EBGames/FutureShop/BestBuy/TheSource - Trade-In-Values (TIV) Thread - TIVs.ca

[ghost80]

hmmm ...should i buy a copy from the source ($40) and trade it in at eb games? :confused:

Ummm.. what's the point of doing that? Wouldn't you be taking a $3 loss?!?

[Scott Pilgrim]

Plus tax...

[ghost80]

Plus tax...

Actually, with trade-in, you'd get the credit on an Edge card, so that is tax free.

[Scott Pilgrim]

Actually, with trade-in, you'd get the credit on an Edge card, so that is tax free.

I mean when he buys from The Source.

[CheapAssGuy]

Ummm.. what's the point of doing that? Wouldn't you be taking a $3 loss?!?

yeah i guess ... i'm just surprised it's worth so much in tiv for an old game and i am tempted :o

[kleptodathief]

its like renting out the game for 3.39$ bux if u buy it from TSCC and tiv it into ebg re: that drakes uncharted game..... play it for 1 week, trade it in, hope the tiv stays at 37

tiger woods is up to 25? man i gotta trade in this game...its the FIRST game i ever bought at retail! :cheesygri i got from stooples too lol when i was a n00b!

[jett01]

Current (3/6) EB Webpage TIV
Wii

LEGEND ZELDA TWILIGHT $37.00
WII FIT (Software only) $35.00
CALL OF DUTY 3 $30.00
WARIOWARE SMOOTH MOVES $30.00
MARIO PARTY 8 $30.00
SUPER PAPER MARIO $30.00
METROID PRIME 3 $30.00
SUPER MARIO GALAXY $30.00
SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL $30.00
POKEMON BATTLE REVO $30.00
MARIO/SONIC OLYMPICS $30.00
MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED $30.00
LEGO INDIANA JONES $30.00
MARIO KART $29.00
NARUTO: CLASH OF NINJA $27.00

[Scott Pilgrim]

I guess I just don't have enough time to go out and buy a game and finish it in a week and then go out once more to trade it in, just in time for its trade in value to remain the same. How can you truly appreciate a game if you are racing against time in order to save $3?

edit: oh right... RFD

[4got10]

yeah i guess ... i'm just surprised it's worth so much in tiv for an old game and i am tempted :o

Console specific titles (or first party titles) tend to hold higher trade in values. I think Heavenly Sword and Ratchet and Clank are still quite up there even though they are a year and a half old.

[CheapAssGuy]

tiger woods is up to 25? man i gotta trade in this game...its the FIRST game i ever bought at retail! :cheesygri i got from stooples too lol when i was a n00b!

lol let me guess u bought it for $60? :razz:

[grappos13]

if you are interested. it's brand new, still shrink wrapped. it's the one from the CE but i'm keeping everything except the game and costume code

60 including shipping. extra if paypal ;)

nah.. its ok.. thoguht u were gonna do for like 45 :D

anyways.. i gotta keep looking for a CE one myself.. still kicking myself for not pre-ordering the CE and put a pre-order on RE5.. stupid me.. i probably wont even get RE5.. seems weird that u cant run and shoot lol..

[United11]

its been high for a while actually.. i got it for like 14 from rogers a while ago.. never got around to playing any of the 3 lego games yet lol


I picked up all three during the 2/$30 zellers fiasco - finished Indy and Batman and havn't started SW yet.

Pretty fun for the 1st go through, but once you have finished it 100%, I can't see going through again.

[CheapAssGuy]

i probably wont even get RE5.. seems weird that u cant run and shoot lol..

that's how re has been always

but i heard for re 6 there will be many changes

[Setz]

that's how re has been always

but i heard for re 6 there will be many changes

ugh! forget re6 and just remake re2 with dead space camera + aiming

[jett01]

I guess I just don't have enough time to go out and buy a game and finish it in a week and then go out once more to trade it in, just in time for its trade in value to remain the same. How can you truly appreciate a game if you are racing against time in order to save $3?

edit: oh right... RFD

im gonna try and plow through RE5 in a week and take it back and get my FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! WOOOOOO!

i doubt i get near the end. but i like the offer.
a full week rental for freeeeeeeeee!

[anton204]

Its amazing how often some people here trade practically new games like SF4, KZ2, etc....


that's how re has been always

but i heard for re 6 there will be many changes

RE 6 will be a complete reboot on the series. I wonder how that will be...

[jett01]

ugh! forget re6 and just remake re2 with dead space camera + aiming

one of my all time favourite gaming experiences.
flawless victory for me.

[jett01]

Current (3/6) EB Webpage TIV

PSP

PIMP MY RIDE PSP $25.00
STAR WARS:FRC UNLEASHED PSP $22.00
GOD OF WAR PSP $20.00
LEGO INDIANA JONES PSP $19.00
NARUTO ULTIMATE NINJA 2 PSP $19.00

[musdy]

Looks like I need to find Pimp my Ride.

[Seifer]

Damn...TIVS have dropped this week :

EB
Xbox 360 - Comdemned 2 ($11)
Xbox 360 - Crackdown ($7)
PS3 - NHL 08 ($3) ...ouch it was $8 a week ago !!!

[CheapAssGuy]

Looks like I need to find Pimp my Ride.

lol same here, bb and fs don't have it :|

[TedEdFred]

Damn...TIVS have dropped this week :

EB
Xbox 360 - Comdemned 2 ($11)
Xbox 360 - Crackdown ($7)
PS3 - NHL 08 ($3) ...ouch it was $8 a week ago !!!

Condemned probably dropped because all the idiots that bought up all those cheap copies somewhere else lately dumped them on EB games.

[Seifer]

Condemned probably dropped because all the idiots that bought up all those cheap copies somewhere else lately dumped them on EB games.

I don't mind about Condemned since it's still over $8...but crackdown and NHL 08 was over $8 last week !

[grappos13]

^ ya well i lost like 80+ dollars not trading in 4 games to FS earlier :(

[deezz]

so for those of you that play your games, do you guys keep 'em after you've finished them and go back and pop 'em in every once in a while, or do you trade 'em in while tiv's are still high for them.

[grappos13]

^ depends on the game id think.. certain games for sure that i want to keep... but then again i keep like everygame (since i have like 80 for the ps3 lol)... but i wouldnt do these promos just to trade the game in 2-3 months later...

[4got10]

so for those of you that play your games, do you guys keep 'em after you've finished them and go back and pop 'em in every once in a while, or do you trade 'em in while tiv's are still high for them.

All depends on the game and replay value. I tend to keep a lot of the good multiplayer ones for when friends come over but any of the single player games I tend to flip once I am done. Most of my stuff I picked up used at rogers or though trade in deals anyways so I usually break even. Nice thing about EB and future shop is that I can trade in console games for new PC titles (until digital distribution takes over the market).

[neksus]

Its amazing how often some people here trade practically new games like SF4, KZ2, etc....

Whatever. That money lets EB stay in business which allows me to use the T3G1 :razz:

[craeyon]

Damn...TIVS have dropped this week :

EB
Xbox 360 - Comdemned 2 ($11)
Xbox 360 - Crackdown ($7)
PS3 - NHL 08 ($3) ...ouch it was $8 a week ago !!!

The TiV for NHL 08 is not surprising since the xbox360 is going for $1.00

also, thanks jet, added some more games to the site cause of you

[neksus]

The TiV for NHL 08 is not surprising since the xbox360 is going for $1.00

PS3 games generally hold their value better than 360 games.

[craeyon]

PS3 games generally hold their value better than 360 games.lol i bet you that additional $2.00 difference is probably because its DVD vs Blu-Ray disc lol

[funkymankevx]

so for those of you that play your games, do you guys keep 'em after you've finished them and go back and pop 'em in every once in a while, or do you trade 'em in while tiv's are still high for them.


I keep all of my games that I buy with intentions of playing. I used to trade in a lot of games and ended up re-buying quite a few, so now even if I doubt I'll play a game again, I keep it.

[Setz]

I usually keep all my games unless for the following two reasons:

1. I buy a game without doing enough research and it's a garbage game or
2. I trade in a game I like for a game I want more (ex. LittleBIgPlanet I traded for a Siren: New Translation import)

[neksus]

lol i bet you that additional $2.00 difference is probably because its DVD vs Blu-Ray disc lol

1) A handful of PS3 games are released after the 360 counter-part
2) PS3 games go on less sales than 360 games, thus ensuring the used price can stay higher while retaining the same profit margin(s).

[KnucklesSonic8]

Dunno if these have been reported yet or not but...

For Future Shop:
NHL 2K9 is $30 TIV again.
And a new TIV comes in for Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - $30, as well.

....as per their Top 25 TIV's.

I personally don't think RRRTVP is worth trading in unless you can't seem to enjoy it but that's my two cents worth on it. Also, NHL 2K9 is also $30 at EB Games so you can change at either place but if you're missing the manual, then go for Future Shop. I mention this because my best friend wants to trade in NHL 2K9 and last time when FS had it for $30 TIV, he took too long and missed the opportunity. Glad it came back. :P

[Tharyn]

Question.. anyone know the TIV on the Wii Les Paul GH3 Controller?

Thanks!

[Jagmit]

I suggest if anyone was thinking about trading in Far Cry 2, trade it in NOW. Zellers dropped the price even further to 29.97, i don't know if its a sale price or permanent, but if Zellers drops it, thats a sign. I played it once after using credit at BBV. Never got to it again, i think i'll keep it.

[zoro69]

I suggest if anyone was thinking about trading in Far Cry 2, trade it in NOW. Zellers dropped the price even further to 29.97, i don't know if its a sale price or permanent, but if Zellers drops it, thats a sign. I played it once after using credit at BBV. Never got to it again, i think i'll keep it.

I put it on goozex, gone in 2 days for 1,000 points. I'll use that to get a few older games.

[craeyon]

1) A handful of PS3 games are released after the 360 counter-part
2) PS3 games go on less sales than 360 games, thus ensuring the used price can stay higher while retaining the same profit margin(s).

Yes I know, I was just trying to add humor to this thread. That has been mentioned in this thread by me you and some others a while ago when we were contemplating why some of the xbox360 games had a lower tivs than their ps3 counterparts.


Dunno if these have been reported yet or not but...

For Future Shop:
NHL 2K9 is $30 TIV again.
And a new TIV comes in for Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - $30, as well.

....as per their Top 25 TIV's.and is that for the 360?

[JnJosh]

Question.. anyone know the TIV on the Wii Les Paul GH3 Controller?

Thanks!

futureshop = n/a
eb games = n/a
blockbuster = n/a

not sure if microplay takes them in, best bet is kijiji, craigslist or ebay

[ngaiden]

I think KnucklesSonic8 TIV's are for the Wii.

[ngaiden]

Question.. anyone know the TIV on the Wii Les Paul GH3 Controller?

Thanks!

I remember asking about the TIV for that at EB 3 several weeks ago. The csr said they'd give me very little for it so I shouldn't even bother bringing it in. He didn't tell me how much it was actually worth though, sorry.

[neksus]

I think KnucklesSonic8 TIV's are for the Wii.

The tiv connoisseur caught it ;)

[Setz]

Good call to the guy who said that now is the time to trade in Far Cry 2.

Went to EB just now and tried to TI FC2 and they said that two values came up, 25$ and 7$, but they used the 25$ for me. Perhaps tomorrow it will become 7$?

Anyways,

PS3 - Far Cry 2 - 25$ TIV
PS3 - Mirror's Edge - 20$ TIV
PS3 - Guitar Hero 3 Guitar only - 15$ TIV

[grappos13]

mirrors edge brand new price is down to 39.99 now so that TIV might come down soon...$15 for the guitar? not too bad.. they probably resell for 50 lol... i got 2 extra guitars that i need to get rid of but dont want 15 tiv

[Setz]

mirrors edge brand new price is down to 39.99 now so that TIV might come down soon...$15 for the guitar? not too bad.. they probably resell for 50 lol... i got 2 extra guitars that i need to get rid of but dont want 15 tiv

I thoroughly enjoyed Mirror's Edge, so I couldn't possibly trade it in. I'm just quoting the price. ;) If only DICE employed the level design they used in ME for a possible future tech Battlefield game? Besides, not too long ago I paid 59.99$, so 20$ is kind of criminal.

[Jagmit]

Good call to the guy who said that now is the time to trade in Far Cry 2.

Went to EB just now and tried to TI FC2 and they said that two values came up, 25$ and 7$, but they used the 25$ for me. Perhaps tomorrow it will become 7$?

Anyways,

PS3 - Far Cry 2 - 25$ TIV
PS3 - Mirror's Edge - 20$ TIV
PS3 - Guitar Hero 3 Guitar only - 15$ TIV

Yea i reported it :D but what is wierd is that isn't Far Cry 2 on the most wanted list for the month?

[deezz]

Yeah that was me getting all worried about the TIV of FC2 a couple weeks ago, when some poster said that they saw it on sale for 39.99 brand new lol and 29.99 used, so I traded it in literally the next day to get my 35 tiv....I felt like nostradamus when it went down to 25 a few days later lol

Mirror's Edge was a fantastic game!! Luckily I finished it just before KZ2 came out :D I was contemplating purchasing the DLC for the time trial maps....those things are SO addicting too. It reminded me of Gran Turismo 3 for the ps2, where you would constantly redo tracks to beat the clock and get those trophies (haha the original trophies I guess!!) and unlock cars and maps. Now that KZ2's out though, I may wait a while and see if that ME DLC goes on sale. Protip: watch youtube clips of people getting three stars on the time trial maps to figure out what shortcuts you should be taking!! ;) I just thought it was ******** that they used those damn flash animations for the cutscenes instead of the at least the regular in game graphics!! wtf?! Hopefully it did well enough for a sequel with improved mechanics and some better fighting/gun fights....I'd be all over that :D

[deezz]

Yea i reported it :D but what is wierd is that isn't Far Cry 2 on the most wanted list for the month?

well it looks like we both think pretty highly of ourselves don't we?!?! lol

[KnucklesSonic8]

I think KnucklesSonic8 TIV's are for the Wii.

They are, sorry. Thought it would've been obvious since I mentioned RRRTVP.

[Jagmit]

well it looks like we both think pretty highly of ourselves don't we?!?! lol

i'm excited, what can i say?

[zoro69]

Woot, someone is sending me wii RE4 on goozex, for 1/3 of the points I got for Far cry 2. Bet I could get 3 games that qualify for trade 3 (not that Id do that) for less then the points I got for Far Cry.

$25 TIV for FC2 >>Not a deaL!!!

[dtrader69]

nba2k9 ps3 - 9 dollar tiv @ bbv...
midnight la ps3 - 20 dollar tiv @ bbv..

[greywolf501]

Woot, someone is sending me wii RE4 on goozex, for 1/3 of the points I got for Far cry 2. Bet I could get 3 games that qualify for trade 3 (not that Id do that) for less then the points I got for Far Cry.

$25 TIV for FC2 >>Not a deaL!!!
Goozex really is the best place to trade new releases, you can scretch 1000 points pretty far on there on a regular basis.

[PhilSousa]

Well what a sweet deal. I have been wanting Mirrors Edge for a while now. Just picked up a used copy today at EB games for only 35 bucks. Not BAD!

Phil

[Eclipse09]

for Goozex, what is the average shipping cost within canada?

[zoro69]

for Goozex, what is the average shipping cost within canada?

Any normal "dvd case' game, anywhere in Canada, 1.96+GST. Canada Post had announced specification changes that would have doubled that, but they've backed off, for now.

Any disc only cd, .54 (mailed "zip.ca'" envelope only style)

[DuaLbiOs06]

Is anyone know what's the tiv for psp is Socom Tactical Strike ? Thanks, might check out EB later on... unless someone already found tiv for this :-0

[Aj23]

Can anyone shed some light on Goozex?

[XPatr0l]

Call of Duty 2 for XBox 360 : 13$ at EBGames
NHL 2K7 for Xbox 360 : 0,25$ (:() at EBGames

[abc642]

Can anyone shed some light on Goozex?

It's a video game trading site. You send game to others for points and buy games from others those points. Takes a lot of patience though, especially for new releases.

[mahjongmaniac]

He probably paid a maximum of half. Trade accounts are not linked, but you can put credit from your account at your store onto a card, or multiple cards, or whatever. It/they can then be used to buy whatever you want.

accts aren't linked f/ store to store, but it's really not that hard for a MOD to find out if you're abusing trade promos/policies

[rinse]

03/04/09

EB Games

Halo 3 $25
Left 4 Dead $37

[neksus]

03/04/09

EB Games

Halo 3 $25
Left 4 Dead $37

Was that 04 supposed to be an 07 or are these a few days old?

[jett01]

accts aren't linked f/ store to store, but it's really not that hard for a MOD to find out if you're abusing trade promos/policies

isn't that the first law of RFD Club?
1. always abuse promos/policies.

[jett01]

Current (3/7) EB Webpage TIV

DS
SUPER MARIO 6 $25.00
MARIO KART $25.00
METROID PRIME HUNTERS $25.00
ANIMAL CROSSING $25.00
SUPER MARIO BROS $25.00

[NonStopInTheMix]

Current (3/7) EB Webpage TIV

DS
SUPER MARIO 6 $25.00
MARIO KART $25.00
METROID PRIME HUNTERS $25.00
ANIMAL CROSSING $25.00
SUPER MARIO BROS $25.00

lol @ super mario 64
looks like the tivs for mario ds games went up recently...

[wing00]

As of today for PS3

MGS4 - $30
Uncharted - $37

[grappos13]

ques: is the stuff that comes with the limited edition of MGS4 any good? might pick this up and then trade the game in and keep the limited edition stuff for liek 13 dollars.. thx

[br0pbr0p]

Current (3/7) EB Webpage TIV

DS
SUPER MARIO 6 $25.00
MARIO KART $25.00
METROID PRIME HUNTERS $25.00
ANIMAL CROSSING $25.00
SUPER MARIO BROS $25.00

Haha, I just went and took advantage of it.

I traded in 8 games:

DS:
- Mario Kart - $25
- New Super Mario Bros - $25
- Mario 64 - $25

Wii:
- Zelda - $37 (Crazy for a really old game)
- Smash Bro - $30 (went down I think)
- Mario Striker - $30 (I can't believe this is worth $30)

PS3:
- Prince of Persia - $37
- Resistence 2 - $37

[kleptodathief]

ffs crackdown went down to 7tiv, same as pgr4... do tivs go up from 7 to 8 again?

[Rurouni_Kamikaze]

- Zelda - $37 (Crazy for a really old game)


That's because it's in demand. With Twilight Princess there's a hack that lets you run modified code on the Wii.

[DubKrazy]

EB Games as of today,

Battlefield: Bad Company - $10
EndWar - $13
NHL 09 - $37
NBA 09 The Inside - $25
Assassin's Creed - $18-iirc

ALL PS3

[United11]

3 trades today

Assassin's creed (360) - $16
Bad Company (360) - $18
COD 3 (PS3) - $12

[Setz]

Darn. Wish I knew MGS4 = 30$ yesterday... would have rather traded that in over my CE Far Cry 2 for 5$ less. :(

[Firestorm]

I thoroughly enjoyed Mirror's Edge, so I couldn't possibly trade it in. I'm just quoting the price. ;) If only DICE employed the level design they used in ME for a possible future tech Battlefield game? Besides, not too long ago I paid 59.99$, so 20$ is kind of criminal.I would just like to make it known that I'm agreeing with Setz. I thought this was important.


ques: is the stuff that comes with the limited edition of MGS4 any good? might pick this up and then trade the game in and keep the limited edition stuff for liek 13 dollars.. thxIt depends. I like the box and since I finished the game recently, I'm going through the Blu-Ray making of and finding it pretty interesting. There's an internal look at Kojima Productions throughout the development process as well as a Making of feature from an external perspective by Greedy Productions based in Vancouver BC (Electric Playground). This is more because I'm really interested in this type of thing though. There's also a soundtrack.

[deezz]

Well what a sweet deal. I have been wanting Mirrors Edge for a while now. Just picked up a used copy today at EB games for only 35 bucks. Not BAD!

Phil

The game's not that long, and the cutscenes stink. However the graphics are very nice, the gameplay is very very cool, and the mechanics work pretty well! for $35 you can't go wrong with this game, it's definitely a refreshing change to your regular FPS or platformer :D Just make sure you give the Time Trials portion a try....you WILL get addicted if you want to make the best times!

[dtrader69]

That's because it's in demand. With Twilight Princess there's a hack that lets you run modified code on the Wii.

?????

[PhilSousa]

MGS4 has been $30 dollars for a long while. Shame on you for not knowing :cheesygri

Phil

[Swat]

As of March 8:

Viking 360 $13
Elite Beat Agents DS $9
Guitar Hero 2 360 $15

[jett01]

Here's a funny story - and by funny I mean not funny.
I saw Naruto: Clash of Ninja for the Wii at Rogers Video for $9.99.
I looked at Tivs.Ca on my phone and saw it traded to EB for the remarkable sum of $27 and it was the current date confirmed.
So how could I lose? I bought 2.
Went to EB with one, and sure enough the girl working said it's worth $6.00.
Boy was my face red! I'm not sure I didn't have a mirror. Anyways, it turns out that there's 2 Naruto: Clash of Ninjas for Wii. The original and a sequel.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say: I bet it's the more recent sequel that is worth $27.00. EB maaaaay want to correct their website.
They just need to put a 2 next to it. At least we can fix it on Tivs.Ca right Nekus?

What's the legality of that? It's a typo in my favour, but they don't have to honour their website's TIV?
They didn't, but I also didn't argue - I wonder if that helps. Has anyone ever tired to TIV match? Match your store's TIV typo?
Thank god Rogers took them both back a few minutes later and my attempt at Naruto Wii Hoarding was thwarted.

The end.

[vacant]

traded in 3 for RE5 (ps3)

SSX Blur (wii)
NFS: Pro Street (wii)
No More Heroes (wii)

Also battalion wars 2 (wii) is $25

[Jagmit]

neone know any good games in the 39.99-49.99 price range? i'm thinking about trading in my FC2 and Bad Company (never even played them). or, if i trade them in, can i buy a 59.99 game, will i have to pay tax on the difference?

[the_fm]

Here's a funny story - and by funny I mean not funny.
I saw Naruto: Clash of Ninja for the Wii at Rogers Video for $9.99.
I looked at Tivs.Ca on my phone and saw it traded to EB for the remarkable sum of $27 and it was the current date confirmed.
So how could I lose? I bought 2.
Went to EB with one, and sure enough the girl working said it's worth $6.00.
Boy was my face red! I'm not sure I didn't have a mirror. Anyways, it turns out that there's 2 Naruto: Clash of Ninjas for Wii. The original and a sequel.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say: I bet it's the more recent sequel that is worth $27.00. EB maaaaay want to correct their website.
They just need to put a 2 next to it. At least we can fix it on Tivs.Ca right Nekus?

What's the legality of that? It's a typo in my favour, but they don't have to honour their website's TIV?
They didn't, but I also didn't argue - I wonder if that helps. Has anyone ever tired to TIV match? Match your store's TIV typo?
Thank god Rogers took them both back a few minutes later and my attempt at Naruto Wii Hoarding was thwarted.

The end.

there's nothing you can do. their website is mostly out of date

[Mike_wang]

there's nothing you can do. their website is mostly out of date

Lol next time call before you try to abuse their system.

[jett01]

Lol next time call before you try to abuse their system.

explain how i was trying to abuse their system.
it's their typo, i had no idea they screwed up.
if i knew it was a typo then maybe you have a point.
as it stands now you don't.

[jett01]

there's nothing you can do. their website is mostly out of date

but it's not out of date.
it's a typo. they left out the number '2' in the title.

[jett01]

neone know any good games in the 39.99-49.99 price range? i'm thinking about trading in my FC2 and Bad Company (never even played them). or, if i trade them in, can i buy a 59.99 game, will i have to pay tax on the difference?

PS3
if you go to EB and give them those 2 games plus $19.99 you can get:
Little Big Planet
Afro Samurai
Killzone 2
COD:WaW
MLB 09 The Show

360
if you go to EV and give them those 2 games plus $19.99 you can get:
Street Fighter 4
Skate 2
Halo Wars
Prince of Persia
F.E.A.R. 2

[Mike_wang]

explain how i was trying to abuse their system.
it's their typo, i had no idea they screwed up.
if i knew it was a typo then maybe you have a point.
as it stands now you don't.

Oh okay, it's basically HDKEN thing. You see something really cheap and you know what it's worth in TIV so you decide to buy lots of it and trade it off.

[Setz]

Oh okay, it's basically HDKEN thing. You see something really cheap and you know what it's worth in TIV so you decide to buy lots of it and trade it off.

Two isn't a lot, but I'm glad he got burned.

[torontoraptor]

Went to pick up my copy of MLB 09: The Show on Mar 4. Trade in for MLB 08 is now $7 at EB.

[neksus]

Here's a funny story - and by funny I mean not funny.
I saw Naruto: Clash of Ninja for the Wii at Rogers Video for $9.99.
I looked at Tivs.Ca on my phone and saw it traded to EB for the remarkable sum of $27 and it was the current date confirmed.
So how could I lose? I bought 2.
Went to EB with one, and sure enough the girl working said it's worth $6.00.
Boy was my face red! I'm not sure I didn't have a mirror. Anyways, it turns out that there's 2 Naruto: Clash of Ninjas for Wii. The original and a sequel.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say: I bet it's the more recent sequel that is worth $27.00. EB maaaaay want to correct their website.
They just need to put a 2 next to it. At least we can fix it on Tivs.Ca right Nekus?

What's the legality of that? It's a typo in my favour, but they don't have to honour their website's TIV?
They didn't, but I also didn't argue - I wonder if that helps. Has anyone ever tired to TIV match? Match your store's TIV typo?
Thank god Rogers took them both back a few minutes later and my attempt at Naruto Wii Hoarding was thwarted.

The end.

Updated :)
Also, don't expect EB to do anything to rectify the situation. Worst case is you lose the tax and trade them in for $10 BBV credit next week.


Oh okay, it's basically HDKEN thing. You see something really cheap and you know what it's worth in TIV so you decide to buy lots of it and trade it off.

Not really...this entire thread was based on the principle of buying cheap games and trading them into EB. Don't blow it up and make him look like the bad guy...

[jett01]

Two isn't a lot, but I'm glad he got burned.

way to read there.
as i said:
i didn't get burned i took them right back to rogers and got my money back.

It's kinda weird how I tell everyone to go out and buy all the copies of Quake Wars and Wartech and I'm a hero. I try and find the next out-of-whack TIV and I'm a loser. At least you're consistent at being hypocrites. :cheesygri

[vacant]

Updated :)
Not really...this entire thread was based on the principle of buying cheap games and trading them into EB. Don't blow it up and make him look like the bad guy...

the point of this thread is to trade in games that you've already bought and enjoyed to buy more games to enjoy, not to go out and horde cheap games (that some of us may want to actually buy for cheap and play) to make money for yourself.

the difference between a gamer and a sociopath.

[Mike_wang]

the point of this thread is to trade in games that you've already bought and enjoyed to buy more games to enjoy, not to go out and horde cheap games (that some of us may want to actually buy for cheap and play) to make money for yourself.

the difference between a gamer and a sociopath.

Yeah. Also by hoarding a lot cheap games it drives the TIV to fall. And for people who actually paid for their games at a higher price and tries to trade it in they get like 2 dollars or 3 dollars because of the hoarders.
Guitar Hero 3 would be a good example of that.

[jett01]

the point of this thread is to trade in games that you've already bought and enjoyed to buy more games to enjoy, not to go out and horde cheap games (that some of us may want to actually buy for cheap and play) to make money for yourself.

the difference between a gamer and a sociopath.

ok let me get this straight:
a sociopath buys 2 games. 1 to give his nephews and 1 to trade in.
i take 1 game to 1 store for 1 credit. i don't get it. i leave. no fuss.
that's a sociopath now?

so the losers who do T3G1Fs for systems they dont have to sell for cash.
and the losers who walked out of zellers with stacks of 2/30 games.
those are what now? Uber-Mega-Super-Sociopaths.
put it in perspective drama queen.

me = 1 game and no deal.
them = hundreds of games in thousands of dollars.
not same. you fail at math.

[Mike_wang]

ok let me get this straight:
a sociopath buys 2 games. 1 to give his nephews and 1 to trade in.
i take 1 game to 1 store for 1 credit. i don't get it. i leave. no fuss.
that's a sociopath now?

so the losers who do T3G1Fs for systems they dont have to sell for cash.
and the losers who walked out of zellers with stacks of 2/30 games.
those are what now? Uber-Mega-Super-Sociopaths.
put it in perspective drama queen.

me = 1 game and no deal.
them = hundreds of games in thousands of dollars.
not same. you fail at math.

Uh, how is that math?

[jett01]

Yeah. Also by hoarding a lot cheap games it drives the TIV to fall.

The TIV for PS3 Quake Wars hasnt changed.
And thats after one guy sold enough to buy a Wii and a PS3.
So maybe you're full of it?

[jett01]

Uh, how is that math?

math, science, alchemy.
whatever ass backwards logic you used to make me a sociopath is a failure.
the numbers don't add up.

[Mike_wang]

The TIV for PS3 Quake Wars hasnt changed.
And thats after one guy sold enough to buy a Wii and a PS3.
So maybe you're full of it?
Do you not know anything? If someone does that most people with copies of Quake Wars cannot trade it at their local BBV because they only allow 3 used copy of a game in their inventory.

[Scott Pilgrim]

There are a lot worse people who have posted in this very thread who haven't been called out. It was a mistake and he got burned, so either cool it or call out the others who are much much worse as well. (and brag about it)

[Mike_wang]

math, science, alchemy.
whatever ass backwards logic you used to make me a sociopath is a failure.
the numbers don't add up.

LOLOLOLOL MATH SCIENCE AND ALCHEMY LOLOLOLOLOL.

Sorry do you not know how to read? When did I call you a sociopath? And once again what numbers? Please just continue lurking. You're embarassing yourself.

[jett01]

Do you not know anything? If someone does that most people with copies of Quake Wars cannot trade it at their local BBV because they only allow 3 used copy of a game in their inventory.

obviously you don't know that BBVs computers aren't linked.
you can trade in INFINITE numbers of copies of ANYTHING and they won't know.
the proof is the guy with the new Wii and PS3. i didn't do a thing wrong and you know it.
i found a typo. you all should be thanking me so you don't get caught in the same situation with that game.

[Mike_wang]

obviously you don't know that BBVs computers aren't linked.
you can trade in INFINITE numbers of copies of ANYTHING and they won't know.
the proof is the guy with the new Wii and PS3. i didn't do a thing wrong and you know it.
i found a typo. you all should be thanking me so you don't get caught in the same situation with that game.

*facepalm*

Anyway let me elaborate for you. Say for instance someone decides to buy a lot of games because they know it's cheap and they can get credit for it at BBV. There are 4 blockbusters close to this hoarder. He decides to buy 12 copies of Quake Wars. He can only trade 3 at each store because they only allow 3 copies of the same game in their LOCAL inventory. He traded them in and got a lot of credit and bought something. Then later a boy named John Doe who was tired of playing his Quake Wars that he got at price that was much more than the one the hoarder paid for. He also lives in the same area as the hoarder, he went all four locations and got denied because of the 3 copies per store restriction. The TIV for the game remains the same but he cannot trade it because of the hoarder.

And also Stop double posting, such a waste of space.

[jett01]

LOLOLOLOL MATH SCIENCE AND ALCHEMY LOLOLOLOLOL.

Sorry do you not know how to read? When did I call you a sociopath? And once again what numbers? Please just continue lurking. You're embarassing yourself.

you're defending the guy who did call me a sociopath.
and the numbers im referring to are in my post where i explain it.
why don't you read my posts? you're embarassing yourself by telling everyone you attack people for things you don't even read!

he called me a sociopath because i tried to trade in 1 game at 1 store 1 time.
im saying that doesnt add up. see the numbers? 111111111111.

i can't make it any more clear. if you don't get the point i'm sorry, i can't dumb it down anymore. you'll have to ask your parents or handlers.

[jett01]

*facepalm*

*cliched internet meme*

[kleptodathief]

anyone know y wartech is selling 49.99 used at BBV????:confused:

[jett01]

you missed the $5 eb games GH3 that traded at blockbuster for $30, that was a real deal,this one pales in comparison...my wife still brags about our $50 wii that was bought with our flipping...


there is no limit. just don't be dumb and trade in all three at a time. space it out. And make sure to ask for gift cards and not credit on the account. Thats how I was able to get the ps3. And by $100, i meant I invested $100 in quake wars lol (20 copies). and just traded them into a bunch of bbv around me, getting gift cards of course. As of 2 days ago it was $20. I'm almost at a new wii! (hoping they have it in stock when i'm ready)
if quakes no longer an option, theres always the club... lol but taking a little hit


*facepalm*

Anyway let me elaborate for you. Say for instance someone decides to buy a lot of games because they know it's cheap and they can get credit for it at BBV. There are 4 blockbusters close to this hoarder. He decides to buy 12 copies of Quake Wars. He can only trade 3 at each store because they only allow 3 copies of the same game in their LOCAL inventory. He traded them in and got a lot of credit and bought something. Then later a boy named John Doe who was tired of playing his Quake Wars that he got at price that was much more than the one the hoarder paid for. He also lives in the same area as the hoarder, he went all four locations and got denied because of the 3 copies per store restriction. The TIV for the game remains the same but he cannot trade it because of the hoarder.

And also Stop double posting, such a waste of space.


no such rule.
one of the BBVs near me has 14 used copies of Quake Wars.
invent more fake arguements to support your non-case.
some have 15 of devil may cry 4 used. some have 12 of the club.
just know what you're talking about before you post.

EDIT: i see what you're trying to get at. but that doesn't apply here.
you want to post in the $10 Minimum BBV TIV thread. that's where your "too many copies spoils the TIV" arguement works. not here.
everyone knows that blockbuster reserves the right to take trade in if they think they have too many copies. it's at the store's discretion. that's how so many people were able to buy consoles using Quake Wars. the stores still think they can sell all their copies.

[grappos13]

thats at BBV...

look at FS... i believe quake wars and the club had 22.80 trade in values and then when those games at EB went on sale and ppl started to trade in, both went down to 3.60 pretty fast... and not because the price of the game went down, because it didnt

[Mike_wang]

no such rule.
one of the BBVs near me has 14 used copies of Quake Wars.
invent more fake arguements to support your non-case.
some have 15 of devil may cry 4 used. some have 12 of the club.
just know what you're talking about before you post.

Well the blockbuster in my area has that rule so it could be YMMV. Or just employees not caring , it could be many reasons. But the point is thats a rule in my area and they enforce it to reduce people hoarding. Which is quite logical in a business standpoint.
I don't understand why you are still talking.

[jett01]

anyone know y wartech is selling 49.99 used at BBV????:confused:

because they pay $15.00 for it and want to get some of that filthy lucre back in their till. it's an oversight like quake wars.

[jett01]

thats at BBV...

look at FS... i believe quake wars and the club had 22.80 trade in values and then when those games at EB went on sale and ppl started to trade in, both went down to 3.60 pretty fast... and not because the price of the game went down, because it didnt

yeah FS is smart. once they paid out enough they changed the TIV.
BBV didn't. hence people got consoles for 50% off.
i don't blame them.

[jett01]

Well the blockbuster in my area has that rule so it could be YMMV. Or just employees not caring , it could be many reasons. But the point is thats a rule in my area and they enforce it to reduce people hoarding. Which is quite logical in a business standpoint.
I don't understand why you are still talking.

i call BS on your whole arguement.
you mean to tell me: that if i went to your local BBV i wouldn't see more than 3 of any used games? i know they put out all their rental copies for sale used. but you honestly think that the store will only buy trade-ins till they have 3 copies on hand? that's the dumbest and most naive thing i've ever heard. that makes no sense.

