual shop, and the price they can pay drops substantially.

I'm not supporting being screwed over. I'm just explaining that, while some features of GameStop such as pre-owned games worked well early on, as the industry expanded, it became more than physical stores can bare. Pre-owned should be left to centralized retailers such as online stores which can stock singularly and move out from there.

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I tried to sell them my PS2 w/ about 50 games, my WII w/ about 25 games and my DS, DSI XL, and Gameboy with about 50 games between the 3 handhelds and they said they would give me like $50. I said heck no and sold them to people on a website for a total profit of $250. I will never try to sell stuff to Gamestop again.

I think what I already typed will apply to you, so check that. Again, not saying it is right to underpay, but I'm explaining why they have to do that. As you did, sell it elsewhere (directly to people wanting to use them). They can't sell them well enough and will only stock them at their own profit for storage space.

[Pikmin]

put yourself into gamestops shoes. would you like it if you sold a product for 60 bucks and they come back a year later and want to sell it back for 20 bucks? probably not, right?

[MrLoganator111]

pfft

$3 a piece at LEAST. I mean, you buy them for $40-$60 and can get them used a few years later for like $15-$20. Heck ya you can get $3 a piece for them if you sell them directly to the people who want them.

[MegaScientifical]

put yourself into gamestops shoes. would you like it if you sold a product for 60 bucks and they come back a year later and want to sell it back for 20 bucks? probably not, right?

And repeating just one more time, essentially GameStop can't afford to stock used items in low demand. What that offer is about what they can afford where they can still profit -someday- from someone deciding to come in and try it. So essentially, sell your things directly to people. GameStop can't give you good deals on that. And as beachbum linked... I guess some awful people are turning specific areas into starfish zones. So keep your used games away from them.

[Yenola³]

put yourself into gamestops shoes. would you like it if you sold a product for 60 bucks and they come back a year later and want to sell it back for 20 bucks? probably not, right?

this is the most bullstuff reason for anything I've ever heard.

They shouldn't be in the used games market if they can't make a fair offer.

You don't see nearly any other market sell new and used copies of the same exact thing.  That's because they are then competing with themselves, which forgets the customer over.

HHGreg and some used furniture store aren't competing with each other, they're two totally different markets, GameStop is just being a money hogging corporation by saying "hey let's forget everyone and be both the new and used game distributor so that we can monopolize the market!"

[MrLoganator111]

And repeating just one more time, essentially GameStop can't afford to stock used items in low demand. What that offer is about what they can afford where they can still profit -someday- from someone deciding to come in and try it. So essentially, sell your things directly to people. GameStop can't give you good deals on that. And as beachbum linked... I guess some awful people are turning specific areas into starfish zones. So keep your used games away from them.

Its understandable from a business standpoint, but for keeping the customers happy, not so much. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do... run gamestop out of business buy using eBay.

[Night Fox]

GameStop is just being a money hogging corporation by saying "hey let's forget everyone and be both the new and used game distributor so that we can monopolize the market!"

lol what

[Nal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onEfmC6HRF4
the op reminded me of this

[MegaScientifical]

this is the most bullstuff reason for anything I've ever heard.

They shouldn't be in the used games market if they can't make a fair offer.

You don't see nearly any other market sell new and used copies of the same exact thing.  That's because they are then competing with themselves, which forgets the customer over.

HHGreg and some used furniture store aren't competing with each other, they're two totally different markets, GameStop is just being a money hogging corporation by saying "hey let's forget everyone and be both the new and used game distributor so that we can monopolize the market!"

GameStop began their used game service back when it was reasonable. As the industry expanded, it became a burden to manage an ever-growing array of items. They still offer this service out of tradition, but I will note that they periodically shut down accepting used items as they go obsolete. At the very least, they disallow the problem of an overabundance of GBA games flushing the prices down to $1 at most per game you bring.

[Renousim]

That's what you're pissed about? Wait for it to come back in stock.

How exactly am I pissed?

[Yenola³]

lol what

someone hasn't taken economics yet!

GameStop began their used game service back when it was reasonable. As the industry expanded, it became a burden to manage an ever-growing array of items. They still offer this service out of tradition, but I will note that they periodically shut down accepting used items as they go obsolete. At the very least, they disallow the problem of an overabundance of GBA games flushing the prices down to $1 at most per game you bring.

If they can't offer a fair price to someone selling something, and forget over the buyers, then they have no need to be in the market of selling used games.

They make so much money off of it, and it just forgets the entire gaming community over.  There was a time when it was a fair market to buy used games, but all the games stores have just been greedy

[Night Fox]

someone hasn't taken economics yet!

how do you suppose they could get a monopoly on that? every time gamestop is mentioned anywhere, there's at least one person complaining about how low they pay for used games.  it can't "forget the entire gaming community over" if you're not handicapped. nobody is forcing you to sell to gamestop, and gamestop isn't getting more than other buyers

but you're right, I haven't taken economics

[Yenola³]

how do you suppose they could get a monopoly on that? every time gamestop is mentioned anywhere, there's at least one person complaining about how low they pay for used games.  it can't "forget the entire gaming community over" if you're not handicapped. nobody is forcing you to sell to gamestop, and gamestop isn't getting more than other buyers

but you're right, I haven't taken economics

do you know what a monopoly is?  If not, I suggest learning that before starting an argument based around it.

If GameStop owns both the new and used game markets, they then get to choose the prices on those markets, meaning neither new OR used is going to be in competition with each other, so you see game prices increase, want a really good example of this?

A new PS2 game (in its era) was $20.
A new Xbox One game is projected to be $80

that's what monopolies do, they increase the price of the base item they're selling, sure a lot of that increase is due to game developers, but I'd give a good $10 of that increase to the developers having to figure that they're going to lose money because of the used game market being as skewed as it is.

Needless to say, if one store focused on just new games, and another on just used games, they would keep each others prices in check, if the used store is a ton cheaper than the new store, the new store then lowers their prices.  But I'm not here to teach you economics, go read up on supply and demand if you want.

Monopolies aren't good, and that's exactly what game retailers are doing right now.

[Night Fox]

do you know what a monopoly is?  If not, I suggest learning that before starting an argument based around it.
If GameStop owns both the new and used game markets, they then get to choose the prices on those markets, meaning neither new OR used is going to be in competition with each other, so you see game prices increase, want a really good example of this?
A new PS2 game (in its era) was $20.
A new Xbox One game is projected to be $80
that's what monopolies do, they increase the price of the base item they're selling, sure a lot of that increase is due to game developers, but I'd give a good $10 of that increase to the developers having to figure that they're going to lose money because of the used game market being as skewed as it is.
Needless to say, if one store focused on just new games, and another on just used games, they would keep each others prices in check, if the used store is a ton cheaper than the new store, the new store then lowers their prices.  But I'm not here to teach you economics, go read up on supply and demand if you want.
Monopolies aren't good, and that's exactly what game retailers are doing right now.

a monopoly is the "exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices"
I did look it up, but it's exactly what I thought it was

anyway, gamestop is not in control of the used game market is what I'm saying
and it never will be

edit: fixed a typo