hey guys welcome back to the sass master
gaming vlogs so today I wanted to talk
about Game Stop so I know we've all been
there we've all walked through the game
stop thinking we're gonna trade we're
gonna buy we're gonna get credit for
stuff we're gonna walk in with like 20
different thousand games and controllers
and we're think we're gonna get like
$300 back a lot of people don't get that
when you walk into a game stop training
the game you're not gonna get the same
value back that you spent on the game so
we're gonna talk about tips and tricks
on how to get the most value out of the
game when you trade back the other day I
was in Game Stop now mind you just a
little bit of history about me I've been
going to Game Stop in the past maybe
twelve years or so this I might been
going right before eb games even merged
to the GameStop I'm usually there two
three times a week so I possible
being a goddamn employee I know all the
rules I know all the regulations I know
all the all the sales that go on I'm
always on the website I'm cool with the
with the managers and the staff so to
make a long story short I went to
gamestop geta they were two friends and
he hasn't looked back and I'm like oh
what's in the book bag he's like oh you
know I want to trade in some stuff I'm I
go what are you gonna trade it maybe I
can tell you what the value might be cuz
you know there's a Gamestop app that
lets you know the trade in value he does
not I got this for anyone who's ever
traded at Gamestop there's two ways you
can do it you can get back your trade
value in cash or you can get your trade
value back in credit not to do credit
you get more of the amount especially if
you're a pro member versus a non Pro
member regular members let's say your
trade credit 70 if you're a pro member
you might get 90 regular member you'll
get 70 now if you want cash value you
might get sixty five crew members 1970
so there's always pros and cons of
different things I always recommend you
being a pro member you get more credit
when you trade in not only that one
there's certain sales you get coupons
and stuff $20 lost $30 off at all
depends personally I've been a pro
member sounds been about 14 years old 26
now
it helps over the lifetime of me being a
pro member I've racked up maybe 200,000
points that you can train in on the
GameStop app to get gamestop I don't
know
gifts and cards and like that
anyway we're not talking about
that my just because you have a popular
game doesn't mean you're gonna maximum
amount of credit in cash so I'm like
whatever you do you have fun I go into
the corner and I'm like buy the 3ds
section and I can overhear the
conversation right the guy at the
counter goes hey welcome to Game Stop
how are you doing today my friend
replies I'm doing well you know I'm just
gonna trade in some stuff I'm gonna get
some cash for it and then the guy goes
back he's like ah bubble show me what
you're gonna trade and I'll let you know
how much you can get for it
my friends like yeah perfect yeah let's
go so as he's trading he's putting ever
literally everything on the counter he
must have racked up over five
six years worth of
he had controllers he had amiibos he had
a 3ds a Playstation 3 a xbox 360
like at least thirty games and
I'm looking at him through the corner of
my eye and I'm like I hope he realizes
he's not gonna get that much out of all
the games and he should trading only
because they're just not in there
they're not something that you want at
the moment games hop is not gonna give
you the same thing that you bought for
it so I'm like whatever he has like
Dragon Ball Z games that no one really
wants that's the Buy and what
you don't get even when you treated it
in you get cash your credit game stuff
is gonna sell it again from the value of
your pretty new game so the game is 40
when you first bought it
don't make me sell it for 30 even though
they only gave you ten from the trade
whatever so I'm there and I'm listening
to him and he's literally like dishing
out game he's like I got this I got this
I got this and the guy's like okay I got
you I got you let me just you know let
me just have two sub so associate goes
are you a pro member my friend goes no
I'm not a pro member I've never been a
pro member would it make a difference
there so she goes yeah of course I make
a difference you'll get more crack or
you can use the credit towards the game
so our friends like nah whatever I don't
want to be a pro member cuz I have to
pay the fourteen dollars in blah blah
blah year which is really sick
we nothing for $10 a year for
the Game Informer magazine and all the
that you get that comes with it
really is nothing it's
insignificant but whatever I'm not gonna
tell them ugh he thinks he you know men
are they think they know everything the
guy goes well but all the stuff that you
traded in for today your value comes out
to your credit your store credit comes
out to a total of 110 at this point I'm
fully turned and turning my attention to
my friend his jaw drop he says what do
you mean everything that I have here
it's worth almost five hundred and fifty
dollars if I sold this on Craigslist
I'll probably get more so they showed
the associate goes well that's what
we're offering if you want cash you only
make 97 so my friends over there mulling
it over he turns to me what should I do
and I took my gun listen I already told
you I'll give you tips and tricks and
hints on how to trade didn't want to
listen you want the cash take the cash
it's up to you do you want a wall to it
I really don't personally care cuz I
know what I gotta do when it's time for
me to trade something I no longer want
so he goes no what it I'm gonna
trade it in I'm gonna trade it in so he
trades it in and he gets the cash value
which was like ninety seven dollars he
takes the cash value doesn't want the
credit he's gonna take the cash he's
gonna bend it in like twenty
minutes cuz I know him and you know we
say goodbye to the guy he's still in
shock over the $97 and I'm like
whatever we need the story he goes well
what would you have done and in your
situation it hadn't been you training in
this stuff so here how it goes you have
to pay attention to the game stop at the
game stop has this section at the bottom
that allows you to check what your trade
down it's prior to you going into the
store make sure you check what game you
want to trade in whether it's an
accessory whether it's a console
whatever the case might be check it