[jett01]

im done arguing. if anyone wants those copies of Naruto i can give them the address of that particular Rogers video. :)

in other news:

rogers video has Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for PS3 at $9.99 used.
it still qualifies for the EB T3G1F deal according to tivs.ca
its too bad about Crackdown 360. anyone know some more cheapies?
it's time to get a T3G1F for GH:Metallica :)

[grappos13]

ok so having been a mainstay on this thread since i got my ps3 in july/august.. and realizing that this whole thread is about cheap games to use for TIV's to trade in to get credit or games or whatever.. something i wanna say is this... i dont think it was ever meant to be that ppl go and hoard 15-20 copies of the same game to keep trading into BBV or EB or whatever...thats just plain wrong in my opinion... ur depriving 20 ppl of having a cheap game, instead of 1-2 like most of us do...

sure when i started out here, i was all for going to a BBV and getting 3 cheap games (when they had buy 2 get 1 free) and just going in and doing the t3g1f at EB... but i never ever thought or had the urge to go run around to 3-5 EB's and take up all of their copies of one specific game (quake wars, GH:A, etc) and then go to a BBV every day to trade in only a couple of games at a time.. or having to go to numerous BBV to do it...

i find it to be very stupid and it seriously takes away from ppl wanting the game.. personally myself for quake wars, i picked up 2 copies.. one was to keep for my collection and one was to trade in to BBV.. and i got both copies thru a pricematch with FS... i wasnt gonna go to my local EB and grab every copy they have...

maybe others on here or different but i always though of this thread as going around and grabbing a 3-4 different games and doing ur trade in at EB or FS or whatever... sure i could be depriving 3-4 ppl out of a cheap game that they want.. but it isint the SAME game...and basically also running down TIV's... and yes EB and FS do change their TIV's based on how many of a game are traded in...per store too... didnt some guy post 3 days ago that warhawk for ps3 went down to 1 dollar yet i went the next day to my local EB and traded it in and it was $15...

it just ruins it for everyone... ppl used the TSCC clearance deals to get games, which i dont mind because TSCC only had like usually 1-2 copies of each game, so ppl couldnt hoard that much... but the other ppl that do this stuff with quake wars and such just get me upset and frustrated...

sorry for the long response but being a regular here that contributes to TIV's regularly, i felt i deserved to be able to speak my mind

[Mike_wang]

ok so having been a mainstay on this thread since i got my ps3 in july/august.. and realizing that this whole thread is about cheap games to use for TIV's to trade in to get credit or games or whatever.. something i wanna say is this... i dont think it was ever meant to be that ppl go and hoard 15-20 copies of the same game to keep trading into BBV or EB or whatever...thats just plain wrong in my opinion... ur depriving 20 ppl of having a cheap game, instead of 1-2 like most of us do...

sure when i started out here, i was all for going to a BBV and getting 3 cheap games (when they had buy 2 get 1 free) and just going in and doing the t3g1f at EB... but i never ever thought or had the urge to go run around to 3-5 EB's and take up all of their copies of one specific game (quake wars, GH:A, etc) and then go to a BBV every day to trade in only a couple of games at a time.. or having to go to numerous BBV to do it...

i find it to be very stupid and it seriously takes away from ppl wanting the game.. personally myself for quake wars, i picked up 2 copies.. one was to keep for my collection and one was to trade in to BBV.. and i got both copies thru a pricematch with FS... i wasnt gonna go to my local EB and grab every copy they have...

maybe others on here or different but i always though of this thread as going around and grabbing a 3-4 different games and doing ur trade in at EB or FS or whatever... sure i could be depriving 3-4 ppl out of a cheap game that they want.. but it isint the SAME game...and basically also running down TIV's... and yes EB and FS do change their TIV's based on how many of a game are traded in...per store too... didnt some guy post 3 days ago that warhawk for ps3 went down to 1 dollar yet i went the next day to my local EB and traded it in and it was $15...

it just ruins it for everyone... ppl used the TSCC clearance deals to get games, which i dont mind because TSCC only had like usually 1-2 copies of each game, so ppl couldnt hoard that much... but the other ppl that do this stuff with quake wars and such just get me upset and frustrated...

sorry for the long response but being a regular here that contributes to TIV's regularly, i felt i deserved to be able to speak my mind

Amen, hopefully that can go through someone who is blinded by ignorance and the need to be always right.

[jett01]

i agree with everything u said.
i didnt think of buying consoles with quake wars.
i merely pointed out a flaw in the TIVs at BBV.
and this whole thing got started cause i pointed out a typo on EB's website.
a typo i found while trying to trade 1 game. i think we're all a little paranoid
and overly defensive about hoarders. HDKen ****ed over a lot of stores for a lot of games. we can ***** at him and about him. but this thread is fuel for that kind of behaviour. this is how we upgrade our games and save money. we tell people who pays the most. not everyone uses that ethically. but if you're gonna ***** out everyone who uses TIV to their advantage then this whole thread is just one big flame war and serves no purpose.

[Mike_wang]

i agree with everything u said.
i didnt think of buying consoles with quake wars.
i merely pointed out a flaw in the TIVs at BBV.
and this whole thing got started cause i pointed out a typo on EB's website.
a typo i found while trying to trade 1 game. i think we're all a little paranoid
and overly defensive about hoarders. HDKen ****ed over a lot of stores for a lot of games. we can ***** at him and about him. but this thread is fuel for that kind of behaviour. this is how we upgrade our games and save money. we tell people who pays the most. not everyone uses that ethically. but if you're gonna ***** out everyone who uses TIV to their advantage then this whole thread is just one big flame war and serves no purpose.

I never started any flamewar I dont understand why you're OVERLY DEFENSIVE and PARANOID. All my posts were explaining the actions of hoarding for credits. But you're the one who is like NO you're WRONG. Then carlton further elaborate my points and you're like OMG you're RIGHT.
Stop starting ****.

[Setz]

i agree with everything u said.
i didnt think of buying consoles with quake wars.
i merely pointed out a flaw in the TIVs at BBV.
and this whole thing got started cause i pointed out a typo on EB's website.
a typo i found while trying to trade 1 game. i think we're all a little paranoid
and overly defensive about hoarders. HDKen ****ed over a lot of stores for a lot of games. we can ***** at him and about him. but this thread is fuel for that kind of behaviour. this is how we upgrade our games and save money. we tell people who pays the most. not everyone uses that ethically. but if you're gonna ***** out everyone who uses TIV to their advantage then this whole thread is just one big flame war and serves no purpose.

How do we know you're not HDKEN's new account? :o

[grappos13]

How do we know you're not HDKEN's new account? :o

good point lol.. :D

with the error on the EB site.. there are many times when a game has said 35 TIV back in november but u go there and its like 20.. they say on the site i believe that the values can change and the website isint updated often or something...

sometimes u cant always believe TIVS.ca.... i always look their and its a great site and neksus as done a great job.. but its all based on what ppl post here.. eg: person posted that warhawk was $1.. i got pissed cuz i was gonna do a t3g1 with it but got lazy... i decide to go try it anyway, luckily i did as it still was $15 and i got my t3g1f :)

[neksus]

the point of this thread is to trade in games that you've already bought and enjoyed to buy more games to enjoy, not to go out and horde cheap games (that some of us may want to actually buy for cheap and play) to make money for yourself.

the difference between a gamer and a sociopath.

You registered in January. Nearly 9 months after this thread began. Go to page 1, read everything until now, and then come back and apologize for being wrong.

[TheAWDkiD]

after reading these TIV threads
I am wondering if EB can screw you over by "banning" you or preventing you from getting the game AFTER you do the 3 for 1, by telling you that you have been banned on the release day?

[Setz]

after reading these TIV threads
I am wondering if EB can screw you over by "banning" you or preventing you from getting the game AFTER you do the 3 for 1, by telling you that you have been banned on the release day?

The manager has the power to bar you from the store, and in the instance you have a T3GIF pre-order (or a pre-order in general), you're refunded your money on a gift card or cash if you paid in cash.

[Jagmit]

anyone know of any good price drops on recent games at EB?

[DubKrazy]

Hey! I have a brilliant idea! How about everyone on this thread stops bickering and PREACHING, and starts posting TIV n stuff related to this title?!

Otherwise, PM each other cuz I don't wanna read your BULL***T!!!!!!!!!!!!

:mad:

[Setz]

Hey! I have a brilliant idea! How about everyone on this thread stops bickering and PREACHING, and starts posting TIV n stuff related to this title?!

Otherwise, PM each other cuz I don't wanna read your BULL***T!!!!!!!!!!!!

:mad:

Nobody is forcing you to read the thread, bub.

If you're looking for TIVs, neksus is very fast at updating it, so really there's no reason to visit this thread unless you want to report TIVs/discuss. TIVs are listed on tivs.ca.

[Captain Snazzypants]

Hey! I have a brilliant idea! How about everyone on this thread stops bickering and PREACHING, and starts posting TIV n stuff related to this title?!

Otherwise, PM each other cuz I don't wanna read your BULL***T!!!!!!!!!!!!

:mad:

Couldn't agree more. Keep the personal stuff out of its, and PM/flame each other to your hearts content.


Nobody is forcing you to read the thread, bub.

If you're looking for TIVs, neksus is very fast at updating it, so really there's no reason to visit this thread unless you want to report TIVs/discuss. TIVs are listed on tivs.ca.

Your point makes no sense. In order to get to the valuable info here, you all too often have to wade through all the threadcrapping and personal barrages that fill up the pages. So people ARE in fact being forced to read all this crap, and until the new 2.0 crapfilter comes out that's the way it's gonna be.

That's tiring and detracts a great deal from the otherwise great content found within this thread. Really don't understand how you see it any differently...

[neksus]

I hate how everytime somebody posts about buying a cheap game it immediately goes to that h ken guy. Seriously people, who cares! If they don't live in the same city as you and they aren't blatantly hoarding, let it slide. Bitching on the internet is about as useful as shitting in your hand.

To get back on topic,
New Super Mario Bros is still $25 :)

[jett01]

I never started any flamewar I dont understand why you're OVERLY DEFENSIVE and PARANOID. All my posts were explaining the actions of hoarding for credits. But you're the one who is like NO you're WRONG. Then carlton further elaborate my points and you're like OMG you're RIGHT.
Stop starting ****.

someone called me a sociopath. as we stated earlier i mistakenly thought it was you. i too am against hoarders. yeah i traded in a few copies of quake wars, to get some games at bbv, to take to eb. but so does everyone.

i didnt say YOU started a flamewar. i said if we bytch at everyone in this thread who buys games cheap and trades them for higher, then this whole thread would be a flamewar.

im not paranoid, i am defensive for a reason. i dont want to be singled out among my peers. i tried to trade in a Wii game yesterday and found out EBs webpage is wrong. end of story. im not a criminal, whoever called me a sociopath, and no i dont care to scrollup, is a troll.

if you're gonna bytch at me, bytch at Balonis and everyone else who bought consoles because of quake wars. all im doing is looking at tivs.ca and cheap games and trying to find the best way for everyone to win.

[Eclipse09]

Couldn't agree more. Keep the personal stuff out of its, and PM/flame each other to your hearts content.



Exactly
I dont think jett01 did anything wrong, so if you believe he did
just go ahead and PM him, and he will read it if he wants to prove you wrong.

I dont want to read through your "rights and wrong" to see new TIVs and i wouldnt want neksus to miss any TIV that we are posting because of him getting tierd of reading peoples complaints

[jett01]

You registered in January. Nearly 9 months after this thread began. Go to page 1, read everything until now, and then come back and apologize for being wrong.

thank you neksus.
i refuse to be lumped in with those animals referred to in the national post article. that's why i flew off the handle.
i hate those people as much as the rest of you. but there's a difference between those people and me just looking for consumer advantages in TIVS to aid people in their infinite quests for a T3G1F or 2.

[Swat]

I would hate to have this thread locked, can everyone involved please take it to PM's to keep this thread relevant?

Great job keeping the sites maintained guys, and great job for everyone else who contributes the TIVs in this thread.

[neksus]

I would hate to have this thread locked, can everyone involved please take it to PM's to keep this thread relevant?

That didn't even cross my mind! Alright guys, enough bickering!

[Jagmit]

I hate how everytime somebody posts about buying a cheap game it immediately goes to that h ken guy. Seriously people, who cares! If they don't live in the same city as you and they aren't blatantly hoarding, let it slide. Bitching on the internet is about as useful as shitting in your hand.

To get back on topic,
New Super Mario Bros is still $25 :)

haha nexsus ur the man, totally agree. anyways do you guys recommend i trade in FarCry2 and BadCompany now as their TIVs are pretty high? i got them for free anyways by trading in some ancient games to bbv.

[neksus]

haha nexsus ur the man, totally agree. anyways do you guys recommend i trade in FarCry2 and BadCompany now as their TIVs are pretty high? i got them for free anyways by trading in some ancient games to bbv.

Yes.
You could probably pick them both up at a 2/$40 if you really wanted to play them. FC2 is never going to be above $13 in another month or two and Bad Company for some reason made an resurgence...

[Bencherstyle]

lawl, im pretty sure he lives where i live. very close to where i live,

does this mean i get the righht to *****? :P

[craeyon]

Nobody is forcing you to read the thread, bub.

If you're looking for TIVs, neksus is very fast at updating it, so really there's no reason to visit this thread unless you want to report TIVs/discuss. TIVs are listed on tivs.ca.Not to mention when there is a website that actually lets you update the TIV yourself ;) All the more reason.

For all of those who are trading/or thinking of trading in battlefield bad company. I wanna ask - why? Did you guys not enjoy the multiplayer at all? I think its awesome. I don't think I personally would ever give up my copy. But that's just me. :)

EDIT: Gamestop and EB games have the same TiVs?

[Setz]

Not to mention when there is a website that actually lets you update the TIV yourself ;) All the more reason.

For all of those who are trading/or thinking of trading in battlefield bad company. I wanna ask - why? Did you guys not enjoy the multiplayer at all? I think its awesome. I don't think I personally would ever give up my copy. But that's just me. :)

EDIT: Gamestop and EB games have the same TiVs?

People want to trade it in for 18$ TIV because they can rebuy it at any time for 19.99$ new at some places.

[jett01]

Gamestop and EB are the same company aren't they?
Sorta like a Future Shop / Best Buy type thing?

as of 3/7

PS3
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith - $9
All-Pro Football 2K8 - $2

[Scott Pilgrim]

Does anyone who frequents the Markville EB know if they do T3G1F for recently released games? There aren't really any games I'm that interested but I'd really like to get MLB The Show...

[ChopSuey]

I can't believe how this thread has turned into such a soap opera. I need to keep reading this thread more often. :cheesygri

[craeyon]

I can't believe how this thread has turned into such a soap opera. I need to keep reading this thread more often. :cheesygriits interesting eh? filled with lost of emotional ups and down, place for friendships, lies and deceit... and hoarding.

[kleptodathief]

any HDken updates...lol :cheesygri

[Jagmit]

can anyone tell me what tiv eb gives for a ds game without manual and case? cause i have nintendogs catching dust (it came with my DS).

[rko_kero]

Assassin's Creed is 16 dollars. I need to cash in on that right now!

[Eclipse09]

Does anyone who frequents the Markville EB know if they do T3G1F for recently released games? There aren't really any games I'm that interested but I'd really like to get MLB The Show...

I got MLB The Show 09 off of them with the T3G1F.
I dont know if they will still do it since it is out

[neksus]

can anyone tell me what tiv eb gives for a ds game without manual and case? cause i have nintendogs catching dust (it came with my DS).

I honestly don't think they'd care. They resell all their DS games as cartridge only.

[Setz]

I honestly don't think they'd care. They resell all their DS games as cartridge only.

Wow, your EB is strange. :razz: We sell them in cases pre-owned and new alike. When someone trades in a game w/out case we put it on the glass shelf cabinet thing.

Jagmit, IIRC TIV of Nintendogs is 20$+. We normally don't accept games w/o manual or case for T3GIF, but for normal trades? Usually 2$ off for no manual and 5$ off for no case. This is for DS games, though. We seldom take disc games w/o case.

[Jagmit]

Wow, your EB is strange. :razz: We sell them in cases pre-owned and new alike. When someone trades in a game w/out case we put it on the glass shelf cabinet thing.

Jagmit, IIRC TIV of Nintendogs is 20$+. We normally don't accept games w/o manual or case for T3GIF, but for normal trades? Usually 2$ off for no manual and 5$ off for no case. This is for DS games, though. We seldom take disc games w/o case.

o, ic. what does IIRC stand for? and my Nintendogs came with my ds a while back, its called "Nintendogs: Best Friends", i have the manual and this cardboard slip cas, anyone know if eb will take and if so how much, setz says 20+ so i guess TIVs.cs has the old ones?, and this specific version isn't on tivs.ca, it only has the single bred ones. thanks for the replies.

[neksus]

Wow, your EB is strange. :razz: We sell them in cases pre-owned and new alike. When someone trades in a game w/out case we put it on the glass shelf cabinet thing.

Jagmit, IIRC TIV of Nintendogs is 20$+. We normally don't accept games w/o manual or case for T3GIF, but for normal trades? Usually 2$ off for no manual and 5$ off for no case. This is for DS games, though. We seldom take disc games w/o case.

I've only ever seen them in the glass case at my EB.
*shrugs*

[Setz]

o, ic. what does IIRC stand for? and my Nintendogs came with my ds a while back, its called "Nintendogs: Best Friends", i have the manual and this cardboard slip cas, anyone know if eb will take and if so how much, setz says 20+ so i guess TIVs.cs has the old ones?, and this specific version isn't on tivs.ca, it only has the single bred ones. thanks for the replies.

IIRC = if I recall correctly

And I was wrong. Last I checked was maybe in September/August and it was 26$ TIV for all of them, but it seems to have dropped. YMMV with the cardboard case.

[kleptodathief]

^ wats the max number of same title games u can TIV into ebg? i know FS has a 3 per title limit per day

i guess its all YMMV:confused:

[habsfan08]

^ wats the max number of same title games u can TIV into ebg? i know FS has a 3 per title limit per day

i guess its all YMMV:confused:

I once trade 4 Far Cry 2 at Futureshop....so YMMV

[jett01]

I once trade 4 Far Cry 2 at Futureshop....so YMMV

here we go again

[afterburn999]

I once trade 4 Far Cry 2 at Futureshop....so YMMV

You make me sick.

[craeyon]

I once trade 4 Far Cry 2 at Futureshop....so YMMVdon't tempt them man, I would hate for this thread to get locked (As previously mentioned)

[Grimcurse]

Any update for the Far Cry 2 TIV at EB (or even FS/BBV)?? Is it still 25$ or 7$. I finished it and I know i'm never ever going to replay it again.

Are they still taking PS2 games? I would like to trade Persona 3 Fes , way too hard and time-consuming (no savepoints before bosses after clearing a dungeon for more than 45 minutes, if you die you lose all your progress/levels). I hope it's at least 8$.

[craeyon]

Any update for the Far Cry 2 TIV at EB (or even FS/BBV)?? Is it still 25$ or 7$. I finished it and I know i'm never ever going to replay it again.

I am sure the Far Cry 2 TiV was last updated on March 07 for $25 @ EB.


Are they still taking PS2 games? I would like to trade Persona 3 Fes , way too hard and time-consuming (no savepoints before bosses after clearing a dungeon for more than 45 minutes, if you die you lose all your progress/levels). I hope it's at least 8$.

I don't see why they won't.

[grappos13]

Does anyone who frequents the Markville EB know if they do T3G1F for recently released games? There aren't really any games I'm that interested but I'd really like to get MLB The Show...

usually u have one week after it comes out to still do a t3g1f and as eclipse said it did have it then maybe if u go tomorrow (monday), you could still get it...they just had an area where they told me which games were for t3g1f...and all i know r the ones i did, which were RE5 and Legends of Wrestlemania

[Captain Snazzypants]

its interesting eh? filled with lost of emotional ups and down, place for friendships, lies and deceit... and hoarding.

It's become the Coronation Street of RFD :twisted:

In other dramatic news, Blockbuster stock lost ~85% a week or so ago and reports indicate they are exploring bankruptcy options. May not be a good time to stock up on unused trade-in credits there...

[Setz]

To the duder who asked if EB takes PS2 games, yes we do, but YMMV if you want to T3GIF with PS2 games. I know my EB does it, but since late 2007 a lot of EBs have stopped doing T3GIF using old gen games. Persona FES will get you little TIV anyways (<7$ TIV for sure), since it's 24.99$ used.

HOWEVER, Persona 3 and Persona 4 will net you >30$ TIV, just not FES. FES has MSRP of 29.99$, where P3 and P4 are 59.99$. Why on Earth you'd trade in FES though is beyond me, as it's one of those games that is guarenteed to become rare if it isn't already.

[kleptodathief]

^setz, r u posting at home or at ebgstore? cuz im wondering if they have computers/internet that there stores? :confused:

[Setz]

^setz, r u posting at home or at ebgstore? cuz im wondering if they have computers/internet that there stores? :confused:

At home, bro. There is no internet available to employees at EBGames.

[Psubs]

Anyone know the TIV in any place for House of the Dead: Overkill for the Wii?

I'm selling it for $35 but would like to know if I should trade it in for Mad World. How are TIV's for pretty good games within 1 month of release? :confused:

[Setz]

Anyone know the TIV in any place for House of the Dead: Overkill for the Wii?

I'm selling it for $35 but would like to know if I should trade it in for Mad World. How are TIV's for pretty good games within 1 month of release? :confused:

Usually for a 59.99$ game that sells well, TIV upon release is between 35$ and 40$, however Overkill's MSRP is 49.99$, so I would hazard a guess at 25-30$. Remember they give you store credit, which holds the same value as Monopoly money.

[macross_2ca]

Anyone know the trade-in value for dirt, transformers Xbox 360?
Also Mario & Sonic at the olympic Games, Mario Kart DS?

[Captain Snazzypants]

Anyone know the trade-in value for dirt, transformers Xbox 360?
Also Mario & Sonic at the olympic Games, Mario Kart DS?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that your nearest EB Games could tell you that. Report back with the TIVs when you're done... :twisted:

[vacant]

Anyone know the trade-in value for dirt, transformers Xbox 360?
Also Mario & Sonic at the olympic Games, Mario Kart DS?

mario and sonic is $30 (I know that I traded on march1)
I believe mario kart is $25 but I could be wrong, I think I read that somewhere. Give EB a call to be sure.

[neksus]

Anyone know the trade-in value for dirt, transformers Xbox 360?
Also Mario & Sonic at the olympic Games, Mario Kart DS?

tivs.ca

[PhilSousa]

tivs.ca

ebtiv.com for ps3 games
:cheesygri

[Psubs]

Usually for a 59.99$ game that sells well, TIV upon release is between 35$ and 40$, however Overkill's MSRP is 49.99$, so I would hazard a guess at 25-30$. Remember they give you store credit, which holds the same value as Monopoly money.

Thanks. Whoa, I just got a CSR at BBV to give me one over the phone. :lol:

BBV, Wii House of the Dead: Overkill - $27. :(

[balonis]

Just so guys know, remember the one time gaming headquarters known as microplay. well there are still some around and they actually pay cash for used games. I stopped trading in quake wars at blockbuster cuz i've pretty much done all i need, but took a bunch to different microplays around me. they pay $15 cash. pretty good for a $5 game.

[dtrader69]

Just so guys know, remember the one time gaming headquarters known as microplay. well there are still some around and they actually pay cash for used games. I stopped trading in quake wars at blockbuster cuz i've pretty much done all i need, but took a bunch to different microplays around me. they pay $15 cash. pretty good for a $5 game.

i am guessing after you have posted this...they are now not accepting anymore quake wars as they probably now have 10 copies in each store :P

[neksus]

ebtiv.com for ps3 games
:cheesygri

I'll still stick with my original post :razz:

[Psubs]

Ha, just got a FS, CSR to check some over the phone. :cheesygri

FUGG ME!!!!

FS Wii

No More Heroes - $3.60
House of the Dead: Overkill - $20.40

Wow, Blockbuster is giving higher.

[dtrader69]

Ha, just got a FS, CSR to check some over the phone. :cheesygri

FUGG ME!!!!

FS Wii

No More Heroes - $3.60
House of the Dead: Overkill - $20.40

Wow, Blockbuster is giving higher.

from what i see lately....BBV > FS in TIVs
it seems that they have a better inventory track system to adjust TIVs

[jett01]

as of 3/7

sorry neksus i forgot to put BBV in my original post.
you put them under EB but it was BBV for these 2.
thanks and my bad! whatever the previous TIVS for these at EB would be applicable i imagine.

PS3 @ BBV
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith - $9
All-Pro Football 2K8 - $2

[Psubs]

Thanks. Whoa, I just got a CSR at BBV to give me one over the phone. :lol:

BBV, Wii House of the Dead: Overkill - $27. :(

Just called EB Games. It's $22. :cry:

[Jagmit]

TIVs today at EB:

Traded in

FarCry 2 (XBOX 360) $25
Battlefield Bad Company (XBOX 360) $18

[United11]

Mercenaries 2 - 360 - $18 TIV at EB Games

[kleptodathief]

xmas come early at BBV tomorrow! gather up all ur crappy games! :cheesygri

[DubKrazy]

Nobody is forcing you to read the thread, bub.

If you're looking for TIVs, neksus is very fast at updating it, so really there's no reason to visit this thread unless you want to report TIVs/discuss. TIVs are listed on tivs.ca.

first, what the hell is 'bub'? secondly, I don't need you to tell me about tivs.ca, I know about it. I'm not forced to do anything except read the drama. I just wish this thread could stay on topic because alot of ppl waste time wading through the bull to get to the good stuff. (n it's not just TIV values, it's readin bout experiences dealin wit reps etc.) Anyways, maybe if you guys can't stick to PMing, create another thread titled "Cyber Soap Opera" or " E-Tears" or something

Bak to topic - i was told $10 for battlefield for ps3....is the $18 only for the 360 version???

[Jagmit]

first, what the hell is 'bub'? secondly, I don't need you to tell me about tivs.ca, I know about it. I'm not forced to do anything except read the drama. I just wish this thread could stay on topic because alot of ppl waste time wading through the bull to get to the good stuff. (n it's not just TIV values, it's readin bout experiences dealin wit reps etc.) Anyways, maybe if you guys can't stick to PMing, create another thread titled "Cyber Soap Opera" or " E-Tears" or something

Bak to topic - i was told $10 for battlefield for ps3....is the $18 only for the 360 version???

well, both are on the most wanted list, but it looks like $18 is only for the 360 version, doubt it will stay up that long though.

[gargarensi]

Assassin's creed will not be accepted by FS. Apparently it wasn't in the system... BOO, and I was looking forward to $22 credit.

[neksus]

Assassin's creed will not be accepted by FS. Apparently it wasn't in the system... BOO, and I was looking forward to $22 credit.

If I have it it's in the system. The SKU is 10101685.

[jett01]

Mercenaries 2 - 360 - $18 TIV at EB Games

The PS3 version as of today is worth only $6.00!!!
I was trying to do a 3f1 and she took GH:Aerosmith but waved off Mercenaries 2! We were both surprised. Mercs 2 is on the Most Wanted Flyer. So I got her to check and recheck but yeah Mercs 2 PS3 is only $6.00. I guess cause you can buy it used for $14.99 but why is the 360 version still worth so much? I can buy it used for almost the same.
/rant

as of today:

EB Games
Battlefield: Bad Company (360) - $18.00
GH: Aerosmith (PS3) - $10.00
C&C Kane's Wrath (360) - $11.00
Mercenaries 2 (PS3) - $6.00

BBV
Enemy Territories: Quake Wars (360) - $16.00 <--- yes -still

[preelude]

uncharted is still $37 @ ebgames as of today

[United11]

The PS3 version as of today is worth only $6.00!!!
I was trying to do a 3f1 and she took GH:Aerosmith but waved off Mercenaries 2! We were both surprised. Mercs 2 is on the Most Wanted Flyer. So I got her to check and recheck but yeah Mercs 2 PS3 is only $6.00. I guess cause you can buy it used for $14.99 but why is the 360 version still worth so much? I can buy it used for almost the same.
/rant

as of today:

EB Games
Battlefield: Bad Company (360) - $18.00
GH: Aerosmith (PS3) - $10.00
C&C Kane's Wrath (360) - $11.00
Mercenaries 2 (PS3) - $6.00

BBV
Enemy Territories: Quake Wars (360) - $16.00 <--- yes -still

It's funny how it works sometimes. The same story with Bad Company on PS3, worth much less then 360. Here I am thinking that PS3 games are always worth more TIV than the 360 games, but not here.

[NoName #1]

EB Games today

Lego Batman (360) - $25.00

[The drew]

EB Games TIVs:

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath English Xbox 360 11$
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath French Xbox 360 7$ (Dissapointed)
Super Swing Golf Wii 11$
Sega Revo Rally Xbox 360 12$
Call Of Duty 3 Xbox 360 16$
Call Of Duty 2 Xbox 360 13$

[Newman26]

Just came back from EB Games and dumped 9 games on them got a total of $214 in credit going towards the limited edition resident evil 5 360 system :)

Grid (PS3) - $25
Assassin's Creed (PS3) - $16
Little Big Planet (PS3) - $37
Fallout 3 (PS3) - $40
Pokemon Diamond (DS) - $20
Pokemon Pearl (DS) - $20
God of War (PSP) - $20
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PSP) - $17
Lego Indiana Jones (PSP) - $19

I thought Star wars was $22 according to the tivs.ca site but i guess not...

[sxz]

Just came back from EB Games and dumped 9 games on them got a total of $214 in credit going towards the limited edition resident evil 5 360 system :)

Grid (PS3) - $25
Assassin's Creed (PS3) - $16
Little Big Planet (PS3) - $37
Fallout 3 (PS3) - $40
Pokemon Diamond (DS) - $20
Pokemon Pearl (DS) - $20
God of War (PSP) - $20
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PSP) - $17
Lego Indiana Jones (PSP) - $19

I thought Star wars was $22 according to the tivs.ca site but i guess not...

You could have gotten another $27.98 had you traded in 6 of those games that were above $8 TIV but less than $23.33 for RE5 then traded RE5 back in for credit as part of EB's Gaming Guarantee for $69.99. :]

[grappos13]

^ was just gonna post the same thing :)

[jett01]

Just came back from EB Games and dumped 9 games on them got a total of $214 in credit going towards the limited edition resident evil 5 360 system :)

Grid (PS3) - $25
Assassin's Creed (PS3) - $16
Little Big Planet (PS3) - $37
Fallout 3 (PS3) - $40
Pokemon Diamond (DS) - $20
Pokemon Pearl (DS) - $20
God of War (PSP) - $20
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PSP) - $17
Lego Indiana Jones (PSP) - $19

I thought Star wars was $22 according to the tivs.ca site but i guess not..

no not according to tivs.ca, according to EB's own website.
you could've argued that one. maybe walked away - see if that want your business bad enough to fix it.
tivs.ca only reported what was already reported from the the original source, in this case EB.

[jett01]

You could have gotten another $27.98 had you traded in 6 of those games that were above $8 TIV but less than $23.33 for RE5 then traded RE5 back in for credit as part of EB's Gaming Guarantee for $69.99. :]

i don't think enough people know about the Gaming Guarantee.
(the one that says try RE5 for 7 days and if you don't like it bring it back for a full refund credit)
if more people knew they'd be lining up to do their trades for RE5! you know how many people are going to hate it and trade it for <$40
once they see the CAN'T MOVE AND SHOOT mechanic in full effect? the boards are full of people who EXPECT to hate it and are still going to buy it.

[Jagmit]

i don't think enough people know about the Gaming Guarantee.
(the one that says try RE5 for 7 days and if you don't like it bring it back for a full refund credit)
if more people knew they'd be lining up to do their trades for RE5! you know how many people are going to hate it and trade it for <$40
once they see the CAN'T MOVE AND SHOOT mechanic in full effect? the boards are full of people who EXPECT to hate it and are still going to buy it.

some stores (like mine) aren't offering t3g1 for re5 because of the guarantee

[jett01]

some stores (like mine) aren't offering t3g1 for re5 because of the guarantee

smart for them.
alot of people are turning $24 worth of games into a $70 card.
bad for you guys.

[Newman26]

I tried every loop hole but my EB games wasn't budging. They're not even taking pre-order so i have to go there on my lunch on friday and hope to get one...not too big of a Resident Evil fan but i like the idea of an elite console with a game that i'm sure i can trade in if i don't like it for a good amount, plus the fact it's a guaranteed Jasper Mother board.

[Setz]

no not according to tivs.ca, according to EB's own website.
you could've argued that one. maybe walked away - see if that want your business bad enough to fix it.
tivs.ca only reported what was already reported from the the original source, in this case EB.

Like a CSR cares if they make the sale or not. More times than not a CSR is a 18-24 year old highschool graduate who has no inclination to ascend the corporate ladder at EB.

[Jagmit]

hey, how does tax work at EB if u pay only half in credit? like if i buy a 59.99 game and use $43 in credit. or if i buy an XBOX360 and use $120 in credit? how much would i be taxed (if any)?

[Setz]

hey, how does tax work at EB if u pay only half in credit? like if i buy a 59.99 game and use $43 in credit. or if i buy an XBOX360 and use $120 in credit? how much would i be taxed (if any)?

You're taxed the cash balance. Ex, buy 59.99$ game with 43$ credit, you're only taxed for 16.99$.

[PhilSousa]

EB Games just rock.

You either trade your games there or sell them on EBAY. Two of the best sources out there for your games.

I love the no tax.

Phil

[United11]

Stopped by Blockbuster and I can confirm Quake Wars PS3 TIV at BBV is now $10. They dropped the price of the game used to $24.99.

[Jagmit]

anyone have any idea how much a used 360 from eb is? 20gb or 60gb

[Setz]

anyone have any idea how much a used 360 from eb is? 20gb or 60gb

Why would you buy a used 360? :S

[Jagmit]

Why would you buy a used 360? :S

long story lol, but i'm not dumb lol i know what you mean.

[revenge7777]

anyone have any idea how much a used 360 from eb is? 20gb or 60gb

A used 360 is 159.99 with no hard drive and we take the xbox 360 tiv for $50.

[neksus]

What's with all the "we"'s?
Do that many people work at EB?
Why can't anybody get some tivs lol

[Setz]

What's with all the "we"'s?
Do that many people work at EB?
Why can't anybody get some tivs lol

We're not allowed to manually check TIVs, we need to scan the UPC. Under very few circumstances are we allowed to search a TIV by name. It would be unethical to take a stack of games during my shift and scan them for TIVs.

[Jagmit]

A used 360 is 159.99 with no hard drive and we take the xbox 360 tiv for $50.

ic how much is a used harddrive/new one? i head some stores had them on clearance in the bags with the yellow sticker

[neksus]

We're not allowed to manually check TIVs, we need to scan the UPC. Under very few circumstances are we allowed to search a TIV by name. It would be unethical to take a stack of games during my shift and scan them for TIVs.

Uhh.
How do you think they give TIVs over the phone?
They don't run and grab every game to scan the UPC.

On a side note, how would it be unethical?

[DuaLbiOs06]

TIV for EB as 03/08/09

Socom Tactical Strike for psp $9

[Haz]

We're not allowed to manually check TIVs, we need to scan the UPC. Under very few circumstances are we allowed to search a TIV by name. It would be unethical to take a stack of games during my shift and scan them for TIVs.

Uhh.
How do you think they give TIVs over the phone?
They don't run and grab every game to scan the UPC.

On a side note, how would it be unethical?I think he means scanning a stack of games to get TIV for himself, which, in turn, would be posted here. It would look like he was getting TIVs for his own gain, at least to the company.

[PhilSousa]

Well Jeez... some E.B. employees are nice and they scan a whole list for you, if you ask nicely. (on a non busy day.) :cheesygri

Phil

[Setz]

Well Jeez... some E.B. employees are nice and they scan a whole list for you, if you ask nicely. (on a non busy day.) :cheesygri

Phil

PS: "busy day" is code for "manager is around".

[olp79]

I think he means scanning a stack of games to get TIV for himself, which, in turn, would be posted here. It would look like he was getting TIVs for his own gain, at least to the company.

Just type the name of the game in, and get the TIV. If a manager asks why, he can say someone phoned in and asked what the TIV was.

[zoro69]

Just type the name of the game in, and get the TIV. If a manager asks why, he can say someone phoned in and asked what the TIV was.

Of course, because its their duty to risk their job for the purpose of providing trade in values to random strangers here who wan to hoard games to take advantage of trade in promos.

Wait, how would that benefit them?

[neksus]

PS: "busy day" is code for "manager is around".

Your manager is a nazi. Every EB I've ever called in it was pretty much a prerogative where you help the customer. I have never ever been turned away from a phone call for tivs and I've called about a dozen stores.

Even managers give out TIVs over the phone.


Of course, because its their duty to risk their job for the purpose of providing trade in values to random strangers here who wan to hoard games to take advantage of trade in promos.

Wait, how would that benefit them?

There's nothing to risk. It's their job.

[Setz]

Your manager is a nazi. Every EB I've ever called in it was pretty much a prerogative where you help the customer. I have never ever been turned away from a phone call for tivs and I've called about a dozen stores.

Even managers give out TIVs over the phone.



There's nothing to risk. It's their job.

I guess people in Saskatoon are more friendly? :confused::confused::confused: I've always been denied here in Niagara and when I lived in Toronto too.

[Mike_wang]

Stopped by Blockbuster and I can confirm Quake Wars PS3 TIV at BBV is now $10. They dropped the price of the game used to $24.99.

Darn, I wanted to get rid of that game too.

[zoro69]

There's nothing to risk. It's their job.

You actually think its their job to sit there looking up tiv on their own to feed to your website? Dont you suppose if eb wanted that done they'd just post all the tiv on their own site?

He didnt say he wouldn't tell customers what a tiv was, he said he wasn't going to look them up for the sole purpose of posting them here.

Get a clue...or search for what SDm did when an employee was being helpful here feeding info to people...

[neksus]

You actually think its their job to sit there looking up tiv on their own to feed to your website? Dont you suppose if eb wanted that done they'd just post all the tiv on their own site?

He didnt say he wouldn't tell customers what a tiv was, he said he wasn't going to look them up for the sole purpose of posting them here.

Get a clue...or search for what SDm did when an employee was being helpful here feeding info to people...

You sir, are an *******.

Not once in my posts did I say it was for the sole purpose of feeding the website - had you an ounce of knowledge you would have picked up on the fact that the conversation shifted towards EB policy with looking up TIVs.

Secondly, he said no such thing as that he wouldn't look them up for the website - he said it would be unethical to search for TIVs for that purpose, which was never solely asked in the first place.

Also, insofar as we're concerned, my post that it was their job to supply customers with the TIV should they inquire is perfectly legitimate. So, Mr(s). zoro, you get an effing clue.

[jett01]

You actually think its their job to sit there looking up tiv on their own to feed to your website? Dont you suppose if eb wanted that done they'd just post all the tiv on their own site?

He didnt say he wouldn't tell customers what a tiv was, he said he wasn't going to look them up for the sole purpose of posting them here.

Get a clue...or search for what SDm did when an employee was being helpful here feeding info to people...

wow! dick much?
unless neksus tells them he has a website (and why would he) they should be happy to help the customer
and use their TIVS to try and lure him into the store and give them those games and the big profit.

thats what i do everytime i call for TIVS. i tell them im on the fence if i should come to their chain or their competitor and id like to hear why i should use their chain. after that they're MORE than happy to fetch TIVS. and that been my experience with BBV, EB and FS. its gonna help them get people in the store. they want to promoted their TIVS at EB. they actually do have the top 10 TIV charts on their site for your info. and they hand out thousands of flyers telling people how great their TIVS are! they WANT to tell people their TIVS, they NEED to tell people.

dont get snippy at neksus, everyone in this forum thinks he does an awesome service and want to see him succeed and we like to help him.
what do you do?

