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Leaked Gamestop RETRO Prices & Special LIST (Update) 4-27-15

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:10:23 PM
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Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.


80 percent market value on everything? and your open still? Im guessing you give 80 percent market value and sell for 150% market value then lmao.

you should care more about your business because I dont see it lasting long. Those trade in rates you are giving on that site, their is no way you can possibly sell those games for a fair price. You are giving market value credit almost. Thats not sustainable.

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Edited: 04/27/2015 at 01:13 PM by quest4nes

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:11:20 PM
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Originally posted by: vintiques

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I believe the lack of high end games on their list is a strategy to try and limit the odds that they get someone selling reproduction games as legit i.e. Samson, F2, mm X2 and 3, Earthbound and many many more, just a thought.
Or it's a strategy to screw over the unknowing consumer who is trading in there Nintender tapes for Call of Duty 37....

Awesome that the trade in values are decent on certain games, but some of the highest titles could be accepted as "generic" for$.05 i.e. Mega Man 5 which is curiously missing from their list....

Bubble Bobble 2 would be accepted as generic for $.05....Mega Man 1....I could go on. In my opinion these prices are BULLSHIT. It's 2015, you could easily have a price list for EVERY TITLE. Pay somebody $8 an hour and they could have a fairly accurate completed list off pricecharting in two days.

Also, these are only trade in values. At least Funcoland back in the day had a cash option.





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Apr 27, 2015 at 1:13:22 PM
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Originally posted by: quest4nes

Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.


80 percent market value on everything? and your open still? Im guessing you give 80 percent market value and sell for 150% market value then lmao. I believe in giving a fair rate, but cmon i doubt you seriously sell your stuff for fair price and give 80 percent.

No one would buy stuff at 150% markup, short of $5 more than market by accidnet nothing we have is ever much higher than market. I think people have too much mistrust for customers, and think they have to protect themselves too much. It is what has led to mistrust among mom n pop stores. If you pay $25-$30 for something, and that same person comes in to see $89-$99 on it... that is a slap in the face.

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:17:15 PM
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Originally posted by: eightbithero

Originally posted by: vintiques

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I believe the lack of high end games on their list is a strategy to try and limit the odds that they get someone selling reproduction games as legit i.e. Samson, F2, mm X2 and 3, Earthbound and many many more, just a thought.
Or it's a strategy to screw over the unknowing consumer who is trading in there Nintender tapes for Call of Duty 37....

Awesome that the trade in values are decent on certain games, but some of the highest titles could be accepted as "generic" for$.05 i.e. Mega Man 5 which is curiously missing from their list....

Bubble Bobble 2 would be accepted as generic for $.05....Mega Man 1....I could go on. In my opinion these prices are BULLSHIT. It's 2015, you could easily have a price list for EVERY TITLE. Pay somebody $8 an hour and they could have a fairly accurate completed list off pricecharting in two days.

Also, these are only trade in values. At least Funcoland back in the day had a cash option.



 
There are cash options at gamestop. I guess we can find out what they would offer on samson if I take mine to a local store doing it. I have not kept up with all the news about this, is it every store taking retro stuff in or only certain stores?



Apr 27, 2015 at 1:19:34 PM
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Originally posted by: LANCXEON

Originally posted by: quest4nes

Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.


80 percent market value on everything? and your open still? Im guessing you give 80 percent market value and sell for 150% market value then lmao. I believe in giving a fair rate, but cmon i doubt you seriously sell your stuff for fair price and give 80 percent.

No one would buy stuff at 150% markup, short of $5 more than market by accidnet nothing we have is ever much higher than market. I think people have too much mistrust for customers, and think they have to protect themselves too much. It is what has led to mistrust among mom n pop stores. If you pay $25-$30 for something, and that same person comes in to see $89-$99 on it... that is a slap in the face.

25 out of 100 is oly 25 percent. You said you paid 80 percent credit. It isnt sustainable to pay 80 and sell for 100. You arent going to make shit. Its a business. I offer a fair amount 30-40 percent cash on stuff. I dont give two shits about how they feel. If they are happy with the cash value theyll take it.  They know how business works. Doesnt sound like you are in a business to have a business. Its not wrong to make money. Its wrong to lie to people. But if you are straight forward with what you are doing then its fine in my book. Almost everyone knows they arent getting full value. The more in demand something is and easier to sell Ill give more, but Im not in the game to make 5 dollars end profit on a mario rpg. Thats a waste of time.

