Using GAME trade in deals to your advantage

[MMaC]

i grabbed this from GAME today.

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So WET is on the List until the 4th of the March. That is more than 2 weeks to order some cheap copies of WET from the uk.

So you order 2 copies of WET for Approx $48 AUD Delivered thats $24 each.

 http://www.dvd.co.uk/Games/Wet-PS3/WETPS3/product.htm

Then you can use em on trade in 1 and pay x amount for the game

 http://www.game.com.au/tradedeals

So it ends up being :

$53.95 for Aliens v Predator
$63.95 for BFBC2
$63.95 for Heavy Rain
$63.95 for MAG
$63.95 for Dante's Inferno
$63.95 for Bioshock 2

and many more

Ive been doing this for a few weeks now.

[mmmmmmm]

JB hifi still seems a lot easier, last week I bought 3 PS3 trade bait all up for $40 (10,15,15). But of course JB don't offer the 341 deal to all games, so this will be useful for those looking for Dantes Inferno etc.

[xcess]

Well yeah this would be good now since JB just updated their exclusion list and I think they have now gotten most of the cheap games on the list that were useable

[cheapo]

I always thought Game were really ummm.....anal retentive when it comes to trading in games that don't have the aussie classification. At the start of last year, I attempted to trade in a UK version of The Orange Box and had no luck whatsoever. Even called another store and they refused it as well. I haven't tried since considering they have this on the bottom of their exclusion list:

*Terms & Conditions - Games must be in resalable condition. Games must include all supporting documents and include original DVD case, manual and sleeve. 'Not for Resale' items not accepted. Items purchased overseas will be refused trade-in. Consoles must be in full working order & be complete with original controller & cabling. Items may only be traded for store credit, no cash given. GAME reserves the right to refuse any item at its discretion. GAME reserves the right to change these terms & conditions at any time. This list is subject to change at any time at GAME's discretion.

Good for you though that your local store accepts them. I guess some people have better luck then others when it comes to trading/pricematching etc.

[Charlie Miso]

Never had any luck with trades for O/s games at GAME.

Aside from DS - they seem to have no problems with these. Handy to throw a few cheap games in when doing any trading as when you trade over 3 games you get an additional $10 per game up to $30.

[Tomsco]

"Items purchased overseas will be refused trade-in."

You could always try arguing that you bought it from Game initially. Maybe from their website. Simple "don't like stickers on my game, took of OFLC rating0." Bada bing bada bang.

Edit: If you pull this off for a pre-order, apparently you can go back on the day and price match to another store (ie. $78 game at Kmart = game traded + $8)