[zoro69]

wow! dick much?
unless neksus tells them he has a website (and why would he) they should be happy to help the customer
and use their TIVS to try and lure him into the store and give them those games and the big profit.

thats what i do everytime i call for TIVS. i tell them im on the fence if i should come to their chain or their competitor and id like to hear why i should use their chain. after that they're MORE than happy to fetch TIVS. and that been my experience with BBV, EB and FS. its gonna help them get people in the store. they want to promoted their TIVS at EB. they actually do have the top 10 TIV charts on their site for your info. and they hand out thousands of flyers telling people how great their TIVS are! they WANT to tell people their TIVS, they NEED to tell people.


Have you even read the thread???

the employee was told to look them up himself to post here "Just type the name of the game in, and get the TIV. If a manager asks why, he can say someone phoned in and asked what the TIV was.", which was in response to the staffer saying he wasn't allowed to look up tiv himself

I pointed out that was idiotic to expect a staffer to look up tiv to post here

neksus declared "ITS HIS JOB" to do that


if you want tiv, call and ask them or go in

To expect a staffer to risk his job to feed a iv site is idiotic. Obviously none of them are going to do that

Of course it would be unethical for an employee to take that info and decide to disseminate it. At least 1 staples staffer did get fired for posting here, and most know SDm had a lawyer seeking info so they could do the same

[neksus]

What's with all the "we"'s?
Do that many people work at EB?
Why can't anybody get some tivs lol

^^sarcasm. note the "lol"


We're not allowed to manually check TIVs, we need to scan the UPC. Under very few circumstances are we allowed to search a TIV by name. It would be unethical to take a stack of games during my shift and scan them for TIVs.

^^shift to EB policy


Uhh.
How do you think they give TIVs over the phone?
They don't run and grab every game to scan the UPC.


^^continual reference to eb trade policy

I don't see where I asked him to plug the site...?


PS: "busy day" is code for "manager is around".


Just type the name of the game in, and get the TIV. If a manager asks why, he can say someone phoned in and asked what the TIV was.

^^not me


Your manager is a nazi. Every EB I've ever called in it was pretty much a prerogative where you help the customer. I have never ever been turned away from a phone call for tivs and I've called about a dozen stores.

Even managers give out TIVs over the phone.

There's nothing to risk. It's their job.

^^when read in context you can see that I was, using logic, still talking about tiv policy.

[neksus]

Of coure it would be unethical for an employee to take that info and decide to disseminate it. At least 1 staples staffer did get fired for posting here, and most know SDm had a lawyer seeking ifo so they could do the same

I'm sorry, when did Staples make employees sign an agreement of confidentiality? Did I miss that message somewhere?

I'm pretty sure whoever got fired from Staples wasn't fired over the diffusion of non-sensitive information.

[jett01]

3/10

Battallion Wars 2 (Wii)
FS - $18
EB - $17
BBV - $10

Army Of Two (360)
BBV - $10
EB - $10

Bad Company (360)
EB - $18

Gears of War (360)
EB - $23

Armored Core 4 (360)
EB - $11

[jett01]

You actually think its their job to sit there looking up tiv on their own to feed to your website? Dont you suppose if eb wanted that done they'd just post all the tiv on their own site?

He didnt say he wouldn't tell customers what a tiv was, he said he wasn't going to look them up for the sole purpose of posting them here.

Get a clue...or search for what SDm did when an employee was being helpful here feeding info to people...

I still don't see where you think neksus asked Setz to look up TIVS and post them here or at his site. you snapped at neksus for no reason. we're still talking about how its effed up for a store not to give out TIVS on the phone. every store should be giving out TIVS on the phone. if neksus asked for anything it was indirect and he was just hoping to get info about EB policy giving out TIVS to people and how can we make that work out for us.

[craeyon]

If the issue stands because the UPC has to be scanned instead of searching for a game by name. What is stopping one from creating a list of UPCs and punching them in manually. Electronically a beep from he scanner and a hit of the enter key are the same thing.

[wing00]

As of todaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) - $20

[zoro69]

I still don't see where you think neksus asked Setz to look up TIVS and post them here or at his site. you snapped at neksus for no reason. we're still talking about how its effed up for a store not to give out TIVS on the phone. every store should be giving out TIVS on the phone. if neksus asked for anything it was indirect and he was just hoping to get info about EB policy giving out TIVS to people and how can we make that work out for us.

????

I responded to another guy telling a staffer to get tiv

NExus declared to me i was incorrect "ITS HIS JOB"

I pointed out again it was ridiculous

nexus and yourself came back with childish name calling posts. i get it, a lot of people on tthe game threads are teens.

Nexus then quoted his own post, taking out he was responding o different people so it looked like it was one string "in context", in some huge effort to prove ???

nexus, who wasn't registered here when it happened, declared he doesn't think a staples staffer was fired for posting here, seemingly indicating he thinks staff should disregard any rules they have because he thinks it will be alright.

now we got a guy from the other tiv wanting him to make a list of upcs to get tiv to post here - get real!!


and were back to the point - how on earth could anyone expect a staffer, being there is no benefit to themself, risking their job to lookup tiv at work to post here???

[United11]

Anytime I need a TIV, I call and ask and just say I don't want to drive all the way there if the game(s) don't qualify for the promo. Never had a problem.

I don't see any problem with giving TIVs over the phone, and really, it would probably make sense for EB to create a page like tivs.ca.

I mean, if they make the TIVs, then they must think it's a fair return for them, so I would think they would want more.

For every one of us on here, there are another 20 who have no clue, and just trade in games or buy the used games at almost full price. How many people don't know about the T3G1F promo, and trade in a load of games for a lot less.

[zoro69]

Anytime I need a TIV, I call and ask and just say I don't want to drive all the way there if the game(s) don't qualify for the promo. Never had a problem.

I don't see any problem with giving TIVs over the phone, and really, it would probably make sense for EB to create a page like tivs.ca.

I mean, if they make the TIVs, then they must think it's a fair return for them, so I would think they would want more.

For every one of us on here, there are another 20 who have no clue, and just trade in games or buy the used games at almost full price. How many people don't know about the T3G1F promo, and trade in a load of games for a lot less.


thats what they want...the business exists because a substantial number of customers dump stacks of games there for almost nothing, allowing them to maintain a 50% average margin on used product. They hardly want to make it easy to see the customer would be better off going elsewhere, or make it easy for FS to add $1 to all their values.

of course if they wanted a lits published they could do it easily...they aren't going to want a lowly staffer taking a list of tiv away to post here.
they wouldn't be able to get rid of someone doing that fast enough if they found out.

[discountone]

A used 360 is 159.99 with no hard drive and we take the xbox 360 tiv for $50.

$50:lol::lol::lol:


ebay;)

[craeyon]

WOW are you guys tempting the mods to close this thread permanently?

or.. are are you guys going to stop this nonsense.

See at times like these I m glad someone made icantradegames.ca. Those who wanted to be useful cud atleast (without melodrama) login and update the tivs themselves for other to see. But in here, you guys just like to pick the flesh of each others bones.

[neksus]

WOW are you guys tempting the mods to close this thread permanently?

or.. are are you guys going to stop this nonsense.

See at times like these I m glad someone made icantradegames.ca. Those who wanted to be useful cud atleast (without melodrama) login and update the tivs themselves for other to see. But in here, you guys just like to pick the flesh of each others bones.

craeyon...every post you make you praise icantradegames, yet still there's barely any information on it. I don't care what the rating of a game is if I want to the know the EB TIV...

[Wick98]

I called EB Games tonight and the CSR gave me some trade-in values over the phone, which surprised me.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (360) - $15
SEGA Rally REVO (PS3) - $8
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (360) - $8

When I was in another EB Games two days ago, they were telling customers that they had a "trade 3 weekend" coming up this weekend. I thought the trade 3 deal worked every day? I haven't had a problem taking advantage of it on a weekday.

[craeyon]

craeyon...every post you make you praise icantradegames, yet still there's barely any information on it. I don't care what the rating of a game is if I want to the know the EB TIV...You expect me to take that personally? Good luck, yelling at a simple PR guy.

But since, you mentioned it. I will say that the reason why "there's barely any information on it" is because people haven't realized what the site actually does and what it can do for them. You think its hard for me and 4 other people to just sit down one weekend and add the 3000 or so games and their TiVs that exist to the database? No.. not really.

[neksus]

You expect me to take that personally? Good luck, yelling at a simple PR guy.

But since, you mentioned it. I will say that the reason why "there's barely any information on it" is because people haven't realized what the site actually does and what it can do for them. You think its hard for me and 4 other people to just sit down one weekend and add the 3000 or so games and their TiVs that exist to the database? No.. not really.

*ahem*
At least you have 5 people!

[craeyon]

*ahem*
At least you have 5 people!That's staff including me. ;) I wish I knew the user database.

[neksus]

hehe
I've been working on the invitations for my wedding and our respective website as of late. Between that, midterms and a few essays I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to be able to devote to completing what needs to be done with tivs.ca. :(

[tigerhawk33]

hehe
I've been working on the invitations for my wedding and our respective website as of late. Between that, midterms and a few essays I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to be able to devote to completing what needs to be done with tivs.ca. :(

We all applaud and thank you so much Neksus for all the hard work you've done for the entire community. Please don't let these ppl get to you. I ignore their dumb rants. It's too bad so many ignorant fools try to say really stupid things. I hope the mods are reading this and ban those who are trying to bring chaos into this thread.

[craeyon]

hehe
I've been working on the invitations for my wedding and our respective website as of late. Between that, midterms and a few essays I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to be able to devote to completing what needs to be done with tivs.ca. :(congratulations on that neksus. surprisingly as previously mentioned, I m excited to see your work.

[jett01]

????

I responded to another guy telling a staffer to get tiv

NExus declared to me i was incorrect "ITS HIS JOB"

I pointed out again it was ridiculous

nexus and yourself came back with childish name calling posts. i get it, a lot of people on tthe game threads are teens.

Nexus then quoted his own post, taking out he was responding o different people so it looked like it was one string "in context", in some huge effort to prove ???

nexus, who wasn't registered here when it happened, declared he doesn't think a staples staffer was fired for posting here, seemingly indicating he thinks staff should disregard any rules they have because he thinks it will be alright.

now we got a guy from the other tiv wanting him to make a list of upcs to get tiv to post here - get real!!


and were back to the point - how on earth could anyone expect a staffer, being there is no benefit to themself, risking their job to lookup tiv at work to post here???

he didn't say the staffer wasnt fired for posting here.
he said he didnt know Staples made employees sign NDAs.
it seems like an innocuous thing posting here but if the employee was fired for posting info here - so be it. i at least will defer to your knowledge on that one. ive gone back and read neksus posts and i still didnt see him asking EB staffers to tap into a database and stream it to him or post it here. we all just want to know what stores and what employees will let us call up or drop in and give us TIVS without a hassle. it is their job to give us the TIV. if they're going to say they won't be beat on the Top 100 games they damn well better tell us what those TIVS are when we ask or its a stupid marketing plan.

[mahjongmaniac]

obviously you don't know that BBVs computers aren't linked.
you can trade in INFINITE numbers of copies of ANYTHING and they won't know.

you'd be naive to believe that if you frequent BBV stores and trading in multiple copies of the same game and they wouldn't have a clue what you're doing...

-------


Well the blockbuster in my area has that rule so it could be YMMV. Or just employees not caring , it could be many reasons. But the point is thats a rule in my area and they enforce it to reduce people hoarding. Which is quite logical in a business standpoint.
I don't understand why you are still talking.

the "rule" on # PPed copies is really dependent on the store
if the MODs really wanted to enforce it, they could put a note on game trading for a specific title and indicate to employees that the game won't be accepted when s/b comes in to trade that game
if MODs didn't do that, most employees wouldn't care and continue allowing trades... which is why you'd see 15+ copies of traded games at certain stores

[mahjongmaniac]

When I was in another EB Games two days ago, they were telling customers that they had a "trade 3 weekend" coming up this weekend. I thought the trade 3 deal worked every day? I haven't had a problem taking advantage of it on a weekday.

T3GIF has always worked for a select # of titles

T3GIF wknd is usually for "any" upcoming new releases

depending on fine print and/or how CSRs interpret the T3GIF wknd promo, sometimes you can ask for games that have already been released (older titles)

[jett01]

you'd be naive to believe that if you frequent BBV stores and trading in multiple copies of the same game and they wouldn't have a clue what you're doing...


how? the number of times ive traded in a certain title is recorded on my card?
that's new info to me. i should be hearing from them about one particular game someday.

[longsey]

Some EB Trade in values from the other day:

Halo (Xbox) - $4
Halo 2 (Xbox) - $7
Bioshock (360 - $16

I also think the the $4.99 and under games to use at BBV have been picked dry. Been to three EB's and not one in sight.

[dtrader69]

how? the number of times ive traded in a certain title is recorded on my card?
that's new info to me. i should be hearing from them about one particular game someday.

what mahjong is saying is....if they dont track the game you traded on the system....the person working behind the counter would remember...

[jett01]

what mahjong is saying is....if they dont track the game you traded on the system....the person working behind the counter would remember...

well everyone had a good run with Quake Wars and no one said anything.
truth be told, i was really starting to feel sorry for BBV. poor bastards.
all those copies...

[longsey]

My experience from the last $10 TIV week was that the individual store kept track of how many copies I traded. I traded in two copies of Vampire Rain one day and then 1 copy the next day. The guy said to me, 'hey did you already trade in two copies of this?' He ended up taking the game in any case but he know from the system that I had traded in two copies previously.

When I went to another BBV up the street to trade in another copy of Vampire Rain there was no mention of it. So I believe individual stores in Markham (who knows what it's like across the country) keep track on a store by store basis.

Hope that makes sense and, as usual, YOUR experience may be different than everyone elses. There will always be someone who can trade in 30 copies (or at least say they did) at a time. For the vast majority of us that's unlikely to happen.

[jett01]

My experience from the last $10 TIV week was that the individual store kept track of how many copies I traded. I traded in two copies of Vampire Rain one day and then 1 copy the next day. The guy said to me, 'hey did you already trade in two copies of this?' He ended up taking the game in any case but he know from the system that I had traded in two copies previously.

When I went to another BBV up the street to trade in another copy of Vampire Rain there was no mention of it. So I believe individual stores in Markham (who knows what it's like across the country) keep track on a store by store basis.

Hope that makes sense and, as usual, YOUR experience may be different than everyone elses. There will always be someone who can trade in 30 copies (or at least say they did) at a time. For the vast majority of us that's unlikely to happen.


i guess i haven't hit that invisible '3 copies per title' barrier at any of my local BBVs yet.

[neksus]

My experience from the last $10 TIV week was that the individual store kept track of how many copies I traded. I traded in two copies of Vampire Rain one day and then 1 copy the next day. The guy said to me, 'hey did you already trade in two copies of this?' He ended up taking the game in any case but he know from the system that I had traded in two copies previously.

When I went to another BBV up the street to trade in another copy of Vampire Rain there was no mention of it. So I believe individual stores in Markham (who knows what it's like across the country) keep track on a store by store basis.

Hope that makes sense and, as usual, YOUR experience may be different than everyone elses. There will always be someone who can trade in 30 copies (or at least say they did) at a time. For the vast majority of us that's unlikely to happen.

I just wanted to confirm that from what I've asked associates, the systems are independently operated and maintained from other locations.

[greywolf501]

My experience from the last $10 TIV week was that the individual store kept track of how many copies I traded. I traded in two copies of Vampire Rain one day and then 1 copy the next day. The guy said to me, 'hey did you already trade in two copies of this?' He ended up taking the game in any case but he know from the system that I had traded in two copies previously.

When I went to another BBV up the street to trade in another copy of Vampire Rain there was no mention of it. So I believe individual stores in Markham (who knows what it's like across the country) keep track on a store by store basis.

Hope that makes sense and, as usual, YOUR experience may be different than everyone elses. There will always be someone who can trade in 30 copies (or at least say they did) at a time. For the vast majority of us that's unlikely to happen.
When they are doing anything on your account like renting or trading, everything is listed on the screen, your previous trade of 2 copies of Vampire Rain would have been the last transaction and shown right there on the screen for him to see, but after you've done other stuff and traded different games, it would be buried in a mountain of information that they would have to sit down and sift through it to find out how many times you've traded a specific title. And then each store has a seperate system that isn't linked so they can never be really sure of what you've done.

[longsey]

i guess i haven't hit that invisible '3 copies per title' barrier at any of my local BBVs yet.

I don't think it is even necessarily you personally can't trade in more than 3, it's that they don't want more than 3 copies of a title. And even that may not be applicable to all games. I'm sure they'd love to have more than 3 used copies of a money maker like CoD:WaW. At the same time, they'd be nuts to keep buying copies of NBA2k6.

Of course, this whole $10 trade-in thing goes a long way to proving they ARE actually nuts.

Of course, you're in Saskatoon, I'm in Ontario. Maybe that accounts for the difference. Personally, I wish I did not hit the 'invisible' ceiling because there were a hell of a lot of copies of Vampire Rain kicking around before. Now I can't find one at all.

[WontonTiger]

thats what i do everytime i call for TIVS. i tell them im on the fence if i should come to their chain or their competitor and id like to hear why i should use their chain. after that they're MORE than happy to fetch TIVS. and that been my experience with BBV, EB and FS. its gonna help them get people in the store.

With all due respect, you don't understand business. Why would they provide the service over the phone, when they can ask you to come in to get the values. It's not like there are that many used game trade-in options, and they know that. It makes LESS sense to tell them over the phone, as they have less incentive to visit (unless you give them good info on trade-in values). Whereas having them visit the store, opens them up to impulse buys. Store traffic IS IMPORTANT.

I've called 5-6 EBs in my area, and only 1 will do TIVs over the phone. In many cases they are just too busy in store to sit on the phone for 30 mins. If a manager sees that, they may also think the employee is being lazy and purposely delaying work in order to do the easy job (sit on the phone and talk to a customer).


WOW are you guys tempting the mods to close this thread permanently?

or.. are are you guys going to stop this nonsense.


Whats with all the inane fear of the MODS. Oh no, they'll lock the thread... I've never seen them lock something like this unless it gets out of hand with racism and insults (or political/religious discussions).

If they close the thread we'd just have to... make a new one...

stop making posts just to warn people about locking the thread, you're just giving people ideas.


We all applaud and thank you so much Neksus for all the hard work you've done for the entire community. Please don't let these ppl get to you. I ignore their dumb rants. It's too bad so many ignorant fools try to say really stupid things. I hope the mods are reading this and ban those who are trying to bring chaos into this thread.

:rolleyes:

Neksus is so thin skinned that a couple of well-mannered posts are going to cause him to rethink everything??? The mods are going to ban people?:lol:


On a side note: Traded 3 for Killzone 2 yesterday.

Spectral Force 3 $18 X360
Oblivion GOTY $10 X360
SOCOM (bundled version without headset, not for resale) $15 I think. PS3
forget the last one...

EB Value:
Operation Darkness $5 X360

I also went to BBV with some older ones. They took everything I had (at $10 a piece), however they wouldn't do Wii Play.

Thanks for the work Neksus. (updated with pertinent info)

[jett01]

With all due respect, you don't understand business. Why would they provide the service over the phone, when they can ask you to come in to get the values. It's not like there are that many used game trade-in options, and they know that. It makes LESS sense to tell them over the phone, as they have less incentive to visit (unless you give them good info on trade-in values). Whereas having them visit the store, opens them up to impulse buys. Store traffic IS IMPORTANT.

I've called 5-6 EBs in my area, and only 1 will do TIVs over the phone. In many cases they are just too busy in store to sit on the phone for 30 mins. If a manager sees that, they may also think the employee is being lazy and purposely delaying work in order to do the easy job (sit on the phone and talk to a customer).

1) EB BRAGS about how high their trade in values are. THEY WONT BE BEAT!
they make the flyers. they post all their "big" trades on their website.
i don't see the big deal in calling them and asking them what they're bragging about.

2) 30 minutes? im not giving them a list ffs. at most ive done 3 at a time. and again that's with BBV, FS, and EB. even looking up 3, which is something ive rarely done, only takes about 90 seconds. over 3 games and id understand being told just to come in.

3) to me its like selling new cars. if you want to give me a discount on a new car, tell me what my old one is worth. and if you wont tell me or i dont like it, ill sell it privately. but its in your best interest to tell me what my old piece is worth cause thats a REAL NUMBER i can factor into the cost of buying a new piece from you. in turn you get to take the old and sell it for 3+ times what you paid for it. its win-win to me. but "i don't know anything about business". if a store told me more than once "to come in and ask" id say "your competitors love my money".

4) im glad i don't live in pickering. your EBs are staffed by pricks - dang!

[United11]

thats what they want...the business exists because a substantial number of customers dump stacks of games there for almost nothing, allowing them to maintain a 50% average margin on used product. They hardly want to make it easy to see the customer would be better off going elsewhere, or make it easy for FS to add $1 to all their values.



When EB prides themselves on having the best trade-in values, then I think they would want people to know. I really don't think Futureshop would invest the man hours to review EB's list and up their by $1. For them, the Used game market is a side project- for EB games, it's half their business.

[zoro69]

When EB prides themselves on having the best trade-in values, then I think they would want people to know. I really don't think Futureshop would invest the man hours to review EB's list and up their by $1. For them, the Used game market is a side project- for EB games, it's half their business.

Why would you suppose they wouldn't just post their own list on their own site if they "want people to know"?? they could have a complete list up today if they thought that was a good idea, updated real time. Its incredibly obvious why it isn't (the same reason why there is no list from BBV, no list from FS, none of them will post or provide a list in store). If you still don't know why, stand near the counter for awhile and watch people bring n games...

Not that there is anything they can do about it if someone wants to try and maintain a list, but all the posts telling staff they should look them up when they've just posted they've been told they can't, or they should provide them on the phone when obviously a lot of these stores have told them not to...are beyond dumb. as far as disrupting the thread...look at the one who has has had posts removed.

[jett01]

Why would you suppose they wouldn't just post their own list on their own site if they "want people to know"?? ... Its incredibly obvious why it isn't (the same reason why there is no list from BBV, no list from FS, none of them will post or provide a list in store)


future shop's top trade-in value charts
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/usedgames/?logon=&langid=EN

eb games' top trade-in value charts
http://www.ebgames.ca/tradeinvalues.asp

stop being so dramatic and acting like these are top secret files they can only whisper to you in person if you give them the secret handshake - :lol:

it's a big competition to lure us in. it's been acknowledged that there's reps from all 3 chains on these boards including this thread. it's not a big deal. if a store didn't want to tell me i'd think that was fishy and that they were embarassed by how low it is.

[Ryu69]

does anyone know if you get the tax on top of the TIV at FS? i know EB, when you use trade in credit, they take the credit off first, then charge the tax only on the remaining amount, so basically the TIV has taxes on top. thanks

[Haz]

does anyone know if you get the tax on top of the TIV at FS? i know EB, when you use trade in credit, they take the credit off first, then charge the tax only on the remaining amount, so basically the TIV has taxes on top. thanksFS TIV does not include tax. It's just like loading up a gift card.

[Psubs]

future shop's top trade-in value charts
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/usedgames/?logon=&langid=EN

eb games' top trade-in value charts
http://www.ebgames.ca/tradeinvalues.asp

stop being so dramatic and acting like these are top secret files they can only whisper to you in person if you give them the secret handshake - :lol:

it's a big competition to lure us in. it's been acknowledged that there's reps from all 3 chains on these boards including this thread. it's not a big deal. if a store didn't want to tell me i'd think that was fishy and that they were embarassed by how low it is.

I don't expect them to post all of their games, but it would be great if they had a longer list like their top 20 for each system, not just the super popular games.

[jett01]

I don't expect them to post all of their games, but it would be great if they had a longer list like their top 20 for each system, not just the super popular games.

agreed. i wonder if we as RFDers have any power to enact change.
ie: email/phone/letter campaign asking for more TIVs?
you say something like: im sure you get tired of us coming in or calling about TIVS and it takes you away from your other tasks. thank you for posting the TIVs you did but could you please help us out, and make your job easier by posting more of them?

i dunno. whatever.
(puts on flame-retardant suit)

[neksus]

Spectral Force 2 $18
Oblivion GOTY $10
SOCOM (bundled version without headset, not for resale) $15 I think.
forget the last one...


Spectral Force 2 or 3?
Also, systems for the games?

[Psubs]

agreed. i wonder if we as RFDers have any power to enact change.
ie: email/phone/letter campaign asking for more TIVs?
you say something like: im sure you get tired of us coming in or calling about TIVS and it takes you away from your other tasks. thank you for posting the TIVs you did but could you please help us out, and make your job easier by posting more of them?

i dunno. whatever.
(puts on flame-retardant suit)

They get a lot more phone calls but also people go into the store to take up their time too, but traffic is good.

I asked a FS to lookup Alone in the Dark for me and it was like under $4, I said like "eeeeewwwww" lol. He was like "ya, I know". Still he looked like he was going to process it and I said "nah, I'm not trading it in for that".

Maybe they should post a printout each day of their TIV's so they don't have to waste time searching. True it would waste paper but then just recycle it.

[Jagmit]

They get a lot more phone calls but also people go into the store to take up their time too, but traffic is good.

I asked a FS to lookup Alone in the Dark for me and it was like under $4, I said like "eeeeewwwww" lol. He was like "ya, I know". Still he looked like he was going to process it and I said "nah, I'm not trading it in for that".

Maybe they should post a printout each day of their TIV's so they don't have to waste time searching. True it would waste paper but then just recycle it.

or they should just put it up on a monitor and let us scroll throught it, and whenever it needs to it will just update when TIVs change.

[craeyon]

or they should just put it up on a monitor and let us scroll throught it, and whenever it needs to it will just update when TIVs change.
lol reminds me of my TD Canada Trust stock ticker software. They should have something like that.

[Psubs]

lol reminds me of my TD Canada Trust stock ticker software. They should have something like that.

Ha, if done alphabetically, you have to wait around the store for like a half hour before it gets to your game.

[WontonTiger]

Spectral Force 2 or 3?
Also, systems for the games?

updated original post.

[United11]

TIVs today

COD2 - 360 - $12
Bad Company - PS3 - $10
Bad Company - 360 - $18

[ngaiden]

EB Games

360:
Halo 3 - $25
Saints Row 2 - $37
Battlefield Bad Company -$ 18

PS3:
Army of Two PS3 - $10
Mercenaries 2 - $6
Full Auto 2 Battlelines - $10

[riceboy]

EB Games - March 11, 2009

Wii
Super Smash Brothers $30

360
Guitar Hero II $15
Madden 09 $20
NHL 09 $37

[sxz]

Mar. 12, 2009
EB:
COD: World At War (360) - $40
Fallout 3 (360) - $40
Lips (360) - $13
Mirror's Edge (360) - $15

[TheGamer2400]

Mar. 12, 2009
EB:
COD: World At War (360) - $40
Fallout 3 (360) - $40
Lips (360) - $13
Mirror's Edge (360) - $15

Quite surprised with the low TIV for Lips and Mirror's Edge :-0

[Lone_Prodigy]

Quite surprised with the low TIV for Lips and Mirror's Edge :-0

Mirror's Edge is $40 new now, so I don't expect it to have a high TIV.

[Exas]

mirror's edge is $40 new now, so i don't expect it to have a high tiv.

where
ps3? 360?

[grappos13]

^ saw it for both systems new at FS last week for 39.99...

btw i just picked up the ps3 version from BBV used for 29.99 with my credit from the $10 trade ins... 360 was also there for 29.99 used

[kleptodathief]

anyone know the current today ebg tiv of deadspace and gta4 x360? r they still unchanged from tivs.ca?

gotta luv the bbvs that STILL take good ole nhl2k7, i seen original receipt of a guy who paid like over 60bux for it back when it first came out in 2006 lol , sold at ebg now for 1.49$ with no instructions

[JKL]

Does anyone know when EBG's TIVs usually change? I brought 3 games in today hoping I can still Pre-order PS3 version of RE5 for tomorrow :lol:, but the guy said they can't do it no more. He ended up reserving it for me and told me to just come back with the same 3 games tomorrow to do a quick trade-in. I then asked, if he can take these games somehow today while they still qualifies for T3G1F promotion. His answer was no once again, but he did say that he GUARANTEE that these games will have the same TIVs tomorrow (dunno if he was just pulling a move on me to stop me from bothering him, haha).

So does anyone know from experience, do TIVs fluctuate everyday or usually at the end of the week (as the guy from EBG told me).

3 games that I brought in were:
Motorstorm (PS3) - $10
Army of Two (XBOX360) -$10
SOCOM Confrontation (PS3 Bundle Version) - $15

[neksus]

Does anyone know when EBG's TIVs usually change? I brought 3 games in today hoping I can still Pre-order PS3 version of RE5 for tomorrow :lol:, but the guy said they can't do it no more. He ended up reserving it for me and told me to just come back with the same 3 games tomorrow to do a quick trade-in. I then asked, if he can take these games somehow today while they still qualifies for T3G1F promotion. His answer was no once again, but he did say that he GUARANTEE that these games will have the same TIVs tomorrow (dunno if he was just pulling a move on me to stop me from bothering him, haha).

So does anyone know from experience, do TIVs fluctuate everyday or usually at the end of the week (as the guy from EBG told me).

3 games that I brought in were:
Motorstorm (PS3) - $10
Army of Two (XBOX360) -$10
SOCOM Confrontation (PS3 Bundle Version) - $15

I'm not sure about his "guarantee" (unless he was management, in which case he may be able to over-ride tivs), but it's a pretty safe bet that those games will still qualify tomorrow.

What I don't get is how they can't do a pre-order for the game today but you can do a swap tomorrow...

[metallickirby]

Anyone know about EB's "Trade 1, add $25 and get 1 game free" promotion?

I saw this at the woodbine/hwy 7 location. I asked about it and the girl didn't seem to know that much except she said only a couple of games currently apply for that and that you have to add $35 and not just $25 (I'm assuming cuz the games are 69.99 nowadays and not 59.99) I didn't ask which games applied :(

[rko_kero]

Assassin's Creed - $16

[neksus]

Assassin's Creed - $16

console?

[Setz]

Does anyone know when EBG's TIVs usually change? I brought 3 games in today hoping I can still Pre-order PS3 version of RE5 for tomorrow :lol:, but the guy said they can't do it no more. He ended up reserving it for me and told me to just come back with the same 3 games tomorrow to do a quick trade-in. I then asked, if he can take these games somehow today while they still qualifies for T3G1F promotion. His answer was no once again, but he did say that he GUARANTEE that these games will have the same TIVs tomorrow (dunno if he was just pulling a move on me to stop me from bothering him, haha).

So does anyone know from experience, do TIVs fluctuate everyday or usually at the end of the week (as the guy from EBG told me).

3 games that I brought in were:
Motorstorm (PS3) - $10
Army of Two (XBOX360) -$10
SOCOM Confrontation (PS3 Bundle Version) - $15

Why on earth did you trade in SOCOM bundle? Game only is 15$, you essentially gave them a free BTHS.

[balonis]

anyone know the current today ebg tiv of deadspace and gta4 x360? r they still unchanged from tivs.ca?

gotta luv the bbvs that STILL take good ole nhl2k7, i seen original receipt of a guy who paid like over 60bux for it back when it first came out in 2006 lol , sold at ebg now for 1.49$ with no instructions

haha yea, its funny how eb games still sell these new too for 1.88. me and bro went to a few different ebs and bought all the nhl 2k7 from the $42 eb credit we got trading in the ds golden compas from the source. the no tax with gc is awsome. i was suprised we were even able to find that many copies. then took them to a few different bbv and grabbed those 14.99 games that are eligible for t3g1f. We were able to preorder 4 copies of resident evil with the gaming guarantee. all in all $6 has turned into $280! golden compass FTW! the best thing nicole kidman as done for me since eyes wide shut. $6 wii here i come! lol!

[rko_kero]

console?

PS3, but my friend traded 360 for the same price.

[Jagmit]

haha yea, its funny how eb games still sell these new too for 1.88. me and bro went to a few different ebs and bought all the nhl 2k7 from the $42 eb credit we got trading in the ds golden compas from the source. the no tax with gc is awsome. i was suprised we were even able to find that many copies. then took them to a few different bbv and grabbed those 14.99 games that are eligible for t3g1f. We were able to preorder 4 copies of resident evil with the gaming guarantee. all in all $6 has turned into $280! golden compass FTW! the best thing nicole kidman as done for me since eyes wide shut. $6 wii here i come! lol!

why would you need 4 copies of re5, at least diversify the games u preorder if ur gonna do that.

[Setz]

Its the SOCOM GAME ONLY that came with the bundle. I'm not trading the WHOLE bundle in with the headset. I had the "bundle version" there as a description, b/c according to some RFDers, FS will not take games that specifically said "NOT RESELLABLE" (or something like that) on the back of the case. I'm just stating once again that EBG does take bundled games as well.

my bad bro

[balonis]

With the gaming guarantee i can return them within a week and get all $69.99 credit back.. hence i'll be getting a wii from just spending $6 originally...


why would you need 4 copies of re5, at least diversify the games u preorder if ur gonna do that.

[JKL]

I'm not sure about his "guarantee" (unless he was management, in which case he may be able to over-ride tivs), but it's a pretty safe bet that those games will still qualify tomorrow.

What I don't get is how they can't do a pre-order for the game today but you can do a swap tomorrow...

Well, I'm pretty sure he won't be able to do anything if the TIVs do change tomorrow. He just said guarantee only from his own experience working there, cause he said TIVs usually change at the end of each week. But I'm not sure why he can't take in my games today either. He said something about the system not allowing him to process a pre-order for a game that's coming out tomorrow. Maybe he would allow me to do it if I pre-order it with cash instead T3G1F promo.


Why on earth did you trade in SOCOM bundle? Game only is 15$, you essentially gave them a free BTHS.

Its the SOCOM GAME ONLY that came with the bundle. I'm not trading the WHOLE bundle in with the headset. I had the "bundle version" there as a description, b/c according to some RFDers, FS will not take games that specifically said "NOT RESELLABLE" (or something like that) on the back of the case. I'm just stating once again that EBG does take bundled games as well.

[Setz]

You can't do anymore pre-orders of RE5 because it was shipped today. You can do T3GIF tomorrow, though.

[Jagmit]

With the gaming guarantee i can return them within a week and get all $69.99 credit back.. hence i'll be getting a wii from just spending $6 originally...

ic, smart. but dude don't get a wii. IMO its overrated, don't know why i got one, its catching dust next the ps3 and 360.

[neksus]

Well, I'm pretty sure he won't be able to do anything if the TIVs do change tomorrow. He just said guarantee only from his own experience working there, cause he said TIVs usually change at the end of each week.

TIVs seem to change prior to the store opening, and can happy any day of the week.

[PhilSousa]

EBTIV.COM has now opened up it's xbox360 Trade in values. We are now a three man team.

Added several Trade in values, and will expand. Heading to EB this weekend and will gather more TIV.

Phil

[ericdraven]

Microplay...

TIV I got for my PS3 games

HAWX $28.50
Call of Duty 4: Modern War $36.00 ( Not GOTY Version )
End War $14.40
GTA IV $24.00

[PhilSousa]

Microplay...

TIV I got for my PS3 games

HAWX $28.50
Call of Duty 4: Modern War $36.00 ( Not GOTY Version )
End War $14.40
GTA IV $24.00

Microplay still around? Damn!!!

[neksus]

We are now a three man team.

I'm not sure why, but I find that mildly amusing.

[craeyon]

actually.. I am counting 7..

[shezbot]

FYI on some Gamecube values at EB (as of March 12):

Star Fox Assault (Cube) $8
Zelda: TP (Cube) $29

[marximum]

TIVs seem to change prior to the store opening, and can happy any day of the week.

The manager of my local Gamestop told me that since their head office is closed weekends TIVs don't change from Friday till Monday morning.

[sxz]

The manager of my local Gamestop told me that since their head office is closed weekends TIVs don't change from Friday till Monday morning.

Actually I've had instances where I checked the TIV of a game on Friday then again on Saturday and it dropped.

[jett01]

I'm not sure why, but I find that mildly amusing.

because it takes the others 3-10 people to make a site inferior to yours?

[johnmoon]

I dont see Resistance2 CE at tivs.ca
Would they buy it for more than regular version, or just take the game only?
I will be trading mine to RE5 within the next 30 mins

[ericdraven]

Microplay still around? Damn!!!


LOL!!!

http://www.microplay.com/

[deezz]

because it takes the others 3-10 people to make a site inferior to yours?

I know I started out lobbying against Phil's site, but should I start feeling bad about that now? Neksus are you and him still teaming up for something? or are you teaming up with someone else that was talking about making some $$$? haven't been following too close lately...

[deezz]

Does anyone have an updated price for PS3 - Smackdown vs Raw '09, the last price on TIVS.ca is 02/05/09

[neksus]

To be clear:
I have not currently and have no future intentions of creating a partnership or team of members to operate tivs.ca.
However, many of the features are near completion, and after this week (this month has been horrible for free time!) I fully plan to dedicate my time to getting tivs.ca open to the public to begin the self-regulating process.

[dtrader69]

To be clear:
I have not currently and have no future intentions of creating a partnership or team of members to operate tivs.ca.
However, many of the features are near completion, and after this week (this month has been horrible for free time!) I fully plan to dedicate my time to getting tivs.ca open to the public to begin the self-regulating process.

i hope you dont mean you are leaving us?!?!

