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Hi all, it's my first post here so apologies if I break any rules! I'm interested in hearing about your thoughts/habits when it comes to buying, selling, and trading games. I'm a big console gamer and it winds me up when you buy a game for £45, complete it in a week (if it's story driven), then apparently it's only worth £30 if you try and trade-in or sell on eBay. I'm considering developing something to make it easier to trade directly with other gamers, but I need to know if there's a demand for it. Would you mind filling in a very short survey? Should only take 1 minute. Very short survey link (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/R58GSXY) Thanks for your input! Rich |
Your thoughts on selling/trading games
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rich2701 3 posts
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Zippity-zap 595 posts
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elstoof 26,644 posts
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Registered 15 years ago£15 for a week's worth of entertainment sounds like fantastic value if you ask me -
ZuluHero 9,708 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI trade all the time, and am always happy with getting upto £35 trade in for a game a week after release. 10 - 15 pounds for a week or so entertainment is pretty good, costs me more to go to the cinema for a 2 hour film! -
RaymondLuxuryYacht 388 posts
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Registered 6 years agoYes, but what about all the people that want something for nothing? -
richardiox 9,364 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThe thing you're considering developing is called the swapsies thread here on the forum already. -
Syrette 51,003 posts
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Registered 18 years agoTrading all the time makes no sense to me when this service exists...
http://www.boomerangrentals.com -
ZuluHero 9,708 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWhy doesn't the op wait a week and get it from eBay for £30? After 2 releases you'd be 30 quid up and I bet youd win on depreciation too as the margin would be narrower, when you trade it or sell it on a week later? -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,094 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAfter realising I no longer really have the time to replay old stuff or the money to afford much new stuff I too now rent. I will buy stuff that I will constantly come back to like beat em ups but will try and rent single player stuff that if I bought I would end up trading in. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI used to rent that sort of game though Lovefilm. That's talking in the dim and distant past these days though. Where's the go-to place for renting vidya games these days? -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,094 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSyrette wrote:
Trading all the time makes no sense to me when this service exists...
http://www.boomerangrentals.com -
pk1980 1,215 posts
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Registered 5 years agoBlockbusters -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 19 years agoThank you, users BigOrkWaaagh and Syrette! -
FrostPan 1,626 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSyrette wrote:
Does it come with free pubes?
Trading all the time makes no sense to me when this service exists...
http://www.boomerangrentals.com -
Beckyster 43 posts
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Registered 4 years ago@BigOrkWaaagh i can't do this as I don't have enough time to thoroughly rinse a game in a week or two. I would spend the cost of the game full price and more to keep it until I complete it. -
simpleexplodingmaybe 16,072 posts
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Registered 5 years agoI almost never trade games in myself but if others didn't I'd miss out of a lot of titles -
TFM_Excalibur 1,710 posts
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Registered 14 years agoVery rarely buy apart from the games with yearly installments, everything else is rented.
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rich2701 3 posts
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Registered 3 years agoThanks for all the input people! -
heavy_salad 1,204 posts
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Registered 11 years agorich2701 wrote:
Why would that wind you up? What do you want? Your money back?
it winds me up when you buy a game for £45, complete it in a week (if it's story driven), then apparently it's only worth £30 if you try and trade-in or sell on eBay. -
rich2701 3 posts
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Registered 3 years agoheavy_salad wrote:
Because we all know that that's not how value works. The game doesn't lose a third of its value after a week, which is why when you walk into Game (or other retailer) they're selling the pre-owned version for about £5 less than new at that point.
rich2701 wrote:
Why would that wind you up? What do you want? Your money back?
it winds me up when you buy a game for £45, complete it in a week (if it's story driven), then apparently it's only worth £30 if you try and trade-in or sell on eBay.
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with paying £45 for a game (knowing some of that goes to the developer) and keeping it if I'll be replaying. My issue is with the trade-in margins - it just feels like gamers get a bit ripped off and it's not like any of that extra cash goes back to the developer. -
Humperfunk 8,436 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI never used to trade any games until it got to a point where there were so many, particularly ones I knew I'd never play again, I did two things:
1) sent a huge box to Music Magpie - some games I'd get as much as £20 for which I was impressed with, usually niche JRPGs that arguably I probably could have got more for on eBay except I really couldn't be arsed.
2) sent loads to Shopto in their trade-in whatsit - at one point had a good £200 credit with them that was really quite useful for new releases.
I mean, some of these games were a decade old so even if I was getting £5 for them, just clearing a shit load of clutter out the flat was useful, and it all adds up. Like I say, £200 credit for games I had paid for and effectively disposed of years ago actually felt like a bonus. -
heavy_salad 1,204 posts
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Registered 11 years agorich2701 wrote:
Well don't trade it in then if you're worried about none of the money going back to the developer? The only people getting 'ripped off' there are the devs. You're not getting ripped off paying £45 for a game and getting £30 back when you're finished with it.
heavy_salad wrote:
Because we all know that that's not how value works. The game doesn't lose a third of its value after a week, which is why when you walk into Game (or other retailer) they're selling the pre-owned version for about £5 less than new at that point.
rich2701 wrote:
Why would that wind you up? What do you want? Your money back?
it winds me up when you buy a game for £45, complete it in a week (if it's story driven), then apparently it's only worth £30 if you try and trade-in or sell on eBay.
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with paying £45 for a game (knowing some of that goes to the developer) and keeping it if I'll be replaying. My issue is with the trade-in margins - it just feels like gamers get a bit ripped off and it's not like any of that extra cash goes back to the developer.
If it bothers you, sell the game privately for the same amount that Game are charging for the pre-owned title? Getting £30 from Game is the convenience of you not having to sell the game yourself.
Edited by heavy_salad at 16:33:49 12-09-2017 -
elstoof 26,644 posts
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Registered 15 years agorich2701 wrote:
That's exactly how value works. Your second hand copy of a game is worth as much as the next person is willing to pay for it, no more
heavy_salad wrote:
Because we all know that that's not how value works. The game doesn't lose a third of its value after a week
rich2701 wrote:
Why would that wind you up? What do you want? Your money back?
it winds me up when you buy a game for £45, complete it in a week (if it's story driven), then apparently it's only worth £30 if you try and trade-in or sell on eBay. -
You-can-call-me-kal 22,324 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThis is essentially all moot as we're a whisker away from the end of physical games, and probably permanent ownership models. -
Decks 28,425 posts
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Registered 5 years agoI haven't traded anything in for years. I kind of felt like Oliver Twist the last time I done it. -
A week?! Jesus there's your problem. And the £40.
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