quote:Originally posted by TheDragon:

Well, I hate GameStop. They rip you off and often get a 200 or more percent profit. Also, in order to "trade" a game, you have to give about 3 games just for a Used new game.

2 weeks ago I was in one and some ?10 yo? kid was selling his snes w/a grip of games and the gave him like $25, but I overheard the guy behind the counter say "sory the computer says I can only give you ten cents for each controller." thats when my buddy pointed at the snes bin and I saw a controller marked at $5, thats fifty times what the kid got. Thats one helluva raquet they got. On the drive home my buddy and I decided that we were gonna get some. We almost got enough for a yaers rent in a little strip mall. They all start small.

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what do you mean you were gonna get some? How'd you get about a years rent? I'm confused. Are you saying that you hypothetically borrowed from GameStop or another store?

Do they test CD games you sell them?

Would be pretty easy to sell them blanks with CD stomped labels or nice shrink wrapped DVD cases.

quote:Originally posted by Capt Cataclysm:

Do they test CD games you sell them?

Yes, I've seen them test games as customers bring them in. They have one of every game system that they buy games for, and test any used games before placing them on the shelf.

I had a friend who stole both n64 zelda from gamestop, then sold it back to them for $25. Good deal

If you use the backside of an exacto knife you can unfold the shrinkwrap on the bottom without cutting it.

Slide the game about 75% out of the shrinkwrap.

open the case as much as you can only the top has the seal on it. You should be able to open it enough to pull the game out, replace it with a free AOL cd or a blank cd, grab the instruction manual and replace it with a few pages out of the phonebook.

close the case and slide it back into the shrinkwrap

use a clear glue stick to reseal it

after the glue is dry a little heat (a bic lighter is too much) will undo any stretching of the shrinkwrapped. a hairdryer works great for that professional look and feel.

take the game back and say you bought it for your brother and he already had it.

playstation games have a shrinkwrap like a pack of cigarettes, so practice on those.

if they open it and find out you are scamming them, you blow up on them for selling you this and then trying to make you look like a thief. demand the case to the game and your receipt back, and have your buddy try it at another one. I've been caught 3 times and I even got directions to other locations from the manager. I have about 350 ps1 and ps2 games.

not sure if this works at GameStop but i've yet to find a place I couldn't return at, and I've gone to 9 different stores. (wal-mart, k-mart, eb games, best buy, circut city, fred meyer, compusa, fry's, target)