[dtrader69]

Microplay still around? Damn!!!

yes they are...but not too many locations around gta :(

[jett01]

if i'm the CSR at fs or walmart, and someone asked me to PM a flyer that said Ottawa/Montreal on it. id say show me the flyer where you would actually buy it and ill see what i can do but i know you're not buying the game from this flyer.

but thats just me. im kind of a dick. can people in downtown GTA go get the game for 39.99 at the Gerrard location? or does their flyer have Mario Tennis for $39.99 and RE5 for $69.99 :cheesygri

[TheGamer2400]

The manager of my local Gamestop told me that since their head office is closed weekends TIVs don't change from Friday till Monday morning.

I'm aware of that. I remember trading Rock Band when picking up Rock Band 2 on release day, which was a Sunday. The sales girl was surprised with the TIV - I believe it was over $20 and said trade it in because the TIV will probably change on Monday.

[deezz]

Does anyone have an updated price for PS3 - Smackdown vs Raw '09, the last price on TIVS.ca is 02/05/09

Can anyone help me out here?! :(

[dtrader69]

Can anyone help me out here?! :(

yes, many ebgames store can help you out with this. report back when you get the TIV.

[deezz]

yes, many ebgames store can help you out with this. report back when you get the TIV.

no you misunderstand, I don't have the game. I'm contemplating it in a trade, but would like to know the tiv for it first.

thanks for anyone that has an updated price!

[jett01]

no you misunderstand, I don't have the game. I'm contemplating it in a trade, but would like to know the tiv for it first.

thanks for anyone that has an updated price!

you misunderstood back.
you're allowed to call whoever you want: EB, BBV, FS and ask what the TIV is.

[dtrader69]

no you misunderstand, I don't have the game. I'm contemplating it in a trade, but would like to know the tiv for it first.

thanks for anyone that has an updated price!

you dont need the game to get a TIV...just go to your local ebgames....find a copy off of the shelf (new or used)...and ask them to scan it to find the TIV.

[dtrader69]

you misunderstood back.
you're allowed to call whoever you want: EB, BBV, FS and ask what the TIV is.

you are funny :P
but seriously though....it's YMMV on getting TIV via phone.

[jett01]

you dont need the game to get a TIV...just go to your local ebgames....find a copy off of the shelf (new or used)...and ask them to scan it to find the TIV.

wow. im still amazed there's stores that don't give TIV on the phone.
even handing them the copy off the shelf sounds like wasted energy.

[deezz]

wow. im still amazed there's stores that don't give TIV on the phone.
even handing them the copy off the shelf sounds like wasted energy.

Okay I called a store and they gave it to me :D

EB Games Mar.13.09, 12:45pm
PS3 - Smackdown VS. Raw 2009 - $27, so it's gown down $8 since it's last update of Feb.05.09

[BobTheSnake]

I can't beleive they still give out 30$ for zelda TP for gamecube lol.

chaching! :D

[Psubs]

wow. im still amazed there's stores that don't give TIV on the phone.
even handing them the copy off the shelf sounds like wasted energy.

If they're not busy, then most will do it. I called FS and the guy said he was busy, but he pawned me off to someone else that checked.

[Haz]

Microplay still around? Damn!!!yes they are...but not too many locations around gta :(I wish we still had Microplays here in the GVR. I use to work for one.

Microplay HO sucked. They never helped out with anything. No promotions, no special pricing, nothing. All they cared about was their royalties.

At the store I worked at, we set our own values as the HO values were almost always out of date and many times that games weren't even in the system and we had to manually enter them in. Man, were we ever an interesting bunch when we did trade ins.

[TheGamer2400]

Microplay HO sucked. They never helped out with anything. No promotions, no special pricing, nothing. All they cared about was their royalties.


I think this applies to all Microplay stores not just Head Office. Sorry, but I'm glad Microplay has closed a lot of their stores in the GTA area as they sold the majority of things over retail price for example, I remember last year at the Square One location I saw that they were selling Xbox Live 2800 points cards for $44.99 ($5 more than everywhere else). So, I tell the employee that it's selling for $39.99 elsewhere and all he says is "Okay, I don't know". That's my best memory of them.

[Stetson717]

Can anyone help me out here?! :(

I could be wrong so don't hold me on this but yesterday when i was at ebgames, the guy ahead of me was trading in smackdown 09 and i believe the tiv was 27

[gheart008]

Can anyone help me out here?! :(

picking up the phone and calling to get the TIV yourself would take you a whole one minute.

[Haz]

I think this applies to all Microplay stores not just Head Office. Sorry, but I'm glad Microplay has closed a lot of their stores in the GTA area as they sold the majority of things over retail price for example, I remember last year at the Square One location I saw that they were selling Xbox Live 2800 points cards for $44.99 ($5 more than everywhere else). So, I tell the employee that it's selling for $39.99 elsewhere and all he says is "Okay, I don't know". That's my best memory of them.What I mean is that when I worked at a franchise store, the Microplay HO did squat to help us. We arranged all of our distributors, pricing and stuff and did our own buying. HO was poorly managed and never help our stores out here.

[TheGamer2400]

I could be wrong so don't hold me on this but yesterday when i was at ebgames, the guy ahead of me was trading in smackdown 09 and i believe the tiv was 27

Yes, the game trade in for $27. It's even listed on their website for the Xbox 360 version though, but the PS3 version trades the same.

[kleptodathief]

forgot to mention this: can anyone confirm a tradein promo this weekend at EBG(maybe calling a few?), they will allow u to get ps3s sf4 game? since most ebgs have them in stock now with the latest shipment from capcom i read


cheers if anyone can call and ask :D

[jett01]

forgot to mention this: can anyone confirm a tradein promo this weekend at EBG(maybe calling a few?), they will allow u to get ps3s sf4 game? since most ebgs have them in stock now with the latest shipment from capcom i read


cheers if anyone can call and ask :D

wow you ARE lazy.

the only thing i've seen that might work is trade 2 from the Most Wanted List and pay $19.99 for it. http://www.ebgames.ca/graphics/pdf/promo_hothits1_en.pdf

[natural_spring_water]

Traded These

XBOX360:

Prince of Persia $17
Soldiers of Fortune $7

Wii

Guitar World Tour $18
Dancing With The Star $7.50
Bully $7

[grappos13]

most EB have stock of street fighter ps3 now? hrmm... i gotta go return my killzone 2 and pick up my RE5 so i might look into getting this just to have it!

[kleptodathief]

^ not confirmed but i read someone saying capcom shipped them sum ps3 versions..i mite switch re5 for sf4...i have it on xbox backup but i want to use the hori stick

[Wick98]

Stranglehold 360 - $3 at EB

[Haz]

COD3 is $7 @ EB

[Bencherstyle]

woah waoh waoh, Prince of Persia is 17 bux?!?!

when did this happen?!

[mahjongmaniac]

When I went to another BBV up the street to trade in another copy of Vampire Rain there was no mention of it. So I believe individual stores in Markham (who knows what it's like across the country) keep track on a store by store basis.

trade history only stays w/ the individual store itself. it's not a universal thing where stores are "linked"
this isn't really news. it's been like that for a long time. it'll likely stay like that if BBV continues to operate on that POS DOS system

--------


When they are doing anything on your account like renting or trading, everything is listed on the screen, your previous trade of 2 copies of Vampire Rain would have been the last transaction and shown right there on the screen for him to see, but after you've done other stuff and traded different games, it would be buried in a mountain of information that they would have to sit down and sift through it to find out how many times you've traded a specific title. And then each store has a seperate system that isn't linked so they can never be really sure of what you've done.

yes, they could stand at the compy all day sifting thru prev. transactions, but they could also print out your entire trade history on the till paper (last i checked, this was possible)

[wilkz07]

HMV has a few games on sale. YMMV:

PS3
Hellboy $10
Splinter Cell DA $5
Conan $20

360
Sonic Tennis $10
CoD2 $15

there are alot more, thats just what i bought tonight.

[mahjongmaniac]

Actually I've had instances where I checked the TIV of a game on Friday then again on Saturday and it dropped.

i can also confirm this, as this has happened to me before as well

[craeyon]

woah waoh waoh, Prince of Persia is 17 bux?!?!

when did this happen?!few days ago.. i know it just dropped from $40 like an apple on Newton's head

[neksus]

It dropped pretty early in March - right after it got taken off the 360 most wanted list at EB. Was $25 last week, finally hit the price it should have been trading at this whole time.

[United11]

One of the extra little perks from trading in and pre-ordering games at EB has been that nice little Gillette Fuzion coupon they are giving out.

$10 off a razor that sells for $9.97. Even if you have the razor already, a free blade and a free AAA battery is good enough. When a 5 pack of those blades are $20, add them up for a nice bonus.

[andsoitgoes]

Just as an FYI - this is VERY YMMV but it worked for me.

If you have a combo "freebie" set like what came with the 07 Elites (forza + Marvel UA) feel free to print off another cover and put it in a separate case. I know it's a little "iffy" - but really, you do own each copy and their restriction is a bit daft, seeing as they NORMALLY sell games without their original cover art.

Anyway, it worked for me, they didn't bat an eye. Although I did print it in colour, so I doubt B&W would work ;)

[PhilSousa]

I guess smackdown vs RAw 2009 is going down has something to do with legends of wrestlemania coming out.

Phil

[gheart008]

^ not confirmed but i read someone saying capcom shipped them sum ps3 versions..i mite switch re5 for sf4...i have it on xbox backup but i want to use the hori stick

Most, if not all GVR stores got a shipment yesterday morning, but it all sold out within an hour...

[natural_spring_water]

More Tivs Update

Wii:

Guitar Hero Aerosmith - $2
Sonic Secret Rings - $7

XBOX360

Meet The Robinson $1
Spiderwick Chrnociles $5

[wing00]

As of Yesterday (March 13)

PS3

Prince of Persia - $37
Afro Samurai - $35

[towhytea]

Yesterday went to EB and traded in rock band 1 for ps3 $20

[kleptodathief]

is fallout 3 xbox369 still 40 tiv???:idea:

just called...fallout 3 xbox is now only 37$ tiv
deadspace 20$tiv

[urs74]

^ good hopefully the used price will finally come down.

[jett01]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2009/20090311.jpg

[kleptodathief]

YMMV but all ebgs shud have a t3g1f a new promo where u can get ANY new released game(this weekend only) i just called 1 ebg store to confirm this.. ie im getting my ps3 sf4 back! :idea:

[jett01]

YMMV but all ebgs shud have a t3g1f a new promo where u can get ANY new released game(this weekend only) i just called 1 ebg store to confirm this.. ie im getting my ps3 sf4 back! :idea:

let that be a lesson to you.

[grappos13]

i still need a SF4 for ps3... which stores have stock damnit!

[jett01]

want me to mail one?

[johnmoon]

i still need a SF4 for ps3... which stores have stock damnit!

Go to Canadacomputers they have some in stock
www.canadacomputers.com
Online Stock 1 Ajax 0
Brampton 0 Hamilton 0
Kingston 0 London 0
Markham Pacific Mall 0 Mississauga 4
Newmarket 0 Ottawa Rideau 0
Richmond Hill 1 Toronto Down Town 3
Toronto Kennedy 5 Toronto North York 4
Vaughan 3 Waterloo 0

[dtrader69]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2009/20090311.jpg

^ gay

[177a12k]

i still need a SF4 for ps3... which stores have stock damnit!

scarborough town had about 5 copies when i went there last night.

[jett01]

^ gay

then it's right up your alley eh? ;)

[cmge]

noob here:

im not familiar with trading in with FS/BB... do i just go in and go to customer service and ask to trade the game in?

[jett01]

noob here:

im not familiar with trading in with FS/BB... do i just go in and go to customer service and ask to trade the game in?

not as FS. in FS there's computer kiosks in the video game department.
go over there. the CSR looks em over and looks up the TIV, then gives you an invoice to take to customer service where you give them your info and they give you a gift card.

[kleptodathief]

bbv tivs 5pm,,,fallout3...20
deadspace 16.....gta4 is 14only....rippoff tivs cuorse these shud b selling prices,btw those were 3games i tradeed for sf4 x360,,,,did i get ripped off?

[Setz]

bbv tivs 5pm,,,fallout3...20
deadspace 16.....gta4 is 14only....rippoff tivs cuorse these shud b selling prices,btw those were 3games i tradeed for sf4 x360,,,,did i get ripped off?

Do the math bro

TIVs & EBGames=

GTA4 = 25$
Dead Space = 20$
Fallout 3 = 40$

SF4 is 69.99$, so if you traded into EB you'd have 15$ left over, but even then I wouldn't have done it.

[kleptodathief]

^thx...fall3 is down to 37?...i meant i was the one that received 3gms back...i gave up my new sf4 x360 with ryu headband lol,,,i prolly cudda got more but im not greedy hehe

[NoFrillBill]

YMMV but all ebgs shud have a t3g1f a new promo where u can get ANY new released game(this weekend only) i just called 1 ebg store to confirm this.. ie im getting my ps3 sf4 back! :idea:


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that you could do a T3G1 up until two weeks after a new release, so long as you meet the required tivs?

[dtrader69]

then it's right up your alley eh? ;)

yes....what i would do to you if i have you in the same room...

[Eclipse09]

i still need a SF4 for ps3... which stores have stock damnit!

Markville down the road from you had at least 5 yesterday

[grappos13]

which store in markville? EB didnt have SF4 when i went late last nite to get my RE5

[Eclipse09]

which store in markville? EB didnt have SF4 when i went late last nite to get my RE5

EB of course
i was there to pick up RE5 as well
and they had at least 5 SF4
i was there at 1PM though

[Mike_wang]

bbv tivs 5pm,,,fallout3...20
deadspace 16.....gta4 is 14only....rippoff tivs cuorse these shud b selling prices,btw those were 3games i tradeed for sf4 x360,,,,did i get ripped off?

I woudl've just kept those games. They're good for collecting and playing lol

[Aj23]

I woudl've just kept those games. They're good for collecting and playing lol

I would of taken them from him at those prices, but its too late now.

[Setz]

I would of taken them from him at those prices, but its too late now.

I would have given him 35$ cash for each of them. I need a GTA4 and another Fallout 3.

And the point wasn't about being greedy. It's actually pretty dumb to not want 15$ extra lol.

[Jagmit]

are there any actual good games below $15? looking to pickup some sleepers for 360 and especially ps3.

[zoro69]

not as FS. in FS there's computer kiosks in the video game department.
go over there. the CSR looks em over and looks up the TIV, then gives you an invoice to take to customer service where you give them your info and they give you a gift card.

Here its side by side terminals in the entertainment dept...print out the sheet on one, then reenter that info in the other to do a gc. From what I've observed it can take a substantial amount of time and multiple staff to do it lol

[danzio2020]

Trade in Values from today!
EB Games

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: $23.00
Virtua Fighter 5 $3.00
NFS: Pro Street $7.00
Socom Confrontation $15

[Setz]

are there any actual good games below $15? looking to pickup some sleepers for 360 and especially ps3.

Off the top of my head: lots of NBA/NHL/etc games, Lost Planet 360 is 3$ used, Orange Box PS3 is 14.99$ used, FEAR Files 360 is 5$ I think... not a big selection

[jett01]

I woudl've just kept those games. They're good for collecting and playing lol

GTA4 and FO3 are two of the greatest, ultra-violent, open-world sandbox epics ever! and the DLC for both of them is amazing! and FO3 still has 2 more expansions to go!!

*shakes head*
shoulda just kept your first sf4.

[jett01]

are there any actual good games below $15? looking to pickup some sleepers for 360 and especially ps3.

Forza for 360.
Saints Row 360.

[ngaiden]

Man, I would've bought you SF4 for your fallout3, deadspace, and gta4... and I don't even have a 360!

[kleptodathief]

to clarify earlier..i TRADED my new SF4 x360 game for THREE pretty hi TIV games to a joe bloe... fallout3,deadspace and gta4....i think i got the better

end of the deal :cheesygri,i think the guy never heard of ebg lol, ... i gotta trade them in asap cuz im thinking TIVs will drop fast...used FO3 is

64.99 at ebg :fcuking ripoff! :mad: , course my mentality is if u pay 40bux or more for a NEW game ur getting jipped

seems like ebg has jacked up prices on used games as well ..anyone recently notice this? lowering TIVs and jacking up prices! fishy!!!

course u can't complain bout them selling sum pretty good dirt cheap games 5bux and under...


shud i tiv those games i got or try to sell them for cash??? :idea:

[jett01]

to clarify earlier..i TRADED my new SF4 x360 game for THREE pretty hi TIV games to a joe bloe... fallout3,deadspace and gta4...
shud i tiv those games i got or try to sell them for cash??? :idea:

you said you traded those games FOR SF4.
can you see how that might be confusing?
what you could've said was:
i traded SF4 and got these games in return...

why don't you do a T3G1F for SF4 ps3 since you want it so bad?
you can still do T3's if it's still a New Release.

[the_fm]

you said you traded those games FOR SF4.
can you see how that might be confusing?
what you could've said was:
i traded SF4 and got these games in return...

why don't you do a T3G1F for SF4 ps3 since you want it so bad?
you can still do T3's if it's still a New Release.

the game has to be instock to be able to do the trade 3 after release as far as i know

[kleptodathief]

jett: i'd do a trade3 but im kinda lazy...need covers/manuals....the games i got currently r either turds or pretty hi tiv ones..i think i'll just get straight up ebg credit for them instead of t3f1 promos...im looking for an ebgstore that has the 10% xtra for 10games traded in! anyone confirm a location in toronto??? cheers

[Setz]

the game has to be instock to be able to do the trade 3 after release as far as i know

No dice. We only do T3GIF either before release, or up until 14 days after release.

Ex.

Game isn't out yet. = you can T3GIF.
Game is out, and has been out for less than 14 days. = you can T3GIF
Game is out, and has been out for more than 14 days. = you cannot T3GIF

Some EBGames will only do it for games not yet released, but this is how it's supposed to be.

[kleptodathief]

^ can u confirm this weekend only promo for T3G1F on sf4 ??? i called ebg in toronto and they said its a GO ...new shipments from capcom for sf4 ps3 v... all retailers shud have this game in full stock now

[Lancer2004]

All EB games all 360 as of yesterday (sat)

Alone in the dark = $4
Fallout 3 = $40
Brothers In Arms = $15

[Dots]

As March 14 at EB
NBA 2k8, ps3 =6
Bad Company, ps3=10
Bad Company, xbox360=18
Mario 64, DS=20
Area 51, ps3=2

[mahjongmaniac]

not as FS. in FS there's computer kiosks in the video game department.
go over there. the CSR looks em over and looks up the TIV, then gives you an invoice to take to customer service where you give them your info and they give you a gift card.

doesn't have to be at CS.... the trade transaction can be done on any till
although they need one of the kiosks that look up TIVs to obtain the SKU for the "return" before they can process it on the normal tills

[jett01]

the game has to be instock to be able to do the trade 3 after release as far as i know

then do it at a store that has SF4 in stock i guess.

[jett01]

..im looking for an ebgstore that has the 10% xtra for 10games traded in! anyone confirm a location in toronto??? cheers

isn't that just in the States with the Edge card?

[XPatr0l]

March 14

EbGames

Forza Motorsports 2 : 3$
Saints-Row 2, same price : 37$

[sxz]

TIV for today Mar 15, 2009:

[360] COD2: GOTY Edition (same as regular COD2) - $13
[360] Command & Conquer: Kane's Wrath - $11

[PriceChopper]

Mar 15 games for ps3. TIV Ebgames
GTA4 - $25
NBA Street - $2
Virtua Tennis - $7
Sega Rally Revo - $8
Rainbow Six Vegas - $7
Soul Calibur 4 - $19
NHL 09 - $37
WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 - $7

[kleptodathief]

weird...when i called yesterday the guy said fallout 3 was 37 tiv...nm the ps3 version is 37 and the xbox360 is 40bux! woot

i feel stupid just tiving in fallout3 WITHOUT playing it first lol ... the tiv won't fall down if i wait a week?

[Setz]

weird...when i called yesterday the guy said fallout 3 was 37 tiv...nm the ps3 version is 37 and the xbox360 is 40bux! woot

i feel stupid just tiving in fallout3 WITHOUT playing it first lol ... the tiv won't fall down if i wait a week?

It's on the most wanted list so more than likely it'll remain at what it is until at least a week later.

[Mike_wang]

DS LITE = 75 . Trade it in ;D

[jDarko]

Yesterday I stopped by the Futureshop near my house, to trade in my NFS Undercover, they offered me $22.80. Of course I refused and traded it in for $37 at EBGames.

Game: Need for Speed Undercover
Platform: XBOX 360
Condition: Used
Value: $22.80
Date: Saturday March 14,2009
Location: FutureShop (Guelph Location)

[jett01]

i feel stupid just tiving in fallout3 WITHOUT playing it first lol

you have every reason to.
game of the year ...last year.

new expansion DLC next week!

[grappos13]

fallout 3 game of the year in 2008??? i dont think it beat out GTA4, MGS4...Gears2...

[Mike_wang]

Yesterday I stopped by the Futureshop near my house, to trade in my NFS Undercover, they offered me $22.80. Of course I refused and traded it in for $37 at EBGames.

Game: Need for Speed Undercover
Platform: XBOX 360
Condition: Used
Value: $22.80
Date: Saturday March 14,2009
Location: FutureShop (Guelph Location)

Thanks for contributing.

[neksus]

fallout 3 game of the year in 2008??? i dont think it beat out GTA4, MGS4...Gears2...

Recognition wise, no, but Fallout 3 was easily a better game than MGS4 and Gears 2.

[grappos13]

^ even on the ps3? man i better unwrap mine from 3 months ago :)... actually, i gotta still play my mgs4 from 7 months ago lol

[PhilSousa]

Brought my fallout 3 and got rid of it in a week. Wasn't my type of game. Did not think it was that good. Found it boring. Again that's just me.

Phil

[mahjongmaniac]

^ even on the ps3? man i better unwrap mine from 3 months ago :)... actually, i gotta still play my mgs4 from 7 months ago lol

anymore unplayed games?

if so, welcome to the gaming back-log "club"... :razz:

[Scott Pilgrim]

Backlog sucks when you realized you haven't even played the game since you bought it and it now goes for 50% of what you bought it for at the store.

[jett01]

fallout 3 game of the year in 2008??? i dont think it beat out GTA4, MGS4...Gears2...

it was in Xbox magazine. who do you guys consider an authority?
Gamespot? IGN? conventions like E3?
who's reccomendations do you take?
alot of people call fallout 3 - oblivion with lasers.
that was a game of the year. who else proclaims games of the year?

[grappos13]

i personally just go by metacritic scores :)

btw MJM.. i guess out of my 85 ps3 games.. ive played like 30 of them lol.. if that... and thats just played, not completed :)

[Haz]

i personally just go by metacritic scores :)

btw MJM.. i guess out of my 85 ps3 games.. ive played like 30 of them lol.. if that... and thats just played, not completed :)Bah. PS3 games only months old... That's not a real backlog.

[ngaiden]

i guess out of my 85 ps3 games.. ive played like 30 of them lol

85 PS3 Games!?!?!? :eek: I have a lot of catching up

[craeyon]

Recognition wise, no, but Fallout 3 was easily a better game than MGS4 and Gears 2.

I think Fallout 3 and MGS4 are on par with each other with Fallout 3 having a slight edge. I do prefer Fallout 3 on the PC though. My copy for the PS3 is still sitting my shelf in plastic!

[Mike_wang]

i personally just go by metacritic scores :)

btw MJM.. i guess out of my 85 ps3 games.. ive played like 30 of them lol.. if that... and thats just played, not completed :)


PICS or GTFO

[grappos13]

^ i will take pics soon... just wanted to finish my basement setup and just take pics of everything... now to find a camera somewhere in my house :)

[LondonOntGuy]

You talk about a backlog? I have Baten Kaitos for my Gamecube, still sealed up from when I bought it, in September 2005. :razz: A few others that are sealed are that weird Odama game, Gun and Geist.

My PS2 backlog is pretty bad, I have about 15 games still sealed up. :-0 Mana Khemia and Wild Arms 5 being a few of them.

[DragonFlame]

Stopped in EB on the 13th

PS3
COD4 - 37$
Resistance 2 - 37$
Armored Core 4 - 11$

[kleptodathief]

dirt x360 is 16bux tiv march15th

as im tivving in my fallout3...picking up sum turds for donations...ebg duds giving me dirty looks as in ur getting these POSs for great game like f3??? im snickering away lulz

i have fallout3 on the pc and i thought it STUNK! can't blive sum play 100hrs of this game!:confused:

[Haz]

You talk about a backlog? I have Baten Kaitos for my Gamecube, still sealed up from when I bought it, in September 2005. :razz: Two others are that weird Odama game, Gun and Geist.

My PS2 backlog is pretty bad, I have about 15 games still sealed up. :-0 Mana Khemia and Wild Arms 5 being a few of them.Starfox SNES still sealed.

[discountone]

Starfox SNES still sealed.

Super Mario Bros. 3 still sealed for the NES;)

[d_Ave]

Super Mario Bros. 3 still sealed for the NES;)

Brand new Slither cartridge for Coleco. :)

[Psubs]

Starfox SNES still sealed.


Super Mario Bros. 3 still sealed for the NES;)

E-Bay that shizz and make mad profits. :lol:

[neksus]

E-Bay that shizz and make mad profits. :lol:

I found a sealed copy of the original Zelda on the NES for $2 at a garage sale.
Planned on keeping it as it would be a sweet item in my game collection - unfortunately I'm almost certain it was stolen at a party.

[Haz]

Super Mario Bros. 3 still sealed for the NES;)Still have a Final Fantasy I sealed somewhere in my pile though I did have one open and finished it. First RPG for me.


Brand new Slither cartridge for Coleco. :)You beat me and discountone but is that actually a backlog of a game you intend to play one day?

[Acid_]

I found a sealed copy of the original Zelda on the NES for $2 at a garage sale.
Planned on keeping it as it would be a sweet item in my game collection - unfortunately I'm almost certain it was stolen at a party.

Wow I bet that would be worth at least $150 on eBay. Maybe more.

I thought I was bad because I still haven't gotten into Mass Effect and Mercenaries 2. I'm sure there's some Atari 2600 game like Swordquest that I never got into now tucked away in my parents basement. At this point I think I'd rather draft up a new budget in Excel than play that.

[d_Ave]

Still have a Final Fantasy I sealed somewhere in my pile though I did have one open and finished it. First RPG for me.

You beat me and discountone but is that actually a backlog of a game you intend to play one day?

Probably wouldn't play the cartridge itself. More likely to emulate it. I actually have about 15 atari/coleco cartridges.

[coldpower27]

yeah, I have stopped buying anything new for the time being, I want Valkyria Chronicles, Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean: Last Hope, Guitar Hero Metallica, but I know I can do without them for a couple of months and wait for their values to drop.

Still have slot of sealed games myself, and I only got a 1/3 of what Grappos has if that..

Still haven't opened LBP, Uncharted, GOW2, GHWT, GHA, Heavenly Sword,

Good thing I get alot of games used so it doesn't eat away at value so badly. :S

Usually try to do the used games first, since they are opened already.

I am so glad I opened Killzone 2 though awesome game...

Fallout 3 is a great game bTW, I play on the computer and it's great, but I played Fallout 2 and really enjoyed it, so Fallout 3 was going to be good for me regardless, graphics are awesome on the PC. Though I have a decent setup for that :P

[TheGamer2400]

When I picked RE5 on Friday at EB, I asked how much the TIV for PES 2009 (Xbox 360) was - it's $25.00

[Haz]

I've almost stopped buying new games unless they are CE or LE versions (or it's something for my wife who will actually play the games right away). I just look for the regular versions cheap or used AND cheap before getting one to actually play. The recent exception has been SF4 since it's a game I can play a little at a time.

The RV 2/40 deals and the odd craigslist purchase have been pretty good to me.

Anyway, back on topic. I've been told COD3 360 is $7 numerous times yet others were told $13 (or was it $16?). Mine is the "best seller/platinum" version. Didn't think that would make a difference since both this and the regular one should have the same UPC.

[kleptodathief]

^i think COD 2 is 7bux now... i have it too...now stuck with it lol ..i bought it 14.99 at BBV too damit!

cod3 is prolly at least 13bux tiv ebg

[greywolf501]

^i think COD 2 is 7bux now... i have it too...now stuck with it lol ..i bought it 14.99 at BBV too damit!

cod3 is prolly at least 13bux tiv ebg
I just used both COD2 and 3 yesterday for a Trade 3

[United11]

COD3 on 360 is still $13 - used it for a 3-4-1 today.

[Ryd3r234]

1 question
Say I want to buy a used game from EB for $44.99 and I have an edge card with some money on it, will they take off 10% + charge me tax on the new price after subtracting it from the edge card? For example $44.99 - $10 Edge card = $34.99 plus tax?

[Setz]

1 question
Say I want to buy a used game from EB for $44.99 and I have an edge card with some money on it, will they take off 10% + charge me tax on the new price after subtracting it from the edge card? For example $44.99 - $10 Edge card = $34.99 plus tax?

wait, what? you want to use your 10% edge card or 10$ credit?

CREDIT
✓
(44.99$ - 10$) * 1.13 = 39.54$

x
(44.99$ * 1.13)-10$ - 39.54 = 40.84$

EDGE
✓
(44.99$ / 1.10) * 1.13 = 46.21$
(44.99$ * 1.13) / 1.10 = 46.21$

Ideally you're going to be paying [(44.99$ / 1.10) - 10$] * 1.13 = 34.91$ for it.

[kleptodathief]

duz anyone know how the res5 return works? i dont c it anymore on the website...so if u rturn it within 7 days of pickup u get ur full 69 credit back, and u gotta have that pickup receipt at original store or any store?? i just opened the game :confused: , takes so long to install to HD

[Setz]

duz anyone know how the res5 return works? i dont c it anymore on the website...so if u rturn it within 7 days of pickup u get ur full 69 credit back, and u gotta have that pickup receipt at original store or any store?? i just opened the game :confused: , takes so long to install to HD

The Gameplay Guarentee allows you to return select titles (RE5 being one of them) to the EB at which you purchased it for a full 69.99/99.99 credit back (minus disc resurfacing if you have damaged the disc). You need your pre-order pickup receipts, and it has to be done at the location you pre-ordered it at. It is ONLY for pre-orders.

[Ryd3r234]

wait, what? you want to use your 10% edge card or 10$ credit?

CREDIT
✓
(44.99$ - 10$) * 1.13 = 39.54$

x
(44.99$ * 1.13)-10$ - 39.54 = 40.84$

EDGE
✓
(44.99$ / 1.10) * 1.13 = 46.21$
(44.99$ * 1.13) / 1.10 = 46.21$

Ideally you're going to be paying [(44.99$ / 1.10) - 10$] * 1.13 = 34.91$ for it.

Isn't credit and edge card the same thing? I have an edge card with $10 credit on it, so would the bottom one apply to me?

[Setz]

Isn't credit and edge card the same thing? I have an edge card with $10 credit on it, so would the bottom one apply to me?

edit; I think I can explain it better.

EBGames uses the same card for Edge, gift, and credit. When you trade in games we load a card with the credit, but it doesn't mean you'll get the 10% discount. Edge Discount Cards are the ones you need to pay 5$ for (or sometimes we give them for free ie. Boxing Day sale), and these give you the 10% discount.

If your card has a yellow sticker on the back then it's an Edge Discount Card. We can put credit onto these cards, but don't assume any card that says "Edge" on it will be discount cards. We need to scan the sticker on the back of the card for discount to register.

[Haz]

^i think COD 2 is 7bux now... i have it too...now stuck with it lol ..i bought it 14.99 at BBV too damit!

cod3 is prolly at least 13bux tiv ebg


COD3 on 360 is still $13 - used it for a 3-4-1 today.Weird. I had COD3 360 scanned at EB just this past Friday and it came up as $7. :(

[Ryd3r234]

edit; I think I can explain it better.

EBGames uses the same card for Edge, gift, and credit. When you trade in games we load a card with the credit, but it doesn't mean you'll get the 10% discount. Edge Discount Cards are the ones you need to pay 5$ for (or sometimes we give them for free ie. Boxing Day sale), and these give you the 10% discount.

If your card has a yellow sticker on the back then it's an Edge Discount Card. We can put credit onto these cards, but don't assume any card that says "Edge" on it will be discount cards. We need to scan the sticker on the back of the card for discount to register.
Oh, my doesn't have an expiry date so I guess I would need to pay $39.54 correct? Wait, so I'm not saving any money?

[grappos13]

EB might have screwed me on this... but ill keep my copy sealed and return it soon..

what happened was I had a RE5 pre-order for 59.99 (shoulda been 69.99) and i went on friday to return my KZ2 and pick up my RE5 order...i told them how the manager said they would give me 69.99 instead of 59.99 so they did that on my return of KZ2 and gave me RE5... but then i told them I had RE5 pre-order and they cancelled that and gave it to me on a card.. so if I opened and tried to return it within 7 days.. they might have screwed me over as it wont show as a pre-order.. but ill return a sealed copy and keep my 43.99 copy from amazon

[Setz]

Oh, my doesn't have an expiry date so I guess I would need to pay $39.54 correct? Wait, so I'm not saving any money?

No. If your Edge card isn't an Edge Discount Card, you get no 10% off, however the 10$ credit you have on it will be subtracted from game price, so in this case:

(44.99$ - 10$) * 1.13 = 39.54$

Here's what you should do: Go into EBGames and BUY an Edge discount card, then use that with your 10$ credit.

If you don't buy an EDC= you're paying 39.54$ for the 44.99$ game.
If you buy the EDC for 5$= you're paying 34.91$ for the 44.99$ game.

In the end you spend the same amount, but if you buy the EDC you get a free card out of it.

[TheGamer2400]

Weird. I had COD3 360 scanned at EB just this past Friday and it came up as $7. :(

That's strange. A friend just traded in CoD 3 360 today and it qualified for T3G1F. Is the copy you have the Gold Edition? I know the version my friend traded in was the original edition.

[kleptodathief]

hay setz: when duz that gaming garantee end?? is there a SET date or its x days from date of preorder pickup???

cheers if u can confirm

[neksus]

hay setz: when duz that gaming garantee end?? is there a SET date or its x days from date of preorder pickup???

cheers if u can confirm

7 days from date of pickup, as long as you pick it up 2 weeks within release.

[Haz]

That's strange. A friend just traded in CoD 3 360 today and it qualified for T3G1F. Is the copy you have the Gold Edition? I know the version my friend traded in was the original edition.It's this one:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511-ksBeAcL._AA280_.jpg

[thug98]

hey guys dont know if its right but i ended up bringing in my re5 today but i bought the collectors so i kept the stuff including the tin so i just brought the disc in a green case and the box it all came in and i ended up getting the full 99.99 back i will post a scan of the receipt but was i supposed to get the 99.99 back?

[greywolf501]

hey guys dont know if its right but i ended up bringing in my re5 today but i bought the collectors so i kept the stuff including the tin so i just brought the disc in a green case and the box it all came in and i ended up getting the full 99.99 back i will post a scan of the receipt but was i supposed to get the 99.99 back?
No, you shouldn't have gotten the $99.99 back, you should have only gotten the regular TIV for the game, the collector's edition was not a part of their gaming guarantee for that reason(people keeping the bonus items), the CSR ****ed up.

[United11]

It's this one:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511-ksBeAcL._AA280_.jpg

I took in the regular version, not that one.

[travisright]

at EBGames:

Gear of War 1: 23
Bioshock 360: 16
Guitar Hero 2 360: 15
Assassin Creed 360: 16
Far Cry 2 360: 25
Mario Kart DS: 25

Got lucky they didn't charge me $2 for not having any of the mario kart stuff (book & box)

[mahjongmaniac]

Bah. PS3 games only months old... That's not a real backlog.

true dat... you and your backlog of SNES sealed games :lol:

[Jagmit]

at EBGames:

Gear of War 1: 23
Bioshock 360: 16
Guitar Hero 2 360: 15
Assassin Creed 360: 16
Far Cry 2 360: 25
Mario Kart DS: 25

Got lucky they didn't charge me $2 for not having any of the mario kart stuff (book & box)

crap man, i wanna trade in nintendogs but the b$%ch manager at the woodbine location said DS games need case and manual and they only take n64 and gba games without them.

[Setz]

crap man, i wanna trade in nintendogs but the b$%ch manager at the woodbine location said DS games need case and manual and they only take n64 and gba games without them.

I don't condone this but if you're in dire need just ask if you can buy a case from them. I've had people come in before asking if they can just have the case for 10$ or whatever.

[JnJosh]

games do not require a case. Take it to another ebgames or sell it privately.

I suggest making them look like an idiot next time by asking them why any generic case 360 game (kung fu panda for ex) was taken in. Yes they have the right to take a next gen refurbish fee but other than that your nintendogs is fair game.

[Jagmit]

games do not require a case. Take it to another ebgames or sell it privately.

I suggest making them look like an idiot next time by asking them why any generic case 360 game (kung fu panda for ex) was taken in. Yes they have the right to take a next gen refurbish fee but other than that your nintendogs is fair game.

k, i will try. i just need to get some damn games, i traded a bunch of 360 games (nothing too good) privatly to get a ps3. only down to 8 games and 4 of those are garbage:confused: need to build my collection from scratch now.