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Edited: 04/27/2015 at 01:22 PM by quest4nes

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:19:53 PM
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GameStop is adding 10-30% to market value, then giving 50% of that in store credit. Cash will be 20% less.
They need stock, once they have stock these values will drop back to their 10-30% usual. They knew the internet would have murdered them if they did not make this look good.

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:22:51 PM
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Originally posted by: LANCXEON

GameStop is adding 10-30% to market value, then giving 50% of that in store credit. Cash will be 20% less.
They need stock, once they have stock these values will drop back to their 10-30% usual. They knew the internet would have murdered them if they did not make this look good.


I already know that dude. 

how much do you sell mario rpg on snes or smash bros on n64 for? Do you sell all in store? no online?

Do you have online store to buy from? or is that trade in thing it?

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Edited: 04/27/2015 at 01:24 PM by quest4nes

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:23:48 PM
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Originally posted by: quest4nes

Originally posted by: LANCXEON

Originally posted by: quest4nes

Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.


80 percent market value on everything? and your open still? Im guessing you give 80 percent market value and sell for 150% market value then lmao. I believe in giving a fair rate, but cmon i doubt you seriously sell your stuff for fair price and give 80 percent.

No one would buy stuff at 150% markup, short of $5 more than market by accidnet nothing we have is ever much higher than market. I think people have too much mistrust for customers, and think they have to protect themselves too much. It is what has led to mistrust among mom n pop stores. If you pay $25-$30 for something, and that same person comes in to see $89-$99 on it... that is a slap in the face.

25 out of 100 is oly 25 percent. You said you paid 80 dollars credit. It isnt sustainable to pay 80 and sell for 100. You arent going to make shit. Its a business. I offer a fair amount 30-40 percent cash on stuff. I dont give two shits about how they feel. If they are happy with the cash value theyll take it.  They know how business works. Doesnt sound like you are in a business to have a business. Its not wrong to make money. Its wrong to lie to people. But if you are straight forward with what you are doing then its fine in my book. Almost everyone knows they arent getting full value. The more in demand something is and easier to sell Ill give more, but Im not in the game to make 5 dollars end profit on a mario rpg. Thats a waste of time.

I mean I guess, maybe your just in a bad spot? I've been open going on 3 years.
I mean, I don't give much for the more obscure systems but I also don't charge anywhere near market on them either. If by chance I do get a lot of stock on one item I will pull back.. but that never happens, I hardly ever have multiples because they are gone before they can sit. 5 dollar profit on 100 items sold is $500, I like that better than 40 dollar profit on 1 item sold.


Apr 27, 2015 at 1:25:09 PM
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Originally posted by: vintiques

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I believe the lack of high end games on their list is a strategy to try and limit the odds that they get someone selling reproduction games as legit i.e. Samson, F2, mm X2 and 3, Earthbound and many many more, just a thought.
That or they are not willing to pay top $$$ for higher cost games, I dont see gamestop giving a PS4 system to someone who gives them a little sansom.



Apr 27, 2015 at 1:26:38 PM
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Originally posted by: LANCXEON

Originally posted by: quest4nes

Originally posted by: LANCXEON

Originally posted by: quest4nes

Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.


80 percent market value on everything? and your open still? Im guessing you give 80 percent market value and sell for 150% market value then lmao. I believe in giving a fair rate, but cmon i doubt you seriously sell your stuff for fair price and give 80 percent.

No one would buy stuff at 150% markup, short of $5 more than market by accidnet nothing we have is ever much higher than market. I think people have too much mistrust for customers, and think they have to protect themselves too much. It is what has led to mistrust among mom n pop stores. If you pay $25-$30 for something, and that same person comes in to see $89-$99 on it... that is a slap in the face.

