Toys 'R' Us Going Into the Used Games Business

[yoshilime]

But Walmart doesnt sell the used games...or if you mean to buy them before they go in then yes....

[palmertech]

Exactly, I mean to sit there and buy them from the people.

This, by the way, is a great activity to do with friends at gamestop. Offer $1 more than gamestop will give, and you are in business. $1 more is still like 5 times what gamestop will give you!

Basically, the white and nerdy equivalant of hanging in front of 7-11 smoking pot is hanging in front of Gamestop poaching games, smoking your friends at Mario Kart DS.

Somebody sig that, or so help me, I will stop even trying to be funny.

[vskid]

Exactly, I mean to sit there and buy them from the people.

This, by the way, is a great activity to do with friends at gamestop. Offer $1 more than gamestop will give, and you are in business. $1 more is still like 5 times what gamestop will give you!

Basically, the white and nerdy equivalant of hanging in front of 7-11 smoking pot is hanging in front of Gamestop poaching games, smoking your friends at Mario Kart DS.

Somebody sig that, or so help me, I will stop even trying to be funny.

Sigged.

I've thought of buying stuff from people at Gamestop, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone selling stuff while I've been in there.

So what do they do with the games after they buy them?

[ghosstt]

ahem.. Epic Fail:

Update: Toys R Us is not getting into the used games resale business, it is merely accepting the used merchandise. A representative for the company tells us the games "are taken by a third party company that refurbishes them for resale." We're still following up to find out what company that would be. We'll update again when we find out.

[nightwheel]

ahem.. Epic Fail:

Update: Toys R Us is not getting into the used games resale business, it is merely accepting the used merchandise. A representative for the company tells us the games "are taken by a third party company that refurbishes them for resale." We're still following up to find out what company that would be. We'll update again when we find out.

thats a load of bull

[nevermind1534]

ahem.. Epic Fail:

Update: Toys R Us is not getting into the used games resale business, it is merely accepting the used merchandise. A representative for the company tells us the games "are taken by a third party company that refurbishes them for resale." We're still following up to find out what company that would be. We'll update again when we find out.

thats a load of bull

Resale of plastic and lead?

[yoshilime]

ahem.. Epic Fail:

Update: Toys R Us is not getting into the used games resale business, it is merely accepting the used merchandise. A representative for the company tells us the games "are taken by a third party company that refurbishes them for resale." We're still following up to find out what company that would be. We'll update again when we find out.

Ahem...i ALREADY SAID THIS? Fail.

[weaponepsilon]

Its like I said before, they dont resell. There is some generic companies that buy form places like this and resell them to similar retailers. Ever walk into a Kmart and find "used" games.... Other wise that other company is probably the megaconglomate Babbages/Software ETC/Gamestop/EBX/Electronics Boutique/EB Games/Planet games/Gamecrazy/B.Dalton/Barnes and Noble.... Sigh. They just dont stop@!@

[bacteria]

I wonder if Toys'R'Us in the UK will follow suit too. Virtually the only places that sell old games in the UK seem to be Cex and GameStation, although GameStation only have a tiny amount of N64 and DC games, everything else is modern and current systems only. Have to use e-bay and car boot sales.