[deezz]

UPDATED Prices
Fri.Mar.13.09
3:00pm, EB Games
all PS3
Disney Sing It! - $27
Heavenly Sword - $32
NBA Live '09 - $15 <--that one took a huge dive :(

[guhboogi]

As of March 16 2009

Xbox360 Games
Halo 3 - $25
Battlefield: Bad Company - $18

[atscaper]

Just checked about trading in these at EB this afternoon:
(All games are for the Wii)

Trauma Center: New Blood $10
Guitar Hero Aerosmith $2
Guitar Hero III $25
No More Heroes $8
Splinter Cell : Double Agent $1
Medal of Honor Heroes 2 $18

[atscaper]

Oh and I forgot to add, When I asked about any trade in promos she mentioned the trade 3 for it free and said the value of the trades has to be $9+ each. Wasn't it always $8 before?

[TheGamer2400]

Oh and I forgot to add, When I asked about any trade in promos she mentioned the trade 3 for it free and said the value of the trades has to be $9+ each. Wasn't it always $8 before?

It's $8, employee must be new or something.

[towhytea]

A lot of the employees says its 9$ min but its 8$. I know a few people have posted in the past that the eb staff were saying 9 but every other store is 8.


Oh and I forgot to add, When I asked about any trade in promos she mentioned the trade 3 for it free and said the value of the trades has to be $9+ each. Wasn't it always $8 before?

[kleptodathief]

^ i just posted bout 9tiv or 8tiv in the other thread..but its YMMV..the 2 ebgs i went to , said min. 9TIV:mad: my games were 8tiv lol BS!


also ps2 games r MIN TIV of 3bux @BBV! im pretty sure of this.... so r there any 99c ps2 games at ebg??? i know they got a few at 2bux

[rudyjuly2]

I want to trade in Ratchet and Clank for the PS3 but I bought it used on e-bay and he never sent the instructions. I printed them off in colour and created a non-official manual. Will EB GAmes still take it in on trade?

[Setz]

i want to trade in ratchet and clank for the ps3 but i bought it used on e-bay and he never sent the instructions. I printed them off in colour and created a non-official manual. Will eb games still take it in on trade?

ymmv

[vacant]

Setz (or anyone) Will ebgames take a "display only copy" of a game if it doesnt have a barcode?

akin to this: http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/05/mgs4_4gig.jpg

[Setz]

Setz (or anyone) Will ebgames take a "display only copy" of a game if it doesnt have a barcode?

akin to this: http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/05/mgs4_4gig.jpg

Yes. If a case doesn't have a UPC, we manually check the TIV in the computers. This includes bundled games (SOCOM, MGS4, RE5 360, etc), display only cases, and in some instances games without UPC (either torn off or damaged).

[vacant]

sweet thanks!

[HeavyDutyKronos]

I just got a used copy of All Star Football 2K8 from EBG. The case has a cracked corner with a small piece missing. Any idea if BBV will accept it and give me $10 TIV?

[Captain Snazzypants]

Backlog sucks when you realized you haven't even played the game since you bought it and it now goes for 50% of what you bought it for at the store.

That's where Rogers 2/40 pickups take the sting away. I have Bioshock, Resistance 2, Motorstorm 2 and a few others still untouched, but since I only paid $20 it doesn't bother me...

Speaking of which, aren't we about due another one?

[Haz]

Speaking of which, aren't we about due another one?Sssshhhh.... Don't alert the hoarders...

[belowzeros]

Sssshhhh.... Don't alert the hoarders...

+1 :)

there have been a lot of RV closures and consolidation in my area though, less options to ravage on 2/40 day :(

[PhilSousa]

Sssshhhh.... Don't alert the hoarders...

I smell something funny!!

Phil

[wing00]

As of today:

Assassin's Creed (PS3) - 16

[rudyjuly2]

ymmv

I had to google that! Had no clue what that meant lol. I guess that means I may not get full value for the trade? I can live with that but I just hope they take it. We bought it off e-bay and the TIV at EB is better than e-bay right now. My son never liked it after playing the demo so we're going to re-pick up New Super Mario Bros again.
Thanks.

[Setz]

I had to google that! Had no clue what that meant lol. I guess that means I may not get full value for the trade? I can live with that but I just hope they take it. We bought it off e-bay and the TIV at EB is better than e-bay right now. My son never liked it after playing the demo so we're going to re-pick up New Super Mario Bros again.
Thanks.

I only say YMMV because some locations are pretty anal about manuals and cases. If your makeshift manual is convincing enough it won't be a problem, but if you get one of the "bad" stores, they'll take off 3$ from the TIV for the manual.

[Jagmit]

kind of off topic but how do you create a custom avatar on rfd??

[ngaiden]

^ i just posted bout 9tiv or 8tiv in the other thread..but its YMMV..the 2 ebgs i went to , said min. 9TIV:mad: my games were 8tiv lol BS!

Maybe your local ebgames raised the min. tiv especially for you because they don't like you. For everyone else it's still $8.



Just kidding klepto :cheesygri

[kleptodathief]

^haha ya...its bs...i guess ymmv on csr too,,,sum r pita,,,others dont care if u tiv in turds...had my chance to get back sf4ps3 at bbv on sat but declined,,,im sol now...its sold out everywhere...did get no manual turds tiv to bbv...gotta luv head down ...scan...no bs lol

[HeavyDutyKronos]

I just got a used copy of All Pro Football 2K8 from EBG. The case has a cracked corner with a small piece missing. Any idea if BBV will accept it and give me $10 TIV?

To answer my own question. Yes. They did.

They also took another copy for the PS3 with no manual. No questions, no problems. Just double my cash towards another video game. :D

[rudyjuly2]

I only say YMMV because some locations are pretty anal about manuals and cases. If your makeshift manual is convincing enough it won't be a problem, but if you get one of the "bad" stores, they'll take off 3$ from the TIV for the manual.

I can live with $3 since the TIV is $37. Thanks!

[zoro69]

anyone got an easy way to print 1 page of the eb games flyer in decent quality? I hate the way they do their flyers.

I want the alone in the dark page to extract my revenge on BB "we only pm EB with a flyer". $60 vs $10 even if it is a crappy game.

[kleptodathief]

^ haha im gonna PM that too lol ... 5.51$ is nice for a BRAND new game! too bad ebg is not doing the ps3 version on sale..its 64.99 at BB lol...rippoff

so is the current tiv of GH:aero ps3 = 10tiv? its selling for 10bux lol?

[greywolf501]

anyone got an easy way to print 1 page of the eb games flyer in decent quality? I hate the way they do their flyers.

I want the alone in the dark page to extract my revenge on BB "we only pm EB with a flyer". $60 vs $10 even if it is a crappy game.

Just ask for the flyer at EB, they had a couple stacks of them sitting on the counter last week.

[neksus]

anyone got an easy way to print 1 page of the eb games flyer in decent quality? I hate the way they do their flyers.

I want the alone in the dark page to extract my revenge on BB "we only pm EB with a flyer". $60 vs $10 even if it is a crappy game.

There's a button on your keyboard called "Print Screen" (PrtScn or some other form). Try seeing what it does :)

Actually, that's a bit misleading - try using "paste" after pressing it into a document :razz:

[kleptodathief]

how come cod2 tiv is 13 bux and cod3 is only 8 bux??? :confused:

[Setz]

how come cod2 tiv is 13 bux and cod3 is only 8 bux??? :confused:

Because one is a good game and the other isn't? lol

[al9spike]

Guys, it's done. They fixed it.
TIVS:

GH:Aerosmith(PS3): 2$
COD2(360): 13$
GH2(360): 15$

[Soulsaber]

Does anyone still buy back PS2 games? More specifically DQ8 and .hack GU vol 1

[neksus]

Does anyone still buy back PS2 games? More specifically DQ8 and .hack GU vol 1

.hack was $5 2 years ago :razz:
DQ8 was $5 last July.
You'd probably get more selling privately, if you can mind the hassle.

[BaconMunch]

.hack was $5 2 years ago :razz:
DQ8 was $5 last July.
You'd probably get more selling privately, if you can mind the hassle.

My Mario Kart Doubledash for GC is still worth $19. The dude working at EBGames was ready to pounce at my Resident Evil 4 GC for $2 and should not have been surprised when I told him I was going to hold onto it.

[DuaLbiOs06]

Got updated Wii tiv from EB

Sega Superstars Tennis $7
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 $8
Nights:Journey Of Dreams $7
Sims 2 Castaway $8
Trauma Center Second Opinion $8

So i traded 3 games value of $8 for Resident Evil 5 PS3 :cheesygri
In London Eb still $8 value to trade in not 9

[ghost80]

Question: I have a used game from EB. It looks like the disc was resurfaced, as under bright light you can see it. Doesn't look bad though. Anyone know if Blockbuster will be picky about accepting it for trade-in?

[greywolf501]

Question: I have a used game from EB. It looks like the disc was resurfaced, as under bright light you can see it. Doesn't look bad though. Anyone know if Blockbuster will be picky about accepting it for trade-in?
No, they shouldn't care unless you've got an extremely anal CSR. The only games they've ever rejected from me were ones that had gouges in them that couldn't even be resurfaced out.

[ghost80]

No, they shouldn't care unless you've got an extremely anal CSR. The only games they've ever rejected from me were ones that had gouges in them that couldn't even be resurfaced out.

Sweet. Thanks for the swift response! I think I'm on the good side of the clerks at my local BBV so hopefully it should all go well :)

[ESO]

TIV at BBV - March 19, 2009

XBOX 360 - Alone in the Dark - $14
Wii - Chicken Little - $12

[Lone_Prodigy]

My Mario Kart Doubledash for GC is still worth $19. The dude working at EBGames was ready to pounce at my Resident Evil 4 GC for $2 and should not have been surprised when I told him I was going to hold onto it.

That rare, huh? I sold my GC copy when I got the Wii version (of RE4).

[7cal]

Traded MGS4 in 2 days ago for $30.

Confirmed prices today:
Motorstorm still $10
Advanced Wars, Days of Ruin DS $9
Killzone Liberation PSP down to $6


Killzone dropping below $8 screwed me on T3G1F. Have to find a cheapie from BBV.

[ulic]

Trade @ GameStop:

Battlefield Bad Company PS3 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Army of Two X360 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Ebgames give me only 10$ each "weird"

You can get Army of two used @ FS 16$

[kleptodathief]

^ wow r those TIVs confirmed in the gta gamestops? 25 for each of bf ps3 and a2 x360 seems GREAT deal! :idea: isn't bbv selling them for 14.99?

i also find gamestop gives HIGHER tivs over ebg

[domo325]

Trade @ GameStop:

Battlefield Bad Company PS3 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Army of Two X360 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Ebgames give me only 10$ each "weird"

You can get Army of two used @ FS 16$

Oh wow.
I have those exact games to trade in, along with bishock for the 360 to do a t3g1f.
Maybe I should check out the tivs myself at gamestop first before going over to EB..

[ulic]

I got this price yesterday, i was surprise because EBGAMES is only 10$.

[allybert]

uhh i thought gamestop = eb games in canada?

where are these gamestop stores?
so do the promos on the website (ie get 40% more TIV credit when u trade in 6+ games) are in effect in canada??

[BaconMunch]

uhh i thought gamestop = eb games in canada?

where are these gamestop stores?
so do the promos on the website (ie get 40% more TIV credit when u trade in 6+ games) are in effect in canada??

omg...what a promo..my $300 trade in last tuesday would have became $420

[TheGamer2400]

uhh i thought gamestop = eb games in canada?

where are these gamestop stores?
so do the promos on the website (ie get 40% more TIV credit when u trade in 6+ games) are in effect in canada??

There's a Gamestop at Shoppers World Brampton. US promos are not in effect here though.

[ulic]

Where i live, in the same mall they have 1 ebg and 1 gamestop and they have same price and same promo....

[kleptodathief]

i just called a gamestop and bf badcompany ps3 is only 10 TIV:confused:

[ulic]

I was also, but he give me 25$/each, not sure but i think he made a mistake and the 25$ is the value of the game or something like that.....

[Someguyatwork]

Trade @ GameStop:

Battlefield Bad Company PS3 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Army of Two X360 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Ebgames give me only 10$ each "weird"

You can get Army of two used @ FS 16$


Clearly a mistake, A02 sells for 14.99 at EB, BF around 19.99 I believe. They might have accidentally bumped you up for the T3G1F promo, but those are not the correct TIV's.

[ulic]

Maybe yes, sorry for the wrong information.... i was surprise to get this amount so i have decide to post the great TIV

[deezz]

The games qualified for T3G1F, so when they do, they bump up the prices of the games so that the total comes out to the value of a new game, in this case, $60. It doesn't reflect the actual tivs of the games, which are in fact what others have confirmed....10 or so...

[rui]

What about lips with 2 wireless microphone,it's on sale at FS for $49.99,but I have $35 store credit with BBV,can I price match it and buy it with those credit?
Any suggestion?

[barto]

What about lips with 2 wireless microphone,it's on sale at FS for $49.99,but I have $35 store credit with BBV,can I price match it and buy it with those credit?
Any suggestion?

Unfortunately, BBV doesn't seem to price match - I've tried a few times, different locations, but never got anywhere. You could check out tivs.ca to see if you can buy games at BBV with your credit that have a high trade-in value at FS, essentially transferring your credit to FS... might be worth a look - good luck!

Bart

[funkymankevx]

Does anyone know the TIV for an original DS?

[Lone_Prodigy]

Trade @ GameStop:

Battlefield Bad Company PS3 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Army of Two X360 = 25$
buy 10$ @ Microplay

Ebgames give me only 10$ each "weird"

You can get Army of two used @ FS 16$

Most likely they did the Trade-2 + $19.99 promo for you.


Does anyone know the TIV for an original DS?

Around $60 I believe. Used DSL's are $110 at EB.

[funkymankevx]

Most likely they did the Trade-2 + $19.99 promo for you.



Around $60 I believe. Used DSL's are $110 at EB.

Oh, hmm I wonder what the TIV for a DSL is then.

[towhytea]

Does anyone know if EB takes trade ins of the rockband track packs for ps3.

[BananaWeed]

BBV:
Alone in the Dark (xbox 360) $14

EB:
Army of Two (PS3) $10
Call of Duty 3 (PS3) $12
Assassin's Creed (PS3) $16

[zoro69]

Pmed eb flyer at BB no problem, no mention of the "we dont pm eb" they were following last year. Clerk looked at the the price difference and blurted out "why does anyone shop here" lol. Picked up a 2k8 pro football for $3 something on impulse.

[kleptodathief]

anyone know good 'deals' on used games at BBV? i know gears of war is 19.99 and rbv6 2 same price ...ie im looking for good 30$ over
games :D


also any good deals on used ps2 games?? how come tivs.ca dusn't list ps2 tivs??? wth

[greywolf501]

anyone know good 'deals' on used games at BBV? i know gears of war is 19.99 and rbv6 2 same price ...ie im looking for good 30$ over
games :D


also any good deals on used ps2 games?? how come tivs.ca dusn't list ps2 tivs??? wth

Neksus has posted in the past that he doesn't have PS2 games listed on the site for the public because only something like 4 TIVs have been posted in the last year, the list would be pretty puny.

[TheGamer2400]

also any good deals on used ps2 games?? how come tivs.ca dusn't list ps2 tivs??? wth

Because PS2 is pretty much dead in terms of game sales.

[neksus]

Neksus has posted in the past that he doesn't have PS2 games listed on the site for the public because only something like 4 TIVs have been posted in the last year, the list would be pretty puny.

For what it's worth, they're still databased. I just disabled them for now.

[BobTheSnake]

TIVs:

GC twilight princess : 29$
GC Mario party 7 : 21$

Oh yeah!

[eldavido13]

EB games TIV march 20th

Mass Effect 2$
Overlord 9$
Dead Rising 11$

I don't get why Mass effect is so low, they had 1 used one on the shelf

[ESO]

TIV at EB Games - Mar. 20, 2009

Battalion Wars 2 Wii = $17
Madden 08 Wii = $12
NBA Live 08 Wii = $10

[aaronsin]

EB games TIV march 20th

Mass Effect 2$
Overlord 9$
Dead Rising 11$

I don't get why Mass effect is so low, they had 1 used one on the shelf

Wow seriously? I was thinking about trading it in when it a had $9 TIV but $2 is ridiculous, especially since it's a 360 exclusive (PC aside). I guess they must have a lot in stock according to their database. You'd think with the announcement of MS 2 it's TIV would go up, or maybe not?

[neksus]

Wow seriously? I was thinking about trading it in when it a had $9 TIV but $2 is ridiculous, especially since it's a 360 exclusive (PC aside). I guess they must have a lot in stock according to their database. You'd think with the announcement of MS 2 it's TIV would go up, or maybe not?

Not when everybody in this thread traded in a copy (or two) :)

[kleptodathief]

any1 check fs site for used gms,i seen in flyers,,,also 40$ credit promo...cheers if any1 has moreninfo,,,im on pda,,,,thx

[lunaris]

TIVs:

GC twilight princess : 29$
GC Mario party 7 : 21$

Oh yeah!

considering the value of mario party 7 u coulda easily sold that for 40cad+ on ebay or to me :| and 30 for the twilight princess woulda been fair

[funkymankevx]

So I went and checked at EB, the TIV for an original DS is $25.

[4got10]

Wow seriously? I was thinking about trading it in when it a had $9 TIV but $2 is ridiculous, especially since it's a 360 exclusive (PC aside). I guess they must have a lot in stock according to their database. You'd think with the announcement of MS 2 it's TIV would go up, or maybe not?

It's also slated to be a platinum hit along with Halo 3 and PGR4 so maybe that is why it's so cheap

[chdude3]

It's also slated to be a platinum hit along with Halo 3 and PGR4 so maybe that is why it's so cheapSlated? I already own the Platinum Hits version of Mass Effect.

[BobTheSnake]

considering the value of mario party 7 u coulda easily sold that for 40cad+ on ebay or to me :| and 30 for the twilight princess woulda been fair

I would not have sold this game to an actual person because I think it's got some glitch that it stucks and you have to open the lid and just press on the cd and it continues playing after. don't know if eb will find out eventually or not. it only glitches once when y ou start playing.

[vacant]

Went to trade in Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and was told it was $24 not the $37 of previous?

Also traded in two gamecube games:
Super smash bros Melee - $13
SSX 3 - $5

Metroid Prime was quoted for .50. hahaha

[jsadams]

EBGames
XBox 360 Mass Effect = $2
XBox 360 BioShock = $16
(I used them both for trade 2, get Halo Wars for 19.99, but saw the TIVs come up on screen. No way I would have let Mass Effect go for $2.)

[The Cake is a Lie]

EB Games: March 21st, 2009

All PS3 Games:

Guitar Hero 3: $10
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: $23
SOCOM Confrontation: $15

[kleptodathief]

not sureif this good price,,,bbv is selling endwars x369 bnib 29.99...used price 49??? pretty sure,unless sticker error

[JD78]

TIV at EB Games - Mar. 20, 2009

Battalion Wars 2 Wii = $17
Madden 08 Wii = $12

End War PS3 = $7 (I took it to BBV instead)

TIV at BBV

End War PS3 = $20

[NightRain]

EB TIV Mar 21:

360:
Call of Duty 2 - $13
LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth 2 - $2

NDS:
Metroid Prime Pinball - $3
Advance Wars Days of Ruin - $7

PS3:
Eye of Judgement - $8
Socom Conforntation - $15
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - $23

[kleptodathief]

wow.no fs tiv updates in a while huh?... im sure they take 40credit for alot of new gmes now...im on pda...someone confirm please

[neksus]

wow.no fs tiv updates in a while huh?... im sure they take 40credit for alot of new gmes now...im on pda...someone confirm please

nothing lately. last site-wide fs update was on feb 6

[iggyis]

The following games get $40 trade in credit on a new release* at Futureshop.
*Offer valid on games released within the last 60 days and under $69.99


PS3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE GOTY
PS3 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
PS3 FALLOUT 3 BL
PS3 FEAR 2: PROJECT ORIGIN
PS3 KILLZONE 2
PS3 LITTLEBIGPLANET
PS3 NEED FOR SPEED UNDERCOVER
PS3 RESIDENT EVIL 5
PS3 RESISTANCE 2
PS3 SKATE 2
PS3 STREET FIGHTER IV
XBOX 360 COD: MODERN WARFARE GOTY
XBOX 360 COD: WORLD AT WAR
XBOX 360 FABLE 2 EN
XBOX 360 FALLOUT 3
XBOX 360 FEAR 2: PROJECT ORIGIN
XBOX 360 GEARS OF WAR 2 BL
XBOX 360 HALO WARS
XBOX 360 RESIDENT EVIL 5
XBOX 360 SKATE 2
XBOX 360 STREET FIGHTER IV
Wii CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
Wii LEGEND OFZELDA: TWILIGHT PR

[Lone_Prodigy]

The following games get $40 trade in credit on a new release* at Futureshop.

This doesn't help because it's only useful for the promo.

[vegi-saurus]

Traded at EB today:

PS3 Lair - $15
Wii Furu Furu Park - $6

[dtrader69]

dont know if this was mentioned...but i think the FS location at kennedy is now taking trade ins....at least i saw used games on sale, and a sign saying trade your games in...

[kleptodathief]

dam lair ps3 tiv went down ...used at BBV is 19.99

[Soulsaber]

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology: $8 @ EB

[kleptodathief]

^ wow never heard of that long sounding game...wat console? is it bought for cheap easily? always great to have that magical 8 tiv :idea::cheesygri

[Haz]

^ wow never heard of that long sounding game...wat console? is it bought for cheap easily? always great to have that magical 8 tiv :idea::cheesygriIt's on PSP. Part of Namco's "Tales" series.

[ADBAWG]

Xbox 360 TIVs as of Mar 22

EB Games
- Gears of War 2: $35
- NHL 09: $37
- Farcry 2: $25
- Prince of Persia: $15

BBV:
- Farcry 2: $10
- Prince of Persia: $20

[firebelly]

Ok I would be exchanging the games for the first time. Can anyone let me know where I should exchange the following. I mean where I would be able to get the maximum value for these

Facebreaker
NCAA March madness
Virtua Tennis 3
Fifa Street 3
Fifa 08
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Thanks

[Stetson717]

EBGAMES TIV March 22

Battlefield Bad Company (360) - 18
Need for Speed Most Wanted (360)- 15

Resident Evil 4 (wii) - 16
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles (wii) - 25

Socom Confrontation (ps3) - 15
Eye of Judgement (ps3) - 8

[greywolf501]

Ok I would be exchanging the games for the first time. Can anyone let me know where I should exchange the following. I mean where I would be able to get the maximum value for these

Facebreaker
NCAA March madness
Virtua Tennis 3
Fifa Street 3
Fifa 08
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Thanks

I assume these are 360 games, if so then BBV would be the best for all of them except for RSV2 which should go to EB as its more than $8 and eligible for a trade 3. And if you do choose to go to BBV then do it tonight before the $10 min ends.

[TedEdFred]

Just wanted to say thank you to whoever gave the heads up about Sony headphone's being on sale. I picked up the $99 wireless pair for half price here in Moose Jaw. There's one pair left if anyone is unfortunate enough to live in Moose Jaw.

[firebelly]

I assume these are 360 games, if so then BBV would be the best for all of them except for RSV2 which should go to EB as its more than $8 and eligible for a trade 3. And if you do choose to go to BBV then do it tonight before the $10 min ends.

Sorry I failed to say. These are all PS3

[neksus]

Ok I would be exchanging the games for the first time. Can anyone let me know where I should exchange the following. I mean where I would be able to get the maximum value for these

Facebreaker
NCAA March madness
Virtua Tennis 3
Fifa Street 3
Fifa 08
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Thanks

tivs.ca

[firebelly]

tivs.ca

I have checked the site but prices for some of these are not present

[neksus]

I have checked the site but prices for some of these are not present

Well, in case you weren't aware every price that does get posted on these boards for the most part shows up there - the next best thing is to call the stores locally and confirm for yourself. For what it's worth, ending today at business close, BBV is offering $10 tiv for each next-gen system (so your PS3 games would qualify), so you should only have to call EB. If it's not more than $10, take em to BBV!

Unless of course you want to get a new game out of the deal by using the EB T3G1F promo.

[pjme]

Just got back from EB Games. I traded in Call of Duty 3 (Wii) for $30 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07 (Wii) for $19.

[winson82]

March 22 - EB Games

Left 4 Dead - $37

[firebelly]

Well, in case you weren't aware every price that does get posted on these boards for the most part shows up there - the next best thing is to call the stores locally and confirm for yourself. For what it's worth, ending today at business close, BBV is offering $10 tiv for each next-gen system (so your PS3 games would qualify), so you should only have to call EB. If it's not more than $10, take em to BBV!

Unless of course you want to get a new game out of the deal by using the EB T3G1F promo.

isn't the promo till 23rd march?

[stillmatic11]

Ok I would be exchanging the games for the first time. Can anyone let me know where I should exchange the following. I mean where I would be able to get the maximum value for these

Facebreaker
NCAA March madness
Virtua Tennis 3
Fifa Street 3
Fifa 08
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Thanks

I was able to trade Fifa Street 3 as part of the 3 for 1. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has a TIV of $23 as well.

[awworld]

Hi Neksus, more tivs as of Mar 22. Thanks for maintaining tivs.ca

EB
Assassin's Creed = $16
Folklore = $18
Resistance 2 = $37
Silent Hill = $18

Futureshop
Assassin's Creed = the CSR couldn't look this up so he could not tell me tiv
Folklore = $22.80
Silent Hill = $13.20

Edit: All are PS3 games

[neksus]

Hi Neksus, more tivs as of Mar 22. Thanks for maintaining tivs.ca

EB
Assassin's Creed = $16
Folklore = $18
Resistance 2 = $37
Silent Hill = $18

Futureshop
Assassin's Creed = the CSR couldn't look this up so he could not tell me tiv
Folklore = $22.80
Silent Hill = $13.20

All PS3?

[natural_spring_water]

ds

sega super tennis $2

wii

pet catz $7
mlb power pro $7
pet horsez $1
little league world series baseball $11
brunswick bowling $8
ulimate board game collection $6
face break ko party $6
nicktoon attack of toybots $6

gamecube:

mario sunshine $3

[Captain Snazzypants]

Got T3G1F for RE5 using the following at EB March 22:

360 - Sega Revo ($9 IIRC)
Wii - Tiger 07 ($19...incredible)
PS3 Motorstorm 1 (not for resale cover) - ($8)

Medal of Honour (PS3) was $10 (not Airborne)
Fallout 3 for PS3 was still $40

[Setz]

Got T3G1F for RE5 using the following at EB March 22:

360 - Sega Revo ($9 IIRC)
Wii - Tiger 07 ($19...incredible)
PS3 Motorstorm 1 (not for resale cover) - ($8)

Medal of Honour (PS3) was $10 (not Airborne)
Fallout 3 for PS3 was still $40

There is only 1 Medal of Honor game for PS3, and that is Airborne.

[TheGamer2400]

Xbox 360 TIVs as of Mar 22

EB Games
- Gears of War 2: $35
- NHL 09: $37
- Farcry 2: $25
- Prince of Persia: $15

BBV:
- Farcry 2: $10
- Prince of Persia: $20

Wow, PoP trades in for so low now?!

[Wick98]

Wow, PoP trades in for so low now?!

Must be because it sucks...

[grappos13]

Must be because it sucks...

i personally havent played it.. still sealed here but i dont think a 85 metacritic rating is the definition of sucks... especially since the lowest rating was 60..

[HeavyDutyKronos]

i personally havent played it.. still sealed here but i dont think a 85 metacritic rating is the definition of sucks... especially since the lowest rating was 60..

+1 (havent played it, have it sealed, read metacritic son!)

[Wick98]

I'm half-way through it. I find it very boring. The game is incredibly repetitive and you essentially do the same thing for 10-12 hours. I'm not sure if I'll bother to finish it.

[Captain Snazzypants]

There is only 1 Medal of Honor game for PS3, and that is Airborne.

too funny - must have been all the dust collecting on the cover :twisted:
If I don't have time to play COD4 etc, I sure don't have time to play this...

[deezz]

Monday, Mar.22.09, 8:30pm
EB Games

360
Army of Two - 10
Battlefield Bad Company - 10

PS3
Battlefield Bad Company - 10

Traded those 3 for preorder of Infamous

One of those above games might have been 16, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

checked Mercenaries 2 at EB as well and it was only 6, even though it's on their list of Most Wanted games!! wtf's up with that?! I got screwed on that one, hoping that since it's on the Most Wanted list, it would qualify for T3G1F....shoulda checked tivs.ca first...dammit...

[muns786]

How much is a used copy of Assassin's Creed for PS3 at BBV?

[neksus]

checked Mercenaries 2 at EB as well and it was only 6, even though it's on their list of Most Wanted games!! wtf's up with that?! I got screwed on that one, hoping that since it's on the Most Wanted list, it would qualify for T3G1F....shoulda checked tivs.ca first...dammit...

The games on the most wanted list are on the T2 + $9.99/$19.99 list as well, so you could always do that.

[eldavido13]

Anyone know how much EB gives for xbox 360 systems? Lots of people seem to be trying to sell them in big packages with lots of games, thinking if I can find a few good packages mabey I can make a few bucks.

[deezz]

The games on the most wanted list are on the T2 + $9.99/$19.99 list as well, so you could always do that.

when you say "as well", does that mean that, even though it might only have a tiv of $6, it should qualify for T3G1F too? The location I went too is in Vaughan so they don't do trades. She wasn't able to confirm or deny whether it would qualify. I just assumed since it's tiv was $6.

[neksus]

when you say "as well", does that mean that, even though it might only have a tiv of $6, it should qualify for T3G1F too? The location I went too is in Vaughan so they don't do trades. She wasn't able to confirm or deny whether it would qualify. I just assumed since it's tiv was $6.

Dunno about the local by-laws, but some members on here have posted about GH:Aerosmith being only $2-3 and still being able to do T2+money because it's on the T2 list for the month.

[Acid_]

Dunno about the local by-laws, but some members on here have posted about GH:Aerosmith being only $2-3 and still being able to do T2+money because it's on the T2 list for the month.

The EB clerks I've had have been using the T2 list like it's gospel. Mass Effect is $2-3 TIV and I used it on T2 no problem.

I even found THe SImpsons for Wii at Rogers for $10 and traded it in on a T2.

[Anarchy]

Some updated TIVs just this evening, all for Xbox 360:

EB Games:
Fallout 3 - $40
NHL 09 - $35
Gears of War 2 - $35
Guitar Hero 2 - $15

Futureshop:
Tomb Raider Underworld - $18
Endwar - $13.20

Blockbuster:
NHL 2K7 - $10
NBA 2K7 - $10
TMNT - $10

[NonStopInTheMix]

I think this came up a few pages back but i went in and traded COD3 360 today. I had the greatest hits copy and it scanned in at $7...

maybe its the original copy that scans in at $8 ?

[deezz]

Dunno about the local by-laws, but some members on here have posted about GH:Aerosmith being only $2-3 and still being able to do T2+money because it's on the T2 list for the month.

ahhh crap I dumped my GH:Aerosmith at BBV for $10 lol....this is too much!
Thanks for all your help and continued support at tivs.ca neksus! I'll try to trade it in for the T3G1F on Wednesday, and will post my results :)

[jitterbugjohnny]

NHL 09 - $35


I got $37 for that around lunch time. I wonder if it dropped in price.

[Anarchy]

I got $37 for that around lunch time. I wonder if it dropped in price.
I'm not sure, kind of weird. On tivs.ca it shows Gears 2 at $37 and NHL 09 so I didn't say anything about NHL, but I mentioned that I thought Gears was at $37 when they only gave me $35 but I guess it dropped? No biggie, it's two bucks, just thought I'd mention it cuz I thought it was part of the Most Wanted list or whatever.

Anyways, all in all it worked out nicely. Plenty of credit at EB now, got rid of old ass games at BBV and was able to get a bit of credit at FS too. Thanks OP!

[kleptodathief]

i guess the vid games threads here have died down...is that BBV 10TIV promo OVER??? if so when did it end? car troubles so no donations from me :cheesygri , lets hope they have another promo down the road as im stuck with sum TURDS!!! :(

[freakx2001]

i guess the vid games threads here have died down...is that BBV 10TIV promo OVER??? if so when did it end? car troubles so no donations from me :cheesygri , lets hope they have another promo down the road as im stuck with sum TURDS!!! :(

ended yesterday.

[deezz]

ended yesterday.

When you say ended yesterday, do you mean that they were still doing it yesterday? I only ask because I was still able to do the $10 min for PS3 and 360 games last night, around 8:30pm.

A BBV that I called also told me over the phone that they were doing it yesterday, so, you could always try phoning in and asking.

[HeavyDutyKronos]

When you say ended yesterday, do you mean that they were still doing it yesterday? I only ask because I was still able to do the $10 min for PS3 and 360 games last night, around 8:30pm.

A BBV that I called also told me over the phone that they were doing it yesterday, so, you could always try phoning in and asking.

He meant the deal ended at the end of the 23rd. (CONFIRMED btw, TIVs are back to normal. No more $10 Mins @ BBV.)

[ngaiden]

Switched my pre-order from Legends of Wrestlemania (bad reviews) to Infamous, that game looks sick!!!! Release date is in June.

[HeavyDutyKronos]

Switched my pre-order from Legends of Wrestlemania (bad reviews) to Infamous, that game looks sick!!!! Release date is in June.

+1 Good move, that's definitely a step up. I'm sitting on a pre-order of IF too! Can't wait.

[deezz]

He meant the deal ended at the end of the 23rd. (CONFIRMED btw, TIVs are back to normal. No more $10 Mins @ BBV.)

nooooooo oh well...it was a good run, and will now save me time at night, instead of driving b/w bbv and eb lol....i hope my Mercenaries 2 PS3 will be good for T3G1F tho!! pleeeease!

[HeavyDutyKronos]

nooooooo oh well...it was a good run, and will now save me time at night, instead of driving b/w bbv and eb lol....i hope my Mercenaries 2 PS3 will be good for T3G1F tho!! pleeeease!

Yep, all good things come to an end. :D If memory serves Mercs 2 should be good for T3G1F at EB. Good luck!

EDIT: I think Mercs 2 360 still qualifies. That's the edition I was thinking of.

[Setz]

Yep, all good things come to an end. :D If memory serves Mercs 2 should be good for T3G1F at EB. Good luck!

EBTIV for Mercenaries 2 PS3 is only 6$.

[deezz]

EBTIV for Mercenaries 2 PS3 is only 6$.

I got that too at an EB that doesn't do trade-ins, but Neksus re-encouraged me by telling me that since it's on the Most Wanted List, they'll take it, as some people reported them taking GH:A even though it's only $2 :)

And now HeavyDutyKronos has given me extra hope too :)

wish me luck! :D

[WontonTiger]

Could I still get T3G1F for RE5?

Do we know if they will have another trade 3 get it free weekend? I'm looking to snag Star Ocean as well.

On a side note... does anyone know the going rate for a USED (like new) Nintendo Wii (all accessories)? I guess I'm looking for market rate (EB rate) as well as generic ebay rate.

Thanks in advance...

[Setz]

Could I still get T3G1F for RE5?

Do we know if they will have another trade 3 get it free weekend? I'm looking to snag Star Ocean as well.

On a side note... does anyone know the going rate for a USED (like new) Nintendo Wii (all accessories)? I guess I'm looking for market rate (EB rate) as well as generic ebay rate.

Thanks in advance...

Expect around 100$ TIV at EBGames or less. As for eBay I've seen as low as 230$ and as high as 300$. Wiis are becoming easier to find so charging over 300$ is a bad move. If it's recently bought (ie. some warranty left from Nintendo), price it at retail 270$, otherwise drop that price baby.

[JnJosh]

in february EBgames was giving 200$ trade credit, call and ask, most stores should be compliant with giving a trade in value of a system, rather than a game.

[ngaiden]

in february EBgames was giving 200$ trade credit, call and ask, most stores should be compliant with giving a trade in value of a system, rather than a game.

Those were only for selected games and that promo has ended. Yes you can trade in games towards a system, but values won't be bumped up.

EB Games:

Motorstorm Pacific Rift PS3 - $15

[greywolf501]

Those were only for selected games and that promo has ended. Yes you can trade in games towards a system, but values won't be bumped up.

EB Games:

Motorstorm Pacific Rift PS3 - $15
What are you talking about, they are offering a flat $200 for a Wii system, no promotion.

[ngaiden]

What are you talking about, they are offering a flat $200 for a Wii system, no promotion.

My bad, didn't know about the Wii deal. I thought the other poster was talking about $200 off for the 360 or PS3 in February.

$200 flat taxes in for a Wii? That's pretty hot!

[Scott Pilgrim]

EB Games about 2 hours ago... (All 360)

Need for Speed: Undercover - $37
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - $3
Rock Band 2 - $30
Far Cry 2 - $17

Kinda pissed about the latter...

[WontonTiger]

Thanks guys...

$200 for a Wii at EB with really no effort needed to sell... That is a HOT deal considering.

[TheGamer2400]

Thanks guys...

$200 for a Wii at EB with really no effort needed to sell... That is a HOT deal considering.

I believe somebody said that was for last month. I asked the TIV for the system a few weeks ago and the manager told me...$107 :mad:

I'm going to call another location this week just to confirm.

[177a12k]

armored core for answer ps3 - $6
EBGAMES

[JnJosh]

My bad, didn't know about the Wii deal. I thought the other poster was talking about $200 off for the 360 or PS3 in February.

$200 flat taxes in for a Wii? That's pretty hot!


read next time and save us all reading your 2 posts, the trade in value for a wii in february was 200$, it was on the most wanted list.

i'll type it again because you seem to be a bit slow

the trade in value for a nintendo wii gaming system was 200 dollars credit (tax free) at eb games in the month of february

the system is on this months (its march now) most wanted list. If you can get more for it at Microplay, let your local ebgames know and they will have to beat that trade in value (not on the spot, it could take a couple days, but i assure you, they will)

If 200 is still the going rate this is good as you're going to get!

