taking back games for 'trade in'
 

ok, i have a few old xbox games that i am considering trading in in order to get some of the newer ones...
the question is, do people think it is worth it... as in , even if i only go back to the games occasionally is it worth keeping given the pittance I may get for them...
or even is it worth keeping so that if i sell on the xbox ( to get an xbox 2 of course ;) ) I have a bigger 'bundle' to sell...

anyway, these are the games, the poll is...do i trade, and if so where...

Amped
Project Gotham Racing
Mech Assault
Ghost Recon
Splinter Cell ( although I am still playing this, and with content download I may keep it... )

I also have almost all the cover disks from the official mag, but i doubt i can trade them LOL

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You left it a little too late with Amped and PGR, with the sequels just released the trade in price on those will have dropped markedly. I think Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell are out on budget now so the same will go for those.

Personally I wouldn`t bother as there is good chance you wouldn`t even get enough for 1 new game.

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but if you dont ask you wont know , try gamestation they seem better than game to me :D

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yeah, i gather they are better, but only give you credit notes...

i have noticed pgr selling on ebay for 5-10 quid

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eBay them....just get rid of them all! and put that towards Counter Strike....come on! What to do is easy... Keep OLD games which u're not going to play again (honestly!) or flog them and buy CounterStrike which you'll get much more out of, than dust gathering games on your shelf! :p IMO

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Agree with dr wadd, you've left it a bit too late to get better prices for trade in on your games. If you still want to trade them in, I would take them to GAME and see what you get for them. You might get around £6.00 each for the games giving you a total of around £30. You'd probably have to put a little extra towards a new game. If you're not playing these games anymore why keep them. You could always try E-bay and see what you can get for them there.

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i much prefer gamestation , better trade in prices and cheaper games :)

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I would sell them on Ebay, you have to remember that Game and Gamestation want to make a profit when they sell the game on. That means you will get about half or less of the resale value.

Game won't always buy titles off you if they have a lot of that title anyway.

I think you will be very lucky if you can get £6 each in the stores, £4 is closer to the mark now that the newer sequels are out.

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Computer Exchange is a good place to trade in IMO.

www.cex.co.uk :)

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i think the shops should put on their games:

Price.
"reward" price.
trade in value.

It would save waiting in the queues and then you can easily make your mind up, and also saves embaressement of asking and then leaving to say your gonna try somewhere else!

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I've just been to GAME to trade in the original PGR from the 'Classic Range' of games and got £7.00 trade in!!!!!!!!! Can't be bad! :D

:p

<EDIT> Got myself a PC game 'The Lord of the Rings: War Of The Ring'.

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you could try an indipendent shop!

Our local shop buys back at £5 less than his second hand selling price!
So usually when i buy a game for £25 (newish second hand title) i take it back a couple of months later and get £20 trade in!.
Some times the smaller retailers are better for tradeins!!!

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This may sound sad, but I would never get rid of a real favourite (even if I no longer played it). I've got many a game going all the way back to the spectrum, and Atari ages. And every now and again, I get out the old systems and have a blast! (Then they go back in the cupboard for a few more months).

Any game that didn't really capture my interest, would usually end up on ebay, or traded in within a few months. After that the 2nd hand value drops so low, that I'd prefer to keep it.

Am I really that sad - or are there others like me out there? :erm:

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I do not like to get rid of older games just because they are not played as much.
they represent a considerable investment & you never get the money back.
I'm keeping mine for if I ever want to sell off the Xbox and get a new one to go with it etc.
Besides, I may play them one day...

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tbh, that was kind of what i was thinking, they may not be worth much, but they may make it easier to sell the xbox at a later date...