25 out of 100 is oly 25 percent. You said you paid 80 dollars credit. It isnt sustainable to pay 80 and sell for 100. You arent going to make shit. Its a business. I offer a fair amount 30-40 percent cash on stuff. I dont give two shits about how they feel. If they are happy with the cash value theyll take it.  They know how business works. Doesnt sound like you are in a business to have a business. Its not wrong to make money. Its wrong to lie to people. But if you are straight forward with what you are doing then its fine in my book. Almost everyone knows they arent getting full value. The more in demand something is and easier to sell Ill give more, but Im not in the game to make 5 dollars end profit on a mario rpg. Thats a waste of time.

I mean I guess, maybe your just in a bad spot? I've been open going on 3 years.
I mean, I don't give much for the more obscure systems but I also don't charge anywhere near market on them either. If by chance I do get a lot of stock on one item I will pull back.. but that never happens, I hardly ever have multiples because they are gone before they can sit. 5 dollar profit on 100 items sold is $500, I like that better than 40 dollar profit on 1 item sold.
 


I dont know where you are in particular but damn stuff doesnt sell like that here.. 5 Dollars profit on 100 sold items is a ton of work for 500 bucks. For that amount of money, Id rather do something else. 

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Edited: 04/27/2015 at 01:27 PM by quest4nes

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:27:18 PM
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Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.
Weve been 15 years open and counting, I dont see us lasting more than 1 year with your strategy



Apr 27, 2015 at 1:33:01 PM
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Originally posted by: faramith

Originally posted by: vintiques

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I believe the lack of high end games on their list is a strategy to try and limit the odds that they get someone selling reproduction games as legit i.e. Samson, F2, mm X2 and 3, Earthbound and many many more, just a thought.
That or they are not willing to pay top $$$ for higher cost games, I dont see gamestop giving a PS4 system to someone who gives them a little sansom.

 
It doesn't take a lot to realize the risk of having their undertrained employees take in a counterfeit game is pretty high, just a search on ebay for the higher priced games reveals a lot of questionable listings. And without training every employee on what to look for and the huge red flags they could essentially be losing $450 if they were to trade a ps4 for a samson. I however don't think it is their unwillingness to pay that kind of a price for samson, just risk management. 




Apr 27, 2015 at 1:51:15 PM
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Originally posted by: faramith

Originally posted by: vintiques

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I believe the lack of high end games on their list is a strategy to try and limit the odds that they get someone selling reproduction games as legit i.e. Samson, F2, mm X2 and 3, Earthbound and many many more, just a thought.
That or they are not willing to pay top $$$ for higher cost games, I dont see gamestop giving a PS4 system to someone who gives them a little sansom.

 

I don't think Gamestop is interested in the high end retro market. Their target consumer is the casual retro gamer who wants physical copies of Zelda, Mario, Punch-Out, etc. Gamestop pretty much wants the retro games that are common enough to ensure a steady supply through trade-ins and popular enough that'll move for an inflated price.


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Apr 27, 2015 at 1:56:22 PM
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Idk, there are other stores in the area that have much more stock than I do... and they boast about it. Meanwhile all I have all day are people choosing to come to us because those stores are huge rip offs.

I guess it is location based, or perhaps you all have hired other people so have higher overhead? I do it all my own with my wife, and am closed on Monday and Tuesday. It pays the bills, and I get to.. at least try and enjoy what I do. Even at my trade in values I have people scold me because they want more than what their stuff is worth. I would be ran out of town if I offered less.

Apr 27, 2015 at 1:57:02 PM
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Originally posted by: teh lurv

Originally posted by: faramith

Originally posted by: vintiques

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I believe the lack of high end games on their list is a strategy to try and limit the odds that they get someone selling reproduction games as legit i.e. Samson, F2, mm X2 and 3, Earthbound and many many more, just a thought.
That or they are not willing to pay top $$$ for higher cost games, I dont see gamestop giving a PS4 system to someone who gives them a little sansom.

 

I don't think Gamestop is interested in the high end retro market. Their target consumer is the casual retro gamer who wants physical copies of Zelda, Mario, Punch-Out, etc. Gamestop pretty much wants the retro games that are common enough to ensure a steady supply through trade-ins and popular enough that'll move for an inflated price.
 


20 trade in credit for punchout sounds pretty nuts. Thats more than I sell punchout for. Mike Tyson its what I actually sell that for.  Thats crazy trade in value.