[ngaiden]

read next time and save us all reading your 2 posts, the trade in value for a wii in february was 200$, it was on the most wanted list.

i'll type it again because you seem to be a bit slow

Geez, what the heck is your problem?!?!? There's over 300 pages in the thread, I missed reading a couple of posts, big deal. It's hard to keep track of every single one.

[D4rkF0rc3]

EBGAMES (PS3)

Need for Speed Undercover 37$
Prince of Persia 27$

[kleptodathief]

i had a preorder for WWE legends...it came in on monday but i didn't pickit up yet... can i call and change the preorder for that new UFC game??? cheers if anyone can confirm this or not :idea:

[Setz]

i had a preorder for WWE legends...it came in on monday but i didn't pickit up yet... can i call and change the preorder for that new UFC game??? cheers if anyone can confirm this or not :idea:

Preorders must be changed/refunded in person. You need to sign to confirm that it was you who did it.

[DuaLbiOs06]

EbGames tiv as March 24th

PS3 Resistance FOM $12
PS3 Motorstorm (Not for Resale) $10
PS3 Medal Of Honor Airborne $9
PS3 Kane & Lynch $7
PS3 Genji 2: Days of the Blade $8 <--back alive $9.97 at The Source Store

Wii Tomb Raider Anniversity $8 <--bought off $4.97 at The Source Store
Wii Sonic Unleashed $22
Wii Call Of Duty 3 $30

[al9spike]

i had a preorder for WWE legends...it came in on monday but i didn't pickit up yet... can i call and change the preorder for that new UFC game??? cheers if anyone can confirm this or not :idea:

Yea man, I was thinking the same thing; 6.5/10 IGN review for WWE and the UFC game looks sick. Is it possible to get the game, keep it wrapped, and then return it? Or maybe just cut out the part of your reciept that says you traded in games? Idk..

[the_fm]

you can return it saying you don't want it but they might look at you funny though

[alextam138]

Traded in at EB Games on March 20th

All games for 360

Left 4 Dead - $37
Need for Speed Undercover - $37
Grand Theft Auto 4 - $25
Fifa 08 - $6

[Captain Snazzypants]

read next time and save us all reading your 2 posts, the trade in value for a wii in february was 200$, it was on the most wanted list.

i'll type it again because you seem to be a bit slow

the trade in value for a nintendo wii gaming system was 200 dollars credit (tax free) at eb games in the month of february

the system is on this months (its march now) most wanted list. If you can get more for it at Microplay, let your local ebgames know and they will have to beat that trade in value (not on the spot, it could take a couple days, but i assure you, they will)

If 200 is still the going rate this is good as you're going to get!

Dude, you need to get off the rag...

[HeavyDutyKronos]

Dude, you need to get off the rag...

You'll have to excuse JnJosh, he has some sand in his vagina.

[rko_kero]

Hey, Is it true you can return a game for store credit once it is opened?

OR is it no returns at all?

[Jagmit]

Hey, Is it true you can return a game for store credit once it is opened?

OR is it no returns at all?

no, i'm pretty sure almost all stores don't take returns for opened items. however they do let you exchange them for the same title if their defective. However i have heard stories of people returning GHWT guitar and full band sets with everything open in box to the stores they purchased at, like walmart and zellers, and they take it back no problem. probably cause there in a separate box.

[mahjongmaniac]

Pmed eb flyer at BB no problem, no mention of the "we dont pm eb" they were following last year.

BS. last couple times i talked to a BB CSR (1-800 #), EBG was claimed to be a valid competitor

they're prbly just trying to deter ppl PMing EBG's $10 GOTD/W deals to avoid selling games "below cost" :rolleyes:

[NottinghamLace]

I was curious about attempting the whole stockpiling 8 dollar games for future T3G1F and was wondering what some good games are to do this with? I was hoping to trade in CoD4, NHL 09, and Pure which according to tivs.ca would net me 104 bucks. Although that's 13, 8 dollar games those games aren't going to cost 8 bucks. So what are some games that won't cost me too much that would still get me at least 8 bucks for TIV? I wouldn't want to risk getting an 8 dollar TIV that drops below that so soon though.

Another thing I was wondering is does it matter if I do this all at once or should I wait a day or two after getting my 8 dollar games.

[BananaWeed]

You can always get games worth $8 TIV currently and pre-order something with a far-off release date (such as God of War III) and switch the pre-order to another game if something interests you.

[deezz]

I was curious about attempting the whole stockpiling 8 dollar games for future T3G1F and was wondering what some good games are to do this with? *snip*

Stockpiling games is a bad idea unless you're gonna trade 'em in very soon. As a game gets older its TIV goes down, and can sometimes plummet within a short period of time. Some do go back up, but I wouldn't count on it.

[neksus]

stockpiling games is a bad idea unless you're gonna trade 'em in very soon. As a game gets older its tiv goes down, and can sometimes plummet within a short period of time. Some do go back up, but i wouldn't count on it.

+1

[7cal]

Traded in Professor Layton DS (the 1st one) at FS for $8.40 credit yesterday.

[AHHHRT]

Traded in a couple games at EB today.
All for PS3
007:QOS - $12
Socom:Confrontation - $15
Baja: Edge of control - $15

[NottinghamLace]

Stockpiling games is a bad idea unless you're gonna trade 'em in very soon. As a game gets older its TIV goes down, and can sometimes plummet within a short period of time. Some do go back up, but I wouldn't count on it.

Yeah that is my main concern, but it seems pointless to trade in 3 games worth 104 dollars when the game I want in a T3G1F is 60-70. Guess I could always get something else instead or find 3 games that have less TIV I'd want to get rid of.

[United11]

Yeah that is my main concern, but it seems pointless to trade in 3 games worth 104 dollars when the game I want in a T3G1F is 60-70. Guess I could always get something else instead or find 3 games that have less TIV I'd want to get rid of.

Not sure the values of your games individually, but why don't you just trade in 2 for the game you want?

[the_fm]

Yeah that is my main concern, but it seems pointless to trade in 3 games worth 104 dollars when the game I want in a T3G1F is 60-70. Guess I could always get something else instead or find 3 games that have less TIV I'd want to get rid of.

you can always do a normal trade in. or just trade the highest tiv and cover the difference

[BananaWeed]

At EB Games today:

Resistance 1 (PS3) $12
Motor Storm (PS3) $10
Motor Storm: Pacific Rift (PS3) $15

[al9spike]

EB Games:
COD3 (Xbox 360): 12$
Madden 07(360) 37$
Patapon(PSP) 9$

[Acid_]

EB Games:
COD3 (Xbox 360): 12$
Madden 07(360) 37$
Patapon(PSP) 9$

Is that Madden 07 or 09?

[the_fm]

EB Games:
COD3 (Xbox 360): 12$
Madden 07(360) 37$
Patapon(PSP) 9$

Madden 07??? really?!?

[al9spike]

Yea, Madden 07..dunno if it was a mistake..maybe I got lucky with the CSR..

[deezz]

Yeah that is my main concern, but it seems pointless to trade in 3 games worth 104 dollars when the game I want in a T3G1F is 60-70. Guess I could always get something else instead or find 3 games that have less TIV I'd want to get rid of.
It is pointless...definitely take the 107 credit if you're not playing those games now, or if you can, sell 'em on BST or CL for maximum amount of cash - cuz nothing tops cash in hand. I know what you wanna do - get the maximum amount of tiv for minimum investment cost. I try my best to do that too. You want to trade in the minimum TIV games that qualify for T3G1F, to get the maximum return on it ~ $59.99. But when the games are just worth way more in credit, always get the credit, because if you bought the game with said credit, you'll still have leftover credit that you can add to in the future.



Yea, Madden 07..dunno if it was a mistake..maybe I got lucky with the CSR..

you must've gotten lucky...$37 is pretty much the maximum value you can get for brand new releases, or current season games.

btw...your post this morning gave me a laugh, because, obviously, you were being sarcastic. I didn't understand what all the uproar was about lol. I guess not everyone on the forum knows game prices well...but sheesh some of the people calling for your head were up there in # of posts anyway so...I was gonna post something about everyone taking it easy, but the thread got locked before I even could!! lol

[Jagmit]

Is LAIR for ps3 any good? i just bought it from bbv. its 19.99 used, use the 25% off coupon, becomes 14.99 and i used $10 credit and got it for about $6 taxes in. they don't have many good cheap ps3 games, this was the only decent console exclusive one.

[NottinghamLace]

It is pointless...definitely take the 107 credit if you're not playing those games now, or if you can, sell 'em on BST or CL for maximum amount of cash - cuz nothing tops cash in hand. I know what you wanna do - get the maximum amount of tiv for minimum investment cost. I try my best to do that too. You want to trade in the minimum TIV games that qualify for T3G1F, to get the maximum return on it ~ $59.99. But when the games are just worth way more in credit, always get the credit, because if you bought the game with said credit, you'll still have leftover credit that you can add to in the future.

Yeah I think I'll just settle on the high credit and maybe pick up two games with it. I'm still saving money regardless so it's a win :), plus if the TIV on CoD4 and NHL09 are as high as they are now I have to capitalize.

[grappos13]

At EB Games today:

Resistance 1 (PS3) $12
Motor Storm (PS3) $10
Motor Storm: Pacific Rift (PS3) $15

pacific rift down to $15? it went down mad fast from $37 to 15? wow...i woulda thought it would still stay at like $25-30 for another couple months..

[Captain Snazzypants]

pacific rift down to $15? it went down mad fast from $37 to 15? wow...i woulda thought it would still stay at like $25-30 for another couple months..

What sort of crazy world do we live in where Tiger Woods 07 for the Wii gets you a $19 TIV at EB and a great, recent next-gen title like Motorstorm 2 gets you only $15.

Elimination mode is awesome...

[ESO]

March 25, 2009 TIV at EB Games

Need For Speed Carbon Wii = $8
Medal of Honor Vangard Wii = $8
Battle Field Bad Company PS3 = $10

Ninja Gaiden 2 XBOX 360 = $12
Battle Field Bad Company XBOX 360 = $12 (Clerk said needs to charge $2 re-stocking fee because of the scratches..so TIV is in the range of $10-$14).
Socom Confrontation PS3 = $15

[deezz]

Yeah I think I'll just settle on the high credit and maybe pick up two games with it. I'm still saving money regardless so it's a win :), plus if the TIV on CoD4 and NHL09 are as high as they are now I have to capitalize.

Well, I think with those two titles you've got two situations. NHL09 might still have a month or two of legs left...I'm not sure if the game goes down gradually during the summer since hockey season is over, or if the game just plummets when the new one comes out. Anyone else with EA sports games experience care to comment? Neksus?

As for COD4, it might have some legs too until the months leading up to when the new Modern Warfare does. COD4 held its value because COD:WaW was a different setting, and many people decided to hang on to COD4 and keep playing it. Not sure what'll happen when the sequel comes out...

But if you're not playing either of them anymore at all, then yeah, I'd get the credit now, since they're not gonna get any higher than $37 ;)


pacific rift down to $15? it went down mad fast from $37 to 15? wow...i woulda thought it would still stay at like $25-30 for another couple months..

^ consider that as an example of the TIV for a game plummeting fast lol!
didn't that game come out only a couple/few months ago tops? That's insane for it to drop like that....I wonder if that might be a game that'll go back up in value...hmm....

[kleptodathief]

no way madden 07 is 37tiv lol...worker made mistake i bet...its the 09 madden prolly

bout time bad company: battlefield dropped lol...tiv was 18 and they only sell the game for 24.99 lol

best TIVs r Wii games...most r over 8...its sickening how much they sell used wii games at ebg..worse is the kids/moms that buy them haha

[deezz]

no way madden 07 is 37tiv lol...worker made mistake i bet...its the 09 madden prolly

bout time bad company: battlefield dropped lol...tiv was 18 and they only sell the game for 24.99 lol

best TIVs r Wii games...most r over 8...its sickening how much they sell used wii games at ebg..worse is the kids/moms that buy them haha
Yup, I've been told by EB employees that Wii games hold their value/get good tivs the most...

[Ryd3r234]

Does anyone know where to get a Prepaid Credit Card to use on PSN? Something like $10 - $15?

[Setz]

Does anyone know where to get a Prepaid Credit Card to use on PSN? Something like $10 - $15?

Shoppers Drug Mart.

[Ryd3r234]

Shoppers Drug Mart.

Do I have to be over 18 to buy it? And how does it work, does just have a code on the back or something you enter in the PS Store?

[couchman]

Does anybody know if blockbuster credit is transferable or is it permanently linked to your account?

[TripleQ]

Does anybody know if blockbuster credit is transferable or is it permanently linked to your account?

You can get it put on a trading card (i.e. gift card) and then give it to anyone.

[Stetson717]

depending on the csr, they can transfer the credit onto a gift card that you can use at other blockbuster stores

[merciscool]

Does anyone know where to get a Prepaid Credit Card to use on PSN? Something like $10 - $15?


they have PSN cards now I believe... so you can probably buy a points card like 360 and wii.

[domo325]

Do I have to be over 18 to buy it? And how does it work, does just have a code on the back or something you enter in the PS Store?

No you don't have to be over 18. I get the VANILLA MASTERCARD credit cards at shoppers drugmart, and they come in denominations of $25, $50 and $100. But you have to pay a small fee, depending on the denomination.

I use these cards specifically for PS Store to buy games like flower and buy downloadable content. As for the PSN cards, you can try looking for them all you want, but it seems like its a rare thing to find. So I suggest using the vanilla prepaid cards.

Basically, once you get the card, go online to activate the card. Once it is activated, go to account management on your ps3 and active this card there also. That's basically it.

[grappos13]

they have PSN cards now I believe... so you can probably buy a points card like 360 and wii.

in canada? i havent heard of the PSN cards yet in canada..

[domo325]

Oh and by the way, the tiv for Heavenly sword dropped to $25. Which sucks.

[Ryd3r234]

No you don't have to be over 18. I get the VANILLA MASTERCARD credit cards at shoppers drugmart, and they come in denominations of $25, $50 and $100. But you have to pay a small fee, depending on the denomination.

I use these cards specifically for PS Store to buy games like flower and buy downloadable content. As for the PSN cards, you can try looking for them all you want, but it seems like its a rare thing to find. So I suggest using the vanilla prepaid cards.

Basically, once you get the card, go online to activate the card. Once it is activated, go to account management on your ps3 and active this card there also. That's basically it.

Okay, how much is this fee if I want to get a $25 one? Do I pay the fee in-store or do they bill me? And also are there any smaller ones like $15 or $20?

[domo325]

Okay, how much is this fee if I want to get a $25 one? Do I pay the fee in-store or do they bill me? And also are there any smaller ones like $15 or $20?

The $25 has a $3.95 loading fee I believe. When you go in the store and buy this card, they will charge you $28.95. So its basically like tax I guess.

I'm not so sure about smaller denominations. Check out you nearby Shoppers drugmart, but I usually use vanilla mastercards and have had no problem using it to buy stuff in psn.

[Ryd3r234]

The $25 has a $3.95 loading fee I believe. When you go in the store and buy this card, they will charge you $28.95. So its basically like tax I guess.

I'm not so sure about smaller denominations. Check out you nearby Shoppers drugmart, but I usually use vanilla mastercards and have had no problem using it to buy stuff in psn.

$28.95 plus taxes ? Wow I just want to use it for the $9.99 CoD WaW map pack..

[domo325]

$28.95 plus taxes ? Wow I just want to use for the $9.99 CoD WaW map pack..

They will only charge you $28.95.. no tax. Well, it does have 6 months expiration date. So if you find something else worth buying in the next 6 months, your set with whatever you have left in the card.. lol.

By the way, you get charged for tax on PSN. So really, it is $9.99+tax.

[Lancer2004]

Just wanting everyone to know that I made a site on gaming deals.. I added a TIV section to the site for for any gamer. I think with tivs.ca and this site you'll have the best idea what your TIV is going to be. I've been keeping track of TIVS before here on RFD (check my past posts, ive done it for about a year now. first eb games bout a year ago and recently when FS decided to take used games) I'm just gonna link the trade in values..

http://www.hotgamingdeals.com/tivs1.php

If you noticed any errors on my TIVs please let me know. thanks. :)

[neksus]

Just wanting everyone to know that I made a site on gaming deals.. I added a TIV section to the site for for any gamer. I think with tivs.ca and this site you'll have the best idea what your TIV is going to be. I've been keeping track of TIVS before here on RFD (check my past posts, ive done it for about a year now. first eb games bout a year ago and recently when FS decided to take used games) I'm just gonna link the trade in values..

hotgamingdeals dot com
If you noticed any errors on my TIVs please let me know. thanks. :)

Seriously...another one?
For what it's worth, and not to simply bash the competition, any tiv listed on this site (RFD) is on www.tivs.ca, which means unless you have another source there's not much extra.

[HeavyDutyKronos]

seriously...another one?
For what it's worth, and not to simply bash the competition, any tiv listed on this site (rfd) is on www.tivs.ca, which means unless you have another source there's not much extra.

+1

[belowzeros]

neksus couple values for you,

3/25/09 all xbox360

COD4 37 (unchanged)
HALO3 Limited or regular 25 (unchanged)

Battlefield Bad Company 12 (big drop)

Gears of War 1 15 (major drop, i think it fell off the most wanted list)


they clipped a $10 (free) coupon for a Gilette Fusion to my receipt...not too shabby. My COD4 original and Halo3 were unopened release day copies lol ><

[Lancer2004]

Seriously...another one?
For what it's worth, and not to simply bash the competition, any tiv listed on this site (RFD) is on www.tivs.ca, which means unless you have another source there's not much extra.

Of course, a few of them I got TIVs for myself and updated them. So they wouldn't be posted on here. Just another option..

[rtooby]

25 Mar 09 -

EB:
Shaun Whites Snowboarding (Wii) - $22
Animal Crossing (wii) - $32
Mariokart (wii) - $30

FS:
Shaun Whites Snowboarding (Wii) - $18
Animal Crossing (wii) - $30
Mariokart (wii) - $30

[Acid_]

neksus couple values for you,

3/25/09 all xbox360

COD4 37 (unchanged)
HALO3 Limited or regular 25 (unchanged)

Battlefield Bad Company 12 (big drop)

Gears of War 1 15 (major drop, i think it fell off the most wanted list)


they clipped a $10 (free) coupon for a Gilette Fusion to my receipt...not too shabby. My COD4 original and Halo3 were unopened release day copies lol ><

Confirmed - Gears of War 1 is now $15 TIV at EB :mad:

[belowzeros]

Confirmed - Gears of War 1 is now $15 TIV at EB :mad:


yea it was just a few days ago it was $23 or 25 if I remember right. I lose :( i kept mine, not sure what to do with it yet.

[kleptodathief]

ffs,i have gow1 sitting in my ricer,,cudnt go last few days,,o well as long as its above 9tiv,,,r the t3g1f promo still ongoing? ymmv?

[sxz]

yea it was just a few days ago it was $23 or 25 if I remember right. I lose :( i kept mine, not sure what to do with it yet.

Throw in two more games with >$8 TIV and get a $69.99 release.

[NonStopInTheMix]

Hey neksus i think you should add in a new game for the 360 list.

Call of Duty 3 GOTY/Greatest Hits $7 @ EB as of yesterday.

[grappos13]

the EB at markville mall never gave me any coupons the last 3 times.. i forgot to ask everytime lol.. but still, i havent gotten these gillette coupons and i could use some extra razors!

[deezz]

EB Games,Wed.Mar.26.09, 8:00pm

Battlefield Bad Company (PS3) - 10
Army of Two (360) - 10
Mercenaries 2 (PS3) - 6
NHL 07 (360) - 1

Battlefield, Army of Two, and Mercenaries 2 all qualified for T2+19.99 for SFIV (PS3 - yeah PS3 baby that's right! lol). NHL07 did not. I was hoping to get that lucky mistake, of getting a CSR to input it as NHL09, unfortunately, did not lol

[neksus]

EB Games,Wed.Mar.26.09, 8:00pm

Wednesday was the 25th ;)

[kleptodathief]

do stores have sf4ps3s in again??? man that version is impossible to find!:mad: , one ebg guy said only ebgs in vaughn have them...that was last week :idea:

[deezz]

Wednesday was the 25th ;)

lol, I'm from the future, so it's always a little tricky for me to keep my dates correct :) btw, Uncharted 2 and Bioshock 2 were both amaaazing games!! lol


do stores have sf4ps3s in again??? man that version is impossible to find!:mad: , one ebg guy said only ebgs in vaughn have them...that was last week :idea:
No they don't, stores still don't have it. I called about 10 EB games last night before leaving work, because I had AOT, BBC, and Mercs2 in my car, purchased with credit I earned from BBV (well actually, from buying cheap $5 and $6 games at EB and doing the $10 credit promotion at BBV - so much damn work, I don't envy that guy that got his PS3's and Wii's...he must have no life...no offense :S), and was hoping to use them for T3G1F, but they only qualified for T2+$19.99.

All the stores said they've been out of copies for the past couple weeks, and have no idea when they're getting them in. They only know what they're getting the day of. One store near me sold their copy 2 minutes before I called....argh...I work in Woodbridge, live in Maple, and had to drive all the way to Fairview Mall to get my copy!! gahh....just wanted to get it before the month is over, since you can't tell if those games would be on the Most Wanted List again next month...

[Psubs]

lol, I'm from the future, so it's always a little tricky for me to keep my dates correct :) btw, Uncharted 2 and Bioshock 2 were both amaaazing games!! lol

Is it true that Uncharted 3 and Bioshock 3 were ... not so much?

[deezz]

Is it true that Uncharted 3 and Bioshock 3 were ... not so much?

LOL! Yeah Uncharted 3 was more of the same....but, 2K stepped it UP in Bioshock 3! Switched up the art style to a more cel-shaded look, still looked gorgeous as ever though and brought the game from deep under the sea to waaaay in the air, like an Atlantis in the clouds, where apparently everyone from Rapture migrated to...but now, it's been overrun by, get this, Big Mommas!!!

[Setz]

LOL! Yeah Uncharted 3 was more of the same....but, 2K stepped it UP in Bioshock 3! Switched up the art style to a more cel-shaded look, still looked gorgeous as ever though and brought the game from deep under the sea to waaaay in the air, like an Atlantis in the clouds, where apparently everyone from Rapture migrated to...but now, it's been overrun by, get this, Big Mommas!!!

By the time Bioshock 3 arrives it'll be 3k.

[deezz]

By the time Bioshock 3 arrives it'll be 3k.

lol

[kleptodathief]

just curious if anyones been to place near queen and dufferin that sells used games for good prices(electronix used store?)..someone told me bout this...owned by sum chinese peeps? :?:

[Lancer2004]

Updated tivs (see signature).

[neksus]

Updated tivs (see signature).

Even I post my tivs that I update here...

//edit
All done at Canada's best source for trade in values (http://www.tivs.ca).

Also, if you did update any tivs, you forgot to change the date they were updated.

[kimbot]

Anyone check Motorstorm Pacific Rift for PS3 at FS recently?

[ESO]

TIVS at EB March 26, 2009

Halo 3 XBOX 360 = $25
Marvel Ultimate Alliance Wii = $20
Lego Star Wars Complete Saga Wii = $10
Bust a Move Bash Wii = $11
Call of Duty 3 Wii = $30

[Setz]

ITT: neksus clones find a cheap way to advertise their budding TIV website.

[Acid_]

Just called BBV and the TIV for Alone in the Dark 360 is down to $9.

[craeyon]

Updated tivs (see signature).If your intentions are to trump neksus at what he is doing, then you are going to have to do things a bit differently. i.e. have more reliable sources with frequent update rate. He has far to big of a market reach for you to be able succeed.


ITT: neksus clones find a cheap way to advertise their budding TIV website.
Also, *apprantly* we have different intentions. We don't care if you use the site to look up TiVs. That's irrelevant. The site would have been taken off long before it was even put up if copying neksus was the true intention.

[PhilSousa]

LOL thats too funny.


Phil

[Lancer2004]

ITT: neksus clones find a cheap way to advertise their budding TIV website.

If you say so boss.. I do pay for my own hosting though, with no advertisements on my site to pay for it. So it is out of my own pocket.


Even I post my tivs that I update here...

//edit
All done at Canada's best source for trade in values (http://www.tivs.ca).

Also, if you did update any tivs, you forgot to change the date they were updated.

Relax.. I'm not trying to "compete" with you. I never said that anywhere here or made it sound like it. Who cares there's two TIV sites? There's hundreds of gaming sites, so there should only be one? I guess they should just shut them all down there. There should only be one Xbox site out there on the net, right? One site that's dedicated to PS3 stuff, right? Whoever got their first wins, that is how you look at it right? Sure sounds like it. Since yahoo was founded first, google should shut down, right?

I did update the date, with the proper date. If someone says a TIV changed on the 24th and today is the 26th im going to put the 24th as the date, not the 26th... Oh, and your site has a lot of TIVs that are from 2008. This really doesn't need to get out of hand, seriously..


If your intentions are to trump neksus at what he is doing, then you are going to have to do things a bit differently. i.e. have more reliable sources with frequent update rate. He has far to big of a market reach for you to be able succeed.

My intentions aren't to trump him. I didn't want to rival with him, I just wanted it as "another option". My site ISN'T solely based on TIVs.. I have giveaways, I'll be selling video games on there, posting hot game deals, things of that nature.

[PhilSousa]

FREE country. Do what you wish. Nekus doesn't own TIV.

Phil

[Setz]

^^^

I just don't see the point in more than one TIV website. Neksus has been doing an astronomical job on tivs.ca and to be frank, I'm sure his website gets at least 50 times more traffic than your TIV websites. I don't mean to argue or give offense, I just find it redundant to have more than one database of the same thing.

[PhilSousa]

^^^^

Still he doesn't own TIV. Anyones free will, can put their own TIV site together, regardless which site is more popular.

[Setz]

^^^^

Still he doesn't own TIV. Anyones free will, can put their own TIV site together, regardless which site is more popular.

You're right, but that doesn't change the fact that your website(s) are pretty unnecessary. It's like opening a department store next to a Walmart, and your store offers 20% of the products Walmart does and nothing new.

[Lancer2004]

^^^

I just don't see the point in more than one TIV website. Neksus has been doing an astronomical job on tivs.ca and to be frank, I'm sure his website gets at least 50 times more traffic than your TIV websites. I don't mean to argue or give offense, I just find it redundant to have more than one database of the same thing.

When I originally built my site, I didn't intend on having TIVs on it. A friend suggested it to me, just to give people who browse the site another thing to look at. Just to give something else for people to refer to. I've done a lot in the RFD community, i don't know how many thread i have created helping people with deals/TIVs. Even before neksus was even registered on this site.. Which in the end really means nothing.

Qualifying games for Trade in promotion.
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=440233

First to announce with TIV that FS was taking trade ins:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=639151

woot, random MDG deal. everyones favourite company.. haha..
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395392

[neksus]

If you say so boss.. I do pay for my own hosting though, with no advertisements on my site to pay for it. So it is out of my own pocket.

So did I, until I started using 40gbs+ a month in bandwidth.


Who cares there's two TIV sites? There's hundreds of gaming sites, so there should only be one? I guess they should just shut them all down there. There should only be one Xbox site out there on the net, right? One site that's dedicated to PS3 stuff, right? Whoever got their first wins, that is how you look at it right? Sure sounds like it. Since yahoo was founded first, google should shut down, right?

Reviews and gaming sites are different. We are reporting qualitative, non-changing data that is uniform and proprietarily distinct at certain moments in time. I just don't see the point in all the different sites popping up.


I did update the date, with the proper date. If someone says a TIV changed on the 24th and today is the 26th im going to put the 24th as the date, not the 26th... Oh, and your site has a lot of TIVs that are from 2008. This really doesn't need to get out of hand, seriously..

I didn't mean to largely offend - but when you said "updated" tivs I naturally assumed they were *new*.


to be frank, I'm sure his website gets at least 50 times more traffic than your TIV websites. I don't mean to argue or give offense, I just find it redundant to have more than one database of the same thing.

+1

[Ryd3r234]

I have one more question about the prepaid credit cards. Say I buy a $25 credit card and use it to buy the CoD WaW Map Pack, will I be able to use the remaining money on the card on different PSN account ?

[belowzeros]

yo Neksus,

3/26/09 all xbox360 EBG

15 Ace Combat 6
25 Soul Calibur 4
7 Turok
11 Overlord
12 Ninja Gaiden 2
37 Fable 2

some of those went up compared to available data


I've said it before but I'll say it again, the Dufferin Mall EBG has to be on the top3 worst EBG in Canada for the consumer...avoid at all costs.

[grappos13]

as an impartial person that has contributed to this thread many times, the introduction of the site by Phil seemed like it was directly a hit in the face to neksus that this guy purely wanted to try and take over the PS3 TIV community and get ppl to only go to his site, instead of him helping out neksus with numbers... i will personally only go to tivs.ca as any other introduction of a TIV site is just a hit against the hard work that neksus has done and there is no need to be like that and make ur own site when its a pure attempt to make urself look good

[Setz]

as an impartial person that has contributed to this thread many times, the introduction of the site by Phil seemed like it was directly a hit in the face to neksus that this guy purely wanted to try and take over the PS3 TIV community and get ppl to only go to his site, instead of him helping out neksus with numbers... i will personally only go to tivs.ca as any other introduction of a TIV site is just a hit against the hard work that neksus has done and there is no need to be like that and make ur own site when its a pure attempt to make urself look good

+1/-1

I only use tivs.ca because it's simple, large, and much more organized.

[vacant]

+1/-1

I only use tivs.ca because it's simple, large, and much more organized.

So if I bring out a new TiV site that is simpler, more dense and more organized will you transition?

I'm an avid game deals hunter and a professional web designer, been thinking of combining the two and producing a competitor (a real competitor not the knock off crap that comes out every week).

Didn't know there was so much fanboyism towards tivs.ca though, competition is always a good thing.

I'm not saying I'm going to create a site, tivs.ca is doing a decent job, just wondering :)

[freakx2001]

simply put tivs.ca was the first, and it is the best. Not to knock the other sites, but TIVS.ca is just so simple, it rocks, and you can't beat that domain name... straight to the point!

[HBP]

I only use tivs.ca

[rahzel]

I phoned EBG in Regina and they said the TIV for GT5P is only $15. :confused:

Question, does EBG usually give you tax on your games? I just traded in CoD:WaW for some mad catz cymbals and a used copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and they gave me $40 + tax (so $44).

I'm so glad they took away that stupid law in SK where you only get the money/credit when they sell the game. I'm going to be doing this a lot more often.

[CyniC-]

I didn't read every post but I thought I'd comment.

tivs.ca is good, that's all I use, I personally don't care about the other tivs sites out there.

If these other sites are "bad" they'll falter over time... I don't see why everyone's getting excited about "trumping" tivs.ca or having double or triple redundancy in the tivs scheme of things. On the other hand, if they are good, people will naturally choose to use them over tivs.ca. Whether or not that happens is a mystery to me.

Neksus does his thing and other people do their things... what's the big deal here?

[neksus]

So if I bring out a new TiV site that is simpler, more dense and more organized will you transition?

I'm an avid game deals hunter and a professional web designer, been thinking of combining the two and producing a competitor (a real competitor not the knock off crap that comes out every week).

Didn't know there was so much fanboyism towards tivs.ca though, competition is always a good thing.

I'm not saying I'm going to create a site, tivs.ca is doing a decent job, just wondering :)

Trust me vacant, there is quite a bit going on behind the scenes here. I'm also a professional website designer, and just haven't had much time as of late while picking up a full course load and raising a child (and organizing a wedding!)

That said, there's quite a few features that I have access to as an administrator that still aren't public :)

[neksus]

If these other sites are "bad" they'll falter over time... I don't see why everyone's getting excited about "trumping" tivs.ca or having double or triple redundancy in the tivs scheme of things. On the other hand, if they are good, people will naturally choose to use them over tivs.ca. Whether or not that happens is a mystery to me.

I came to that conclusion as well. If you're good you float to the top!

[Psubs]

I came to that conclusion as well. If you're good you float to the top!

I wondered why this thread is in Hot Deals as the majority of the reported TIV's are not hot. :lol:

Why isn't this in the PC & Video Games section? :confused:

[BananaWeed]

People will use whichever website(s) is/are most current, most accurate, and simplest to use.

[deezz]

Hey Neksus, I just had (what I believe to be) a great idea!

You know those banners on the site? Are you allowed to move them around? If so, what if you moved the second banner under the Xbox 360 heading, and the last banner under the Wii heading? Then it makes it look like the tivs are in sections! Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony!

I'm sure you probably already thought about it, but it just occured to me and I had to share it with you :)


I wondered why this thread is in Hot Deals as the majority of the reported TIV's are not hot. :lol:

Why isn't this in the PC & Video Games section? :confused:

No leave it here! I don't want to have to search multiple forum sections!! I like that it's in the Hot Deals section, as that's where I usually reside!

[mahjongmaniac]

You can get it put on a trading card (i.e. gift card) and then give it to anyone.

the GTC (game trading card) works like a GC, but IIRC (unless things have changed), the GTC has a 24-mth expiry

if you reside in a prov. w/ local bylaws that GCs can't expire (or is this nationwide?), it'd prbly be better to put the TIC on a GC

OTOH, if you don't mind leaving the TIC on your BBV acct., i was told that it never expires (albeit that you're restricted to using it only at that 1 location)

[177a12k]

tivs.ca

easiest web address to remember. lol

[funkyjoce]

I wondered why this thread is in Hot Deals as the majority of the reported TIV's are not hot. :lol:

Why isn't this in the PC & Video Games section? :confused:


theres a Pc & Videe games sections ???

[deezz]

theres a Pc & Videe games sections ???

See, and THAT'S why it should stay here in the Hot Deals section! Okay? Do what's best for the general population.

[neksus]

Hey Neksus, I just had (what I believe to be) a great idea!

You know those banners on the site? Are you allowed to move them around? If so, what if you moved the second banner under the Xbox 360 heading, and the last banner under the Wii heading? Then it makes it look like the tivs are in sections! Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony!

I'm sure you probably already thought about it, but it just occured to me and I had to share it with you :)

It's all gravy. I wanted to kind of leave it by popularity; when you're logged in, you can re-arrange and hide/show which consoles you want. For example, if I wasn't updating the values, I would have no need to see the GameCube, XBOX or PS2 values. My current order is:
360, Wii, PS3, DS, PSP, PS2, XBOX, GameCube

[LIVE DEREK]

TIVS.ca is great. There are a lot of things about it that could be better. Such as adding a Microplay section but maybe that isn't big enough.

Now I do have an idea for either one of you web designers with too much time on your hands. How about you create a COST OF GAMES site. You know how much you payed for a game and which store it was at with the date. It would be very similar and it would get used a lot.

I do realize that this is pretty much my first post but I am on here all the time and these things would help.

[LIVE DEREK]

Wartech Blockbuster March 25th still $15 trade in.

[deezz]

It's all gravy. I wanted to kind of leave it by popularity; when you're logged in, you can re-arrange and hide/show which consoles you want. For example, if I wasn't updating the values, I would have no need to see the GameCube, XBOX or PS2 values. My current order is:
360, Wii, PS3, DS, PSP, PS2, XBOX, GameCube
How do I log in? I see no option for that when go to the site....do I need to be.....special?


Wartech Blockbuster March 25th still $15 trade in.

Dang, I still can't seem to find any Wartechs!!

[neksus]

TIVS.ca is great. There are a lot of things about it that could be better. Such as adding a Microplay section but maybe that isn't big enough.

Now I do have an idea for either one of you web designers with too much time on your hands. How about you create a COST OF GAMES site. You know how much you payed for a game and which store it was at with the date. It would be very similar and it would get used a lot.

I do realize that this is pretty much my first post but I am on here all the time and these things would help.

That's actually originally half of what www.tivs.ca was for - it was to track where you could buy games cheap and then where to trade them in to maximize your potential.
Once the site is public, I would have no problem opening that up again - it's just WAY too much work for one person to handle.

[vacant]

TIVS.ca is great. There are a lot of things about it that could be better. Such as adding a Microplay section but maybe that isn't big enough.

Now I do have an idea for either one of you web designers with too much time on your hands. How about you create a COST OF GAMES site. You know how much you payed for a game and which store it was at with the date. It would be very similar and it would get used a lot.

I do realize that this is pretty much my first post but I am on here all the time and these things would help.

That's something I've been considering as well, but it's kind of a boiled down quick version of RFD. Although it leads to people hoarding the games that are selling for less than the TIV. But they'd have that information anyhow.

[neksus]

That's something I've been considering as well, but it's kind of a boiled down quick version of RFD. Although it leads to people hoarding the games that are selling for less than the TIV. But they'd have that information anyhow.

Therein lies the problem - I've got something set up for myself where I can automatically calculate where to buy what and trade in for what - I'm not sure if opening it up to the masses would be a smart idea or not =/

[MDubbelboer]

no changes:

xbox360:
nhl 09-37
gears of war 2-37
gta4-25

[neksus]

How do I log in? I see no option for that when go to the site....do I need to be.....special?

It's still closed.

[TheGamer2400]

I only use tivs.ca

Me too. Anyways, let's get back on track on what this thread is really about folks.

[deezz]

Me too. Anyways, let's get back on track on what this thread is really about folks.

What were we talking about again? I remember something about what being on second and who being on first...

