Best Buy trade-in program

[Demon_Skeith]

Responding to yesterday's news that Target would soon allow customers to trade in used videogames for credit at their store, rival retailer Best Buy today announced its own trade-in program is going nationwide later this week.

The program will start in roughly 600 Best Buy stores across the country with additional stores being added soon after.

"The expansion of our trade-in program reaffirms our commitment to consistently pursue new ways to bring a better gaming experience to consumers," said Best Buy's Chris Homeister, senior vice president and general managers.

"Fall marks the launch of several highly-anticipated gaming titles and new technology, and we're thrilled to provide gamers with innovative ways to connect with the games they love."

As a special offer beginning Sunday, August 29, customers who trade in games will receive a $20 Best Buy Gift Card as part of a promotion.

Best Buy says in-store credit can be used to purchase anything at the store, and stores will soon begin selling pre-owned titles as well.

Correction: Best Buy says the announcement has been corrected saying the promotion is for a $20 gift card only. It will not be on top of the trade-in value.

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meh, I rather ebay my used games.

 

[froggyboy604]

Doesn't seem that worth it trading in New games. I rather just keep my games or trade them.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Hmm... trade in a old game then get an extra $20? I like that deal.

 

[cqinzx]

I wouldn't really trade-in any game to Best Buy, Target, or any retailer. They usually give 25% of what the current price of the game is. If you're on eBay, you can probably sell it for about 50-75% of the game's current price.

 

[froggyboy604]

If you sell older games like Burnout Paradise which you bought from Ebay, you can sometimes recover 100% or more of the price since people are willing to pay $10-15 for a used copy of Burnout Paradise, and you can buy a used copy of Burnout paradise for $10 or less on Ebay.

I know people who bought used tech books off the internet for less then 50% of the price of a new book, and sell them to students for 60-70% of the price of a new textbook. I think the same concept can work for games as well.