$40 trade in for Modern Warfare 2?

[Gryphon Osiris]

Just got an E-mail from gamstop for a coupon to trade Modern Wafare 2 in for 40 bucks as I had preordered it from them. Does this sound slightly strange to anyone else?

And yes, the E-mail is legit, but I wonder why they are so willing to give that much money when their trade in programs tend to fleece customers?

 

[blackhawksniper]

Just got an E-mail from gamstop for a coupon to trade Modern Wafare 2 in for 40 bucks as I had preordered it from them. Does this sound slightly strange to anyone else?

And yes, the E-mail is legit, but I wonder why they are so willing to give that much money when their trade in programs tend to fleece customers?

because its an in demand game and they probably want to get as many copies as they can out, even if they are used. They are charging the $40 to get that game from you in hopes that you will buy another game and they can profit doubly, a very good idea from a business standpoint.

 

[Duality]

Their doing it for Assassins Creed 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 as well, I believe you have to trade it in before December 20th and it only applies to online orders.

 

[WaterSnake]

Meh, if you don't like it, seems like a good deal to me. $20 loss isn't that bad compared to the $45 loss you get from a normal trade in...

 

[D.T.S.]

It's pretty standard from them when it comes to new games. If you're the type that can blow through a game in a couple of days, you can usually take it back to GameStop and get a fairly hefty compensation.

Provided it's a blockbuster release game, and you picked it day of release.

They used to do it for anyone, and probably still will. I'm guessing they just emailed preorder peeps because they already had their information.

 

[Gryphon Osiris]

Ah, just seemed very odd to me. Thanks.

 

[Putty]

They get a game back, losing $5 from the price they sold it to you and the price they will sell it used.

So really..
+$60 for you buying it
-$40 for giving you INSTORE CREDIT (you have to buy something else)
+$55 for selling it used
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You basically give them twenty dollars for nothing.

 

[Gryphon Osiris]

Yep, free market at it's ''finest'.

 

[shadows5631]

Their doing it for Assassins Creed 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 as well, I believe you have to trade it in before December 20th and it only applies to online orders.

^ Exactly.

With MW2 we know the game has already sold millions so a small discount would catch the eyes of some people.

And Assassin's Creed 2 didn't get very many preorders in our store so that's why we're doing the trade in. I gave away thousands of demo's to L4D2 so we pretty much reward the person for preordering by giving a fair trade in.