[Setz]

I have one more question about the prepaid credit cards. Say I buy a $25 credit card and use it to buy the CoD WaW Map Pack, will I be able to use the remaining money on the card on different PSN account ?

no clue bro but gameshare dat sheeeeit yo

[deezz]

no clue bro but gameshare dat sheeeeit yo

yeah man Setz I'm in for COD:WaW DLC...and Mirror's Edge DLC if you wanna do that too!! I remember you saying you liked the game, it was me and you, and I think that's just about it lol

[grappos13]

yeah man Setz I'm in for COD:WaW DLC...and Mirror's Edge DLC if you wanna do that too!! I remember you saying you liked the game, it was me and you, and I think that's just about it lol

mirrors edge is in my backlog of 90 games after i picked it up used at BBV for around 21 ish....

also we gotta remember that neksus has "special" accesss to get us the fully FS used game listing for ps3, 360 and wii games :)

[jsadams]

For tivs.ca
Xbox Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is still $37 as of March 27th.

[specs_bv]

Does anyone know how much EB takes off of the TIV if you don't have the manual?

[Setz]

does anyone know how much eb takes off of the tiv if you don't have the manual?

2-3$.

edit; sorry. It's 2-3$ if they even do that. They might decline you outright.

[kleptodathief]

do ebgs call u when u have a preorder? i have outstanding ones but ive lost my receipt so i don't know the location i got the preorder from:o

[Setz]

do ebgs call u when u have a preorder? i have outstanding ones but ive lost my receipt so i don't know the location i got the preorder from:o

Yes, however they might not phone you right when they get the game. I, personally, have never been phoned for a pre-order on the day they get it.

[neksus]

Yes, however they might not phone you right when they get the game. I, personally, have never been phoned for a pre-order on the day they get it.

I've only ever received a phone call for the first pre-order I did. Haven't ever gotten once since.

[specs_bv]

2-3$.

edit; sorry. It's 2-3$ if they even do that. They might decline you outright.

Thanks, i'm going to try this weekend. I'll let everyone know if they accept and what the penalty is.

[barto]

2-3$.

edit; sorry. It's 2-3$ if they even do that. They might decline you outright.

It's even more "YMMV" than that - I've never had anything taken off for not having a manual...only for a damaged/scratched disc.

Good luck!

Bart

[LIVE DEREK]

Hoarding doesn't really work too well and is really risky. You probably end up losing more money than you make unless you are really on top of it. And if you are that on top of it then you can have it.

Neksus your site is already more than one man can handle, you are doing a great job.

[freakx2001]

For tivs.ca
Xbox Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is still $37 as of March 27th.

sweet just finished it yesterday, time to clue up the points and trade it in.

[Lone_Prodigy]

simply put tivs.ca was the first, and it is the best. Not to knock the other sites, but TIVS.ca is just so simple, it rocks, and you can't beat that domain name... straight to the point!


I only use tivs.ca

Technically, the Wikis were first. ;)

neksus, I think you should add a testimonials section. "I was getting shafted at EB offering me peanuts for my precious games. tivs.ca allowed me to get the most bang for my buck!" :D

I think I'll start my own TIV site: canihastivs.ca. ^__^

[NonStopInTheMix]

Technically, the Wikis were first. ;)

neksus, I think you should add a testimonials section. "I was getting shafted at EB offering me peanuts for my precious games. tivs.ca allowed me to get the most bang for my buck!" :D

I think I'll start my own TIV site: canihastivs.ca. ^__^

what did ever happen to those wikis? they seemed to just disappear overnight =\

[neksus]

what did ever happen to those wikis? they seemed to just disappear overnight =\

It's kind of funny...I ripped the data from the wiki to start the database, and literally days after www.tivs.ca launched scribblewiki bit the dust. I dunno exactly what happened, but they shut down the servers. Did they just boot everybody? Lone_Prodigy definitely started the entire collective-idea, I just tried making it better.

[NonStopInTheMix]

It's kind of funny...I ripped the data from the wiki to start the database, and literally days after www.tivs.ca launched scribblewiki bit the dust. I dunno exactly what happened, but they shut down the servers. Did they just boot everybody? Lone_Prodigy definitely started the entire collective-idea, I just tried making it better.

wow i never knew it disappeared that quickly!

anyways, God of War PSP - $20 @ EB today.

A question: is ebgames supposed to take import games?
My GOW was a euro version but they just searched it up in the system when the barcode didnt scan...

[greywolf501]

wow i never knew it disappeared that quickly!

anyways, God of War PSP - $20 @ EB today.

A question: is ebgames supposed to take import games?
My GOW was a euro version but they just searched it up in the system when the barcode didnt scan...
They shouldn't accept them, but DS, PSP and PS3 systems are region free so the games will still work.

[lera1981]

For tivs.ca as of March 27:

DS - Trauma Center: Under the Knife : $9
DS - Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift : $10

DS - The Word Ends with You : $19 (no change)
PS3 - Folklore : $18 (no change)

Edit: All quoted at EB Games.

[Setz]

They shouldn't accept them, but DS, PSP and PS3 systems are region free so the games will still work.

I'm pretty sure PSP is not region free.

[NonStopInTheMix]

I'm pretty sure PSP is not region free.

nope i believe its only UMD movies that are region coded.

[trixR4kids]

just wondering: i have a game bought from eb games previously owned, so they have those PO stickers on the top right as well as the upc.

Will i still be able ot trade it in? The game specifically 360 Nhl 09, the game is there and everything. Thanks

[urs74]

just wondering: i have a game bought from eb games previously owned, so they have those PO stickers on the top right as well as the upc.

Will i still be able ot trade it in? The game specifically 360 Nhl 09, the game is there and everything. Thanks

Those are easily removable most times use a little goo be gone . Or sometimes when not I just switch cases with a game I'm keeping.

[Setz]

just wondering: i have a game bought from eb games previously owned, so they have those PO stickers on the top right as well as the upc.

Will i still be able ot trade it in? The game specifically 360 Nhl 09, the game is there and everything. Thanks

Yes. Don't worry about the sticker. No TIV is docked.

[barto]

just wondering: i have a game bought from eb games previously owned, so they have those PO stickers on the top right as well as the upc.

Will i still be able ot trade it in? The game specifically 360 Nhl 09, the game is there and everything. Thanks

I had one EBG location refuse to take a game that had a Rogers sticker on it, although all others were completely fine with it. Come to think of it, it was a particular CSR at a particular location that was the problem.

Can't imagine why EB would refuse to take back one of their own (pre-owned) games... anyone been refused?

Bart

[domo325]

Have anyone seen a brand new copy of burnout paradise for the ps3 anywhere, that is not in that ugly red greatest hits case?
I've been searching everywhere (EB, walmart, FF, BB) but no luck here in mississauga.

p.s. motorstorm pacific rift (ps3) tiv is only $15.. just wow.

[eldavido13]

All 360 games, all traded at EB on March 28th.

Orange Box 7$
Burnout Paradise 7$
Gears 1 15$
Dead Rising 13$
Overlord 11$
Comand and Comquer 3 8$
The Bigs 5$
Lego Star Wars Origianal Trilogy 7$
Crackdown 7$
GTA4 25$
Fable 2 37$

[Yann00]

Does Guitar Hero: Aerosmith still work for the trade in 2 and get a game for 19.99?

[neksus]

Comand and Comquer 3 8$

Which one?

[vacant]

Does Guitar Hero: Aerosmith still work for the trade in 2 and get a game for 19.99?

It's on the list so it should work until march 31. I would argue if it doesn't since they give me that list every time I go in.

[lera1981]

For tivs.ca:

EB TIVs as of March 28:

DS - N+ : $7
DS - Wall-E : $7

PS3 - Armored Core 4 : $11 (no change)
PS3 - Devil May Cry 4 : $11 (no change)
PS3 - Motorstorm : $10 (no change)

[Ryd3r234]

I have a question about adding funds to the wallet on PSN. Can you add the exact amount to your account, such as $11.29? Or does it have to be in increments like $5, $10?

[Setz]

I have a question about adding funds to the wallet on PSN. Can you add the exact amount to your account, such as $11.29? Or does it have to be in increments like $5, $10?

You can add exact amounts.

share dat codwaw pack wit me bro

[Lone_Prodigy]

It's kind of funny...I ripped the data from the wiki to start the database, and literally days after www.tivs.ca launched scribblewiki bit the dust. I dunno exactly what happened, but they shut down the servers. Did they just boot everybody? Lone_Prodigy definitely started the entire collective-idea, I just tried making it better.

I didn't start the TIV collective: it was on CAG long before I joined, but that Wiki got overrun by spammers so I made a new one (which required registration to edit). Maybe I ported it to RFD.

But yeah, scribblewiki completely crashed and while the site is back the Wikis aren't.

[Wick98]

I'm thinking about trading in for GH Metallica (the trade 3 deal at EB.) Are there any cheap $8+ trade in games available anywhere? As of right now, I only have one out of the three I need.

[condorhero]

Anyone who is interested in Turok, bought yesterday PS3 Turok from FS after PM , price come down to

18.05$ (Tax inc.)

FS: 59.99$
La Source : 19.99$

Lasource has tons of games in discount.

[kleptodathief]

^ la source = TSCC lol ...i thought it was a new vid game site

props that u cud PM cuz all those games there on on clearance... how did u get past that? course PMing is the biggest YMMV and luck involve

[Ryd3r234]

What is the difference between the regular MasterCard gift card from Shoppers and the Vanilla MasterCard gift card from other places? Does it matter which one I get?

[Setz]

What is the difference between the regular MasterCard gift card from Shoppers and the Vanilla MasterCard gift card from other places? Does it matter which one I get?

Refer to the FAQ in the PSN Store about adding funds for which cards are accepted. As far as I know you can use any Mastercard.

[condorhero]

^ la source = TSCC lol ...i thought it was a new vid game site

props that u cud PM cuz all those games there on on clearance... how did u get past that? course PMing is the biggest YMMV and luck involve

True, it is hard.
But you just need to find close store to your home and check if the game is in stock with the discounted price.

Once you have it, have FS call them and ask for availibility first, after that, no question asked, PM went through like a charm!

I did not do the home work but ask the saleman go to the yellowpages site and pop up the first source store found and bingo!

I was a fan of turok back in the old day on PC, bought it on Xbox and now own it on PS3! :)

[Phantom]

TIV at EB Games:

Just Cause (Xbox 360) - $7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Xbox 360) - $7
Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (controller + game bundle) NDS - $13
Kane and Lynch (Xbox 360) - over $8, I forget the exact value though

[KnucklesSonic8]

For tivs.ca:

EB TIVs as of March 28:

DS - N+ : $7


Thanks! You just saved me from asking about a game. It went from $21 in November/December to this. I'm holding on to mine for a bit longer to see if it rises again and when it does, hopefully I can take advantage of it.

[gheart008]

As of March 27 at EB:

PS3: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - $15

[TheGamer2400]

Traded these on Mar. 27 at EB:

NHL 09 (Xbox 360) - $37
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Xbox 360) - $18

[kleptodathief]

looks like tivs r dropping like flies now...gow1 and rv2 ps3 down from 23 to 15 lol i guess i will use them for the next t3g1f promo..hopefully it dusn't drop blow 8 :confused:

[neksus]

looks like tivs r dropping like flies now...gow1 and rv2 ps3 down from 23 to 15 lol i guess i will use them for the next t3g1f promo..hopefully it dusn't drop blow 8 :confused:

Those were both $15 before the Most Wanted event made them surge.

[Ryd3r234]

Does anyone know how much Bioshock for PS3 is at EB Games? On the US site they have it listed for $29.99 (US site usually has same prices as Canada) but that seems to good to be true when everywhere else is selling it $39.99 +

[Setz]

Does anyone know how much Bioshock for PS3 is at EB Games? On the US site they have it listed for $29.99 (US site usually has same prices as Canada) but that seems to good to be true when everywhere else is selling it $39.99 +

It's 39.99$ used.

[Liko]

Here are some TIV's I did today:

Saints Row 2 (PS3): $27
Call of Duty 4 (PS3): $37 --> Unchanged
Resistance 2 (PS3): $37 --> Unchanged

[freakx2001]

traded in star wars force unleashed (360) today for $37. Good deal as I only paid $15 for it.

[KnucklesSonic8]

Animal Crossing Wild World is now at $15! Shoot... missed out on $10. Oh well....

Here are some TIV's for EB Games:

360:
Amped 3: $18 - So happy it's been sitting at this TIV for quite a while. I was finally able to trade this in.

DS:
ACWW - $15 - A shame... I'm not surprised though since a lot of people traded it in, I bet.
Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All - $4 - Pssh... May as well keep it. I hope it increases at some points, though.

Gamecube (I noticed these were removed off TIVS.ca but just in case.)
Mario Party 6: $21
Mario Party 7: $19

[Haz]

As of today at EB:

Afro Samurai 360 - $35
Soul Calibur IV 360 - $15

[jparasite]

Traded in a bunch of things yesterday (Mar 29)

DS
Magical Starsign 12.50
New Super Mario Bros 15.00

Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 32.00
Mario Party 8 32.00
Mario Kart Wii 30.00
Wii Music 32.00
Wii Fit (SW) 35.00
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves 30.00
Guitar Hero III (SW) 25.00

I also got hit with 4 refurb charges of $3.00 each, which kinda pissed me off, considering I kept all the discs in pretty mint condition.

[ESO]

TIVs at EB Games - March 31, 2009

Mirrors Edge PS3 - $20
Soul Calibur 4 PS3 - $25
Skate (Part 1) PS3 - $12
Battlefield Bad Company PS3 - $10
Metal Gear 4 PS3 $20
Little Big Planet PS3 - $37

BTW..lots of copies of RE5 PS3 at EB Games Downtown Vancouver Pacific Centre

[deezz]

traded in star wars force unleashed (360) today for $37. Good deal as I only paid $15 for it.

where?

[sxz]

where?

Probably back in the Zellers 2/$30 fiasco.

[ngaiden]

Ebgames - NHL 09 PS3 $37 tiv.

I was worried the tiv would drop more once April hits so I deciding to bring it in.

[deezz]

Probably back in the Zellers 2/$30 fiasco.

Ahh the infamous Zellers Fiasco. Wish I had participated in that fiasco, instead of just listening to Lupe Fiasco...dang...

[TheGamer2400]

Ebgames - NHL 09 PS3 $37 tiv.

I was worried the tiv would drop more once April hits so I deciding to bring it in.

Yeah, I did the same thing last Friday. I anticipate the TIV will drop big time next month. This is definitely the highest you're going to get for this game.

[Jagmit]

TIV for Assasins Creed (360) at EB is $12 as of today.

[BananaWeed]

Today I was able to trade in Motor Storm, Resistance 1, and Devil May Cry 4 for T3G1F. All PS3.

I forgot to ask about the TIVs though.

[AlexV]

TIV at BB for Rockband 360 is $12 as of today

[Seken]

wii play - $7

ps3 GH:Aerosmith - $2

I used GH: Aerosmith + Rainbow Six Vegas 2 + 19.99 for SF4

It should work till the promo ends, but ymmv. It depends if they will take it at your location.

[zoro69]

wii play - $7

ps3 GH:Aerosmith - $2

I used GH: Aerosmith + Rainbow Six Vegas 2 + 19.99 for SF4

It should work till the promo ends, but ymmv. It depends if they will take it at your location.

Hmm, I tried to use aerosmith towards mario kart yesterday and they wouldn't take it, said head office changed it.

[greywolf501]

Hmm, I tried to use aerosmith towards mario kart yesterday and they wouldn't take it, said head office changed it.

Which location? I used it at the Cat Centre EB no problem on Friday.

[zoro69]

Which location? I used it at the Cat Centre EB no problem on Friday.

Cat center

[obernewtyn]

TIVs at EB Games - March 31, 2009

Mirrors Edge PS3 - $20
Soul Calibur 4 PS3 - $25
Skate (Part 1) PS3 - $12
Battlefield Bad Company PS3 - $10
Metal Gear 4 PS3 $20
Little Big Planet PS3 - $37

BTW..lots of copies of RE5 PS3 at EB Games Downtown Vancouver Pacific Centre

darn, was hoping to trade Metal Gear 4 for 30 bucks based on tiv site.

[kleptodathief]

i askd ebg worker,said no t3g1f promos till june? or its ymmv...iwant that ufc game!

[freakx2001]

where?


Probably back in the Zellers 2/$30 fiasco.


Ahh the infamous Zellers Fiasco. Wish I had participated in that fiasco, instead of just listening to Lupe Fiasco...dang...

yeah, I was able to pick up Far Cry 2 and Star Wars: TFU for 360 with the 2/$30 deal.

So finishing it and trading it in was a no brainer since it just got me $37 TIV. I'm surprised it was still worth that much, since that deal happened before Christmas.



i askd ebg worker,said no t3g1f promos till june? or its ymmv...iwant that ufc game!

What? I find that hard to believe... they always have something.. there are too many games coming out.. Like Batmam, Fuel, Bonic commando, Red Fraction....

[travisright]

i askd ebg worker,said no t3g1f promos till june? or its ymmv...iwant that ufc game!

Thats odd, my EB (St. Catharines Pen Centre) has posters up saying there is trade 3 weekend coming up, like this weekend.

[BobTheSnake]

As of march 31, 8 PM

PS3 : Used DMC4 (11$ TIV) + Assassins Creed (12$ TIV) + 19.99 to get LBP

PS3 : Fear 2 got 37$ for TIV (paid originally 30)

Xbox 360 : Midnight Club: Los Angeles got 24$ for TIV (Bought it last night from a guy for 15$ lol. It was 37$ on TIVS.CA for end february. Lost a lot of value).

Then I bought a Dual shock controller to play LBP with my gf!

What I find funny is how the Bill was calculated. I don't think he used my turn ins for DMC4 + Ass Creed for T2 + 19.99 cause its not written on my bill. This is what is written.

-24 , -37 , -11, -12 = -84 preown total

New merchandise : 59.99 (LBP) , 54.99 (DS3) = 114.98 total.

There is no tax calculated.

So 114.98 - 84 = 30.98 That I paid using my Edge card which had 50. So now I got 19.02 left.

I thought I had been screwed, but since there is no tax, I calculated it and it would be nearly equal. The only thnk I don't know if when you give the 19.99 for t2 + 19.99 is if you pay tax on only 19.99 or on the total value which is 59.99.

Well thats my story!

[grappos13]

As of march 31, 8 PM

PS3 : Used DMC4 (11$ TIV) + Assassins Creed (12$ TIV) + 19.99 to get LBP

PS3 : Fear 2 got 37$ for TIV (paid originally 30)

Xbox 360 : Midnight Club: Los Angeles got 24$ for TIV (Bought it last night from a guy for 15$ lol. It was 37$ on TIVS.CA for end february. Lost a lot of value).

Then I bought a Dual shock controller to play LBP with my gf!

What I find funny is how the Bill was calculated. I don't think he used my turn ins for DMC4 + Ass Creed for T2 + 19.99 cause its not written on my bill. This is what is written.

-24 , -37 , -11, -12 = -84 preown total

New merchandise : 59.99 (LBP) , 54.99 (DS3) = 114.98 total.

There is no tax calculated.

So 114.98 - 84 = 30.98 That I paid using my Edge card which had 50. So now I got 19.02 left.

I thought I had been screwed, but since there is no tax, I calculated it and it would be nearly equal. The only thnk I don't know if when you give the 19.99 for t2 + 19.99 is if you pay tax on only 19.99 or on the total value which is 59.99.

Well thats my story!

u did get screwed over... if u did the trade 2 + 19.99 for LBP, u should have gotten $20 TIV for DMC4 and assassains creed... total you should have got is: 24 + 37 = 61 - 20 left over to pay for LBP = 41 TIV left...meaning u shoulda only paid $14 off of ur edgecard for the DS3... instead u used 31.. so they screwed u out of $17 on ur edgecard... id go and complain to them...

u would only pay tax on the 19.99 and if u have an edgecard it would only use $20 TIV...

[BobTheSnake]

u did get screwed over... if u did the trade 2 + 19.99 for LBP, u should have gotten $20 TIV for DMC4 and assassains creed... total you should have got is: 24 + 37 = 61 - 20 left over to pay for LBP = 41 TIV left...meaning u shoulda only paid $14 off of ur edgecard for the DS3... instead u used 31.. so they screwed u out of $17 on ur edgecard... id go and complain to them...

u would only pay tax on the 19.99 and if u have an edgecard it would only use $20 TIV...

Thanks man.

I knew there was something fishy. I called Ebay and they will credit 17$ back to my edge. Thanks. again!

[sxz]

Thanks man.

I knew there was something fishy. I called Ebay and they will credit 17$ back to my edge. Thanks. again!

That's pretty impressive getting eBay to reimburse your EB credit.

[Captain Snazzypants]

That's pretty impressive getting eBay to reimburse your EB credit.

Beat me to it. :twisted::cheesygri:twisted:

[BobTheSnake]

That's pretty impressive getting eBay to reimburse your EB credit.

I'm that GOOOOOOOD!!! :D

[LIVE DEREK]

Looking through my game collection and remembered that I had got End War at BBV for $30 (NEW) a couple of months ago. Not sure if it is still there or not.

[GemInite]

April 1st

GH3 w/guitar - PS3 $18

It should be noted that the sales guy was surprised it was so low. I questioned the value and said the bundle should be worth closer to $35.

He called a few stores to verify and was like the only way it's coming up in the computer is separately. The game being $10 and the $8 for the guitar. So $18 total.

It's possible it did drop considering costco has it new for $30.

[Lone_Prodigy]

GH3 (Wii) is $19 now, down from $25 a few days ago. Just the game.

Took a peek at this month's Trade 2 + $9.99/19.99 promo and they have Mario Power Tennis Wii on there: it's a $30 game. :-0

[Haz]

Today, April 1st, I was in store today and a guy brought in POTC PS3 and was quoted $8.

[BobTheSnake]

I went back to EB and got refunded 19$ instead of 17$ Sweet!

[grappos13]

I went back to EB and got refunded 19$ instead of 17$ Sweet!

hehehe congrats... it just looked wrong when u said u did the trade 2 + 19.99 and they didnt do it for u :)

[enigma_outbreak]

Traded in April 1st:

God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - $20
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (PSP) - $13
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PSP) - $5
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow - $12

No change in listed TIVs, but I guess dates could be updated.

Afterwords I picked up Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max (PSP) for $9 used (with Edge Card) - good game and cheap price, yet relatively hard to find these days.

[MaddogMonty]

Has anyone tried trading in Guitar Hero Aerosmith to Blockbuster? I saw a used copy for 40$ there and since EB is selling it for 4.99$ I was just curious what the TIV might be.

[grappos13]

Has anyone tried trading in Guitar Hero Aerosmith to Blockbuster? I saw a used copy for 40$ there and since EB is selling it for 4.99$ I was just curious what the TIV might be.

call and ask when they open and let us know

[BandH]

call and ask when they open and let us know

Can trading in games from other stores, that are lower priced, be an illegal act in any way? Theft by conversion perhaps?:confused:

[grappos13]

^ thats not illegal at all lol...

thats the major point of this thread....except ppl take too much advantage and buy many many copies of something and just build up credit

[BandH]

^ thats not illegal at all lol...

thats the major point of this thread....except ppl take too much advantage and buy many many copies of something and just build up credit


How much is too much?
If a person trades in "many many copies", don't the store's employees get upset at these actions? EB Games employees must know that this goes on when people are buying from Rogers, and Blockbuster Video, then trading them into their store.

[Sephora]

What's going on is actually just arbitrage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage).

In fact, people can make a very good living doing just this (but on a much larger scale, of course).

[ghost80]

^



Arbitrage is not simply the act of buying a product in one market and selling it in another for a higher price at some later time. The transactions must occur simultaneously to avoid exposure to market risk, or the risk that prices may change on one market before both transactions are complete.


So that's what buying some clearance games from the Source and walking 100 steps down to EB to trade them in for 3 times the cost is called! Now I feel all intellectual-like! ;)

[kleptodathief]

^ gotta luv the TSCC and ebg stores when they r RIGHT beside each other in the plaza! also when BBV is there too...heck best is when u can get FS/BBV/ebg/TSCC/zellers in the same mall...i think the ajax/hardwood/salem location has this idea setting! :idea::cheesygri

[deezz]

^ gotta luv the TSCC and ebg stores when they r RIGHT beside each other in the plaza! also when BBV is there too...heck best is when u can get FS/BBV/ebg/TSCC/zellers in the same mall...i think the ajax/hardwood/salem location has this idea setting! :idea::cheesygri

lol that was funny

[NonStopInTheMix]

Can trading in games from other stores, that are lower priced, be an illegal act in any way? Theft by conversion perhaps?:confused:

I'm slightly confused. Last year during their sales, I asked to purchase 2 copies of Metroid Prime Hunters just because it was so cheap. The EB CSR said no and mentioned that people were buying tons just to trade back in and how it was a federal offense called Theft By Conversion.

But isnt theft by conversion when you go rent a game, and then take it to trade in at ebgames?
Or you lease a car but then go sell it off to somebody?

[mself084]

Anyone know if FS and/or EB Games takes console trade-ins? I have a Wii I'd like to sell/trade... if they do, please share a value - nothing on tivs.ca. :)

[dfatcat]

I'm slightly confused. Last year during their sales, I asked to purchase 2 copies of Metroid Prime Hunters just because it was so cheap. The EB CSR said no and mentioned that people were buying tons just to trade back in and how it was a federal offense called Theft By Conversion.

But isnt theft by conversion when you go rent a game, and then take it to trade in at ebgames?
Or you lease a car but then go sell it off to somebody?

Sounds like bullocks to me. (NB: I am not a lawyer.) Your examples are my understanding of this law. Unless EB still thinks they still own the games after selling to you since you can never get their stickers off. :cheesygri

[BandH]

I'm slightly confused. Last year during their sales, I asked to purchase 2 copies of Metroid Prime Hunters just because it was so cheap. The EB CSR said no and mentioned that people were buying tons just to trade back in and how it was a federal offense called Theft By Conversion.

But isnt theft by conversion when you go rent a game, and then take it to trade in at ebgames?
Or you lease a car but then go sell it off to somebody?

I am just being a little (maybe a lot) cautious because of the theft of conversion law. I do not want to get bagged over something like this. Lets say I get 12 games and trade them in...maybe some doubles, and maybe some triples. I trade them into EB Games and soon after I have 4 new releases worth $69.99.

Two-three weeks later I get 12 more games to trade into EB Games again. Receiving 4 more games at $69.99. Now I have 8 new released games worth $559.91.

I wait 2-3 more weeks and do this again. And then again. And then again. Of course trying not to hoard multiple copies of a game to upset anyone else. ;)

Receiving a grand total of 20 new releases worth almost $1400.

Now we have a total of over one thousand dollars. What about grand theft?

Then...wait 4-6 months and repeat the cycle for $2800 worth of games. Later, $4200 of games in one year! :eek:

Eb Games employees and their managers probably would be very upset and try to make you feel guilty. But no laws would be broken??? There has to be a catch. Is there a catch?

When does one draw the line? If they aren't embarrassed, what prevents a person from doing this from year to year?

*Maybe there is person that receives $10,000 or more doing this per year. There has to be someone here that probably had come close. :lol:

[TheGamer2400]

Anyone know if FS and/or EB Games takes console trade-ins? I have a Wii I'd like to sell/trade... if they do, please share a value - nothing on tivs.ca. :)

I asked an employee at EB last week and he said that the Wii trades in for $200! I'm thinking about trading it in too. I think the "Most Wanted" list amounts for March expires on either April 4 or 5.

[mself084]

I asked an employee at EB last week and he said that the Wii trades in for $200! I'm thinking about trading it in too. I think the "Most Wanted" list amounts for March expires on either April 4 or 5.

$200?! Really... i will have to call my local EB. Don't know what I'd do with a $200 credit at EB games tho (besides the obvious).

[WontonTiger]

What's going on is actually just arbitrage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage).

In fact, people can make a very good living doing just this (but on a much larger scale, of course).

Except that Arbitrage assumes that you receive CASH (or liquid capital) when you sell the item. In this case, you are only receiving more of the same (credit at a game store). Unless you have means to sell new games at discounted prices, arbitrage doesn't apply.

[balonis]

false

since credit at the game store is good as cash at the game store it is still considered arbitrage. u can sell the credit for cash, and also sell the game for cash using craiglist. the store credit is still liquid. so u are wrong


Except that Arbitrage assumes that you receive CASH (or liquid capital) when you sell the item. In this case, you are only receiving more of the same (credit at a game store). Unless you have means to sell new games at discounted prices, arbitrage doesn't apply.

[Scott Pilgrim]

I'm slightly confused. Last year during their sales, I asked to purchase 2 copies of Metroid Prime Hunters just because it was so cheap. The EB CSR said no and mentioned that people were buying tons just to trade back in and how it was a federal offense called Theft By Conversion.

But isnt theft by conversion when you go rent a game, and then take it to trade in at ebgames?
Or you lease a car but then go sell it off to somebody?

As far as I know, you are right. A lot of EB employees are well aware of people who trade in to make small gains, but compared to the money they make off of trade ins as a whole, I doubt it makes a dent. I guess they do have the right to deny you a sale though.

[WontonTiger]

false

since credit at the game store is good as cash at the game store it is still considered arbitrage. u can sell the credit for cash, and also sell the game for cash using craiglist. the store credit is still liquid. so u are wrong

What IMMEDIATE method is there to sell the credit for cash?

Store credit is not liquid currency, you can't "cash" it in for money. You can "cash" it in for "store product" which isn't liquid.

It's like me saying that paying $1000 up front for $3000 of Futureshop credit is arbitrage, and that it's liquid. It isn't. Semantics aside, arbitrage is typically thrown around in financial markets, where your investment is LIQUID. You can withdraw it for cash at ANY TIME (aside from a few special cases).

[Scott Pilgrim]

I am just being a little (maybe a lot) cautious because of the theft of conversion law. I do not want to get bagged over something like this. Lets say I get 12 games and trade them in...maybe some doubles, and maybe some triples. I trade them into EB Games and soon after I have 4 new releases worth $69.99.

Two-three weeks later I get 12 more games to trade into EB Games again. Receiving 4 more games at $69.99. Now I have 8 new released games worth $559.91.

I wait 2-3 more weeks and do this again. And then again. And then again. Of course trying not to hoard multiple copies of a game to upset anyone else. ;)

Receiving a grand total of 20 new releases worth almost $1400.

Now we have a total of over one thousand dollars. What about grand theft?

Then...wait 4-6 months and repeat the cycle for $2800 worth of games. Later, $4200 of games in one year! :eek:

Eb Games employees and their managers probably would be very upset and try to make you feel guilty. But no laws would be broken??? There has to be a catch. Is there a catch?

When does one draw the line? If they aren't embarrassed, what prevents a person from doing this from year to year?

*Maybe there is person that receives $10,000 or more doing this per year. There has to be someone here that probably had come close. :lol:

You are assuming a lot of things here. First off, before Futureshop got into the trade in game, EB trade in values were pretty awful and one would better off trying to sell the used game to someone else privately so stuff like this was rare in the past.

Second, where would you be getting these "12 games" for 70 dollars and trading them in for a lot more than they are worth? The fact is that unless everything goes right for you, it would be very difficult to find enough games at the right price to do this on such a large scale unless you are stealing them. Which in that case would be pointless since you may as well steal new games and cut out the middle man...

Stuff like the Circuit City clearance was a once in a very long time event and probably won't happen anytime soon so there really isn't a fear of this happening. Also as someone asked in (maybe) this thread a week or so ago, stock piling some borderline (close to $8) games for the trade 3 get 1 free is a dangerous game. At any moment the new game you were going to get for $30 with your 3, could turn into 3 games that are worth nothing to both you and EB that are now just sitting there forever.

It just ends up as a lot of time wasted. Honestly store credit isn't as great as the real money that can be earned by using your time to study and work.

[balonis]

You sir are confused.

Store credit is still liquid since you can still convert it into cash. It doesn't have high liquidity since u can't turn it into cash immediately, but its still liquid.
i on the other hand value the credit as high liquidity since i was able to convert all my games for cash instantly.


What IMMEDIATE method is there to sell the credit for cash?

Store credit is not liquid currency, you can't "cash" it in for money. You can "cash" it in for "store product" which isn't liquid.

It's like me saying that paying $1000 up front for $3000 of Futureshop credit is arbitrage, and that it's liquid. It isn't. Semantics aside, arbitrage is typically thrown around in financial markets, where your investment is LIQUID. You can withdraw it for cash at ANY TIME (aside from a few special cases).

[grappos13]

You sir are confused.

Store credit is still liquid since you can still convert it into cash. It doesn't have high liquidity since u can't turn it into cash immediately, but its still liquid.
i on the other hand value the credit as high liquidity since i was able to convert all my games for cash instantly.

ur gonna tell me that u can sell instantly something for cash that u purchased for 69.99 + tax = 79.09 in ontario and u can get 79.09 in cash???? not even close imo, so ur not really turning the credit into cash since ur not getting back what the credit is worth, hence u r the one losing money too

[ayinaim]

As of April 2, tiv for COD 3 for the Wii is still $30.

[neksus]

As of April 2, tiv for COD 3 for the Wii is still $30.

Thanks for limiting the posts to 23 before we finally got back on topic :cheesygri

[balonis]

You sir are also confused....
i invested $5 in 4 nhl 2k7s and brought them to blockbuster and got $40. I then began business. I bought a bunch of bad company and gears of war which had tivs of $18 and $23 respectively and i spen $11 and $15 on both. using the credits from those game i bought more nhl 2k7s, a lot more, i lost count, and picked up a bunch of 2.99, 3.99, and 4.99 games. so traded those back into bbv. then i picked up a bunch of 4.99 games and 9.99 games and 14.99 games that could be used for t3g1f. i preordered a bunch of resident evils and other games. then i used the gaming guarantee for re5 and cancelled my other preorders for store credit. Bought a whole bunch of street fighters for ps3 cuz they had stock. Was able to sell all of them for $70 cuz apparantly they are hard to find. Oh also, bought a ps3 and wii from BBV with credit and sold those. so yea, i was able to make a good chunk of cash. and to answer ur question about me driving around everywhere, spent $30 in gas. I guess u can say it was arbitrage.. or arbitrage within arbitrage if that makes sense.... that answer ur question sir?



ur gonna tell me that u can sell instantly something for cash that u purchased for 69.99 + tax = 79.09 in ontario and u can get 79.09 in cash???? not even close imo, so ur not really turning the credit into cash since ur not getting back what the credit is worth, hence u r the one losing money too

[belowzeros]

Thanks for limiting the posts to 23 before we finally got back on topic :cheesygri


LOL

all hail Neksus

[belowzeros]

You sir are also confused....
i invested $5 in 4 nhl 2k7s and brought them to blockbuster and got $40. I then began business. I bought a bunch of bad company and gears of war which had tivs of $18 and $23 respectively and i spen $11 and $15 on both. using the credits from those game i bought more nhl 2k7s, a lot more, i lost count, and picked up a bunch of 2.99, 3.99, and 4.99 games. so traded those back into bbv. then i picked up a bunch of 4.99 games and 9.99 games and 14.99 games that could be used for t3g1f. i preordered a bunch of resident evils and other games. then i used the gaming guarantee for re5 and cancelled my other preorders for store credit. Bought a whole bunch of street fighters for ps3 cuz they had stock. Was able to sell all of them for $70 cuz apparantly they are hard to find. Oh also, bought a ps3 and wii from BBV with credit and sold those. so yea, i was able to make a good chunk of cash. and to answer ur question about me driving around everywhere, spent $30 in gas. I guess u can say it was arbitrage.. or arbitrage within arbitrage if that makes sense.... that answer ur question sir?


in his defense he did say "instantly"

that convoluted hoarding mess was no where near instant.

[MonsieurMax]

Sorry to break away from the conversation here... :lol:

Just got 36$ for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, X360 (regular edition, not GOTY)

And a big thank you to Neksus for his great service and time with Tivs.ca!

Edit: Sorry it's at EB, forgot it!

[winson82]

April 2 @ EB Games

No change here but will post anyways

Killzone 3 PS3 - $37

[balonis]

and in my defence i was referring to the part where he said i lost money


in his defense he did say "instantly"

that convoluted hoarding mess was no where near instant.

[Acid_]

Sorry to break away from the conversation here... :lol:

Just got 36$ for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, X360 (regular edition, not GOTY)

And a big thank you to Neksus for his great service and time with Tivs.ca!

Seems like a trend where they're decreasing the TIVs by a dollar.

Just trades
Gears of War 1 for $14
Saints Row 2 for $36

[balonis]

if anyone wants any tips on getting new games for under $40 u can msg me

[CheapAssGuy]

anyone know tiv for Mad World?

[neksus]

i invested $5 in 4 nhl 2k7s and brought them to blockbuster and got $40.
...using the credits from those game i bought more nhl 2k7s, a lot more, i lost count

All the power to you if your Blockbuster will take 100 NHL 2K7s. I'm guessing that guy isn't ever going to get a better job.