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Apr 27, 2015 at 4:36:04 PM
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there's this thing in my area i like to think of as the 'games people have heard of tax' wherein, to purchase a mt punchout locally you would probably have to drop $40-45... the flip side of that is awesome games that nobody knows can sometimes be found for a bit under market

edit: no love for the first mario? woulda guessed that made the cut(if cheaply)


Edited: 04/27/2015 at 04:43 PM by chromableedstudios

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Originally posted by: quest4nes
20 trade in credit for punchout sounds pretty nuts. Thats more than I sell punchout for. Mike Tyson its what I actually sell that for.  Thats crazy trade in value.
They need to get stock in to make a go of this, and have way more capital than a mom and pop operation or any collector. So "crazy trade in value" is actually a fairly solid approach. For awhile, anyway.



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I wonder if that trade in price is for store credit or cash.  If it is store credit it makes sense cause they will make it back on the over priced retro games.  

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Originally posted by: Tulpa

Originally posted by: quest4nes
20 trade in credit for punchout sounds pretty nuts. Thats more than I sell punchout for. Mike Tyson its what I actually sell that for.  Thats crazy trade in value.
They need to get stock in to make a go of this, and have way more capital than a mom and pop operation or any collector. So "crazy trade in value" is actually a fairly solid approach. For awhile, anyway.

 

And most people are going to buy used games with that store credit, which only cost them pennies of what they sell them for. So it's not a bad strategy.


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We are missing one BIG problem with this. Gamestop has never been able to determine condition. To them it either plays or it doesn't. What they are going to do is pay too much for other people's garbage with cracked cases and destroyed labels. Then when someone buys a game and gets that crap they will never buy again. I'd bet that long term this will drop prices because they are going to have to eventually dump them all cheap.

If I owned a game store I know I'd take a lot of my backlog in and trade it for hardware or other merchandise that I could sell more easily.

Apr 27, 2015 at 6:02:48 PM
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Hey guys,

I am in the test market and have had some experiences. Some prices are pretty good ($5 for SFII for Genesis, $7 for N64 nfl blitz titles, even a few bucks for Ms Pac Man and Terrris) and they are paying decently for consoles. Carts can't have label tears or "corrosion", and most be on decent physical condition. Consoles require all hookups and a first party controller.

I'm happy that I'm getting rid of some consoles for close to maker value without being bothered testing, cleaning, etc because I have accumulated a bit and they were just taking up space. PM me with any questions.

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Originally posted by: Geekquisitions

Hey guys,

I am in the test market and have had some experiences. Some prices are pretty good ($5 for SFII for Genesis, $7 for N64 nfl blitz titles, even a few bucks for Ms Pac Man and Terrris) and they are paying decently for consoles. Carts can't have label tears or "corrosion", and most be on decent physical condition. Consoles require all hookups and a first party controller.

I'm happy that I'm getting rid of some consoles for close to maker value without being bothered testing, cleaning, etc because I have accumulated a bit and they were just taking up space. PM me with any questions.

Receipts plox? I'm just curious to see.



Edited: 04/27/2015 at 06:08 PM by Majesty ZX

Apr 27, 2015 at 6:26:42 PM
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Game stop sells gift cards in my area you can use your trade credit for gas gift cards and such.

Apr 27, 2015 at 6:27:59 PM
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Originally posted by: pats1717

Game stop sells gift cards in my area you can use your trade credit for gas gift cards and such.





And Amazon gift cards, which, as far as I'm concerned, is practically cash.

Apr 27, 2015 at 6:28:54 PM
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Originally posted by: LANCXEON

This is hilarious, I did not know all these other game stores were so bad. I saw the trade in values, and with the exception of a few (Pokemon Snap, which they will inflate the price on so it will fix itself) we give more in trade and cash on all of these. We give 80% of market value trade in and minus off 25% for cash. here look http://therabbitholenc.com/trade

This might kill off all my other local competition, but it won't hurt me. Who it is hurting is the customers because it looks like they are inflating a lot of prices, and as someone who cares about my community more than the dollar ... that saddens me.
Do you have an online store or an ebay store?
Didn't see this on your site. Only saw the trade-in page and the main page.



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