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Just as an FYI, EB Games (at least the ones local to me) no longer buy used games. They still buy used movies but they no longer buy back used PC games, music CDs and a number of the older platform games.

Selling old PC games was an excellent way to fund having a copy of new games on release day but no more Selling old movies to them hardly pays off as titles that went on sale more than 12-16 months ago sell in the $.50 to $2 range. Takes a lot of movies to buy a game at that rate.

On the plus side, it's likely you'll find a used copy of an older game for sale there now. They're clearing out their stocks of used games and the store by me was offering a 'buy 2 get 1 free' on used games.

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

The one here started pulling that crap months ago. I tried to take 7 movies in there and trade them, and they were going to give me 4.50 for the whole lot. I took the same stack to Hollywood Video and got a $29 store credit.

EB has gone too corporate. They used to be cool. I stopped going over there. It's a joke. We've got a more local chain called Rhino Games that trades and trades for good value. They've earned all of my business.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

They may be regional. A Rhino Games opened up in my area (right next door to the Sooper Dooper Wal-Mart - kin ya say 'Yeeeehaw!') but the last time I was there they only had console stuff.

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

Yeah, I think you're right... I forgot about that.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

When I bought Civ4 EB asked me if I had any games to trade. I wonder if they stoped taking old games here in Baton Rouge?

Maybe it's a regional effect or maybe they were referring to PS2 or XBox games.

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

What's next, they change their return policy? They used to take back busted games and a few weeks ago I was thinking of them as I was arguing with Best Buy that the submarine sim I bought was defective and to give me a store credit rather than another copy of the same game.

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