[grappos13]

You sir are also confused....
i invested $5 in 4 nhl 2k7s and brought them to blockbuster and got $40. I then began business. I bought a bunch of bad company and gears of war which had tivs of $18 and $23 respectively and i spen $11 and $15 on both. using the credits from those game i bought more nhl 2k7s, a lot more, i lost count, and picked up a bunch of 2.99, 3.99, and 4.99 games. so traded those back into bbv. then i picked up a bunch of 4.99 games and 9.99 games and 14.99 games that could be used for t3g1f. i preordered a bunch of resident evils and other games. then i used the gaming guarantee for re5 and cancelled my other preorders for store credit. Bought a whole bunch of street fighters for ps3 cuz they had stock. Was able to sell all of them for $70 cuz apparantly they are hard to find. Oh also, bought a ps3 and wii from BBV with credit and sold those. so yea, i was able to make a good chunk of cash. and to answer ur question about me driving around everywhere, spent $30 in gas. I guess u can say it was arbitrage.. or arbitrage within arbitrage if that makes sense.... that answer ur question sir?

first off.. u did lose money imo since u did not sell the PS3 and Wii's for whatever ur credit was after tax, u sold them for less correct?

i didnt need to hear ur lame ass story about how u wasted ur lonely, girlfriendless life by going back and forth to BBV and EB for days at a time...



in his defense he did say "instantly"

that convoluted hoarding mess was no where near instant.

exactly..


and in my defence i was referring to the part where he said i lost money

u did not get what u had in credit in cash, so thats not turing ur credit into cash imo... thats turning it into a loss... maybe u shoulda found items that u coulda sold where u would get 100% return on ur credit

[balonis]

1. I have a girlfriend and she helped me
2. You must be pretty bad at math, cuz all I put in was $4, which turned into over $1000. Could you please tell me where the loss is? No wonder Will beat you on the PSATs Carlton. You can't do simple math.
I think $1000 + in 4 days is pretty good imo.

But to go back to the thread, Kingdom Under Fire for 360 is still $10. A lovely game for the t3g1f


first off.. u did lose money imo since u did not sell the PS3 and Wii's for whatever ur credit was after tax, u sold them for less correct?

i didnt need to hear ur lame ass story about how u wasted ur lonely, girlfriendless life by going back and forth to BBV and EB for days at a time...




exactly..



u did not get what u had in credit in cash, so thats not turing ur credit into cash imo... thats turning it into a loss... maybe u shoulda found items that u coulda sold where u would get 100% return on ur credit

[ayinaim]

As of April 2, tiv for COD 3 for the Wii is still $30.

I forgot to mention, it's at ebgames. sorry about that.

[Gentile]

Traded two games at EB on Thursday

Resistance 2 $37
Gears of War 2 $35

[grappos13]

1. I have a girlfriend and she helped me
2. You must be pretty bad at math, cuz all I put in was $4, which turned into over $1000. Could you please tell me where the loss is? No wonder Will beat you on the PSATs Carlton. You can't do simple math.
I think $1000 + in 4 days is pretty good imo.

But to go back to the thread, Kingdom Under Fire for 360 is still $10. A lovely game for the t3g1f

my whole point was that u sold ur credit for less than the credit was worth....meaning u did lose money that u could of had..

man u and ur girlfriend must be made for each other if she is gonna help u out like that... maybe u and her are the same couple that went around hoarding all of the zellers stuff in december here in the GTA

[lunaris]

my whole point was that u sold ur credit for less than the credit was worth....meaning u did lose money that u could of had..

man u and ur girlfriend must be made for each other if she is gonna help u out like that... maybe u and her are the same couple that went around hoarding all of the zellers stuff in december here in the GTA

Arguing on the internet makes you look as stupid as you two probably are in real life. Now stfu. Just post the goddam TIVs or gtfo.

[gunners1]

what is the big deal over the sites, i use both tivs.ca and ebtiv.com, both are great and im a ps3 user so eb is good too as sometimes either or arent updated so good to check both.

[JnJosh]

Arguing on the internet makes you look as stupid as you two probably are in real life. Now stfu. Just post the goddam TIVs or gtfo.

grappos already looks like the biggest idiot on this site, so im sure he doesn't care what you have to say on the matter lunaris.

unfortunately balonis' story doesn't add up and is full of fail. If people come on here and gloat, but it didn't actually happen do they feel better about themselves? is it kind of like not winning the lottery but telling people you won? not sure I understand the whole "I did this!" but never really did 'this' mentality, but than again i use my brain unlike certain people here.

Transformers ps3 - 9$
xbox 360 - 50$

people who trade in the 360 slow? i know i would purchase any system (even a funked system at that price!) for 50$, my goodness people have no patience

[renegadeavenger]

marvel ultimate alliance ps3: $9
battlefield bad company ps3: $10
star wars force unleashed: $37
sonic super tennis all stars: $2
(ebgames)

[neksus]

what is the big deal over the sites, i use both tivs.ca and ebtiv.com, both are great and im a ps3 user so eb is good too as sometimes either or arent updated so good to check both.

I can almost guarantee if it's not on tivs.ca it's not on ebtiv.com. I troll the site and update accordingly.

[neksus]

sonic super tennis all stars: $2
(ebgames)

for the ds?

[CheapAssGuy]

super smash brawl $31 ebg as of today

[Psubs]

marvel ultimate alliance ps3: $9
battlefield bad company ps3: $10
star wars force unleashed: $37
sonic super tennis all stars: $2
(ebgames)

Is that for the PS3 as well?

:crosses fingers that it's for the Wii: :D

[urs74]

Came back from EB ticked since Uncharted went down to $24 and Halo SE is still $25. But I'm hoping Uncharted goes back up since it's on the new Most Wanted list thats valid April 5th to May 2nd.

[Setz]

Came back from EB ticked since Uncharted went down to $24 and Halo SE is still $25. But I'm hoping Uncharted goes back up since it's on the new Most Wanted list thats valid April 5th to May 2nd.

Uncharted has been 59.99$ since it was released over a year and a half ago. I suggest keeping it.

[Eclipse09]

Is that for the PS3 as well?

:crosses fingers that it's for the Wii: :D

I traded in the Wii one last month
it was $25 at EB

[kleptodathief]

dont u guys luv getting hi TIVs for wii games?:idea::cheesygri i fee sorry for the losers who PAYs for them at ebg haha ripoff to kill!

[notoriousbigdan]

Traded in:

Stars Wars: TFU (PS3) - 37$ Credit

Didn't trade in:
Madden 09 (PS3) - 20$ Credit
MLB08 The Show (PS3) - 7$ Credit

[TheHeeyyy]

I went to the Futureshop near North York Centre earlier today to PM MadWorld, and right behind the cashier was an assortment of used games. I glanced through them, and saw a couple of used copies of NHL 09 for the PS3 priced at $16. I'm not familiar with used game prices, but I vaguely remembered reading it had a TIV at EBGames for at-least $30. The cashier lady wasn't sure if that was the correct price, since the game scanned at $50. Still, she sold me the game for the labelled price. Afterwards I went to EbGames to check its TIV, and I learned the game is valued at $37. So I used the game's in-store credit to buy another game (I don't even have a PS3, so it's useless for me), for a net gain of $20. I suppose others could check-out that Futureshop too, but I have no idea if they're still selling-it for $16 used, or if they even have any more copies left.

[urs74]

Uncharted has been 59.99$ since it was released over a year and a half ago. I suggest keeping it.

I would but I've already beat it twice plus there isn't any online for it so it's just collecting dust. I was trying to get SFIV with the two titles I brought in, I'm gonna wait until Monday to see if it went back up if not then kijiji it will go.

[ssowinski]

BlockBuster has Motorstorm Pacific Rift for 14.99 used. Bought myself a second copy so I can play fullscreen 2 player on seperate tvs instead of split screen. Score!

[NonStopInTheMix]

BlockBuster has Motorstorm Pacific Rift for 14.99 used. Bought myself a second copy so I can play fullscreen 2 player on seperate tvs instead of split screen. Score!

wow that must be some sort of price error... I went to BBV the other day and saw Motorstorm for 19.99 used =\

[ghost]

April 3rd
All XBOX 360

Game TIV @ BBV / EB
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed -- 16 / 37
The Bourne Conspiracy -- 9 / 7
Civilization Revolution -- 9 / 15
Too Human -- 6 / 2
Comand & Conquer: Red Alert3 -- 6 / 11
Tomb Raider: UnderWorld -- 16 / ?
GTA 4 -- ? / 25
Mass Effect -- 4 / ?

[Ryd3r234]

Nevermind.

[kleptodathief]

ah finally grappos uploads his ps3 games pic! :cheesygri

http://www.monky.ro/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/largest_game_collection_small.jpg

[MDubbelboer]

April 3:

all ps3
mgs4: 16 bucks (falling like a stone)
nhl09: 37
lbp: 37

[Mike_wang]

ah finally grappos uploads his ps3 games pic! :cheesygri

http://www.monky.ro/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/largest_game_collection_small.jpg

OH look at the mountin of TURDs bRing To EB and get ching ching for PROFIT.
SUkas 4 all dem ppl bought the used games :cheesygri

[wheezee]

Apr 4 @ EBGames

GTA4 360: 25
Lost Odyssey 360: 21
Gears of War 2 360: 20
Fable 2 360: 36
Resistance 2 PS3: 37
Fallout 3 PS3: 40

[mahjongmaniac]

woot, random MDG deal. everyones favourite company.. haha..
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395392

i really enjoyed this "deal" thread... haha :lol:

[Scott Pilgrim]

Apr 4 @ EBGames
Gears of War 2 360: 20


Yeesh. I was just gonna trade that in.

[kleptodathief]

can anyone confirm rogers video has a 2 for 30 sale??? im lazy sob :confused:

[Corizzle]

April 3rd

Spider-Man: Friend Or Foe (360) - $3 at EB, $3 at Blockbuster
NCAA Football 07 (360) - $1 at EB , $2 at Blockbuster

[Mike_wang]

Bioshock (360) - 11 or 12
Zelda : Phantom Hourglass (DS) - 12
Skate (ps3) - 12
NHL 2k9 (wii) - 30
Ebgames

[Setz]

Did a T3GIF for Hannah Montana The Movie: The Game for PS3. Traded in Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5 CE, and Street Fighter 4.

[7Stryder7]

Did a T3GIF for Hannah Montana The Movie: The Game for PS3. Traded in Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5 CE, and Street Fighter 4.

um, niceeee

[HeavyDutyKronos]

Did a T3GIF for Hannah Montana The Movie: The Game for PS3. Traded in Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5 CE, and Street Fighter 4.

Party at Setz house!!!!!:D:D

[Liko]

Did a T3GIF for Hannah Montana The Movie: The Game for PS3. Traded in Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5 CE, and Street Fighter 4.

EB's loss is your gain. Nice pick up.

[Aj23]

Did a T3GIF for Hannah Montana The Movie: The Game for PS3. Traded in Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5 CE, and Street Fighter 4.

You're telling me you traded in three AA titles, for Hannah Montana? I've found the quality of Setz's posts to be declining....although I never expected much.

[Setz]

You're telling me you traded in three AA titles, for Hannah Montana? I've found the quality of Setz's posts to be declining....although I never expected much.

Are you saying Hannah Montana isn't an AAA title? :mad:

[rtooby]

EB: 4 April -
Wii - Animal Crossing $31
Wii - Shaun Whites Snowboarding $19

Picked up Lotr: Battle for Middle-earth II for $3.99 used, worth a shot for that price.

[neksus]

Are you saying Hannah Montana isn't an AAA title? :mad:

Yes.

Not to mention you just lost about $40 in credit :razz:

[ngaiden]

The tiv of the Hannah Montana game will go down because her movie is coming out :cheesygri

[Jagmit]

Did a T3GIF for Hannah Montana The Movie: The Game for PS3. Traded in Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5 CE, and Street Fighter 4.

lol, i'm pretty sure he's joking cause the value of those 3 games would be far greater than that of the hannah montana game. but for some reason i can see some crazed 13 year old doing this.

[Setz]

lol, i'm pretty sure he's joking cause the value of those 3 games would be far greater than that of the hannah montana game. But for some reason i can see some crazed 13 year old doing this.

௵_௵

[Eclipse09]

EBGames TIV

PS3
Genji - still $8

360
Space Chimps - $8
Two Worlds $7

Wii
Smackdown Vs Raw 09 - $15

PSP
Every Extend Extra - $2

DS
Pet Alien - $2
Dynasty Warriors DS - $3 or $4

PS2
Sonic Unleashed - $4

[Mike_wang]

௵_௵

Don't listen to them Setz , they don't understand the rarity of a hannah montanna game

[Lone_Prodigy]

The tiv of the Hannah Montana game will go down because her movie is coming out :cheesygri

But her value will go up when she hits 18. Or will it go down...

[craeyon]

The tiv of the Hannah Montana game will go down because her movie is coming out :cheesygri
and when she will try to ruin Radiohead

[DuaLbiOs06]

As April 4th Eb TIV for Wii

Samba De Amigo $7
Shrek The Third $5
RedSteel $1
Speed Racer $7.50
Prince Of Persia: RS $7
Farcry $1.50
EA Playground $15

[kleptodathief]

^wtf... decimal tivs? is that correct??? id b pissed off with that 7.50 tiv!:confused:

[mahjongmaniac]

^wtf... decimal tivs? is that correct???

yes that's right. for the longest time EBG has offered fraction of a $1 for TIVs

now you know

[_pOtEnZa_]

^wtf... decimal tivs? is that correct??? id b pissed off with that 7.50 tiv!:confused:

id be more pissed off about buying speed racer game, i mean, cmon now :P

[ssowinski]

BlockBuster has Motorstorm Pacific Rift for 14.99 used. Bought myself a second copy so I can play fullscreen 2 player on seperate tvs instead of split screen. Score!

This was a pricing error. When I went back to pick up another one for my Bro they were all like "its an error - the price is $49.99 not the $15 that the tag says" but I showed them the reciept for my other one and they let me have it for $14.99 again. Oh well, good while it lasted.

EB games has it for $39 now I think.

[iwantonetoo]

DS games TIV:

New Super Mario Bros - $15 @ EB games
Pokemon Diamond Edition - $12 @ EB games




GL.

[Setz]

This was a pricing error. When I went back to pick up another one for my Bro they were all like "its an error - the price is $49.99 not the $15 that the tag says" but I showed them the reciept for my other one and they let me have it for $14.99 again. Oh well, good while it lasted.

EB games has it for $39 now I think.

SCAN THE RECEiPT!

[Yann00]

does anyone know if there are any fees on trade in credit. If the edge card hasn't been used for awhile?

[EskimoDave]

Mirror's Edge for the 360 is now a $5 trade in value (360).

[neksus]

does anyone know if there are any fees on trade in credit. If the edge card hasn't been used for awhile?

Which province are you in?

[sticks77]

DS games TIV:
New Super Mario Bros - $15 @ EB games
Pokemon Diamond Edition - $12 @ EB games
GL.

I was at EB today. This is TIV that the cashier gave me for some DS games:

Nintendogs Daschund - $16
Elite Beat Agents - $9
Pokemon Pearl - $12
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare - $9
Spectrobes - $3
Bomberman - $4

[Moebiwankenobi]

I was at EB today. This is TIV that the cashier gave me for some DS games:

Nintendogs Daschund - $16
Elite Beat Agents - $9
Pokemon Pearl - $12
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare - $9
Spectrobes - $3
Bomberman - $4

COD4 is only worth $9 when they are selling it for $50? Damn that's cold...

[Setz]

COD4 is only worth $9 when they are selling it for $50? Damn that's cold...

The DS version of CoD4 is 24.99$ IIRC.

[Eclipse09]

April 5th
EB TIV
PS3
Call of Duty 3 -$12

Wii
NBA Live 08 -$10

[Longobongo]

how do you reach the back shelf??? :confused:


ah finally grappos uploads his ps3 games pic! :cheesygri

http://www.monky.ro/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/largest_game_collection_small.jpg

[Yann00]

Which province are you in?

Alberta

[grappos13]

how do you reach the back shelf??? :confused:

the games and dvds r all level on the ground.. so i can just walk on them all the way to the back!!! :)

[kleptodathief]

Mirror's Edge for the 360 is now a $5 trade in value (360).


can anyone confirm this??? thats pathetic lol ...course im not a fan of this game....it pissed me off i kept on splatting, no wall jumping skillz :mad:

[StealthyMonk]

April 2...Halo 3-$25 tiv

[neksus]

Alberta

You shouldn't have any problems. Quebec and Ontario were the first to ban fines/programs/anything that detracts from the value of store-credit. That aside, I don't think EB was ever involved in such practices.


can anyone confirm this??? thats pathetic lol ...course im not a fan of this game....it pissed me off i kept on splatting, no wall jumping skillz :mad:

Not surprising since it retails for $20.

[JnJosh]

i think before the ban there was a 2$ a month, after 6 or 12 months of no activity.

[moochi]

As of 04/04 at EB

Rayman RR TV Party (Wii) $31
World Championship Poker - All In (X360) $3

[specs_bv]

Have anyone seen a brand new copy of burnout paradise for the ps3 anywhere, that is not in that ugly red greatest hits case?
I've been searching everywhere (EB, walmart, FF, BB) but no luck here in mississauga.


Saw one in Walmart in SQ 1 a couple days ago

[Captain Snazzypants]

Have anyone seen a brand new copy of burnout paradise for the ps3 anywhere, that is not in that ugly red greatest hits case?

You can get it brand new at BBV for $19.99 if you can get past the ugly greatest hits case :twisted:
Amazing game, and so many extras available which are mostly free...

[Samster]

April 5th Future Shop

The Eye of Judgement (game only from the bundle) $15.60

[deezz]

can anyone confirm this??? thats pathetic lol ...course im not a fan of this game....it pissed me off i kept on splatting, no wall jumping skillz :mad:

Once you get the hang of it, the time trials are mad fun!! The game itself was amazing too, except for the ****** ass cutscenes lol

[Setz]

Once you get the hang of it, the time trials are mad fun!! The game itself was amazing too, except for the ****** ass cutscenes lol

The campaign was pretty fun. There were some breathtaking moments, but the game has very little repeatability.

[darthmanak]

April 5 TIV at EB

PS3 - NCAA March Madness 08 -$1

[deezz]

The campaign was pretty fun. There were some breathtaking moments, but the game has very little repeatability.

Agreed that the campaign itself doesn't have much repeatability, but then again, I never usually play through games twice. For me, the repeatability came through in the form of the Time Trials! I guess I was trophy hungry, but the Time Trials had me hooked for a looooong time haha. Trying to get three stars on the levels was so much fun, and took many many tries :D

If you guys see this available for 2/30, I'd say it's definitely worth it.

[Eclipse09]

Miirors Edge was great. Too bad it was short. Near the end i thought it was impossible

I have only done one Time Trial since i lent it to a friend when i finished it.
Waiting for him to give it back so i can try the time trials

[deezz]

Yeah when you get it back, start trying to get THREE stars on the time trials...it's a lot of fun looking for alternate routes to try to cut down your times and increase the number of stars you get on the levels!! And it supports trophies, so...yeah...fun stuff!

And the music...the music was sooooo gooood....same with Uncharted...great games complimented by perfect musical scores....just completes the package and brings a smile to your face :)

[wheezee]

Apr6 @ EBGames

DS Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - $8

[Eclipse09]

Yeah when you get it back, start trying to get THREE stars on the time trials...it's a lot of fun looking for alternate routes to try to cut down your times and increase the number of stars you get on the levels!! And it supports trophies, so...yeah...fun stuff!

And the music...the music was sooooo gooood....same with Uncharted...great games complimented by perfect musical scores....just completes the package and brings a smile to your face :)

YES!, that theme song is great!
Really want to try the time trial pack

[Late Night Merchant]

Some trade values at Future Shop(all 9.89 at EB New)

All 360
Quake Wars 10.80
Too Human 8.40
Rock Band AC/DC 10.80

I suugest buying ACDC, export the songs then trade it in.

[belowzeros]

Cash in those BBV credits while you can!

they issued a "going-concerns warning" today as well as concern that they don't have necessary liquidity to fulfill their obligations...looks bbv might be on it's final legs for real this time

[joe2k1]

This should go along with the above comment.

http://blockbuster.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=804

[7Stryder7]

Cash in those BBV credits while you can!

they issued a "going-concerns warning" today as well as concern that they don't have necessary liquidity to fulfill their obligations...looks bbv might be on it's final legs for real this time

if this is true, thanks for the heads up

[neksus]

BBV Canada is a separate entity.
We don't have to compete with Netflix up here. Yet.

[kleptodathief]

chit,time to get backup POS3 bfore they bankrupt!

[deezz]

YES!, that theme song is great!
Really want to try the time trial pack

If you're up for getting the Time Trial DLC, I definitely am too. If we can find a few more guys to do it, we can end up getting it for like $2 each by doing the gameshare and paypal'ing or emt'ing the buyer :D

If you have Killzone 2 and are planning to get that DLC, or any other DLC for that matter, let me know!! :D

[Scott Pilgrim]

chit,time to get backup POS3 bfore they bankrupt!

Is that a legit typo or did you really make a console pun? Secondly, are you 12?

[Eclipse09]

If you're up for getting the Time Trial DLC, I definitely am too. If we can find a few more guys to do it, we can end up getting it for like $2 each by doing the gameshare and paypal'ing or emt'ing the buyer :D

If you have Killzone 2 and are planning to get that DLC, or any other DLC for that matter, let me know!! :D

I am actually trying to wait till EBGames gets the PSN Cards so I can use my EB credits for them

[_pOtEnZa_]

BBV Canada is a separate entity.
We don't have to compete with Netflix up here. Yet.

we have zip.ca although way smaller... BBV canada is not going to continue operating if its US counter part failed...most probably will be rogers or videotron taking over old stores here...imho

things that killed BBV :

too many copies of the same movie
no late fees
getting a set-top box out while your going kaput !! LOL (i still cant believe they did that lol)

[kleptodathief]

eclipse: intended pun...i've always preferred a modded xbox over the ps3 anyday...much more cost effective :idea::cheesygri

seems like all the TIVS have gone down at ebg, i guess they wised up lol..giveing 40 for fallout is GREAT...just sux to b the person whos buying them there...i always c like 15 copies of gta5 and fallout 3...do they actually SELL them??:idea:


as for bbv going bankrupt: i'll say it again...giving 10bux for TURDs was brilliant idea lol ... i just hope they don't just close overnight..im too lazy to go there to get stuff..theres NOTHING good of value there i suppose 45$ for wireless controllers is a good price?

[WontonTiger]

Arguing on the internet makes you look as stupid as you two probably are in real life. Now stfu. Just post the goddam TIVs or gtfo.

you can look stupid on the internet? That's news to me...

It is pointless though. Balonis is FOS, and will come up with whatever ammo they need to prove their point. I don't buy half of what was said in that post. If there really are EB and BBV people that are stupid enough to take 10+ trades of the same game, they won't be taking trades for long (they'll be unemployed). Even if it did work out once, it's by no means a tried and true method of making money (or arbitrage as he had stated).

He's obviously a kid bragging on the internet, and deserves no better than my ignore button. Grappos is trying to dissuade hoarders from ruining deals for all of you, so don't gang up on him. I think you need to STFU, refocus your chi, and let Grappos do his thing.

Less hoarders means more deals for the rest of us.

[Scott Pilgrim]

eclipse: intended pun...i've always preferred a modded xbox over the ps3 anyday...much more cost effective :idea::cheesygri


I think you meant me. If you have a modded Xbox, why do you even buy games :confused:

[Newman26]

traded some games yesterday...

Mario Kart DS (DS) - $16
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe (PS3) - $30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (PS3) - $37


I guess Mario Kart took a major drop since i last checked it was $25 :S

[Eclipse09]

I think you meant me. If you have a modded Xbox, why do you even buy games :confused:

That's true, why are you here looking for a deal when you dont need to buy games? haha :cheesygri

I know the 360 and wii can be modded, brother and friends have them and they were either sold or just sits there to collect dust while we are all using our PS3s.

[deezz]

traded some games yesterday...

Mario Kart DS (DS) - $16
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe (PS3) - $30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (PS3) - $37
*snip*

Helloooooo.......Newman. *with squinting, accusing eyes*

[Haz]

I think you meant me. If you have a modded Xbox, why do you even buy games :confused:

That's true, why are you here looking for a deal when you dont need to buy games? haha :cheesygriDon't see anything wrong with supporting developers. Even if it's from the discount bin, I think it still counts.

[scottyboy2k5]

I picked up the AC/DC rock band track pack disc (works as standalone game) for XBox 360 at EB Games.

Got it new for $9.99 - much better price than the $39.99 sticker that was originally on it.

[ruckus245]

I can confirm that Socom: Confrontation for PS3 is still $15 tiv at EB.

They have it brand new for $39.99 with the headset so, by trading it in at $15, you basically get the headset for $25.

[ray34567]

trade in few games today:

PS3-Assasin CR $11
PS3-Dynasty Warrior Gundam $19
PS3-MotorStorm $10
PS3-Untold LEgend: Dark kingdom $10.00
360-Gears of war $14
360-Dynasty Warrior $11.00

[ESO]

EB TIVs on April 7, 2009

Wii

Excite Truck = $25
Top Spin 3 = $11
Trama Centre: Second Opinion = $8
Samurai Warriors: Katana = $7.50

[ssowinski]

TRU has Folklore for $29.91...oldie but goodie.

[ssowinski]

Also....picked up Beowulf (I know, I know - but I loved the movie) for $7.50 at BBV today too. Mint copy ...looks like it has never been played. Probably a sign eh?

[Setz]

I can confirm that Socom: Confrontation for PS3 is still $15 tiv at EB.

They have it brand new for $39.99 with the headset so, by trading it in at $15, you basically get the headset for $25.

Def worth it at that price. I PM'ed Walmart when the hset was 39.99$ instead of 49.99$ at FS and got it for 38$.

[Skipper]

Confirmed that Boom Blox tiv is still $19 and Rayman Rabbids TV tiv is still $31 at EB (as of today).

[neksus]

360-Dynasty Warrior $11.00

Which one?

[grappos13]

Also....picked up Beowulf (I know, I know - but I loved the movie) for $7.50 at BBV today too. Mint copy ...looks like it has never been played. Probably a sign eh?

lol... i picked up this used from rogers video back in like sept for 5 dollars... it was sealed (rogers re-seals used games) and i never opened it... finally traded it back in a couple weeks ago to BBV.. opened it and saw that i dont think it was ever played either lol

[Seken]

Xbox 360
Kung Fu Panda - $2
Lego Indiana Jones - $2
(Xbox 360 bundle packaged was $4 all together. one case.)
Wii Play - $7
Xbox Arcade Game(5 games that come with the arcade bundle) - $2
Wii Classic controller - $8

[jsadams]

Ebgames: Xbox 360 Army of Two is still $10 as of April 7th.

[natural_spring_water]

btw prince of persia ps3 new dropped to $39.99 so yea :). from like $69 to $39...in like half a year?

wii

lego indiana - $8
wii music - $19
star wars unleashed - $19

xbox360
gears of war 2 - $20

ps3
prince of persia - $16

[natural_spring_water]

forgot to add

are u smarter than fifth grader - $4

[PhoeniX999R]

btw prince of persia ps3 new dropped to $39.99 so yea :). from like $69 to $39...in like half a year?

This is because Prince of Persia sucks.

[grappos13]

^ i havent played my copy of PoP yet but why does everyone think it sucks.. still got like a 85 metacritic..

[greywolf501]

^ i havent played my copy of PoP yet but why does everyone think it sucks.. still got like a 85 metacritic..
It's very repetitive, it's made by the same team that made Assassin's Creed so it follows the same formula, do a couple different acts over and over and over. I thought it was good at first but got bored real fast.

[Lizz__20]

EB Trade values April 7, 2009
All for PS3

Prince of Persia $15
Bioshock $18
Grand Theft Auto $25
Fight Night Round 3 $5
Fallout 3 $40

[kleptodathief]

^when will f3 go down?? amazing its still 40 after 3months:confused:

[Setz]

^when will f3 go down?? amazing its still 40 after 3months:confused:

It's a hugely popular game, what do you want?

[neksus]

It's a hugely popular game, what do you want?

With very-soon-to-be 3 DLC packs.

[Iggynatz]

I just traded NHL09 for the Xbox360 for $37.

I essentially just traded it for Dead Space and had a few bucks added to my account. Does anybody here buy the $2 insurance on these used games?

[gheart008]

^when will f3 go down?? amazing its still 40 after 3months:confused:

Take a look at resistance 2. It's still at $37

[Lone_Prodigy]

Zelda Twilight Princess: $37 and it's been out over 2 years. I'd like to see Fallout 3 beat that. :)

[vacant]

Zelda Twilight Princess: $37 and it's been out over 2 years. I'd like to see Fallout 3 beat that. :)

It has. It's 40.

[deezz]

It has. It's 40.

I think he means to see if Fallout 3 will still be 40 or 37 after two years.

[Acid_]

I just traded NHL09 for the Xbox360 for $37.

I essentially just traded it for Dead Space and had a few bucks added to my account. Does anybody here buy the $2 insurance on these used games?

Unless you have kids that can't take care of their disks and use them to skid around on the hardwood floor I think it's a waste of money.

It's a cash grab for EB. I see all these grandmas and moms buying games and when asked about the $2 scratch protection they often say yes. 9 times out of 10 the receipt will be long gone if the scratch ever happens.

[Setz]

Unless you have kids that can't take care of their disks and use them to skid around on the hardwood floor I think it's a waste of money.

It's a cash grab for EB. I see all these grandmas and moms buying games and when asked about the $2 scratch protection they often say yes. 9 times out of 10 the receipt will be long gone if the scratch ever happens.

It's not worth getting if it's a handheld/PS3 game, but for Wii, PS2, and especially 360 I think the warranty should be considered. 360's scratch the discs, so yeah.

[LIVE DEREK]

You should only get the warranty if you have small kids or someone in your domicile that does not put away games when removed from the system. Really it is a complete waste of money. I have been playing games for 23 years and I have never had a single game stop working. If you take care of it it will be fine.

[Acid_]

It's not worth getting if it's a handheld/PS3 game, but for Wii, PS2, and especially 360 I think the warranty should be considered. 360's scratch the discs, so yeah.

Some 360s scratch disks, mine doesn't. People can buy it if they want, but the odds of ever using it aren't worth $2.


You should only get the warranty if you have small kids or someone in your domicile that does not put away games when removed from the system. Really it is a complete waste of money. I have been playing games for 23 years and I have never had a single game stop working. If you take care of it it will be fine.

Completely agree.

[the_fm]

It's not worth getting if it's a handheld/PS3 game, but for Wii, PS2, and especially 360 I think the warranty should be considered. 360's scratch the discs, so yeah.

but with the option to install, scratch discs are a thing of the past for the 360. well, for those who have a hdd

[the_fm]

btw,

trade in this following during my lunch at EB

Legends of Wrestlemania x360 - $36
Street Fighter 4 PS3 - $40

[jDarko]

I traded in these USED 360 games at EBGames on April 8, 2009...

RockBand 2 $ 30
Ninja Gaiden 2 $ 12
Eternal Sonata $ 10

[neksus]

I traded in these USED 360 games at EBGames on April 8, 2009...

RockBand 2 $ 30
Ninja Gaiden 2 $ 12
Eternal Sonata $ 10

I'm not sure the emphasis was required on "used" :lol:

[Setz]

I traded in these USED 360 games at EBGames on April 8, 2009...

RockBand 2 $ 30
Ninja Gaiden 2 $ 12
Eternal Sonata $ 10

What a coincidence! I traded these in new and got the same amount!

[Mike_wang]

What a coincidence! I traded these in new and got the same amount!

Why so mean to noobs? :|

[HeavyDutyKronos]

Why so mean to noobs? :|

Setz was uber-pwn3d as a n00b. ;) It's psychological. :D

[jitterbugjohnny]

I just traded NHL09 for the Xbox360 for $37.

I essentially just traded it for Dead Space and had a few bucks added to my account. Does anybody here buy the $2 insurance on these used games?

Wow still at $37, I am surprised to see it's retained that value. Should have kept it an extra week.

[mbarreh]

EB games TIVs for April 8, 2009
All for 360
Silent Hill Homecoming $15
GRAW 2 $5

[neksus]

Setz was uber-pwn3d as a n00b. ;) It's psychological. :D

You would know this how?

[JnJosh]

Don't you remember neksus, he made a thread about how to get cheap trade three games by buying cheap eight dollar trade in games? No one but him knew of this epic gateway! Thank god for that white knight upon his fiery steed!

[smuPoker]

I traded in Trauma Center: Second Opinion at FS last night for $13.20.

[grappos13]

Don't you remember neksus, he made a thread about how to get cheap trade three games by buying cheap eight dollar trade in games? No one but him knew of this epic gateway! Thank god for that white knight upon his fiery steed!

i remember doing a trade 3 at EB back in the day for WCW nitro for ps1... this was in like 1998 lol

[Haz]

i remember doing a trade 3 at EB back in the day for WCW nitro for ps1... this was in like 1998 lolDidn't know they did it back then since I avoided EB like the plague. Then again, I worked at a game store but ordered "special" PS1 games from a mysterious lady in Hong Kong.

[neksus]

Don't you remember neksus, he made a thread about how to get cheap trade three games by buying cheap eight dollar trade in games?

Kronos hasn't been registered more than a month though :razz:

[teknix]

EB / XB360:

Dead Space - $18

[grappos13]

^ u the same teknix that use to play UT99 back in the day? :D

[Pr0metheus]

EBGames TIVs for April 9/09

PSP:
God of War: $14

DS:
Brain Age 2: $6
Crosswords DS: $7

[ruckus245]

btw,

trade in this following during my lunch at EB

Legends of Wrestlemania x360 - $36
Street Fighter 4 PS3 - $40

With SF4 in such high demand, why not just BST or craigslist it? You could have probably sold it for $50 cash easy instead of $40 trade credit. I understand trading in older games but, newer ones that still have some value on the open market?

[deezz]

With SF4 in such high demand, why not just BST or craigslist it? You could have probably sold it for $50 cash easy instead of $40 trade credit. I understand trading in older games but, newer ones that still have some value on the open market?
+1
but some people don't wanna bother...it's a matter of convenience sometimes...

[the_fm]

With SF4 in such high demand, why not just BST or craigslist it? You could have probably sold it for $50 cash easy instead of $40 trade credit. I understand trading in older games but, newer ones that still have some value on the open market?

i would have but seems most people don't want it shipped. i'm based in Montreal and plenty of copies can be found for PS3 rather easily so :o

[kleptodathief]

i hvn't been to BBV or EBG in bout 3-4 weeks...is sf4 ps3 still NOT in stock at those stores?

zomg ruckus traded in ps3 sf4 for 40bux?? CRAZY!!!!

[JnJosh]

i hvn't been to BBV or EBG in bout 3-4 weeks...is sf4 ps3 still NOT in stock at those stores?

zomg ruckus traded in ps3 sf4 for 40bux?? CRAZY!!!!

can you take a break from the internet for about that long too? please?

i just want to comment on how people still trade in games if they're worth like two bucks - fifty cent range, are they slow? yes i know they take up space but im sure you have to realize they're worth more than 50 cents.

Some people.

[deezz]

i would have but seems most people don't want it shipped. i'm based in Montreal and plenty of copies can be found for PS3 rather easily so :o

oh ic ic...interesting that the market is a little different in montreal....weddy eeentahlesting...

[TheHeeyyy]

April 9, 2009 (EB Games)
NHL 2k9 (Wii): $30
Star Wars The Force Unleashed (PS3 and 360): $37

I believe Blockbuster is now selling the PS3 version of The Force Unleashed for $30, so that looks like a good trade-in opportunity if your local Blockbuster has any copies.

[mahjongmaniac]

Unless you have kids that can't take care of their disks and use them to skid around on the hardwood floor I think it's a waste of money.

It's a cash grab for EB. I see all these grandmas and moms buying games and when asked about the $2 scratch protection they often say yes. 9 times out of 10 the receipt will be long gone if the scratch ever happens.

not always just grandparents and moms'n pops... sometimes just the ave. gamer that doesn't mind an extra $2 for a "peace of mind" i guess ... (?)

i've seen ppl buy into EBG warranty for 04/05 sports games, even if the used game costs <$5
i've also been asked many times for the warranty for NEW games that are only $10 (GOTD/W promos)
i can understand the possible need to buy it if the game costs $50+, but for <$10 for a used game? it's pointless IMO

[PredatoR_]

April 10; EB
NHL 09 (360) down to $25 :mad:

[NightRain]

April 10; EB
NHL 09 (360) down to $25 :mad:

That really sucks, I was going to trade it yesterday for $37 and didn't have time so I decided to wait until Saturday since they are all closed today here.

[deezz]

^ oh noez!!! the price drops on NHL09 are coming I guess :(

Future Shop, 8:00pm, Thursday Apr.09
All PS3
Call of Duty: World at War - $40
Grand Theft Auto IV - $25
Rock Band AC/DC Track Pack - $8.60

[TheHeeyyy]

April 10; EB
NHL 09 (360) down to $25 :mad:

That probably means the TIV for all their NHL games have gone down. Good thing I already flipped the copies of NHL 2K9 I got used from Futureshop for $20.

[iggyis]

Futureshop April 10 14:25

AC/DC Track Pack PS3 $8.40

[NonStopInTheMix]

sorry random post, but i thought all stores were closed today :confused:

FS and BBV were open?

[Acid_]

Gears of War 2 - FS TIV $30.00 4/10/2009
Golden Axe: Beast Rider - FS TIV still $22.80 4/10/2009

[grappos13]

sorry random post, but i thought all stores were closed today :confused:

FS and BBV were open?

im sure BBV was open... i still remember calling them at 10:30am est on xmas day like 12 years ago when i got my ps1 because i didnt have the cable hookup for it and i needed one lol...i dont think BBV is ever closed for a full day..

i cant comment on FS tho..i woulda ssumed they were closed

[neksus]

sorry random post, but i thought all stores were closed today :confused:

FS and BBV were open?

FS is only closed on Christmas.

[belowzeros]

sorry random post, but i thought all stores were closed today :confused:

FS and BBV were open?


BBV never closes except maybe xmas day and even then I think they are open

[rcthorne]

PS3 TIV's

Enchanted Arms - 8
Warhawk - 15
NCAA 08 football - 4
Battlefield Bad Company - 7
Call of Duty 3 - 12
Far Cry 2 - 25
Virtua Tennis 3 - 7
was hoping to get RE5 for t3G1F....but no longer avail for that promo.....