prior to going into Game Stop it's gonna
let you know now some of the values that
they give you for the game stop app only
lasts for a day or so depending on which
store you go to some locations give you
more some locations give you less you
can play the game with the game stops in
your area to pay attention to game stock
on mine sometimes they have coupons
trading coupons to be trained in a
certain game within a certain amount of
time maybe from like September to
December you get an additional
percent or $20 credit not only that
pay attention some websites actually
offer coupons as well or they do trade
credit cash credit some coupons are only
for credit and not for cash also being a
pro member helps when you go to be a pro
member sometimes they'll give you 20%
more sometimes they'll give you an
additional $3,000 points
excuse me 3000 like when you're being
hurt when you're a pro member it helps
sometimes they give you an additional
20% maybe an addition of $20 or credit
when you go online they give you 3,000
points so you can use to buy accessories
you can buy toys you be trading for
coupons whatever the case might be now
one of the things that I've actually
noticed over the past year the GameStop
credit card if you sign up for the games
or credit card and use it within the
store to purchase an item something's
are gonna pop up on the screen where you
swipe it it's gonna say you want to
donate to the dollar because you're Pro
member and a credit and a Gamestop
credit card user you can additional
3,000 points that all helped you can
convert the convert the points of the
credits or you can convert it to coupons
you can use it at the store and get
maybe $30 more credit or you can use it
to get cash whatever the case might be I
always tell people when you go in to
gamestop research research research
there's another thing you guys have to
pay attention to seasons sometimes they
have seasonal promotions now these
promotions typically don't run pretty
long they run for a couple days so a
couple weeks - maybe a month or so like
maybe they'll have like a Christmas
promotion where if you trade in Call of
Duty infinite warfare between the week
of week one week two you get an
additional $30 game credit now that's
gonna go down if you ask for cash
sometimes I have promotions where if you
trade a specific accessory towards a
game you get an additional 40 additional
fifty pay attention so type of things
because when you walk into Game Stop you
thinking well I bought this game for $50
I hope I at least get 42 45 that's not
going to happen because some of these
games you have to understand the replay
value goes down so when you go in you're
gonna get upset you're gonna get angry
I've seen people argue with the game
stock associates I seen them go off of
the managers it's not their fault they
do not
the rules and policies of gamestop they
just enforce it now a lot of people have
asked me well your ingame stock a lot
how do you differentiate between a game
that slow replay value in a game that's
high replay value when you walk into a
game shop and you go let's say to the
youth section or the new section
whatever the case might be if you see a
game that's used and it's so set at 50
or 55 dollars and the original price of
the game was 60 that's a game that's
considered high replay value a lot of
people prefer it it's a very popular
game versus a used or new game that you
see that even after its release date
it's only at 20 that's a Clooney
game no one likes it no one wants it if
you want it go ahead and buy it um there
you can usually use your trade credit
towards it there's a lot of coupons
towards using use games you can get a
brand new game and game out two months
ago the game tanked and it is
horrible
and let's say I Jian or Game Informer
gave it like a five point five chances
are if you go and trade our accessory or
3ds or new console towards the game
you're gonna get free you're gonna get a
whole bunch of for free but the
point of this video is to let you guys
know that you have to research before
bonus I suggest that you use the app you
can download it for free in the iPhone
App Store if you don't have I phone they
have it in the Android store as well it
looks like this when you when you pop it
up you're gonna have to add in what
store you prefer it's gonna tell you
which location your preference is so
basically this is what its gonna look at
apparently my game stopped at
sign me out stupid anyway what's
gonna happen you're gonna get messages
and stuff so if you want to scroll and
scroll up you're gonna get a whole lot
of promotions coupons like I get coupons
out the ass it's because I've always in
Game Stop and because I'm always trading
I'm always buying I'm always doing all
the extra that you do in Game Stop
I get so many coupons I just recently
got a coupon for $20 off but if your new
digital 20 if I traded a game towards a
new game that I was purchasing so
essentially I got the game for free I
didn't want to trade the game in for
credit I was like there's no point in
getting credit because things are with a
little credit cards the gift cards I
thought can lose them I never use them I
don't care
about them I forget how many points I
have with them when I do go in and I
trade for cash I always go in with as a
promotion you get an additional thirty
forty percent credit additional whatever
$10 towards this if you trading this
specific game I go anyone's promotions
when their sales check the app check the
website so let's make a long story short
my friend was pissed off I told them
next time you ever want to trade or sell
something let me know I will go with you
and I will let you know but you can use
some of my coupons it pays to have
knowledge of pays to research it pays to
be prepared prior to going someone now
people have said hey I can go into
Walmart do the same thing I can go into
Best Buy the thing is with Walmart and
Best Buy they will not give you cash and
will give you in store credit then you
can use towards any other game or any
other device but you can't cash it all
right you can't cash it in Game Stop you
can get actual cash I've gone in there
with a whole bunch of stuff during for
mostly season and walked out with almost
$200 or you know $200 for merchandise in
cash so I hope this helped some of you
and if it didn't I'm sorry
you probably didn't research enough but
if it did help you leave a comment at
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